am named as having failed in a series of vaccinations in the West of England, I think it a duty incumbent on me now to declare to you, that not a single individual there mentioned, and who is subsequently said to have had the small pox, was ever vaccinated my me. After this declaration, I leave you to make your own comments on the whole of this very extraordinary publication." This unaffected and interesting address was received with loud and reiterated plaudits. Mr.Murray the secretary, according to the usual custom, read the report of the annual general court, which stated, that the number of persons inoculated at the central house, and other stations in the metropolis, since the last annual report, is 6,560, making the total, since the commencement of the institution in 1803, 19,471 persons; and that 19,182 charges of vaccine matter had been supplied, free of expence from the central house alone, since the period of the last report; which great supply of vaceine virus much exceeding that of former years, affords a strong presumption that the Jennerian inoculation has considerably increased. The secretary also read a communication from T. Parry, esq. an East-India director, informing the society, that the practice of vaccine inoculation had been introduced at Macao and Canton in China, under the auspices of an English Mandarin, sir George Staunton, with such success, as to promise to save the lives of millions of people in that extensive empire. Mr. Ring read an English translation of a Latin letter from Dr. John Reyss, of Mackow, in Poland, addressed to " Dr. Jenner, the il lustrious exterminator of that pestilential disorder the small pox ;" in which he compliments the doctor highly for his discovery; wishes that joy and festivity may prevail on his birth-day; requests to be enrolled among the honorary members of the society; and "to be favoured with a portrait of Dr. Jenner, and a small slip of cloth of the colour he most delights in, that Dr. Reyss and his friends might be able to wear coats of that same colour on the 17th of May, the birth-day of Dr. Jenner." The earl of Egremont, one of the earliest and most ardent supporters of vaccination, bore testimony to various misrepresentations and falsehoods circulated in his neighbourhood respecting the practice. 18th. WEYMOUTH.-Last night was landed at the Custom-house the last chest of dollars from the wreck of the Abergavenny, which completed the 62 chests recovered by Mr. Braithwaite, who, with much perseverance and ingenuity, has succeeded. The total of the 62 chests is about 70,0001. value. He is going to proceed immediately on the cargo. This morning, about ten o'clock, a boy named Francis was drowned off Strand-lane. He was cleaning the top of the cabin of a barge, and fell over-board. 20th. A court of directors of the East-India company was held,at three o'clock, which continued to sit until nine in the evening, to deliberate on the propriety of recalling sir G. Barlow from the seat of government in India, and the appointment of lord Lauderdale in his stead; when a division took place, and there appeared, for the recal of sir G. Barlow and the appointment of lord lord Lauderdale, four,-Against it, eighteen. 21st. A few days ago, the dairymaid at Bayham Abbey, in Sussex, the seat of lord Camden, threw herself into the moat, and was drowned. Verdict, lunacy. The long coach, which conveys passengers from the mail coach office in Dublin, to the packets at the Pigeon-house, was stopped this night about ten o'clock, 'by ten men armed with swords and pistols, who robbed eight passengers. near to the canal bridge. The villains obliged the passengers to come out of the carriage one by one; amongst them were lord Cahir and Mr. George Latouche, whom they robbed of near 5001. PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE. AS capt. Jones, of the royal Flintshire militia, quartered at Hythe, who had that morning accompanied the regiment to field-exercise, on the heights near Folkstone, was standing with several officers, near the edge of the cliffs, the earth suddenly gave way under him; in consequence of which he was instantly precipitated to the distance of 28 yards, in an oblique direction from the top; but was most providentially stopped in his fall, by a small abutment on the surface of the rock, against which his foot accidentally struck. In this dreadful situation he lay suspended near a quarter of an hour, without daring to move, before any effectual assistance could be rendered him. Scarcely, however, had this distressing circumstance occurred, when Thomas Roberts, a private in the regiment, alarmed at the truly perilous condition of his officer, endeavoured, at the obvious risk of his own life, to extricate him ; but, unfortunately, in the attempt, literally fell from the top to the bottom of this tremendous precipice, being a distance of 549 feet (of which 261 feet were quite perpendicular.) Providentially, the latter in his fall did not touch