Star.
London, England, 1831-06-30 00:00:00

THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 30, 1831.

Ihunent ? Next, the Republican called soldiers employed
to suppress mobs, nothing but " men butchers." Such was
the langUage of this publication, which the hon. member
for Middlesex had declared to proceed, for sinister purposes,
from the Tory side of the house.
Mr. G. LAMB could not go into the various topics that
had been so very strangely introduced into the discussion,
but he felt it his duty to remind the house of the examine
damage which such a discussion was likely to occasion. If
members would bring such matter before the house so very
indiscreetly, it was in vain that the Government abstained
from prosecutions on the ground of not giving extensive pub-
licity to what would otherwise be read by so very few.—
Even the debate of yesterday had caused a very wide circu-
lation of writings wh ieh otherwise would not have been
ireowo. It was most singular that gesqlemen who deemed
certain works to be of so dangerous stisrphorey that they
ought to be suppressed, should yet give them the utfnost no.
wriety by flibuclitg:them into their speeches in that house,
and by quoting for thepublic the worst parts of them.
Mr. O'CONNELL congratulated the hon. member for
Dundalk (Gordon), on his new vocation of bellman-general
to all low. blasphemous, and seditious publications. (Hear,
and laughter). Yesterday he bad spared the Republican the
trouble and expense of a month's advertising ; this day he
had dons the same friendly office for The Prompter; and
to-morrow, no doubt, would evince his biblical zeal in puf.
Slug sane other worthless pamphlet.
Mr. PAQET could not but complain of the—he would
not hesitate to say—disgustiag discussion to which the hon.
member for Dundalk had so indiscreetly given rise (hear,
hear), as a most mischievous waste of the time of the
house, and as such of the public. (Hear.) iVas it to listen
to such not only profitless bet positively mischievous dis-
cussions, that country gentlemen like himself were obliged to
forego their domestic avocation? (Hear.) It was a con.
start complaint that the late hours to which the house
generally rat were destructive of health and all mental and
physical energy (loud ales of " Hear"); and yet but little
bonaJhk public business was actually done, the time of the
house being wasted, as this evening, with the most futile
speechification. Nothing tended more to lower the character
of the house in the eyes of the public than such discussions,
and he trusted, therefore, there would be an end to them.
(Cheers.)
Mr. RICE agreed with the hon. member for Leicester-
shire, that those hours, which ought to be devoted to busi-
ness of Public moment, were too often wasted in profitless
discussion like the present.
The petition was then laid ea the table.
lIIALY•YEAILLY RIXT CLADIE—RZTORM WILL.
Mr. HUhIE wished to know from the hon. Secretary to
the Treasury, there being no other member of the Govern-
ment present, whether it was the intention of Ministers to
amend the clause imposing the necessity of rents being paid
half. early, in order to vote under the reform bill (Hear.)
As the clause stood, it had given rise to great public dis-
satisfactioo, requiring some explanation on the part of its
framers.

Mr. RICE, though not particularly conversant with the
arrangements of the bill, could take it upon him to any
that the clause alluded to by the hon. member for Mid-
dlesex would be amended (Hear, hear) and the inconve-
niences which had given rise to complaints out of doots re-
medied (Hear.) These inconveniences were consequent upon
some technical defects in the wording of the bill, which would
be commted in due time. (Bear.)
Mr. AYSLIFORD SANFORD obtained leave to bring
in a bill fat remedying defects in the dam to lands allotted
of taken in exchange under enclosure sets.
Mr. BENETT, in pursuance of his notice of moving
certain resolutions on the state of the representation of the I
borough of Liverpool, was proceeding to move the reading
of the report presented on the 25th of March last by the
committee appointed to decide on the return for the borough
of Liverpool, when he was interrupted by
Mr. JOHN WOOD, who moved that the house be
counted.

It being ascertained by the Sreattza that there were
not forty members present, the house was adjourned till
to-morrow.

