The Sun.
London, England, 1808-06-08 00:00:00

DUBLIN, JUNE' 3.

His Grace the Duke of RICHMOND and his ami-
able Duchess intend honouring the Theatre with
their presence on Monday evening next ; the circle •
of fashion ...-111 be further graced by the presence of
Lady MARY, Lady SARAH, Lady OEOItOLANA, and
Lady JANE LISNOX,OI that illustrious family, who
have recently arrived hi this kingdom.

On Sunday last their Graces the Duke and
Duchess of RICHMOND attended the annual charity
sermon for the stipp'ort of the penitent females .at
the Asylum, In Leeson-street, when a most impres,
sive and feeling appeal was made to a respedable
congregation, by the Rev. Dr. Ga AYES, S. F. T. C. D.
aft.er which was colleded the SUM 01 2501. The
Loan CHANCL:LIOR; the Lone MAYOR, Lord
CASTLECOOTE, Lord MOLINTCASH EL, the Lord
Bishop of KILLALOS, and Lord MARCH, the eldest
son of his Grace the Duke of Ittchstoxn were
among those who eolleded.
On Yritlay se'nnight their Graces the Lord-Lieu-
tenant and. Duchess -of Itlcomoso, and their t
sons, the k... 111 Of MARCH and DARNLEY, an.l Lord
C. L4NOrs, arrived at Lord CASTLECUUTE'S, front the
Pink, at twelye o'clock after being concluded by
his Lordship through the' principal parts of that
justly praised edifice, the new Custom House, which
they greatly admired, they honoured their conduc-
tor and his amiable lady with their company to a
breakfast, consisting of every delicacy the season
could produce.
After breakfast, Lord CASTLECOOTE condueled his
illustrious guests through time principal 'exterior
buildings of the place, and llitl Crescent, in front of
the Custom-house—the da.y was fine. The arrival
of their Graces was announced by a Union Flag
being hoisted on the lofty. builciin,',s in Port of his
Lordship's house. The Duke and Duchess left Lord
Cionscoares at three o'clock.

A letter from Peolzanee, bearing elite the 130)
ult. and published in diirrent London Prints, hay-
i,ng stated that a Gent 'plosive boat t as sunk
on thp'gth lift. between Porthn.ci and St. Aibttn's, by
a Belfast trader, and tn,:t the al3 was accompanied
by circutn,tances of ‘vanton barbarity, a tri t in-
vestigation of the tratisalion was
,institta;ed iiy he
owners of the said trader ; the Master and Nlzte of
her being examined on oath, depose as foflows

" S'ANLYEL. MoNToMeetty, Master of the Brig
Venter, of Belfast, waketh wilt, that on Monday,
the Del inst. on his voyage from London to Belfast,
off l'orilaild;.aboe; eight o'clock P. M. deponent
discovered a satafl Vessel, Ketch rigged, about two
miles to winaleird,, bearieg down upon him. He
being then close heeled, beating to the westward,
wind W. S. W. called the watch, that all bands
might be on deck, supposing, her to be an Enemy ;
be ;nee altered his course it, order to avoid her, brit
rreeiving that she still followed him, he hoisted
colours,. opened his ports, and tired a shot a-head of
her. 'Mier this some time elapSed, the strange sail
still folle,viug hitn,. without-attending to his signal,
or showing eelotes, when a shot was tired at her;
she then hoisted English dolours, and without alter-
ing her course, coptinued to bear down upon depo-
nent's Vessel ; when within call, deponent hailed
the strange Vessel, desiring her to keep off, - Which
not being attended to, a second shot was tired at her:,
this shot, deponent believes,. carried away her wizen.
Alter this a few more shots were tired at her, demo
vent repeatedly hailing in the intervals,. without re-
ceiving any reply. The Vessel having at IL:l%th
neared,' a person from the strange Vessel called out
that she was a pleasure boat belonging. to Mount's
Ray, b ,end from thence to London. 'All tiring then
teased, with the exeeption of one gun 'from the
gaiqwny, which was discharged without deponent's
eiders, and said shot oia not strike her. Two Men
then Caine off from the strange Vessel, one of whom
said, that the cause of their following the trader
proceeded• from their supposing her to be a Gun-
brig, and that they wished to inform, the Lieutenant
that the Channel Fleet were in Torbay. When de-
nianded why lie did nut obey the signals, or answer
when hailed, he teplied, that he was inexperienced
in steering, or. making signals; that they. heard
themselves hailed, but Were afraid to venture upon
deck that his brother was in bed, and the Master
beiew. By this time it appeared that the small Ves-
se! was so mach injured, it was impossible to pre
beat her sinlotig, which she did shortly atter; .The
crew, three in number, were taken on board the
trader, alt apparently intoxicated, when every at-
tention. and accommodation were worded them by
deponent, who caused them to be landed in safety
at Torbay the day following. Previous to their go-
ing ashore; they expressed their gratitude fur the ci-
vility and attention shewn them, and begged depo-
nent's acceptance of a valuable compass, acknov.i.-
ledging that the unpleasant accident was to be ascrib-
ed to their owl) inexperience."
Sworn before me at Belfast, GEORGE Joy,
Mi,egrilte tor the County of Antrim.
gist May, 1808.
pzcnctGommy.

