The Sun.
London, England, 1812-08-06 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,

You mlast have smiled at the first sentence of
the last letter of lIONESTUS, in Which he -com-
plained of the hardship of the onus probiindi. It
would have been most unreasonable in any one to
have imposed such a burthen on him whose feeble
pen is evidently unfit for such a task. But he has
forgotten that he voluntarily undertook this busi-
ness, and pretended that he would prove that Vac-
cination had failed in the case of Hr. .MOhris's
daughter.' Now he has learnt the distinction be-
tween an assertion and a prta for I have evinced
what neither he, Mr. Buten, nor the father, Can .
de'lYe that the Vaccination of the child was impro-
perly conducted; and therefore that the failure
was the natural consequence of ignorance...
I mast commend F.OtitSTUS, however, for hay-
ing au judicintisly declined the onus probUndi;
hope he. will continue to keep ,that la:soh:6oA for •
Abe future. . He also acted prudently in -not at-
tempting to anSiver the proofs adduced by me, that
•Sulnll-poi Inoculation;sometimeA•occasioned death.
He probably knew many instances of this himself, .
besides time four cases which rrelated. These, with
many others, are completely authenticated by Ahat
respectable' Surgeon, Mr.'LEESE,, 'who has added
the names. andaiddresses of the parents, all ready
to attest that their children perished,. in conse-
quence of being inoculated with Small-pox. -
As Hozzasztra perceived he could neither'prove
his -own nor disprove any of mine, he has
tried to evade both questions by railing at 'the
conduct of the National Vaccine Establishment.
He seems partichlarly displeased that the Board,
which is eomposed of the principal Officers of the
Royal Colleges of Physiciansand Surgeons, should
have promulgated instructions for YaccinatiOn
throughout the British Empire. Yet this was the
express duty of the Board, and one of the motives
which influenced Government in forming it. With.
regard `to the Instructions, Hoangsrus has not
venturedlo say a syllable againstthem ; they have
been. highly approved of by Dr. SENNER, and by
the profession at large ; and as
,a proof that they
have been carefully drawn up, it is stated in the
Report of the Board to Parliament, that not one
failure has occurred at any 9f the nine stations for
Vaccination appointed by that Establishment. It.
is therefore to be hoped that the Board will Conti-
nue to disseminate copies of Instructions, which •
have been found by experience so successful, un-
til they are adopted by every Medical Gentleman
in the country.
There was then not much ground for this com.
plaint; but HoNasrus, seeking anxiously for
flaws, puts what he seems to think a home ques-
tion to the respecting the degree of security from
Small-pox which is to be expected from the Vac-
cine. This is a question he will find very fully an-
swered, in the Parliamentary Report, by the high#
est medical .auth or ity in the country. Perhaps he
will be gratified by perceiving it is there admitted,
thatin •Dthe itamense numbers who, have been vac,
cinated, there are a very few persons who have
been affected with the Small-pox after Vaccina-
tion. But the joy resulting from this concession
will beesadiy damped by the subsequent informa-
tion, that.Small-pex Inoculation has also occasi-
onally failed, and that there have been a number
of cases completely authenticatedie in which the
Sthall-pox occurred twice. lt.will likewise mor-
tify 1.-FpNasTus to leave, that in those rare cases
where the Srhall- 1z
.•:fiectedperscns who had been
previously vaccinated, the disease was much Miti-
gated, and that not one of then died.

Let HoNpTti3 now reflect upon the Nrhcle of
the estahli3hed facts : it appears that no
dual whO hes had the Vaccine h s yet died of the
Sp:ail-pox, yet rnaav persons who have been
inoculated with the s.r‘iali-pox. haVe died of that
malady. It is be'sides.ascertained that those inn-
culated spread the disease tp 'others Who frequently
When Hortsxus 'has deliberated up:i'a
these truthsj defy him tc think that it is becom-;

- . .
i'
ng aril- mar: to practise
tion ia•a uopulcus town. •
• All distinguishel men in the three branches of
the medical profession have lung abandoned and
condemned this mischievous practice ; but minds
tainted with covetousness cannot be impre7,sed
"wit) virtuous sentiments. Convince them that
Small-pox inocu!ation disseminates a fatal conta-
gion, avarice whispers that it is profitable : shew
them by the Bills of Mo-tality that from .test to
t.hixty children die weekly of the Small-pox ; they
are'consoled by receiving the amount of their own.
loug'bills.for physic dispensed : and des:crib& to
'them parents overwhelmed with g-riet, and even
childless, the expectation of fees makes them it

Your readers win- judge with what propriety
this Correspondent assumes zhe signature HONES•
TITS.. If he is-desirous tolearn (mod .lione...it,vm de-
ciwztnique sit, let him study, if he can, Tulb[s Of-
fices ; :and if he profits by that admirable system of
Ethics, he will change his conduct. But should

he persevere in exciting a mortal contagion, -in
spite of,argumeilts and fact,s„ and in defiance of
the maxims of morality and the precepts,, of reli-
gion, he may expect that his latter days will be
embitured by the 'compunctious 'visitings of na-
ture, and then he will feel thatle has a
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SOLEM QUIS PICERE FALSUM AUDEAT ?

