The Statesman.
London, England, 1824-02-14 00:00:00

LONDON VACCINE INSTITUTION.
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Thursday the Governor and Members of this institution
met at the City of London Tavern, for the purpose of re-
ceiving the annual report.
The Lord Mayor was to have taken the chair, but
in consequence of his being obliged to preside at the Court
of Common Council, the chair was taken by W. D. Cor-
dell, Esq.
The CHAIRMAN said, in addressing the meeting, that
the report would eive great satisfaction to the friends of
humanity, although prejudice still continued to be the
means, unfortunately, of sacrificing the lives of thousands.
Dr. Wahines: read the report. It stated that the benefits
of vaccination were diffused to the inhabitants of every
land, but in this metropolis the fondles of the small pox
,still lurked amongst tbe ignorant and prejudiced part of
the population-774 persons fell victims to thedreadful dis-
ease in the conrse of the last year within the bills of morta-
lity, and the deaths of many are not included in those se-
nual registers of departure from life. The managers con-
tinue to watch the departure of vessels to foreign nations
as well as to all the British colonies, and continued to af-
ford supplies of the vaccine ichor for the protection of the
colonies from the small pox. During the last year there
had been vaccinated by Dr. Walker 3,236 persons ;by the
appointed inoculators in the metropolis and its environs,
18,987; by the appointed inoculators in the country,
21,664 ; from the beginning, by Dr. Walker, 52,116 ; from
the beginning, by the town inoculators, 185,235 ; from
the beginning, by the country inoculator', 484,393. Dr.
Walker had supplied from the beginning 98,850 applicants.
The receipts of the 'mansion since the last year's report
amounted to 8671. 16s. ; the disbursements to 1,0671. 19s.
3d. ; balance against the Institution, 2001.3/. 4d. The re-
ceipts of the institution since its formation in 1806 amount"-
ed to 11.8301., the disbursement to 11,917/. 53.3 d.
Dr. Walker stated, that the Prussian Minister of State,
Count Hertsberg, bad observed, that in times when from
causes without example, the numbers of the human race
were diminished, the consideration of greatest importance
was, that the more general the adoption of vaccine inno-
culation became, the more practicable would it be to keep
up the complement of the necessary armies. Dr. Huhn
laid before the Minister of the Interior of Russia, Count
Kotschuby, a plan whereby, through a more general ex-
tension of vaccination, the ravages of the small-pox in
Russia might finally be exterminated, and be the means
of preserving half a million of men to combat the enemy.
A fifteenth of the population of Russia, amounting to
2,200,000, were susceptible of the small-pox ; the mortality
of one-filth of those from the small-pox amounted to
440,000. If the loss of a child in Russia be estimated as
it was at 15 rouhles,the State lost by the disease 11,000,000
of roubles ; vaccination assured this sum to the State, or
40,000 effective nun. Dr. Walker read extracts from se-
veral medical men in other countries, descriptive of the
never-failing efficacy of vaccination, who stated that for
many years they were in the habit of testing the efficacy of
the vaccinr vi rus by exposing their patients to the variolous
matter, and in no case nas the small-pox communicated to
the constitution.
The report was then unanimously approved, and adopted.
The CHAIRMAN, in proposing thanks to Dr. Walker,
complimented the venerable Doctor upon his perseverance,
zeal, and skill, and observed that thesystem had immensely
benefitted by his exertions.
Thanks were then voted to the President, Vice-Pres
dents, and M anagers of the Institution ; and the meetin
seareted.

COURT OF KING'S BENCII, WESTMINSTER, FEB. 13

The LORD Cute► JUSTICE sat at Nisi Prius for the
trial of Common Jury causes, none of which had the slight-
est interest.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.-WESTMINSTER,
FEMICARY 13.

SLUES V. THR SHERIFF OF SURREY AND OTHERS.
'fibs was an action of trespass brought by the plaintiff
Elisabeth E. Mmes, against the defendants, to recover 601..
the value of certain Music sold by them under an execution
against the plaintiff's father. It was proved on behalf of
the plaintiff, that she had frequently purchased quantities
of music from various music-sellers, loath for ready money
and on credit ; and that her name appeared in a conspicu-
ous part of the shop in Camberwell, where the execution
was levied, as " teacher of music, and music-seller and
üblisher." And her mother swore positively that the
business in the shop was carried on by, and helcnge I ex-
clusively to, the plaintiff, the father having no property
whatever in the same. This saltness, however, on her
cross-examination, admitted that they bad been in die.
tressed circumstances when they were formerly residing at
Fir-tree cottage; and that upon her return from the con-
tinent. where she had accompanied her daughter, who
went there for improvement in her profession, she (the
Inother) had been for some time living apart from her
Lusbaud.
It was urged in the defence, that the music in question
was really the property of the father, the daughter'. name
having been only Reed colourably. When the execivion
was first put in, it appeared that the plaintiff served the
defendants with notice that the goods distrained were hers,
and that if they did not immediately withdraw the execu-
tion from" her house," she would continence an action
for trespass against them 'file house, however, turned
out to be the father's, and of all the property distraintd,
the music atone was now claimed by the daughter. It had
been sold at the auction for 71., although it was here valued
at GUI.
The Lord Chief Justice GIFIP+RD left it to the Jury
to say whether the plaintiff had a bona file or a mere
colourable property in the music in question ; and it the
former, then what was the real value of it at the time of
sale.
The Jury, after baying retired for some time, returned
. with a verdict for the telaintiff, damages 40!.