The Sun.
London, England, 1813-08-07 00:00:00

SPORTING.

OXFORD RACES, coNca.unzn.
iventizins.v, AvuusT 4.
Fifty Pounds, for A and 4-yr-olils.—=Two-tnile he.it
Mr. Diidas's h. c., Wisdom, 4 yrs old,, s6.t. 71b. s i l
llett's 'eh 1. by lictilvy, yis .
Gnat. 1116...1
• , Wisdom be favourite.
stitutio.sY• „.
Fifty Pounds, given by the Ditise of Marlborovgh, for all ages.
Two-mile herits.
Mr. Eatlees ch. e. Aecident, 4 yrs old, A st. alb. . 1 1
Mr. Easyboson's h, h. Topcv Torvy, agi.4(l, 9st. 31b.
Mr. Sadler's Conine, S yrs old, Sst. 9Ib.
flallett's b. g. Levant, i•iged, 9st. . 4 4
Mr. Stevens's b, g. Fitz Oliver, 5 yrs old, Sst. 91b 5 5
7 to 4 on the field; after,the heat; even betting on Accident.

LEWES ItACES,'
Tlittll9l)AV, ALIOUST 5.
S'C'VeStillieS• of too.each, for 3-yr-olds. Last mile and half.
Lord 14.gremnot's b. e. by Gobantiu 1
D. of Norfolk's ch. e. Ilet int..
Mr; Bond's cll. f. by Popinjay , .3
Ills Majesty's Plate of 100 gs; Foitr-mile beats.
Mr. Ladbroke sb. 4. Wltalebunt, 6 yrs old 1 1
Mr. Trevanion's b. li. Lotzen, 4 yrs old. 2 dr

-HUNTINGDON, WEDNUDAY, Au a. 4. '•
• • A Plate of Seventy Pounds.
Sir Charles Bunhury's Rival
Lord Iliiiehingbroolies b. ni. Uauua Clara ... dr
Mr. Goodison's y.

Letters were yesterday received from Salonica
to the' Ilth of .little. The plague did not reach
that place. The small arlditional ad valorem
dt►tles imposed at that lml'l by the Divan, on the
recommeiglatino of Mr. Lisa -ON, hud been sub
mitted to without complaint.

A Lady who wa,, on board the Favonrite,which
WWI burnt off Deal, threw herself into the water
to escape from the !Limes, but falling nu the gun-
wale of one-of the attending boats, fractured two
ribs, and received other dangerous bruises.
The Lincolnshire Assizes commencer! on Mon-
day last at Lincoln. The most important of the
trials was that of dzubah Fountain, aged 36, and
George Turner Rowell, aged 23, both late of
Waltham, for the wilful murder of Robert Form-
tain , husband of the fortner, by poisoning him
I, with laudanum.. They were both found
I and left for execution yesterday.

14,
VACCINATICA

TO 'pup, Eaty9).i Or tm kli4;

Jur•r;

etintlepionce of the present exertion§
Of a few interested individutilS to rtnew the clutiat;
,ter, and maintains the practice of the Jetineriati
covert', in opposition too mass of the tittist pro.;
gressive and danining evidence that can possiblr
occur upon any subjeet; I have to requOt You Wit
have. the goodness to insert; as early ttS pdssible;
in. your very eabdid Paper, the inclosed tettert'i
which passed 4etween the, late Mr. Perceval, the'
College of Surgedus'i:n London and nit!, upon the
subject and as I consider the question of such
vast importance to the -interests of this Empire,
`shah beg your insertion, a few days.hencei of a
letter, addressed to the Coliege of Physicians and
`Surgeons. in London, upon this sulciect;
I in, Sir, with great regard, your much obliged,
. THOM ik.S 11110 WN.

TO THE LIGHT 110 N. SitlitEß PETIOEVAL.

jt'llt 15, 1811.

