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s- .......r""•••••••••• • •••••• no- -• L.IIV INTELLIGENCE. CJURT OF CII%NiCFRY-I.tmcoties INN, Jut.r 20 TEE LORD BISHOP OF DUNHAM, V. COLONEL BEAtibIONT. This cause came on for a re-hearing upon the e.:tition of the Plaintiff, and a cross-petition on a p et i t ion of .appeal, presented by the Defendant. Ihe cbjea in view, on the Plaintiff's part, is to he relieved from an agreement entered into by him with the Defendant, Cot. Beaumont, who is mar ried to the daughter of the late Sir Thomas Blacker, of Durham, the late proprietor of the lead mines in question in this cause, as his predecessors were, under the successive Bishops of that See, for a long time . past. The leading fans of the case are, that a compo sition wes enterro rit.) or agree] upon, to be paid to the present Bishop, in 1791, on the death of his pr,doc,•sso. Bis'aop l'huslow, in lieu of one-ninth part of the lead use produced from the mines in questi , n. The con.posision was by the last agree ment raised from auol. per aontim, as paid to Bishop l'hurlow, to 9251 a-year. Bishop Egerton, the predecessor of Bishop Thurlow, having received only g5Ol. a year as such coloposition. The pre sent Bishop, by his bill in this cruse, charges, that by the misrepresentations of Mr. John Erasmus Blacket, the agent and relative of the Defendant's %vile, and of her lather Sir Thomas Blacket, he has been deprived, fur 11 years last past, of a sum ex ceediag 40(101. per annum, under the composition in issue between the parties; for that the mines had yielded on an average in all that time above 45,0001. a year, and some part of that time 19,0001. each year. Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY objeded to the issue di relied by Lord Erskine in this cause, as there ap peared sufficient evidence in the cause to satify the conscience of the Court that rite composition to the Plaintiff should be at least 5.0901. per annum all the tiro. He did not impute any thing like base design or dishonour to Mr. Blacket ; hut it was alni,st to be wetted, from the natural ties of blood i.•l long service, as the family agent of Sir Morita, Blacket's family, that when the Bishop had trusted and re,tel his assent to the agreement in question. upon his honour,.he would wish to make a profitable bargain for toe Defendant. Sir ernes PIGGOTT, Mr. Postai swam and others, supported the Defendant's case with great force and ability, in combating the above statement. It would be impossible, within our limits, to de. tail fully this great cause, which occupied on the re-hearing three whole days. We must therefore content ourselves with adding the leading grounds of the Lou) CH ANCLI.LOR'S Judgment, given this morning in the space of no less than two hours.— He said he never felt more pain in his judicial ca. pacify than on the present occasion, since he was well acquainted with both the parties in this cause. He did not hesitate to state, that his conviction ac corded with that of his Noble Predecessor, Lord Erskine, so far as to think the weight of evidence at present appeared to him to be rather in favour of the Plaintiff ; but since Mr. Blacket's letters on the matter of the agreement were susceptible of divers construairms, according to the stria rules of that Court, as inducing a• suspicion of what is fraud here, hut not without those walls, there must be trial at law as to those doubtful parts of the evi dence—the Defendant undertaking to give no un necessary delay whatever to the trial; and in cue richer of the two aged Witnesses should die before their examination, on the issue to be direaed, the gr.nting of such issue is not to be considered as necessary to the justice of the cause, or the opinion of his L rdship's mind upon the whole merits as at present before him. His Lordship dieted an issue. s F rottic titi.slZ/.S. These A ss;zcs commenced on S.tnrdAy se'nnight. Samuel Par smear. ot 5;31..b,1C, aas charged with feloniously assaulting and viol.oing the person of Muia Hobson, a female ; and also with an attempt to violate the person of Hannah Cowley, both under the age of ten years. Mr Serjeant Cocast.t. ripened .he case, by stating. that the