L 0 N D X,

TItURSDAY, AUGUST 6, ISI2.

Although the regular official dispatches from
Lord WELLINGTotc have not, been received, re
specting the battle fought near Salamanca, yet we
are happy to have it in our power to lay such con-
firmation before our Readers as will remove all
possible doubt upon the subject, Several Papers,
of which the following are copies, have been trans-
mitted
.by-Sir H. Porvum to Mr." CROKER

_ .
SENOR CO.MMODORE OF THE BRITISIi FORCES ON

THE COASTS OF SANTANDER.

" I have just received (4 p. In.) by-a launch , sent
express from Gyguer, the agreeable new of the de4
feat of General AlARpinsT by, the Allied. Army,
under the commarifi of Generalissimo WittLYNG-
ToN, and it appearing to me a just and sacred
duty to forward it to you with the dispatch
which such a glorious Victory requires, I Send it
by a boat'ivith all haste, that you may be acquaint-
ed with What is so interesting to the good of both
nations, and in consequence of 'W
ch yOu will ce-
lebrate it with a salute to annoy the perfidious ehe-
my, and at the same time to give vigour to our
afflicted Patriots.

" I likewise send you a note of this news, and
a Gazette, which I have received from Oviedo,
for your satisfaction.
" I have the honour to be,

FRAM'. DE SAYERS.
" San Vincente del Barquera, July 29, 1812."

OFFICIAL NOTICE—At Five in the Morning.
6' Garden above. Tonnes, July e 3.

" GENERAL,

" I wrote you yesterday morning, and I now
do it with the pleasure of acquainting you, that
last night we beat the army of MarShal MAR-
MONT, who is retreating, apparently on Alba de
Tormes, where we are pursuing him. On this
supposition, you will have sufficient scope to
conclude lour operations and I hope you will
soon join us .

" Let me know exactly for how many you

want clothing.
" Be so good as to inform General CASTANOS

of this news.

(signed)
" General Don Josef Santocildes.

WELLINGTON.

ANOTHER DISPATCH

COPY OF THE NOTICE PRINTED AT SALAMANCA, AT

THE MEMORABLE BATTLE IN THE NIEIGHBOUR

HOOD'OF THE CITY, 22D INSTANT.

" Field of Battle, near Salamanca, July 22.

f‘ The French army-, tinder the cwnmand of
Marsh ti MAtototiT was defe.ateiLyesterday by that
of the Allies, commanded by Lord WELLINGTON,
Duke of GIUDAD RODRIGO, in the fields of Sala-
manca, on the left of the Tormes, near the Ar-
rapelo, after seven hours continued firing, where
the infantry as well as the cavalry and artillery
of both Natioas did prodigies -of valour. The
French were successively dislodged from their ad-
vantageous positions, and they lost all the artillery
which they had placed there. Their loss of men is
.estimated at ten or twelve thonsOld, to this morn-
ing more thanjour thoushndprisoners; some eagles
are liksvise taken. MARMONT began his retreat
at night, by Alba, and as the conquerors are fol-
lotvin him close up, it is to be hoped he will
softer more Mosses in his retreat.
" lON ET has just come in wounded, and with
him more prisoners.
".I.slie field of battle for two leagues is covered
with dead, and among them the Colonel 'of the Ist
reffiMent, and among the prisoners the Colonel of
•
the
,101st regiment, and others.
The English have lost very few ; the Portu-
guese somewhat more, and very fBv of the Spa-
nish division : it is believed, . that in killed and
wounded they 'do not amonnt
(Signed) ", WELLIN.6TGN."

Pitt,ATE 3.RTTEE FROM A FRIEND AT GY GONy DATED

July 28, 1812.
I tranrnit "to yon the glorious Dispatch of
the greatest battle which ever.tnan gained tor you,
since your mortal enemy, BONNET, was wounded
and taken prisoner on the 22d in the fields of S -
ianomea. It would be, in my opinion, very pro-
per that you should pay him a visit before be goes
7*- .11,,;4, to thank En- pig favours. •

Aitorga has ty.ro breaches, and i'! surrencier

is expected every moment.
" SILK /ERA did not comply with the orders of
the Commander Chief, and was arrested aid sent
to a castle in Portugal._
-(Signed) " FRANCISCO SAYERS.
" San Vincente de la Barques, July 29,4 P. M.",

