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London, England, 1831-08-11 00:00:00

sedievity for 6.011f11. D d the persons intrusted with the care
and distrlhoth'n of this ,ontl never look at the accounts: Or
did common art hmetic form no part of their education ? If
it did, we should have thought that they might have disco.
veenl that the mere Inter at of this sum at 41 per cent. would
1..4., amounted to ore thousand two hundred pounds per
which would not have been improperly bestowed
•
openting tb- any incomes of no less than 600 of
t' e roarer clerey he stipends of 201 a year each. or of 601.
ve r to twenty-font (.1 thin. Instead of which it was
to he dont ant in the hands of a defaulter ; and that
. Varliamert. were voting still larger sums for the very
st purpose, the apolicstion of which. It is to be hopiti,
b... twin more rigidly anti honestly looked after. ‘Ve repeat,
hoarser, that the determination of the Commissioners tore.
P• lace out of their own porketc. the defalcation of their trea.
surer, affords an honourable and rare instance of self.clevo-
-I,„a and one which, we trust. will have the tfftct of in-
'luceng those who kill similar situations to save themselves,
.t.et the fur ds user wine:. they hays the err trout, front Aimilar
lost .• _ - .

HERALD.— We are glad to find that the question of
PCP, laws for Ireland is nuking its way both in and out of
Parliament. Not iti4ny week* ago Sir J. Newport declared
I s opinion in fewer of a modified systen. ; rnd law night Mr.
Rot a•niuw. an Irish Member er ereat influence. presented, from
et...ly of still greeter.ofluence le that country (the Roman Ca.
thohe ant] Bishops of Ireland,) a petition calling
f.t some immediate enactment on the subject. Mr. B. de-
clared himself favourahle to the object of the petitioners. aed
4.lceost all the ;Members who spoke were advocates for
a eteopuleary provision—the only effectual provision that
can he relied upon for the relief of the poor. still, how.
rt. r. there are some politicians of the economical school so
strongly opposed to the principle of Poor Laws we to resist
their introduction even tinder the present circumstances of
that country. Colonel Torrens, we find, is one of these.
He recommends the encouragement of agriculture. coupled
e.ith a system of emigration. in preference to one of compul-
sore relief; and certainly, if we were obliged to choose be-
tween the two courses, we should agree with him in prefer-
ring the former. But there is no reason why both remedies
towuld not he applied to the correction of the evils under which
Ireland has long suffered. Lott agriculture.anci everyother spe.
:es of industry, be encouraged ; but let not the poor be for.
gotten. Experience, recent experience, has shown that the
most frightful exhibition of human misery cannot open the
torsos of some people to relieve the wants of their fellow.
ernoures. The thousand% who would have lately starved in
Ireland, but for English charity and humanity, are so many
witnesses to this fact. Things cannot go on always as they
have done. Benevolent people may and will continue to
tax themselves voluntarily rather than witness the spectacle
of a perishing multitude ; but it is only by the interference
to' Parliament to lighten and equalize the burden that per-
m:went ten f can be supplied. We would rather see even
an ill-concocted system of pour-laws established in Ireland
that. witness the exhibition of such Misery and insen-
sibility as prevailed in that country doting the late
c st rem.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
DEITCH PAPERS.
Copy of a Despatch addressed to the Ambassadors and
voys at the Courts of Berlin, London, Paris, St. Peters.
laugh, and Vienna, dated August 2.

81r—Vou are aware of my official communication ad-
Ore.a.d on the 12th ult. to the conference of London, itt
awer to the 18 articha proposed as the preliminaries of a
tre.tty of peace between Holland and Belgium.

" I have the honour to transmit the two articles enclosed.
rie first, an isfEcia! notification which I received from the
c,,rifertnce under the date of the 2bth ult. the purport of
wit eh is to prevail upon our government to arm its minis-
It re in London with powers to discuss, perfect, and execute,
a definitive treaty, under the auspices of the Five Powers.
The second is my reply o f the Ist of August, of which the
Baron Zuylen de Nyvelt, who yesterday set out to resume
Lit functions of second plenipotentiary, is the bearer.

