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London, England, 1831-05-25 00:00:00

DUTCH PAPERS RECEIVED THIS DAY.

Rortwasaw, Maw 23.—The following is the 22d Protocol of the
Congress of London. The Plenipotentiaries of the five great powers
have met to deliberate on the resolutions which, accelerating the ac.
complishnicnt of the objects of the protocols of the 20th and 27th
January, 1831, may hew contribute to effoct the desirable state of
peace, between Belgium and Holland, which Is the object of the care
of the five courts, and of their constant exertions. Being unable to
find the principle bases of sucka desirable result, otherwise than in the
principles which are to regulate the separation between ILlgium and
Holland, principles laid down in the protocol of 27th January, 1831,
to which his Majesty the King of the Netherlands has entirely acceded
the Plenipotentiaries were agreed, that the Commissioner in Brussels
shall be instructed to communicate the said bases, without delay, to the
Belgian Government, to make it sensible of the advantages which they
hold out to Belgium, and to advise their acceptance of them.

It is farther resolved by the Plenipotentiaries, that their Commis.
sissitmer shall call the attention of the Belgic Government to the essen-
tial difference between the above principles, relative to the arrangements
concerning the territory, which are considered as fundamental and irre-
vocable, and those whish concert the division of the debt, and the
trade with the Dutch colonies. That, with respect to the debt, Lord
Ponsonby shall observe to the Belgian Government, that as a part of
the debt of the Kingdom of the Netherlands was supported
by the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, a just share of this
burden must still be borne by the Grand Duchy, which will so far lessen
the burden of Belgium; lastly, that ii the Belgian government assents
to the above-mentioned principles, the consequence of the assent must
be, the speedy withdrawal of all the Belgic troops, that may be in the
Grand Duchy of Luxemburg; the entire cessation of all interference on
the part of the Belgic government in the affairs of that country ; and the
immediate sending to the Hague commissioners, for determining the
boundaries, and of commissioners for making the preliminary at.
rangemcnts.

The experience of the preceding negotiations, conunencad at
Brussels, has, nevertheless, obliged the Plenipotentiaries to take
into consideration the contingency in s hich the basis fixed for
the separation between Belgium and Holland should be r.jected by the
Belgic Government, or if that Government should persevere in its pre-
ceding eagerness for war and conquest.
To provide against such contingencies, the plenipotentiaries have re-
solved, formally to declare to the Belgic Government—

1. That the dispositions called fundamental, and which are included
in the first nine articles of the said basis, are, in the eyes of the five
powers, irrevocable, according to the Protocols of 20th of January and
18th of February, 1831.
2. That according to section 2 of the Protocol of the 19th February,
the independence of Belgium shall not be recognised by the Powers,
except upon the conditions, and within the Emits which result front the
Protocol of 20th January.
3. That if the representations, which Lord Ponsonby, by the pre-
sent Protocol, is instructed to make, should not be acceded to, all rela-
tions between the Five Powers and the Belgian Government shall im.
mediately cease ; that Lord Ponsonby shall instantly leave Brussels,
and that the Belgian Ambassador, who is at Paris, shall be requested
to depart without delay.

4. That in case of the rejection of the above-mentioned proposals, if
the Powers injured In their possessions by the Belgian Government,
should be obliged to take the necessary measures, to cause their
legal authority to be respected, or to restore it in all coun-
tries belonging, to them, which are out of the Belgian terri-
tory, which is declared neutral, the five Powers, according to the
Bth section of the protocol of 19th Feb. can do no other than respect the
right of the Power, by which the measures shall be taken.
b. That in the same case, all the attempts of the Belgian Govern.
went, or of ha troops, against the territory which, by the protocol of
120th Jan. is declared to be Dutch, and every violation of the armistice,
as regulated by the protocol of 17th Now. 1830, and the letter of the
Provisional Government of Belgium, dated 21st Nov. of the same year,
which is annexed to the protocol No. 9, shall be considered as acts of
hostility against the five Powers ; and as such be followed by all those
measures wuich they may, after common deliberation, consider as the
best calculated to maintain the integrity of the States threatened, and
to attain the objects which are laid down in the fundamental protocol
of 20th Jan. 1831.—Rotterdam Courant, May 24.

BARBADOES, MARCH 21.—8 y the mail-boat which ar-
rived on Sunday from Leeward, we were informed that there was some
dissatisfaction ansonethe slaves of Antigua, in consequence of the aboli-
tion of Sunday marketing. 117 c also understood that the island
had been put under martial-law, and that a number of cane.
fields had been destroyed by fire. But we abstained from no.
tieing these unfortunate occurrences, until we should be in possession of
further particulars. We have this morning learnt, by the arrival of the
Nancy & 3lary, Captain Harris, that comparative tranquillity was
restored when she left, and that martial law will cease on lflontlay
next, should no disturbance take place in the mean time. There
had not been any conflagration since Thursday ; and on Sunday
the guard had orders to the on any negro who should attempt to enter
the town with produce for sale, but no attempt of the kind was made.
The preceding Sunday, the slaves assembled in the market in large
numbers, and all the remonstrances alai persuasions of the magistrates
failed to induce them to disperse. The paper before us do not state
that any bloodshed had taken place.
Our private accounts from Demerara inform us that the
exchange on England had risen to the height of fifteen guilders to the
pound sterling, in consequence of the merchants preferring to remit
cash (even at that rate) to shipping produce, which would bring no
price m the markets. The distress of the planters may be easily imagined
from this circumstance.
The following account has been presented to the Academy
of Sciences, in Paris, of the measures adopted, during the last two
years, for the improvement of the food of paupers, by introducing the
use of gelatine matter extracted from bones. An apparatus for ex
tracting it from bones, has been fitted up at the Hospital St.
Louis, and at the Hotel Dieu. They use twenty-eight kilogrammes
of bones daily at the former, and thirty at the latter estab-
lishment, with this distinction, that the bones at the Hotel Dieu have
previously been boiled twice in the copper, a process which makes a
marked difference in the quantity of grease extracted. The apparatus
at the hospital St. Louis, has alraidy been at work for 568 days, and
has produced 1,052 kilognuumes of grease, and 512,100
rations of the gelatine matter. The process has been
going en 424 days at the Hotel Dieu, incessantly, and the pro-
duce has bean 514 kilogrammes of grease, and 402,800 rations of the
gelatine matter. Thus, by using merely the bones of the butcher's
meat consumed in the Hospitals, they have procured a supply of
11561 kilogrammes of rase, and 914,900 rations of a very
nutritious substance. The two apparatus hove already furnished
as much good of animal matter to the hospitals, as could
be found in 38,268 kilogrammes of butcher's meat. On the otner
hand, and considering only the gelatinous solution procured in this
manner, and the preparation of soup from it, it would be necessary, in
order to get at the same result, to use 228,721 kilogrammes of butchers'
meat, or the entire produce of 782 oxen.

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We regret to state, that an explosion from fire-damp took
place on Tuesday, in a coal-pit belonging to Mr. Bromilaw near Bt.
Helens, Lancashire, attended with dreadful loss of life. Sixteen per.
sons were in the pit at the time. Six bodies have already been taken
out, and great fur is entertained respecting the fate of the other
sufferers.

LIVERPOOL, MAT 23.—There has been a fair demand
this week for British Plantation Sugar, the sales amounting
to 1 100 Mids. at steady rates. There was a fair demand
for Cotton in the early part of the week, and rather better
prices were obtained; but within the last few days there has
been lees doing, and the advance has not been maintained.
The Indigo sales on Thursday were not well attended, but
went off, upon the whole, as well as could have been anti-
cipated.