•
At a very early hour -this morning French Pa-

pers to the 31st ult. arrived. They contain the:
Seventh Bulletin of the French army. It is
dated the lfith of-July, and, we are glad to find,
from Wilna. It will perhaps excite considerable
surprise to find that MIONAPARTE, who went to
conquer Russia, and who distinctly boasted. that he
would drive. the Emperor of RUSSIA. to Moscow,
is now employed, not in over-running the. Rus-
sian dominions, but in constructing an entrenched
camp. He adopted no such precautions wheribe
was invading Austri'a or Prussia. Neither was he
accustomed to be so.minute in his Bulletins in
detailing the exact quantity of provisions which
he had in his magazines ; if he were perfectly at
ease upthi that subject, we do not think he would
talk so much about it.

- It appears that a skirmish, or rather battle, has
been fought between a considerable Polish divi-
sion and a body of Cossacks, iii which BUONA-
PARTE of course claims the advantage, though he
admits that he lost 500 men At the battle of
Essling, where it is now known he lost between
30 and 40,000 met], he acknowledged a loss of
300(1!
A Deputation from the Confederation at War,
saw has been, for the purpose of a little stage
effect, introduced to BUONAPARTE : he promised
them his protection, but told them he had gua-
ranteed the dominions of the Emperor of AUSTRIA,
and therefore Austrian Poland must not be
touched, nor be re-united ,to the kingdom .which
is about to be re-established.

_ .
We have 'been favoured with the pertisal of a
Letter froth an Officer' in the Expedition which
sailed from Sicily t 6 co-operate with the Spa-
niards in Catalvia. It is dated the sth ult. at,
Port Mahon. This Letter states. the British fored.
employed upon this Expedition to be considerably
higher than we were led to suppose it to be frgm
former accounts. A Spanish corps, consisting of
between 6 and 7000 infantry and 300 cavalry,
has been organised and disciplined in Majorca
by General WHITTINGHAM. They are repre:-
sentedas being very fine troops, and in every re-
spect fit for service. The whole of the French
force under SUCHET; according to the !host an'
thetitie accounts, amounts to about 25,000 men
but of these he cannot bring above 15,000 into
the field, the rest being necessarily employed in
garrisons and keeping up his communications.—
The last letters from Gibraltar state that the tx-
pedition had sailed for the coast of Spain.

The following Letter was this morning received
from Gibraltar : _ _

OIIBRNLTAR, JULY 22.—The French are within
sight of -the rock ; their force is stated at 6000
infantry -and 600. cavalry, under General LAVAL..
—Their object is'to cut off General BALLASTEROS
from the rock : he was yesterday at Tungena.

• Test-rday a number of persons assembled in
Palace-Yard, who chose to call themselves friends
of Parliamentary Reform, and several speeches
were made, and resolutions passed, qUite in the
usnal style. It would be sbsurd to make any se-
rious observations upon such proceedings, indeed
the mob themselves seemed very much disposed
to laugh at some of the . gravest parts of Sir
FRANCIS BURDETT'S speech. We know not
who has succeeded:Mr: I-loitNE TOOKE in the ho-.
nourable office of assisting -the Worthy Baronet
to prepare his speeches, but there certainly is a
sad falling off in them since the death of that
Reverend Gentlemain ; formerly there used, now
and then, to be a little point in them--a little
epigrammatic turn, occasionally to enliven the dull
monotony of the Baronet's eloquence ; but he is
now as heavy as Major CARTweior, and
almost as abusive as the late elegant and patriotic
candidate for Bristol.

It is stated that Mr. PEELE will succeed Mr.
W. POLE, as Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieu-
tenant of Ireland ; and Mr. W. FITZGEUALD-Will
be the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER.

Yesterday, 'at 3 o'Clock, the PRINCE RECIENT
held a Privy Council at Carlton4aouse, which was
attended by most of • the Cabinet Ministers.' His
Royal Highness gave audience to the Earl of
HARROW BY, the LORD • CHANCELLOR Earl BA-
TIIURST, Earl Of LIVERPOOL, Lords MELVILLE,
MUI2GRAVE, SIDMOUTH, and CASTLEREAGH.
Yesterday a messenger was sent otf with dis-
patches to• Sweden.
Yesterday the Earl of LIVERPOOL gave a grand
dinner 'to the PRINCE REGENT at Fife-house,
Whitehall. There were also present, the Dukes
of YORK and CUMBERLAND.; the Earls 6110L-
MONDELEY, BATHURST, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, HAR-
EONS-RY , arid WESTMORELAND ; Viscounts MEL-
CASTLERRAGH, -SIDMOUTH ; Nr..13. BA-.
TEIURET, and r. C. LONG,