The whole proceedings in this painful case have now been laid before the public, in the form of a Parliamentary return. Little new light, however, is thrown upon the controversy. In an able and severe letter the Visitors of the Surrey Asylum object to the manner and to the private character of the examination instituted by the Commissioners, on the receipt of the anonymous letter. They say it was uncourteous to themselves, and unjust to Mr. Snape; “that it was done extensively by leading questions, a mode of proceeding not admissible in any criminal case, and which the law prohibits as leading to error, rather than truth.’ The Visitors, considering the question to be “essentially of a medical character,” finally decided it for themselves, upon the following evidence, which they invoked for their guidance.