712CCINAT10Y.

ET CON.

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itEPORT OP THE TIOYAI. siisNgRIAN soc.o.ry ON
THE SUPPOSED FAILL'HE °V VACCINATION AT
ItIgG'IVCOD, It; HAMPSHIRE.

Salisbury-equa.re,..Feb,-3, 18a,

The Royal jennerian Sticiety, deeply impressed
with the importance of their pledv to the Public,- in
recommending Vaccination as a security aga;nst the
Small PDX, and feeling equally the claim the Public
liave"on then to jrtstity st his pledge, by offering such
information as may remove any reasonable doubt re-
speCti'irg this Security, think it their
,duty to pablish
an abstract of their proceedings in consequence of
the. alarm excited by the supposed failures Of Vac
cination at Ringwood. ,
Upon information received from the Might Hon.
George illose, M. P. to whom the Society are great-.
ly indebted fin' his zeal and attention on this inter-
esting occasion., th'e• Society have appointed a Me-
dical Deputation; -consisting of John Ring, Esq.
Vice-President; W. Blair, Esq. Director; and Dr.
J. S. Knowles, their Resident Inoculator.
These Qentlernen, . assisted by Dr. Fowler, an
eminent Physician of Salisbury, who is totally un-
conneeted with this Society, proceeded to Ring-
wood, where a public meeting was convened at the
Town Hall, and attended by the Right Hon. George
Rose ; W. Mills, Esq. M. P. ' • S. Tutick,' Esq. a
Magistrate of the town ; the Rev. Dr. Taylor, the
Rev. Mr. 'Davies, the Rev. Mr. Middleton ; Mr.
Westeott, and Mr. Macilwain, Surgeons, of Ring-
kvtiod, and the other principal inhabitants of that.
town and neighbourhood. In their presence the
Medical. Gentlemen, during two whote days, went
into a close Investigation of these supposed failures
.
of Vaccination.

_
Their report (which is open to the inspection of
any medical' ma) afilads the most .consolatory re-
suits. These gen'eral iebuns (he Sociely now lay
before the Public, to deti'?ut the etieds of prejndite
or 'nisi-crest:nun Eltld IQ ,confir in the efficacy and
advantage of 1)r. Jenner's great discovery, the cow
Pock Inoculation, as a safe, tnil3, wid unconto4ious
antidote against that most contagious malady the
Sinai! Po's.

'On the whole, the Medical Deputation are per-
fcElly after a minute ;Ind careful examina-
tiun of the nurnero,us cases brought before them,
that too instance occurred, during the dreadful visi-
tation at Ringwtxxl, of the Snail Pox having taken
place where the process of VaCcination had been
cOmplvie and they have the highest sansfaCtion ill
uttering to, the Public a confirmation of their own
Opinion, in the subjoined comMunicatiom; from
the two Modica' Practitioners at Ringwood, by
whom the majority of the ,inhAbitants wereinacu-
loted.

