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A l°A- ° # l4- t 1 444;.14' 0 a-di ‘l4e#,(Aa44 ~- . . . . . ~...... ...t. . , Th ......„ ("r(*•S . ~ . t ... ...,, ~.7 ". , n, ,,..., :,_ , : . . 4. . ..,,,,,,.. oik ‘i •• _ . .. tit.. ..dc0 , ..... :. r- 4 .. . . , ... .. • . . . _~,. • , , • NUMBER 13,148.] 01417C.A OBONANIX April Il i 11113. THE PRINCIPAL"' OFFICERS of his MA strrrs ORDN4NC* ha* gise MOP, That they are ready to dispose of, to such Perseus as may be. *Mingle Tender for the same, t Oiniber of GUNS' and CAR. 160/IMOIII4. to a prviceable Kate, together with a quantity of • Dist and Wrought IRON, STRRI., BRASS. COPPRRb and tow Metals. is BO". at the Tow:, of Lewdest; the °Mosinee Milisery Depot, Toolerotreet; and at the Royal Arsenal, Noel. hkb ; which have been divided into Lots, and may be viewed bre apPlieaden to the principal Storekeeper, at the Tower; at the Military Depot, Tooley street; and to the Ordnance keeper, at %Woolwich, es any day preview to the day fled for the &limy of the Tenders. A Catalogue of the several Lots may be obtained, by Persons *Riles to became Parch's - sem on application at the leeretaryte.i .011 hie, in Pall-Mall, where the Tenders ter the whole, or ay' invialurr of the said Lots, are to be delivered on as Reber lA% TURDAY, the td of May next. By ()War of the Hoard, _ _ . . SALE BY Avon° GLAMORGAMSHIRK `llld billimiarit mid very Valuable Lordship and itabo4 et 24. BATH ABBEY ESTATE, COMIOIIIIII9 ASOOT Eli THOUSAND ACRES OF VALUABLE FREEHOLD LAND; lSttaM la the several Hamlets of Coed, Frank, Durryn, Clydach t Bleenboundan, Ynissitnesul. in the Perish of Cadmium, , and County of Glamorgan; With *emitted.* OAK WOODS of Ane NAVAL Tr M BE% Warbles COLLIERIES, IRON and COPPER WQRK . WHARFS. SHIPPING PLACES on the Navigable River 1/11ATH, of the - v*lmo( Rag TEN THOUSAND FOUNDS tt Year. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, ONE-THIRD PART of this very valuable PRO PERTt, at Gerraway's Colree-bouse, Leaden, In the first week in May nett, unions an acceptable offer la made by Private Contract, of will& previous notice wIS be given. For Particulars apply to Mr. Foz. Solicitor, peeminster, Der. sataWe; Wickens, Solicitor, Montagemmet, Russ/414quart -Loam Adam Murray , Surveyor; Agent, and Auctioneer , et Martin's.lane, London. Mr. A Clayton. Cade:tom, wear Heath, will show the Blows to Intending Pusdissess: • • sr .. - FOR THE STACIE YARD, GARDEN , AND COLONIAL SETTLEMENTS. NVATER PROOF RICK CLOTHS completely fitted op, Nettie( acid Wining for Ault Trees, Marquees ad Teats et various sorts, Improved dressed Clothe, Tilts, dn. with other Ankles of similar Malty. The Foreign. Settler, as well as the resident Avieolnwist, may be soppliek with the above desirable Ankles us moderato tams by DAM AMLIA ED. GIN °TON, 5, Tooky-nren. Address, Bauaasai Seesseyou. • - - EAKE'S GENUINE PILLS, justly fantods. tot „LAI swbg, Is all its wage*, the VENEREAL DISEASE One small Pill Is a doses and the taking of one Bar, in a recent seen, erM aeon convince thipstieut of the certainty of hb speedy recovery. Nothing can be better connived, more safe, or more convenient than this Remedy, for such as are obliged to go joarnies et id sae, it nee no confinenrent or restraint of Diets and Patty years rufittionte tin an eatemtve practice) baa proved that it will effect a Clirewhen repeated Salivation aid altuther methods seed noting : Poe the Scurvy and other 'Chronical Disorders, this Medicine has not its. parallel. Upwards of 40,000 persons ef bath sews have bestir radically cored of the above cruel (Mar. diem, Widget thelillrelgitt yams. Prepared and sold by the sole T. TAYLOR andSON, Members of the Royal Col a Surgeon+, at their Home, No. a, New Midge -street.. in Hosea of only 45.. ad. each, duty included.— N.B. TwO back etas, end Lights in the Passages at night.