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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LONDON VACCINE INSTI - THE RIGHT HON. THE LORD MAYOR, PRE SIDENT, 1821. The Managers have to lament, from year to year, I their having to iterate, and reiterate their observa tions, that the privileges of the Constitution, for ages the admiration arid the envy of surrounding nations, do not always confer,'unmixed, advantages on the British people. Ignorant, thoughtless, or prejudiced individuals let their offspring fall around them, tortured victims to the pestilence that walketh in darkness,' to the destruction that wasteth at noon-day.' In 1817, 1,031 Children lost their Lives by the Smallpox, within the Bills of Mortality alone; in 1818, the number was reduced to 421 ; In 1819, it amounted to 712; and during the last year 792 were cut off by the destructive and pestilential disease. It is not, here, in the power of the Church and State arbitrarily, as in other countries, •to prevent the evil, however grievous ; the people of this country will not be driven, even to their good. With earnest solicitude the Managers beg leave to call on the Governors for the continuance of their generous support. Some benevolent characters may be ready to despair of effecting the good so earnestly wished, and so reasonably hoped. Shall our efforts therefore be diminished? On the contrary, the cause of lamentation must, with the humane, ba an excitement to increased exertions, in this great work of philanthropy. While the fumes of the dreadful, the desolating disease, continue to lurk in the habitations, however obscure, of the widely extended Metiopolis, while from the capital of the commercial world, as from the heart in the animal, economy, a never-ceasing circulation is kept up with the remotest parts of the kingdom and with distant parts of the earth, the pestilential contagion will always be in danger of being continued, if not coun tmcled and finally exterminated by the great pro phylactic, now so widely extended by the unremitting exertions of the Institution. It is most important to humanity that the business of Vaccination should be correctly conducted by the great Metropolitan Institution ; and the reports, from all quarters, of the efficacy of the matter supplied, may strew the Governors that no caution is wanting in this important part of the concern. It appears, that during the last year • There hate bLett vaccinated, by Dr. Walker, 3,386; from the beginning, 41,170. By the appointed Inoculators in the Idetropolis and its environs, 16,930; from the beginning, I i 7,425. By the appointed InocuLiturs in the Country, 23,860; from the beginning, 410,064. Dr. Walker, since the last o ßeport, has supplied to 10,155 ap plicants, 40,632 charges of matter ; from the beginning, to 71,880 applicants, 330,.:05 charges. Of the supplies of matter afforded to foreign couh tries, as well as to British settlements abroad, there is not any diminution; and the demands from the dif ferent parts of the United Kingdom are unceasing. With the testimonials on the efficacy of Vaccina tion, from different quarters of the world, now of fered to the Governors, as proved on being put to tests the most severe ; with the acknowledgments of the immense services rendered to humanity, not only throughout the empire, but to the most distant parts of the earth, through the spontaneous flow of British benevolence, the contributions of the Governors, the! Managers continue to be encouraged in their unceas ing exertions to support the great cause which gave birth to the Society, whose set vices continue to be re cognized, and whose benefits are felt in every clime. They have contributed to the protection of the Colonies from the Small-pox, by affording Supplies of the Vaccine Ichor, for The Canadas Neves St. Lucia The Islands of Nova Scotia St. Kites Essequibo the Archipelago Newfoundland St. Vincent's Berbice Cape of Good Bermuda BA rbadoes G uernsey Hope The Bahamas Grenada Jersey Ceylon Jamaica, thro Trinidad Gibraltar Sierra Leone all its Yore Demarara Malta India, and Antigua Tobago Corfu New Holland. Montserrat Dominica And to the places under other Governments, they equally afford Supplies of the Guardian Matter, New Orleans Rostock Lisbon China Savannah Stettin Oporto Fayal Charleston Ilaniburgh • Switzerland The Azores Baltimore Bremen Geneva The Canaries Philadelphia Amsterdam