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Refutation of the assertions made by the writer of the article in the Quarterly Review : for October, 1844, entitled Report of the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy, pp. 436-441, as far as they relate to the conduct and practice of the Warneford Asylum on Headington Hill, near Oxford : and also an appeal to Parliament on behalf of the non-chargeable poor when visited by lunacy, and for the encouragement of charitable asylums for their reception, relief, and cure ; being the substance of the Chairman's observations at the weekly meeting of the Committee of Management, Tuesday, Nov. 12, Tuesday, Nov. 19, and Tuesday, Nov. 26, 1844.

A letter to the Secretary of State for the Home Department : upon the unjust and pettifogging conduct of the Metropolitan Commissioners on Lunacy, in the case of a gentleman, lately under their surveillance / by John Perceval.

Remarks upon the report of the Metropolitan Commissioners on Lunatic Asylums.

A letter to the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy : containing some strictures on the Act of Parliament, and observations on their report / by J. Haslam.

Report of the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy to the Lord Chancellor. Presented to both houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty / [by the Earl of Shaftesbury].

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Great Britain. Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy

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Report of the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy to the Lord Chancellor. Presented to both houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty / [by the Earl of Shaftesbury].

A letter to the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy : containing some strictures on the Act of Parliament, and observations on their report / by J. Haslam.