The Sun.
London, England, 1813-08-14 00:00:00

ON JO UN PENNY.

IN wimuouNr.cittuteu7i.Aitis. . . ,
Reader, if cash thou urt iu aant of tiny,
Dig fOur feet 41cep7rund thou wilt iintl,l:-a Priow !

BRIGHTON, AUG. 12.

The I'RIHcE REGENT'S return here is expected
on Titesday next, when, it is understood, his
Royal Highness will remain at the Pavilion about
ten days, and Will during that time give several
sumptuous banquets to the Chief ()dicers of his
Household, and many persons of political and.
fashioitable distinction from London. The report
.of IterlVlA,JesTY's iiitention.tii visit Brighton thiS
seasim, was, perhaps, premature ; howeVer *that
may be, the plan, it appears, is now changed i but
it is positively said in the Pavilion circle, that the
RUE-EN aid some of the PRINCESSES will make
their first excursion to this place neitt, stimmer,
should nothing unforeseen occur to prevent. them
from taking that pleasure, arid Brighton from re-
ceiving. that honour. By thAt period it is' sop•
posed that the meditated enlargements inn! im-
provements of the PONCE REGENT'i 111/111-SIMI and
gardens will .be so fin completed as to afford ample
accommodation for his illustrious visitors. To
tbe north of the late Ma rlboronghhouse the
'entrance
.is now enclosed, and a new and suitable
'entrance is to he made from the London road ;
the buildings in the Oriental style, connected with
the circular stables, • arc to he finished; the old
houses mid :stabling to the south, between the
Pavilion and the Castle-yard,. are to be demolish-
ed ; and the area to be occopied by new
And thrown into the gardens, which are to be
considerably embellished. The races, which once
displayed so much sport and gi'iletv, are to be re-
stored to their former celebrity, and a f', PrifiCe
Regent's Plate" to be established. These are
among the splendours which Brighton is tatiAlit
to .iiriticipate. A considerable portion 44' the
PttitsicE's Household reirtitins hero, awaitieg his
Royal Highness'syertira.

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VACCFNATION:

