The Sun.
London, England, 1808-06-10 00:00:00

VACCINATION.

Frosi, purSuant to his notice, rose to can the
attentiOn of the House to the; important. subject.
'be objet he ba(.l in vi,:w Was., as the etabli,iied
rnstiatt.toti tulgt.t not_ prove adequatesto its purpose;
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tiorii, to establish a public and central InStitution in
London, whence the real vaccine matter would be
distributed to all parts of the Empire. • He proposed
that the PTesiderit and fOur Censors of the College
of. Physicians, and a certain number of the College'
of Surgeons, should be placed at the head of this
Institution,‘Ad whom all doubtful cases would be re-,
(erred. The Right Hon. Gentleman, after detailing
all the circumstances of the case at Ringwood, and
affirming that, though it. could not be said that the
vaccine disease was A certain security in all cases
against the Small-pox, yet the evidence in its favour
shewed, as appeared by the Reports of ,the,Colleges
of Physicians and Surgeons, that the failures were
not one in' three hundred, concluded by miring, a
Resoltition in substance, " that the House, having
under its consideration the Reports of the Colleges
of Physicians and Surgeons in London,- Dublin, and
Edinburgh, was of opinion, that
.great public benefit
would arise from the Establishment of a central In-
stitution in .London, for the distribution of the
vaccine matter:* He had only to add,,that the ex-
pence would not be more than from 25001. to 35001.
per annum.
The several Reports having then been entered as
read, on the question being put for agreeing to the
Resolution,

Mr. DAVIE'S GIDDY did not mean to oppose- the
Resolution, though he thought it would have been
much more desirable to have left this matter to•.take
its own course. It was a wild and extravagant idea
to suppose .that Small Pox could be exterminated.
The *pie would, in. the course of a few years, km-.
der such an hupresSion, negled the, precaution of
inoculation for the Small Pox or Vaccination, and
then the disease would break out with tenfold seve-
rity.
Mr. FULLER warmly supported the Resolutiopi on
the ground that the Small Pox had been extermi-
nated at Calcutta by the establishment of such an
Institution, with proper persons at the head of it.
Sir THOMAS TURTON would have wished that the
motion 'of the Hon. Gentleman had been for a
CoMmittee to inquire into the State of the vaccine
matter in this country..
Lord H. PETTY warmly suppprted the Resolution,
upon the supposition, however, that no compulgory
measures would be resorted to for promoting Ilse
objects of the Institution. _

Sir F. BURDETT would regret as 'much as any
Hon. Member, that this discovery. should not be
found efficacious in preventing the Small Pox, but
was afraid,. from the alteration, which had taken
place in its complexibn, that it was to be' considered
only as a failing experifnent. The .referring the
failures to the use of spurious matter, he considered
only a shift on the part of those who supported the
experiMent. Upon these grounds, he thought it
,wmild have been much better to have appointed a
Committee to inquire into the matter, rather than.
propese this Resolution, or adopt any legislative pro.
vision upon the subject, especially as the Colk'ge of
Physician's had not gi(ien any decisive opinion.upon
the efficacy. of Vaccination.
Mr. WILiERFORCE warmly supported the Reso-
lution, and dwelt upon the benefits that would re-
sult to the communit- from
,the Institution proposed
to be established. ,

Mr. llosE explained. -His objet; was merely, to
bring Abe House to a .iteSolution such as he had pro-
posed, and to communicate that Resolution to his
Majesty by address, it) order to lus giving such
directions as would be suitable to the case.

Mr. Secretary CANNING. thittli;ht the expriment
of Vaccination intilled to the trial, but be
would by .no means be undeistood to countenance
the idea of imposing it by legal p,ovision upon the
public.
Mr. WILBERFORCZ and Sir F.BLIADETTThUttIiIIIy
explained.
The question being called for, the House divided,
Fur the Motion . 6,
Against it - s.

The Resolution was of course agreed to.
TYTHES IN IRELAND.

Mr. i'ARt4lll./, understanding that the subject of
a Commutation of Tythes in Ireland was undet the
consideration of his
.Majesty's Government, with-
drew his notice of motion on that subje6t.
Mr. FIT2GPRALD (of Kerry) wished to make
some observations on thig occasion, but • was pre--
vented by the Speaker, on the ground of irregida•-
rity.