VISIT TO A TOWN OF LUNATICS. An American magazine called the Out look givea- (aaya our London correspon dent) an account of a visit to Gheel, hear Antw.erp, the famous lunatic settlement, or '* City of the Simple," of which a good deal has been heard lately in medical circles. Here are extracts :~- Taking the train east from Antwerp, I was soon set down pit my destination,, which I fouod to be a quaint, old-fashioned little town, apparently in no way different from the toy-like towia and villages to be found aU through Flanders. It waa to all appearance a prosperous community, and, considering the fact that a large propor tion of its inhabitants were UNCONFINED LUNATICS, it was to me an unexpectedly quiet one. In the parlour of the hotel where I fiat that evening there were gathered tsn or twelve ha.itueß of the place, some -sipping, their beer and smoking, others reading, and several engaged in playing dominoes. To pasa the time I had picked up a Flemish newspaper, when presently there came through the open window the loud, commanding voice of some one in the atreet below. " Poor fellow 1 " said one of the guests, as we looked out together, "he imagines himself to be Napoleon, and is giving orders to his troops, who are gathered for the battle of Waterloo. He ia quite harmless. See 1 " And lo laa the lunatic waa giving the word of command to HIS IMAQINABT LEGIONS. to wheel and charge in battalions, a little fellow of six plucked the skirt of hia blouse and whisperad a word in his ear, when, quick aa a flashy the soi disant' emperor waa transformed in-to a quiet, humble, shame faced man, who, with Bhambling step and downcast eye, suffered the boy to lead him into an adjacent cottage. I utilised this incident to start a conver sation with 1 the men who had acted as my informant, I found him quick and intelli gent, and I thought he was, like myself, a visiting Btranger, so that what followed gave me one of the greatest surprises of my life. We had got into a discussion upon the policy of, the Government, and our argument had grown somewhat warm, when suddenly the man arose and ex claimed— " Listen to me, monsieur. 