The Sun.
London, England, 1841-02-08 00:00:00

BRIDEWELL AND BETHLEII HOSPITALS.

At a Court held at the Hospital of Bride well, on Mon-
day, the 25th day of January, 1841—
The President laid hefore the Court three letters
fro;n the Marquis of Norwanby to himself, relating to
the Report of Dr. Mayo and Dr. Southey. and his re-
plies thereto, which, with the several repliog, were or-
dered to be entered upon the minutes, and are as fol-
low :

COPY OF LETTER, TROM THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBY

TO SIR P. LAUItIE.

Whitehall, Jan. 16, 1841.

Sir—l am desirous of being informed by whose au•
thority the Report of the physicians as to Bethiern Hos-
pital, forwarded by me at your request, has been pub-
lished in this morning's newspapers, before it has been
submitted to the general meeting of Governors, and un-
accompanied by my letter to you.
In that letter it must have appeared that I consi-
dered it a necessary condition, in complying with your
request, that I should, at the same time, after an at-
tentive consideration of the whole of the proceedings in-
stituted at my desire, and for my information and deci-
sion, convey my own opinion upon many circumstances
elicited by the evidence, and but imperfectly adverted
to in the Report.
upon
d by opinion
I cannot but consider it unfair that this Report
should have been published before that general meeting
at which I had particularly recommended that Mr.
Sergeant Adams should have been specially invited to
thatattendt
hu; and
circumstances
founded
haddesire
been observed
the great Sergeant were such as, at the time, thoroughly
to warrant the impressions which he had then imbibed.
desiireamtosaucrt upon h
sure
the Governors
principle of doing ample justice
to the motives and conduct of any one who gives them
an opportunity of originating the most searching teof Betblen, Hospital must
in-
quiry into any circumstances of a suspicious aspect, and
must feel that it is no unimportant part of such in-
quiry that there should be no premature or partial pub-
lication, but that at the proper time the fullest and
fairest communication of the result should be given to
the public.
I am, Sir, your most obedient and humble servant,
NORMANBY.
Sir Peter Laurie, Ste. So. Sce., 7, Park-square.

COPY OF LETTIIt FROM SIR P. LAURIE TO THE MAR-
QUIS OF NORMANDY.
reply to 7, Park-square, Jan. 16, 1841.
My Lord,—i the honour to acquaint you, in
your Loro.ship's letter of this date, that the rc- ,
port of the physicians as to Bethlein Hospital has nut
b..ien published by the authority of the Committee, or
of the President or Treasurer.
Your Lordship will observe that the Report has, by
' order of the Committee, been printed and circulated
amongst the Governors, to enable them to take
c
it intoan.
en oont sbi (el ear amt
matter
eart tolfk e next
.general ; Court
so extended ai ; and
circulation, a Report so highly interesting to the public '
at large should be published in the newspapers.
Bethiem Hospital, with the
.exception of the criminal ,
wing, is supported by private hoerality, and rests upon
public opinion ; and every Governor must, therefore,
be desirous that so satisfactory a statement, made by the
highest authority, should obtain the same publicity
through the same medium as the. accusations against us.
The Committee being of opinion that the Report of,
the physician, founded, as it is, upon a careful and un-