The Sun. — London, England, 1812-08-08 00:00:00

..t - + , roper methods for preserving the vaccine - ":lympii had riot be 6 adopted, it was for a .eonsi.- - Aerable•time lost, and the dairies in Gloucester • shire were unluckily free from the malady. Dur ing this interval the Sinall-pox raged at Chelten- La•a, and a. snrgeo'n accidentally called upon Dr. JENNER immediately after visiting some children in that disease.. Heconcluded that the Doctor's child hadalreadv been vaccinated ; and rashly took him up in his arms. As no vaccine lyMph could then he procured, Dr. JENNER' was compelled to inocUla . te his son with Small-pox,_ without a mo ment'sdelay,.to lessen the danger. Advantage lis . been taken. of this incident to insinuate that Dr. SENNI:R had itriposed upon the world ; that he knew fie fallacy of his own discovery, and would ' not use itforhis own son. Had Dr. J. been capable of deceit, be could have inoculated his child secretly in his countryresidenceatßerkeley ; butit was done openly ; all Cheltenham knew the cause, and ap proved of his prudence. For the celebrated JEN NEn. Is known to be ,devoil of guile; ,nor has a mind- been created where truth shines more pure ly. By oonferring a most 'important benefit on mankind, he has merited and possesses their grate ful admiration and cannot be injured by,the efforts . of calumny. _ ..„ - One other passage of Mr. BLitetts letter re quires to be noticed. After reproaching the. Royal College of Physicians for 'encoin.aging Vaccina tion, he says, " To-have given a determined opi nion on just grounds to a Committee of thennuse of Commons, and never to have occasion to vary from that opinion, is, I ant ready to confess, to my feelings a proud pre-'eminence." After read ing this passage, I had the curiosity to compare it with Mr. Birch's evidence, which is printed in the Parliamentary Proceedings.. I shall extract the principal questions, relating to this business, vil:ich were put by the Chairman of the Commit tee, and Mr. BIRCH'S answers. Q. Are you conversant with the Vaccine Ino culation, and what is your opinion of it ? A. I have- seen it often, but have not practised it. Ido not think I have attended to it enough to give a positive opinion. Q. Was your opinion of theKaccine Inoculation favourable before any of those cases occurred ? A. I have been so frequently deceived by re ports of facts'in other matters, that I am apt Nto dotibt, and not to be convinced, but by repeated facts under my own inspection. In the instance of" Vaccne'l,noculation I had not seen enough to judge: Final Question.---Do you know of any instance of a person being inoculated for the Vaccine-pox, catching the Small-pox uponteing exposed to the infection ? A. I do nof. This closes his evidence. It must now appeal to you, Mr. Editor, rather odd that Mr. BIRCH should hare Vvritten to you, ." stating that he had delivered a .I,a - ermined opinion on just grounds, to the Committee of the House of Commons, when you see by his own evidence, that he frankly acknowledged that he had never practised Vaccination ; that he had not attended 4 to it sufficiently to give a positive opinion; and had not seen enough of it to judge of the matter. After these irreconcilable contradictions; ,Mr. BIRCH cannot be blamed if be should shelter him self under his former excuse, of not being bound to answer an anonyMous correspondent. But these manifold errors should Convince him of his fallibility, and that it is not more probable that all the Medical Colleo,es in Europe should err, than that he should. If so, he might surely venture to make one trial of Vaccination, and success may ' encourage him to persevere. lie will then see the impropriety of opposing the benign plan of Government to extirpate the Small-pox, and to • save the people : and he will abandon all connec tion with those who cxhibitboards aftheir shop win : down, inscribed '' Cow-pock rtiintge cured here.'' and similar disgraceful expressions. He ha's only to practise Vaccination to be convinced of its utility : and when he has subdued his- prejudices, he can rejoin -the enlightened society of the Gentlemen of the profesSion, and assimilate with the chiefs of the Royal College of Surgeons.