the captain, who, anxious to save him, had already extended his hand to him for that purpose. During this interval, a rope was expeditiously procured from the signal-house; and a noose being made at one end, it was lowered to the spot where captain J. lay; when he, with much difficulty, succeeded in fastening it round his body; and was thus gradually drawn up by the spectators, who still for some time doubted the possibility of rescuing him; however, at length he happily escaped without having sustained any material injury. The soldier, though terribly cut and bruised in the head and various parts of his body) was taken up alive, and without a single bone being fractured, on the beach, near a stone-quarry, and immediately conveyed to the regimental hospital at Hythe; where, to the utter astonishment of every one, he is now able to walk about, and is declared by the surgeon of the regiment out of all immediate danger. The height of the cliff, having since been accurately taken by an officer of the regiment, is found by actual admeasurement as follows: sent year were this day adjudged to Edward Garrard Marsh, bachelor of arts, late scholar of Wadham college, and now fellow of Oriel college, for the English essay-Posthumous Fame; and to John Latham, commoner of Brasenose college, for the Latin verses-Trafalgar : also the prize, by a private donation, to Henry Allen Johnson, commoner of Christ-church, for the English verses -Travels of discovery into the interior of Africa. The rev. Mr. Wood, second master of St. Paul's grammar school, put a period to his existence, by hanging himself. A boat belonging to the grand junction company arrived at Mr. Homer's Paddington wharf, which has been fitted up in Northampton. shire, for the purpose of bringing, at once, near 100 live fat sheep to the London market. This being the first attempt of the kind, it excited considerable curiosity. It consisted of a common canal boat, that had, by way of ballast, a lading of ten tons of lime-stone; on this there were two slight decks, at a proper distance above each other, and a roof of thin boards above, to shoot off the rain; the space between each of the decks was divided by sliding boards into near fifty separate pens, so that each sheep had a distinct one to itself, in which he could either stand or lie down at pleasure. On the arrival of the barge alongside the wharf, the sliding boards at the side of the boat, and between the pens, were taken out, and the sheep jumped on the wharf in a few minutes. The boat left Braunston on the 20th, at three o'clock, and in 53 hours arrived, after a journey of upwards of 95 miles. It is expected that a boat laden with sheep will weekly arrive in future. 24th. A dreadful fire happened in Langford this day, which consumed in its progress two breweries, and above fifty dwelling houses. Two children, brother and sister, the boy about ten, the girl seven years of age, while playing a few evenings ago, near the new dock at Leigh, both fell in. There was eight feet water in the dock at the time; when captain Nash, of the impress service, and a private of the Argyllshire militia, named Frow, were let down with ropes round their bodies, and succeeded in preserving the sufferers, after they had both disappeared. In the court of king's bench, a Mr. Jukes, on an indictment preferred against him by Mr. Henry Erskine Johnston, the comedian, for an assault in the boxes of CoventGarden theatre, was found guilty. The offending party proposed terms of accommodation, which were acceded to. This morning, a pleasure-boat was nearly upset in Black wall reach, by tacking about; and a lad, named Smith, being struck by the main-sail, was forced overboard, and drowned. A similar accident happened on Thursday at Bugby's hole, in the same neighbourhood. The same day, a man who attempted to undress the body of a labourer, who died by suffocation a few days since, in consequence of sleeping by a brick-kiln near town, in order to put it in a shell, was so overcome by the effluvia, that he was deprived of his senses, and soon expired. An accident happened this day to Mr. Charles Buxton, on his return from Epsom. Mr. B. in his phaeton and and four, overtook a friend in a barouche, drawn by the same number of horses; and a determination being manifested to try the speed of the horses and the skill of the drivers, a race was the consequence. At Ewel, on turning a corner, Mr. Buxton's phaeton was upset, and he and Mr. Hugh Atkins, a Russia broker, were thrown with such violence, that each gentleman, strange to say, had a thigh broken and three ribs. 25th. This morning, about two or three o'clock, a man and woman were seen walking, arm in arm, deHiberately down Bridge-street, Blackfriars, and separated at the stairs of the bridge. The woman, soon after, walked on the projection under the coping of the bridge, as far as the third lamp, and then threw herself on the bed of the river; and it being low water, she was killed on the spot. An unfortunate affair happened in Falmouth this day. As some men attempted to escaped from the hired armed ship Humber, in contempt of the threats of the lieutenant of that ship, who repeatedly declared he would fire upon them if they did not return, that officer discharged a musket, and shot one of them through the heart. The coroner's jury who investigated the affair returned a verdict of accidental death." 