The SUFFERINGS of TABITHA JENKINSON.

PRICE SEVENPENCE.

I were Chancellor of the Exchequer I am confident
that I could lay out the public money quite as well
as the best man amongst them. But I'm devergin
from my narrative. Ive told you how cute have
been my sufferings,from the ajertating of theßeform
Bill, but they are nothing when compared to those
that have been afflicted upon me by the dread of
Kollery Mobus. My dear M ra.D übbins,that higeous
monster has swallowed up the Reform Bill, and
Conomy, and lotrenchment, and Prince Leopard,
and every thing else. I'm told that it was Kollery
Mobus that made Sir Robert and his coadjutants
so quiet on Friday night last, for the medicle men
say that nothing is more likely to bring on the
decease than violent infections of the mind, when
there is any tendency towards it. If you recollect, it
was hinted at the time when the King prerogued
the last Parliament, that several noble Lords were
very kollerick upon the occasion, but I heard an
old gentleman say, that if they would but have
taken Dr. Russell's opening mixture, it would not
have happened to them. Oh, my dear Deborah,
this Kollery Mobus! this Kollery Mobus ! Bless
me ! there was a twinge of the stomach ! I hope
I'm not going to be the first victum. Only think
of your poor friend with a cord insanitary round
her ; two squadrons of horse at her front door,
and a regiment of infantry drawn up in her back
yard—the Board of Health holding a sitting in the
front parlour, and the College of Physicians in
her bed-room. How dreadful to have a bull-o'-tin
published every half hour to state that I've just I
taken half a pound of kroasive supplement, or a
couple of ounces of Ippecacku-any—or that I've
just been anointed from head to foot with train oil,
after having lost two quarts of the sanguinary
flooid. Depend upon it that the first sufferers will
have all manner of experiments tried upon them,
for the comfort and satisfaction of people that have
nothing the matter with them. Every Paper I
take up puts me into a cold perspiration, for in
every column the Kollery presents itself to my
view. One editor tells us that it is likely to break
out in St. Giles's—a very likely place indeed for a
breaking out. Another comforts us a little by
telling us that though people do catch it, and die
by thousands, yet it is not infectious. One day we
are informed that it has made its apperance in Dub-
lin, the next that the grim foreigner has taken
lodgings in Glasgow ; and his arrival in this me-
troppoius has been more than once denounced.—
These reports have all been contradicted in the re-
gular way of business ; but they have had such an
effect on me that I have not a moment's happiness.
However, that I may not tempt Providence, I have
had a little wicket made in the front door, and
when any body knocks or rings, Betty opens it
with a hop-pole about nine feet long, to prevent
her being contaminated; and if the person has an
unhealthy appearance, we incline all commu-
tation. I see that the decease is carried
about in hides, so I've sent away all my
bound books, which, as I am of a litterary
turn, is a great punishment to me, and I have got in
two pipes of the best white wine vinegar, for foo-
mification ; and as bakker is declared to be a per-
ventire I've learned to smoke, and I make the gals
do the same, but I had a sad job to persuade Cook
to take to it; and at last was obliged to bribe her
with a couple of glasses of brandy a day, for she
said no mortal soul upon earth could smoke without
drinking. However at last they've all listened to
reason, and every night after prayers I and the
whole family smoke for a couple of hours. I told
you that I sent away all my books, but there I was
wrong, for no later than the day before yesterday,
in a drawer between two flannel garments I found
a book—yea a book bound in Russia leather !
Russia, my dear Dub, where the Kollery was born
and bred. I screamed so voraciously that every
soul in the house rushed into the department.—
For some time nobody would touch the book, but
at last Betty got the longest pair of tongs in the
house, and with surprising resolution carried the
book into the kitchen and burnt it to hashes, for
which 1 blamed her, for the vapour which came
from it was most defensive and alarming. The
flannels were in like manner taken out, steeped in
a half hogshead of vinegar, (which always stands
behind the street door) and then buried six feet
deep in the yard, but do you know, I fancy that a
little rose tree near the spot begins to look very
sickly. Oh Jiminy ! what a queer qualm's come
over me ? and there's a shooting pain in my back !
I see by the glass that my eyes are quite yellow.
I feel that I am swelling like a tub—my head
swims—my hand trembles, and its all over with
me. Adieu, my dear, dear Dubbins. Look in the
next Essex Herald, and you will there see that
Kollery Mobus, after conflicting unparalized suf-
ferings, has carried off your unhappy friend,
TA BITHA JENKI NSO N.
Deadman's Place, Bankable, London. _