-. They are also sold, by their appoitsement, with copious directions, at the Toy-shops, 1, Geaftan-street, Soho, and las, thfutd-street; Mr. Disborough's, 1, Melentreet-1411, nearly opposite the, Monument ; Messrs. Butler, Princee.street, Edinburgh, and Sschville street, Dubliu • and by one Arlon in every considerable Town in Great Britain and: • leebod'; observing, at the same time. that "T. Taylor, New Bakige-street," is open the Government Stamp. LISBON PAPERS. LISSOM, Aran e. .01/Vio 4th of this month Don Vinmstao !lath Sierra., tteeretoty f the Legation of his Catholic Majesty to . Ms Most Fothlul MAjosty, misted in this city, and on flab 911th a Match IleoloatsMat 44 Costa Monte Alpe,. who in appointed Envoy Elrtraordinary and Minister Pityipittentiar7 to the Coon of Lisboa. wined 'at Mx dtiis and was to sOL Qat. from that city for this-capital in • iota days.. Letters from Barcelowt • state that the Ptincipatitie, were pwhictly trariclitit. and it seeasScastain that teetotal Abr. Individuals will he in a few dal: coisdassaed to death, whom* naw is thee citadel of that - plate; as its. plicated in the pima cons' ittniowal consp i feacrtor which 13 Others base Amid! mitered the same. thing. 1 FRENCH. PAPER* imam Ttra 111111**Gla D111:6111AMIRRIS D APRIL 17 FRONTIERS. (IF EREVIAt -Mak b. The Rocha of Belgrade has received a later from the saw Goma VisksOledschid Haeba, who says that he heiewtre weir sweeeeded in appeasing the disttintent of tbs . /Slims:dans .on account of their a,eears of pay., but ifiat'he has concluded with them_ a pew Convention. by viaswerai whict.6 l ooo of sham. aro to march imnietii spay to the Daasthr, sack/5,600 moreto be placedruader stbrerders of the Puha of Janina. The Pacha of Scutari has received the most formal orders iswt the Grand Visier tosendgs contingents to Jades sailboat loss 'of time. After• making these ar rangements the Grand Vizier immediately set out lur Constantinople to 'swam the high office which the confidence of le Sultan has called him. • The scasciey of combegins to be telt in a deplorable manner in several provinces of the Ottoman Empite. The blockade of the Dardanelles produces the tartlet teem which the county. espectoi, parsissisrly in Mace desist arse the appeansacs of sows* Runiewverselt off this Gel. of Theralonica, which' capture all vessels with previsions, adds to the diatiese of alt,these coo*. tries, which is further increased by shoaaarieas spirit o 1 the jabbers, wha talreadvantage of it. ..fleconnta bens the • fertileprowittes et Bitegiiit sat, that .31 the Ire of Much the oka (fit dl of Imbue toil 45 pans. The price of all the aecrussujee of life law cleats in the same ProPoitias. The iebabildlias nearl.Y reduced to despair,. The ilesp.Gosiailc . V4siertei. visefiot &Inglis es thelOth-of March with re toile of 90 person,. Meantime 'the preptratiost at - eat. are earned on with the &a 1, *am? irk J> owe as well as. ist-liestos. • • teesetes:J•trilllAS ere eosswesteS. It • • . !AIM -Asasertt." -We. beers fsvuerstr *kb' asp following extract a letter from Guadalcisarit i ;diked , theiarpert Masetw " eD Engli.h corvette has jest anistiebtairk• adios MONDAY EVENING, APRIL /8M bijou are of great importance, and will probably represented in the Cabinets of England andiVraoce.-7 The subject in question ii the slave trade, which is eat sham with mote audacity than ever. A. slave ship of this. island has been captured at sea by an Eselivb frigate, which put on boards prize master. fifteen Beg lishmen, and ten free aggress, subjects of his Britannic. Majesty. After some days *ailing the French attacked the English, sad woueded•several of them, made theme selves austere of the ship, and sailed for Guadeloupe. They landed the English at Dominica, and have brought to this colony their cargo of slaves, whom they have sold, as well as ten megrims belonging to the Bogilish. though they were born free." Charles IL hat recently purchased the valuable col lection of books connected with it life and works ed. Petratch,,made by M Maraud, one of the PrOfetnorn., in the University of Padua, and editor-of the admirable ,edition of the works of that great poet, published a few Teals ago. This collection, of which a cataanguemeis recently published at Milan. undet the title of Dtb&w.s . Petrarcheseicontains about 900 