Wats with 'no small degree of surprise
and regret I pereeiVed, by the public . prints, you
have again allowed this awn of 30001. to be voted
for the support of the National Vaccine Lstablisli
ment, without making,the smallest allusion to the
iltnibtful and declining .tate of that practice. Yon
ought and must be 'fully aware of the dreadful
consequences that must result to the population of
this empire, and many parts of the globe, if the
Vaccine Practice, mast be 'abandoned, even after
the extent to which it has been already carried ;
but to persevere in promoting its further exten-
sion, in defiance of the' most numerous and con-
sistent facts, aud in opposition to an acknowa
hedged imperfection in the Vaccine Process, is to
accumulate its victims in the most wanton and
thoughtless. Manner, and to extend the confusion , ,
and disaster thdt will ultimately ensue, to a height
that will admit of no remedy.'
• . I must beg, leave to assert,, that the facts have
already arrived at this point,---that Vaccination
can no longer be proclaimed a certain or perma-
nent protection against Small-pox ; and it this is
the conclusion, atter twelve years extensive e,t-
periente, (aOl will venture to taflirtn this is the
opiniOn of, the most-respectable medical characters
in the metropolis.) it is evident the Jennerian dis-
covery ought no longer to be pressed and recum-
Mended without limitation or reserve. His Muff,
jesty's OC:vernment ought.no longer to give the
Jennerian practice the encouragement and pro-
tection of the nation, without, at, the Same tune,
declaring, that Vaccination has now been found,
front more .extensire experience, not entitled to
the unlimited and unreserved confidence of the
Public ; and that, in the present state of the facts
upon this subject, the Public must be left to de-
cide, whether they' will place their confidence in
the practice of Inoculation or Vaccination; but
they earnestly intreat they will not fail to employ
either the one'practice or the other, until the sub-
ject is finally settled ; and that, in the mean titne,
.6overnment will make every exertion to arrive at
as speedy a decision as is, consistent with the
great interests ,which the, subject involves, lly
adopting this line of conduct, all censure will be
avoided, and whatever should be the consequences,
the Government of the country will have done
. their duty. •
In a question, Sir, of
,this nature, you must per-
ceive
the danger of allowing it to be decided alto-
gether by experience. if it merelyregarded a cold,
calculation of pounds sterling, time most damning ,
and disastrous facts might be coolly awaited, httt
when the question involves the happiness and
safety of the Public, it is evident, the moment the
evidence has become extensive, uniform, and con-
sistent, it ought to receive immediate attention.
.You cannot, Sir, be supposed to bestoW pinch
attention upon this subject, and must found ,your
opiniOn upon the declaration of a few medical
men, who, in all probability, are prominently
.connected with, societies and institutions formed
expressly for the propagation of the N'accine dis-
covery; but I confess.] have so indifferent an cipi-
niou of humanity, as to doubt the disinterested-
ness of their report, and should 0116 e but little
confidence. in their advice. I am convinces! I
could safely place the subject in the hands of the
College of Surgeons in London, antler whose more -
immediate care the practice remains, and if they
were still to think the practice equally entitled to
the entire confidence of the Public, I shall cheer- .•
fully acquiesce. 'I must now apologize for this
liberty, anti beg leave Act, aissitre you, that how-
ever high your character stands at present in the
opinion of the Public, you may still have a claim
to the gratitude of the world, by cootie-wending
to attend to what I have proposed.----1 am, Sir,
With the greatest respect,
Your most obedient humbLe servant,
T. ItitowN, Surgeon, Mussvibtitgh,

Downing-street, June 19, 1811

Slll,—Mr: Pereeval having received your letter
to him of the 15th of this month, convevin,, your
opinion
with respect to the present state of Vac-
cination, desires me to transmit the. enclosed re-
port to you, and desires me to add, that as the
fi,rmation of the Vaccine Establishment, was con-
sidered the best means of investigating the merits
of the system, Mr. Perceval did not think lie
could do otherwise after so favourable a rei,antr.
the one enclosed, than recommend a grant inr t
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Vour very obedient servant,
13'..1").1:1ThL. .estPl titer,
Sir'T. BROOKSDANK.