prisoner, SArhirei Par4inoUr, a man seventy years of age, tired in C ver-lane, at Si.ef field, where he occupied a single arai tnient, aid that he had been in the habit ot enticing female children to room, where he treated them with the most unheard of indecency; particularly Maria Hobson and Hannah Cowley, the former being ses•en, and the ►atter eleven years of age. The mother of Maria Hobson was first exa mined. She stated that she lived near the prisoner in C -lane, and that on Monday, 251 d of Jove, lier daughter complained of being ill, and that she was, tram the nature of the child's indispos;tion, in flects-I to examine her person. On being interro toed by her mother, the child related the treat s, ent she had received from the prisoner, which d her parents to call in a surgeon. The case v. a lolly proved by Mr. Mootlsonse, sotgenn, Maria Henson herself, and Hannah Cowley ; but the par us are too horrible and disgusting for recital. Mr. Nloorhouse being again examined, said, the a• coin• Is hell the children had given to him of the ti I!•.ttt,.n, corresponded with the evidence they had given in Court. The Prisoner called no Witnesses, and scarcely d:nied the charge; I•ut said he hoped Mercy would be extend-d to swim, because fie had been 47 years i the army, and had two sons then in the ser vice of th.• country., of whom had been wounded. The it:not recapitulated the evidence with great minineness, and directed the attention of the Jury s o those points it was most material for them w cimsider. Tde dory retired for a short time, and when they returned into Court, the Foreman delivered the vetch& in the following terms:—" We have ma tw+ly considered every circumstsnce, and unani mously tiact the P:isoner—Gmilty." At an early hour on Saturday morning, a ming lady, VI years of age, the daughter of en independ ent retired tradesman, was missing from her home in Piccadilly, and it was ascertained that a chaise was waiting near Half-moon-street before day-break, which conveyed away a gentleman in a naval on dn.., and a lady. '1 he fugitives were pursued. and oats is isscutaisbed. VI CCIY 47":01V. IMPORT Of 1116 NOVAL COLLIDE or rioreci4ms OF LONM , N, ON V ACCIN•Tioh. (C•mclu•led frmu a f•xmer Papar ) In. The Colley of Physicians, in reportirg their observations and opinions on the evidence ad• duced in support cf vacci•iatien, fed thernsdviss authorised to state, that a body of evidence so large, so temperate, and 'o consistent, was perhaps never before colleCted upon a medical question. A discovery so novel, and to which there was nothing analogous known in nature, though resting en the experimental observations cf the inventor, was at first received with diffidence ; it was not, however, difficult for othcrs to repeat his experiments, by which the truth of his observations was confirmed, and the doubts of the cautious were gradually dispelled by extensive experience. At the commencement of the pratfice, almost all that were vaccinated were after wards submitted to the inoculation of the small pox; many underwent this operation a second, and even a third time, and the uniform success of these trials quickly bred confidence in the mew discovery. But the evidence of the security derived from vac cination against the small pox does not rest alone upon those who afterwards underwent varinlous in oculation, although amounting to many thousands; for it appears, from numerous observations commu nicated to the College, that those who have been vaccinated are equally secure against the contagion of epidemic small pox. Towns indeed, and dis iris% of the country, in which vaccination had been general, have afterwards had the small pox preva lent on alt sides of them, without suffering from the contagion. There are also in the evidence a few examples of epidemic small pox having been subdued by a general vaccination. It will not, therefore, appear extraordinary that many who have communitated their observations should state, that though at first they thought unfavourably of the prallice, experience had uow removed all their doubts. It has been already mentioned, that the evidence is not universally tavout able, although it is in truth nearly so. for there