volumes, and it cloth's*. into three classes. The first compeisera comps also lection of ell•the editions sif the poetical. works . of PC. i trareh since 1470, the date of the first printed edition. The second compri es all the translations of the worki of this poet into the French, Latin, Spanish, Gee man, and English languages ; it includes the works of all the Cornotentmots on the Poet, as well as copies of all that is ca netted with the Biography of Petratch. Tile third class is formed of a great number of manuscripts on vellum and papas, of the poem: or of works connected with thy Poems of Pet arch. The honks. on their arrival at Paris, are to be deposited in the Louvre. OR I HURLA, Amt. 3. ♦ PRIVATE LIT/11A. The number of victims hitherto dug out of the ruins of the towns destroyed by the earthquakes, amounts already to more thin 5,000, and that of the peri.oris ,wounded or mutilated, more than double the number. The houses destroyed are between 6 000 and 7600. Thi wine and oil of last year are lost. . FILMY Fosse—Rants. Ann: 17 —Mee per Cents. 11111 r. 40e. 30e. 35e.—Three per Cents. 71If. Moe. 43e. 40e.-41ash &cock, 1,5531. 1,8531. SOe. 1.500 f. Naples Stuck, Of. 14E1104—Royal apish Loan, wig sar —3panisb Route perpotoeUe, 54,41; Hay tisn Loan, 500?—Exchange on London, one monk, Inf. 40s. '"—Throe months 115 L IS.. PARLIAMENTARY REPORTas GOVERNMENt LI FS ♦ "IMMO (MIAMI /ROW Ma. lianavasenes mem.), The huh 4 au questions having reference to the failure- or continnaoce of We'll well known to be the law of mortality. or the probability that.a human being, who mar heist any gives year of age. will die in that same year. If thit be accurately d e termined for each and every single year in the natural lite of mankind, all other questions whatsoever, of it financial nature; ante cspable.of precise solutio‘being merely so many arith metical results.. The said probabilty, however. can only be arrived' at through the experience of what has al ready happened to a- treat number of other hontan beinge.all is the very same circumstances with the per eon Whose case is under consideration. Thus, it an English Gesitlnnen, at this tins, aged 45, is the pascal., whose chance of dying in a single year is the subject or inquiry, it may be answered that as experience hat 'shown• heretofore, in regard to 8.679 other person', who were all in irks manner of the age of 45, these died is a year. only 108 of theta,, so the Gentleman i tef questing has 8,571 chromes. for living a year, and only 109 chances foe dying,out of, so great a number lerevhances altogetheris 8,679. If - there *me a millios of such persons, all 45 years old, the proportion who would die ins year is thetefore 12 44i, and the oum. bet who would not die is 987,5564• the individual *poke* abet. of course, the one.millionds part of those chances respectively, birth against. and for him, which if obviously thedecimal fraction 01244 for the probably .lity of dying - , and 987,556 for the probability of living. Supposing that the areetors of any large 'and long establi.hed insurance office were to permit the publica tion of the rate of mortality eapetienced in such iest/Or tion for the last $0 years. there can be urn doubt that sbeY would htable to furnish the followittg particulate to a high degree of accuracy-Ist. A list o 1 their mem bers on a given dip (suppose the Ist of April, 1799), with the ste. of each person on that day.' Li. A list of new members subsequently enrolled with the date of that enrolment, and the age of the party in every case. 1 5d. Agaistst 'each name in eldest list there could be titten the date of the tut premium received from the ,party, if no claim bad beep made. on the office for the sum insured. and the precise date Of his death in case there had been such a claim. Now, as the exact mgr of the party when.enrolJed is the basis of the contnict. ;there is great-risk and small temptation iis presuming to impose a forged certificate.on the office, and it seesba scarcely necessary to inqiire whether thrweis any chance dutch tilting being wilfully practised. Theodora dates relate to, matters too well knows) in the out* itself to admit of any doubt. If so, it is. matter of dernonstrio non that a correct report of the number of deaths at 'each age,and of the auasher of living persons at each 'age, out of which such deaths happened, may. be set forth with almost positive certainty. -In regard to the nominees of life annuities purclot ,front the State, it is plaio that the pseceding parti culars are to be attained with equal accut.cy. 