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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1S05. 



multitudes -whom you have preserred 

 from the grave, performing tlie va- 

 Tious charities iu this sublunary 

 state ; and afterwards meet them in 

 those happy regions where the phy- 

 sician's skill is useless, and there re- 

 ceive the reward allotted for those 

 ■\vho, in humble imitation of their 

 Lenevolent redeemer, devote their 

 lives to the happiness of their fel- 

 low-creatures."^ — To which the doc- 

 tor answered : " Sir, the distin- 

 guished honour conferred upon me 

 by the city of London demands my 

 grateful acknowledjtinicnts. No 

 •words, perhaps, could adequately 

 convey my feelings. I can only 

 say, that, reflecting on the cause 

 vhich has made me the object of 

 your attention, I cannot but consi- 

 der tills as one of the happiest mo- 

 ments of my life. The pleasure I 

 feel, sir, is greatly increased by the 

 consideration that the testimony you 

 have just pronounced, in tlie name 

 of the great and important body you 

 represent, in favour of vaccination, 

 may tend to counteract those at- 

 tempts which have recently been 

 made to retard its progress ; at- 

 tempts which, I will boldly assert, 

 entirely originate eith.er in ignorance 

 or prejudice. The merits of the 

 vaccine practice arc now so well es- 

 tablished, and so generally acknow- 

 ledged, that, 1 am well assured, no 

 efforts of the ill-jndging or mis- 

 guided few who still continue to op- 

 pose it, whatever present niischief 

 they may occasion, will ultimately 

 prevent its universal adoption. It 

 is unnecessary to recapitulate the 

 multiplicity of evidence that has 

 been laid before tiie public from 

 every part of the civilized world, to 

 prove both the efficacy of the cow- 

 pox, in preventing the dreadful ma- 

 lady, the effects of which you, sir^ 



have so well depicted, and its own ' 

 inherent mildness. From many of 

 the large cities, particularly from 

 Vienna, Berlin, Geneva, as well . 

 as from many populous districts on ' 

 the continent, I have lately received 

 information, announcing that the 

 ravages of the small-pox are no , 

 longer felt, and that it is at present 

 scarcely known but by name. — 

 There, indeed, vaccination has not 

 had to contend with the various 

 prejudices which, I am sorry to ob- 

 serve, still in some degree check its 

 extension here. I firmly "trust, 

 however, through the blessing of 

 Divine Providence, to find, before I 

 sink into the tomb, that this, which 

 you so justly term ' the deadliest 

 enemy of the human race,' has been 

 every where completely subdued. — - 

 1 have only to add my best wishes 

 for the lasting prosperity of this 

 opulent and enlightened city ; and 

 to return you, sir, my sincere thanks 

 for the obliging manner in which 

 you have been pleased to communi- 

 cate the resolutions of the commoiv 

 council." 



A private soldier is said to have 

 had the extraordinary good fortune 

 to have left to him 400,0001. and 

 his two brothers 6,0001. a year 

 each. These three fortunate per- 

 sons were all private soldiers in 

 the East Suffolk militia, and prove 

 to be the legal reprentatives of 

 the late W. Jennings, esq. of 

 Acton, Suffolk, and of Grosve- 

 nor-square. 



6"th. The neighbourhood of King- 

 ston-upon-Thames experienced this 

 day a dreadful tempest for several 

 miles round. About 6 o'clock, the 

 lightning struck down a stack o! 

 chimnies bclongmg to Dr. Cham- 

 bers's house, and entered the par- 

 lour of Mr. Cheney, builder, where 



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