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POLISti PRAILI?.

Geeriter" " order of the day, dated June 30, the
nt
be 11",10 appointed that t
vehe followine; prayer.s.heulded "P, morning and tnio by the Chaplains of
ephott:ie of
Universe, in thy huts re-
of nations. C.:at an eye of pity on thy
dren of Poland. Deign to ble,s our undrtain2.
f .ant that we may he always penetrand with a livtly
:It.htind with the love of virtue. May we be always
-" Lilliyhten with the beams of thy ‘Y'sdo'n those
r I,g"veln Sod those a Ito are governed. Inflame with
I our hruiy, and su,tain it by thy powerful r.rin
e'trit,ats it maintains for the presereatmn of the
tray nanie• Grant, Almighty God, that, marching
in the path of justic,, we m;:y never cease to se:,
tjtlear country happy ash and covered with glory. We
bu 810 a u
rvitolle sake of our Lord .Tessa Christ, thy Son, and
it r, Amen."
41,4 I,nponsilile i:4,r any one that hers the heart of a
Puld. ‘°,, read Without emotion this page of the history of
'rhis reayer trill remain. It is truly admirable
it-
comnieteness. Wiitten amid fne
.rnokeof " a ' hods' cor,flict,
it bre. , cannon, sod the excitement of
lalt at
4" not a word of imprecation against the
the contrail, is itninted wi;11 the true spirit :;f'
pbr,-:ti'anity• \"!:at contrast it affords to the impious
"IA Where oily they can be availaMble.

NOTOCOL THIRTY-ONE OF THE

CONFERENCE.

Foreign Office, Aug. 6, 1831.
Chat‘`.ht,----Tlie Plenipotentiaries of Austria, France,
Prussia, and Russia.
the Crest r,enipotentiary of his Britannic Majesty opened
rat'fourference by making to the Plenipotentiaries of the
hl er Powers the billowing declaratioo
That, the moment the Government of his Britannic
received information of the renewal of hostilities
tf the:,..llollatiel and Belgium, it gave orders for a division
Zhielle!'hset to assemble as soon as possih:e in the Downs,
would be eady to concur in any measures which
te41441,-e deemed necessary for the re-establishment of the
t%ve, `.1e21 which the five Powers engaged to maintaini be-
ef eiltiolland and Belgium ; and that, after the despatch
the order, the new Sovereign of Belgium had claimed.
oirksiatanee of the five Powers, and, more especially,
,41:4ceour from Great Britain.
rreoe`,,h' Plenipotentiary:' of his 11.1ajesty the King of the
reqw " declared that the Sovereign of Belgium had just
t'ith ed the armed intervention cf France, in consequence.
?Lodi' renewal of hostilities between Holland and Belgium ,
of the
t.had even added, that the necessity for the assistance
the, r'reneill Government was extremely urgent, and that
aNtion
as tint a minute
to be lost to prevent a general con-
.
elteliTha danger heing so pressing, the King of the French
the iklrnediately upon forming an army to march to
laci:ta'eeur of the Belgians, and drive the Dutch troops
„ t'Pon their own territory.
kld The Plenipotentiaries of the four other Courts having
(re fat the Plenipotentiary of France acquainted with the
i (',l ex ss
preed on the same subject by the French
T:,ernitient to the representatives of those four Courts at
the P;enipotentiary of France, referring to those
hitt,i,r4.,thinsr announced that, as soon as the object they
lttorleu out should be attained, the French army would
the department du Nord.
tNil4lt3e declarations having been made,. the Conference..
let,. 'red that, on ore side France, in coming to the de-
%li... I°4 she had adopted, had not had time to fulfil the.
toi4"°,l, which she was fully desirous to do, of acting in
041 with her allies ; but, on the other hand, she had
Iyreye'ted an intention of not availing herself of the riles-
MtlLtakens but in execution of the engagements entered
'tiveen the five Powers relative to the maintenance
armistice
Co between Holland and Belgium.
i1i4.1 ~4"equently the Plenipotentiaries of the five Powers
nr
the entrance of the French troops into Belgium as
tulien place not with any intention peculiar to
4.tileeet%but for an object towards which the deliberations
4evid-„'"riference were directed ; and it remained under-
'nat the extent to be given to the operations of these
sod their continuance in Belgium, should be fixed
"teoe
agreement between the five Courts at the Con-
'l e in London.
tir,e
4c alho remained understood that, in case the co-opera-
ih," t, English fleet should be required, this fleet should
tad Upo f'ir the purpose of accomplishing the same views,
«resni,the same e principles.
a""s it remained agreed that the French troops
°Pttat• "t Pau the ancient frontiers of Holland, that their
4tid ens Should be confines to the left bank of the Meuse,
of "rider no circumstances sl.ould they invest the
Maestricht, or that of Venloo, because then the
rrtl.l"°uld be carried too near the frontiers of Prussia and
,14etdi„41,!' and might give rise to serious and complic.ated.
which Povvers were desirous of avoidirg ,
that;in conformity the declarations
'"e the French Government to the representatives of
with;Courtsat Paris, the French troops should retire
tti,", the limits of France, as soon as the armistice was re-
as it existed before the renewal of hostilities.
;nally the Conference agreed that there last events
'6; !° induce it the more strongly to occupy itself with
gtt'*4'tive treaty, calculated to put an end to all differences
, f:eo Holland and Belgium, and which was indispensa-
,,rigttliie maintenance of the eeneral peace.
IVg
-4 13'
" TALLEYRAND, " MATUSCEWITZ."
" PALMEHSToN,