'besides the stifling temptation to commit a fraud et . ell, there is also saperaddod the metal gush okfal sweartaai and the sublunary ;iambics of forgery and :'perjury all those facts and dates being tecorJeJ 'on judicial testimony. Thr great mass of those no minces are the shareholder. in the several tontines. .and were nominated its infancy. when a concealment of 'age would have answered no beneficial . purpose w hat 'ever to the p•oprietar. la. Use I:te auouities letely 'charged on the Sinking Fund, the purchase is. maile in old age; and when the annuity iscou : ideratOe, the price is se formidable that it cannot be adiracced but by people of some note in society, and whom it is impair. 'sink to suspect of perjury. Without the oath and ps.- rochiat cei;iscate, however, it is admitted that the mates pet haps might strive hard to understate their age. from vain and foolish, but not oort.spt motives, because it is against their interest to do so. t It the date of a death i". as a matter' of course, well known at an insurance office, it is no less so in regard to the nominees of lite annuities, for these ate never paid without the most solemn judicial testimony on oath, that the parties are alive.. No one abandons a life an. nutty which in practice is .1 ways payable twice a year; consequently, if there should be six successive payments unclaimed, there is reesonro suspect the nominee to be dead, although no suchivent were reported. -The in ference, hOwevei, would not be just it a shorter period were fixed on, barna*, many annuitants leave three or four payments otter dire. The friends of the nominee, in respect Of the life annuities of the Sinking Fund, ate 'Wowed a quartet . of the' annuity on proving the death; so that it is to their interest to report the death as soon as May he. In reipect of the tontines, there is a heavy penalty attaching to she proprietor Or his exe cutors; if they should withhold information of the death. Notwithstanding all this, many deaths are never re parted ; in Whikh cases I invariably considerid the no mince. as dead who had not been beard of for three years, and•assumed the date of death at three months alter thd last payment I a rule which compelled me to imminent my observations at October, 1825, in order to allow the•prisper lapse of time. It is frequently. but (surely at least as I humbly con ceive), very inconsiderately alleged that nominees may sometimes beirmsdidently personated after their death. and the ninon, drawn for A - seiies of 'years. Now, bearing in mind that not merely once in a life time- or so, ea in, great and sodden temptation, but twice - ix doer, „veer deliberately, as long as this is attempfed, Theme ta the tin of perjury--the crane of lottery .or Simony to be committed, and the ruinous penalties con. tieqssent thereupon to be focurred, with a risk of. d• t . cc. tied which travels very near to the point of absolute eery • y. As to tontines, the names, parentage, and resi. deem •of the nominees are printed . and. distributed among the shareholders. At long intervals alter their forniatios, the survivors ire surveyed and their names again printed with . their new residences, it changed. ,A s every proprietui late thus the means, so it is evi dently to his interest to report any death which may come to his knowledge. The criminal who would personate any defunct nominee, before i Magistrate. and the Minister add churchwardens of the very parish :In which the deceased had resided, can sever be sure. ; therefore, that the death is not already reported. All tontine shares and life annuities,- with few