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Embellished with beautiful Perspective Views of STUNTNEY and MEPAL CHURCHES, By SYLVANUS URBAN, GENT. 95 Printed by J. NICHOLS and SON, at CICERO'S HEAD, Red Lion Passage, Fleet-street, London: where all Letters to the Editor are desired to be addressed, POST-PAID 1810. The average degrees of Temperature as noted at 8 o'clock in the morning, are 60 53-100ths; those of the corresponding month in the year 1809, were 58 85-100ths; in 1808, 59 90-100ths; in 1807, 59 45-100ths; in 1806, 61 80-100ths; in 1805, 57 50-100ths; and in 1804, 62. The quantity of Rain fallen this month, is equal to 1 inch 55-100ths; that of the corresponding month in the year 1809, was 1 inch 75-100ths; in 1808, 1 inch 75100ths; in 1807, 15-100ths of an inch; in 1806, 1 inch 32-100ths; in 1805, 2 inches 58-100ths; and in 1904, 25-100ths of an inch. METEOROLOGICAL TABLE for July 1810. By W. CARY, Strand. Height of Fahrenheit's Thermometer. Height of Fahrenheit's Thermometer. 12 60 13 63 64 14 66 69 57 75 thund.showers ,36 showery 5 60 67 64 79 showery 19 56 66 54 80 fair 20 25 59 173 26 52 63 52 53 64 57 50,11 fair 24 58 70 57 16 fair , 14 fair 64 29,96 showery 66 64 60 69 rain 94 cloudy THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, For JULY, 1810. Mr. UREAN, July 20. "CONSTANT READER," p. 303, b. ther he is wrong in this, or whether the Church of Rome, in a work re A proses me to be griev: peatedly published by authority at Rome, has belied the Council, in say ing these rules were published "by the command of the Council of Trent," when, in fact, they never did command them to be published; these are points which I leave to your Correspondent to investigate and settle as truth may lead him; and will only add, that if he can prove that the Council of Trent never did make themselves responsible for these rules by injoining them to be published, he is then perfectly wel come to substitute "the Church of Rome" for "the Council of Trent" in the passage which has given him so much trouble. Yours, &c. R. CHURTON. ously disappointed" and "astonished," because I have attributed to the Council of Trent" a rule which, he says, did not exist at the time of that Council." When or by whom the rule in question was actually drawn up, I shall not now inquire. In common and fair construction, a General, or other person in authority, is said to perform the exploit, whether laudable or otherwise, which he orders to be done; and it must be evident to any candid reader, that in this sense only, 1 said (Life of Nowell, p. 152,) the Council of Trent " prohibited the reading of the Scriptures in the vernacular tongue," as I distinctly referred to " Rules, &c. by order of the P.S. One point I had nearly overCouncil of Trent. Index Libror. Pro- looked. Your Correspondent (p. 303,) hibit. 1758, p. ii." So the book itself speaks with "astonishment on finding expressly exhibits these rules: "Re- himself referred for proof of the whole gulæ Indicis sacrosanctæ Synodi Trito a rule of the Index Expurgatorius.” dentina Jussu editæ:"" Regulas ip- This is a mistake. I referred to that. sias Indicis sacrosanctæ Synodi Tri- rule only for what it relates to, the dentine jussu editas-præmisimus.” reading of Scripture. For what is said We learn from Father Paul's History respecting Catechisms, distinct au of the Council of Trent*, that a Com-thorities are given in the note on the mittee, consisting of four archbishops, passage; Life of Nowell, p. 152. R. C. nine bishops, and others, was appointed, to frame this famous Index Librorum Prohibitorum; and Du Pin himself, before the Council ended, says expressly of this Committee," they have now set their last hand to the work t." Whether therefore he elsewhere mis-states the fact, in saying, "This Index contained as yet no fules" (though he admits the rules were published, with the Index, a few months afterwards by Pius IV) and that the rules" ought not to be looked upon as the Council of Trent's, or made by their authority ;" whe * P. 446, Engish edition. Mr. URBAN, it has often been asserted, that Inoculation for Smail-pox is a thing so safe as to induce no danger; and wonderful stories have been circulated of practitioners having performed this operation even on thousands without the loss of a single patient. If the floodgates of prejudice are still to be kept open, and a torrent of filth to flow through them against Vaccination, the most important of modern