kuv
AL CL.;.11-EN-CE COLOSSAL GLASS

VASE.
.4,'llthill °wing copy of a letter from Mr. Beckford, of
k . this bt "iriety, contains the opinion of that gentleman
uPendous work of art; and there is, perhaps, no
tiiil,ittt"g more capable of forming a correct one on such
krlepi 13Lit it is impossible to convey anything like
tt tale
idea of this production, without the appearance
•4 tl Ig. It may indeed be said of it, as Milton said of
Satan, it far
o` ' thnnshines the wealth of Ormus or of Ind,
pere the gorgeous East with richest hand
°urs on her kings barbaric pearl and gold."

" Bath, 23,1 August, 1831.
the ,trun_ cannot refrain any longer expressing to you,
tir•kt
v gest terms, my admiration of your
; a nobler eft effort of ingenuity, and at the same
I'L-se"'",t; never met say sight in any part of Europe.
Nt' -mve the honour to be, Sir, your very obedient ser-
i
To
" WILLIAM BECKFORD.
jAn Gunby, Esq."
f4)l\,,
SP(CRATION OF THE NEW CHURCH
AT HAMPTON.
44.,1 'l7 church, a very beantiful structure, was eon-
ttt Yesterday by the Bishop of London, in the pre-
ktilltllo,!,* Majesty- the Queen, and a very full congre-
k, Plt nobility and gentry. The church, though of
d{ nobility
was so crowded before service com-
li! ea, „
that numbers who did not arrive in time were
the "" obtain admittance afterwards past the threshold
',Lora. It had been announced that his Majesty
ll'tnet,k,"4' attend, and he w expected up to the latest
,Neti-,, but did arrive. asher Majesty was acorn.-
tho younilkinceGeorge of Cat bridge and his
R}tolda by several of the Ladies and Lards cf her
An awning extended from the carriage-road
I. tile church-yard to the church porch, and under
vstornta cite* from the pelting of one of the most piti-
that 11. occurred Sr many weeks her Majesty
, ced, _ 59
4 , followed by her suite,. and preceded by the
bearing gold-tipped wands, and with_
ct6kta Rttards thin sonic half-dozen policemen. Not-
ki t I g the rain' poured down in tot rents, and with-
"Poie,Nlitest cessation, from an early hour in the
tt ttl, ti'der°'vds of persons of both sexes surrounded the
,t]Lireniained there until her Majesty retired. On
aktoitl departure her Majesty was greeted with
)„%te4 Ete,, which she acknowledged with her usual
". The pew prepared for the reception of the
' bt,4FtY, in the centre of the gallery, was superbly
with crimson velvet furniture. After the cere-
ltid.:,",cerating, and the performance of the service,
i1,„14t Ls .14v. Bishop delivered an excellent discourse,
I,'"•'oem"l'itext the 10th chap. of Romans, 10th verse.
0-;l Part of the service was in•rformed by the gen-
' the
, , Chapel Royal. The organ, a gift from his
414,„'i1l 'ery handsome, and possesses a very fine tone.
d'? have cost 5001. The weather was the cause.
t,her-Za,,PPointinent to the town, the worthy.
: having expected that the promised attendance.
• ,r'is ale,
would have attracted great numbers of
'4'.(itti I'4 Landon. As it was, however, the inns were
tr'ile; "et flowinr and the road, for nearly a quarter
01 literally blocked up with carriages.
' (J 4
°l' LOCK JAw.—A cure of this affec-
':"°lll7tl° ""PPosed impracticable, has been performed
4:" "Y Rhino), using the muriate of soda, or coruk-
-1 '4143 with eevere bleeding. The horse too