exceptions, .concern..people in the middling and higher classes ex clusively. because of the wealth necessary to procure them—and who of -them it so obsture, that notice Of t If this' were the Proper appertesity. seem elfy eidlealeas le ftis:es of such umadvame could have been adduced. BOGOTA, FIJIIUIABI 9. We have received letters and paperi horn Bogota to die 9411 of February. toge,ber with A &area of the Li berator Baser, esident of .thr Republic. for cuovok ing a constituent Congress .o the 4J of J4auary nest year. The f..llowiwß is a c py of that decree— " Art. 1. There dull be assembled a conatituent Congress in the ' capka of the Republic, which will open its sittings on the of January, 11130. " 2. The functions and powers of the Deputies which may eem• pose it will be limited to the granting ot , a permanent Constitution to Colombia, conformable to the lights of the age. at well u to the habits au., netrishies of its inhabitants, and to elect the Wits fuss dummies who may be absolutely necessary for its establishment.. 66 3. The eleetinnuf the Deputies wilt bR sondected cosfounibly to the regulations which accompany this Decree. 4 2. Till the Constitution be published. the organic law of the IMelt of August last distil* in lease and I shall starchy ghe lowers Which by it f have refereed to myself, cOnforniably to the wit! of the people •oletnoly repressed. • . . • " The Minister of the Interibr is charged With the execution of this Decree. 66 Given. at Bogota, Dec. 24, ISM • : . • • (Signed) a faMO. BOLIVAIt, " Minister Secretary of State for the Interior, "JOSE MANUEL RESTEBPO." Extract of a letter dated Bogota. February 9: " Colombia is again proudly raising her head, and the' storm which threatened her esistence has but made her selfseanservaiive power mare apparent. The energy• of the LiberAtor—the seal of the peal sad military au thoi ities—the bravery of her soldiery—and Use 1414 fidiNty of the people, have alreadg accomplisheilthet safety, and advanced her far in that career of tuumph which as-ure., a .4c:or y she will not abuse. " At Gus yaqicl she has tepultedmith glory the squa dron whickdirected by an insane Page, endeavoured to destroy a .ciry utilise population the Peruvian Gorern nsent sought to detach from its connexion with Colom bia and annex to Peru. In the city and province of I ropayan and Porto the insurgents. excited by the el- President Santander• and General Lamar, have toren deptroyed, taken, corcomplettly dispersed. Elitist thousand poops, in the highest condition. are already assembled in the south. to ontpin.by force that just and honourablepeace which has been refused to equity. and Moderation; and the republic in every. othei quarter is enjoying repdse, and improving rapidly its general whilst iarganited so as to prese-t.* system of defence that mocks the of any invader. ' ' o Getseral Bolivar, taking advantage of this favourable moment, and dramas to divept hinhelt of au authority 'which hvottly assumed by the command of the nation 'for its guidance to safety and protection Irons the de eastating violence. of art assassin factioi., has published the decree encloted, which convoke a Constituent Con- 1 yess in the capital of the Republic on the 2d of Jan VISO ; and which Congiess. as you will •see in the dispatch of Espinar. announcing We capture of Colonel Parribo, Captain Villotc 300 men (their whole imce). and all thcii munitions of war, &c, will doubtless open. under the auspices of the General, peace and amass paired independe .ce, which are nec , ssary to fia. op a stabte basis the form of Government. which may. mare the happiness of Ccilombia. • ! 