The Statesman.
London, England, 1824-02-06 00:00:00

THE STATESI4AN

hereby ordering and directing all proprietors, managers, attor-
nies, end others, having charge of such slaves, within this set-
defeat, to sanction and encourage such observance of the
Christmas holidays among their slaves, as biases!, vii.—That
such slaves shell not be celled upon to perform any manner of
work on Thursday, the 25th day of this month ; but shall have
that day as a holiday, to dance or employ themselves as is
lusual on such occasions; and that Friday, the 26th. shall be'
a day of rest awl indulgence, until 12 o'clock et bight—the
slaves returning to their usual avoca'ions on Saturday, the
27th. at the accustomed hour. But Ido hereby positively for-
bid all persons having charge of slaves on. the east coast of
this colony, from Georgetown to Mabee* Creek, on any pre-
tence or consideration whatever, whether such slaves shall
have been actually engaged in the recent riotous proceedings
or not, to admit of any dancing or indulgence whatever among
them during the approaching holidays—save only that Christ-
mas day being one of religious observance. such slaves shall
not be called upon to perform any work.
Given under my hand and seal of office, at the King's House,
In George Town. this 16th day of December, 1823, and in the
fourth year of his Majesty's reign.
God save the King!
By command, JOHN hIUItRAY, Gov. See.

THE SEASON.
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INVERNESS, JAN. 29.—For some days we hive been vi-
sited b► very boisterous winds, accompanied by heavy and
almost Constant rain. Still the air is mild, and vegetation
of every description is harried into premature growth. In
Mr. Adam's garden at the academy several gooseberry
bushes are in full blo.som, and the leaves of the pear trees
in the same places are already beginning to unfold. The
fall of rain among the hills moat be very great, if we judge
from the immense quantity of water in the river Noes,
which is increased to a.beight almost unprecedented.—(/s-
-earners Paper.)
Latterly we have been accustomed to hear of many re-
markable effects produced in the vegetable world by the
more than usual mildness perceptible in the temperature of
the climate ; but none of them of so singular a description
as that which we are about to mention, namely, that there
are at present, (we speak from personal observation) in a
gentleman's garden in this town, young gooseberries on
the tree, about the size of peas.—(lVc.rfurd Herald.)

Green gooseberries were pulled yesterday, in Mr. T. T.
Underwood's garden, Lower Mount-street.—Freeman's
Journal of Saturday.
As a proof of the mildness of the season, there is a spar-
row busily employed every day in a yard in High-street,
in Boston, in procuring food for a nest of young ones
which she has hatched so early in the year.—Stamford
News.

A thumb pottle of green grapes, for making tarts, were
yesterday exposed for sale in Covent-garden, for eight
shillings. Strawberries, in large potties, were also at
market.—Morning Paper.

LONGEVITY.—There are at present existing in the Royal
Hospital, Chelsea. several individuals of the most extraordi-
nary age. One Individual, earned Thomas Foresides, Is at
the advanced age of 103, and has full possession of his facul-
ties, can converse with vivacity, take his grog, or crack a joke
with any veteran in the Establishment. There are a consider-
able number from the age of 60 to 90 and 97, all in good
health. Nis Royal Highness the Duke of York visited the
Establisl►ment a few days ago to inspect the place, when the
whole of the Pensioners were assembled together and gave
His Royal Highness three hearty cheers on his entrance.
Foresides was pointed out to the Royal Visitor as an extraor-
dinary instance of longevity, when he recounted the various
engagements he had been in during his long service, and His
Royal highness seemed highly delighted with his conversation
and demeanour. and presented him with a donation, which the
old man thankfully received.

