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metropolis, where an inoculator of 
the first rate abilities should at all 
seasonable times be in readiness to 
perform the operation gratuitously ; 
and it was proposed, he said, to 
establish twelve other public situa- 
tions, in different suitable districts, 
where similar establishments should 
be formed ; that every inhabitant of 
the metropolis, in which 20,000 chil- 
dren were annually brought into ex- 
istence, might have the opportunity 
ofapplying for inoculation with con- 
fidence and security. Hethenmoved, 
‘¢ That this court, fully sensible of 
the benefits which have resulted to 
the community at large, and to the 
metropolis in particular, from the 
introduction of the Jennerian mode 
of inoculation, and desirous that the 
practice may be universally diffused, 
do subscribe the sum of 500].towards 
the carrying more fully into effect 
the laudable purposes of the Royal 
Jennerian Society, for the extermi- 
nation of the small-pox ; and that 
the said sum be paid by the cham- 
berlain of this city, to the right ho- 
nourable the lord mayor, one of the 
three trustees of the society. 
Mr. Alderman Hibbert seconded 
the motion, and most energetically 
enlarged on the value of the disco- 
very which had so_providentially 
been brought forward into general 
practice.—The question was also 
ably supported by-Mr. Vandercom, 
Mr. Thorpe, and Mr. James Dixon ; 
and, after an unexampled discussion 
(all the speakers being on the same 
side), the question was unanimously 
carried, in one of the fullest courts 
that has of late years assembled. 
2ist. This day being the anniver- 
sary of thememorable battle of Alex- 
andria, the Turkish piece of ord- 
nance, taken in that battle, was 
placed in St. James’s park, amidst 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1803. 
a great concourse of people. It is 
16 feet in length, but was originally 
20 feet. The carriage for this can- 
non, on each side, in different com- 
partments, was inlaid with copper ; 
the centre one representing Britannia 
seated on a rock, with a lion at her 
feet, pointing to the British camp ; 
the figure of a crocodile, four feet 
long, is executed in a masterly 
style of workmanship. The royal 
crown, with the initials G. R. the 
sword and sceptre at the lower part, 
added to the embellishments of seve- 
ral devices, have been recently finish- 
ed, and give it a very noble appear- 
ance. Atthe breech is a sphynx, on | 
which the gun rests. In the front 
are lord Chatham’s arms, as master- 
general of the ordnance; underneath 
is placed the letter C. with the 
motto. 
26th. A few days ago, at Tor- 
soot, about seven miles south-west 
of Strathaven, in the shire of Lanark, 
a boy, cleaning out a drain, at the 
foot of arising ground, struck upon 
a glass bottle, which contained about 
400 silver Roman coins of Trajan, 
Antoninus Pius, Faustina, wife of 
Antoninus, Crispina, wife of Com- 
modus, and various other emperors 
and empresses, &c. They are, in 
general, in good preservation, and 
weigh about forty grains each. The 
bottle was an oblong square, and 
sealed with a greenish pigment.— 
About fifty of the coins were so 
much verdigreased and adhering to- 
gether, that they were broken with 
a hammer, by a rude and unskilful 
hand, in order to separate them. It 
will be recollected, that an important 
discovery of coins and medals was 
made, in a manner equally acciden- 
tal; in October, 1799, near Med- 
bourn, in Leicestershire. Upon that 
occasion, as a boy was nutting in 
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