TO THE ROYAT., COLLEGES OP PHYSICIANS AND
. SIVIICiEONS, LONDON'.
•
. MuAcellnir,h Joly la, ISM
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GENTLrur.4,—,T be attempt which has just been
Made to maintain the character of the Vaccine
Practice, by the iotroductitm of a bill into Par-
liament for the suppression' of Small-pox inOcu-'
lation, demands the severest reprehension, and
althniigli the wkdoin of the Honse at Lords have
1 da!, consigaed. it to eternal oblivion, and
defeated the attempts Of a few interested indivi-
dual to coerce the pablie into it practice, merely-
, to protect their own, character and reputation,
still their conduct in this instance ought to rouse
the vm Line' primfession to a strict and candid inves-
tiwil lon td the subject, and to take such me,dsures
secure` their own character and the in-
teTests of the, public;
1 do not attach the smallest blame to Lord Bor-
ringdon forthe snare mm Ilia !,ail to this business.
r von too well aware of the industry and exertions
of-Vaccine Establishinents, and of the operation
of the feelings of party and prejudice over those
indiViduals, who committed their honour and me.
dical reputation Upon the issue of this question,
to suppose that they will not strain every helve
to carry their point, and have,• by their official
Weight, influenced his Lordship's mind and judg-
Anent. 1 may also here remark,, that 1 have no
doubt jt i; to the saint.) insidious 'exertions the
appoint meta of Dr. Edward Jenner amid -Dr.
Christie Isar taken' place,
,as Physicians .Extraor-
dinikry to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent,
merely with the °view of throwing 14 luStre and air
of success and increasing popularity around this
subject. Indeed you unlit excuse me for declar-
ing', that after the clear and extensive evidence
which now exists against the perfection of the
3einicrian Discovery, if men can he found to take
such steps to protect the VaCcine Practice, like
the celebrated Sangrado, the whole. British Do—
Dire tni!..4lmt perish before they would change their
opinion. Upon your Honours, 1 trust, such at-
tempts will prove impotent and contemptible, and
~
you pre. eut conduct will prove you are jealous of
the repo and •honour of the profession, • and
careful of the welfare a nd happiness ()Rime public. It
is,to yau, Gentlemen, now look with con fidenee for
bringing this queition to a final issue, 'And to tran-
*ollie and (ix the minds of the public upon their
deareit and most important concerns. "After the
numerous facts which have occurred,- and the de-
clarittidn of Lord Ellenbarough in the House of
Peers, " that Vaccination could only be consi-
dered as a protection Against the buttill-,pox con
tagion for about eight years," it I's not now ne-
cessary to enter into a particular eXatnination of
the evidence against the perfection of the Jen-
nerian Practice. 1 believe I may assert, without
fear of contradiction, that after fourteen years ex-
perience, Vaccination is at present losing in re-
potation, mold rapidly diminishing in extent; that
time has Mily served to increase ',the'rvideoCe
mica to the practice, exactly corresponding to
the distance ot its Commencement ; that experi-
ence has only served 'to involve the Subject in ad-
obscurity- and confusion ; that every sire-
ceeding year. has multialied the ,cases of Small.-
pox umweeeding to the most ,perfect form of
accination, in a ratio, . exactly agreeing
with the distance from the *riot! of Vaccina-
tion ; that the Jentmerian Discovery nine stands
convicted of beings) feeble; partial,' and, at best,
a tempOrmiy expedient to resist the variolons (20117
tßgiou, and that time has deprived
,the Vaeciue.
Practice of many of its friends, and added greatly
to its' enemies. If this, Gentleipen, is time present
situation of the Jennerlon Discovery, and that the
deaths arising (ran the Small2pok contagion are
rapitily4increa,,ing every succeeding year, it is
surely fall time to institute a candid and minute
investigation into the subject. It' the Nraceir,e
Practice is found so greatly defective, an imme-
diate check should be put to its further eocom:-
ragement, and means tlei,ised to correct those evils
,woich alrmitly exist from its use, and to prevent
any farther accumulation of mischief. •
Tito difficulty opon this subject, Gentlemen, is
:rmow narrowed intuit very small Compass. ,Emiery
lnedical irmti., possessed of, the smallest candour,
mumut allow, that the-evidence has now Vecouie de-
,cisive of the imperfection of the Vaechte Process,
and -that it only remains to determine, whether
-we commune our protection to Vactimition
.with -a0 defeets, or we shall exclude it
onr practice. -To you, Gentivmen, I shall
not oiler any thing upon these points.----1 alit con-
vinced they cauhe easily determined by all of you,.
that is necessary, is merely to have our
.correctly infornmed,upon the sobjeet, amid divested
4.mf prejudice and partiality. , You ought, Gentle-
then, to' be aware, -that both Parliament and his
Majesty's Government were at first entirely'guid-
ed by your opinions and authority that still they
look to you fora faithful and impartial attention
to the subject, firmly rayitrg, that neither your,
-twiner declarationi,
,nor their ;lets and delibera-
'lolls, nun' your rvgartl for Dr. .1 cau6r, nor 'any
other ounsideraiion, will prevent yon (rota over-
mho .ienneriati tliseovry, tf strelm an event
is necessary to ser,,are the safety anti happloes`, of
I In. plthltc. For my own 'mg*. can' tied.: no shliine
or blame in changing our opinions upon this sub-
)e,:t. Every One possessed l Of common under-
standing, rind the Smallest observation, tutva
'admit, the dennerian diAcovery pos,essed qualities
(width: of deceiving the most intelligent am eat tier
of our profession, and that opt entering_Nyarmly
tilt(' its suppurt, argued!: merely ohstinaey and
stupidity. I candidly confess mnyelf, once, one
of its warmest friends, sur
and that the verymea , e
ivitich is aow thromvo out of Parthiml.l-.t anl)tloar-
c,fi to me only a few ymiars 'ago of the greatest
consequence. But shall we for these rpasons
!.:riff' oor,telves'of every opportunity of cimanglng
, .
tile-t',entintents upon the suoject„ and suppose our 7
engxged for titer defence of Onr.
fir,: opiniotti:. Genth.nren, I have been taught
in ail the affairs: of linttutu
guide,- and- in the' science
(At' otedieine, only mo;iitor ' •he till''
'ii ttn,t Ow treatment of 4: gyrniit'ilt i(,t t
"•.. 1111!'4 iKen VOLVtiOeedlot Ole
propriety. aott at ch',:oging, provided Ave
consiilted the .sitety .host -
to our
care, and we must have perceived,, that ► qua'. )e-

