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LONDON,
THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1831.1

THE QUARTER'S REVENUE.

We are happy to perceive that by the tables
just published, the decrease on the Quarter's
Revenue is only 29,480/.—a sum so trifling as
hardly to be worth notice, especially when we
consider the taxes that have been repealed,
and which must have influenced the returns.
But this proves that moderate taxes are more be-
neficial to the people, as well as more produc-
tive to the State, than oppressive ones which de-
feat the object aimed at—an increase to the
Revenue. Were the CHANCELLOR of the
EXCHEQUER to reduce, and we are sure the
present CHANCELLOR will reduce, other
taxes, such as those which press more di-
rectly on the productive classes, the Revenue
would be considerably benefitted thereby. The
tax on stamps would be more productive were
there a reduction of some items by one half,
and a modification of others. But we shall
.point these out more particularly to Lord AL-
THORP'S attention in a day or two. At pre-
sent we congratulate the country upon the
improving state of the Revenue as compared
with other quarters. The deficiency on the year
is 640,450/.

Brussels Papers of the sth inst. have been re-
ceived. They contain a copy of the Protocol
agreed to at London by the Plenipotentiaries
of the Great Powers, and the answer of the
Belgians
BRUSSELS, JAN. 3.-Two British Cabinet Messengers
have been despatched from this city for London, the first
yesterday afternoon, at six o'clock, the other this morning
at five o'clock.

The Journal des Flandres contains the two following
article.:_

" Is it true that a coterie, provided with considerable
funds, the source of which may be gmessed at, is intriguing
at Brussels in favour of the Prince of Orange?
Is it true that a petition in favour of his Royal High-
ness has received some signatures at Ghent?
Is it true that an Address in the same spirit has been
clandestinely circulated at Ypres ?
However, it matters little. Every Deputy in the Con-
gress has a right to examine the petitions on the
table, and publish the names of those who have signed
them. It is sufficient."

The Dutch Journals say there is no truth in the re-
port, that General George is to take the command of the
citadel of Antwerp, in the room of General Chasse.
It is generally affirmed at Breda, that an armistice is to
be concluded immediately with Belgium. It is added,
the Commissioner who is to take part in the negociations
on this subject on the part of Holland, is General Con-
stant de Rebecque.
No communication on this' subject had been received at
head-quarters.
NATIONAL CONGRESS, SITTING OF JAN. 3.
The President announces a despatch from the Provi-
sional Government, it is read.

Brussels, Jan. 3.
Mr. PRisforNr,—We have the honour to send you an-
nexed the Protocol of the 20th of December, which was
delivered to the Diplomatic Committee on Friday last at
midnight, after the sitting of the Congress. We add the
report of the Diplomatic Committee, dated the 3d inst.
Accept, &c.
J. VAN DER LINDEN.
London, Dec. 20.
GENTLEMEN,--We have the honour to transmit you
tu-day a Protocol, containing an important resolution taken
in the name of the five Allied Powers.
It is our intention that this document be communicated
to the Provisional Government of Belvium, and that you
insist, gentlemen, on the speedy sending of the Commis-
sioners, with whom we desire to confer.—Accept, &c.

(Signed)

ESTERHAZY.
WESSEMBERG.
TALLEY RAND.
PALNIERSTON.
BULOW.
LIEVEN.
AIATUSCEWITSCH.
A true copy. PONSONBY.
To Lerd Ponsonby and M. Bresson, at Brussels.
PROTOCOL OF THE CONFERENCE AT THE FOREIGN OFFICE,
DEC. 20, 1530, PRESENT THE PLENIPOTENTIARIES OF

AUSTRIA, FRANCE, GREAT BRITAIN, RUSSIA, AND
PRUSSIA :--
‘ The Plenipotentiaries of the five Courts having re-
ceived the formal assent of the Belgic Government to the
armistice which had been proposed to it, and which the
King of the Netherlands has also accepted, and the Con-
gress of Alini,ters having thus, by the stopping of the
effusion of blood, accomplished the first part of the task
which it had undertaken, the Plenipotentiaries have met
to deliberate on the farther measures to he taken with a
view to remedy the derangements which the troubles that
have taken place in Belgium have caused in the system
established by the treaties of 1814 and 1815.
" In forming, by the treaties in question, the union of
Belgium with Holland, the Powers who signed those
treaties, and whose Plenipotentiaries are at this moment

