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Since the. preceding extracts were 
written and printed, we have received 
the following letter from the gentle- 
man who originated the discussions 
relative to Mr. LAWRENCE, accompa- 
nied by a statement, to both of which 
we consider it our duty to give place. 
Our readers and the public at large 
feel a lively interest on the question, 
and, haying more than once advocated 
the cause of Mr. L. as apparently con- 
nected with the right of Wee enquiry, it 
seems proper to give place to the state- 
ment of the opposite party. 
‘« Highbury-park, June 21, 1822. 
«Srr,—You have been imposed upon 
in the information that has led to your 
animadversions upon the recent conduct of 
certain governors of the Royal Hospitals 
of Bridewell and Bethlem, towards Mr. 
Lawrence, the surgeon. As the individual 
upon whom the onus of this affair has 
now fallen, I claim your attention to the 
enclosed statement, and appeal to your 
principles of justice to make the ‘amende 
honorable’ as to the imputation of a vulgar 
spirit of bigotry,’ &c. 
“ Your very obedient servant, 
“BS, BuRGEss. 
«The appointment of surgeon to these 
Hospitals is not ‘ honorary.” A handsome 
emolument is affixed to the appointment.” 
Statement. 
«The surgeon of the Royal Hospitals of 
Bridewell and Bethlem, in the beginning 
of the year 1819, published a book, of 
which book, more need not be said than 
that its aim is to refute the Hunterian 
Theory of Life, to revive the hateful and 
almost exploded doctrines of Materialism, 
to bring the sacred -writings into disre- 
pute, flatly denying the truth of some parts 
of them, and thereby to destroy all that 
belongs to man beyond his prerogatives as 
¢a human animal.’ 
« At the election court of April, 1819, 
(all the officers upon these establishments 
are annually elected in open court,) at the 
instance of two governors, both members 
of the House of Commons, and both of the 
house committee of these hospitals, the 
surgeon was suspended as the author of 
that book. Intercession was made for 
him, and a letter to a governor (the trea- 
surer of Guy’s Hospital,) was tead, and en- 
tered upon the minutes of the proceedings, 
in which the author is reported to have re- 
tracted most of hisinfidel opinions, and had 
entered into a solemn pledge, and volun- 
tary obligation, to suppress and prevent 
the circulation of his book.” 
Expressly upon these grounds, the 
general court of June, 1819, thought pro- 
er to re-instate the surgeon in his office. 
« At the election court, holden the 2nd 
of April, 1822, neither of the governors 
who had taken the lead in this affair was 
Literary and Philosophical Intelligence, 
[July 1, 
present. But another governor stated, 
that he had reasons to believe that the 
surgeon had violated his pledge, (as above 
stated ,) and moyed his suspension ; which 
motion, haying been seconded by another 
governor thoroughly conversant with the 
merits of the case, was unanimously 
carried.” 
“¢ At a general court, holden specially 
upon this business, upon the 26th of April, 
the conduct of the suspended officer, in 
these particulars, was in his presence fully 
investigated: he was charged with having 
parted with from four hundred to six hun- 
dred copies of this pernicious work, subse- 
quently to the day upon which he pledged 
himself to the governors that he would sup- 
press and prevent the circulation thereof ; 
and, being put upon his defence, he con- 
fessed, that he had parted with “ Four hun- 
dred and odd.” Upon which occasion he 
was, with as much consideration and ten- 
derness as possible, but virtually, dismissed 
from his office as surgeon to these hospitals. 
“Upon the 8th of May, inst. a special 
general court was held, for the sole purpose 
of receiving the report of the vacancy thus 
produced. ‘This court, however, thought 
proper, in the absence of every governor 
who had taken any lead in the affair, to 
carry a resolution, declaring that this dis- 
missed officer was eligible as a candidate 
to supply that very vacancy which his mis- 
conduct had occasioned; and, * Credat 
Judaus Apella,’ at a general court of go- 
vernors holden the next day, this very per- 
son was elected surgeon of the Royal 
Hospitals of Bridewell and Bethlem!” 
You mention the number whichappeared 
upon the ballot in Mr. Lawrence’s fayour ; 
your statement is not quite accurate, but 
no matter, I assure you, first, that Mr. 
Lawrence owes his election to the “ esprit 
de corps,” which induced a most respecta- 
ble candidate to retire, as soon as Mr, 
Lawrence was pronounced eligible for the 
post: and, secondly, that never did so few 
governors vote uponan election, when half 
the exertion was made upon the canvass. 
Mr. WorspDALe, sen. of Lincoln, 
has ready for the press, a work, en- 
titled, Celestial Philosophy, or Geneth- 
liacal Astronomy. ‘This manuscript 
is entirely original, and contains, we 
are informed, the whole art of calcu- 
lating nativities, with a great number 
of genitures ; the examples are given 
in figures, which may be proved by 
the use of the celestial globe, or sphe- 
rical trigonometry. It is intended to 
publish it in twenty-five numbers, 
making 600 pages, octayo. 
Speedily will be published, the 
Morning and Evening Sacrifice; or 
Prayers for Private Persons and 
Families, divided into four parts:—1. 
Prayers for Private Persons, adapted 
to 