Genoa Madeira Newlurk liaarlern Leghorn Ilayti Archangel Rotterdam Naples St. Thomas's Petersburgh --Unwell) • Messina The Gambia Riga Ostend Ancona Cape Coast Faro Boulogne Palertno , Surinam Fain sur.d St. Andero Trieste Pernambuco Dronton Bilboa Vienna Rio Janeiro Gothenburgh Seville Constantinople Buenos Ayres Anholt Cadiz Smyrna Valparaiso. The Managers continue to watch, with earnest in quiry, the departure of vessels from this Capital of the Commercial world to Foreign Nations the most dis tant, as well as to all the Bi nisi' Colonies, and have even opened an Office, by the River, below the 'rower (52, Burr-street), where the Matter of Inoculation is continually supplied, flee of expense, to all applicants, on the part of the Shipping and the Colonies. In short, Governors of the London Vaccine Institu tion ! Ladies and Gentlemen of every class! every breeze from the British shores wafts your benefits to distant lands, as the Mails from Lombard-street con tinually bear the fruits of your benevolence to every part of the United Kingdom. Animated by these considerations, you will still interest yourselves in the prosperity of the Institution; you cannot, will not let your noble Establishment lack your wonted generous support. Signed by order, and VU behalf of the Managers, Bond -court, Walbrook. HUGH BEAMS, Secretary. The Annual General Meeting of the Society for the Re 1144 the Aged and Infirm Protestant Dissent ing Ministers, was held on Wednesday, at the King's Bead Tavern, in the Poultry, J. GrasoN, Esq. in the Chair, supported by a number of eminent Dissenting Ministers, who severally addressed the Meeting on behalf of the Society; from the Report of which it appears much good had been accomplished. After Officers had been elected, the Meeting adjourned. - Tuesday an Inquest was taken at Barnack, by Mr. HorKINsoN, Coroner for the Soke of Peterborough, co view of the body of George Cousins, who had been that morning poisoned by taking, in mistake for Epsom salts, an ounce of oxalic acid, which his son bad procured for cleaning boot-tops, and had laid upon a shelf in the house. tie expired in ten minutes. The deceased had been employed for many years in Lord EXETER'S gardens at Burghley. Verdict—Ac cidental Death. VACCINATION. ALMACK'S. The Ball given at these elegant Rooms on Wed nesday evening was very brilliantly attended; there were upwards of 450 persons of the first distinction, rank, and fashion present. The Ball commenced soon after eleven o'clock with a new quadrille.— Among the dancers were— Earl Doman - Lord Lononnosouca Colonel Palma( Count CAwAItJN Lord AILTHUIL HILL - Mr. Ries - - Lord Arsr.rr - Mr. B. °sinus - Lady FAGS?, - Lady C. Lacer., - Miss Frrut.slti.bCZ l Miss FITZ ROY, Miss Iliasfs.r, - Miss Mossirwcw, - Miss MURRAY, - Lady M. CORNWALLIS. MR. AND MRS. COUTTS' ENTERTAINMENT. Wednesday evening Mr. and Mrs. COVTTS gave a most sumptuous Dinoer to their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of YORK, CLARENCE, and SUSSEX. The following distinguiqmd personages were also present: The Dowager Marchioness of Lansdown, Lord Elcho, Lord and Lady Weir.yss, Lord and Lady Say and Sele, the Earl of Lauderdale, Lord Rivers, Lord Erskine, Lord Dudley Stewart. Viscount and Viscountess Ossulston, the Right llonourable Sir Benjamin Bloomfield, Miss Twiselton, Miss Gifford, Mr. C. Antrobus, Miss Trotter, Mr. JekyU, Mr. Vaughan, Mr. Coutts Trotter, &c. &c. &c. At nine o'clock the dinner-party, consisting of thirty, retired into the Concert-room, where the first vocal talent of the country had assembled to delight the company, which was increased by the arrival of upwards of one hundred persons of distinction, to : attend this musical treat. The concert was directed by Sir GEORGE SMART; and to mention the list of: distinguished singers that were there will be a suffi cient encomium on the performance. Miss STE PHENS, Mrs. SALMON,' Madame CAMPORESE,. Aslse, and the Misses AsIIE, who sang a sweet Ter zetto ; MiSS GOODALL, Miss WILSON, Mr: BASAHANI, Messrs. T. WELSH and AMBROGETTI, all of whom gave the happiest specimens of their eminent talents; and if any vocal piece seemed to attract snore atten tion than the others, it was Add Robin Gray, by Miss STEPHENS; a Ballad, by BRAHAM; and Sweet Echo, by Miss Asne, accompanied by her father on the flute. The Ballet consisted of the principal dancers from the Opera, with an appropriate