SUPERANNUATION ALLOWANCES.

COPIES OF MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF TREASURY
(SUBSEQUENT TO THE LAST SESSION OF PARLIA-
?IE.T. ) COf,CERNING THE SUPERAfZNUATIO:N AL.
LOWANCES OF OFFICIAL PERSONS INTHE SE\ E.
Itt I, DEPARTMENTS.

T. SPRING RICE.
Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, Aug. 20, 1,Z31.

COPY OF TREASURY MINUTE OF 21:Ft JUNE, 1831.

My Lords, take into consideration the Act of the
31 George IV , e. 113, for regulating On, amount of
allowances width may be granted to civil officers in
he public service, v,ho have become unfit, from in-
tirmity of body or mind, to execute the duties of
their s4ations; and also, the conditions under
Which the gr,att of such allowances is authorized.
The scale of allowances inserted in the Act is the
bight rae supuranunated officers can legally
,cceive, except it; such extraordinary cafes as may
be brought under the special cognizance of Parlia-
ment.

My Lords, upon a mature co:n.ideration of the
Act, are elt-inly of opinion, that it xvag
.not the
intention, of the Legislattne that the full allowance
authorised by the cede attached to the Act should
he granted indiscriminately to all entitled to super-
animations; but that, while the allowance was con-
fined to servants of the public who have ,erred h
diligence and fidelity, the amount should be adlred
to the individual merits and particular circumstances
el each cast,

The Act imposes on this Board the highly re-
sponsible duty of fixing, subject to the conditions
contained therein, the allowances in all ca,.es, ,xcept
those in which the Lords Commissioners of the Ad-
miralty may obtain the sanction to a superannuation
almvance from the King in Council.

It appears to my Lords, that, in fulfilling the im-
portant duty which Parliament has thus imposed
upon them, it is their duty to consider carefully all
the particulars of health, of Du, end of the circum-
stances of the parties intei osted, and whether they
ate holding any other public situation, or receiving
any other public money whatsoever; but especially,
as the object of the Legislature was to furnish a pre-
vision for those who, by their diligent and faithful
set vices, had deserved well of their country, it is in-
cumbent on my Lords to have particular reference
to, and to take into attentive consideration, the ser-
vice; of each indkidual. To enable, therefore, my
Lords to do justice to the public and to the superan-
nuated officers, it is necessary that they should re-
ceive a more detailed statement than heretofore of
the merits, value, and extent of service which each
officer recommended for superannuation may have
performed ; for my Lords are clearly of opinion,
that the h'ghest rate of allowance authorized by the
Act ought to he given in those cases only in which
the services performed have been proved, to their
satisfaction, to have been more than ordinarily meri.
torious, and to have engrossed fully the time and at-
tention of the officer, excepting during a moderate
period allowed for relaxation and health.

