New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-20
THE LAST or QUARANTINE IN ENGLAND.
.no, ,r,ov or THE PICTURESQUE HuLKs IN THE
soI.rNr AND THEIR STATES.
From The London Times.

From The London Times , nan.
A., not which has lust received the royal aSsen.
rscaS the story Of certain sentry who ussd; nor
50 many years ago to hs pO s mnnriaI Palace at
g. 'p"fersburg WHY" asked an august person,
age doe t 1n The only answer obtainabe was
that the arrangement was one OF olu Std.ns ~
that lis origin unknown ON iur,htr ,iidu,ar'
tia r,ode however il appeared that halt Il CEN
mn or so previously little princess had made
e erown Thai AT her desire guard had been sent
TO prevent anybody from plucking II. ana ,'r ue
iained permanently long after flower and princess
hnH p Wnch M IN the soent not Tar osborne
is OF much the same character FOR more IMAM
ha nd ec hts country SStT and indeed mat obsolete
system has for many years been appncan,,e ho ~ 10
stiiutes a real danger for us but only plague and
yellow fever neither Of which Is known 10 nonrlsn
iazarcttes in various parts Of Great Britain: but
they hayG oG baen sremoved from its post at Stan
gate Creek some thirty or forty years ago. ~
the 20" natural nS Would
Quarantine acts altogethSr Bst ms Tas mo- Ss
sllpervsion OF the public health OF the country
was placed in the hands Of The Local Government
ton OF guarding our shores against TWO diseases
which We're not in the least likely to attack US
again. but which, according to carefully pre-
establishment of receiving ships ana the adop-
ton OF most rigorous ana Sg II, duI s shsotev
dormant. on TWO or three occasions. between the
steamer which had had a case of yellow fever among
It's nrcmen It's shortly after leaving south
America or the West Indies was or II happened
to bc bound to Southampton solemnly arrested
on arrival I'm the Solent. and was detained In
quarantine mt the Motherbank In order apparently
TO ascertain whether II short residence on board "A
crowded and insanltary hulk might possibly devcl-
op another outbreak of the disease. The expert
mcnt. however. was never successful and the re-
at their anchorage fully equipped with stan pre-
pared. like the British Navy I'm general TO go
anywhere and do anything. but to so nowhere and
do nothing.
Tho cost OF this not very mastery inactivity
must I'm the aggregate have amounted to many
thousands OF pounds and. though financial reform
crs have and thsn grumbled at the charge I'm
the annual estimates. II has gone on until the
present time Nor has this foolish waste OF public
money been the worst feature in the matter. IL
having been proved concusively that quarantine
land has perslstenty cndeavored to persuade the
Governments OF such countries as Spain. Greece
and Turkey to abandon system OF which the re-
strictons often press very nconvenently upon
commerce. These nations. however. have hitherto
been able point TO the existence OF the huks or
the Isle OF Wight rs Il conclusive proof that Great
Britain adhercs to the quarantine system for her
self though with the usual perfdy OF Albion she
breaches TO other Powers In favor OF its abolition.
and Il has not always been easy to explain that
our quarantine stan are men In buckram not