propofitions are ready to be adduced, and perfonal reference given, if required. CHARLES BROWN, Surgeon. Mr. URBAN, CONCE May 4. ONCEIVING that your correfpondent T. A. took up the dif. cuffion of the very interefting fubje&t of Cow-Pox upon philanthropic principles, I will endeavour to fet him right upon the fubject. His principal fear is, that the introduction of the beftial humour may produce permanent ill effects on the conftitution. Let me affure him, Mr. Urban, and I do it with the ftri&teft regard to truth, that there is not a fiaer race of people in the land than the farmers and the farmer's wives in our Western dairy counties, many of whom had the Cowpox when they were boys and girls. In fhort, fir, it is a well-known fact, that it does not injore the conflitution in the leaft; and, in this part of the country, we have known the fact for many years paft of its being a preventative of the Small-pox, when it has been communicated in its perfect fiate cafually from the cow to the milkers. We now look at one another with aftonishment, to think that the idea of inoculating this mild difeafe as a fubftitute for the Small pox, and making the experiment of transferring it from one perfon to another, should not have entered into the human mind tili taken up by Dr. Jenner, to whofe original labours in this new and unparalleled improvement in fcience, the world is under great obligations. Yours, &c. Mr. URBAN, MUCH G. C. J. May 10. UCH having been prefumed a bout the permanent effect of Cow-pox as a preventative of the va• riolous difcate, and unfavourable cafes being alligned by the friends of the former, to the fate of the matter*; I beg leave to fend you the tollowing remarkable cafe of Small-pox, (in confirmation of that opinion) to which, if it were neceffary, they cou'd add hundreds of additional ones. Rapport fur le Cow-pox, &c. par A. Aubert, D. M. à Paris, An. viii. *This idea is perfectly claffical: fee London Medical Review, March 1800, vol. III. p. p. 77, 78, and the author there cited Dr. Simmons's Medical Journal for 1786, vol. VII.; fee alfo, Med. and Phy. Journ. Apr. 1890, p. 345. 8vo. Difcourfe Preliminaire, xlvi xlvii. (Tranflation.) "Dr. Mieg, of Bafle, in the spring of the year 6 (i. c. of the French Republick) inoculated two children; the topical fects of this inoculation were ftrag marked and prefented all the accustomed characteristics; the two children had the variolous fever, with all the ufual frmp toms; it followed the most regular proce and had an eruption ftrongly characterized though confined to a dozen puftules; t year following, the mother wishing to in culate a third child, requested him to r peat the operation with the two first di dren; Dr. M. did fo from compliance the caprice and vain folicitude of the m ther. He asked her the reason of this ▷ Mr. URBAN, T.D.F. May 11. YOUR correfpondent, J. Prancer. p. 219, mistakes the objet d Genealogicus's queftion, LXIX. It was Philip, the fix:b Lord Wa man, who was the unfuccefsful cand» date for the county of Oxford, 173 when the late Lord could not batt been more than twelve years old. You object, p. 231, to the purchak degrees in phyfick. What do fay to the purchace of a phyficions the following advertisement in the True Briton of April 2? "To the Faculty. The office of ph cian to an old established inftitutio in Eaft end of the town wul be difpofed of s a moderate premium. Apply to where reference will be given." life March 4, 1728, in the 56th year of her age. In 67 months fhe was tapped 66 times, had taken away 240 gallons of water, without ever repining at her cafe, or even fearing the operation." Maitland's Hiftory of London, P. 775. See an inftance of extraordinary tap ping in vol. LXVIII. 632, on Mr. Dobfon; who underwent this opera tion 86 times, and had 202 gallons taken from him, and died aged 54, June 1798. Will not fome of your ingenious correfpondents favour you with a good drawing of Bedford houfe before its demolition, on a larger fcale than it has hitherto been engraved, or fay where it has been engraved ? and with a plan of the alterations (fhould we fay improvements?) on the fite of Bedford houfe and fields, and round the Foundling Hospital? ven to indufiry; but 1 am forry to fay it can often be proved, that the great increase of wages to female fervants (with the addition of having their miftrefs's wearing apparel, which it is furely very improper for fervants to wear,) only tends to encourage them in their ambition of equalling their fuperiors. And can any of your numerous correfpondents inform me of their increafe of property upon their marriage, or becoming more fit and proper wives for fmall tradelmen or artificers ? If, therefore, the heads of families would take upon them to difcourage