• It is never too late to retract an error ; this is the advice of CONSCIENCE. MAILS. A AurIVED-1 Gottenburgh, 1 Dublin, I Waterford. Dtrv---1 Lisbon, 1 Gotitenburgh, I Guernsey, 1 Jersey, 1 Wa terford. - - - - .'CLOCK. 1 7 J Orunium.:— 2i pr. Cotisol7 EaRATUM.—In the Report of the National Vaccine Esta blishment, printed by order of. Parliament, and inserted in THE SUN or Tuesday last, line 25, Page'2, for " occurrence of the Small-pox,"--read " pccurrence of a fatal Small-pox, &c." TAE SUN. LEM QUIS DICERE FALSUAI AUDEAT ? L 0 N D 0 N, SATURDAY, AUGUST 8,:1812. 'hare is every reason to believe that a great battle has been fought in the North, between the Frencb and Russians. A vessel' has arrived at Gottenburgh from Riga, which place she left on th? 20th ultimo. She brings intelligence that the French had- made • three successive attempts to storm the 13,u3sian entrenched camp at Dunaberg, but that they- 'had been each' •time repulsed with Another letter which we have, states the Io s. vessel to have se.iled froin Riga on the 25th. We are strongly inclined to give credit to this account, because it is stat9,:', in► the French Papers which arrived last thßt BUONAPARTS left ItVilna on the 17111, to put himse,lf at the head of his army. It is "nitur9.F . to sqppbse, - that he had made all the necessary arrangements for the meditated attack before he left Wilila, and therefore it might have, been made on the 18th, and the account of it have reached Riga on the 20th.— We are the more inclined to believe this ac- count, from the situation , in► which BUONAPARTE was placed. - It was absolutely necessary either that he should Make some decisive effort against the Russians, or that he should retreat out of Poland. He could not remain any longer at WTilna per- forming the farce of the re-establishment of Po land. It would-=lie physically impossible fOr him to 'maintain such an army in that position for any length of time. The Chronicle of this clay sup poses BUONAPARTE would not pursue his dc'signs against Russia—that he would content himself with re-establishing the Kingdom of Poland, and that he would return to Paris ; but it is absurd to suppose that Poland. could be re-established unless ..the power of Russia were broken. The moment the French evacuate Lithuania, it will of course be occupier, by .the Russians. To revert to the im- portant intelligence, we have only to add, that a serious check to BUONAPARTE in his present situa- tion, is equivalent to, a defeat, and midst be at- tended with the most serious consequences: The Gottenburgh Mail, which brought the above, brings no other news. We do not hear of the embarkation of any of the Swedish troops. General BAncr...vy DE ToLLI has issued a very im pressive address to the German troops employed in the French service. It is stated, in a Paper of this morning, that a vessel has arrived from Vigo, which place she left on the 29th, and at that time no accounts of the battle has reached that place. None of our port letters mention the arrival of any suck vessel, and we are inclined to think that the statement is founded on mistake. There is • no arrival from any part of the Peninsula.' We are assured that a person arrived, within the last two days, in town, who is said to be the bearer of Dispatches from the Court of Vienna.