8 ills the noblest answer which could be given dneral allied. calumniators, ands which will be duly imppreeiatedsbp eget, reasonable man in Europe. Attend Who to alt the deceits which. you wilt see in the papers , berbwith scat—deuces nislonges fallacious, but executad to the letter—and thereto you will find sufficient- proof( f the paternal care. liberality, wisdom, and diligence of eltelaibeeseora Colombia, t repeat, is saved, and her prosper*, will redeem* Oa new woild from the perils Viliikh - the came 'and atadntss of faction were pm patioil: Oar die nratetbrow of its liheities. &intender, Ask accessary , Wiwi the -fact in the attempted awe• der of .General Bolivar, is now gravely implicated by the late insurrection of Colonel Obando, and the ihtete4ted 'cOainzunieations with General Lamar, ;who, it aperais, had beta engaged to suppose, and had promised to reppore the rebels. He is, however, to be sena to WeeSaiiii, his present place of confinement being eip e tidefedfitif; and the Liberator being too generous 1:o destroy intidloesfy him Whom he has pardoned even 1 .0 0 indulgently. I 1 howeifee. there be legal proof of his Illiviag proenbeal the Babylon ler/11.1'0N the Liberator ---,.....a.kaaisa..adasairoukaios Parc" SIVENTSNCIRs ~:. his decease will not find its way into a newspacer, ,nor the sweat, be followed by adoninistat;on? The anpnity. is either MOH or large. Unless hbe large. it ,oese a. prodigal earnditure .gt. It in incui menifest . peril co such poor tamptati ,, n ; .f feet.. then. beyond ,all que.tion, the nominee. prnpriet , lr. or executors, are people ofpme condign)°, and no t iretence can exist for the sus s isicion of freed. deliberately and periodi cally reiterated. L4stly, the annuity. small or goer; is either draws in person or by anotisey. The la ter wnuld not be muted with the mow if he. ant ts .t person asesiect.thility, known en and also knowing well : the priacira4 and hi. concerns Com day to day. Nine times in ten they ate bankers, whin have no is terest in, And sila besides. titteily incapable of aiding unit ahtt ting in felony. It iir4wo in person. the nominee niuvt, in very few years. be coinpletely knoan, as well AS his hibtory sod connections. to the clerks and others of Government * and to person Ice him is impossible.— Nevertisebr-s.:abOrtt twenty years ago, .sseitions that such thiqgs were peactised so far prodded, that Par liament nted sSairct Committee to inquire into t 1 laisAtontines, the nominees of w hich were discon tented at- , thoje oleo uoreasonable hingesity. b cause they woul notdie s ief so fiat as D . Ppite predicted. But I thin g the Committee repented that D .P. ice (nnt those who naanaged.the tontinek) MA4 materially in the sal* And of this rut there is abundArt evidence itr thq subsequent observations. • In regatd to. the observAtions on the law of lotus lity, as declined Irons statistical materials, s lie her in a parish, city, or entire kingilom, it eems.scalcely neces sary to enter into touch argument to prose their mini feat deficiency for the object propesed ;for hi w can the facts Ae.antl C. that is, the census of the town, &c. at the commencement and the conclusion of the ohservatien, be sic cur atytY' proiared? The population, if they could all be. discovered (not an easy matter), have ass interest, .certainly no inclination, to disclose voluntarily their exact ages, Many of them cannot, or care not, to tell how the fact is; 80 very few will be focid anti us to state it cortectly. How can the patticolars B. mid F. which. mutate nonibte. iniply the number of births ; and also the number of in-cotneri or settlers into the town, c, _... with their several ages at the time, be roomed? Of the latter no ',ulster is ever kept any where; of the former it is a master of such notoriety that. the lower orders, although they always, per hap-, selicit the rite of baptism, will not. in. many instance*. take the subse quent tri.uhle of registration, that every clergyman of any considerable parish will bear unequivocal testimony to the fact; and this, to say nothing of particular sects. How ate the particulareD. to be procured ?