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LOT 11.

Will consist of the Nut Public House, and the Farms a.na
the tmencicsed Land, on Sherwood, on the East side of the
park paling, and containing 608 acres, more or less so.
The -property may he viewed on applying to Mr. Oweit
Mealey, at the Hut Public House, on the Estate, of whom
printed particulars may be had ; and also of John Hanson,
Esq. No. 6, Chancery-lane ; at the Place of Sale ; at the
Blackmoor's Head, and White Lion Inns, Nottingham; the
Swan Inn, Mansfield; the Bear Inn, Loughborough ; and the
Three Crowns Inn, Leicester; • and, at Mr. Farebrother's,
No. 9, Beaufort-buildings, Strand.

OFFICE OF, ORDNANCE,
Aug. 4, 1812.
rrHE PVATJPAL OFFICERS of His MA.
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on or before Wednesday, the 19th day of August instant, from
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to he executed during the said period, Patterns of which Ingy
be viewednpon application at the Principal 'Storekeeper's.
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FOR THE SUN.

MR. EDITOR,

VACCINATION.

Knowing the slippery. nature of the Anti-vacei-
niits, I was not surprised, though VO Wight be,
at ttae eifort made by Mr. BIRCH, in his last letter

to escape from my -grasp. I shall endeavour,
however, to hold him fast a little longer.
It was on the Od of July last that Mr. BIR'Cli
COIMPeIICed his injudicious attack on me. He de-
clared in his letter, that "at Ringwood, Missen-
den, Widford, Brighton, Cambridge, and Gran-•
than,_ so many had died of Small-pox after Vaeci-
nation,' that in some of these places the funerals
had been perfor:4,lcd during the night." As these
horrible events were announced with the view of
deterring the public from adopting Vaccination,
it seemed rea6onahle to expect that Mr. BIRCH

should give some proof that they had happLued.
I, therefore, in your Paper,- called upon him to do
so, to which he replied, in THE St of Friday last,
"I do:not think I am in any way bound to answer
a Correspondent who does not sign his name."--
This evasion must enable you to see clearly*
through ilr. BIRCH ; 'he can attack an anony-
mous writer, but he will not answer him he can
assert facts of the most shocking nature, ,but
when: a proof is 'demanded, he then alleges a
frivolous excuse, 'and flies .off to another sub-

ject.
I certainly need not take pains to contradict so
absurd a story as the above ; for, after Mr. BIRCH'S
refusal to support it with any evidence, none of
your readers can credit one s liable of it 3 and
shall now shew how incorrect Mr. BIRCH is in all
his intelligence. In: the first sentence of his last
letter he says, " but as the public papers are ad-
vertising the present prevalence of Small-pox, I
have made inquiry in Westminster, where there is
alwayi. more or less of it, and do not hear that it
abounds at present, or that it is final." As the
most authentic intelligence, respectiug the preva-
lence and mortality of Small-pox, is -to be ob-
-thine(' from-the Bills of Mortality, I shall extract
the particulars of the last two months :

The Weekly Bills of June.
- . -
9th
16th -
- -
30th - -

Deaths by Small Pox.
- - 13

- 26

Total of Deaths iu June 84
Deaths by Small Pox.

Weekly Bills ef
7th
14th -
. • 214
28th

- 24
- 9,i;

Total Deaths in July 92
Total in .tune • 84

• Total in Two Months 17i

Thus it appears that in those parishes.' alone,
which are included in the Bilis ofAtortality, one
hundred and seventy-six persoils have died of
Small-pox hi the two last months, and as many
populous parishes are not included within the Bills
of Mortality, if they are averaged according to-the
usual estimate, the deaths by 6mali-ypox in 'the
months of June and July, last, in this metropolis,
cannot'haye- been fewer than two hundred and
twenty persons. This dreadful loss of lives proves
that the public prints are, far more to be depended
upon than Mr. BIRCH', and as he has been so.
grossly mistaken in his account of the present
state of Lomion, in which he-resides,' no de-Pen-
, dance can surely be put upon his statement of dis-
tant places, and at a remote period, especially as
many of your readers must know, that Vacciv-,
Lion continues to be practised with approbation
in the very to'vns where. it is pretended that the
calamities happened.
I shall now notice the allusion to' Dr. JF.N.xI..-.R's
having inoculated his son with Small-pox, which
has been repeatedly explained by himscle. It how-
ever Continues to be a favourite theme of the An;
ti-vaceinists, who perpetually recur to. it with the
hope of deceiving those who have not heard the ex-
planation. The fact was' sirilp,ly this : soon after
Dr. JENNER had publish his discovery, he- Nva9
at Cheltenham with his family, where few persons'
having confidence in Vaccination, be had not been
able to find subjects to continue the infection ;

