Mr. Gourlay.
',Ve have received another letter from this unhappv gentleman. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Prison-Room, Hlouse of romnons June 19, 1824. Sir.-Whatever is thought of my conduct in the lobby of this house, I am sure the public will deenm it arbitrary and cruel for ine notonly to be shut up here, but reported of unsound mind, without due inquiry. I am frank to all men, free of speech, and careless in manner: I am, too, of a county where, if yoa are not *vhat is called daft, you may be disinherited.. Interest, then, as well as nature, may have deceived Parliamentary doctors, and made me seem un- sound; but, Sir, I am not what I thus seem; and let the following certificates go in proof of it :-_ (Signed) it. G. [Here follow the certificates: we give one, because it is so adroitly equivocal.] "I have been intimately acquainted with Robert Gourlay(now con. fined by ordes of the Hiouse of Coommons) since the month of Janu- ary last, and have visited him daily during his present confinement. I never knew any one more regularly cheerful, more determined in principle, or more consistent in conduct. "Jusiel9, 1824. (Signed) " JAMES BARBER, Surgeon." P Room, HIouse of Commons, June 18, 1824. ir,_1 vwrote to you yesterday, and while unnoticed in my present situation, you cannot wonder at my addressing you a second time, to protest against unfair treatment; and again, to beg for a hearing at the bar of thehouse. Had I committed the act for which I am confined, in passion, and withi Niolence, declaring that I wished to insult the louse, as well as one of its members there would even then have been a limit to chastisement; but wLat can be worse, and where is the limit, condemning me, upon mere suspioion, and the opinion of two doctors, after a few loose conversations ? Is this sufficient te set me down as a persort of unsound mind, who must be delivered over to the keeping of friends, or forcibly sent to B.1dILRam ? Festus didnotso much injure Paul when he thoughthim mad, nor did the ingenious Frenchman, who got to Paris by writing " Poison. for tbe Ring" on a parcel of brick-dust, suvfer for it. Sir, could I gain my ends, even by staking life on the venture, I should becon- tented, and my country bene tted-beyotd measure. " Fearecameupon all," and long aFO proclaimed ignorance a coward. Ignorance wouldea iktteason to pull the King by the nose, whbile, in fact, it might bea sacred duty. Suppose his Majesty to fall into a narrow well, from whence he could not be got out but by using his nose as a handle, would it notbajustifiableto pull him by it ? l aln, mnot restiectfullvr yours. &.e ROBERT GOUJRLAY. To Elie Right Hon. the Speaker. MR. COURLAY.