21 AUGUST 1830, Page 10

perfectly distinct diseases,_you make me answerable for an absurdity of

which I was not guilty. I am the more anxious to have this mistake rectified, because medical men of emi- nence, relying on the reports of newspapers, have not scrupled publicly to censure their less distinguished brethren, for opinions which, perhaps, they never delivered. As your journal is deservedly esteemed for its correctness, and, therefore, likely to be referred to as an authority, I shall feel obliged by your noticing the subject as early as possible. I am, Sir, your obedient servant,

FREDERICK WILLIAM CRUMP.

[We abridged the account of the inquest from another paper. No- thing can be clearer than Mr. CRUMP'S explanation : we are quite sa- tisfied that the inaccuracy does not attach to him.--En.]