..t-+,roper methods for preserving the vaccine
-":lympii had riot be 6 adopted, it was for a .eonsi.-
- Aerable•time lost, and the dairies in Gloucester-
• shire were unluckily free from the malady. Dur-
ing this interval the Sinall-pox raged at Chelten-
La•a, and a. snrgeo'n accidentally called upon Dr.
JENNER immediately after visiting some children
in that disease.. Heconcluded that the Doctor's
child hadalreadv been vaccinated; and rashly took
him up in his arms. As no vaccine lyMph could
then he procured, Dr. JENNER' was compelled to
inocUla.te his son with Small-pox,_ without a mo-
ment'sdelay,.to lessen the danger. Advantage
lis.been taken. of this incident to insinuate that
Dr. SENNI:R had itriposed upon the world ; that he
knew fie fallacy of his own discovery, and would
' not use itforhis own son. Had Dr. J. been capable
of deceit, be could have inoculated his child secretly
in his countryresidenceatßerkeley; butit was done
openly ; all Cheltenham knew the cause, and ap-
proved of his prudence. For the celebrated JEN-
NEn. Is known to be ,devoil of guile; ,nor has a
mind- been created where truth shines more pure-
ly. By oonferring a most 'important benefit on
mankind, he has merited and possesses their grate-
ful admiration and cannot be injured by,the efforts
.of calumny. _ ..„
- One other passage of Mr. BLitetts letter re-
quires to be noticed. After reproaching the. Royal
College of Physicians for 'encoin.aging Vaccina-
tion, he says, " To-have given a determined opi-
nion on just grounds to a Committee of thennuse
of Commons, and never to have occasion to vary
from that opinion, is, I ant ready to confess, to
my feelings a proud pre-'eminence." After read-
ing this passage, I had the curiosity to compare
it with Mr. Birch's evidence, which is printed in
the Parliamentary Proceedings.. I shall extract
the principal questions, relating to this business,
vil:ich were put by the Chairman of the Commit-
tee, and Mr. BIRCH'S answers.
Q. Are you conversant with the Vaccine Ino-
culation, and what is your opinion of it ?
A. I have- seen it often, but have not practised
it. Ido not think I have attended to it enough to
give a positive opinion.
Q. Was your opinion of theKaccine Inoculation
favourable before any of those cases occurred ?
A. I have been so frequently deceived by re-
ports of facts'in other matters, that I am apt Nto
dotibt, and not to be convinced, but by repeated
facts under my own inspection. In the instance
of" Vaccne'l,noculation I had not seen enough to
judge:
Final Question.---Do you know of any instance
of a person being inoculated for the Vaccine-pox,
catching the Small-pox uponteing exposed to the
infection ?
A. I do nof.
This closes his evidence.
It must now appeal to you, Mr. Editor, rather
odd that Mr. BIRCH should hare Vvritten to you,
." stating that he had delivered a .I,a-ermined opinion
on just grounds, to the Committee of the House of
Commons, when you see by his own evidence,
that he frankly acknowledged that he had never
practised Vaccination ; that he had not attended 4
to it sufficiently to give a positive opinion; and
had not seen enough of it to judge of the matter.
After these irreconcilable contradictions; ,Mr.
BIRCH cannot be blamed if be should shelter him-
self under his former excuse, of not being bound
to answer an anonyMous correspondent. But
these manifold errors should Convince him of his
fallibility, and that it is not more probable that all
the Medical Colleo,es in Europe should err, than
that he should. If so, he might surely venture to
make one trial of Vaccination, and success may
' encourage him to persevere. lie will then see
the impropriety of opposing the benign plan of
Government to extirpate the Small-pox, and to
• save the people : and he will abandon all connec-
tion with those who cxhibitboards aftheir shop win-
: down, inscribed '' Cow-pock rtiintge cured here.'' and
similar disgraceful expressions. He ha's only to
practise Vaccination to be convinced of its utility :
and when he has subdued his- prejudices, he can
rejoin -the enlightened society of the Gentlemen
of the profesSion, and assimilate with the chiefs of
the Royal College of Surgeons.•
It is never too late to retract an error ; this is
the advice of

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