The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-17 00:00:00

QUARANTINE IN ENGLAND.

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The notification of the British Privy Council of
the sth instant, enforcing the performance of six
days' quarantine by all steam-vessels coming from
ports where the cholera is prevalent, is a measure
which must excite general and just surprise. We
are not here alluding to the special and partly severe
regulations of the edict, but to the entire arrange-
ments of the same, which, indeed, will not reflect
additional credit to the often lauded praise of the'
" practical" mind of England, which does not seldom
regard the doings and acting of the European
continent with special disdain. All the countries of
the European continent, with only the exception of
Sweden, Norway, and Denmark, have become con-
vinced by experience of the inutility of cholera
quarantines, and in their sanitary regulations have
most carefully guarded themselves against the fresh
introduction of vexatious obstructions to traffic,
by which both commerce and industry have so mate-
riallysuffered, at the time of the former outbreak of cho-
lera some fifteen or sixteen years past. England alone
is disposed to disregard most glaringly her own in-
terest and that of the different nations with which she
stands connected by her commerce, and thus considers
it necessary again to call into existence measures long
since acknowledged as useless to the purpose, and
merely suggested through blind and ignorant fear.
And that at a time, too, when it is thought an un-
necessary hardship to enforce quarantine against the
plague t and in spite of the daily increasing number
of voices raised against the same in the British Par-
liament. Besides, it must be observed that the cholera
quarantine, pursuant to the notification of the Privy
Council on the 6th instant, is no longer applicable to
carry out its pretended object, namely, to prevent
the invasion of the disease •i for it is a notorious fact
that the cholera has already broken out in different
parts of England as well as Scotland; consequently
any furthei precautions or preparations directed
towards foreign parts must prove worthless, even if
the theory of immediate contagion were admitted.
However, wt :do not doubt, ere long, it will be evi-
dent that the cholera quarantine is, in every sense,
an untenable measure, and that the British Govern-
ment, when instructed by numerous complaints of
the unnecessary and tiresome impediments to com-
merce caused by its strictly observing an almost uni-
versally abandoned system, will speedily remedy the
evil, by the withdrawal of the order issued by the
Privy Council on the sth instant.—[We quote the
above from a Hamburgh paper, and, for the sake of
our commerce with the northern:ports, we trust
that the Privy Council may be induced to reconsider
the subject. The General Steam Navigation Com-
pany have appealed to the Sanitary Board respecting
the hardship inflicted on them by the order in coun-
cil, as to ships from Hamburgh being subject to six
days' quarantine, making at least four days from their
arrival in the Thames.]

MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—OH Saturday, the
neighbourhood of Neath was thrown into a state of much
excitement, in consequence of the following distressing
incident. It appeared that a daughter of Mr. Tamplin,
a publican, residing a short distance from Neath, acci-
dentally fell into the canal, which was near the house,
whilst playing with her younger brother. The little
fellow lost no time in giving the alarm, which was heard
by the canther, who repaired to the spot and immediately
jumped into the canal. After considerable effort, she
succeeded in getting her child into her arms no less than
three times. notwithstanding which her attempts to save
it proved fruitless. The deceased in her dying struggles
proved too strong for the mother, and her foot slipping,
both got into deep water nearly out of sight. A man
having seen the desperate position of the mother, gal-
lantly plunged in, when he too nearly lost his life, in
consequence of the powerful grasp of Mrs. Tamplin,
who pulled him under water. Another man being for-
tunately at hand, and seeing the state of matters, jumped
in and ultimately succeeded in rescuing the other man
and the mother, hnt the daughter by this time had dis-
appeared. Mrs. Tamplin was carried to her house in-
sensible, and, when brought to herself, found, to her
inexpressible grief, her child was gone for ever. The
bony was recovered in about a quarter of an hour after-
wards. The deceased was nearly seven years of age,
and was universally beloved, being a very amiable and
interesting child.—Cambrian.
SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAY. —The details of the
arrangements for leasing the undertaking to the southern
companies are now finally concluded, and the agreement
has been signed by the chairman and other officials of
the companies interested therein. The Scottish Central
is now guaranteed in perpetuity seven per cent. and half
surplus profits by the Edinburgh and Glasgow, Cale-
donian, Lancaster and Carlisle, and London and North-
Weate"rin at *tact rate it will yield to purchasers at
present priced a minimum return of 71. 18s. per cent.—
Aberclem Herald.