27th. Last week a dreadful hurricane occurred at Sunderland, accompanied with thunder and hail. The shipping in the harbour, which amounted to nearly 500 sail, were thrown into extreme danger and confusion; many were damaged, and several driven ashore and wrecked, as were a number of boats. This day, at a bear-baiting in Tothill-fields, one of the bears hav ing broke loose, fastened upon a person of the name of Shawe, whom he tore very much with his paws, and would have destroyed him, but for the assistance of the people. MR. ELWYN'S PICTURES.-A selection of the choicest pictures of this celebrated collector was brought on Friday to the hammer; annexed are the prices of the principal pictures:— Guineas Teniers-A landscape, with L. Da Vinci-Madona and Child, to ditto -- 460 900 320 670 430 2200 Ditto Conversion of St. / Paul, to Mr. Beckford 4000 QUADRUPEDS. On board the Union East Indiaman, lately arrived in the London docks, is a dog from St. Helena with two noses; and on board the Eolus, lying along side her,are a beautiful young lioness and tigress, the latter is fastened by a rope on the quarter deck, and is so tame, that a stranger may with safety handle it. There are also on board the same vessel, a black sheep with six horns, and a great variety of birds, all from the river Plata. The whole afford delight to the lovers of natural history. A REMARKABLE HEN. For the three last summers, a hen, the property of Charles Ranken, at Auchmairn, parish of Cadder, has frequently laid eggs of an extraordi nary nary size and weight. Within these few weeks, she has laid three eggs, each of which measures, in diameter. 61 by 71⁄2 inches, and weighs full 3 ounces, and generally, on the day before she lays the large egg, she has an egg of an ordinary size. 28th. The late tempest was in many parts of Wales particularly violent and extensive. At Monmouth, the elements seemed to be in a perfect blaze; though the claps of thunder, which followed the lightning, were not so loud as might have been expected.-At Landoga-onthe Wye, near Monmouth, a piece of meadow ground was covered over with loose stones, which the con. vulsion brought down from the surrounding heights, amounting in weight to nearly 200 tons. A soldier lately returned from the Indies is now at Tuddenham, who says, he was present at the death of Joseph Clark, whilst abroad; and that he confessed to him that he committed the robbery and set fire to the house of Mrs. Syer, at Hadleigh, for which Sarah Lloyd, the servant maid, with whom he intrigued, and who admitted him into the house, was executed. 29th. Seven waggons loaded with casks of specie have arrived at the bank of England, under the escort of a party of light horse. The casks contain the 400,0001. in dollars, sent some time since from the bank to Hanover, and which was luckily got away before the Prussians took possession of that place. 30th. The directors of the East India company took the sense of a general court of proprietors upon their late proceedings, which decided, by 18 against 4, for the coninuance of sir George Barlow, and of course the rejection of the earl of Lauderdale. At the general court for this purpose, the following resolution was taken by ballot: "That this court, having consi dered the papers laid before it, most highly approves of the zeal manifested, and the conduct pursued, by the court of directors; and regards a firm adherence to the principles maintained by the court of directors to be indispensibly necessary to preserve the salutary authority over the government of india vested by law in the court of directors, to restrain a profuse expenditure of public money, and to prevent all schemes of conquest and extension of domi, nion; measures which the legisla ture has declared to be repugnant to the wish, the honour, and the policy, of the nation. And this court doth assure the court of di rectors of its most cordial and zealous support, with a view to preserve unimpaired the rights and privileges of the East-India company." At six o'clock, the glasses were finally closed and delivered to the scrutineers, who reported the numbers to be, For the question Against it Majority DIED. At Brompton, after a short illness, aged 44 years, Mr. Palmer. He was a man of uncom. mon corpulency, and was induced, about three weeks since, to go to London, in order to see that prodigy of bulk and fatness, Mr. Lambert. Mr. Palmer weighed about twentyfive stone, or 350 pounds; and although five men, of moderate size, have been buttoned in his waistcoat, he was comparatively of diminutive ་ |