fuch drefs in female fervants, by refufing to hire thofe who did not dress becoming their fituation, I am certain it would not only tend to deftroy thofe feeds of vice in young females, which frequently lead to proftitution, but also inculcate that excellent precept of doing their duty in that tate IPITY the want of comprehenfion of life in which it hath pleafed God to your correfpondents Varax and call them." MENTOR. Mr. URBAN, May 12. Inquifitor, p. 332. The fathomless abyfs of Deity, in the Purfuits of Litera ven. Who but Inquifitor is ignorant that the Jews and Mahometants prac tice circumcifion; the latter in imitation of the former > Let me now confefs my own ignorance of O G. G.'s meaning, or the annotator and work he alludes to; nor what Mr. F fbrooke, on your co. ver, means, by laying, that his "Sta tifical Hiftory of Gloucefterfaire" will form 2 heat 8vo vols. in the manner of "Elegant Extracts." Is it then to be a mere compilation, as, if I miflake not, is de work with which it is comparea? I May 8. Mr. URBAN, ALWAYS admire your candid and impartial Review of New Publications. In a former Magazine, I remasked your obfervations on a publication for eftablishing relief to "Fe male Proftitutes;" and, however truly benevolent the motives of the author towards thofe unfortunate females, yet permit me, through the medium of your excellent Magazine, to point out the caufes of fuch female depra vity; which is principally occationed by the very great mcreafe of dreis in female fervants. Sincerely do I with every poffible encouragement to be gi refpecting the Irish Union, refers to a debate that took place in the British Houfe of Commons, Feb. 7, 1799; immediately after which it was written. As you have announced (p. 185) the death of that honeft worthy creature Robert Forfter, the flying barber, of Cambridge, permit me to mention him as a fubje&t well deferving of farther inveftigation. He was humble, graceful, and pious; and his eccentricities were ftriking and amiable. He had never for many years worn a hat, owing to fome refolution, or vow he had made, in confequence of bis having been defrauded of a large fum of money by a man that was a hatter. I think too that he made a point of never having on a Sunday; but would hire it to be done if necelfary, that he might employ the whole of that day in attending as many dif ferent places of worship as he poffibly could, churches, chapels, or meetings, according to the different hours of their respective fervices. This may thew us how far fimplicity fometin.es triumphs over wifdom and talents ! And, turely, by recording this wait *My wife's thoemaker I tely married a fervant, whofe property confifted of 14 gowns, and in cash half a gume is up in his character, we juftify the affertion, that "the righteous fhall be had in remembrance." The celerity with which he almoft" annihilated both fpace and time," to attend his mafters, which procured him his title, as well as the difpatch he made with their beards when he got at them, were very extraordinary; and, in fact, in his walk, or rather run, his feet moved fomewhat like the fpokes of a chariot-wheel. Though not the tonfor of our college (Emmanuel), he tripped up to me the last time I was at Cambridge, and with many bows, and fmiles of heartfelt gratulation, made me recollect a trifling favour I had done him when he first fet in bufinefs, which was, perhaps, 30 With years previous to that time. the utmoft glee did the poor fellow follow me to my friend's rooms (the prefent Bishop of Cloyne's), to fhew me the many comical letters that had been fent (but poft-paid) from London and elfewhere, addreffed to Robert Fly Forfter, efq. and replete with fun and drollery in verfe and profe. But more particularly he brought me his famous filver Mambrino's helmet, decorated in its centre with the Barber's arms, which were faid to be the device of the late ingenious George Steevens, efq Thefe arms I do not diftin&ly recolle&t; but hould be happy to fee them deferibed, as I know they were extremely appropriate, and especially, perhaps, the motto, "Radit iter liquidum." On howing this great curicfity, he faid, They tell me, fir, that I am to have a razor fet in gold to fhave his Majefty when he comes to Cambridge; fuch fun do the gentlemen make of me, fir." In fhort, his meagre figure, his apo ogy for a wig, his gait and fhaving attitude, are admirably ex. preffed in an humourous caricature print, publifhed at Cambridge fome years ago. This print confifts of two compartments, which might be very properly intituled Forfter paffant," and "Forfter rampant," the one reprefenting him as fcudding the fireets, and the other as in the attitude of levelling the first ftroke at a gentleman's beard. And here, Mr. Urban, give