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a half of dollars had keen taken on 
board, that there was a strong smell of 
fire. He went below to discover if pos- 
sible, whence it sheacuetly and finding 
the peopie at work: in the main hatch- 
way, inquired. whether they perceived 
any simell of fire, to which they replied 
in the negative. The captain then went 
to the fore hatchway, uncovered it, and 
remoyed the hatches, when the flame 
burst forth with great fury'as high as the 
mainstay. 
be put on again, and ased every endea- 
Your to extinguish the flames, but with- 
out effect. At three A.M. on the 5th, 
the ebb tide having made, she weut over 
on her broad-side. The™decks by this 
time were so much heated, as to oblige 
the people to quic her. At four P.M. 
she was completely burned to the water’s 
edge. Such was the fury of the flames, 
that the treasure between decks was run 
es 
He ordered the hatches to- 
[Feb. 1, 
into masses of from two to ten thousand 
dollars weight. Suspicion of miscon- 
duct or carelessness at first fell upon the 
people; butit was afterwards ascertained 
that the loss of the Albion, was ecca- 
sioned by some paper umbrellas, recei- 
ved on hoard as cargo, packed up, but 
not thoroughly dry, having spontaneously 
whan fire in the hold, 
AMERICA: 
Lccounts from Brazil state that the 
vaccine moculation, first nse in 
St. Salvador, towards the close of 1804, 
has since been spread through all the 
provinces, by the orders of the Prince- 
regent. Ehis royal highness appointed 
Dr. J. A. Barbosa to superintend and 
promote the new practice, and so bene- 
ficial have heen its effects, that the.small- 
pox, formerly very destructive there, has 
almost totally disappeared. 
"REPORT OF 
DISEASES, 
Under the care of the late senior Physician of the Binsbum ‘y Dispensary, from the 
20th of oo 18 
08, to the 201k of January, 1809. 
—— 
PHTHYSIS +.......-------- ‘e+e. 5 that aman whose body and. mind have — 
Asthma .s..+-+++++-++------+2-5 2 been well educated, may be able to coun- 
Febris . tee ee ene ce ee eee ete eeee L nn the original sin of his consitution. 
Cephalaa....++++.--.ssee----e. “+2 1° We depend more upon what-occurs after, 
eT Ee ai aa sha =i} 4 than previously to our birth. What out 
Fa ee ON TNC ISTO ag “ef fself-complacency we are apt to attn- 
ypochon ee Sets bi sur fat! thers, much 
PAGE pos ay tee ote tie Leuk ee a, Se ute to our fathers or our mo r 
Reser CNH. ee ee ee ee more frequently arises from a feebleness 
Asthenia ./..++*+ssseevee,,..-... . 9 Of volition, a weakness of the willy from 
ice Fok VA Ae any ay ...16 a caréless indiscretion, or a too luxurious 
Five thousand four hundred deaths 
from consamption are recorded as having 
recurred within-the bills of mortality las 
ring the last year :—a. ebeatieels and de- 
cisive proof ‘of the fate lity and frequency 
of this encroaching disease, as well as its 
annual growth and endless ramifications. 
fa spite of all other circumstances of 
fashion or atmosphere, which are calcu- 
lated to urge on the propensity to phthy=. 
sical complaints ; ‘in consequence ofits. 
he reditary nature, it cannot fail to be- 
come more prolific in every sueceeding ge- 
neration. Every phtbvsical: parent cor- 
municates the danger at least, of disease 
to his offspring. Phthysis is often the 
only patrimony that is bequeath ed :—an 
unenviable possession which may possi- 
bly be entailed upon perhaps an indefi- 
nite series of posterity. At the same 
time it ought to be known and practi- 
eally considered, that it is only fendencies 
that are inherited, not actual malady; so 
indulgence. 
As for any farther particulars than have 
already been mentioned in these Reports, 
with regard to the cure or rather care of 
phthysis, for. the latter is always neces- 
sary, although the former may be often 
impracticable, nothing on this occasion 
cai be said without committing the crime 
ofan idle and tiresome tautology. It 
the ‘consumptively disposed are not sui 
ficiéntly on their guard, they cannot be | 
excused upon the ground of not having 
been sufficiently admonished. 
Asthma 1s a complaint in consequence 
of its connection with the lungs, that ap- 
pears to indicate a consanguinity with 
pulmonary disease ; but in fact they are 
essentially dissimilar. Besides many other 
features of variety, the one is for the _ 
most part connected with an undue hope. 
atid hectic vivacity, whilst the other is 
in general accompanied with an hypo- 
choudriacal pai tultiedke or an unrea- 
sonable 