`TC,I THU RIGHT RUN. SPENCER PgRCHVAL.

March 2d, lel t.
u.—As the time is fast approaching for grunt•
ing the annual sun) of 30001. fur the support of
the National Vaccine, Establishment, I aikain
take the liberty of addressing you upon this 1111•
portant suhject. Since I last had the honour of
writing to you concerning the Vaccine Practice,
you must lime become acquainted with the vast ac"
cumulation of evidence inimical to the Jetinerian
(16c Cry, and the very great doubt whichnow
attaches to the practice. I flutter myself, Sir, I
need not post out the Absolute necessity of adopt.

ing -softie 'plan for collecting the es donee It'l
the preseitt state of the•facts affords, and for en-
abling Moi,lty's Government to ascertain,
'who hur or not they sikonld hgain kite the nuntwi
donaticm to ti Vaccine Establishment, or,tif ,the
erickneesho. ;d not yet warrant,a di..continuante
of t' nvoi, Ita ~oppaart, wittither or no, it should
be necomp—w. with any, and what observations
expressive of the dreadful state of the Jennerian

"tact:cc,
Vor thiA purpose, 1 beg have to stt.trgest, that
you --Hottid cao,:c. to he tranintitted, copies of the
folbv‘i , Ilration and queries; to the college;
of Physicians and Surgeons in London..

I'iFICLARAVON.
. . •
Ilk 'l.:a:jest.: Covertiment being extremely
anxitu fo a opinion concerning -the
of It'accination, and being fully
ad's,!,,, that with such .a contradiction of firers
and ,iniorts, multitudes of lives are lost to the
contninnity, or left unprotected 'against i the nflo-
enee of tlie co:ltagioo, theY cannot- in
justice to thy , continue to grant the Oa..
tion1:1 bounty and patronage, without Making a•
inq:niqw:.tial inquiry into the pi cut state
of Practice. His Majesty's Govern-
meat woul:l no doubt be extremely happy to find,
that the Jennerian discovery still maintained the
character of being a perfect protection against.
the influence of the Snutll-pox contagion, still,-
considering the great interests which the question
involves, they are of opinion; that neither the na-
, titonil sanction which has been already given, nor
the once almost universal coneutrence prOof,
are sntlicient reasons for rejectiugall future inves-
tigation. His Majesty's Government thereforerequire,
require, you will forthwith transmit it eOpy of
this declaration, with the following queries,i' to
every Member of your College resident in Lon-.
don, and also to every Physician and Surgeon,
who, practise in this city or suburbs, whether they
are Members or not, requesting to return to you
against, the . day of 1812, a full and
particular answer,' signed with his name at frill
length. Which answers you 10 11 please forward
to as soon as they-are rec4ived.