assembled, had in view to found a just equilibrium in
Europe, and to secure the maintenance of general peace.
" The events of the last four months have unhappily demon-
strated that the perfect and complete amalgamation which
the Powers desire to effect between these two countries,
had not been obtained ; that it would henceforth be im-
possible to effect it ; that therefut e the very object of the
union of Belgium with Holland is destroyed, and that it
now becomes indispensable to have recourse to other ar-
rangements to accomplish the intentions which the union
in question was designed to carry into execution. United
to Holland, and forming an integral part of the kingdom
of the Netherlands, Belgium had to fulfil its part of the
European duties of that kingdom, and of the obligations
which the treaties had caused it to contract towards the
other Powers. Its separation from Holland cannot libe-
rate it from that part of its duties and obligations.
" The Congress will consequently proceed to discuss
and to concert the new arrangements most calculated to
combine the future independence of Belgium with the sti-
pulations of the treaties, with the interests and the se-
curity of other Powers, and with the preservation of the
balance of Europe. With this view the Congress, while
continuing its negotiations with the Plenipotentiaries of
his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, will invite the
Provisional Government to send to London, as soon as
possible, Commissioners provided with instructions and
sufficient powers, to be consulted and heard respecting
every thing which may facilitate the definitive adoption of
the arrangements above alluded to.
" These arrangements cannot affect in any manner the
rights which the King of the Netherlands and the German
Confederation exercise over the Grand Duchy of Luxem-
burg.
" The Plenipotentiaries of the five Great Powers have
agreed that the present Protocol should be communicated
to his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, and a copy
sent to Lord Ponsonby and M. Bresson, with the annexed
letter, which they will communicate to the Provisional
Government of Belgium.
(Signed) " ESTERHAZY," &c., as before.
VERBAL NOTE OF DEC. 31.

" Lord Ponsonby and M. Bresson have the honour to
communicate to tlie President and Members of the Diplo-
matic Committee, attested Copies of the Protocol of a con-
ference held at London on the 20th instant, by their Ex-
cellencies the Plenipotentiaries of the Five Great Powers,
and of a letter accompanying it.
" Lord Ponsonby and M. Bresson request the Presi-
dent of the Diplomatic Committee to inform them, whe-
ther the Belgic Commissioners sent to London are furnished
with powers sufficiently ample to treat on the various
points enumerated in the Protocol. If these powers
should not be sufficient, the Provisional Government of
Belgium will be sensible of the necessity of immediately
sending them fuller powers.
" Lord Ponsonby and M. Bresson take this opportu-
nity to repeat to the President of the Diplomatic Com-
mittee, the assurance that their Excellencies the Plenipo-
tentionaries have spared no pains to convince the Cabinet
of the Hague that the measures of precaution which still
impede the navigation of the Scheldt, ought to he revoked
as soon as possible. On the 27th inst. their Excellencies
resolved to call upon the Government of his Majesty
King William to put an end to the hostilities, to
every act that might be considered as hostile, and
their Excellencies, the Ambassadors and Ministers of
the five Courts at the Hague have received from their
Excellencies the Plenipotentiaries the invitation to urge
his Majesty to comply, as soon as possible, with the will s
which they formally repeat.
" The Provisional Government cannot fail duly to ap-
preciate the readiness of their Excellencies the Plenipo-
tentiaries to attend to the claims which it has made, and
it will doubtless wait with confidence till the steps which
the five Powers will find means to render effectual shall
have led to the result which Belgium hopes.
" On this occasion Lord Ponsonby and M. Bresson think
it their duty to observe, that the Protocol of 17th Decem-
ber not having been accepted by the Provisional Govern-
ment till the 15th instant, not a moment has been lost by
their Excellencies in taking the decisive measures which
they have adopted.
" The uneasiness and eager desire manifested by the
country are doubtless very natural in the disturbed state
in which it is, but it is impossible not to allow for the
distances of place and time, and not to perceive that affairs
of such importance, cannot be treated with precipitation."

VERBAL NOTE OF THE 3D JAN. 1831.

The President and Members of the Diplomatic Com-
mittee having had the honour to receive from Lord Pon-
sonby and M. Bresson by a verbal note of the 31st of
December, attested copies of the Protocol of a conference
held at London on the 20th of December, by the Plenipo-
tentiares of the Five Powers, hasten to return the fol-
lowing answer
" It appears to them that the raining of the blockade
and the free navigation of the Scheldt, being the prin-
cipal condition of the armistice, and even of the suspension
of arms, executed already on the 21st of November, the
first task undertaken by the Five Great Powers was not
yet accomplished.
" The balance of Europe may still be secured, and ge-
neral peace maintained, by rendering Belgium independent,
strong, and happy ; if Belgium was without strength and
without happiness, the new arrangement would be
threatened with the fate of the political combination of
1815.

" Independent Belgium has, doubtless, to perform its
part of the duties towards Europe, but it will be difficult
to conceive what obligations can be imposed on it by
treaties in which it took no part.
"The Commissioners sent to London are provided with
sufficient instructions to be heard on all the affairs of Bel-
gium, and they cannot conceal from the Congress of Mi-
ni,ters, that in the critical circumstances in which the
Belgian nation is placed, it will doubtless appear impos-
sible for Belgium to form an independent State, without
an immediate guarantee of the freedom of the Scheldt, of
the possession of the left bank of that river, of the whole
of the province of Limburgh, and of the Grand Duchy of
Luxemburg, renewing its relations with the German Con-
federation.

