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complaints originated, which have been occasioned
by the existing enactments and practice as to the
" burial of paupers." The guardians are now to he
empowered to " bury the body of any poor person
which may be within their parish or union, such
person having died without effects of sufficient value
for defraying the expenses of his burial ; and to
charge the same to any parish, under their control, to
which such pauper was chargeable." All paupers
are to be buried in church-yards ; and the burial fees
to be paid out of the poor-rates. Clauses 34 to 50,
are devoted entirely to the formation, systeM, manage-
ment, and mode of defraying expenses of district
pauper schools, and asylums for occasional poor in
London and other large towns (Liverpool, Manches-
ter, Bristol, Leeds, and Birmingham are named in
the Schedule annexed to the Bill).
The 57th clause provides, that Commissioners may
direct guardians under Local Acts to conduct their
proceedings, in like manner, as guardians appointed
under 4 and 5 Wm. IV. c. 76. Parishes under
Local Acts, with a population exceeding 20,000, not
to be united without the consent of guardians.
These guardians may act as a board, elect a chair-
man, and hold their meetings as set out by 4 and 5
IVat. IV. These are the principal features of this
important Bill ; and it may be reasonably anticipated
that they will occasion much discussion in their pro-
gress through Committee.

The latest accounts from Lisbon bring us the intel-
ligence of a new and, apparently, a formidable insur-
rection in the metropolis of Portugal. The 4th Re-
giment of H.M.F. MAJESTY'S Dragoons, quartered at
Torres Novas, about fifty miles from that city, com-
menced the revolt, shouting for " the QuEEN and the
Charter!" " Down with the Ministry!" At present,
the movement seems to be confined to the military,
with whom it originated; for there is nothing in the
letters hitherto received to prove that the popular feel-
ing had, at the date of their dispatch, in any degree
responded to it. In the capital itself the affair seems
to have excited no other sentiment but reproba-
tion. The Chambers, too, by the vote of large majo-
rities, have suspended the Constitutional guarantees

of the Charter, throughout the kingdom, thus virtu-
ally establishing military law; the publication of the

journals, with one single exception in favour of El
Diario, the official organ, has been discontinued by
order; and the existing Government has been vested
with very extensive discretionary powers to meet the
pending emergency, besides being empowered to
raise 2,000 contos of milreis (about 450,000/.) by way
of loan.

With regard to the strength and character of this
outbreak the accounts are somewhat contradictory.
Some speak of a handful of dragoons, and a few civi-
lians only, having yet declared themselves in connec-
, tion with it. At Santarem, on the 6th instant,
PINA, the Commandant of the 4th Dragoons, had
presented himself with 26 horse and four officers,
having, on the preceding day, passed to the south of
the Tagus. At Thomas, on the night of the sth, ar-
rived VASCONCELLOS, with 60 mounted insurgents
of Torres Novas under his command, and accompa-
nied by ESTEVAO and some civilians, and next day
the whole marched in the direction of Fundao. Other
accounts describe the affair as an organised:conspi-
racy, intended to produce a general rising through-
out the whole kingdom of Portugal. Four of the
most active among the Lisbon Septembrists had
been arrested, and were imprisoned on board a Por-
tuguese frigate in the Tagus. Three principal
officers of the 3d Cacadores (rifles) had been
imprisoned in the Castle of St. George. All
the QuEEN's troops in Lisbon had been under
arms for three days, and other soldiery swarmed
in every quarter of the city. The sittings of the
Cortes were continued in permanence. The Duke of
PALMELLA had spoken very energetically in the
Chamber of Peer's, in favour of the extraordinary
measures to be adopted for repressing the danger,
and had been supported by the warmest leaders of
the Opposition. In the Chamber of Deputies the
same measures were carried with equal promptitude.
Upon a review of all the facts with which we have
yet been made acquainted, the movement does, how-
ever, assume a very formidable character, as the fol-
lowing incidents, among others, will lead our readers
toinfer;:—
Although the celebrated Septembrist, the im-
practicable enemy of English connexion in general,
and the fierce opponent of Lord PALMERSTON in par-
ticular—SA DA BANDEIRA—is not compromised on
this occasion, most of the leaders of his powerful
party are. Orders have been issued for the arrest of
the Baron DE FOSCOA, MENDES LEITH, ANTONIO R.
SAMPAYO, J. A. DO. N. MOLES MANTAS, and A. C.
XAVIER DE QUADROS. Again, it seems certain that the
three officers of the 2d rifles, imprisoned in the castle,
were strong Septembrist partisans. But by far the
most important arrest which had been ordered was
that of the Count BoMFIM, better known in this
country as General VALDEZ, an illustrious Portu-
guese officer, and one of the most distinguished and
disinterested chiefs in the confidence of DOM:PEDRO
who finally achieved the establishment of the Queer:
MARIA 11. on her throne. He for some time held the
portfolio of Foreign Affairs ; and the organisation and
Morale of H. M. F.. MAJESTY'S army were greatly ad-
vanced and improved by his.vigour and ability. He had
previously served with the British forces in Portugal
and Spain, and in that, as well as his subsequent ser-
ce i n the Liberatingco urage
with signal
and devotion, having in various
actions been desperately wounded. During the
usurpation of Dow. MIGUEL, his estates were con-
fiscated and his property destroyed. After the re-
as tnodr ation, favour helv
tehn enjoyed
Sovereign, ty Ed in he highest confidence
the general respect of
his countrymen ; wad. he wasp constant:communication
office
with some of the highest military and civil authorities
of Great Britain. We have, therefore, read with
some surprise and extreme solicitude the following
statement, which we transfer from the correspondence
of the Times :