are a few who entertain senti ments differing widely from those of the great ma jority of their brethren. The College, therefore, deemed it their duty. in a particular manner, to in quire upon what grounds and evidence the opposers of vaccination rested their opinions. From personal examination, as wed as from their writings, they en deavoured to learn the full 'extent and weight of their objettions. They found them without experia enee in vaccination, supporting their opinions by hearsay information, and hypothetical reasoning ; and, upon investigating the faits which they ad vanced, they found thous to be either mitapprehensi. ed or misrepresented ; or that they fell under the description of cases of impeded small pox, before noticed, and which the College have endeavoured fairly to appreciate. The practice of vaccination is but of eight years standing, and its promoters, as well as opponents, must keep in mind, that a period so short is too li mited to ascertain every point, or to bring the art to that perfation of which it may be capable. The truth of this will readily be adinitte.l by those ac- quainted with the history of inoculation for the small pox. Vaccination is now, however, well un derstood, and its charatier accurately desciihed. Some deviations from the usual course have occa sionally occurred, which the aulscr of the practice called spurious cow pot, by which the public have been misled, u if there were a true and a false cow pox; but it appears,that nothing more was rneant,than to express irregularity or difference from that com mon form and progress of the vaccine pastille (roe' which its efficacy is inktred. Those who perform vaccination ought therefore to be well instructed, and should have watched with the greatest care the regular pi ogress of the pustule, and learnt the most proper time for taki.:g the matter. There is little dount that fume of the failures are to be imputed to the ii.experieure of the early vaccinators, and it is not unreasonable to raped that farther obs ion will yet suggest many improvements that will reduce the number of anomalous cases, and flirnish the means of determining, with greater precision, when the vaccine disease has been elfedually received. Though the College of Physicians have confined themselves in estimating the evidence to such faits as have occurred in their own country, because the accuracy of them could best be ascertained, they cannot he insensible to the confirmation these receive from the rein - iris of the successful introdnetion of v iccination, not only into every part of Europe, but thri.ughout the vast Continents of Asia and America. IV. S-veral CAUP'S have had a partial operation in retArdir,g •he genetal adoption of vaccination; some writers have ready undersaloed the security it atiqrds, wails otoin have considered it to be of a temporary nature only ; but if any reliance is to be placed on the statements which have been laid before the (:ollege, its power of proteding the hu man body frt,m the small pox, though not perk.% indeed, is abundantly suificietit to recommend it to the prudent and dispassionate. especially u the small pox, in the few instances when it has subse quently occurred. had been generally mild and tram. sient. The opinion that vaccination affords but a temporary security, is supported by no analogy in nature, nor by the faits which have hitherto occur red. Although the experience of vaccine inocula tion be only of a few years, yet the same disease, contrafted by the milkers of cows, in same districts, has been long enough known to ascertain that in them, at least. the um.usceptibility of the small pox contagion does not wear out by time. Another cause is the charge against vaccination of produc ing various new diseases of frightful and monstrous appearance. Representations of some of these have been ex hibited, in prints. in a way to alarm the feelings of parents, and to infuse dread and apprehension into the minds of the uninformed. Publications with such representations have been widely circulated, and though they originate either in gross ignorance, or wilful misrepresentation, yet have they lessened the confidence of many, particularly of the