1805.] Bankrupts* Dhidendi.—Cow-Pox. — ^lery. 



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To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine, 



SIR., 



I HAVE found much inconvenience 

 from the ftate, or rather the execution, 

 of parr of our bankrupt laws ; efpecialiy 

 the decl iration and paymeiit of dividends. 

 Many a dlvid'^nd is loit to the lisfht owner 

 for want of intormafion as to time of pay- 

 ment, and place where, a' d parry paying, 

 &c. How the inconvenience may be re- 

 medied I do not know. If you drop the 

 hint, Mr. Editor, we fhall probably foon 

 find iovc\t of your intelligent correfpond- 

 ents with a plan at haid, much better 

 than any I could fugc^elt. But, would it 

 bepnfticable to publith, annually oroc- 

 cafionally, a lilt of unclaimed dividends 

 under bankrupt and infolvent eftates, as 

 the Bank publifhed unclaimed dividends 

 of ftock ? A work of this deicription 

 would experience no want of fubfcribers. 



Would it be inconfiflent with the con- 

 ftitution and objefil of that refptclable 

 body, the Society for the Encouragement 

 of Arts, Manufadlures, and Commerce, 

 to offer a premium for the mod complete 

 lill, within a given time? Or would it 

 not be a profitable adventure for a Com- 

 pany ? 



Suppofe every haufe furr.ifhing a cer- 

 tain number of div'idends for infcrtion, 

 were prefented with a copy grails, as an 

 inducement to aflift. Moit would recover 

 lome'hingf, oihcrwi.'i; irrecoverable. 



I am aware of difficulties, apparently 

 infurmourrtable ; but Labor omnia iiincit. 

 There are perfons whole bufinefs it is to 

 regulate the atf.iirs of bankrupts, &c. 

 Thefe, I prefume, would be pioper and 

 capable for the work. 



I have oft;n thought, a fociety, whofe 

 objedl fhould be to colleft information for 

 the man of bufinefs, in order to remove 

 difficulties he i'. expoled to, in the profe- 

 ciition of his traffic, both at home and 

 abroad, &c. would beof gieat advantage 

 and utility in this mercantile country. Is 

 fhi-re any luch Society in exiftence ?— 

 Which Sociefv among us comirs ne^reft to 

 the objeft ? Yonr's, 



A FREQUENT Creditor. 



For the Monthly Magazine. 



fROOFS of the PERMANENCY of the 

 ErATE of UNSUSCtPTIBILI TY of the 

 SMALL tOX, by MhANS of the COW 

 POCK. 



MR. B. J88T.y, and his fon, Mr. 

 Rt^trt Jefty, of Downfliay, Ifle of 

 Purbtrk, proved, at ihc Vacciiic Inititn- 

 tion, liroad-ftreet, FiriV, that the former 



had the cow-pock cafually, ahout fifty 

 years ago, and though often in contaft 

 with people ill of the imall-pox, he elcap- 

 ed it. 



Secondly, That he himfelf inoculated 

 his wife and two Tons, Robert and Benja- 

 min, from his cows, when the iVnail pox 

 v.;as in the village, and in his houfe, ia 



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Thirdly, That all the three vaccinated 

 perfons have i-fie ■ been in the way of the 

 I'ma 1-i'ox, witiiout taking it. 



Fourthly, Th-it the two fons were ino» 

 culate.i for ihe liuall pox fifteen yv.ars ago, 

 withou; eft'eft. 



Fifthly, While they were in town the 

 laft fortniglit. 



Mr Robert Jefty was inoculated by 

 four punctures, for the finall-pox, imme- 

 diately (rom a child ui tlie fixth day of the 

 eruption, at Dr. Peai ion's LeiSure lOonii 

 in the preience of his puoils. 



Sixthly, Mr. Jelty diflikmg the finall- 

 pox, he was al!b again inoculi'ed, in four 

 place«, with the vaccine mutrer, from a 

 lubjcit in the ninth day of vaccinal ioii. 



To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 



SIR, 



DR. TOULVriN, in the advert ife. 

 ment to his edition of Neal's Hif- 

 tory of the Puritans, publilhed in 1793, 

 folicited " communications as materials 

 for the continuation of the Hii'.ory of the 

 Proteftant Di,T nttrs from the Revolution 

 to- the pielhit Times." 



You will oblige fcveral diftant readers 

 by informing them, thiough the medium 

 of your valuable Magazine, whether there 

 is any pr.jfpeft of fuch a work being loon 

 publilhed. I am, &c. 



NenjuTork, J.'kMES Eastburh, 



July 13, 1805. 



For the Monthly Magaxine. 



CLEAIMlNGii in N.-=iTURAL HISTORY. 



No. II. 



THE CAT. 



IN the year 1798, a cat with a fingle 

 kit en w is brought to one of the pu- 

 pi's of the Weftminfter hoipital, by a per- 

 ibn beloi ging to that hofpital, who hail 

 taken th.-m tiom the hollow part of a de- 

 cayed tree in the Bird-cage-w^lk, Sf. 

 James's Park. At the lime they were 

 found the kitten appeared to be ten or 

 twelve days old. They were taken care 

 of i and the curiolity of the pupils was 

 greatly excited to know, if pofllble, what 

 inducement the mother could hiv-- had to 

 adQ|)t fo unuiual an afylum far her off- 

 fpnng. 