nett
and unprovement itt the science of meni•lie
is to 'be obtained from sensible of our
errors,: as well as alive to those means whi..:‘l,
been atteauted with success. •Yes, Gehl ivuu
am congdent, your condUct ,npbn this 0ce,.,i01,
will shew, that however 'involved we may ail
stand upon 'this subject, still-we ore' ready at all
times to acknowledge our errors, and to guard the .
'Safety of the Public.'
I shall'not pretend, Gentlenten,...to oiler 'yin
any tidvice what plan to adopt for, investigating
this subject I shall only be;; leave to observe,
that in pi osecuting any-pinn wi,ieh in your wisdom
you may think proper, unless von deem. it
,alisci-
lutely.neeessary to exclude from v,otir iturtiry oil
those Gentlemen tirlaci are members of Vaccine
Establishments,. turd who have poblished upon the
subject, 1 can assure von your labours will prove
abortive, and will neither do you credit, nor give
the smallest satisfaction 'to the public. We have.'
every reason to dread the ini.laence of Vaccine Es-
tablishments.; for besides their late conduct, I
May also observe, they have uniforinly shut the
door against all proof, awl instead 0r considering
their situation as one which Parlinment, had
framed for the express purpose of attending to ,
every fact, for or against the Jennerian discovery',
they have at, Mice warmly espoused its cause, and
identified their interests with the character of
Vaccination. My 'reason, too, for taking this
•mode of addresing yml, proceeds from the same
dread ,Of official. authority.... The letter which I'
dide myself the honour to address to the Royal
College of Surgeoui, and which is now before the
public, was immediately.sent to the Board of the
National Vaccine Establishment, without being
Submitted to the perusal of the Monbers of: the
College. This, Gentlemen, completely de-
feating the object I had in view, which was, to
Separate the profession in general from a few in-
terested individuals, and besides, it was acting
most disrespectfully towards the other Members
of the College. For my own part, Geotlemen,
have not the-most distant comprehension of the
propriety of such complaisance,---to MC it !Tears
criminal in the extreme, and I now perceive more
than ever the necessity and Importance.of an as-
sociation thou the,plan recommended byl‘lr. Ad-
dison. Party-spirit is 'now got to such a height
on-this important subject, that Unless sorne nen-
tral body of men irterfere, and act with a regard
to nothing but truth and equity, we shall soon
he exposed;fo the derision and contempt of 'sur-
rounding nations. •
Before conchiding this letter, Gentleinen,
Must beg your most serious attention. to the fol-
loWing particulars

