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may do much; and it will probably mits: so that the college of physibe found, that the progress of vacci- cians conceive, that the public way nation in different parts of the United reasonably look forward, with some Kingdom will be in proportion to degree of hope, to the time when all that instruction. Were encourage- opposition shall cease, and the gement given to vaccivation, by offer- neral concurrence of mankind shall ing it to the poorer classes without at length be able to put an end to expence, there is little doubt but it the ravages at least, if not to the exwould in time supersede the inocu- istence, of the small-pox. lation for the small-pox ; and there. LUCAS PEPYS, President. by various sources of variolous in- 10th April, 1807. fection would be cut off; but till vaccination becomes general, it will be impossible to prevent the constant Small-Pox Inoculation. recurrence of the natural small-pox by means of those who are inocu- It is lamentable to observe, that lated ; except it should appear pro- the small-pox is still suffered to be per to the legislature to adopt, in propagated by inoculation, which its wisdom, some measure by which tends to disseminate the disease by those who still, from terror or pre- casual infection; so that at present, judice, prefer the small-pox to the in London alone, twenty-five persons vaccine disease, may, in thus con- a week die of that disease ; and the sulting the gratification of their own usual amount of deaths, according to feelirgs, be prevented from doing the London bills of mortality, is mischief to their neighbours.

2,000 at least, From the whole of the above con- Thes are no means of ascertains siderations, the college of physicians ing exactly the number of deplorable feel it their duty strongly to recom- sufferers, who, though not quite demend the practice of vaccination. stroyed by the small-pox, are neverThey have been led to this conclu- theless grievously afflicted for life sion by no preconceived opinion, from that loathsome disease; but but by the most unbiassed judgment the number rendered blind, lame, formed from an irresistible weight scrofulous, deformed, and distigured, of evidence which has been laid be, is immense, and is estimated much fore them. For when the number, below the truth at three times the the respectability, the disinterested- amount of the deaths. ness, and the extensive experience The account then may be fairly of its advocates, is compared with stated thus : the feeble and imperfect testimonies Deaths in London alone in of its few opposers; and when it is one year from the smallconsidered that many, who were pox

2000 once adverse to vaccination, have Rendered blind, maimed, or been convinced by further trials, otherwise diseased, from the and are now to be ranked among same complaint

6000 its warmest supporters, the truth seems to be established as firmly as Total sufferers from the small

8000 the nature of such a question ad- pox in one year

Now,

Now, according to the most Founding of Downing College, authentic documents that cau be

Cambridge. procured, and those documents furnished by men who do not appear Sir George Downing, bart. of to be by any means prejudiced in Gamlingay Park, in the county of favour of vaccination, namely, the Cambridge, in the year 1717, devised returns of 164,381 persons vacci- all his valuable estates in the counties nated, made to the royal college of of Cambridge, Bedford, and Suffolk, surgeons ;

it
appears,

to his nearest relatious, being first

cousins, &c. to each for life, with reThat 24 persons, or 1 in 6,849 mainder to their issie in succession ; have had inflamed arms.

and in case they all died without isThat 3 persons, or i in 54,793 sue, he devised those estates to trushave died of such inflamed arms. tees, who, with the consent and ap

That 66 persons, or 1 in 2,477 probation of the archbishops of Canhave had eruptions after the cow- terbury and York, and the masters of pock.

St. John's and Clare Hall, should And that 56 persons, or 1 in found a college within the university 2,917 have had the small-pox after- of Cambridge, which should be called waris.

Downing College.

Sir George died in 1749; and, Thus, instead of two thousand upon the death of sir Jacob Garrat persons killed by the small-pox, Downing, in 1764, without issue, and six thousand rendered miserable, the rest of sir George's relations for life, not a single death would named in his will being also then - have happened, and only six per- dead without issue, the estates devised sons could in any respect have been were claimed by the university for the rendered uneasy or dissatisfied; and use of the intended college. it is universally acknowledged, that The validity of sir George Down. · such accidents are less likely to oc- ing's will, after many years litigation, cur now than formerly, on account was at length established: and the of the improved method of vaccinat- charter for the incorporation of ing generally adopted.

