The Sun.
London, England, 1817-11-15 00:00:00

[PRICE SEVENPENCE•

FOR THE SUN.

MAN-MIDWIVES.

• MR.EPITOR,--The Letter from Mr,JEssE FOOT,
Pub!iShed in your. Paper of, yesterday;does bitn ho-
snotir. It is xlvt;ay's beneficial to when
bold and able men open fair discussions upon

great events, and 'the whole medic'ainrofe4ion
are already so deeply intrenehed in MysterY
etiquette, that no 'security can be placed in their
c'osiduct if birth men Fiud measures -are not Occa-
sionally called before the tribunal of . their
Peers.. We. ni,s• regret that the; manly_ writer
of yesterday's Latter has •shruetin-res been it.
Volved in but such h3bits, do
not intalidate • .I: is reasoning, and perhaps
the self sacrifices vt thOse. eriiks are ',out
ways tindeserving, or noplothiclive cr generat
good. Every experienced 'aod- •(;.;ndid Medical
Man Must allow that the fatal Calamities at Clare-
mont have not. been satisfactorily explained by
any official or authentic statements, and the pa-
tion.(3bating what delicacy forbids).have a right
to 'ask far sonte better and more. satisfactory-sin-
formation: Had the cat asiroV,le occurred in a
priv to tamily.„ all the relatives arid connections
would have expected a 'clear and circumstantial
account of ,the-causes which led to such unusual
and unexpected disasters.—But, Sir, I must step
.beyond the moderation of Mr, FooT, and beyond
the prejudices of your Readers, by asserting, upon
the strength of varied, extensive, anti competent
knowledge, that the Whole•practice of Man-mid-
wifery is uncalled for, and that it is an indecent
Modern obtrusion, which disgraces the character
of aliberal calling. Nay, I will add, confident
of the intrinsic truth of My statement, that the
exercise of; that, craft. is not only useless bat injn-
lions. Sir, the delivery or parturition of a mo-
ther is a natural act, ordered,'anardA, and directed
by the all-Wise precautions of Supreme Power, and
each of its steps is conduted in dark uncertainty.
To meddle, to force forward, or tW'retard thOse
inOmentouS in•oceedings is always terribly dan-
gerous either to-tile' mother °riter olfsprin4,-or
to both. ,Whoever. has studied the subject must
be aware thakcertain operations can only be effect-
ed by the wisely ordered' powers which are gra-
dually, Safely, and in due time-conducted to their
end by_naeuret -• . . c
•.Tlre history of- the ripe and establishment of
this modern. vocation of Man•midwi(erY shews,
that its teachers and followers have latiOured toirrt •
pose upon each other- a heliel that parturition. is
a 'surgical,- not a natural,. operation. They have
arcordi.rki;iy represented all the accidents and
WM, " - -
frequent occurrences, anti by triglnening each
otter, have spread the same contagion. among
their patients. The truth of- try. stated objections
to Man-midwifery is daily proved by the poor'
unhappy Women who deliver the'lliselves-clandea-
tinely, and W.ho hardly ever fail ti do wall after.
wards, The same success. attends all es:ablish-
ments where none but ivomen eny'loyed..
iitn hilly convinced 'that the' greatest' p,srlion of
those desperate Cases about which Men-midwives
tell such frightful tales,. are first imitmed by t eir
uncalled-for interference ; and she consequ, aces
avhich generally follow, are nothing more titan* -
setinel of int.proper and Mischievous treatment.
Nothing, in ;my. opinioo, can save the temales•of
. our community trmothe indecencies atid violrnees
of theie desperate and often greedy men, but the
due instruction of respectable Women-mida Ives,
and their education should be conducted with a
cheering confidence in, tut( reliance on, the pm, ers
and proceedings of nature, directly opposite to
Witat is now taught in the offensive Lectures and
Books ut the male practitioners.
Nov. 14, 1817. • AN OLD, MEDICAL MAN.

REGISTER OF FASHION.

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.

The Dui:e of Devonshire, from France ; Lady Conyingliatt,
at Charles-street, Berkeley square ; the Earl and Countess of
Jersey, in Berkeley:square;froni the Duke of Rtitland's seat,
Cheveley ;c Lady Wino-0111 'and faMily, at their house,
Whitehall, froth Lincolnshire; the Earl of Langford, at his
house, in. Berkeley-square, froM his seat in Surrey; George
Pocock, Esq. N. P. and family, inCharles7street, Berkeley-
sqUare, from Hallwood Rent.
DEPARTURES. ' •

The Earl of Guildford, for the. Continent, for eight months;
Sir John Grey and Lady Egerton; for Hastings ; the Mar-
quis of Salisbury, for his seat, Hatfield ; Sir Edward• and
Lady Codrington, for Hastings ; . Lord and Lady Boling.
broke, for Paris; Dowager Countess Of Kingston, for het' seat
in Kent.

STATE-PRISONERS.--On Thursday last, 11140 MAS
EVANCE, Esq. Magistrate.for the county of Surrey,
went to the gaol at Horsentonger-lane; Newing-
ton, attended by Mr. Reeves, the Chief-clerk at
Union-hall, when -Robert-Holden and -- 'Pilk-
ington, confined under Lord SIDMOUTH'S warrant
on suspicion of treasonable prattices, severally
entered into recognizance for their personal ap-
pearance in. the Court of King's Bench on the
first day of next Term; and -from day to day until
discharged.

Thornton is to be brought into the Con-rf of
King's Bench, op Monday`inorning, at 9 o'clock.
The Counsel employed for the prosecution, are
Messrs. GURNEY, CNITTY, RICHARDSON, and
CLARK—Mr. READER for the Apellee. It is sup-
posed the trial will occupy the Court the whole of
a day. .