On Tuesday a melancholy accident occurred, which has
plunged a whole family into the greatest distress, and
has made a strong impression on the inhabitants of Lewes
generally. The circumstances, as fir as we have been
able to collect them, are to the following effect:—Archie.
bald; the young Est son of Mr. Arthur lie, [proprietor or
the Sussex Advertiser], a youth of ■b•tut 17, tempted by
the fineness of the tidy, left home to enjoy the salubrity
of the air on the banks of the Ouse—on this, as on other
occasions, his book being his only companion. He was
seen reclining against the railing of a tow-path gate pur-
suing his studies, anti in a short time it is supposed that
he fell into the river, as cri,s were heard, which
brought two men servants of Mr. H. Campton to the spot
where they arrived only io time to witness his last
struggle.—Only part of his body wns seen by them. Every
assistance was immediately rendered, boats and grappling
irons were procured, but in vain; and although the men
had seen where he sank the last time, it was nearly two
hours before the body wee found, when of course the vital
spark had fl d. The usual means of resuscitation were
resorted to, but, we need notsdy. without effect. A Jury
was summoned, and after an investigation of the afftir,
returned a verdict of Accidentally Drowned. It is sup-
posed the feet of the youth hail slipped and precipitated
him into the river; unfortunately it being spring title, the
river was full, anti there wits at least ten or twelve feet of
water where the accident occurred.—(Brighton Gazette.)
Died, lately, at Crookhaven, in the County of Cork. Mrs.
Catherine Donoi•an, relict of the late Mr. Jeremiah Dono-
van, of Keelcroliano, in the saute county, at the advanced
age of 105. This venerable lady was in full possession of
all her faculties to the last moment of her protracted life,
and left a numerous progeny of both sexes to bewail her
loss—amongst whom is her eldest son, a prodigy for his
age, who has attained his 85th year, a gentleman equally
gifted with all the rare, natural, and acquired endowments
of his aged parent, and who apparently seems scarcely to
have arrived at the meridian of life. For, ifs keen appetite
for solids, an uncommon propensity fur generous liquids
(of which be takes large portions without affecting him io
the least), activity of body and mind, portend longevity,
surely this already aged gentleman, if a judgment can be
formed from these promising appearances, bids fair to ex-
ceed in veers not only the oldest of his predecessors, but,
perhaps, the oldest of either sex thiscountry ever produced.
—(Southern Reporter.)

A murder of a most atrocious nature has been committed
in the parish of Sholden, near Deal, upon the body of an
tinfot tunste insane widow, of the age of 84, which is sup-
posed to have taken place on Sunday se'ttnight (18th ult.)
and not discovered till Wednesday (48th ult.), mohen, hor-
rid to relate, she was found in a most mutilated state,
with-an arm and her fingers broken, and otherwise dread-
fully beaten about the head. We are happy to learn that
some clue has been discovered to bring to justice the per-
sons who have been committing so many depredations to
'the neighbourhood of Deal, the particulars of which it will
not be prudent at present to lay before the public.—(Kent-
ish Gazette.)
Notwithstanding the strictest search has been made for
the bodies of Mary Gill and her child, neither of them has
yet been discovered. The parish officers of Knaresbro'
have offered a reward of ten guineas to any person that
will produce either of them; and a reward is offered be
the solicitor of Mr. Calverley, for the discovery of the
unfortunate woman whose person is described with con-
siderable particularity. Many rumours are afloat as to the
state of the prisoner's mind, over whom it has been found
necessary to place a guard of two men. It was determined,
on Saturday. (31st ult.) that a further search should be
made in the wood by piercing the ground with spears
but we have not beard of any discovery.—(Leeds Inde-
pendent.)
EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT.—The Diligence passing be-
tween Narbonne and Perpignan was turned over on the night
of the 22d and 93d, between Sigean and Pima, which was
occasioned by a wolf crossing the road, and running between
the legs of the horses, so that they were terrified, and ran off.
—(Freweb Paper.)

COW POCK INSTITUTION, DUBLIN.
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ANNUAL REPORT, 1923.

From the Kreater number of children vAceinatefl twit
lear, it may he fairly presumed, that the confident.« of the
ower orders is Cow Pock Inoculation is notd imit.iibed.

The lettering eirpeetionsclitsiiniversil adoption,
and the eventual extinction of Small Pot, are in a great
measure so treated by the practice of Itinerant Inoculation
of Small Pox, and by the extreme inattention of parents
and friends, in not bringing back children for inspection
on the days appointed ; and the directors regret to state,
that at no period has this unpardonable negligence been
mere remarkable than in the year 1923.
Upwards of 4000 never re-appeared at the Institution
after being inoculated ; of the remainder, many were ir-
regular in their attendance, and some even of those who
strictly obeyed directions, declined a second inoculation,
under doubtful circumstances; of course it is to be appre.
headed, that many of the reported failures originate in
this false reliance of persons on their own judgment, in-
stead of being governed by the opinion of those competent
to decide,

The public mind, however, being much agitated by the
prevalence of Small Pox during the last year, and many
Instances being adduced injurious to the reputation of
Cow Pock, the directors deemed it expedient to institute
enquiries to ascertain the facts, the result of which is
1. That during the year 1823, a most malignant Small
Pox prevailed in many parts of this island. In one family
four children wbo had not been inoculated died ; one who
bad been vaccinated, resisted the disease, although freely
exposed to the infection.
2. Although a very large proportion of children pre-
viously vaccinated resisted the influence of this malignant
ephietnic, yet in several instances Small Pox did supervene
In thildren, wbo had been vaccinated with care, and by
experienced practitioners.
3. 16 all those cases, the second week of the disease was
unusually mild and free from danger. The experience of
this Institution is confirmed in this important point by
the correspondence of a number of most intelligent and
respectable practitioners, to whom the directors beg leave
to return their most grateful thanks for their benevolent
and very useful communications.
4. Several instances of persons inoculated with Small
Pox, are reported on unquestionable authority, to have
taken the disease again this year—some of these proved
fetal.

