4E05i'] 
privy councily on penalty of twa@hundred 
pounds on the commander. 
Ail petfons liable to perform quaran. 
tine, and all perfons having had any inter- 
courle or communication with them, whe- 
ther in fhips or in a lazaret, or elfewhere, 
fhall,be fubjet, during the frid quaran- 
tine, or during the time they fhall be 
liable to quarantine, to. fuch orders as 
they fhall receive from the fulperintendant 
| Of quarantive or his affiftant, or from the 
principal officer of the cuftoms ; and’ if 
any perlon lable to perform quarantine, 
or any pe:lon having had any antercourie or 
communication with them, fhall wilfully 
_-Fetule or negleGtito repair forthwith, when 
required, to the lagaret, fhip, veffel, or 
place appointed, or having been’ placed in 
the (aid lazaret or place, fhal] efcape or at- 
tempt to efcape out of the fame before 
quarantine duly performed, the quarantine 
officers, and alfo the watchmen and other 
perfons appointed to fee quarantine per~ 
formed, are by neceflary force to compel 
fuch perfon to repair or return’ to (uch 
lazaret, or places and every perfon refuf- 
ing or negledcting, fhall be guilty of felony, 
without benefice of clergy. 
And any conftable or peace officer, or 
any other perfon, may feize any perfon 
that fhall, contrary to this a&t, have quitted 
quarantine, far the purpofe of carrying him 
before any jultice of the peace or magiltrate, 
and fuch jutticé’may grant his warrant for 
the apprehending and conveying fuch per- 
fon to the veffél from which he fhall have 
come on fhore, ot to any veffel performing 
quarantine, ‘of lazaret, &c. or until direc. 
tions can be obtained trom the privy conn- 
cil, as to the difpofal of fuch perfon. 
It any officer of cuftoms, or other off- 
certo whom it doth appertain to execute 
any orders ‘concerning quararitine, thall 
embezzle any goods, or be guilty of any 
other wilful breach of duty, he fhall for. 
teit fuch employment, and be incapable td 
enjoy the fame, or to take -a new grant 
thercot; and fuch perfon thall forfeit one 
hundred pounds; and if any fuch officer 
STATE of 
State of Public Affairs in Fume, 1805. j 597 
thal defert from his duty when employed, 
or thall permit any perfon, fhip, velfel; 
goods, or merchandize, to depart out of the 
faid lazaret, fhip, or other place, unlefs by 
permifhon under an order of council; or if 
any perlon authorifed to Zivea certificate 
of a thip having performed quarentine, 
fhall knowingly give a falfe certificate 
thereof, fuch perfon fhall be guilty of fe- 
lony, and. fuffer death, without benefit of 
clergy ; and if any fuch officer thal] know- 
ing'y and wilfully damage any goods pers 
forming quarantine under his direétion, 
he fhali pay treble damages, and full cofts 
of fuit, to the owner of the fame. 
Perfons not infected entering the lazaret, 
fhall perform quarantine; and attempting 
to c{cape, may be compelled to return; and 
{uch perfons efcaping fhall (uffer death. 
After proof of performance of quarana 
tine, and proper certificate to that effeét, 
veffels or perfons fall not be liable to fur- 
ther detention. 
Goods liable to perform quarantine fhall 
be opened and aired, as direéted by order in 
council, proof of which fhall be made be- 
fore the officcr of the cuftoms,: &c. who 
fhail grant certificates thereof, which thall 
entitle them to be difcharged from further 
detention, 
If any perfoa thall land or unthip, of 
fhall move, in order to the landing or un- 
fhipping thereof, any articles whatever, 
irom on board any fhip liable to perform 
quarantine, or fhall knowingly receive the 
fame after they have been fo landed or un- 
fhipped, fuch perfon fhall forfeit, not ex- 
ceeding five hundred pounds, nor lefs than 
one hundred pounds ; and if any perfon 
{hall clandeftinely convey, or hail fecrete 
for the purpofe of conveying, any lettersy 
goods, wares, or merchandize, or other 
articles, from any veflel aiuaily performs 
ing quarantine, or from the lazaret or other 
place where {uch articles fhall oe perform- 
ing quarantine, fuch perfon thal be guilty 
of telony, and fuffer death, without benefit 
of clergy. 
PUBLIC AFFAIRS, — 
ia Funz, 1805. 
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BRITISH EMPIRE. 
UNE the eleventh was the day appoint- 
J ed’by Mr. Whitbread for a motion for 
an impeachment againit Lord Viicount 
‘Melville. Soon after the Speaker had 
taken the chair, a letter was handed to him 
by Mr. Dundas, Lord “Melville’s fon, 
which contained a requeft’ that he’ might | 
be heard in vindication of himfelf ; this 
Mon ruty Mac, No.130. 
being granted, he was immediately intro- 
duced, with the utual forms, by the Serge- 
ant at Arms, A chair being placed tor 
‘his lordthip within the bar, he fat down 
while be arranged his papers, when he _ 
rofe, and {peke for two hots and a quar- 
ter, the object of which was to induce the 
houfe to ftay alk farthes proceedings 
2gainft him, : ON 
4 Afte 
