The Sun.
London, England, 1813-01-04 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN.

VACIN.ITION.

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The eases -of Cowitok-failure pablished in your
Paper sinCe 'the report of the VA6crisr:Baiilin Wati
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printed, vas. sufficient to contra:net:the report,
and to demand:of the Board a full and trite return'
of the mischiefs which have ensued at hotue
anti abroad ~in -consegnence of ,•relying on` the
security promised 'by the advertisement which
appeared in a Morning . Paper, ltnnO, .1802.
If any one, will - take- the trouble to attend
to the Ivording of.the last report, he will see the
necessity. of putting the members to their oath,
that their nLxt report 'shall be the Truth, the w/w
,Truth, and, 710 thing but the Trath . It will tlicu
appear, either that kracina;on has not boil e;tiTied •
to the extent the Board 'l-' k‘ • as,;erted, or if their
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assertions..he true, thi.t 'Vaccination is not e• liable
of arresting the'course of nature ; for tlttt of at!
great' rPillbCl* WiPt I)IVe htteiy died of Stnall-ptix;
very many who depended'., on the security of the
Cow-pox, should be ciniFeTs'ed - I hav,e reason to /
apprehend the death of young Mr. Willii'uis will
not be brought for Ward., and, 'therefere; I request'
yod to publish thus much of it.
lie v.-As the son of the liev. Mr. Williams, 'late
of \-Vieltwar, and was vaccinated lor Mr: Taylor, .
'now Dr. TaYlor; of TWooton-under-Edge,, with
lytiaPh received directly from Dr.. JENNCR, and
vent through the process of Cow-pox in the usual .
manner. Ile was API), enticed to Messrs. ToaNßli
'Rini Gaßnif , Medical Practitioners, in Manchester-
street, London, and, under the. a;sured security,
visited a patient of theirs who' had the Small-pox.
Ilistseetwity, however, proved no stronger than'
that,„of Lord GRO4VENOWS Son, or young Mr.l
.A.7,rnY.'3 : the mitigation of the natural disease, '
so often quoted as a recommendation of the ex-
periment, here also failed ; -for, notwithstanding
plenty of the best advice, the youth fell a saeri.
flee 'to his parent's credulity ; and died 'on the 9th
or .10ilt day. The Rev. ROWLAND 'HILL, in.
whose parish MY., Taylor lived, Can authenticate
this case, but SO much pains have been takes t')
keep. the death of this young man a secret, that I
am anxious the Board should have, no excuse for
declaring it has not come to their knowledge. A
private letter to their Secretary or. Director may
miscarry or be laid aside, ,but such a public ' no-
tice as your Paper affords cannot he denied.
I have not troubled you with the numerous list
of common cases, but those which occur in fami-
lies of distinction, and among the faculty them-
selves, I have selected; therefore, be so kind as..
to add the.case of Miss DELANCy, niece to Sit..
DAVID DUNDAS, .foltie.rly. Commander in Chief,
and now Governor of Chelsea Hospital. A case
in so distinguished a family may oblige the Army
Medical Board to be more cautious how they insist
upon the Cow-poxing , brave soldiers; .whont
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theyhave no more :lath to order to the infect-
ed lancet, than they ha. o experiment with the
Yellow Fever Powder, in case they should betaken
unwell in the WeSt India Islands. Much reform,
Sir, seems to he necessary in the choice and in
the management of the seventh Medical Boards,
and some tribunal, with power to examitae upon
oath, should be instituted, in .order to investitt
gate their conduct and;their rq)(irts.
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mu, Mr. Editor,
Your obedient servant,

MILFORD, Dec. 31—We are sorry to have the
painful duty ofrelating a most melancholy acci-
dent which has taken place in conseqiience of the
extinction of the Light fm. the Smalls. On the
17th instant the hrig Fortitude, of London, John
Owens, Master, sailed from thence with a valu-
able cargo, bound 'to Liverpool: At eight o'clock
in the morning. -of the 29th, sh: lil. Imo) Sci"!,
where she .had . been for some (Hysi ad7l%ljitial
and about
,two o'clock: the following miming
struck upon the Smalls, amid .t total darkness anti
blowing hard, They' .were nimble' ,to see. any
thine but the breaking of the sea upon the rorh
which displayed the hot tors of theie- situation.
Finding the vessel sinking, the long bOat waSgot
out, into which the Master anti nine of the crew:
went ; in the mean time, six others took to the'
jolly boat, which hung over the stern, and, jinu
the.vessel sunk, succeeded in getting clear, of 11(1%;
At this time, it appears, that the vessel fell over,
fore the long' boat could' get at' a sufficient dis-
tance, end 'by the screums of those ott board her,
which were heard by. the others in the dark ,•thei e
is no doubt but they till perished, Fort unatelyll,
six who were in thejullyboatsa eceeded in getting
from the vessel before She sunk, and after ,trut-i.
filing with the sea till eleven (PclOckyeitertlay
forenoon, they were picked up. by the 'Dili; u-ce
CustOms cutter, on board of which they were ta-
ken, smite Of theur nearly naked, as they were
awoke in their beds When the ship struck, without
having time to put On their clothes. Captain Dob-
bin, hoWever, soon relieved their wants, with
that kindness and: hemanity which so emineutly
distinguishes his character. In the afternoon _he
landed them at Milford, Where he has provided
for their necessities, and set of toot a sub.wriptiov ,
more emeetually to contributelo therelief of tho e
distressed seamen.

A letter •from Barbaoes dated the 19th
says, that the '.3furia schooner had, put into St.
Thomas's with the ships from Dernerm:t rind
that they:would sail from thence fur i';:nglaud,
'Under convoy of a sloop of war.
The Groin( Napoleon French pity tees, taken
oil Dover, is the. sixth privateer Captain :Downie
has captured on the Downs station, for which he,
will he promoted ,to the rank.of Post Captain.
"A &stressing circumstance toolc -.pfitee on
Christmas day, at the hotrie of
,the ERA c f
Rossiya; at Canterbury, where his Lordship
resides, during ,his canon:ad as Geuer:il of the.
Kent district.. Lord Louglihoroagh, the Noble
End's only sou,- was amusing hialkv): by Aid:!igi
down the balustrade of the stairs, Stini losing his
balanoe at the angle at the t.lp of the lust ttlght,
be fell into Lire hail, and pitchinv upon his he:tit
was t.d up apparently in a hleiess state— For
assistance was immediately procured, and itt
-half an hour symptoms of returning animation
were obscrvahle. His i.,ordshi;l tuts routinned
a state of insensibility, with i iterya's of cdint-
yakions, ever since the occarre;lee' of. the
deut.