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London, England, 1822-04-16 00:00:00

NAT:ONAL eAcciNR Rsrenmsnmssr.

8.-revel lettere having been received by the Board of the
National V.eritie Establiehment, relating to prosecutions
instituted by their direction egainst medical practitioners
and others, on the euhject of spreading the small pox, t►e
solicitor employed to conduct such prosecutions has, by de-
sire of the Board, stated the following remarks for the gene-
ral information of those 111 whose Neighbourhood alum is-
jerions practice may occur.
The principle upon which those prosecutions were con-
ducted was, that to be the agent in endangering the safety
of the public, by causing persons in a state eapvble of cum-
municatiug an infectious disesse in be exposed and carried
about, at like rusk of infecting others, is ■ punishable mis-
demeanor.

On this ground • an apothecary, who inorolited many
children, and directed and authorised the parents to take
them to his horse during the progress of the disease, along
the public streets and highways, was inducted, and being run-
dieted, was sentenced to six woathe issprisonsteal.
Is a ease of a differeut description .1., a woman who causrd
her child to be inundated, and wilfully carried it along 'be
streets while labouring under the disorder, was, on an indict-
ment against her, convicted and punished rills six months
imprisonment.
_

There is certainly no law at present to prevent the mie•
chievous practice of •ariolous inoculation, bat, where it is
resorted to, both the operator and the patients also, if the
latter be of mature age, or if not, the parents or others who
procure such inoculation, must be extremely careful that all
communication with the public is avoided; for, if any ex-
po.ure should take place by the advice, or with the concur-
rence of the inoculator', or by the wilfulness or carelessness
of others, they are liable to pi osccutioo, sad psnishabic by
Roe and Imprisonment.
The two cases above mentioned were argued before the
Judges of the Court of King's Beach, and are store pub-
balled in the Term Reports. After this new proinnlgatiuo of
that, which indeed was always an established rule of law, it
is conceived that every Magistrate is boned, on his own
view or, on a complaint made against soy persons who are
found violating it, to interfere and take cognizance of the
offence, as in the case of other misdemeanors.
Pariah officers who bare the management of the poor,
ought to prevent the practice of indiscriminate inoculation,
and the illegal and dangerous exposure of patients 'offering
under the small pox ; and whether they happen to be friendly
to vaccination or not, probably a sease of duty, and "motives
of humanity, may induce them, on such occasions, to assist
in the laudable endeavour of any person to prosecute the
uffeuders to punishment.
By order of the Hoard,
JAMES HERVEY, Registrar:
• The Kinz against Burnett—Marie and Selvryu's Rep.
vol. iv. p. Y 92.

t Th; King against Vantandillo.—Maale and Selwyn, vol.
iv. p. 73.

FROM SATURDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE

DIVIDENDS.
May 18. R. Perkier, of Lymingtott, Southampton, groeer,
at one, at the Conrt of Commissioners of Bsiikrupts,
sloghall.street, London.
April 27. A. Keating, of the Strand, silversmith, at eleven,
at the Court of Commissioners of Bankrupts, Basingluill-
street, London.
May 4. R. Lincoln, of St. Jamer's.strives, Westmloster, hat-
ter, at eleven, at the Court of Commiuioners of Bank-
rupts, Basinghall-street, Loudon.
May 4. S P. Seager, of Maidstone. Kent, dealer and chap-
man, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners of Bank-
rupts, Easingball-street, London.
May 4. W. Eiger, of Maidstone, Kent, grocer, at twelve, st
the Court of Commissioners of Baukruptr, Basinghail.
street, London.
Aptil 18. .1. Cary, of Raquel-court, Fleet-street, London,
merchant, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners of
Bankrupts, Basingliall street, London.
May 4. T. Poster and E. S. Foster, of YAling, Kent, malt-
steel, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners col

rum's, Basingball.street, Loadun.
May 9. T. Butt,of Southampton, shoemaker, at twelve, at
the Star Inn, Southampton.
May 8. J. W. Smith and T. Townley, of Matichester,eattea-
spinner% at tea, at the Bridgewater Arms Inn, Mau.
cheater.
April 27. J. Adlington, late of Tottenham, Middlesex,
builder, at one, at the Court of Commimiuners of Bank-
rupt% Basingliall-street, London.
May IL W. Wilson, of Shakspeare-wslk,Shadwell. Middle-
sex, master-marmer, at eleven, at the Court of Commis.
pitmen of Bankrupts, Basitiehallotreet, London.
May 8. W. Durkin and J. Durkin, of Southampton, ship.
builders, at twelve, at the Dolphin leo, Southampton.
May 7. W. Cole, late ofSittningloo, York, falser, at ten, at
Bartoo's Hotel, New Mallon.
May 4. J. Willis, of Warduur-street, Westminster roach.
maker, at eleven, at the Court of Commessiusets of &auk.
ru pis. B.aiog►all-street, Lauda,.
May 18. P. Atkinson, of liatlibone-place, Oxford-street,
Middlesex, haberdasher, at one, at the Court of Commis-
sioners of Bankrupts. Basnaghall street, London.
May 11. P. Hillary, of Mark-lane, Lundou, wiue-merrhant,
at twelve, at the Court of Cumtnissiourra of Bankrupts,
Basingbalhstreet.
CERTIFICATES.—Maw 4.

G. Gilchrist acid J. M. Gilchrist, of Liverpool, Lamm-
ier, merchants.—J. Taylo►, of Frani, Susses, alrupkreper.—
W. Stead, now or late of Thrum-ball, York, merchant.—
H. Withal, of Sheffield, York, Ille.inaker.—lL Seaton,
late of Pontefract, but now of 19entbfidge, York, cotsoo.
spinner —J. Rightun, of Chapel-en-le•Frill, Derby, dealer—
J. Sheppard, of Gainsburgh, Linable, turn-fsetur.-1.
Tlioinpion, of Carlisle, Cumberland, sainsfart nrer.—J.Gib-
son, of South street, Finshoryvigeare, Middlesex, wire-
chem.—F. Dore, of Brrktley•sgaare, Middlesex, auc-
tioneer.