me eave to fuggeft a wish that you would procure a copy of the above ca. ricature, as also an engraving of "the bafin" and of "the Barber's arms" (the latter of which, on a larger fcale, might ferve as a proper companion to May 12. Mixclofed lines in fome corner of AY I request the infertion of the your useful and widely-circulating Publication? Though in themselves trifling, they derive fome importance from the circumftance of their having been audibly, I may fay, feelingly and emphatically, recited by feveral poor children, who were born deaf, and who, of courfe, remained dumb tul taught to speak. I make this request the lefs reluctantly, as you have already fhewn your promptitude in ferving the cause of the indigent Deaf and Dumb. If I mistake not, your pages contain the first public hints for inftituting an afylum, in this country, for their relief. This afylum is fituated in the Grange-road, Bermondfey, in the county of Surrey; and it may be gratifying to your felt, as well as to many of your readers, to be informed, that fuccefs has hitherto at tended the undertaking, and that many human beings are by it rated from a state of feclufion and ufeleffacfs to the condition of focial and intelli gent creatures, whofe exiftence may henceforward be a bleffing to them. felves, and a benefit to the commonwealth. There are at this time 35 children under tuition. The number of applications for admiffion exceed 60; but the funds are yet inadequate to the reception of more than five or fix in addition to the number admitted. Pri te benevolence has done much; ore may ftill be expected from it; d let us hope that, when private bevolence has done all in its power, giflative fupport will not be wanting refcus fo confiderable a portion of human race from a condition fo feting. Those who live at the end the Nineteenth Century will perips wonder, that there could have en a time, fince the civilization of ankind, when the importance of reeving this clafs of unfortunates was ot understood. W. J. INES, fpoken by fome of the Children educated at the Afylum for DEAF and DUMB CHILDREN, at the Anniversary of the Patrons to that Inflitution, beld at the London Tavern, April 25. HE Deaf and Dumb, through Britain's inle, The bounty you dispense partake; For think the objects of your care Mr. URBAN, May 12. N p. 4, col. 2, the reference in 1. 2 fhould be to p. 1067; and another =ference might have been made, in e note, to p. 1127 of your last voume. But many of your numerous eaders will not diflike to recur to that or 174; in p. 598 of which is an abract of Dr. Johnfon's "Vanity of Human Wishes," with a note illuftrang the character of the learned and nfortunate Lydiat; which note should, = Mr. Bofwell justly obferves, in his Life of Dr. Johnfon," I. 170, Evo, have been added in the fubfequent ditions of the poem." It is added in he 72d volume of the English Poets, London, 1790. In p. 65, col. 1, 1. 23, 24, we should ead "not the ordinal ;" and in p. 225, ate, l. 1, “vol. LV." and, in p. 42 of that for 1793, he may alfo find an answer to his last note. 1 Your correfpondent in p. 108-110 may find a prior detail of the cuftoms -f Worcester and Shrewsbury in pp. 89, 99, of your volume for 1792; The perfon alluded to in p. 119, col. 1, 1. 36, was certainly not the fon (perhaps the grandfon) of the perfon defcribed in pp. 7, 8, whofe fons were living within the memory of many of your readers in Oxford; where one, an apothecary, refided in Holiwell; another was a yeoman beadle in the univerfity; another a bookfeller; another a bookbinder; and a fifth was Dr. Gilbert Parker, fellow of Trinity college; all of whom, except the 4th, now retired into Warwickshire, are dead. There was alío a fixth, named Richard. The elegant anfwer, in p. 162, to Mrs. Greville's celebrated Prayer for Indifference, calls to mind as exquifite ode on the fame fubject in p. 230 of your volume for 1771. Mrs. Greville's lines fhould furely find a place among your " Poetry, antient and' modern." Was not the late Mr. Jones, p. 183, the inventor of the "rheumatic tincture," not long fince introduced to public notice as a "valuable medicine" difcovered by "a clergyman of the Church of England?" Did he not give the profits refulting from the fale of it to his fon "W. B. J.” whose initials are fubjoined to the four pages of directions for taking the tincture? If fo, the fon "now beneficed in Effex," and defcribed as "John," in p. 184, col. 1, proves to be an addition to the family of a man whofe various abili ties, natural and acquired, cannot eafily be paralleled. Of Mr. Spicer, p. 390, fome biographical memoirs are given in pp. 192, 3, of your volume for 1785; in which fee alfo p. 23, note, and p. 76, col. 2. SCRUTATOR. Mr. UREAN, MR. May 22. R. DALLAWAY, in