GENRItAL RESULT oF THE INQUIRY INTO THE UN-
I'AVOURAELE REkORTE CONCERNING VACCINATION
AT RINGWOuLL
The Small Poi appeared at Ringwood about the
middle óf September; and rapidly spread through
the town and neighbourhood, partly by means 'of
inoculation, and iiartly by natural infeetion. 'Vap-
citte inoculation did not commence until the 23d of
Oaober ; •it is therefore evident, that a) those per-
sons who were vaccinated, had been previous ex pos-
edto the contagion of the Small Pox. Some of the 4:
perSOns had the :Small, Pax- In the same time with
the Coy Pock, in consequence of previons'infeaion.
In of isms yam* inoculation did not take elle& ; and
consemently they were not rendered insusceptible of
the infeaion of the Small Pox.
In verions:instances, dry. Cow Peek matter; re-
ceived trvm severel quarters, was dissolved in w ater
2111106 i boiling, previeus to insertion ; and it is -pro-
b4le, that on this account it frequently failed to
produce any erit;Ct. About two hundred persons,
however, etvere aucwssfully vaccinated ; and have
been prote&ed from the •Smati Pox, ,thotrgit much
expiised to its infedion in different ways.
It was alserted that the Small Pox was more fatal,
at: Ringwood and the neighbouring villages, to those
per,ions who were inoculates for the Cow Pock,
than to.others.. This report appeared to be totally
destitute of foundation. The mortality was indeed
considerable, owing in some instances to the want
.of air and cleanliness, and in others to the immo-
derate vise of spiritous liquors, particularly at the
time of the eruption, which had been recommend-
ed by a Thresher, .who•inoculates for the Small Pos.
It was reported that several persons ,at Ringwood,
who were inoculated with the Cow Pock some years
ago, lately had the Small Pox : but no satisfeclory
evidence was given to establish the feel : as it appear-
ed either that their arms bad not been inspected by
the iucculator after Vaccination, or that there was no
proper scar left behind; or on th© other hand, when
they were put to the test of variolous inoculation; no
other circa was produced than what is occasionally
produced in those. whb have previously had the
Small Pox. It was also insidtinteily reported that
l'A/0 persons died of the Cow Puck (or as it has been
termed, the " Vaccine Ulcer") : bet it is positively
asserted by the Surgeons who inoculated them, den
no Vaccine Ulcer, nor Cow Pock took place in
either of those instances ; and that the patients died
of other diseases—one.of them of apoplexy.
The preceding Report having been submitted to
D. Fowler, an answer ((Weil Sarum, Jan. 3t) has
been received, in which he sayi, " I perfectly ap-
prove of this Report ; as it %ery accurately expresses
the opinion which I have formed of the causes of
the supposed fedures of Vaccination at Ringwood."
Mr: Rose has likewise permitted the •Jenneriau So-
ciety to add, " that he has seen this Report, and
concurs in it, so far as he is ably to form a Judgment
on this subjed." By order of the General ?ourt,
CUARLES MURRAY, Secretary,
JOHN RING.
Wi GUAM BLAIR.
S. Ersowt.as.

titraa of a 'Attelh from Mr. WasTcorr to Mr
BL. IR, dated Ringwood, Liu. io, 1808.

" Mr. Birch must now be convinced by my an
ewer to his Leiter, that his 4talement it dbect%
wrong, respecting the failures- of Vaccination sat
Ringwood; and you are at perfre liberty to make
at my name, in any manner you in:ty think
proper,
to convince the wood that Mr. Birch has
sorted a falsehood."

, : , ~. 7777. ';•77,7`.7
1 Coty of a 'Alter from Mr. , NY'ZSTCOTT, ta ivir, RiNGi,
chlt:!d 'AUG-A.IW, Sit,:. 15,1 sue.

PliMt SIR-. 4 11111 Of ()pinion iiiiii-not one- persorii
In Ringwood 'or itt; tivi;,liouLti-i ood, caught 'Q ozni
the Bmall-prix altar going throvgh regular ailti coin.
piete Vaccinaii•on. .
I remain, dear Sir, your obedient servant,
W. WESTCOTT. ,

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S. ,
P. S. Yours would have been answered sooner,
but I could not s!..e.Mr. Macilwain till last eve—it.
He says, these are (-madly his seutihientS.

Copy of'tt Letter from Mr. MA( :::w;!•.4. to Mr.

EL G, dated Ringwood, ash. 2,5) ttios.

Deana answ7er to ',your Letter, which
was dated the 2 tit instant, but Which I only re-
ceived On.Satutday, the 23d, I haVe to inform.yo,9,,
that the Ilestotte;on which appeared in tl'e Salis-
bury and London Papers, respeCting the Vaccina-
tion here, contained my sentiments, and that I have
no reason to alter my opinion at present. The ad-..
i.ertisement I allude to is the following :
After a most careful and minute investigation of
those cases in which the Small-pox occurred subse-
quently to inoculation for the Cow-pot lif it ap.-
peared, that such inoculation bad not taken etfeat,
or that when 'an etre& had been produced, 'the prfj
gress of vaccination was interruped, so as to render
the patients insecure The result cannot tail to' be
highly interesting to the inhabitantA of Ringwood;
and of the neighbouring parishes; inasmuch as it
must remove the feeling of alarm which hie: heetx.
excited, and restore and confirm. the confidence of
the public in a practice ailording proteCtion'egainst
a pestilential disease, justly esteemed the scourge of
the human race, The. investigation • was made in
the presence of son* of the most respeilable•Gen!.
Omen of the town and neigbbonrhond; bj .Dr. Vow-.
of Salisbury, and a deputation of three Memberi
ut the Royal Jenuerian Society of London."
I proposed to re-vaccinate many persons Wite' the
matter you were so kind to give we, but I outp tweet
it in two instances, in both of which it succcedld.
I cannot say more to you on the 'subject of Vactia-
tion, than I did when 'you were at Ringwood. I
censider it as an iobstimablehressing; and solemnly
and seriously em of Opinion, that it is a pre'ventivo
and efieetual pmerVative against tree Small-pox,
when carefully conducted : and if the peo.ple of
Ringwood . bad allowed themselves to have bocit
fairly and'honestly informed of its merits, the lives
of many would have been saved,, and the inaeeia.,iq
intentions of.,,some persons in this quarter, to stige`
matize the lennerian System, would have been de.
leated. The enemies of Vaccination did all they
could to propagate the Small-pox Man those \Vila
were desirous of the Cow-pox ; and the peopitrwere
much lob incautious to give the new inoculation any
thing like a fair chance. It' Huy thing s; coir-
munication should occur, I shill very gladly avail
myself_ of your desire to hear from
.me, In the
'mean time I am, dear Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,
G. M. Aci

