The Sun.
London, England, 1847-01-01 00:00:00

MALTA NEW QUARANTINE
ENACTMENTS.
The Board of Health at Malta has adopted the reso-
lution of that of Marseilles, and reduced the quarantine
of vessels of every description; and passengers front the
Black Sea, and Ottoman ports, to seventy-two hours,
when the duration of the voyage shall not have occupied
less than twelve days, when loss than twelve, the qua
rantine will be increased as many more days as are re-
quired to complete the twelve days. Whilst this measure
will benefit very materially the French steamers running
between Constantinople and Marseilles, made, as it ap-
pears, purposely for them, since they occupy just twelve
days in the voyage, including stoppages at the interme-
diate ports, it will, by securing them all the passengers,
'materially affect the English, Peninsular, and Oriental
Company's steamers between the Black Sea, Constanti-
nople, and Malta; for as these reach Malta in five days
from Constantiaople, it follows that their passengers will
have to perform seven days in the Malta Lazaretto, or
four days more than a passenger leaving at the same
time will be subject to in the Marseilles Lazaretto. We
hope to see the Peninsular and Oriental Company esta•
blish a branch line between Malta and Marseilles. The
following is the official notice of the periods of quaran-
tine to be ordered at Malta under these new regulations.
The Table of Periods of Quarantine is observance at
the Lazaretto of Malta, as established by the Board of
Health for Arrivals from the Levant, and from various
ports in Barbary.
A bill of health shall be considered as foul when the
country from which a vessel arrives is actually infected
with plague ; it shall be considered as suspected after
the expiration of forty-one days from the last case of
plague ; and clean after the expiration of one year and
one day from the last case of plague.
Bills of health of vessels arriving from Egypt and
Syria are never to be considered clean.
FOUL BILL OF HEALTH.—For merchant vessels and
goods, 21 days after the unloading of susceptible articles ;
for steam vessels, 19 days after the landing of passen-
gers and their effects in the Lazaretto ; for ships of war,
17 days after the landing of passengers and their effects
in the Lazaretto ; for passengers arriving either in
steam vessels, ships of war, or merchant vessels ad-
mitted in the Lazaretto 17 days after exposing their
effects to ventilation ; for vessels carrying pilgrims, 25
days ; for pilgrims, 25 days after being landed, and
their effects placed in depuration in the Lazaretto.
SUSPECTED BILL OF HEALTIL—For merchant vessels
and goods, 15 days after the unloading of susceptible
articles ; for steam-vessels and ships of war, 12 days
after the landing of passengers and effects in the Laza-
retto ; for passengers landing from steam vessels, ships
of war, or merchant vessels, 12 days in the Lazaretto,
after exposing their effects to ventilation ; for vessels
carrying pilgrims, 20 days ; for pilgrims, 20 days after
their effects being placed in dopuration.
CLEAN BILL or HEALTH.--For merchant vessels and
goods 12 days after the unloading of susceptible articles;
for steam vessels, ships of war, and passengers admitted
in the Lazaretto, 9 days after their effects being exposed
to ventilation.
PERIODS OF QUARANTINE ACTUALLY IN OBSERVANCE
IN PURSUANCE OF TUE PRECEDING REGULATIONS
AT THIS DATE.