band, led by MORI. The entire suite of apartments in this splendid mansion were thrown open, and splendidly illumi nated, and refreshments of every sort were served in abundance. The Fete concluded with a most ele gant supper, consisting of every delicacy of the sea son; and the honours of the evening were done with an ease and grace peculiar to Mrs. Courrs. Mr. CourTs appeared to be in most excellent health and spirits during the whole of the evening, csmversing with every one who had gratified him with their company. LA VALE fTE. The return of this individual to that country on the soil of which he was condemned but six years since to shed his blood under the axe of the law, is one of the many examples which history offers in the in terests of humanity, to check the indulgence of vin dictive passions in moments of political anarchy, and allow time for the restoration of the empire of justice under the auspices of truth and mercy. Monsieur LAVALETTE was charged with the crime of high treason for resuming his functions as Post master-General immediately after the departure of the KING from Paris, and before BONAPARTE had en tered Paris to re-invest him with that appointment. This was the charge on which he was tried; but the true motive of his prosecution was a belief that he had conducted a correspondence with the island 'of Elba, and encouraged the return of his former Sovereign—his benefactor, and relation by mar►iage. Monsieur LAVALETTE, when placed on the pro scription list, was offered by Fouclut a passport to quit the French territory. He refused to accept it ; 1 and confiding in his innocence, and further protected by the Convention of Paris, he voluntarily presented himself as a prisoner to the constituted Authorities: l but it was not till the renewal of his application that the gates of the Conciergerie closed on him. He was tried, condemned, and ordered for execution. The subsequent transactions which effected his re lease a few hours before the consummation of the sen tence, and secured ultimately his escape from France, are well known. Madame LA VALETTE, however, became the •ictim of her generous devotion : she had, to save her hus band, !bell from a bed in which she had endured the affliction of losing by miscarriage an only son. This effort, and the anxieties of her mind, followed by a long confinement, impaired her health, and produced alienation of her mental faculties. Touched by these misfortunes, and convinced, no doubt, of the innocence of Monsieur LAVALETTE, the KING, about a year since, signed the act of grace which cancelled the former proceedings, and re-esta blished Monsieur LAVA LETTE in all his rights as a French citizen. It was not, however, till a few days since that a passport for his return to France was granted. Pre vious to his departure from Augsburg, Monsieur LA VALETTE considered it to be his duty to publish the following Declaration, to the asseverations of which all those who know the private vistues of Monsieur LAVALETTE will net hesitate to give implicit cre dence, and to which only the most ungenerous poli tical enemy (for Monsieur LAVALETTE never had a personal one) can refuse his confidence : • " DECLARATION. " In the presence of ALMIGIITT GOD, the avenger of perjury, I declare that during the eleven months of the year 1814 I never bad any correspondence, direct or indirect, with any-of the per sons who inhabited the island of Elba at that epoch; and that I never caused any letter to be written, or received any letter from them. " I declare that I never sent, or caused any one to be sent, to the island of Elba; and, finally, that 1 was au entire stranger to the events which pm-paled and consummated the enterprise of 20th March, 1815. I make this public declaraliou voluntarily, without being moved to it by any arriere pesaec ; without being instigated by any feeling of resentment, but only in the interest of truth. I bad resolved turesti it aloud on the scaffold, and to place it in the hands of the attending Ecclesiastics ; and I require that it may be presented to nit again for signature at the last moysent of my life. " M. M. LAVALETTE. " 14th May, 1821. • “ Except the letter of compliment on New rrar's Day, that I myself communicated to my Judgel." Two pedestrians, of the names of CIIVRCAILL and I .llmmerost, started on Wednesday morning, at one o'clock, to do 100 miles in 20 hours, both to do their equal distances of 10 miles each, for a stake of 50 guineas. The ground was from Paisley to wards Dunstable, and the men were backed at 6 to 4. h. m. s. 10 miles in 1 50 50 10 - 1 54 20 10 - 1 51 20 10 - 2 44 40 10 - 1 58 20 10 - 2 52 10 10 - . 