QUERIES,
Ist. Are rite eases of"Stnall-pox which have oc-
curred after Vaccination, increasing in number
and severity eVery successive year?
2d Arc such' cases to be accounted. for upon
the principlei of mistake or ignorance it) conddet-,
ing the process of Vactination, or in z; they to be
iniputA solely ta the' imperfection of the v accine
phenomena as influencing the hffinan, hotly ?
3d. Are yon.of.opinion, that the whole of the
Then, qi) elm and facts now known retipacting Vac-
cination afford much less the same or midi thinal
grounds for recommending the practice I'o the ad-
ditional, 'confidence of the ptiblic, or ought the
‘vhivi) are at present known .to produce the
.t.iimt abolition of the prautice
apprehend., Sir, that no reasonable objection
can be Ilade to this proposal, and' 1 trust no me 7
thcal man can pOsi,ibly refuse his concurrence to
adopt this: method Of inquiring into so' important
a subject. Allow me, Sec, to 'say, Ipi lee the
most iinplicif confidence -upon your honpur and
integrity, and 1 am convinced „you will have po
hesitation ir. taking every step v.thicb can tend to
the satisfaction of the public tu an inquiry where
their dearest concerns are at :,take. In the plan
which 1 have propOsed, vOll will perceive 1 have
mann if the (plicction of the evidence to the ca-
pitd of the Briti,i.l Empire, and I flatter myself
you must he Satisfied there can be no betterlonrce
of information. You will bliServeThave included
those medical practitioners who practise in •1 on—!
but who are not members of either pollege,
whose 'evidence I consider of the highest import.
once. j have omitted noticing; the Vaccine lusti-
tutinn,--,--it is evident they,mnst considered.as
parte evidence;, and ought not to be cOnsulted
upon a subject where the strictest impartiality
ought to exist. , Their c*idence, however, will
.necessarily be obtained, as they will, form Mon-
bersmf the respective colleges, but such individuals
ought to be requecutql to state that they are mem-
bers of such establishments, as their evidence tunst
be considered itccordingly. I shall only take the
liberty farther to observe, that if the result of this
inquu should be, that twelve years -experience
have only served to multiply the facts inimical to
theVacei no, practice, Italie rendered the history and
idiejimUuna of rites Jennerian, discovery more ob.:.
van: and contradictory, kind that the opinionS of
the' medical profession and the public haute under-
gone a e:,ange 'retrograde CO the natural progress
of truth,. I !imbly apprehend the. most conclit
sive grounds are afforded, ror directing the "aegis-
kture to proceed .with great cantion and chtninf-
sptctiou in their further encouragement of Vac-
cination.
I must now conclude.by requesting you will do
tile site: honour to belieVe, that la all my proceed-
'hay, butt no other object in view than the
goottot ,0v pobbe, mid arriving .the truth, anti
tlicit iti (10lig ~() l bave despised the efforts of
vsily, have conntatell myself witib no medical
ivatrt %dolt ON er, gild strictly courted a pio • f'

I iou, Sit., with the greatciA respect, your mobt
ih.ti icnt' scrv,to
Ti.io2,lAs lumwN, surgeon, Musselburgli.

Mn, li G, 18V.
SIR • ,PereeVill tlestre:i fue to foate to
•ftt o,
I'Vri‘' 01 your letter of the `2,1 thft is,ooth.,
its
that he has no dottlit; inmaking
tious be has reeeivol frml you ttpon the stthjeet
of the Natinom vitccine I,,,,tablislreicut, you are
intittencen I,y nOr other IllOtiVe 011111 IVIIItt slllpVitriS
yoit 1"1. the Public benetit.,,---hut Perceval
mt-to eidPl, that with the impression which
of lite vtiltie anti iniportance of the Vac*
el he I ' •
""'t"''''" t he cautwt circulate such a (leek-
-4ati,•ll vtlll tli-,ire •
tat, .totiow: "t
t}
,t ,11.trtrItC, 0•11 e, Siry yottr very•ohe.
lttL“Mizt,

Tuns. BiIooKsBANK.

To Tat: Tile. UoYAI. coI.I,,LCiO. OF
ht.; '
si }G-1 hlt ye to regtiest yoli will liztvv. the good--
tts lay before die !loyal Colkge of' 73,org,ttotis
this letter, with its mclostive-;., :ttid t li ,it be
IPtilol to i'verive
oliswer told opito,o/ItlwiToo.
pciro'val's
vi.evetrt IOIn complyiligwit ii,ille reyk.st cottf:tio-