S. Persons who had not undergone any previous in-
oculation, are reported to have suffered thost severely.
One of our most respectable correspondent.; say., " th..
plague though more rapid, can hardly be more far-
midable."

Row, grateful then ought the inhabitants of these is-
lands to be, to those who have introduced to our notice
simple means of averting the ravages heretofore commited
by this loathsome disease.
The practice of vaccination in this city, commenced with
thii century, since which little or no deformity or mortality
has occurred among the children of the upper classes of so-
ciety; and the children of the lower ranks will be equally for•
senate, when their parents can be prevailed upon to divest
themselves of vulgar prejudices.
As it must be an object of the first consideration, that the
series of Inoculations should, every where, he uninterruptedly
kept up, and as from the number resorting to the Institution
for Vaccivation, and the great and incessant demand for infec-
800 by correspondents, while the attendance of patients in
winter Is so precarious, it will often unavoidably happen that
the supply is defective. It is therefore earnestly recommended
to gentlemen in the country, to take lymph when they have
opportunity, and ley it by for emeramicies. The very general
prejudice smog them against dried infection, is erroneous.—
The practice of the. Institution is, occasionally to lay by such
a store, some of which was used last year with success, after
having been kept many months. It should be allowed to dry
before the packets be made up, and be then kept io a cool
place. In confirmation of its efficacy, it may be repeated, as
mentioned in a former Report, that infection has been sent to
itetr quarter.; as to the Mediterranean; siftieh perfectly. suc-
ceeded; and last year a considerable quantity was despatched
to Constantinople, at the request of a gentleman attached to
the British Embassy, formerly a resident in this country, and
well versed in the practice of Vaccination.

Died, at Low Gutters, near Ulverston, lately, Mr. Wm
Sharpe, aged 46. His death was awfully sudden, being in the
act of holding a pig by a eirxl, for the butcher's stroke, which
was no sooner inflicted, than he fell down dead, exactly at the
time with the pig
The take of herrings In the Frith of Forth continues to be
good ; they are of excellent quality, meet a ready sale, and the
fishermen are in high spirits. The prices vary according to the
quantity taken in the morning ; but the most general rates are
2s. and 25.6 d. a hundred. A supply amounting sometimes to
ten csrtsful, each cart with 40 or 30 hundreds, is regularly sent
to Glasgow from Queensferry.—(Edinburyh Coasraxt.)
Ao inquisition um taken yesterday, at the house of Mr.
Dawkins, in Oxford-street, on the body of Harriet Finchatu,
a servant, who was killed by falling through a sky light.
It appeared that the deceased, who lived servant at the
next house, and other men and maid servants, frequently
met together at the tops of the houses, which was the case
on Tuesday night. In consequence of some alarm they se-
parated in a hurry, and the deceased slipped off the leads
on to a sky-light, which broke and let her into Mr. Dew-
kines parlour, whilst the family were at supper; she died
in a few hours after. Verdict —" Accidental Death."
NAID6TONE, Fan. s.—Our town was thrown into a state
of alarns and confusion last evening, about six o'clock, by
a large party of the lower orders, accompanied by a great
concourse of the watermen who are employed in the vessel•
trading to and from the town, parading the strects with
fagots and torches, together with a large effigy of a man
named Pvbus, who had by some means or other incurred
the hostility of the poor inhabitants during the time he
tilled the office of (It . These fellows having paraded
through the principal streets, proceeded to the Fair-field
with the intention of destroying their Guy Faux; but they
were frustrated by the appearance of the Mayor, who, to-
gether with the whole purse comitatis, succeeded, after a
violent though ineffectual resistance on the part of the mob,
in plunging the said effigy of Mr. Pybus into the river
Medway, where, with half a dozen large stones tied round
its neck, it sank to rise no more. A number of the inhabi-
tants, who were charged by the Police to aid and assist,'
received severe contusions on various parts of tb it body;
and one man received so severe a blow in the stomach, that
he was conveyed home in a state of insensibility. Six of
the ringleaders were secured and sent under an escort to
the town prison. Every credit is due to Mr. Tassel!, the
Mayor, for the promptitude and alacrity with which he
acted to quell the riot, as be left a bed of sickness to attend
to his magisterial duties.