The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-25 00:00:00

Cie extract front the letter of the 6th Dec. it appears
that, tifcer our visit of the 10th Nov., and promised in-
vostig,r,tion, the Corereis.lioner, who had visited this
patient for two years, became opinion that the care is
010 which cannot bu properly nor beneficially treated in
a lonatic asylum.'
This is unfortunately not a solitary case. Mr.

Pu &NELL says—
It makes the second instance which I have found in
this county, during the past year, where private lunatic
asylums have been conveniently employed, like the Bas-
ti!e in France, under its ancient regime, for a father to
confine, by lettres de cachet, an unmanageable son; the
second, where that most dangerous doctrine—that the
yielding in particular individuals to that propensity to
vice or immorality inherent in human nature—but
checked in the generality of the class to which they may
belong by the regulations of society and the laws of the
land, is converted by medical men into a proof of insa-
nity, which they term moral insanity, and where they
allow that intallectual insanity does not exist.
" My correspondence proves that these cases have ha-
-1 come of no uncommon occurrence.
'• It is observable that the entries as to this ease, through
the two years of its continuance, treat the patient, in
their general tone, as a viciously inclined youth, placed
in a severe school fur punishment and reformation, ra-
ther than a; an insaue patienylegally or illegally, in a
lunatic asylum.
"It cannot be matter of surprise, that the visitors
should adopt, in these cases, impressions derived from
the entries of the salaried metropolitan commissioners,
composed, as that board is, of individuals selected for
their eminence in the legal and medical profession—upon
whose decided or undecided conduct in countenancing or
checking the further spread of this doctrine, its con-
tinued existence must mainly depend.
" Medical certificates authorising these convenient ar-
rangements will be always procurable, founded upon this
doctrine, which draws no definite—no evident line be-
tween responsibility and irresponsibility—and offers the
cover of the last, equally to the petty offender as t.) the
perpetrator of the most revolting crimes."
Can we he surprhed, after the countenance which
this dangerous doctrine of moral insanity receives
from those in high places, that juries re-
fuse to convict persons who have com-
mitted crimes of more than ordinary atrocity,
and are willing to accept the very atrocity of the
crime as proof of the non-responsibility of the crimi-
nal ? surely the conduct of the Commissioners as
regards these and similar cases requires investigation,
and we trust that the Lord Chancellor will lose no
time in causing a searching inquiry to be made as to
the manner in which the Commissioners perform
their duties. Two things are abundantly clear from
the facts detailed in Mr. Punsames report—first, that
it is absolutely necessary that some public prelimi-
nary investigation should take place as to the state of
mind of an alleged lunatic before the proprietor of a
private lunatic asylum shall be authorised to receive
such alleged lunatic into his establishment; and, se-
condly, that the comfort and safety of the patients
require that a much more efficient system of in-
spection should be organized than the one which at
present exists.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
Before the adjournment of the Legislative As-
sembly on *Wednesday evening, the first three clauses
of the Bill for the transportation of the insurgents of
June to Algeria, were voted by considerable ma-
jorities. As a specimen of the proportion of the
voters pro et contra, it may be observed, that on the
division for the third article there was a majority in
favour of it of 220, namely, 397 for, and 177
against. Of course there was the usual squabbling
and disturbance throughout the debate ; the quarrels
of the belligerent factions being enlivened as hereto-
fore, by wranglings at the foot of the tribune, ended
in each instance by the interposition of the Presider t.
M. BOTSETT having passed a brilliant panegyric on
the innocent June insurgents, amidst the approving
shouts of the Mountaineers, General BEDSAU could
no longer restrain his expressions of contempt and
indignation. The illustrious soldier ascended the tri-
bune, and thus protested against; the indiscreet eulo-
giums passed upon the savage insurgents of June by
the apologists of Red Republicanism :
General l3edeau—l did not intend _to have taken
any part in this discussion. The Assembly will, I
think, comprehend the motives which might in the
first place have prevented my doing so. I must,
however, say that after having been wounded in the
deplorable days of June, I had the happiness to be
able to save the lives of a number of those unfortunate
men against whom I had fought—(Hear, hear)—I
ern astonished at hearing fall from the tribune such
an expression as " the calumniated of June." Gen-
tlemen, if they have been calumniated, it is we who
were guilty.—(Sensation—Loud applause from the
Right.) How can you suppose that I who had the
honour of commanding different corps on that day,
troops of the line, National Guard, and Gardes Mo-
bile—that I should hear it said that these corps dc-
served reproaches ?—(Hear, hear.)
A Voice—lt is disgraceful.
M. Bouraat—You have misunderstood what was
said.