P.S. —I open my letter to tell you that I am
not no more. After I had wrote the above I
fainted, and was found in that estate by Betty.
She was afraid to touch me, but threw a couple of
quarts of vinegar in my face. This survived me,
and I am happy to say that my predisposition was
only caused by my seegar being rather too strong,
for I smoked all the time I was writing to you.
But I fear my time will soon come. I've made
my will, and have remembered you in a cod sole,
as you will find when fishy ating at the funeral
obstacles of your affectionate friend,
Essex Herald. T. J.

John Edwin Netterville, Esq. has presented a
petition to his MAjesty, claiming the dormant pee4v:
Netterville." With the approbation of the Law
of the Crown, the same has been referred to be considered
by a Commiuce of Privileges of the House of Lords.
The following sums were collected on Sunday
last, in the parish of Camberwell, Surrey, for the relief
of the distressed Irish :—Old church, Rev. .1 G. Stork,
Vicar, miming collection, 811; ditto, Rev. W. H. Lambert,
Lecturer, afternoon collection, 471; HilLatreet chapel, Rev.
Springett, morning collection, 441; Camden chapel,
Rev. W. Melville, morning collection, 1511—total 3281.

FARREN ON THE MORTALITIES AMONG
THE BRITISH SOLDIERY.•
We have been favoured by a perusal of extracts
from this little work, which is dedicated by per-
mission to the King, and was presented to His
Majesty, by the author, at the last levee. The
book is not intended for general distribution, al-
though the subject is one of intense interest; and
we are told by the introduction that the " object
is to show the rates of mortality anion?' the sol-
diery of Great Britain, under the various influences
to which they are exposed in the porforMance of
their military duties." As the ravages of cholera
are now exciting public attention, we will content
ourselves with an extract from the chapter on
India :

"The rate of mortality among native troops in
India is 1.43 ; among European troops at home,
it is about 1 per cent. per annum ; exhibiting a
superiority in favour of Indian life of about 5 to 4.
" With the exception of cholera, the diseases
of Indians and of Europeans at home appear not
to differ materially in kind or in degree. Between
the diseases of natives and of European soldiers in
India, the only prominent distinction appears to
rest on the three diseases, dysentery, cholera, and
liver complaint. The fatal effect of dysentery is
26 times ; of liver complaint, 70 times ; and of
cholera, twice as great among Europeans as among
natives. Dysentery occasioned 35 per cent., of the
total deaths the. European troops; cholera 134
per cent. and liver complaint 11i per cent.
" A comparison of the admissions or cases of
sickness, with the deaths, gives a measure of the
intensity of each disease. The intensity of diseases
in general is nearly the same among European
soldiers in India as it is among native troops. Out
of 100 attacks, about 2i, or one out of every 37,
are fatal. Among the native troops the virulence
of cholera appears to have been invariable for three
years ; but among the European troops its virulence
has been diminishing. It would appear that the
cholera which attacks Europeans is mi:der in its
effects than the cholera which seizes the natives.
For in the three years, out of every 11 cases of
cholera three only terminated in death among
Europeans, whilst five were fatal among the native
troops. Of cases of dysentery, one out of 13 ter-
minates in death to European troops.
" The numbers remaining in hospitals are given
at the end of each four years, and afford the best
II means of determining the duration of sickness in
India. From the four enumerations, the average
number constantly in hospital was, of Europeans
1,093, and of native troops 2,500. Consequently
the pr9portion of the living constantly sick was—
of Europeans, 9i per cent. or one out of 11; and
of natives, 31 per cent. or one out of 31."

