We have before us several papers and documents referring to this well-known hospital for the insane. Those who have paid the attention they deserve to the annual reports of the Commissioners in Lunacy will remember that, year by year, the site, the building, the internal arrangements, and the management of this institution, have been therein the subjects of censure and of earnest remonstrance, which the governors of the institution appear to have borne with remarkable equanimity, or perhaps more truly, with stolid apathy. In the earlier reports, the Commissioners put their recommendations in the mildest possible form; for instance, in June 1852, they suggest that “perhaps the governors may be disposed to consider favorably the hiring some land, &c.,” but during the past year, in which they visited the hospital twice, the Commissioners speak much more decidedly, “they regret very much to find that their suggestions have not been carried out, it is painful to them to revert so often to the various defects of the institution;” “the temperature of the galleries was much below what is usual in establishments of this nature; in the male wards being as low as 33° on February 29th, 1855; the extreme coldness of the hospital, together with the entire absence of furniture, presented a very bare and cheerless appearance, the means of occupation and amusement appear to be very scanty, &c.” We quote at length the report of the special inspection made by the noble Chairman of the Board, and two of the Visiting Commissioners.