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Statistics of Lunacy in Belgium.

--Late statistical returns show that in Belgium there are at present 51 Lunatic Asylums --6 in the province of Antwerp (one of them in the colony of Ghee,) 11 in the Brabant, 6 in Western Flanders, 16 in Eastern Flanders, 6 in Hainant, 4 in Liege, and 2 in Limburg. The number of lunatics in Belgium is 4,907, which is one in every 920 of the population.

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