You will observe, Sir, that in this litter instrument his
Majesty has caused to be given to his Plenipotentiaries at
London, the necessary instructions and powers for the dIiCLIS.
perfecting, and executing, in concert with the ministers
of the Conference, a definite treaty, the object of which skill
be the separation of Holland from Belgium, according to the
terms propoundtd in my official communication of the 12th
ult. which terms were agreed upon by his Majesty and the five
Powers; and you will observe, moreover, that the King is
determined to support the negotiation by military measures.

In fact, his Majesty, after nine months of vain negotiation,
which has been quite unprofitable to Holland, and during
which she has not ceased to give proof of her sincere desire to ter.
alitiste, in an amicable manner, her quarrel with Belgium—
ai:er this his 3lajerty has judged, that if be would not
sacrifice the primary and vital interests of Holland—if he
would not sacrifice interests necessary to her existence, he
must renounce all hopes of obtaining from Belgium reason.
able conditions of separation without coercive measures : and
that it has become the more indispensable to have recourse to
much measures, because the crisis could not be prolonged
ithont compromising at once our public spirit, our finance%
our army, and even our political existence. On the other
si.:e, there is reason to hope, that the appearance of our arms
i 7 Belgium will restore the balance of the oegociation
destroyed by those means which the insurrection has sue.
employed, while Holland confined herself to a
mirietly defensive position.

•• In conformity with hls Majesty's desire, I have the
Lio:our to impress upon you the propriety of explaining
t. the minister of affairs at • • •, that the ac ual gum-
tiun of Belgium is nu longer one in which Europe can
be thought to hate a general interest; but that it is re-
(laced to an object of a Furely domestic nature—namely,
in fixing the equitable conditions of a separation between
and Belgium—that these conditions are of the
lag:lcat impnrance to Holland, but absolutely indifferent
ic the rest of Europe—that if other nations can really
tin hilt themselves interested, it must be solely in regard to the
preservation of a general peace, and that upon this ground we
unit' tine aid of Austria, France, Hirai Britain, Prussia, and
Itussia. You will add that Holland understands her
intertste too well to desire or wish to kindle a war,
whether more t r less extensive, of which she must herself
eteounter the first and most formidable hazards,—that she
covets no increase of territory,—that she offers up her best
g.wd wishes for the well-being of all states, without dis-
turbing herself about the means by which they seek to ac-
quire or to censolidate; but that she cannot, under any cis.
cutustatices. sacrifice the principle of her own existence.
Thence it must be evident that the King's determioa ion to
throw his at my into the scale simultaneously with the nego-
tiations at London for the puipuse of obtaining fair terms of
separation,—an end too precisely marked, and too distinctly
avowed, to be subject to the least doubt,--ought not to in-
spire any disquietude; and his .Majesty believes he has
ground to hope that in Ruse circumstances Austria, France,
great Britain, Prussia. and Russia will unite their efforts
with hie, to ensure that the separation shall be adjusted upon
a solid and equitable tooting, and consistently with the rights
ca Holland.

Pray inform me of the result of your representations.
(Sigccd) VERSTOLK DE SOELEN."

BFLGIC PAPERS.

Ar. TwElt P. A ou. 6. Our city breathes. Joy
;Ind hope return to all beam. This morning the
lulionang proclamation was posted :

" PROCLAMATION.
The city of Antwerp is placed under the safeguard of
France, England, and all Europe.
" This safeguard guarantees our perms and our property
against every aggression front the citadel or the Dutcb naval
ttoce.
Dude at the Town-hall, Aug. 4.
" The Bergamots, and Sherif.
•• OILKARD LIORKILL
" WILLII •sastarjr."