The Sun.
London, England, 1826-07-01 00:00:00

day night before our readers, they would not easily
have believed the manner in which this refutation is
sought to beparried. It required such an ocular
proof to convince them that the Editor, in his Lead-
mg Article, neither apologized nor retracted, but
makes a clumsy effort to maintain his first story. His
arguments are worthy of his position. After copying
out the above narrative, he ingeniously inquires—
" Where now i Col. Lowther's denial ?—where, Mr.
Strickland ?" As if the silent assent of Honourable
men to an assertion madeln their hearing,: forced on
their attention, and deeply affecting their honour,
were to go for nothing, without their formal adoption
of its terms. The Colonel, an avowed enemy to Je-
suitical practices, ig as much indebted to his advocate
for • supplying him with so mean and quibbling an
evasion, as for imputing, in the first place, the low
bragging of a bully to a brave officer. "Ah 1 but
(says the Leading Article) we'have materials and do-
cuments, which, perhaps, we may be provoked to
publish, to corroborate our report." As ,if delicacy
had restrained such a reporter tiom the publication of
anything 1 The only answer to mysterious menacing
is--"" Do your worst—produce your proofs, and we
shall see bow they ought to be dealt with."

[THE BRITISH PRESS.]
The Westmorland contest increases in interest as it
proceeds. By our report this day, it will be seen that
the Assessor has decided against the admission of
(according to the Patois of Appleby) the mushroom
voters,, upon the ground that they, are annuitants, and
therefore ought to have been registered for 6 months
previously. This has given Mr. Brougham's party
great spirits, and they now speak confidently of that
Gentleman's success. However that may be, this
circumstance will undoubtedly tend to prolong the
contest. This election has not proceeded without
those ebullitions of popular feeling that are so common
at this period ; but Lord Lowther, although subject-
ed frequently to the indignation of the people,
firmly resisted the introduction of the military; winch,
under the circumstances, we consider creditable to
his Lordship's judgment and temper.

LTHE MORNING HERALD.)
As if insanity, or the mere imputation
.of it, were
not a sufficient calamity of itself—both to individuals
and families, the worthy professors of the law seize
upon persons so afflicted as their:peculiar prey ; and
those towards whom the law itself intends to hold
forth, both in their property and.persons, a more than
ordinary degree of protection, are often pillaged in the
one, and outraged in the other, to an extent which no-
thing but the striking instances which are continually
occurring could 'induce any one to credit. But not
only in this respect is the profession of the law thus
scandalised by greedy and unprincipled practitioners,
but that of medicine is brought in aid ; by their joint
rapacity leaving their wretched victims often totally
destitute, and without the means of future enjoyment,
should returning reason restore them ,to society.—
Without adverting to particular examples in proof of
our remarks, we may be permitted to say, that the
whole subject is one which strongly calls for revision.
The manner in which Inquisitions of Lunacy are fre-
quently found, is any thing but satisfactory'; and it,
would be well if Juries in these cases, as well as some
others, were' oftener to assert their independence,. and
judge for themselves, before they consigned a fellow
creature to perpetual personal restraint, and to the end-
less fleecing of lawyers and physicians. Nothing can
more clearly show the absence of real science, and of
any thing like fixed principle upon the subject among
the latter, than the way in which' they ,differ in cases
where there are means enough in .hand to elicit and
keep alive that difference. While .one set of mad
doctors will pronounce a man :Wholly destitute of,
reason, as many more will be found to declare
him perfectly sane, and though the former. gene-.
rally get the day, it frequently is not ,till ample
estates
,have been - dilapidated, and iji,e most cruel
injuries have been inflicted on individual feelings. , It,
is no small aggravation of,the Matter, that thoF3 vvhose,
interest it is to have persons declared insane, have the
same motives for keeping them so. Would it nut be
some improvement it every, person, thus situated; haul
his case reviewed once a year by a Jury, or sonic
other disinterested inquirers "e The Lord Chancellor,
who has at all times evinced the most anxions
solici-
tude in such cases, is too much occupied to go so
nutely into them all. Indeed, the great majority of
them seldom or ever come before him.' The state of
Pauper Lunatics is, .we fear, in many instances still
more deplorable, and is, we suspect, Often lost sight
of altogether, till some striking instance of abuse
rouses for a moment the public sympathy told hum-
Among the refOrins which are. ,afloat, none
tiuld retied more credit. upon the age than one