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some countries ;and, with due care, might 

 be eradicated from all ; and may remem- 

 ber, tliat, notwithstanding prejndices, 

 carelessness, and if;norance, millions now 

 live, who, hut for vaccination, would have 

 been in their graves. To liavc anticipated 

 such results, would, at no remote period, 

 have been considered the most chimerical 

 of imaginations. We have, neveriheless, 

 seen them realized. The time in which 

 they occurred, will for ever be mnrked as 

 an epoch in the history of man ; and Eng- 

 land, wilh all her glories, may icjoice that 

 she has to nimiber a Jenner anions iier 

 sons. The meekness, gentleness, anti shn- 

 plicity of his demeanour, formed a most 

 striking contrast to the self-esteem which 

 might have arisen from the great and 

 splendid consequences of his discovery. 

 He was thankful and grateful for them in 

 liis heart, but to jiride and vain-glory lie 

 seemed to be an utter stranser. A short 

 time before his death, the following were 

 among the last words he ever spoke; the 

 nature of his services to his fellow-crea- 

 tures had been the subject of conversation : 

 "I do not marvel," he observed, "that 

 men are not grateful to me ; but I am sur- 

 prised that ihey do not feel gratitude to 

 God, for making me a medium of good." 

 No one could sec him without perceiving 

 that this was the habilnal franre of his 

 mind. Without it, it never could have 

 been, that, in his most retired moments, 

 and in his intercourse with the great and 

 exalted of the earth, he invariably exhibi- 

 ted the same uprightness of conduct, sin- 

 gleness of purpose, and unceasing earnest- 

 ness to promote the welfare of his species, 

 to the total exclusion of all selfish and per- 

 sonal considerations. His condescension, 

 his kindness, his willingness to listen to 

 every tale of distress, and the open-handed 

 muniticence with which he administered 

 to the wants and necessities of those 

 around him, can never be forgotten by any 

 who have been guided and consoled by his 

 alfectionate counsel, or cherished and re- 

 lieved by bis unbounded charity. His 



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sympathy for suffering worth, or genius 

 lost in obscurity, was ever alive ; and no 

 indication of talent or ingenuity, no effort 

 of intellect, ever met his eye without 

 gaining his notice, and calling forth his 

 substantial aid andassistanco. lit; was not 

 less generous in pouring f'otth the treasures 

 of his mind. A long life, spent in the con- 

 stant study of all the sul)jects of natural 

 history, had stored it wilii areat variety of 

 knowledge. — Here the originality of his 

 views, the felicity and pla> fulness of 

 his illustrations, and the acuteness of his 

 remarks, imparted a character of genius 

 to his commonest actions and conversa- 

 tions, which could not escape the most in- 

 attentive observer. We have authority 

 from his relatives and trustees to state, 

 that, in conformity with his wishes, they 

 hai'e applied toDr. Baron, of Gloucester, 

 to write the account of his life, and to ar- 

 range for publication his nuiiierons manu- 

 scripts, all the documents in possession of 

 the family being to be committed to Dr. 

 Baron's care. Fiom that gentleman, 

 therefore, the public may expec^t an au- 

 thentic work as speedily as his professional 

 avocations will allow him to prepare it 

 for the press : the ample and interesting 

 materials with which he is to be furnished, 

 together with those which he himself has 

 accumidated, during a long and confiden- 

 tial intercourse with Dr. Jenner, and many 

 of his most intimate friends. A corres- 

 pondent has transmitted to us the follow- 

 ing as an inscription for the tomb of this 

 valuable man. 



" Mortalitate rclicia vivil immortalitate indutui." 

 Britons! approach, and view with Borroivinij eyes 

 This sricred tomb, where matchless Jenner lies: 

 The Muse would fail to celebrate hii fame. 

 Or sum the blessings which his worth proclaim. 

 However warm her panegyric be, 

 Or ardent for his iimnoitality ! 

 Enough for her in mournful strains to tell 

 That Nature sicken'd when she heard his Itnell ; 

 That half mankind were rescued by his skill 

 From black Contagion's most inveterate ill; 

 Found health and beauty in his genius reit'n. 

 And life which millions liad implor'd in vain ! 

 Then, Britons ; here your grateful tears bestow, 

 And bless the sacred shade that sleeps below ! 



J. G. 



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PETITIONS to the House of Commons 

 for the equalization of the duties on 

 coals are in a course of signature at Sun- 

 derland and Shields ; and a meeting has 

 been held in London to promote the same. 

 Married.] Mr. T. Charlton, of Colling- 

 woodstreet, to Miss E. Potts; Mr. W. 

 Hawthorn, to Miss M. Holmes : all of 

 Newcastle. — Mr. J. C. Byram, to Miss 

 Price, both of North Shields.— The Rev. 

 J. Armstrong, of South Shields, to Miss 

 M. Wilson, of Darlington — Mr. A. Mc. 



Gregor, to Miss M. Scaife, both of Dar- 

 lington.— The Rev. J. Charge, rector of 

 Copgrove,toMiss M. Ciowe, of Stockton. 

 — Mr. J. Scott, to Miss J. Gibb, both of 

 Morpeth. — Thomas Meggison, esq. of 

 Diiddo, to Miss Codling, of Shelvington 

 West House. — The Rev. J. Messenger^ of 

 Hamburgh, to Miss S. Redpath, of Ber- 

 wick. — At Lamesley, Mr. T. Ord, to Miss 

 M. Gray, of Maresfield. — Thomas Coates, 

 jnn. esq. of Lipwood, to Anne, daughter 

 of the late Dr. Davidson, of Raynie. 

 Died.] At Newcastle, in Newgate- 

 a street, 