• Mr. Fovea is the Resident Director to the Alyluni Life
Office.

BATTLE OF V:ENNA.
Sunday, the 12th of September, 1683, was the
important day, " big with the fate " of Leopold,
that was to decide whether the Turkish crescent
was to wave on the turrets of Vienna. The can-
nonade on the city began at the break of day, for
which 'purpose the vizier on his part had with-
drawn from his army the janizaries, ill his infantry,
and nearly all his artillery. The light cavalry, the
Spahis, the Tartars, and other irregular troops,
were the forces destined to encounter the enemy ;
so egregiously did Kara Mustapha miscalculate
the strength of his opponents. They were cum
mended by Ibrahim Pacha, who was regarded by
the Turks as one of the greatest generals of the
age; but unfortunately for them, he was one of
those who disapproved of the war, and particular:),
the present plan of it. At eight in the morning
there was some warm skirmishi•tg ; at eleven the
Christian army was drawn up ia array in the plain ;
and Kara Mustapha, beginning to apprehend that
the allies were more formidable than he antici,eited,
had changed his design, and came to command his
troops in person. He was stationed in the centre,
and Sobieski occupied the same situation in his
army.

It was nearly five in the evening, and the in-
gagement had only been partial, for Sobieski's in-
fantry had not come up, and the vizier was to be
seen under a superb crimson to it, quie ly sipping
coffee, while the king of Poland was before him.
At length the infantry arrived, and Sobieski ordered
them to seize an eminence, which commanded the
vizier's position. The promptitude and gallantry
with which this manoeuvre wai executed, decid.d
the fate of the day. Kara Mustaph 1, taken by
surprise at this unexpected attack, ordered all hi'
infantry to his right wing, and the movement put
all the line in confusion. The king cried out that
they were lost men ; he ordered the Duke of Lor-
raine to attack the centre, which was now exposed
and weakened, while he himself made his way
through the confused Turks straight for the
vizier's tent. • He was instantly recognized by
the streamers which adorned the lances of Isis
guard ;—" By Allah !" exclaimed the Chain
of the Tartars, " the king is with them !" An
eclipse of the moon added to the consternation of
the superstitious Moslems. At this moment the
Polish cavalry made a grand charge, and at the
same time, the Duke of Lorraine with his troops
added to the confusion; and the rout became gene-
ral. The Vizier in vain tried to rally tem.
" And you ;" said he to the Cham of the Tartars,
who passed him among the fugitives—" cannot you
help me ?" " I know the king of Poland !" was
the answer. " I told you that if we had to deal
with him, all we could do would be to run away.
Look at the sky, see if God is not against us.'
The immense Turkish army was wholly broken
up, and Vienna was saved.
So sadden and general was the panic among the
Turks, that by six o'clock Sobieski had taken pos-
session of their camp. One of the Vizier's stir-
nips, finely enamelled, was brought to him.—
" Take this stirrup," said he, " to the queen, and
tell her, that the person to whom it belonged is de-
feated." Having strictly forbidden his soldiers
from plundering, they rested under the Turkish
tents.

Such were the events of the famous deliverance
of Vienna, as they were seen by the looker-on ;
and the outline of the narrative is filled up by one
who was the best informed, and not the least im-
partial, no less than the grept hero himself. " The
victory lies been so sudden and extraordinary," I e
writes trkutlie queen, " that the city, as well as
the camp, was in continual alarm, expecting to Fee
the enemy return every moment. . . . Night put
an end to the pursuit, and besides, the Turks I'e_
fended themselves aHi fury (acharnement) in tin it
flight.. . . All the troops have done their duty
well; they attribute the victory to God and us.

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