In the exercise of the discretion intrusted to
them by Parliament, my Lords will consider them-
selves warranted) in ordinary cases, to grant an allow-
ance equal to about four-fifths of the scale authorised
by the Act; but my Lords will deem it their duty to
award a lower rate of allowance in cases where it
shall appear to them that the services of the parties
have not bee❑ such as to entitle them to that
amount, or where the circumstances shall hail my
Lords to con ider that a less sum will be proper.
And my Lords will also fix the allowance either at
the highest amount, or at a rate between 4-3ths of,
and the whole of the amount authorised by the Act,
according to the merit of each case, wherever they
may appear to entitle the party to more than the
ordinary rate.
To enable my Lords to exercise this discretion on
the principle thus stated, they are pleased to desire,
that directions may be sent to the heads of all the
departments of Government, acquainting them with
the views and intentions which my Lords have ex-
pressed, and desiring that in every case in which
any civil public officer is recommended for superan-
nuation, the recommendation may be accompanied
by such a statement as will exhibit the merit and
value and extent of the services of the person re-
commended, embracing as long a period of his public
services as can be authentically stated; and, with a
view further to assist my Lords in determining the
amount of allowance to which the services of each
individual may entitle him, they consider it necessary
that they should be acquainted with every circum-
stance which may affect the services of the appli-
cants ; and, as the actual amount of attendance
which an officer may have given to his public duties
must necessaiiiy form a material feature in the ex-
tent of his claims on the public to be supported
when he becomes infirm, my Lords desire that the
heads of departments, when they recommend any
individual whomsoever for superannuation, should
be required to state the number of days on which
the individual has been present in his office during
each of the preceding ten years ; stating also the
number of days on which he has been absent each
year by reason of sickness.

My Lords are aware, that in many public offices a
record is kept of the attendance of the officers and
clerks every day ; and in ►those offices in which either
no record, or an imperfect record, is kept, my Lords
desire that a perfect record may he kept in future,
embracing the name of every individual who con-
siders himself entitled to the berefit of the Super-
annuation Act, which record my Lords require on
the ground that the claim of each person to a pen-
sion for lite on account of his services must depend
partly on the proportion of his time which has been
given to the public service, and that my Lords.must
be much guided in determining the amount of su-
perannuation allowance by a reference to the extent
of actual attendance given by each person.
And in departments in which either no record,
or an imperfect record is kept, the h cads of such de-
partments are desired to furnish the best informa-
tion in their power of the extent of attendance given
by each person recommended for superannuation,
whose daily attendance may not be on record,
stating whether such attendance has been " very
constant and very punctual," or " regular," or
otherwise, with any explanation they have to offer,
transmitting at the same time the exact s•atemeut of
the attendance of those persons from the period
when the order to keep a perfect record shall corn's
into operation, which my Lords desire may com-
mence on the Ist July, 1831.

My Lords are atvate that the value of an officer's
services, arid the extent of his exertions, are not
always in proportion to the number of days on
which he may have attended in his office ; but my
Lords are nevertheless peisuaded that in general the
best and most useful public servants give the best
attendance.
My Lords are not unconscious of the importance
and d:licacy of the duty which Parliament has im-
posed on them, of thus inquiring into and estimat-
ing the services of a meritorious body of public ser-
vants, and my Lords are resolved to exeretse that
task with strict attention to impartiality.
They are therefore pleased to desire that no
minute for fixing any superannuation allowance shall
pass Board until the case shall have been pre-
viously submitted to the investigation of two of the
troAnbers of this Board, who shall examine into its
merits, and call for such information as they may
think necessary, and report to my Lords the allow-
ance which they may consider just, on the principle
defined in this minute; and if there be any circum-
stances which may distinguish it from ordinary
c,ises, they are desired to state them in their reports,
and my Lords feel confident they shall be assisted
in their intentions by the heads of the different de-
partments, on the fidelity of whose recommenda-
tions must mainly depend the rower of this Board
to administer fair and equal justice.
My Ltrds therefore desire that all letters and
reports now in the office recommending officers for
superannuation, including those in which provi-
sional allowances have been granted, may be re-
turned to the respee,ive departments, with direc-
tions for again transmitting those cases with as little
delay as possible, according to the regulations laid
down in this minute; and as it is highly desirable