e
TlOyal college Art 'fully aware, that tke pritsent
state of the Jennerian practice is tar from satis-
luctory, and thatt.h facts and obi.er‘ati,,ns upon
this stibject bow affthil the 'stion•,e.“ 12,1'011;1(1S for
a strict and impartial inquiry. 1 trust, that'
the Royal College will perceive the necessity of
guarding the honour and repniation of the pro-
fesion, and will to longer all“w the safety and
lopPiness of the public to he sacrificed to the ob,-
: stinaey of a few inrereSted imliviluals, who seem
tE, think their professibnal character stalst-ti upon
the-issue of this questiim, and avail themselves of
their official situation to support and extend the.
Vat cine practice, by the most arbitrary and party
exertions, in opposition to r, ,:criet, of the nii,st
form, connected, and progressive proofs, that can
possibly occur upon any subject. ludeed, such is
their perverted view of this question, th,:t they
unblushingly charge those who have
.ch:lllenged
the merits ot, the discovery with being guilty of
producing all tlie cases of Strap-pox,, and. ail o.c
6e.aths arising therefrom, w well have ta%eit phice
for soffle year:4, ban throu,,,h the whole empire,
when it is evident, hail they not been such
out-
ra enemies to the Sur.iilpox linwtdation,
those Who have fallen a sacrifice to the Small-
pox contagion, ‘7:ould have readily con: :nteti to
undergo Inoculation, who could not, from the
evidence before Brett!, place tf-ie :,.alety and com-
fort of themselves and families in the Je-interian
proc:ice. Indeed, Sir, irtnn all we arc now ac-
(inanity(' wit fi upon this imporrant.subject, I am
of opinion, the most naturd, and correct conduct
would be, explicitly to state, to those
.concerned
that the subject isfar front being so clear and Sa-
isfactOry as was at first supposed, and allow them
to decide ‘tillieh practice' they will adopt. This,
Sir, is the plan I have folfoWed since I.could not
&ore implicit confidence in the Vaccine,practice;
. and I flatter myself that by doing so I have suit:LlT
discliared my duty to the public and myself.;
but •the frequency Of the natural Small-pox,. the,
fatal elteco; theteof, and tbe raphi dintinution of
the Jennerian practice, imperiously call' for souse
public anti emnbiued kurnsnres to ascertain the
credit now due to this discovery. :Whether the
pl..n I proposed to Mr. Perceval may appear to
you the be,,: calculated
,to obtain sp.desirahle coif,
not pretend to gly, bUt 1 confidently' hope,
:so respectable, a h_nly will lose no time its ascer-
.tainiog what degree of credit is now .due to the
Vaccine practice,
1 do not
yet expeet that a majority of your Got-
legs will be of Opinion that :In immediate check
should be applied to the farther cacouragement of
Vitceiqptiip.), yet I am inclined that the
opinions ot a very Considerable monber of Iyour
College ‘vill have cruder ;one a remarkable change,
and -that the unqualified encouragement and ex-
totsion of t!:23ennerian di!eovery will be resisted
by a most respectable mittbrit.
I remain, Sir, your most. obedient servant,
TfIoMA.S IMOWN; Surgeon.
Mniielburgn,'July 15,

Royal College of Surgeons, LincOln's-Inn-Ficl4,.
Feknary, 2y., 151:;.
am directed to actinaint yc.:, that 'your,
letter of the 1.7.rh ultimo and the inclo-sures, are
delivered to the National Vaccine,R,t4dishmenk,
,Leicester-syndic, formed, under the sanction of
Parliament, of the Presitieht and Censors of the
Royal College of Physicians, and Master and the
Governors of this Collegei foy,the express c0n417
deration of all matters relating to the subject of •, -
Vaccination. , -

I inn, Sir, your n:ost obedient servAnt,
aro m.'jsouit, Seereiag.
Nit.. Thomas Brown, .hltz3selburgli. • .

LAW IN'riu4LIGK;CI4.I

*COURT Or CHANCERY, AuousT

IOYAS IN TUE BIATTEI.F, OF Sls3LeT.'