11',1TERING PL.IOES.

13:1towrort, JUNE 6.—On Saturday, being lb.
King's Birth-day; the Royal Smith Gloucester Regi-
ment of Militia was drawn up, ab.-intuine o'clock,
on their Grand Parade, (Marlborough-, Steyne),
'where the men were praeitivld in carious evoiu-
' CON till ten, when they marched OE, for N'eW-
market Hill, betwixt O this totrn and I,o3wee, I.vinl;t.!
the Nottingham Rcg;inent, from Lewes Bar-
racks,, and a arty of Artillery., were to have
met Omni in review order; but, on account of
the falling of a heavy shower, when they hid
proceeded about half, way, they were met by Ali
Aid-de-Camp,' and ordered
,to return to this place,,
where tliey were again drawn up in a line, and tired
three vollies, in honour of the day, which, 'for ex•
actness of time, would have done credit to, the best
disciplined corps in the kingdom. The Band played
God save :he King" between each valliOy, and the
men, alter giving three hearty cheers, were dismi*-
ed to drink their Sovereign's health. '
This evening, a Ball, honour of hMajesty's
m is
Birth•day„will be held at ,the
Worthing has a great deal of good Company
al-
ready; Son N ittrritus.Fortn, Esq. 111. P. is among
the last arrivals.

Tnnbridge-Wells is also idling fast ;. Mrs.
DAWSO and her fair daughtersl have left Brig-lam
for that 'place.
The Minor Watering-places have also their share
of visitors ; .Itouingdean, in particular, is become
quite gay, a number of the lodging7housesl having
been let within the last week. Indeed all, toe places
of public resort, on the Sussex .coast, npw feel tho
influence of the summer.

WORSHIP-13MCBT.—"Yesterday two, boys, of the
names ilumstead and Birkit; opvrentices to Ti-
mothy Artis, a chiinney-aweeper, at Kipsp .
land, wcre finally examined ; the tbriner being
charged with havin4 broke open a chest and stealing
thercout upwards ut suQi. in gold and hank notes ;
the latter Was charged as an accessary after the 1i0.t.•

Only 251, bs. was found upon Bunisteact, who otated
thit he had hid the remainder of the money in a
_ _

&hi at Hoxton, hilt which could pot be i,onn:
They were fully committed for trial.

HA.TTON-GARDE:4.--Yesterday 'two men, named
Robinson and Ifiest, the latter a servant out of place,.
underwent an examination, charged with robbing
thb house of Birch Anson, Esq. in Chancery-lane,
on Wednesday morning lust, bctweeu three and'
four o'clock, of a quantity ,of linen and plate. the
Prisoners were committed for re-exaa,nation.

About a fortnight since, John Wright, a fine
youth, •about sixteen years of
.age, 11;:ing in the
house of Mr.
_.James, of Trvbinshnn, near Brecon,
was seized with the kycfropisubia, which terminated
his life in five or 61.1 X days, front the cornmeneetn.,:nt
of his illness. It appears that he was bitten by a dtig
at WwWiek, as iar hi.ck 3- .January last, arta that
feti••eiler persons were bitten by the sane
anitn.d.

re:r.t hexing match is taxed for, Saturday
next; Dugherry, ti c unacerocul oppouekt t youtz
Belet,er, D0v..t.;,, Li few weeks hp% -
wty t 9 tight a man 1N1,',„) re-
renly ;be I;si I.th;tlisVi tbe app
r , r.r‘Tt74`..t.-cr;s7.- '1"117.1," tilktr
had tw) .11t,;) latt:ly. There 14/4; uv,
other rpat,:hes as yot\inad.