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verfaries, the war-party, than by his own 
judgment. We regret that fuch a veté 
has paffed the Houfe of Commons, as 
every indication of alarm is amark of pu- 
fillanimity. . : 
In the beginning of the month intelli- 
gence was received of an alarming mutiny 
in the Mediterranean. A fquadron of 
four fail of the line, the Gibraltar, the Su- 
perb, the Dragon and the Triumph, failed 
from Gibraltar for Malta, Soon after 
they left the rock, the crew of the Gibral- 
tar mutinied, tock poffeffion of the fhip, 
and ran her up under the fterns of the 
other veffeis, cheering as the fignal of re- 
volt. The crews of the. other veffels, 
however, remained firm to their duty; and 
State of Public Affairs in january, 1803. 
{ Feb. 1, 
the mutineers, panic-ftruck with this un+ 
favourable reception, were ealily over- 
powered by their officers. The leaders 
in the mutiny were immediately tried by 
a court martial, and executed. 
On Thurfday, the zoth of January, a 
Special Commiffion was opened at the 
Seffions Houle-in the Borough, before 
Lord Chiet Jultice EHlenborough, and the 
Judges Thompfon, Le Blanc, Chambre, 
&c. for the trial of Colone! Defpard and 
his accomplices, upon am indiétment 
founded onthe new Treafon Bill. A bill 
was found by the Grand Jury againft Col. 
Defpard and twelve others, who are to be 
arraigned on the 5th, and put upon their 
trial on the 7th of February. 
INCIDENTS, MARRIAGES ann DEATHS 1n anp NEaR LONDON. 
With Biographical Memoirs of diftinguifbed Charadters recently deceafed. 
Since the firft difcovery of Vacciolous 
Inoculation, as a means of preventing 
and extirpating the Small Pox, we have 
from time to time communicated to the 
readers of the Monthly Magazine no- 
tices of the fteps which have been ta- 
ken, by the intelligent part of the fa- 
culty, to promote its general adoption. 
The means hitherto ufed, have, how- 
ever, been divided and ifolated; and 
fome centre of ation or rallying point 
was neceffary to give effect to the good 
intentions of individuals. Such a mea- 
fure has at length taken place, un- 
der the happieft aufpices. On the 
1gth a moft refpectable meeting was 
held at the London Tavern, at which 
THE Lorp Mayor prefided, and a 
number of judicious refolutions were 
paffed. Dr. Lettfom, Dr. Bradley, 
Mr. Benjamin Travers, Mr. Gurney, 
and Admiral Berkeley, made appropri- 
ate fpeeches; and their exertions on 
this occafion are worthy of record.— 
“The foNowing Addrefs to the public 
was read and approved, viz. . 
‘6 The dreadful havoc, occafioned by that 
horrid peftilence the Smal! Pox, which, in 
the United Kingdom alone, annually fweeps 
away more than forty thoufand perfons, has 
Icng been a fubjeét of deep regret to every 
humane and reflecting mind. 
‘¢ The inoculation of this difeafe has op 
pofed an ineffe€tual refiftance to its deftruct- 
ive career. Although confefiedly a valuable 
improvement, in rendering the difeafe more 
mild, yet fuch has been the confequence of 
the partial adoption of the practice, that it 
appears, on a careful review of the hiftory of 
z 
the Small Pox, that inoculation, by fpread- 
ing the contagion, has confiderably increafed 
its mortality. 
** A new fpecies of inoculation has at length 
been providentially introduced by our coun- 
tryman, Dr. JENNER, which, without being 
contagious, without occafioning any material 
indifpofition, or leaving any blemifh, proves 
an effe€tual prefervative againft the future 
infe€tion of the Small Pox. 
‘*¢ The Houfe of Commons, having invefti- 
gated this fubject with the moft fcrupulous 
attention, and being perfeétly convinced of 
the fuperior advantages refulting from this 
difcovery, have given tneir fanétion to the 
practice ; the fafety, mildnefs, and efficacy 
of which, more than half a million of in- 
ftances have fully confirmed. : 
‘* The unfpeakable benefits which may be 
expected to arife from an extenfive diffufion 
of this falutary practice, will be much acce- 
lerated by the eftablifhment of an inftitution 
in a central part of the metropolis, on a broad 
bafis, fupported with a fpirit equal to the de- 
fign, and worthy of the chara¢ter of the Bri- 
tith Nation. And, when the magnitude ef 
the objeé&t is confidered, which is no lefs than 
to eradicate a difeafe, acknowledged to be the 
greateft fcourge that ever affli€ted mankind, 
there can be but one fentiment on the fub- 
ject. 
‘© The enlightened, the benevolent, the 
opulent, will doubtlefs vie with each other 
in the zealous fupport of an undertaking 
which will reflect the higheft honour upon 
their country; and, by faving millions of 
victims from an untimely grave, prove an 
ineftimable bleffing to the whole humana 
race,” , ry 
The following refolutions were alfo voted 
unanimoufly :— ; 
‘© Qn the motion of His Grace the Duke of 
Bedford 