This was a petition 'either to supersede the com-
mission taken out ngniimt the bankrupt Sissky, or
to invest the present Assigbees with powers, (la der •
the existing eommissioyi, to come at .a certain
estate, with resps.et to xvilich i 3 colltOve disposi-
tion wag alleged to have been made. It appear-
ed, that the bankrupt had: been settled in busi-
ness at Ramsgate, where be had been engaged.
in 'rather extensive dealings with tbe.honse
Austin and Company, bankers, to whom he
liortgaged'an estate fur 1800- pontuift, which was
noW alleged' to, be ,wortli -considerablr,more.-,-
This estate, however, on the hanl'.rupte,y taking
place, had been set tip tor.sate, and no one except
tile mortgagees were found to offer more for it .than_
14001. ; they offered 27001. which sum was now:
also asserted to be much beneath its value, and
purchased it, for that the assignees had previously
resigned their equity of redemptiOn.---The object
of the present petition Was obtain a ne*admi-
nistration of the bankrupt's cirects, such os should
include a new sale and appr,eation of the estate,or.
the 'addition of the produce of a ne,.%' sale thereof
to the Itinds alrently obtained foe the general pay-
tuent of the creditors. • -
It was insisted on the part of the petitiowi that in
tbufiriit place.,tlfe estate bud been sold for less than
its valne secondly, that the Assignees had no
r;!.r,ht to part 'with the equity oirodelnption ; and
thirdly, that the, banitrolg had cioniraitted an act
of I) 4
artiptcy previons• to his InOrtgiiging the
eqate, which -rendered the mortgage mill and

, • • •
rhis act cif bankruptcy consisted in his leaving
Ramsgate, and coming to Loudon, Vvltere he (.vati
•alle.:;,'eg to have lived incognito, going out disguised
in a large French hat and great• tbat, having his
letters thrected to a Mr. Finch, in the Minorivs,
while he himself ri.allv resided in flomidsditch,
&o.; in opposition, liowever, to this statement, it
was sworn by My. Finch, that Ile Wit 3 not 'MIT,-
in London in the least like a person who songht
to conceal himself, but was openly employed iti his
regular business, loading ships in the river, and
ein4agiug in other similar transartions, in which
he, the deponent Finch:. W4S cPnevrned with
The Lioiu.r CHANCELLOR said, :that the flick of
ca,e tieing now_ -known, tbe creditors
might 1.40,,e a meeting called by advertisyment,
and ascertain Avhether:there Was inanng their any
unanimity it opinion with. _respect to the expe-
diency of:a compronike, if 119 t, the preielit R 8"
kigaces woold he, directed to hflog on action to
vatid4y. of t mortgage, the: reality Of tin.
...e _ if th...y reithted to

i' rnitl(l then be:nece-ssify
persons in their plat for the purpose.

BprroliE TT!F,

;Dv otu:roND ittrrctiligsotit.
This ca o, 'I t 5 farther heard this (lay. tipuil ex-
teptions to the 3.lTtst•er*-s rcport. A long time
having- elapSed help-e the lease to the deletidaut
wasquestioued, the deerce had directed the_Alls-
tey to state at what time.t!ie plaintiff first had ro-
ily(' of the existence of the lease: Tic Alaste.r.
st.ttvil in 1:k report, that the'first notice
.'Y the lease and content* of it to the pleintiffi the
daughter of Lord Wansford, the lessor, was ctiit-.
titined it, a letter of a Certain date. The excep7
tin WaS, that [tit! •ALOter 11:'.,1 gone bc'youlA his
authority in stating that this -the only, notice,
and hi T;eferrii to the particulars of the notice.
As the decree, however, had authorised the. Allister
to state imy special circumstances, this ex'ception
was over-la: led. Another, exception *as oer-
ruled, -and two others alloned ;' and the parties
‘, ere, of course, ng:111) seta hick to the ..llastet:,
that lie might. so far a•:tend reu,rt.

1,45:',1A. A -

Cuttmsrotir.), Auo. 5.7-.Yestevdity Lord EL-
LESBOLIOU'GII MI . .1 I'MICA! fE %-vii arrived in
this town, for the purpose of holding the :I.sizes
for this county,