" Their Excellencies the Plenipotentiaries of the five
Great Powers will easily conceive, from the reports made
to them by Lord Ponsonby and M. Bresson, the critical
situation of the country, and the impossibility of prolong-
ing this state of uncertainty."
After the reading of these communications a debate
arose, in which the choice of Sovereign was again men-
tioned, and at the conclusion M. C. Rodenbach laid on the
table a proposal to the effect, that the sections should im-
mediately take into consideration what relates to the
choice of the head of the State. _

The Congress decided tit; this proposal should be
sent to the Sections for examination. .

ANTWERP, JAN. 3.—The Kin.. is reported to have
agreed to an arrangement, of which the free navigation of
the Scheldt is the chief point, that our ships will be able
freely to ascend and descend the river before the 20th in-
stant, without being liable to other duties than those
which existed i❑ 1814, before the Union ; that the news
has been communicated by the Koopmans ; and, lastly,
that the ships which had been ordered to unload at Flush-
ing have received counter-orders.

LUXEMBURG, JAN. 1.-Just as we are going to press,
we hear of the death of M. Willimar, Counsellor of State,
Governor of the Grand Duchy, who was carried off by a
fit of apoplexy during the night
VIENNA, DEC. 24.—1 t was reported on 'Change to-day
that the Polish army, under General Chlopieki, had left
Warsaw and take❑ the road to Grodno (the account from
Warsaw of the 2311, in the Prussian State Gazette,
shows that this repot was unfounded), and that Prince
Adam Czartoryski had been obliged to fly, because his mo-
derate sentiments render him suspected to the revolutionary
party. Our funds were not affected by this, as letters from
St. Petersburgh encourage the belief that the Polish in-
surrection will soon be ended, and we know by private
letters that the minds of the people at Warsaw are much
discouraged since the publication of the declaration of the
Emperor Nicholas that he will not lay down his arms till
the rebels are punished, and since the orders issued from St.
Petersburgh to cause a formidable force to advance against
Warsaw, prove the serious determination of the Emperor
to act with vigour, many distinguished Polish families set-
tled at Cracow had fled to Vienna, to await the issue of
the melancholy troubles in their country. The Poles are
said to be much in want of arms, especially artillery. The
exchange of couriers between this city and Berlin are very
frequent.
DEc. 25.—Bank Shares, 995.

Despatches were received at the Foreign-
office this morning from the British Ministers at
Buenos Ayres and Brazils, and also from our
Ambassadors at Paris and the Hague.

We have only time to direct attention to
the extracts from the French. Papers. The
Emperor NICHOLAS has issued a Proclamation
against the Poles, which is only remarkable for
its ferocious spirit. The Poles, we trust, know
what they may expect, and that their safety can
only be secured by their independence. If their

SMITLIFIELD MARKET
This day's supply was ,exceedingly limited throughout, there
not being 40 good Beasts at any time in the market, and compa-
ratively few good Sheep and fat Calves. The trade with prime
Becf, Mutton, and Veal, was tolerably brisk, with the two former
at an advance of from 2d. to 4d., the latter generally lid. Per
stone; in prices of middling and inferior Beef and Mutton, as
well as these of Pork, at Monday's quotations.
PRICES PER STONE OF BLBS. TO SINK THE OFFALS.
s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d.
Inferior Beasts ...... 2 2 2 4 Large Lambs
Second quality ditto 2 6 210 Prime small ditto 0 0 0 °
Prime large Oxen... 3 4 3 8 Large coarse Calves 3 8 4 0
prime Scots, &e..... 3 8 4 2 Prime small ditto 5 2 3
Inferior Sheep 2 2 2 4 Large Hogs ...... :3 2
Second quality ditto 2 8 3 2 Small Porkers 4 4 4
Coarse-woolled ditto 310 4 4 Suckling Calves I2s to 3tis. each.
Sou th down Wetli ers 4 2 4 8 Quarter old Pigs 12s to 18s. eacli.
SUPPLY, A$ PER CLERK'S STATEMENT.
Beasts. I Sheep. Calves. Pigs.
I
133 2,260 12.) 90

NEINGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS.
At per stone, by the Carcass.
s. (I. to s. s. 41. tog. (t.
Lice ° 3 4 Veal 'I 5 o.
3 0 4 *Mon 4 3 8 Pork

HAY M A RKETS.—(At per Load of 3,1 'grosses.)
CUMBERLAND (LATE ST. JAMES'S.)
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 0 to £2 5
New Meadow Hay
Useful Old Ditto o 5 3 10
Fine Upland Meatiow and Rye-grass Hay 4 0 4 IS
Clover Hay ti 15 5 5
Oat Straw £1 12 to £1 14 I Wheat Straw... 114 IIS
Supply good, trade dull, and prices stationary.