r that Clip prinp
ci'e should oticiati.• 171 determining
Cie amount of superasinuatioll allOWarleeS to he
gritted to all civil scr,sants of:IT public, my LOrds
desire that a copy of ;11s minute may be sent to the
Lords Comthissiniters of the Admiral' y, the
request of thii Board to be acquaiti:e(i theii.
Lordships see any objection to the superannuation
illowancis in the civil deportmeats of be t a y being
reguldted Ott the pi!:cip!e r, loch my Lords !lave
determined to adopt in !di other depot n)erits of the
p :blit service and if the Board of Ado:iv:dry ap.
pro,'e of that print!iple, tdv Lards trd t the cc-
cp,ration of that Board to give it full slfect.

OPY OF TREASURY -MINUTE, DATF,D JUNE 24, 1' 31

!Vfy Lords read their minule of the 21st instant,
sulti,ct of superaninnition allowances t) he
Llrmtuti titid,r ;he 3d e. 113, iu ‘‘h;ch
direct that the heals of departments, when they
comnit?nd any individwd ‘vhotrisoever fur Silperitn•
,iumion, should be required to state the number of
clays on which the individual has been present in his
uilice timing each of the preceding ten yearF, s'ating
als) the number of days on which he has been ab-
,ent e:-..c}t year by reason of sirknes; and toy _Lords
f,rocell in that minute to desire that a record of at-
t,nti,tnee tu::y be kept accordingly, E m bra el ng the
umne of every individual who considers himself en-
titled to the Fenefit of the Supvrannuation Act.
In applying that regulation to this office, my
Lords are pleased to desire that the following ar-
famzement may be adopted arid strictly attended to.
That a bOck should he kept, and made lip after
the expinit'on of each month, by the assistant clerk,
in the registry-room, in which a record is to be re-
served of the artendinee of eacl, individual belonging
to the Treatny who el.iims the ‘orit fit of the ...)u-
-per.lntinattort Act, according to the form annexed to
this minute.
That the assistant-dirk should make the entries
in the book from the following documents, which
are to be deli, ered to him for that purpose, made up
to the end of each month, in the same form as that
of the book :

That the solicitor should deliver the sta.ement of
attendance of himself arid his establishment.
That each of the chid' clerks should deliver the
statement of attendance given by himself and each
established clerk under his directions.

That the principal clerk for Parliamentary busi-
ness, and the hill clerk, should each deliver the state-
ment of his own attendance, and that of his assistant.

That Mr. Charles Harrison should, until further
orders, deliver the etatetnent ft,r himself and for all
extra Jerks, although extra clerks ate not strictly
entitled under the Act to superannuation allowance,
but under certain circumstances have Ike,' permitted,
by the minute of this Board, of 27th January, 1824,
to receive reduced allowances.

That the Board-room messenger should deliver
the statement of his own attendance, and that of all
the messengers, door-keeper, and book-ranger.
That the under-mentioned gentlemen should each
deliver the statement of his own attendance :

The A.sistant ;.'ecretary,
The Principal Clerk,
The Private Secretaries to the First Lord,
Chancellor of the Excherider,
Two Secretaries,
Assistant Secretary.
Receiver of the Fees.