— If the person has really been charged with any confidential Pispatches from the Emperor of AUSTRIA, our Ministers are too guarded and pru dent to let the contents transpire. It is certain that a person of the description which we have mentioned has actually arrived; but we do not pre sume to be apprized of the purport of his journey. Government received letters from Sweden this day, but we do note earn that they contained any thing important. There are reports in toss n stating, that when the melancholy event of the death of Mr. PERcEVAL arrived in America, the declaration Of war had been suspended, and that a Bill for re pealing the Non-importation Act hail been twice read. We, however, are disposed to place little confidence in these reports. JEROME BUONAPARTE has been under the ne cessity of publishing a Decree, acknoWledging his inability to pay the interest of the public debt of Westphalia. The Decree is dated the 12th June, at Warsaw, and directs, that the interest in future is to be added to the capital! Yesterday Lord AIULGRAVE had an audience of the •PRINCE REGENT. Yesterday, Admiral Sir T. B. WARREN* was in troduced to the PRINCE REGENT by Viscount MELVILLE, on hi departure for America. Yesterday, Captain BERESFORD took leave of Lord MELVILLE at the'Levec, previous to hiS de ;arture to take the command of his ship, on the coast of Spain. Lord WALPOLE left town yesterday' for Yar mouth, and will there embark on board, the Ca-; lypso sloop of war for St. Petersburgh. Yesterday Lord 'MELVILLE held a Levee at his Office at the Admiralty, which was attended by a number orNaval Officers._ Yesterday a Cabinet Cduncil was held at the Foreign Office, - which was attended by all the Cabinet Ministers. Yesterday a Board was held at the Admiralty for passing of seamen into ,Greenwich Hospital. Yesterday, Viscount CASTLEREAGH gave a grand, entertainment to the PRINCE it EGF.NT,• His itoyal 'Highness arrived at his hoiise in Charles -street, St. James's-square, about SeVert o'clock, and was received bythe Noble Viscount at the door of his carriage, and conducted by, him to his dining apartnients. 'The party consisted of the Dukes of VoIIK, CUMBERLAND, and CAMitRIDGE, Earls Of LIVERPOOL, WESTMORELAND; BUCKINGHAM SHIRE, YARMOUTH; HARROWBY, Viscount MEL VILLE, Lord MULGRAVE, Viscount SIDMOUTH, Sir W. Scorr, Mr. VANSITTART, Mr. B. BATHURST, Mr. RYDER, Mr. Coox, Mr. G. RosE, Mr. LONG, &C. Upon a calculation made yesterday, it appears, that 13 millions of the new Loan bas been already paid up in full at the Bank. PRICE OF STOCKS TIIIS DAY AT TWELVE ,!",..114 [Reg. Ank4.... NAVAL AI WS. PLYMOUTH, AUG. s'.—Arrived this,porning the American ships Roda and Betqey from Cadiz iii ballast, bound to Liverpool; detained by the Talbot sloop of war; which arrived here this day from Cork ; also arrived the transport , bark,, No. 230, from Cork with troops ; the Susan, FULL, from Lyrnington and Dartmouth ; the George, ROSSITER, from Portsmouth and' Cowes , the Linnett, STOODLEY, from Cowes ; the Firm, BARNS, and the Three Sis'ters, CHAPMAN, from Wales ; the Po, MAsolc,, from Bridgewater; and the Bee, DAVIS, from Dartmouth. Sailed a cartel for MOrfaix, with released French prisoners ; also sailed thiti day the Achates brig of war on a cruize in the Channel. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 7.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Phoebe from the. Downs, and the Sophia from a cruize. The Tyrian is appointed convoy for the Downs Arrived the London ~4 3 THoMrsom,, from ilavannah; and the Ocean, TRAcEv; , from Quebec. InI3WICII, AUG. 7.--Arrived the Lard Nelson packet, Capt. DEANE, with a mail and passengers, from Gottenburgh direct'; before she -left Gotten burgh a vessel had arrived there that left Riga on- the 20th July, the Captain of which stated, that a battle beticeen the Russians and , French had been fought - at Dunaberg, in which the latter were three times repulsed.: The homeward-bound convoy from Gotten burgh were off the Scaw, all Well, on the 30th of July, under convoy of three armed ships. DEAL, AUG. 7.—Arrived the Active cutter from off Flushing, and his Majesty's ship Cadmus from • the nortlmiard. Sailed last evening the Countess of Elgin cutter for Portsmouth, with a. convoy ; his Ma esty's ship Cadmus has a signal for convoy to the west ward the Mary and Jane, an American, has been sent in detained. • CHATHAM, AUG 7.