Dowuing College having been fiuly It appears then, that in a given examined and considered by the number of cases the advantages of lords of the privy council, and their the cow-pock over the small-pox is recommendation of it being conas 8000 to 6; consequently, those firmed by his majesty's express apa who submit to the process of vacci- probation, the great seal was affixed nation have upwards of thirteen to it by lord chancellor Loughhundred chances to one in their fa- borough, on the 22d of September, vour.

1800.

Ceremonial

Ceremonial observed on laying the Foundation-Stone of Downing Col lege, on Monday, May 18, 1807..

An excellent sermon upon the occasion was preached at St. Mary's church, by the Rev. Dr. Outram, public orator of the university, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon; after

which the members of the university assembled at the senate-house, where Mr. William Frere, fellow of Downing College, delivered a suitable speech in latin.

At a quarter before one

THE PROCESSION

left the Senate-House for the Site of the College,
(a commodious Piece of Ground near the Botanic Garden) in
THE FOLLOWING
ORDER:-

ESQUIRE BEDELLS;

THE VICE-CHANCELLOR IN HIS ROBES;
HIGH STEWARD OF THE UNIVERSITY;"
COMMISSARY OF THE UNIVERSITY;
NOBLEMEN, in their Robes, two and two;
DOCTORS in DIVINITY, in Robes, two and two;
DOCTORS of LAW and PHYSIC, in Robes, two and two;
PUBLIC ORATOR;

Professors of the University;

Proctors, in their Congregation Habits, followed by their men, with the
University Statutes;

Public Registrar, aud Public Librarians;
Texors, Scrutators, and other Officers of the University;
THE MASTER OF DOWNING COLLEGE;

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Bachelors of Divinity, and Masters of Arts, two and two;
Fellow-Commoners, two and two;
Bachelors of Arts;

Under Graduates.

When the procession arrived at the site of Downing College, Dr. Annesley, the master of Downing, deposited the foundation-stone, and made an oration in latin. Dr. Outram then pronounced a benediction.

After this ceremony, the procession returned in the same order to the senate-house, and then dispersed to their several colleges.

The stone contained the best collection of coins of the present reign that could be procured; with the first stereotype plate cast in the foundry of the university, on the improved principle of earl Stanhope.

The following is an exact copy of the inscription, which is very handsomely engraved on copper, aud sunk in the foundation-stone :

COLLEGIVM

COLLEGIVM. DOWNINGENSE
IN. ACADEMIA. CANTABRIGIÆ
GEORGIVS, DOWNING. DE . GAMLINGAY . IN
EODEM. COMITATY

BARONETTVS

TESTAMENTO. DESIGNAVIT

OPIBUSQUE. MUNIFICE. INSTRVIT
ANNO. SALVTIS. M.DCC.XVII.

REGIA. TANDEM. CHARTA. STABILIVIT
GEORGIVS. TERTIVS. OPTIMVS. PRINCEPS
ANNO. M.DCCC

HEC. VERO. ÆDIFICII. PRIMORDIA
XV. CALEND. JVN. ANNO. M.DCCC.VII
MAGISTER. PROFESSORES. ET. SOCII
REGIO. JVSSV. CONSTITVTI
POSVERVNT

QUOD AD. RELIGIONIS. CULTUM

JURIS. ANGLICAN. ET. MEDICINE. SCIENTIAM
ET. AD. RECTAM . JVVENTVTIS. INĜENVÆ
DISCIPLINAM. PROMOVENDAM
FELICITER. EVENIAT.

