given him, inasmuch as it would lead to an extended and very lucrative practice; and although it was proved in evidence that 40,000 men were annually preserved to the State, even at that time, by Dr. Jenner's discovery, the proposition of a grant for 10,000_l._ was carried only by a majority of three. Jenner's feelings were deeply wounded by the manner in which this grant was made, and he would gladly have repudiated the whole affair. It remained unpaid for two years, and when at length the money was paid to him, it was so loaded with taxes and other expenses, as to be of little pecuniary benefit. Happily, however, both for Jenner and the credit of Great Britain, the Marquis of Lansdowne (then Lord Henry Petty) was a principal mover in his second parliamentary grant, and through the able advocacy of this enlightened nobleman, together with Mr. Whitbread, Mr. Windham, and Mr. Edward Morris and others, a more fitting recompense of 20,000_l._, free of all charges, was awarded him in July 1807. Jenner had several attacks of severe illness during his life, but he notwithstanding attained to a good old age. Till the last day of his life he was occupied in the most anxious labours to diffuse the advantages of his discovery both at home and abroad; and he had the satisfaction of knowing that vaccination had even then shed its blessing over every civilised nation of the world, prolonging life, and preventing the ravages of one of the most terrible scourges to which the human race was ever subject. He died suddenly from an attack of paralysis in July 1823, having attained the seventy-fifth year of his age. Shortly after Jenner's death a statue was erected to his memory in Gloucester Cathedral, chiefly through the exertions of his friend and biographer, Dr. Baron; still more recently the statue in bronze, by William Calder Marshall, R.A., was erected in Trafalgar Square, and afterwards removed to Kensington Gardens, as a 'TRIBUTE FROM ALL NATIONS' to the memory of this distinguished philanthropist.--_Life of Edward Jenner, by John Baron, M.D., &c._ London, 1827.--_Memoir by Dr. Thos. Laycock, Encyclopædia Britannica._ WILLIAM JESSOP. Born 1745. Died 1814. This engineer forms the connecting link between the first and second generations of civil engineers in this country. To the former belong Smeaton and Brindley, while the latter are headed by the great names of Telford and Rennie.