—Came up the River, to refit, his Majesty's brig ,ha/ a, . the . Honourable V. GAR DINER, from the West Indies. General • Pu.Lorr and several French Officers have been sent to Maidstone, to give evidence against the persons - who are to be tried . for aiding them in their escape from this country. YAIIMOUTH, AST z. 7.—The Leveret sloop of war has captured, off the Dogger Bank, and sent in here, a French lugger privateer, called Le Bre.ve, of Calais, P.M. H. GRANDINI, Coinmander, mount ing one gun, 'and having on ho4d 20 men. - . His Majesty's ship Mospito has' eaptUred, off the Dogger Bank, three small Dutch prizes ; and his Majesty's ship Horatio has captured and sent in one ditto. CORK, AUG. 3.---Yesterday sailed his Majesty's ship Talbot, Captain SwAiS'E, with the transport No. 239, having:a detachment of the 38th, &c. on board, fir the Isle of Wight. His Majesty's ship Leonidas, Captain GRIFFITHS, sent in yesterday morning a fine new American ship, ,last from Gibraltar. She is moored along side the Perseverance, of New York, seut in by the Sybille: Captain tirrox, of the Sybille frigate, has sent .t in directions - to distribute the entire of the provi sions of his prize, the French privateer, (valued at nearly 501.), among the distressed poor of,this place. • The Diana, M‘GEoa'oE, wbiCh arrived in the Clyde, on the. 4th • inst. from Demerara, was boarded on the 12th-ult. in lat. 45. 1. - long. 44: by li!s. Majesty's ketch Gle(izer, boundto America; she was short of water, which the Diana supplied. e l7he wind flrfive 'days after Was from the East= ward, blowing stroug. NA1..11. MT OIN TM ENT . . Lieut. S. Arabia to be it Sidney Smith's Flag Lieutenant in the Llrcernia, 110; Lieut. J. Sisson to the . Childers sloop ; Mr. E. F Finnan,' Mid,hipman, prombted to the rank of Lieutenant ; ,8.1 1 . r. Randall to t.;le. Christian VII. iti the Down,'; '. , ,lacpher , on to the Warspite, 74, refitting at Chath•an ; Mr. W. West, late Midshipman of the St. George, promoted to-the rank`of Lieutenant in the Bartleur, 74, at:Portsmouth ; Mr. W. M'Ltilan, Purser of the Pauline, to be Purser of the Pert sloop ; Mr. James West, Purser of the Kron Prince, to he PnrSer of the PoMpee ; Mr. Francil lion, of the POmpee; to the' Kroll Prince, at Chathath ; Mr. Henderson, Purser of the Canada, 'to be Pursur of the San Domingo; Mr. Tackle, of the San Domingo, to the Canada, at Chatham. SCALE, stewing the Average Rate which may be obtained by investing 1001. sterling in Govern ment Life Annuities, when the 3 per Cents. are at the two following prices : At 5G and under 57. 0 and under 61. ASingle Life of l'', - 717 6 712 1 45 - 8 15 2 8 10 3 55 ' 10 7 0 lO 1 8 65 ' ... 75 19 7 7 l9 1 10 Tables of the Rates for all ages above 35, adapted to prices of Stock between 5,0 and 60, are delivering gratis. - A poor female manic Was yesterday morning found. wandering about Cheapside. She had on a strait Waistcoat, and appeared to have escaped from a place of confinement. She said her name was Stewart. She-was conveyed to the Poultry Comuter," where sLt now remains. GOTTENBLTRGII MAIL. GOTTEtiAURGii, JULY 2g.—A vessel has arrive d at Stockholth, without convoy, which left Riga O the 20th, and reported that a great bustle prevaile d there on account of a battle which had been fough t at a place called Dunaberg, about 20 Gern:o •miles from thence ; and it was confidently said, that the French had attacked that plaCe with the greatest •fary, 'three times, and were thrice rep elSea with very great losS. No man was allowed to depart from Riga, bu t were all most actively employed in adding to the fortifications and defences of the place.