After the ceremony, the new mas- Fellows. John Lens, M. A, memter entertained the principal member of St. John's; Wm. Meek, M. A. bers of the university with an excel- of Emanuel; Wm. Freere, MJ. A. of lent dinner at the Red Lion inn. Trinity.

The present collegiate body, appointed by the charter of Downing College, are as follow:

Master. Francis Annesley, LL.D. member of St. John's, and late member of parliament for Reading, in Berkshire. Appointed 1800.

Professor of the Laws of England. Edward Christian, M. A. member of St. John's.

Professor of Medicine. Busick Harwood, M. D. professor of anatomy, and member of Emanuel,

Anecdote of his Majesty.

The late sir Lionel Darell having occasion for a few feet of land to build green-houses to his residence at Richmond, which was so close to the wall of Richmond Park that

Besides the above, a professor of medicine, thirteen fellows, six scholars, at 501. per annum, for four years, two chaplains, a librarian, and other officers, will be appointed, with adequate salaries.

A member of a Scotch university, with certain qualifications, is eligible to be a professor of medicine at this college.

The annual salary of the master is 6001. of a professor 2001. of a fellow 1001. or in that proportion.

there was no possibility of making the proposed improvement without obtaining a grant from the crown, of such proportion of the park as was necessary for the build ing, applied to the lords of the treasury and the commissioners of crown

lands,

jesty that he had pointed out the ful! extent of his want, and that his majesty's gracious and liberal compliance could not induce him to abuse his royal bounty by extending his demand any further. "Well, then,” said his majesty, "let us make a mark;" and his majesty accordingly took a stick, and drew a line round the extent that sir Lionel had marked out. "There, sir Lionel, that is your ground; it is mine no longer." His majesty then mounted his horse and rode off; leaving sir Lionel no less penetrated with gratitude for his majesty's easy compliance with his request, than with admiration and love for the truly bountiful and cordially beneficent manner in which that compliance had been expressed.

lands, for the accommodation, for which he was willing to pay any thing that could be reasonably required. The business, however, proceeded but slowly. The lords of the treasury and the commissioners of the crown lands were at a loss how to act with respect to making the grant at all, there being no precedent except in the spontaneous acts of his majesty in the exercise of his royal bounty. The space required by sir Lionel Darell was, besides, so small, that it was hardly worth setting a value upon it; and it could not be granted gratis without an application to the king, which ministers seldom like to make, unless they have some particular object to answer. Sir Lionel being anxious to complete his improvements, and seeing no way out of the endless labyrinth of solicitation at the treasury, and at the office of the crown Customs of the Coicular, near Coimlands, resolved at length to apply to his majesty directly in person. Accordingly, the next day of his majesty's passing that way, on his graciously stopping to speak with sir Lionel, as he usually did, sir Lionel took the opportunity of stating to his majesty the difficulty he laboured under, and that the only possibility of relieving it was the grant of a few feet of land from the park. His majesty immediately said, with his usual warmth of beneficence, "Certainly, sir Lionel, certainly, you shall have it by all means.". His majesty then got off his horse, and said, "how much do you want, sir Lionel?" Sir Lionel having pointed out the quantity he had occasion for, which was but a very small space, his majesty exclaimed, "Very little indeed, sir Lionel; are you sure it will be enough? do not stint yourself." Sir Lionel assured his ma

betore.

[From Dr. Buchanan's Journey from Madras, through Mysore, Canara, aud Malabar.]

The Natami Carun, or hereditary chief, of the Coicular weavers here, informs me, that in this tribe there are the following divisions; namely, Siritali, Tataynatar, and Conga, to which last he belongs. In other districts other divisions are known; at Sati-mangalam, for instance, they are divided into Chóla, Culcundo, Murdea, and Conga. There the hereditary chief is a Murdea. Those divisions do not intermarry, but can eat in common.

As the Coicular never marry persons of the same family in the male line with themselves, their marriages are confined to a few families, whose descents are known to each other. The men may marry several wives, and the women

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