1 56 32 10 - 2 45 28 10 - 1 58 20 10 - 2 and broke down. Churchill did Middleton C. M. C. C. • - M. C. lil 5 0 The match was lost for want of speed in 111tonLyros ; and . Cisuacmiss 4 in recovering the ground his adversary lou In each 10 miles, was beat also.—Much money was lost. OUTRAGES IN IRELAND.—We are very much con cerned to announce, that on Sunday night (20th in stant), a great number of armed men assembled in the lawn in front of Mr. HOSlttss's house, near New castle. On being challenged by two watchmen, who had been on the alert, several shots were fired, which having been returned with effect (some of them being wounded), they ran off, leaving eight hats and three shoes on the ground, together with a pole to which an iron pike was affixed.—(Limerick Chronicle); ENNIS, MAY 24.—We regret to find that a spirit of insubardination and turbulence still lurks in the 'country, and that the presence of the Police is not only insufficient to awe the peasantfy into obedience, but that they are compelled to use their fire-arms to protect their lives, and, as it occurred on Thursday, the 17th instant, at Kilmurry, to suffer a prisoner to escape, rather than, by encouraging a contest, be the 'means of death to several of those obstinate and in fatuated men. To the fair of Kilmurry twelve of the Police were sent to prevent rioting. They had not been long riding about before one of the Policemen recognised the leader of a party who some time pre vious attacked the Police at the fair of Mullough, when one of them uas so mangled, that he yet con tinues on crutches, and took him into custody: this . seemed a signal fot' a general attack on the Police, two of whom were severely wounded, one on the head, and another on the knee, before the party fired. Two pf their shots took effect ; one deprived a young wo man of life, and a second severely wounded a young woman in the leg. It may seem strange that women should be the sufferers; but we have to mention that the women Were encouraging the men, and providing them with stones from the hedges.—( Clare Journal) ; CHARGE OF MURDER.—On the 3d of January 44, 1 a man of the name of Joseph Byrne, of Usk, in te county' of Kildare, near Calverstowo, was murdered by a number of persons, for refusing to take the Itib bonman's oath, or join in that illegal association. A l Coroner's Inquest was held on view of the body be fore JOHN PARR, Esq. Coroner for the Counties of Kildare and Wicklow, when a verdict of Wilful Mur der was found against several persons. The Coroner issued his warrant for the apprehension of the parties, but hitherto they eluded the vigilance of the High and Petty Constables of the county of Kildare, and even the Police of Dublin. On Thursday se'nnight, Mr. George Dunne, keeper of Kilmainham jail, hav ing the Coroner's warrant in his pocket, backed by proper authority, went about two o'clock in the after noon to College -street, Dublin, and having an accu rate description of one of the alleged murderers, 4311 the name of Christopher Now/an, he seized him by' ' the collar at the coach-stand, put him and a large bundle he was carrying into a carriage, and drove to Kilmainham prison, where he was immediately iden tified,' On being taken, he said his name was Chris topher Flood, and that he was on his way to embark for England, in the Liverpool packet. On Friday, under Mr. Paaa's warrant, he was transmitted to Naas jail, there to wait until next Assizes, to abide the event of his trial BIRTHS. At Edinburgh, on the 24th uk Lady of Major-General Blifour, of Balbirnie, of a son. At lirusseh, the Lady of John Eyre, Esq. of Eyre Court Car tie, of a daughter. At Coolcliffe, County of Wexford,the Lady of Sir W®. Cu', of a son. FEMALE FASHIONS FOR JUNE. Mows'Nu Deess.—A cambric muslin round dress ; the skirt is of an easy fulness, and a good deal gored ; it is trimmed at the bottom with flounces of the same material, corded at the edges, and disposed in a bias direction ; this trimming is very • deep : the bt dy fastens behind, and is tight to the shape ; the waist is a little shorter than last month. A falling collar, which partially exphses the throat, is pointed, and slightly t mbre!dered at the edge: lung sleeve, mos:erately wide, and falling very• far over the hand ; it is terminated by a very novel and pretty cuff, formed of two falls of trimming slightly esubraidered at the edge. The epaulette is of a very novel form ;it is composed entirely of work. Morning cornett:: composed of lace. Black I kid shoes. Fun. DRE3S.