—that is, .the number and their exact ages who may have! ft the town. There is nowhere, and never to be found, sty information at all on this head. The magnitude of the max of settler's and families, &c. depends altogether on the fluctuating demand for their laboUr there or else ' when. It st nor, and cannot be recorded, much less tire sevasid ages in detail. Finally'. fee-the raitictilars 'E. , a the 141 a at every age, accurately set froth in the inun cipar 40 Orsparilkh reassert.? No one will attires, or believe suds a thing They ate most fieqneotly re po' led by the tick nurse or undertaker to the parochial authorities,- at a tinsi abets the family of the deceased is in afflictiors.'and the reporters neither know nor care .whether the fact be truly ',pimpled sir otherwise. Many and many a death is never teemed at all. . A que.tson naturally arises, otiosely. wl ether among the ruiddliiig and !tight.' des es exclusively, to which inn reservations Ire restricted, the rate of mortality ,th 'may not.vary esea - in the British empire .tselt Li . the course at a long period of time, from the vrogress of civilization, -the inciea., of medical •cience, the ad-. vancement of the alts conducive to hi.man consford and of wealth 'commanding the means to resider there available, particularly from-that signal event in modem times, the diaceeety of vaccination. ( r, l a .riy, tw o s a concurrence of some or all of these caosea ? To who's I would beg leave to answer, that the facts shown in the annexed observations. which are chrono logical y arranged, bear conciu.sve testimony. as I humbly conceive, that it is an indisputable truth that the rate of mortality in England ha,, during the last century, diminished in a very important degree, on each sex equally, but not by equal gradation,, nor equally at all periods of life ; and that while, in regard to the males. it seems in catty and middling 1 fe to have re attained for a long time as it etc od about .50 years ago, in respect of the females it has, during the ear e time, visibly a?d progressively diminished to this day, by slight but still sensitsle gradations. Not presuming to hive any opinion on the causes to which a cirenmstance so recnaikatife may he attlibuted, I beg leave merely to mention, in respect to the discovesy of vaccination, that none of the 60,A-fluent observations have an c•n cern with it. I understand that it was not gens-tally introduced, even amorg the higher and wealr y orders of society, before the year 1805 or so. Now the latest observations which the:facts he, e adduced present .en 'infant life commence in' 1790, so that the )ciineest child would be 15- - in 1805, and not many exceeding that age, peihaps, submitted in fact afterwards to.vtc -1 • • cmatt.u. because they-sem getting older as it.became More geneialli . ptactised. I learn, -moreover, that the vatiolotra inoculation was little kn( wit in general prac tice before the year 11$0, and most people are.aware that it never *as universal, even among the mere en , lightened classes, from the natural aver sion of parents Ito superinduce voluntarily a loathsome disease. which the child, very probably. might escape altogether., Now it is an unquestionable fact that there its no. p reeptibte difference at all in the mortality a •fbil4l,rete•frows the see of shrfoir to ihe.age of 20 in the .60 yeses preceding 18)5; that from the•ages of 'bite to 12 the mortality regula.tly.diminishea from about 12 in a thousand to 6, , 5, and only 4. in a thousand; and from adolescence to iseatuiity it rises again. Considering, therefoie, the in 'numerable ailments to which children are liable besides 'that of the mall pox, it is not in my power to believe that the serail pot is that period was so fatil a scourge as it is supposed, unless indeed its whole severity fell es infants under three years old, and on the children ,of the primer classes exclusively ; because. with very rest deference to better judges, I am unable to con- Mee I lower rate of mortality . than foul: or Sae r er salmi is a thousand, which was the case while the email pox held full sway. i. Nevertheless there are at hand official a mans of de termining the question to the greatest exactnets, from, the very massive lists of the orphans of naval and military officers, who are sappotted (from extreme in, fancy, since the year.lBos), by the. Comrassionate Fond, and if this should be wished for by my iuperiots, there N I. I it f 1 i t I I • , • •, • i $ ; 111 I I