The Sun.
London, England, 1812-07-27 00:00:00

'VACCINATION.

Mr.. EDITOR
When an unfair disputant its foiled in an argil-
Ment, he frequently shifts his ground, and by,
starting a new subject, tries to escape from the ••
disgrace of diScomfiture. This is svidently the
conduct of your Anti-vacciaist corr spondeat.
feW weeks ago, an article appeared in your •Paper,
mentioning some failures .which had occurred in
Vaccination ; no notice was taken of this state-
ment, because the cases were old, and when souse
time has .elapsed, correct evidence of the circum-
stances , cannot be- procured. -But the case
of Mr. Morris's daughter, was' lately brought
forward chirici-g,' the period of the variolous
eruption, which gase.fultopportunity for inquiry
and I.stated, in my last, • that it was discovered
that this child had been vaccinated in a manner ,
Contrary to the. regulation's laid down by the
Board -of tire principal Officers of the Royal
College :Of Physicians-and Surgeons of London.
Mr. Mofrissis -doubtless now quire sensible of this,
and Will certainly avoid: the same in future ; for ,
success- cahuot be expected, unless Vaccination is
concluded accore,ing to the most approved rules.
After this explanation, it my Opponent had pos-
sessed any candotir, he should either have signi-'
fled that he Was satisfied, or should have pointed
out some defect in ,r4A:rt reply. Instead of which,
either the same, or another Auti-vaccinist writer;
with the signature of lIONEsTus, constMues the
conWst,- but flies off from the case of Mr. Mor-
ris's daughter, and 'abuses the Government for
having appointed, a National Vaccine Establish-
ment, • .
This is no unusual conduct among the opposers-
of the Vaccine, who struggle to continue a little
longer the prejudices of the ignorant, and to en-
courage Sinall-.poxinoculation ; which, though
most destructive to the.putdic,-is very profitable
to themselves.
It cannot be requisite to vindicate the Govern-
ment from the ab-ove accusation, as it would have
been inexcusable tb have nsglected forming a
Vaccine Establishment, Which Alas been already
done in all other civilized countries.
peONAPARTE, to augment the population of his
dominions; which art drained by war; has ap-
pointed Vaccine Establishments in .every great
city in France and'by the last' officil reports
above 500,000 persons had been vaccinated with-
out one failure. The King of the itOrnahs is in-
cluded in the number. :The King of 'Prussia' and
the Emperors of Austria and Russia have also ap-
pointed Vaccine Institutions throughout their *do-
minions, 'and this astonishing improvement in the
medical art is now established and encouraged by
all Christian Governments. Übless then our
Government had imitated the Ottoman Porte,
or the barbarous state of Algiers and Morocco, it
could not have Nrefrained• from appointing an
Office to 'diffuse- the bleSsings of the Vaccine
'through the British Empire ;- and Whoever will
take the trouble to read the annual,reports made
to Parliament on this subject, must be convinced
that a prodigious saving of lives 'is effected at a
very trifling expense.
This, it is hopeds is a sufficient exculpation of
'Government ;, but there is no hope/that any thing
will stop the efforts of those 'who strive to coun-
teract the humane plan of the Legislature, and
\silo spread the Contagion , of the Small-Pox
through- the-.town. ,
It did not suit lloNEsTrs's purpose to'take the
slightest notice of the three children who, as
stated in my former letter, bad been destroyed by .
Small-pox Inoculation : yet the names and 'ad-
dresses of the parents -were accurately set down.
I shall now relate another ,of these melancholy
cases. •
Mrs. RAY, No. 28, Alsop's Buildings, New
Road, was unfortunately persuaded -to hazard
the life of a charming child, whose 'arms were
punctured with ti lancet
,dipt in Small-pox poi-
son. The infection took, a violent fever ensued,
and at the period of the eruption the child "expired.
Let lIONEsTus reflect seriously upon this fact,
upon the other fatal cases which I have•Pub-
lishcd. I hope, for his own sake, that he is not
one of those destroyers of innocents : but if lie has
ever been guilty, even of endangering the lives-of
the infants intrusted to his charge, for sordid
gain, let him repent instantly ; let him resolve
never again to employ the poison of Small-pox for
Inoculation, lest the images of dying infants
should haunt his imagination and torment his
perturbed

CONSCIENCE.
P.S. Mr. Finch's Letter shall be noticed soon.

very singular spectacle has been: lately. wit-
nessed at Paris. In digging for the foundation of
a new building, the burial-place, of the Innocents
has been disturbed, and near 800,000 skulls drawn
frolm thence, and piled in rows, untilthey can be
re-interred in a more convenient spot.
Lots is BUON'APARTcp • who was reporttd to be
.dead, is now at Newhaus, in Lower Styria, drink-
ing the waters.
An outrage of a most disgraceful and lawless
nature; Was committed on the night of . the l 9th
of JunAftst, at West Churchtown, not KillOrglin,
county Kerry. A quantity of stones, lime, mortar,
&c. collected there fir the purpose of building_ a
church, were scattered and destroyed; and a notice
posted on the ball door of Robert Blennerhassett, •
of Churchtown, Esq. under whose auspices the
building of the'ehurch wat fo'have been conduct
eel, -threatening tc burn his house if he did not re-
linquish his intentions. —A few nights before' the
house of Daniel Moriarty, a mason, employed in.
bnilding• the Church, was broke open by a party
of lawless :ruffians, who swore Moriarty not to
-continue in employment under penalty of his life.
Much praise is due to Sir Rowland BlennerhaSsett,
of Blennerville, for his laudable and persevering
exertions in procuring an 'offer of rewards ftir the
discovery of the villains concerned, in these out-
rages
.; and we sincerely hope, from the : large
amount of the reward offered (between 5 and
6001.), that -some of the party will he induced ;to
discover who his fuilia* .associates
Kerry E. P.