By the Queen, a proclamation, requiring quarentine to be performed by ships coming from the sound, the Baltick Sea, and other places, &c

By the King, a proclamation, requiring quarentine to be performed by ships coming from the Mediterranean, Bourdeaux, or any of the ports or places on the coast of France in the Bay of Biscay, or from the isles of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, or Man

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By the Queen, a proclamation, requiring quarentine to be performed by ships coming from the sound, the Baltick Sea, and other places, &c

By the King, a proclamation, requiring quarentine to be performed by ships coming from the Mediterranean, Bourdeaux, or any of the ports or places on the coast of France in the Bay of Biscay, or from the isles of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, or Man