The Sun.
London, England, 1804-01-10 00:00:00

QUARANTINE.

UPON this subjefi we find the following observa.
lions iii a GreertoCk Paper :
All the VeSseis• recently arrived from New
York, have been put under the restraint of quaiati.
tine ; this is in virtue -of 'the order in Council,
didated by the
,epidemical disease at that port, of
the disappearance of which, there is not yet official
intelligence sufficient to produce the recall of the
order: Several of the vessels froin Qileb.et are put
under similar restraint, and this -proceeds upon an
order in Council issued in Angus( cir-
ciunitanCes, which' if they now exist at'all; ought
to have no appliclAtion to cases like these.
;order direth that unless a eertifteicne shall accompany,
the imporiationlnf "xkins in the lhair," that the
aria skini are ;net' of the produce of Turkey, Or
other countries on the Mediterranean, or West• Ba-
rbary; the Vessels, in 411ieh they are imported shill
be subjected to quarantine. The -Canadian Ships
having- on board- -ivithont certificates, .froth- two
Bear-skins to a bale each, are, it-appears, deemed
liable to the effea of 'the Order in Council ;. and
...iiterally they are to, for Bear-skins are, doubtless,
Skins in the hair' ;''but it 'is equally clear,- that the
Order in .Con.nCil, thug generally expressed, is a
grievance to- individuals of no srrali magnitude. ; nor
is it promotive of the health of the community;
PvhiCh is-.the-obJeet of it. Bearskins, it is presuni-
ed, have never been known to. lie 'imported from
Turkey, and the other countries guarded -against,
far less have they ever been ittiporied trim these
countries to Canada ; and tlierefore, it should seem
as if these,- together with the other peltry of
Canada, ought to have been excepted= in the Order
of Council, ai'-least such as are of animals known
to inhabit, exclusively, northern climates.

" The *kite quarantine law's indeed- have great',
need of revision. In such cases as the above, where
the bulk of the cargo-is perishable, and-incapable.toO
of transmitting inteaion, the consequence of an un:
seasonable .jubjeftion to'quarantine, may be the
entire ruin of the- iiayage. At London, for 'the
meridian•of whi-Ch all these regulations are•calculat_
ed, the obstacle, is- surmounted-in' an initant, by a'•
walk to the Council Office ; but the inconvenience
to the oitt4orts of the kingdom, such, especially as
are remote, is grievous. Taking an extreme case
.7-if -a Vessel were bound to Shetland' or Orkney,
three months might elapse before an'order in Council
for the release would arrive: A power 'ought Cer-
tainly to' be lodged with the Board Of Customs, or
some other local authority, for adminiitering relief
in proper cases. In this respea Ireland enjoys an
advantage over Scotland. With regard to the
Clyde, Lamlash is ?r1 inconvenienrport for perform-
ing'quarantine, the; coMmunication heir diffictilt ;
the Holy Loch; 'or' some other-creek 'nearer to the
port of. discharge, and safer'hiiiitst. uorAy' weather
is preferable."

IN CHANCE R y. —The -rroceedings • and effect of
the cause,'' Miss Fr.ANc Es PoRCELL against Mr.
MAckAMAR-ii and others,"-are completely mistaken
and misrepresented -in some 'of
.the public prints : it
is true, "that ihe-Plaintiffisdil....-ely to •become repos-
seisei' I •of onealtaff- of an nnprodthive West India
• Estate, subjed to incumbrances to which It can
• never be equal, pi-king -the Defendant as. a- Creditor
for all're'can prone dile to-him, which entirely'ac
cords with his answer, hiS constant wishes,', and his,
repeated offers to 'he. Plaintiff and her family ; 'but
in that event the Plaintiff- loses her only subsis fence,-
the Annuity which the Defendant, as a purchasers
was induced to settle upon her. A detail more cir-
cums-tantial cannot' at present be entered into with*
. justice to future' proceedings-in this business, ex-
cept to state shortly.a very•stnall Ott of what is'in-
controvertibly proved in the cause, " That the
Defendant has never yet, during a period exceeding
. twenty years; derived so inoch as one shilling ad-
.. vantage or -return from- tire miserable esate in
question, situate in the worst and most 'ruined of
the `'Vest India Islands ;" that his only inducement
,"-to interfere with, or to purchase that property,
at a price exceeding doub:e the valuatiOn then
made of it,-originated, and Could by possibility only
oiiginat`e, frOM his desire. to save the Plaintiff, who
, seas at that -period much past thirty years•of age,
► anti- at least old enough to judge for herself,' and
'also to save her sisterand her brother from starving ,
ina -prison, where their extravagance and debts must •
hie placed theni; ',that the Defendant was misled
into that purchage''by their long intimacy with his
family, ' and above aril,- by 'their having: tio other
friend Or reljt?oti it'll° pcisseed the mans (-I- will to'
save•them from theircreditors, or give them bre.id."-
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B:ank Stock .1461 7 India Stock ' '— ' -
NAvy 5 per Leip. 1171 India Bbnci4., , '
5 per , ent. T 197. 9,1,i-i
~. Otnirt•ATl sk:_&
Irish 5 per Cent. • • 1 -;noi:r; 3'per. Ctmt: Slti -
4 pc; Cent L gym. 7t.iii - I Dino Ann • ' '
3 Pc( ' • R. 541T;,58.1nk..f0r Account . .
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