There is this difference between that which is in principle good and that which is evil: the former may by abuse or misuse be converted into evil, while the latter can by no conversion become other I than it is by nature from the beginning. One evil may mask or master a lesser one, but that which is bad in principle can never become good in practice.

The ceremony of the inauguration of the statue of the late lamented Dr. Charlesworth, senior physician of the Lincoln Lunatic Asylum, took place on the 12th of July last, in presence of a large assembly. When the statue, which stands in an area at the south-east corner of the asylum grounds, visible both to the patients and the public, was exposed to view, all present uncovered; and, after a moment's silence, a burst of applause followed. It consists of a full-length figure of the doctor, in a position in which he frequently appeared, having his right hand advanced a little, grasping a small scroll, and his left resting on his hip; his head is reclining to the left, and the expression of the countenance is exceedingly faithful, expressing that studious habit and decision of character for which he was so remarkable. The statue is 6 feet 6 inches in height, and stands upon a pedestal of Yorkshire granite of the same elevation. The attitude of the figure is natural and full of character, and from whatever quarter viewed the features are a striking resemblance. The material is most suitable to the peculiarity of our variable climate, the sculptor (T. Milnes, Esq.) having selected Sicilian marble, the statue being worked from a block weighing upwards of six tons. It is of the finest texture, a beautiful colour, and will long retain its freshness. The following inscription is on the pedestal:

This institution is at length open for the reception of patients under the superintendence of Dr. Hewson, late of Salisbury. Mr. Wilkes, the Superintendent of the neighbouring County Asylum, to whose public spirit and indefatigable exertions the undertaking owes its origin and successful completion, having in the most noble and disinterested manner declined the honor of its management.

Gentlemen, It is my intention to give you in this our introductory lecture, an exposition of the classifition of insanity. I shall endeavour to make it as practical as possible, and so to furnish you with a method which may serve to guide you in your relations with your patients ; and in order to be the more certain of its application, we will endeavour to prove it, by examination of patients after the lecture.

When the future historian of the manners and customs of the present age shall seek for the most Prominent fact which in this country distinguishes the prevailing spirit as that of humanity, he will scarcely hesitate in awarding the post of honor to the Non-Restraint system of treating the insane. The change which the system of which the total abolition of mechanical restraint is the key stone has effected, has been, where adopted in its entirety, a total one. The change is so complete, that its extent is hard to realize; just as a denizen of this fair country experiences difficulty in picturing to his imagination the hill Sides clothed with dense forest, the postures occupied by poisonous fens, the whole inhabited by painted Celts and other Savage animals. But it has not taken ages nor even the brief space of one man's life, to substitute the most benign features of human gentleness for the savagery of the old mad house. In a public speech at Stafford, the Lord Bishop of the diocese stated, “He never came away from the asylum without a feeling of gratitude and thankfulness. Much had been said of the great improvement which had taken place in the treatment of the insane, he might, perhaps, be allowed to mention one fact which had been told him by Sir Charles Clarke, but which Sir Charles (who was present) had not stated to them. Sir Charles told him, that he remembered when a student, he had often passed Bethlem, and heard the rattling of the chains and the shrieks of the patients. Only think of that, in the crowded streets of the metropolis to hear the rattling of the chains and the shrieks of the patients ! And now, as had been stated by Lord Harrowby, they might go over their own asylum, containing between three and four hundred patients, and not see a single patient placed under restraint of any kind, but all enjoying the utmost possible comfort which their cases would admit of. What a contrast to the rattling of chains and the shrieks of the patients!”

“Ce qui est malade chex l' aliéné, ce n' est en règle générale, ni le corps seulement, ni seulement l' áme ou P esprit ou la raison humaine; mais c' est l' homms pris dans tout l' ensemble admirable mais compliqué, de ses facultés physiques, intellectuelles et morales; C' est l' homme entier, prie comme individu.”–Dr. H. Van Leuween, Rapport sur la Fondation, &c.