lower classes, in vaccination ; no permesent arras, how. ever, in retarding the progress of vaccination., need be apprehended from nigh causes, for, as soon as the public shall view them coolly, and without me. prise. they will excite contempt, mid not feu. Though the College of Physicians are of opinion that the progress of vaccination be. bees retarded in a few places by the above came. yet they eon ! ceive that its general adoption bas been prevented by closes far more powerful, and of a nature wholly diffetent. The lower orders of society can hardly he induced to adopt precautions aghast evils which may be at a eistance; nor can it be expo led from them, if these precautions are attended with ex pen.e. Unless therefore, from the hunt bate dead of epidemic small pox, neither vaccination nor ino culation appear at any time to have been general, and when the cause of terror has passed by, the public have relapsed again into a state of indiffer ence and apathy, and the salutary pra3ice has come to a stand. It is not easy to suggest a resn'dy for an evil so deeply imprinted in human nature. To inform and iustruft the public mind may do much, and it will probably be found that t' e progress of vaccination in different parts of the United Kingdom will be in proportion to the. instruction. Were encouragement given to Va:c— nation, by offering it to the poorer classes without expense. there is little doubt but it would in time supersede the inoculation for the small pox, and thereby various sources of varialous infer:bon would be cut off; bnt till Vaccination becomes gereral, tt will he impossible to prevent the constant recurrekce of the natural small pox by the means of those who are inoculated, except It should appear proper to the Legislature to adopt, in its wisdom, some mea sure by which those who still, from terror or preju dice, prefet the small pox to the vaccine dise.t.e, may, in thus consulting the gratification of their own feelings, be prevented from doing mischief to their neighbours. From the whole of the above considerations, the College of Physicians feel it their duty strongly to recommend the praitice of vaccination. They have been led to this conclusion by no preconceived opi nion, hut by the most unbiassed judgment, formed from an irresistible weight of evidence which has been laid before them. For when the number. the respeaability, the disinterestedness, and the exten sive experience of its advocates, is compared with the feeble and impeder* testimonies of its few op po •rs ; and when it is considered that many, who were once adverse to vaccination, have been con vinced by further trials, and are now to be ranked among its warmest supporters. the truth seems to be established u firmly as the nature of vich a question adrisits i • so that the College of Physicians conceive that t he Public may reasonably look forward with some degree of hope to the time when all opposition shall cease, and the general con currence of mankind shall at length be able to pat an end to the ravages at least, if not to the existence, of the small pos. LUCAS Paves, President. Royal College of Physicians, 10th April, 180. NAVAL INTF.I.LIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH. JULY 18. Captain Beresford has taken the comm sad nt the never. Admiral Montagu has struck his flAg fix a few days; and Sir Isaac Caen hAs shif:cd his to the Royal WAIN', as Comaim der-in•Chicf. The Ulysses of 44 guns, Captain Nesharn, will sail in a day or two with specie on board for the West Indies. The Laurel frigate, Captain Wool combe, and the Otter ' Captain Davies, with a con voy fur the Cape of Good Hope and South Aun tie a 4 and the aria/ore, Capt. Stupart, with a eon voy for Halifax and Quebec, Tennis at Spithead. Sydalle frigate, Capt. Upton, and the Peeme th,ms fire-ship, Capt. Hyde Parker, are ordered to sail imm-diately for the Downs, to join tha Beet for the Baltic. Capt. Liroehe's Court Martial commences on M siday; he will be assisted in his defence by F. A. Machin, Esq. JULY 19. Arrived His Majesty's ship ilroglr, from the Mediterranean, with about 40 mil .it vessels under convoy, V 4 sail of which are transports; also arrived His Majesty's ships Recruit and Shddrake, from a cruise; also the Preiew, Walsack, from Plymouth for Wo with; she wet captured off theiPars,light, by a Fr,tsch lugg-r privateer, and retiFen by His Majesty's ship Decade, of Dieppe.