The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-08-02

To Mr. Charles lie Caan, Llaunely, for u Check to
Carnage Whites; Ten Guineas.
BRITISH HUMANE SOCIETY.
on the 9th of April laa, the Anniversary Feft
val OF this Society celebrated at the London Ia
vera--Tis Inlltuton was founded in rhe year l774,
Tor the preervation and retoraton of life to perions
Affected by iufoeation, &C.
DIR. HAWKS rote, and addrened the meeting in
verie. He congratulated them on the profperous
progrs 81 the inaisa,;cn and, upon the prelent oc
cation, he conh1ered they hould be addr eHad in no
| common language. He was witnefs TO the fowinr
the h feeds of the Society. OF their generation and
maturity, and, from their fngular and unpreceden-
ted ,eraty, ie had ;e hsFr;;:cf:;o as.e that; -,
TO the prefent day, efs than 1850 perfons of
both fe1es had been relieved and preferred from un-
timely deaths, by the humane exerons of this ini-
tnsron Alter fome further obfervations, he propo-
fed the health Of the PRECEDENT.
The ProeefIion then commenced, preceded bv the
City ConRable and Deputy Marihal eighteen uo-
men and children, and t5ity-agtt and boys who
had been preferved at various times by the means re-
commended and provided by the Society," marched in
iolenn order twice round the room.
DIR. Halves again adlrefled the Socety-He oh
ierved that it the duty of the inution TO take
particular notice of thofe perons who had promoted
the chief obje4 of the fociey in the prelervation of
the lives OF their fellow citizens he therefore conf
oered that the unanimous and general thanks of the
Society, which formed for public and private
happiness, were juify due &c Mrs Luby of the Lon
don Lying-Inn Ho!pita from whole peffonal and in
defatigable exertiors no LET'S than 100 Nil born chill
dren had been brought to lfe and arrived TO ma,u.
r'ty; he therefore propoedthe thanks of the Socie
ty ihould be voted TO her in the warme1 manner
which was agreed to with enthuiaim
London fae~.
Kline Poef, St--By letter from DR.. De Can
no, 81 Vienna, TO DIR. Jenner, it appears that the
bills OF mortality in that capital for the year 1904
have produced but Ranee of death by fmall poy
ana theie victims caught the deafe great diflance
from the city, and were brought rhither. Vienna
was iubjeet 10 the no cxtenve ravages of fall pox
until they were thus happily fubdued by the powers
OF the new incubation. II is hoped that thoie who
object TO the vaccine practice will find in this remar-
kabs inance, rreiiftable argument as TO its per-
ect iecurlty Ii IS 70 be lamented that this is now
the only country where any doubts of this fort are
entertained the continent being far above us in the
efiet'ua exteniion of this providential dilcovery
Tie Pekeuian Lnyfitufior, effabhed in London. a.
bout three years hnce FOR the ue of Metallic Trac-
tors in the doders of the poor has been followed by
miiar alocations in different parts of Great Britain
One OF theie eifabiled Durham, under the patro-
mage ot the Biihop of st. Davids, has lately an
nouneed the cure of above two hundred of the poor
objects whole cafes claimed its charitable attention
The ioc'ety IN London have made reports to the
public the refu OF their trials of this reinedv from
which 1t appears that their fccefs has been 70 conf
derabe, as to have induced the committee TO recon-
mend the dcovery TO the notice Of the Brih Parli-
anlent and 70 invite that body take the practice nm
der their patronage End protection.
Mo discoveries are Of more importance than thcfe
which are connected with the Improvement of Agri-
culture Every one who has attended to this fubiea
is acquainted with the weeping deHru6ion which has
been oeeaoned by the genus of the Ereo1, or Cater
Piliar-Many counties Of this kingdom, Especially in
the weliern diftriets depend, in great degree, on
the annual produce Of the orchard and in theIe dd
tri6s, at leaf, it WILDE Of great utility to circulat.
the intelligence OF an experiment for the protection Of
'ruit trees from the Caterpillar which has been attend
ed with complete iuceeis. elod of earth is mould
ed round the top of the trunk of the tree and this is
the whole Procefs. From the hour that this opera
ton Is performed, the infe6s even in the MOI re-
mote ramihcations, will begin to fall and the tree
will, in hort time, be wholly freed from this def.
trueve incumbrance. II is true, that the animal will
afterwards attempt to renew his depredations bur
as loon as he arrives at the ring Of earth which oud
be permitted to remain he will hanen down the
trunk with much more rapidity than he ATTEMPTED
the accent. We fate this fact with confidence but
we leave t" the learned zooogi the explanation of
the myilery. Loados sab,r.
Trrve's in dfyiea.---The celebrated MuNoo PAW.
arrived at the 1and of Goree, on the COAT Of Africa
in March lat, from England. lie is now on his fe-
eoDd tour through the interior Of that country and
is amply iuppied by the Britib government with e.
very thing neceiary to render his refearches hlpiIy
uIefulto mankind. at Goree, he was joined By
lieutenant, with detachment Of forty men, which,
with the botaniAs, d-augh:smen, &c. &C. eompofe
company Of about Gu perGons. With this COMPANY
10 had Attended the river Gambia about five hundred
iuiies, in tie month Of April and when the gentle
man who furni1es this information left Africa Mr..
Park was debarking and about to commence his ira
vsis' (C6ayi,G,a Coarir,J
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