Star.
London, England, 1815-05-09 00:00:00

TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1815.

P4RLIAMENteIRr PROCEEDI4VGS.

HOUSE OF LORDG, MAY it.
Cathie( were heard and witnesses examined In the Divorce
Calls of Lord Roseberry and Me. Cole, after which the Ellis
settee iieverally read the second time, and ordereti to be cam.
mitred.,
The Property Tax and the Exchequer Azinolths Bills were
brdnght us. (rods the (*r. annum, and read the first time.
Upon the modon of I.ord Lir/grow., the Property Tax Bili
was, ordered to be read the cecond time on Wednesday, and ilse
Exchequer Annuities Bill to•morrow.

PItqCLAMATION OF LOULI
The Earl of DARNLEY was desirous Co be in-
formed by the Noble E4rl opposite, whether a recent
public Papers purporting to be a Proclamation of
Louis XVIII. and to wh:ilt this country appetred
to be implicated, was authentic or not? or if au-
thelitic, whether it wAs authorised by his Majesty's,
Government ?

The Earl of LIVERPOOL observed, that it was
imfussible for him distinctly to answer the questions
of the Noble Earl ; but he could state, that the in-
strument alluded to li id no immediate refereuee to
any act of the Briti,b Government.

The Earl of DARNLEY then presumed, that the
act to which he refeired hid no unction or authority
from the British Government.

SMALL POS.

Lord BORRIN3DON stated, that he in the Sri. '1
sion of 1813 brought in a Bill to prevent the spread-
ing of infection by the inoculated ansali.pox, which
was withdrawn'. He had iiatroduced another 1411 ,
' year, which, after having undergone a good deal of
consideration, was also withdrawn ; the Noble and
Learned Lord opposite (Ellenborough) basiag stated
the offence was pimishable at common law. This
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opinion among the unlearned had occasioned great ,
surprise ; and it did not appear that any indictment
for the once bad then been preferred, and he had
therefore pledged himself to bring in another Dill of
the same description as the former Bills, this Session.
That pledge lie would have reduensed, if matters had
stood in the same situation; as it was not to be en.
lured that persnis should be allowed with impunity
to spread infection by a disease which might so easily
be rewired by vaccination, which was approved by
the best Physicians, and sanctioned by Pailiament,
which had voted a reward to tae illtistrotts.Janwr.
Lately, however, in a case where eight persons had
lost their lives owing to the indiscretion of a mother
who csposrd her child when it had the inoculated,
small-pox, an indictment had been preferred at corn.
mon law, and the offender convicted and pu:)ishsd.
Hs trusted, therefore, that when it was known in all
quarters of the country, that the offence exilosed the.
party to a heavy punishment at common law, tic
practice of bringing children i::to public places when
they had tire inoculated small-pox would be pre-
vented. 1.1 the judgment of the ICing's &rich
Mould not he found to produce that effect, he strain
still feel it his duty to bring in a 1111.1 for that purpose;,
but under the present cir,:•inistances he did not feel
himself called upon at this moment to bring any such
of that description.
Lord ELLENIIOP.OUGII s lid, that the judg-
ment of the King's Bench, in the case alluded to,
did not lay down any new law. It was a thing rr-
fectly well known among lawyers, that the ounce
was punishable at common law ; and certainly the
opinion which la: had given last year ,:o111,.: haec
created no surprise arnoag theist, and he hrleved
it would be found, that thi4 was by n,, :wan, the
first indictment which had been preferred tor similar
offences.
STAIllIOP: acid, that it was impossible
that small-pox iiroc,olat ion could have been an offa.cc,
.ii.common Irv/ beyond the memory of man, because
it w is an offence not known till a 1 ate period, and lie
wished to know, whether the judgment had proceed;
ed on such an absurd ground ?
Lord ELLENI3OKOUGIi said.
-that the public.
expolure of any person labouring under an infectious
disorder,, and thereby spreading infection, was punish-
able at .common law. The mere act of inoculating
with the +null-polo from an opinion that it was pro-
per, due care being taken at the same time to prevent
intection, night be innocent.