his book on Heraldry, mentioning Juliana Barnes's book as fcarce, enume. rates three copies, one belonging to W. Burton, another to Bp. More, and a third to the Public Library, Cambridge. If the book was scarce when three copies were known, how great muft its rarity increafe when the trio fhrink into one! I have had the copy often in my hands; and at the bottom of the last page W. B. has written, in his neat hand, "Liber Gulielmi Burton, Lindliaci, morantis apud entrance, a turnpike-bar is fet up—No Penny, No Pater-nofter. "FREE CHAPEL, IN WEST-STREET, ST. GILES'S. "The inhabitants of the neighbourhood of West Atreet, St. Giles's, are hereby informed, that a chapel will be opened for their accommodation on Sunday, the 25th inftant, when a fermon will be preached by the Rt. Rev. the Lord Bishop of London "The great and principal object throne Religion, and affome her placid fceptre; when Enthafiatm is fe cretly working to undermine her, and, under the mark of preaching fome of the Doctrines of the Articles, according to their own explanation of them, are ready to join the various claffes of Diffenters (which by the just mild nefs of our laws are tolerated) as in a common cause against that excellent form of Worship eflab'ished in this Nation: then should every plan, fet forward in its fupport, be made as public as pof ΟΙ fible. Well knowing Mr. Urban to be mok zealously affected to our happy Conftitution both in Church and State, I recommend him to appropriate a column to the purpose of making generally known a plan, patronized by many of the moft refpectable characters, for the purpose of conveving Religious Inftruction in the doctrines of the Church of England to the poor and needy; and it is a plan which, if adopted in many of our extenfive parishes in town, and in places which by the rapid increase of our manufacturers has produced an increase of inhabi tants beyond the accommodation which our churches afferd, I troft will be attended with the most ben-ficial advantages, and moft happy effects. A fermon was this morning preached by our most excelient Bifhep of London, from Ifai. Ivi. 7, on public wor hip. As might be expected, the defign of the establishment was counteracted (pro hac vice) by the carriages of the rich excluding the poor: but this may be attended with future happy confequen es from the force of example; but I will let the fupporters of it Ipeak for themfelves, and am. Sir (as Inuft every M nitter of the Established Church will be as much), wel wither (2) Yours, &c. S. AYSCOUGH. N. B. The poor have the Goipe! preached unto them," would be a good motto to those chapel-hops where, on poor of that neighbourhood with a place of Divine Worfhip and Religious Inftruc tion. For this purpofe, all the pews (except that adjoining the pulpit, and thofe in the galleries) will be appropriated folely to the poor of that neighbourbood, free of any expence whatever. The pews on the fide next the ftreet are intended for the accommodation of poor men and boys; and thofe on the other fide, for that of pour women and girls. "It is earnestly requested of the poor, that they will duly and seriously confider the facredness of the place, and the folema nature of the duty which they are performing; and that good order, regularity, and devotion, may be obfervable among them, and all others prefent, while they are, with one accord, offering up prayer and praife to their Creator, and attending to hear his Holy Word read and exponi ed. It is alfo requested of them to be as clean and as decent in their apparel as their circumstances will admit; and whatever cloathing they may poffefs, whether new of old, that at least they will come as clea in their perfons as their means of life wad allow. "The fervice will begin exactly at ele ven, and the doors will be opened at hali It is requested that thofe was pat ten. mean to attend will come early, and in time to be properly feated in their peas before the beginning of the fervice, so as to prevent the indecency of perfons inter rupting the devotion of the congregation by coming into the church during divis fervice. "The gallery is propofed to be kept fat the accommodation of tradesmen and other perfons living in the neighbourhood; and that, by a moderate rent put upon the pews, or by fome other mode of admitted, part of the future expences of fupporting the church fhall be defrayed. In cafe t pew-rent fhall at any time hereafter prot more than fufficient for that purpote, the furplus is to be applied for the benefit f the four-houfe of St. Giles's, or for lame fimilar charity of that neighbourhood. * "Befides the morning fervice, which will begin exactly at eleven, there will be prayers and a fermon in the afternoon, three o'clock, May 12, 1800." M |