The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-18 00:00:00

INAUGURATION OF THE JENNER TESTI
IVIOIVIAL BY THE PRINCE CONSORT.

Yesterday the Jetliner memorial, erected at
Trafalgar-square, was duly inaugurated by his
Royal Highness the Prince Consort, and the inter-
esting ceremony was rendered the more imposing
from the large body of noblemen and scientific men
who were assembled together on the occasion to do
honour to the memory of the great discoverer of
vaccination.

The memorial, consisting of a statue in bronze,
occupies a site on the west side of Trafalgar-
square, and immediately adjoining the statue
of General Sir Charles Napier, K.C.B. The
figure is in a sitting posture. The memorial
has been carried out through a public subscription
from all nations. As a work of art, the memorial
does great credit to the designer, Mr. W. C. Mar-
shall, B.A.
The statue was uncovered in the course of the
afternoon, and at 3 o'clock his Royal Highness the
Prince Consort arrived at the Royal College of
Physicians in Pall-Mall East, where it had been
arranged the ceremony of inauguration should be
gone through.
The dais, covered with red cloth, had been
eroct!d fur his Royal Highness in the great hall of
the College, and the hall was crowded by members
of the nobility, the medical profession, and others
who took an interest in the ceremony.
His Royal Highness was conducted to his seat
by Dr. Mayo, the President of the College, and a
number of the Fellows, all habited in their robes of
(:ffice.

Among the company present were the Marquis
of Lansdowne, the Earl Ducie, the Bishop of Ox-
ford, the Bishop of Bath and Wells, the Lard
Mayor, Sir H. Holland, Bart., Sir James Clark,
Bart., Lord Lyttelton, Sir John Forbes, Sir John
Rennie, Gen. Sir J. Wilson, Governor of Chelsea
Hospital, Alderman Salomons, Lord Ashburton,
Sir J. M'Gregor, Bart., Professor Ferguson, Pro-
fessor Brand, Drs. Elliotson, Hawkins, Copland,
Billing, Watson, Sayer, Paget, Conolly, Mr. Pet-
tigrew, F.R.C.S., Mr. G. Rennie, Sir Edwin
Laudseer, R A., Mr. D. 'Maclise, R.A.,
His ROYAL HIGH ESS said that he attended there
to do honour, with those ;Assent, to the memory of
Jenner, that being J enner's anniversary, and in order
to mark his sense of the inestimable benefits be-
; stowed upon the human race by that great philo-
sopher and philanthropist. (Applause.) The dis-
icovery of vaccination was not the result of mere
accident, like many other discoveries ; but it was
the result of long and thoughtful observation and
reflection, to which the discoverer's whole life was
devoted. This country might be justly proud. to
number among her sons such a man as Jenner, for
no man had been able to save so many lives as he
had been enabled to do. (Loud applause.) His
contemporaries had testified'their approbation and
feeling of gratitude for the important public service
he had rendered; but it was reserved for them that
day to inaugurate a memorial as a mark of their ap-
preciation of Jenner's services in the cause huma
pity. (Applause.) He hoped that statue would be
long preserved, to give the features of this bene-
factor of humanity for the contemplation and ad-
miration:of generations to come. (Great applause.)
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved a vote of
thanks to his Royal Highness.
Dr. MAYO seconded ;he motion, which was
carried amidst loud applause.
His ROYAL HIGHNESS kriefly replied, expressing
a hope that vaccination would be still further spread
for it was deplorable to think that through ne-
glecting it there were still in this country about
5,000 victims annually.
His Royal Highness thsn took his departure,
and the proceedings terminated.

ATTEMPT TO POISON A CHILD WITH INK
IN THE LIVERPOOL WORKHOUSE.

A young woman, named Mary Jones, who, according
to her own statements, had baen an assistant teacher
in a school in Ireland, and had left her situation is an-
ticipation of her confinement, which had taken plaoe in
the Liverpool workhouse, of which she had been an li
inmate for about three months, was charged at the
Liverpool police-court with having attempted to poison
her illegitimate child by administering ink to it. Mr.
Carr, the governor of the workhouse, stated that the
circumetancas were reported to him by inmates of the
sick ward.. After giving the child something and laying
it down in bed, the prisoner began to cry, and when
the child was lifted out of bed by another woman it
vomited something black, by which the clothes were
stained. A middle aged woman who occupied the next
bed to the prisoner's said that on Friday evening she
went out of the room, leaving the baby in bed. It cried
sad slept alternately. Before that she had seen the
prisoner feed the baby from a tin can, similar to one
which was nnw produced. What there was in it she
could not say. She had often told the prisoner that it
was a shame for her to neglect the child as she did. The
witness took the child out of bed, and it immediately
vomited some black stuff. She called attention to the
fact, and search was then made for the can, which was
t aind concealed under the bedtick. There was a spoon
in the can, and also a cloth with black stains upon it. In
the window of the room there was a bottle containing
ink. The prisoner never took care of her child like othe
women, nor brought it to the fire I. warm it. Another
inmate, Mrs. Brady, had heard the prisoner wish that her
child was dead, or that she had never E 11312 the father of
It, who was a ioman Catholic. Witness had spoken
to the prisoner many times when she was ill-using
the child, and lad seen her put boiling hot meat into
its mouth. 'rhesheets of the prisoner's bad were stained
with ink, as vial also a napkin,taken from the child last
week and the clothes which it bad been wearing, which
were produced On Thursday last the prisoner said to
an inmate that the child was very bad, and showed her
one of its napkins, which was discoloured with black
stains. Since the child had been taken from the mother
and given to a nurse it took the breast with mach eager-
ness, and seemed to be recovering. When Mr. Parker,
surgeon, was called to the child, it was in a livid and
weak state. The prisoner confessed to him that the ink
bottle which was found in the window belonged to her.
the black v)mit had been analysed by Dr. Ayrton, who
found it to le common ink, which was an irritant, and a
tablespoonftl of which he supposed would be sufficient to
poison a chid. The governor had no idea how she had
got the ink. It was not prohibited to those who wished to
write to their friends, but it never occurred to him that a
woman would use it for poisoning her offspring. Still the
possession )f the bottle was irregular, and was unknown
to the matron. This is the second illegitimate child the
prisoner haa had. She said nothing in her defence, and was
committed to the assizes on the charge of attempted
murder.