—The,w° - men and children had been seneoff to St. Vele' burgh, Stockholm, and the Island of Oesel. BENTUK arrived at Revel on the 25th ult. and imniediatc,%; proceeded to head-quarters. EXTRACT OF A. LETTER FRGNI VIENNA, JUL, IL We no longer doubt that hostilities have rg commenced .between the RusSiaws .and Turks, the preliminaries of peace not - having l heen ratified by the :Grand Seignior.. The Russian troops, wb° had received another destination, are returning, to wards the banks •of• the Danube. • BRESLAU, JULY the 6th the Russian Minister at Berlin, had arrived atf. Koningsberg on his return to St. Petersburg. Lithuania is provisionally divided into three de" partments, viz. M:nsli, 'Joie - 11, - and Grodno ; the King of Westphalia is near Minsk, as well ag the Polish army.. ADDRESS TO 'THE GERMANS TO -ASSEMBLE UND° THE STANDARDS OU HEIR N4TIVE covlrrilY AND OF HANOVER. " GERMANS ! " Why do you make war on Russia, force yourselves over its borders, and treat in a hosti.l c manner the people which has for many ages bee t ' iniriendly relation with you—which has ,incW: - porated in its bosom thousands of your country" .- men„ foStered their talents, and gave employmer t , to their industry ? What can delude you to nvcir le this unjtifit attack, which cannot prove other Wisc than destructive to yours e l v es, an d w hi c h cannot end but with the death of hundreds of thonsanc ls ' or with your total subjugation. But this attack is not the consequence O f yc;ur own free and resolved determination ; th o your good sense, your feelings of probity, sail' 'rientiv assure yon \; but yOu' are the iifortunac e . of foreign ambition, which incessantly seep' the 'subjngation of unfortun-tte " Germans ! Unhappy and despised tools, for accomplishing ambitious views, man and exal t yourselves; remember that you have for centuries been renowned in history, as a great and distio - Rtished People in the arts of peace, and of war ; learn from the example of the Spaniards aP d Portuguese, that the earnest and principal will 6f a nation is capable of resisting successfully th e attacks and the violence of a foreign power. I r°4 are depressed, but not yet become debased, 0r sunk. Although that numbers among your high er ranks forgot the duty they owed the country, Y et the greater nuinber of your nation are open, valiatit' weary of the foreign yoke, and true to God tod their country. ;You, whom the Conqueror 1.13 s ~ driven to the Russian borders, quitthe standard 0t slavery, and gather yourselves round that of r ar • native country, of liberty, of national h onour, whi cb • 'will be united under the protection of his Majestythe Emperor, my most gracious Lord. He prornis es „ you the aid Of all the valiant Russian men, out or a population of 50 millions of his subjects, who ar e determinetl to carry on the war for independence and national honour till the last draught of breath' His -Majesty the Emperor 4.LE,XANbER has plea' 3ea to appoint the to the office 'of offering all brave emigrating German officers and soldiers to plac e them in the German legion. They will be coal - - mandedby one of the Princes of Germany , has proved his attachment to the cause of the rat . " tive country by deeds and sacrifices 5 and the lc - ' conquest of the German liberty is their first tineticm. • Should this great end be attained, your grate ful native country Will bestow gloriouS rewards ()/1 those of her loyal and heroic sons who have sav ea her frOms, destruction. "".Should the consequences not-prove quite sue' Cessful; our most gracious Emperor herewith As' sores to those brave mum habitation anti a refug e in the fine climate of the southern part of 41ssi 4- Germans !—Chuse, l follow the call of v ( i tir e country and of honour, and enjoy the' rewarcis (1(i your, courage and of your sacrificei'; or ben yourselves still_ lower under the yoke .s l.l L c . is laid on you, and you will sink in shame, sery, and debasement,' the sciorn of foreign cou.ali tries, and the curse of posterity.—By his linper'', a. Majesty the Emperor of Russia's high con nuar ""The General in Chief of the Russiin .tkrnT: (Signet) L BARCLAY DE TO LY• STRALSUND, JUNE 30.-I'he French tinP er° ' has offered a reward of .25 francs, for the a rre s t ing of every French deserier, in all the cou lltries occupied by theiEfencli troo. s, J