That the principal clurk and agent for commis-
sariat supplies should deliver the statement of the
attendance of himself, and all other persons in the
commissariat branch of this office, to be entered in
the book of attendance. _

In the case of any gentleman being absent at the
end of any month, whose duty it may be to deliver
a statement of the attendance of any person under
his orders, as ►►• ell as his own, that the gentleman
next in seniority in that department should deliver
the statement, including therein the statement of
attendance of his principal.
In the case of any gentleman being absent at the
end of any month, who is required to deliver in the
statement of his own attendance only, that such
gentleman shall deliver the statement imreeiiately
on his return to the eflice.
That all these statements shall be delivered to the
assistant clerk in the registry-room ►within three
days after the expiration of each month, and that
the book of attendance shall be delivered to the as-
sistant secretary within one week after the expira-
tion of each month, and in his absence to one of the
secretaries, for examination.
(The form of book is here inserted.)

COPY OF TREASURY MINUTE OF L2TH JULY, 1831.

Read letter from the Commissioners of Woods,
dated the sth instant, referring to the minute of this
Board of the 21st ult., establishing certain regula-
tious to be adopted in future upon the grant of su-
perannuation allowances to civil officers of public
departments, and also directing that in those offices
in which no record, or an imperfect one, of the
daily attendance of the officers and clerks has hitherto
been kept, a perfect record shall be kept in future;
and stating that no record of attendance having
heretofore been kept in that department, it seems
to them desirable, in order to give effect to their
Lordships' intentions, as well as in justice to the
parties whose claims may hereafter be affected and
determined upon according to their recorded ob-
servance of the regulations established by the said
minute, that the form and description of the record
directed by their Lordships to be kept, and the rules
to be observed in regard thereto, should, as tar as
possible, be the same in the several departments of
the public service ; and in case my Lords shall have
adopted a form, and laid down rules to be observed
in regard to the said minute by the officers of their
Lordships' Board, they request that my Lords will be
pleased to cause copies thereof to be communicated
to them f r their information and guidance.
Lords read their minute of the 21th ultimo,
prescribing regulations for carrying into effect
it
their own office the general directions laid down in
their minute of the 21st nitimee regarding the record
of attendance of all persons claiming the benefit of
the Superannuation Act. Although the regulations
prescribed by that minute are not applicable in their
detail to other departments of Government, yet my
Lords consider it advisable to transmit a copy of the
miiinte to all the public departments, in order that
they may be made acquainted with the regulations
which my Lords have adopted in their own office.
But, at the same time, my Lords leave it at the dis-
cretion of the heads of departments to make such
regulations for keeping the record of the attendance
of every individual therein who claims the benefit of
the Superannuation Act in such form as may be
suitable, it being distinetly understood, that my
Lords will require the information respecting attend-
ance which is described in their minute of the 21st
ultimo in every superannuation case which may
come before them, either by application direct from
the individual, or by the recommendation of others.

Despatches were received this morning at the
Colonial-tflice in Downing-street, from the Island of Ber-
muda, dated July 29 ; from Halifax, date I August S ;
from Barbadoes, dated July 17 ; from St. Thomas's, dated
August 4. ; and from the Cape of Good Hope, dated June
8, upon busirn.ss connected with the Colonies.

A Cabinet Council vas held this day at one
o'clock.

Preparations are going forward in almost every
town for celebrating the Coronation. At Chelmsford a
dinner is to be given to 2.000 poor people, and tickets for
beer afterwards, to be carried home to their families.

IRISH ACTS or PARLIAMLNT.—In the
course of the debate, the other night, on the Irish Esti-
mates, Mr. S. RICE adverted to what be ailed the Irish
system of Acts of Parliament : in one, for some general
fiscal regulation affecting the national finances, a clause
had been introduced empowering the Dean and Chapter• of
I.l3tEarcii: to dispose of the dcanery.lfouse !

AN IMPORTANT PERSONAGE.—A. gentle-
man was, the other day, taken to task by one of his friends
for being defected in a familiar confab with the hangman
in the public street " Why should I be ashamed to
speak to him ?" repliei the gentleman, " he is noted for
supporting the crown, and is a man of the very last im-
portance to society !"--Scetsman.