—A white satin round dress, finished at the bot tom of the skirt with a trimming of oak leaves formed of the same material, and headed by a wreath of intermingled pale pink and deep rose-coloured cbinaasters ; above which arc small bouquets of wild blossoms, placed at regular distances. C,rsage, plain back, terminated by a short full jacket, olu.eorset, laced in front, and a little pointed at the bottom of the waist: the bust, which is cut square, and of a very decorous height, is trimmed with a full quilling of spotted tulle, set an double and very deep behind, but single and much narrower it: front: short fall sleeve, with an epaulette composed of lozenge puffs inserted in plain bands, and finished at the bottom by a cording •f white satin: The hair is dressed very low behind, and in thick curls on the temples ; it is ornamented with a wreath of wild bless lotus, to correspond with these in the trimming of the dress. Necklace and ear-rings, pearls. White kid gloves, and white corded silk slippers—Fro= elcitcroscuttes Repository. SPORTING INIELLIGENCE. IRTTING ROOM, NAY 31. to2o 1 agst Cowslip 20 to 1 agst Richard to to 1 apt e. out of Bulvoirina 100 to 3 agst Unman. STATE OF THE ODDS-1 Q to 1 agst Gustavus 4 to 1 agst Reginald 6 to 1 agst Tressilliaa 7 to 1 agst Jock 15 to 1 agst Jessy OAKS. 2to 1 agst Augusta I sto 1 agst Zeal 3 to 1 agst Lady I I to 2 agst lbla Sr. Lsora.--nrothing clone. Ids. James's horse Fleur-de-Lis (Bst. Isib.) is matched against Mr. L'issur's Pantuuffr (7st. 131 b.) both three years old, at the Newmarket Second October Meeting, for 200 guineas, h. ft. MILFORD RACES, MAY 30. The Hunters' Stakes of lofts. each, h. ft. for hunters, to carry 120. lleats, two miles. Eight Subscribers . Mr. Jones's b. h. Clodhopper Captain Smith's Jes,ima - Mr. Howe's gr. h. Gladiator Mr. Honeywood's Jack of Trumps Mr. Bidmead's Fortune-Teller - 4 1 1 1 2 2 5 3 dr 2 4 dr 5 dr 6 to 4 agst Jessima— 2 to I agst Clodhopper..—Good racing. Mr. Ferguson's Will-&-th . -Wisp beat Mr. Green's Plough boy, two miles. 50gs. h. ft. The Milford Stakes of lOp. each. h. ft. Six Subscribers. Mr. Mulford's Fanny - - - - Captain Smith's Tulip - - - - Mr. Goodchild's Pilot - - - - Five started. 6to 4 apt the winner. NOVEL PEDESTRIAN UNDERTAKING. - 2 3 The Rev. W. DAVY, a Devonshire Curate, in the year 1795, began a most desperate undertaking, via, printing himself twenty-six volumes of Sernaons,which he actually did, working page by page, for fourteens copies, and continuing this almost hopeless task for twelve years, in the midst of poverty. Their Lordships the Postmaster-General last we t + awarded the Premiums for the designs offered fo tt i n , New Post-Office, to Messrs. Poynder ; Mead, £200; and Go:dicutt, £loo.—Thirty five designs were offered for their approval in Octoter 1819, The above is their decision on the different merits of the designs. Monday se'nnight, the Prince Regent coach, front Shrewsbury to Holyhead, in passing-a brewery wag. gon, within a mile of Shrewsbury, was upset. An Irish Gentleman, named SHEARMAN, was throws under the wheels of the waggon, and had his lez dreadfully fractured. Mr. T.NIoLyNEaux, painter, of Shrewsbury, had his ribs on both sides broken, and his shoulder dislocated. The Guard was also a l ai. ously injured. • Box'-STREET.—Sarah Shiblej was charged yester day with creating a disturbance at Carlton Palace. It was stated that the prisoner, several days ago, de manded of the porter, in a peremptory tone, that she should be admitted to the presence of his Majesty. The porter said, he must know the nature of her business before he could admit her. She answered, that she had it in command from HEAVEN to tell Iris Majesty that his Protestant suhjccts were in dn. ger from the machinations of the Roman Catholics, and that if the petitions of the latter were granted, terror would reign in the land! She continued pout ing out her anathemas against the Catholics until the servants were obliged to turn her from tile door; and she repeated her visits almost every day, until an order was given to have her taken into custody. Mr. BIRNIE pot several questions to her, and hem swers convinced every one who heard them that she was decidedly insane. She persisted in her story of her Divine mission, and said she came from Yar mouth two months ago, for the purpose of seeking an interview with Bing George the Fourth, to warn him of the perilous situation of the country. She gave her address in Charlotte -court, Charlotte-street, Whitechapel, and the Magistrate directed that she should be taken home to her friends. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—The attack upon some unoffending young persons, on Sunday evening, by servants, has been already stated. 11. Lawrence, ser vant to Mr. Angerstein, of Cumberland-Flace, was yesterday put to the bar, when Esther Shiel and her brother detailed the circumstances, as stated on Wee nesday, and identified the defendants as having struck one of the young men, who pulled off his coat toe fend himself, when he was attacked by two or three of the servants, but he got the defendant down.— The defence was, that the young man challenged the defendant to fight; but this was contradicted by the whole party.—.He was held to bail. Qu ERN•SQU A RE.—Yesterday an investigation took place at this Office ; touching the death of a woman named Macdonald, who died in the Westminsterle &glary. Her husband had been an Officer in the Army; but, from the impetuosity of his temper, had been dis Missed the service. He had eight children, and lived happily till lately, when continual dispute arose. On Sunday last he struck. her a violent blow in the face, which knocked her down and fractured her skull. She was conveyed to the llospital, when she lingered till Wednesday, and then expired. The husband has absconded, leaving the poor childrento the mercy of the world. ST. PAUL'S CATTIEDRAL The repairs which were intended to take place i a this edifice, must, it is found, be upon a more ester. sive scale than was at first thought necessary. A rope. ladder has been for some days slung. over the cross and ball ; several eminent architects leave been ;tip t% view the state of those ornaments, who found so murk decay as to require immediate repair. A scaffoldirc I has been attempted to be raised from the iron gal. ilery to the cross, and although doUbts were enters. mined of the possibility of such a project, yet a Breit number of the poles were raised yesterday, whiak had a curious effect from the street, as each poi scarcely appeared larger than a drum-major' s wa lk. ing stick. St. Paul's Church-yard was much crow during the day, and immense numbers went tp is view the scaffolding and other preparations. it is said that the scaffold alone will take a month in finidi. ing. A cradle is to be erected round it, to preset[ accidents, the same as at Bow Church. MARRIED. Monday, Captain George Welling', of the 85th Regiment,at King's Light Infantry, to Arum, daughter of J. Penwarre, of Stafford-street. _ • At Ardintoul, oh the 18th instant, Stewart Chisholm, Pi. Surgeon, late of the Royal Artillery, to Mary, daughter d Archibald Macrae, Esq. of Ardintoul. At Dunse *Show, on the 21st inst. Lieutenant-Colonel Jams Johnston, of the Portuguese service, and Major in the Bina service, to Matthew Jane Trotter, only child of the late iL* thew Trotter, jun. Req. Northumberland. DIED. Tuesday, Francis James Douglas, Rsq. Lieutenanf Ca Guards, second son of the late George Douglas, of Cave. 1 4 At Cawupore, on the :.oth November, CaptaM Jab tor shank, 9.4 th Regiment Native Infantry, by the accideol charge of a pistol, whilst drawing the charge. At Mahon House, in the County of Wicklow, of anittl tion on his lungs, Charles Dean, Esq. Under Agent to KA' Fitzwilliam. April t, on board the Walsingham packet, on his passagell Jamaica to this country, Alexander '3l‘l...arty, M.D. Directt: the Vaccine Establishment of that Island, and Physiciall f l'ublic Ho s pital of Kingston, where he was a distinoisimilr' titior.er for upwards of twenty years. MAILS TIM Darr—/s{. OWL Dublin ' 0 1 Waterford 0 1 Guernsey and Jersey 1 0 0 0 Flanders 0 0 llalta 1 0 AIM Se& Libbon 1 Fr:mce 0 0 Hamburgh 1 0 Gottenhurgh 0 0 Leeward Islands I ° New York 0 0 _.- __--....--.z HI G HI- W Aria it LONDON MU OGIC TO-S 1 Oil It" Writing . 37 Saimaa, after ' Afternoon - - 311 —S .~ LONDON ; Printecl - end published by Lain Sari, PiAciar PlAcv, Temyle-11a.