Star.
London, England, 1828-12-02 00:00:00

There has been, k seems, a meeting in London to
consider a subscription for the relief r f the poor who
are in camp. It will, I doubt not, be successful ; but,
as I said before, I do not approve of the measure at pre-
sent. Let the Government strbsatibe, as it is said they
have dune; and then I shall think it is time for the
public to begin; if it shall be necessary, which I much
doubt. The liberal assistance of Ferdinand, a subscrip-
tion here. annamiting to more than 1,0004 mad, when
is shall tome, . the subscription of the Government of
Gihreftar, will be enough, if not more than enough,
for the purpose of which it is required; but, in truth,
thee is, I expect, liitle probability of a Government
subscisption, until orders have been furnished to that
effect from home to Sir George Don. Personally I can
hardly blame Sn George, for he is very liberal himself
in t is, and in all cases from his own purse.
I will tell pa one anecdote of this fever, which was
related to me by Captain Jenkins, who saw it. He was
passing the burying ground early one morning, when
be saw the body of a woman lying on a mattress near
to a grave which they were digging: she had died, as
it was said, in the night, and there was not time to
make a coffin, so they brought her out as she was, and
laid her on her mattress on the ground. She seemed
to look to Jenkins as if she were not dead, and he called
to the man to ask him about it. The fellow coolly put
his hand on her heart and found that there was the
trembling motion of a person in the last moments of life..
I He turned to Jenkins, and indicating by a shake of his
band that it would all be right soon, said, u Sp•ra.tated,
wit poquito."—"• Wait a very little while, Sir." So the
pour wretch was laid beside her open grave to breathe
her last, and the demoniacal grave diggers were wait-
ing by her side to throw her, uncofEned, into the earth
as soon as the life had departed. On the same day a
precisely similar circumstance took place with regard
to a man, with one slight difference in the result—to
wit, that inste id of taking the opportunity of dying and
being buried, which was tlius offered him, be was so

unaccommodating as to get a little better, and was
actually. taken back alive, and he got better and is now
living--a rare example of a person who has been nearer
than most men to his own gravel Is this not horrible?
Is it not a state of things from which one's mind revolt:,
that such things should tie, and should be told and
heard almost without exciting a feeling of any kind ?
a sad and humiliating proof how much our best feelings
depend on habit, and how easily the mind and heart of
man is familiarised to the want of kindliness and sym-
pathy in the woes of his fellow creatures. Melancholy
convictions ending in degrading conclusions.
" Poor race of men, said the pitying spirit,
Dearly ye pay for.your primal fall."
Alas, I fear we are no wotse than others. If sensibility
were not the fashion—if the tone of society did not look
for a show of sympathy with others—if the w.rld in
general feigned no more than people now feel here,
(hem would be as little semblance of compassion and
rensierntss as there is now evinced in Gibraltar. There
have now perifhed more than 1,300 persons by the
fever. The packet from Malta has come into the bay.
and 1 shall send this letter by it, because they do not so
sop and soak the letters in vinegar that the directions
are in many cases wholly effaced, and no means of
course remain of forwarding them. By the packet they
on'y fumigate them with sulphur, which does not da-
mage the writing ink. Farewell, tic.
f A plan accompanied the letter.
A Canton paper of ti,e 3d sit May has been received.'
It Aare. that two deputations had waited upon the
authinities., the one consisting of Americans'
Jeputed to arrange the means of future trade, the other
'I tie elviiilors of the insAveat Hong-merchant Mao-
lip. It a'so contains a proclamation by the Emperor
Hof China, stating th .t his late victor y over the preten-
Jer to his throne won ore .sinned by the gods liwante
old Rssantoot the latter the Chii.esc god of war
In the latter os.w names and bun. urs are dedicated;
andr accord,• g to ti.e proclamation of the Emperor.
Etrtsgiatitude as but pulses, as the one drily rai•ed a
,tf.ron o dust and sand is, the face of his foes, rind the
!her plucked out their "nisi, and both appealed is
ed dames.

PAIVATIE coaluswissuseant.
- The public here begin to recover themselves from
the consternation caused them by the taking of Varna.
The intelligence of this event same lire a thunder clap
at the very moment when the reports of the reverses of
the Russians had enchanted-the good people of Vienna
Varna has, however. removed the spell, although, at
bottom, it be only the Metternich putty,which, f -r the
sake of the ease of their leader, dreads the success of
the Russians; yet has the police, at the orders of this
Minister, so worked upon the mass of the people, that
it has silt ceeded iu inspiiing them with a real hatred of
the bluacovites. At Vienna this.is the more easy, fi oni
the people these being kept in ptofound ignorance of
the real state of things ; they credit implicitly whatever,
the people in power wish them to believe. it is more
particularly at critical times, and when these may be
the possibility of a war, that the police set every engine
at work to enfuriate the people against a.Government
with whom they may be obliged to go to war.
It has not been forgotten that in framer times similar
manouvies were always the precursors of war against
France; wherefore it would appear certain that Prince
Metternich despairs of the preservation of peace for any
length of time. He has given orders to Prince Eats:-
batty, at London, to attach himself more closely to the
Cabinet of St. JAMS'S, and to promise it the co-opera-
tion of Austria, in case it should decide upon a war
against Russia. In the mean time this Ambassador is
to draw ups treaty of alliance, the fiist al title of which
will be fur the tormati,n of an armed neutrality. and
for laying down the basis of a peace to be proposed to
the belliger nt Powers.
M. de Metternich is a little posed in his preliminary
proceedings, by the fear lest Pt tissia may declare against
Austria; and especially lest the Germanic Confederation,
under the guidance of the Court of Berlin, may slip
from him altogether. In order to disguise his fears, he
says to every one. that Prussia and Austria are entirely
of one mind. and that the King of Prussia repses all
his confidence in the Count de Beinsiorff, an acka
uMr-
ledged steatite of Prince Metternich. He at the same
time announces that he is satisfied of the sentiments of
'the King of Bavaria, whom he bolds enchained by the
'Congregation and the Mediatised Princes, who are all
in favour of Austria. By' these little intrigues Prince
Metternich hopes to render Pt us,la suspects ti, .1 not by
Russia, at least by the Prince. of the second ender, and
to prevent a good understanding between Russia and
Bavaria. It is certain that these had succeeded latterly
in causing a coolness between these two Pursers, and in
making it be believed in France that Bavaria was well
inclined towards Austria.

M. de Mettetnich *ls° boasts of the gnod whit of the
Cabinet of the Tuil.e.im, which is, he says. very far
from doirig any thing which could force Austria to use
against France, those me/ns which the has in her power.
He gives it even to be understood that the French Cab
net II in some degree compromised in Spain. lii al►
iii there may be, at a lance, perceived the little savoir
faire of the master of huropean diplomacy.
Ai to the Russians, he r edouhles the protestations of his
attachment to their nation aid their Emperor, Nicholas.
Lately he said to M. de Tatischel that the Muria of
Russia was also that of Austria, and sp ke of the Tut ks
as bat barians, odious alike to all Christians, and who,
in case of success. might also menace the frontiers of
Austria. M de Tatischef replied to him by a burst of
laughter, and asked him, did he mean to mock him ?
This disdainful franknms, so We amongst the Russians,
disconcerted the diplomatic Prince.
To conclude, the Cabinet of Vienna has resumed new
activity, which purees sufficiently that it expects war.
Meanwhile the Minister has assured the Enver, r that
the peace would not be di.tut bed ; but that a threaten
rng aspect should be assumed, ill oidet to impose upon
Russia.
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