discoveries, it were to be wished that this boasted method of security under Variolous Inoculation might be gene rally known and followed. That there is danger from it, as it is commonly performed, danger to the organs of hearing hearing and sight, and danger to life itseif, the observation of every one will, I believe, readily convince him. In confirmation of this remark, I send you three cases which have lately occurred in one family, at Harpenden, near St. Alban's: an inhabitant of this village named Downes, the Keeper of the l'ost-office, had five children, two of which were vaccinated about three years since; but the Small-pox being Tately in the neighbourhood, the parents were unhappily persuaded to have their other three children inoculated with that disorder. Of these two were twins, aged two years and seven months, and the third an infant only eight months old: nor did their ages only appear favourable for the operation; they were all fine healthy children; indeed, so much so as frequently to attract observation from their more opulent neighbours. In pursuance of the parents' determination, thesevictims were inoculated for the Small-pox by a regular professional man; they all took the disease, which becoming confluent, one of the twins (it is really melancholy to relate it) died on the 11th, the other on the 12th, and the third child on the 14th day from the commencement of the variolous fever, in the paroxysm of which one of them suffered so much pain that he literally tore his flesh from his arm. When the disease assumed alarming appearances, a second medical gentleman of established reputation and extensive practice was called in; but the efforts of science were vain: it is only fair however to add, that, from minute inquiry, no blame seems imputable to the original Inoculator, respecting either the mode of communicating the disease, or the subsequent treatment, The two eldest children of the family, whohad been vaccinated three years before, were exposed in all possible ways to the infection, even sleeping in the same room with the other three, till the stench became insupportable; and it is only one of ten thousand similar facts to say, that they wholly resisted infection. Though no other instance so remarkable has occurred, these are not the only lives which have been lost pear St. Alban's in the course of the Spring and Summer, through Small pox Inoculation. Indaige me, Mr. Urban, with only a few remarks. It is obvious, in the first place, that the disease in the Harpenden cases had not been caught previously to inoculation; for the usual period elapsed after this before the children sickened: and it may therefore be averred that "the deaths of these three infants were in consequence of Small-pox Inoculation, performed in the customary method by a regular medical man.” Think of this, all parents! think of this, all who are interested either for your own families, or your neighbours! and especially think of this, all medical practitioners! Rely not on your former success, even if it have been comparatively great. What has happened to another, may happen to you! but if mischief less serious than what has been detailed should accidentally result from Small-pox Inoculation under your care; some at least is to be apprehended to those on whom you operate, and to others; how can you answer for the effects of the contagion which you have excited? Grant, that your own immediate patients recoyer, may not many others through your act be prematurely snatched away? Most of you, I believe, are friendly to Vaccination ; but you de not appear to recommend it with sufficient zeal, nor do you object to ino❤ culating variolously at the first request of uninformed people, who, misled by the fabulæ aniles," which self-interest or obdurate prejudice propagate, prefer that manichean idol, Small Pox, to the security and blessings of Vaccination. Yours, &c. Mr. URBAN, HERTFORDIENSIS, July 23. I AM much obliged to you for the intimation in a note (vol. LXXIX. p. 1202,) where the office of Dean Rural is explained *. Perhaps some of your Correspondents will have the goodness to state how far the duties of so very useful an office are still exercised, and whether in any dioceses besides that of Exeter. Bishop Atterbury was Archdeacon of Totness, and the account of the Dean Rural constitutes his Charge to the Clergy of that District 1708. In a late publication by Dr. Words worth he is styled Dean and Rector of |