On the Bight—Have a little modesty, M. Bourn
M. Latrade—Who justified the insurrection?
On the Right—Nothing else has been done for the la
two days.
General Bedeau—lt has been declared here that the
insurrection of June is due to the conspiracy of the old
Monarchical pasties—
On the Left—Yes! yes!
On the Right—You well know that it is a disgraceful
falsehood.
M. Denjoy—You speak like accomplices in the mat-
ter.—(Movement.)
General Bedeau—Surely that is not credible. You
cannot then be aware what was the mot-d'ordre at the
barricades of June! You must be blind not to see that
those guilty of the insurrection of June are the same
men who on the 15th of May violated the national so-
vereignty.--(llear, hear.) The guilty ones aro that de-
testable demagogical party which incessantly wages war
against society.—(Hear, hear.) We the members of the
Constituent Assembly saw, on the 15th of May, seated
by our side, those pretended missionaries of civilisation
—(Loud cheers.) It is really incredible, that after the
lapse of so short a time facts should be so misrepre-
sented. Those who thus plead in favour cf those men
are then ignorant that we know that the insurrection of
June was an attack on the national sovereignty by the
lowest soldiers of the most execrable of the clubs.—
(Loud applause.) Do you suppose that in pleading
their cause you display a love of liberty—a love for the
Republic?
M. Monnet—Tho Republic is being destroyed.
General Bedeau—Do you supposo, I Say, that you
show a love for the Constitution? No; those who
fought behind the barricades of June did not fight for
the Constitution. The Constitution was not made; they
fought to prevent that result being arrived art. It was
the basest, the most disgraceful protest against the ma-
jesty of the rational sovereignty.
M. Nadaud here uttered a loud cry.
On the Right—" Silence, silence! shame, shame!"
General Bedeau—l do not fear to say that no one
would have dared to have uttered before the Constituent
O:sembly the words which have so much wounded me.
—(No, no.) The Members of the Constituent Assem-
bly had too fresh in their memories the dangers which
society had incurred to have tolerated such expressions
as " the calumniated of June."—(Loud applause.)
M. Nadaad—Bring the men to trial, then!
The President—Be silent, M. Nadaud!
General Bedeau—l think it my duty to reply in a few
words to M. Boysett —(Hear, hear.) As to Art. 2, it is
only the execution cf a resolution come to by the Con-
stituent Assembly deciding politically, taking an ex-
ceptional measure commanded by an exceptional crime.
—(" hear, hear, that is it.") It is not variations in the
majority that change the character of that attempt. So
long as universal suffrage shall prevail in the country,
they will be criminals who shall seek to overthrow an
Assembly which is the expression of the will of the
country.—(Loud applause.)
In returning to his scat, General Bedeau received the
warm congratulations of a great number of his col-
leagues.
A. stormy discussion folloWed the eloquent inter-
position of General BEDEAU ; and the debate was
not adjourned until a quarter-past six o'clock. Every
reasonable expectation, however, was then entertained
that the Bill would be definitively passed yesterday.
It appears that the statement given in The Sun
of last evening, respecting the manner in which the
duel between M. DE CoisLIN and M. TESTBLIN, the
eavesdropping Mountaineer, was fought and termi-
nated, was scrupulously correct ; the wound in
the head received by the young Representative oc-
curred in the third round. M. DE COISLIN wanted,
notwithstanding his wound, to continue the combat,
but the seconds would not allow him. Owing to
they severity of the weather, both parties wore their
coats.

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The following is the proces verbal drawn up by the
seconds :
.6 MM. de Coislin and Tesielin, Representatives of the
People, have fought a duel to-day, with the sabres of
officers of infantry. After several paves without any
effect, the two adversaries were obliged to repose them-
selves fir a moment, on the invitation c f the witnesses.
At the eccOnd round, M. de Testelin having appeared to
be wounded by a coup de point in the breast, the seconds
again suspended the combat. At a third round M. de
Coislin, although struck on tho top cf his head by the
point of his adversary's sword, insisted on continuing,
and it required nothing less than the absolute order of
the seconds to put an end to the struggle. The wound,
without presenting the slightest danger, was sufficient
to render the continuation of the combat completely
impossible.
(Signed) "For M. de Coislin—LEO DE LABORDE,
0. DE CAULAINCOURT.
" For M. Testalin—F. GRADRIER.
A. BAUDIN.
The Evenement says, it is not true that M. GUIZOT
is a candidate for the Charente.
The trial of M. Euff.n DE GIRARDIN was fixed for
Friday.
On Wednesday the editor of the Gazette de France