—Wind S.W. PLYMOUTH, JULY 18 Yesterday came in the Warrior, 74 . guns. Capt. Spranger, who took in a number of bullocks for the deft, and sailed again for Torbay. Arrived the A,rirrehi frigate, 96. Capt. F. Mait land, from a cruise off Cape Finisterre, and the Preik 'charm. r. Yesterday Admir 11 Young set off for London, and gave up the command at the Port to Admiral Sutton, who was saluted by the Right Honourable Admiral De Courcy, on board the 7 _iusuaa., a nd returned from the Satualir del klandu, by Admiral Sutton, in the usual form. This day Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Duckworth hoisted his flag on board the Royal Gearze, when a similar ceremony of salutation took place between him and the Port Admiral. Capt. Buller, of His Majesty's ship Malta, arrived yesterday, eta Falmouth, and brought the unplea, tent news of the death at Rear-Admiral Sir Tho mas Louis, at Aleaandria. It is generally supposed that the gallant Admiral, and his Steward, who diet soon alter him, were both poisoned. •Airouru, JULY 17. Arr;vrd this day, the Princess dada; packet. St days from Jamaica. On the 14th inst in lat. 48. 29. long. 11. 57. spoke His Majesty's ship Mermaid. from Halifax, with seven transports under convoy. having on board the Myth Regiment ; His Majesty's ship Elephosi, with convoy for England. wire ex peaed to leave Jamaica about the 29th June. Pas sengers per the Princess eteorlia—Mr. Robinson. Mr. Bayley. Mr. Chamberlain. Mr. and Mrs. Griffiths. Mrs. and Miss Gould. DtAL. JULY 19. Arrived the Prince fr Wars from the Westward, and remains in the Downs with the ships as per List. Y. S. The squadron under the command of Sir Samuel Hood ate just under sail. TORRAT. JUL 1r 18. Sailed yesterday. for Portsmouth. the P,ifere of IVsk:, 9tt guns. Captain Martin, supposed to be rat to the Baltic. Also the Rare sloop. Capt. "Fwith Dispatches for the Fleet off Rochfort. IZs morning sailed, under command of Vice Admiral Sir James • Siumaraz, for the station off Ushant. the Riker/via, Fult4event, Dreadneighl s Jlsaa►rh, Celassae, Dragon, Clampion, and Atrium& TAR AC. RCM. CH.iNGE Jur., 211. The arrivals COßNEX of Wheat. Ink day,make 'other a Oval . lied Illea..le. made are at ass advance 01 .b ... t 34 nppi• I per Barley an short arnAy. and fully alsi,p.nto last pH i 0........., MA httasy of sate. From the badness et Inc emir of While Pest in the atkocent enmities, vet) , few strut'', and are .t ferns.. albance Grey are dearer li.a.ros 01 both sorts inte...s. There a-e ....veral arrivals ..1 Oat. c aiooaf a I and thls troie ittapim.to last (10644 peers. Flour mountains the quutotion. CUR Al 6. 1' PK ICF. OF GRAIN. vbh•0u . ........53. tilt.. au:. Tck Roane (du. ) 41+ If. 4, y rne ii, ...... . It'i• It! .14 tats..... ... • t4s es• 321, Rye 44. 47. 1.4 P Amok ........ C4is 44s 0 3!, 3.. 1 .:v Mat tits. it.. 04 :tape sqvii ..... gm. 171 4, WM.. I , ,as PA I 1.)4 0 . .. ri., Flour ..... Scs 1, 51. 05, nom r• -•s .. 5). 01...11.1 Seen.. 44 ..... ...... by, es , 8.-... n. ; ..I I , - n.ll MUCK PF HOPS _ Kent S 12. t • 61 IS, cossoti .6 t 12. to 61 4s F.-••tt PIOUS OF HAI OA TV IT / %Mg.% Ifas At ri. . 4! r, • 0A a 3. 9. OA New ill! meter.. K.nt 61 l Susan i t to t ha rn . :: 1 2 1 Fin Jalol is - Y AND STRAW, leas, wwraacevac Flay ...... 41 o.a 3: :r1 I fvew......01 CI VI IClove,' .... 41 O s a el O. Sera+ ......f1 141 a M lh ...41. 4s per lead. _._.... %MI rii FIELD, Jute 20. Thi , day's Market iir..s well supplied with prime aelitl. sod the thew of Cattle, in other reepeas, was very pod, 0-4, Muth ri, Veal, and lamb, are deter than sue last itepe-t.. Pork i, , umewhat cheaper ; and the trade, lee the meet pen, was pretty brisk The saki in the Ray Market was „ Amor lively. flay sad Clever obtained o,iter pries than FrMetit Market. Straw sold at laq price. The undermentioned o iga and numbers are an assumes statement . To sink the offal er stone of 81b. i Beef ea. 041 to Ss. 61. Rim .ts ............ II 47e Mutton 4s. Oil to Ss. 61. Sheep and Lamihi.lB,ede Veal 6s. Od. to Ss. Od. Calves ..............Its Lamh 6s. Od. to 81. Od Pig. ................ SvO Perk M. Od. to Cm. Od. SMITHFIELD HAT MARKET. May ?I. Ist. to 61. Ot. Straw 2L to SI. 3s. Clovcr ♦l. ela to 61 4. NIL WGATIL AND LICADENHALL MARKEIb. By the Camas,. Beef S. It to 48 24 I Veal 3s fd to $. N Mutton.... S. IN to 4. 6d I Pot 4a NI 1 ,, 4. N Lamb 4.. 6d. en N. td. RAW HIDES. Seat Heifers and Steers, per stone, A. 1.1 to to. 101 Msddlinp Si. 44. to 2s. 51 Ordinary .• .. .. Ss -- . Od. so Ss. IM Market Calf tes. 04. tad English UMW Lamb Simi' ... Sbearlinp Os. 11d. to Os. M PRICE OF TALLOW. et. lansees Market ;la id 1 Tnen Tallow —a 01 619 id Clare Ma. kct Whitechapel Market S. ed I Wh.te ditto .... --w 670 04 Per Stunt of elb. --- 1 Soap ditto .. .9. Od 679 011 11. Od Melung 5tu1f..5360.1444 06 Average Price 39 ed Ditto rougb SRI 01 I;raves (food Ovesp..... Tellnw Soap, —6 a $0,...Nt0tt1,41, 9.M—Cod, Ole. Candles, pm' damn. 10.. W....Moulds 119.04. CURL-itAtt XX I', Jug." , £0 Skip, at Market SoW. Prim 74 ..N•wca.de 69 404 Si. • Pe 61 3 „Sunder! a nd.. 3 399 Od • 456 6/ PRICE I', STOCKS, YESTERDAY. Bank Sock . t , 21194 3 pa Cent. Reduced ..61 Spa Cent. Consols 4 per C.it . ' 41 Cent. 6 per Cent. Nary lle Long Annuities Imperial 9 per Cent. 0m..... ni pi'. India Bond. ls Bt. pees. Exchequer Be.:1 per. 2 de. Eneish Lottery Tickets Cwis..ils for T. RISII, Stock-Broker, No. 4. Omni I, and 9, Chtring eras. BIRT'IS. -- -~; On Saturday muting, Tolo;tiind-pleee, the Carsten ef Mansieid, of a daughter. Os Thur,day morning last, the Lady of Tholowiticioni Walki,r, Esq. of thaw.' ' of a son. On Satuidav, in Ehailotte-atreet, Fitstopaqusre, the Lady of the Rev. Ruben Stevens, of a 'inn. MARRIAGF. On Wednesday last, at Whitbv, Mr. Benjamin Madman, of Srfillincori, Ship-owner, to Mrs; Mary Jaeltimis, waLv of Om late Mr. John Jackson, of tht former glass. TY- brides' •! has five unmarried da.ighters, whose ars ignited make year.; and four sons, bachelors, whose united ages are IP! years. DEATHS. On Tuesday lest, at es f am ily mansion, mar Searbo,vu a• Sir Sieben' Rempde Johnstone, Bart. Los 4 of the Man , ' at Hackness, agud 73 %ears He cupportert a ledratia and i.a.nl ul incliiposition with uni aralle!ed magnanimity. Sintlettle, mm the 2.1 of last matte, in Me no pule tin, in the IRiI, year of Ins sat, If ugh C.nAmi. 1.1 1 4 toil 4 Sir Hugh Coithin, hart. Mow hill, enemy of I.e.trkm. The amiab:enei. rif hi. dievis Non, ll.e inhmve goodness of lii heart, and the •arious allwaistAgel of a Ot.gll7y cialt.bated 0n.i.1. eridear,:d him to all hi. friend., on attune remembrance his name is indelibly enea•tn. At het house I. Chelsea, Elisabeth, relit to Osbert Denton. Lay. late of Lynn Regis, in the county of Nortelk, and one of the en-heiresses of the late Richard Ladbroke, Rag. of Frenel-4 and Tadworth Court, in the County of Surrey. She was bora in April, 11743, mid died the 17th of July. 1407. Yesterday mennight, of a violent pain in his stomach, wilt which he was seized ui the night, the Rev. Stephen Moore, vicar of Doncaster for upwards of seventeen years, in the GOih year of his age. HIGH WATE:t, TIIIS DAY, AT L"INDON-BRIDr;► M0nt....14 a,n. after.. 3 I Evee....29 rem after .. 3. LONLKAN:—Printad by G. DAVIDSON. Nn 11, Bow-elieet. Covent garden. and pntdebe4l at the Other, No. Ilia St. ClarnienOt Oteock, Strand , ItY W STUCK, of No.-7, New Winn-week L-.44-Aera... °Arta. trc for this Pepe,. Nit II Utbee. cow Po) i•aa dal/ attended L. SALE BY AUCTION. PICTURES, MINIATURES, SHELLS, CARVINGS IS WOOD AND IV , MY, PRINTS, DRAWING'S, Hr Mr. RICHARDSON, At his Hew., No. 31, the earner of Villiers-street, in tke Strand, TO-MORROW, July 22, end the 61111110t4 Day, at is teCk,k. ALL th e remaining Property, consisting ot Miniature,, limits.% Shells, Coins, t tarp assailer ditto, sulphur Moulds and Im;ressione ' Illookcasrs, Dreweis, Slush P4per, 1114/011. Carving: at Woed and Io rl , and slier Curiosities, hennaing to the late Mr. ROBEKT GRAVE, to which is added, a small erulecti.n d ?wawa add Prints, the pmperty Med Artist, g 'mg into the eoun•rr • T. to viewed this do ~ the au J to-morrow, Cata..goes moy had of Mr. Riehardsop, NO. SI, Strand.