The National Vac.cine ESsablislimett, in all
their reports, maiataia the eau c of taceination
by bringing forward the authority of other Vac-
cine Institutions. Ibe le'ave to enter my most
serious protest against such authority ; they can
be considered in no other light ,titan e.t-purte evi-
dote:e, and all of them are bound by the strongest
ties to uniintain the character of the Jennerian
disedvery, -Besides, the whole medical profes.-
SiOn are capable of judging with. equal accuracy
of the nature of tiic practice, and their authority
is untitled to more influence and attention than that
of Vaccin,.! E,stablishments, as it is divested of the
vaine motives to partiality. 'These Gentlemen. al
So, In their reports, quote:as )►roofs of the exten-
sion and success of the arc:imolai' practice, the
state of Vaccination in the• East Ceylon',
and I,',rance, but they Omit telling us, that
Vienna and alll.3ermany; where the experiment
was fairly tried, .it has almost become extinct,
In the West I mlies:too,. and America, it is fully
Worse, and even in India, Where it has been sup-
ported by the most arbitrary authority, circum-
stances have occurred within the last two years,•
which have damped ,the 'ardour of many of its
wannest admirers. 'Mut, Gentlemen, I cannot see
to what good pnrpose-we call in to our aid these
foreign authorities, as Great Britain must cer-
tainly possess greater advantages for 'determining
this question than any other nation whatever.
The last particular :which I slrall. notice, mid it
Is upon it. that the National Vaccine Establish-
ment 'founds its claim for the interference of the'
LegiSlAture mean, the very great increase of
deaths irom the naturalll-pox, and Which
distre.ssing event the Establishment entirely as-•
cribe to the Continuance of Small-pox biocide-
. tiOn. r itin really-Gentlemen at a loss for words
to convey My leelings.upoit this subject. The fact
that in every district of Great Britain; where.
ever Vaccination bits been introduced, abundance
of evidence has occurred to destroy. the public-
'couiidence,'antrm'ally coLbi n 6 longer be persuad-
ed, to trust the safety amt. comfort of their family
to the sccuiqty afforded ify the jennerian dis-
covery, and such was the bigotry. and enthusiasm'
with %Ojai 'this practice was followed, that if you
.
xvould not: consent to adopt the. Vacrme. praettce,
you must remain exposed to the influence of the
natural disease, as the medical prbfession could
not condetcetid inoenlate With any other, anti
bence very grcit proportion of the people. oithis
Empire were most insolently and foolishly* ex-
posed to undergo the ScOurge of the natund Small-
pox. This Gentlemen; is the teal cause of the
great 'inere;mse of natural Sniall-pets, and you mast
be satisfied, if this.conduct is persevered in, and
110 other alternati-4! granted* to the pctlilic, but
the' Vaiteinc Ini.culation', a greater nuinber 'of lives
will tie annually lost to'the nation, than happened
IteCore time practice of Vaccination was.known,
mid unless you interfere, and adopt some 1)1.10 foe
remedying, the bad consequences which must fol-
low the .I,2inwrian discovery, it will j)rOVe the limit
disastrous experiment every proposed to the con-
' fidence of the Brit nation.

„I:nin, Gentlemen,
'With the greatest esteem and respect,
Your most obedient bumble aeriiint,
THOMAS BROWN.

henry •lierring has buen convicted at Croydon,
of picking the pockets of the Earl of ,NoaNtA
TON, at the Vauxhall Nle, anti sentenced to
transportation for life.
A•hege;ar known about Oxford-street for many
years, died on Sunday se'nnight at an obscure...but,
leading out of thel4l,4gware-road, and in his hovel
gii !MIS 811 d notes tO the 01 130/, Were
tomtit, which• devolves to Ills brother, a 0.0111-
hoose pauper.

LAW 17°.;TI:AiT,TG:EINCE.

totrTIT ctiANcmA, ArGriT 13.
07h1t,k HOUSE, &c.
tiAl,ls9Xti" V. w,vetxs.
In this eatts,e Mr:. JonNsox, On behalf of the
defendant, movcd for a' further extension of
.the
granted to answer the interrOgatories ex-
hihited to him in 'Abe off we of -the 'Master, to
whoat the cause standsreferred. The' time tar
toast ering had elapsed without any progress hav-
ing been made by the defendant, and an order,of
attachment with a Serjearit at Anus, to become
absolute at the end of tour days, which are now
expired without the examinations being put in.
Tlieground of the application that the peF-
sOnal interrOgatories were my voluminous, and
thatthe time originally grunted to pnt in the exit-
mination had been .too short to finish the same
by possibility, in Consevence of which the de-
fendant made no progh..;-s whateV'er therein.
Mr. BEN NION opposed.' the. uitition, but only
-with a view of fixing a, period 'at which the exa •
min:ttion should be put in peremptorily, or that
the Serjeant 'at
,Arnis du execute the attachment
absolutely.
Mr. .lo ti tc SON limited the time prayed for to six
weeks, to which Mr. BEN N loN replied, that be
should not oppose a reasonahle•extension of time,
ott the condition :hat tmles4 the examination be
put in in two months',. the, defendant should be
fullvscommitted, without further application to
this Court. His Honour expressed some doubt of
the juitice of extending. the time in favouriof the
defendant, who had taken no step, nor made the
least progress whatever under the late 'order ; but'
being of opinion that ilte.time was at first `too
short, and finding that further time' was not op-
posed by the plaintiff's Counsel, grunted the or-
der, subject to. Mr. BE N lON'S liwitation.---The,
motion- was granted.

SURRLY ASSIZES—CRoynoN, AUG. 12.

MABITRLY V. ALEXANDER.

This was an action of trespass, for breaking.
down certain fences on Shirly Common, which
the defendant claimed wright of doing►, because
they ob,tructed the- public way, and the question
was, whether the place in question was a public
way or not ?

it
appeared that before a late Inclosure Act, in.
wa4 tisnal for all person• to go over• the
'connnon in all direetions,, and that there were
wheel tracks at the place in -question. On the
pasing of that Act, all roads which were not set
out in the award were extinguished ; anti this road
was not set out by the award' of the' Contailssi-
otters; but had not been inclosed tilt Mr. Moberly,
the present proprietor of rice adjoining lands, in-
closed it.

Mr. LAWEs, for the defendant,. contended that
the public• had gained a new right to the road,
4, the using it since the passing of the Act; but
his Lordship held, that that law could not be sup-
ported,' , He then called witnesses to shew that
at waS.an ancient-road, but they only proved that
it was it sufferance way, and that the parish had
neVer repaired it. •
The 3 ury negatived it being a priblic Way at
any time, and found q verdict tor the plaintiff—
DaNagOs 3.0 t.

thE'KING V. BUAMONT, 11,41.
Thk was an indictment ag,zinst a (_gentleman Ip
the neighbourhood of Ryegate, for .obstrueting
mid in that neighbourhood, called Udal-lane, by
Carrying out :his, park wall into what was formerly
the road.

•
Several witnesses on the part of the. prosecn-
tion were called, wbo stated, that when the de-
fendant took down his park palings, and built a
wall instead'of.it, that the wall. in some places
projected two or three feet into the foriner roaa.
Set jeant lie.sT, for *the defendant,
,told the
jury,that this was a maliciotti piosecntion, instl7:
gated by a tprarrelonie person in the neighbour-
hood, and that Mr. Ilearnont,'so far Iron] IraVing
obstructed the road, had wade. it much wore corn-
inodioaS for the public ; that he bad made it gold,
and left abundant rootti.for two carriage to pass
with ease. liariap, 'collect witnesses
to ,ptove
these facts, the Jury found the defendant,---Not
Quitty..-The Assizes ended at. two u!'elock.

DEVON - ASSIZES.

FLAXMAN V. WIIITE.

Set jeant LEns.Stated, that.the plaintiff (Eliza-
beth Fhointan) Was a yoting wontatt,. who for a
umailer of Years, hod lived in the service of Mrs.:.
rzspeetable.lady, and bore a very. fair
character; the <kleinlaut (White)_a wait.er at 1111'
cot fed her, fur 4 considerable time, and pro-.
!bisect her marriage. 11aving acqutired 'sonic halt-
•dreds of ponntls, by a lucrative situation at a
-tavern tit 'Plymouth, he was: determined lc) settle
himself in life,' and contracted fur a public-house
in Flxetcr, from whence he wrote to plaintiff to
come to him to he married ; hoWever„ on Second
consideration, when he had actually. taken the
house, and stock; he lohndit ‘vOuld be a more ad-.
vantageons bargain to be accontinodated with the
daughter of the landlord : lie. therefore framed- an
exense, and Nyvote tt letter,(which letter was pro-
duced in Court), saying, that his mother,,on her
knees, had begged. he' would not have the plain-
tiff; that her • constitution was not equal to the
business, and, therefore, he totally declined any
farther connection with bee, and was consequent-
ly married to his new choice. Nine long lave
letters were.,prOdueed'in Court, abounding with
the most ardent protestations of affection.
Justice Gains observed to 'the Counsel,
that he could not go. through such a volume of
letters, miff therefore directed some -:of the most
prominent articles„to be read.
These extracts 'clearly demonstrated the 'defen-
dant's attachment, and proposals of ntarriage---
several witnesses. were also examined, who proved
cfrric,tititerrsitialtnige7,
isliinstiollilta:ntiong.the letters.
tip the., evidence, said,
he entertained a very favourable opinion.of 111 e
plaintiff, On account of her living tteelve or thir-
teen yeais.with bey mistress, which indicit,ted her
good character and fidelity, and thOnght her en-
titled to danines—whibt lie did not wi4ll they
should. bet so great. as to ruin the young man.*
The •Jury, instantly, broil ht h a verdict of
damages for the plaintil-1501.