" The persons for whose arrest orders have been issued
have thus far contrived to elude pursuit. Of all these,
the most important, i*fluential, and dangerous is Count
Bomfim, who obtaimed permission a few days ago in the
Chamber of Peers to proceed to Elvas, where ho
usually resides, analwhere he possesses considerable
power. No doubt ist entertained that his object is to
make a revolt th.eret ; and as Elvas is a large gar-
rison town, and Co'nnt Bomfim is rather celebrated as a
military commander„ it is dreaded that he may influence the
garrison to pronoui ice against the Government, and this
seems a most formio lable nucleus of revolt. To anticipate this,
if possible, orders w Ertl forwarded by telegraph to the civil
Governor at Elvas 'to place him under arrest the moment
he made his appearance in the town. But intelligence has
just this moment reached us that the Count had reached
Elvas the day before -the order fbr his arrest was forwarded
by the telegraph, and left it again. We have no further ac-
count of his movemonts, but these are decidedly hostile; and
incendiary proclamations have been issued by both him and
the two military Septerabrist Deputies, Cesar de Vascon-
cellos and Jose Estevao,who are at the head of the insurgents
of Torres Novas, in which they call themselves The Pen-
insular Army,' and apps ar anxious to secure assistance from
the disaffected in Span*, by reviving the old project of the
'lberian Republic,' to comprise both Spain and Portugal in
one commonwealth. The latter is the most formidable fea-
ture of the movement?'

We await with extreme anxiety the arrival of
further and more iltetailed intelligence from the scene
of these troubles. it will be mournful, indeed, if the
march of Portugal towards political and moral ame-
lioration, in which she has already pushed so far in
advance of her prodder and more powerful neighbour,
Spain, should be seriously retarded by political move-
ments that shall reedy propose any objects to which
the welfare of her Teople 'and the progress of her in-
stitutions are 'to be but subsidiary !

Military despotlpm is now the order of the day in
Spain, and NARV.4.E74---OP, in the words of a French
journalist, a " sabre "--rules the destinies of the coun-
try. On the 7th an ordonnance was issued by PE-
NAFLORIDA, the Minister of the Interior,-which places
the forty-nine provisoes under martial-law, and con-
sequently suspend 4, -we should rather say abrogates,
the power of the civil authorities. The first para-
graph of the ordonnanee, which is published in the
shape of a circular to the political chiefs, orders each
of them to take the necessary steps to place himself
in accord with the military authority of this
province, to declare it in estado excepcional whilst the
rebellions of Carthagana and Alicant continue. The
second decrees that tdl persons who take part, di-
rectly or indirectly, shall be tried by martial-law;
and the last announces that the military autho-
rity shall prevail over all others. Were it not
for the suffering inflicted upon the innocent
inhabitants, and the horrible butcheries similar to
those first sanctioned by the Durango decree, which
have already commenced, we should feel little pity
for that distracted country. Under ESPARTERO they
had full constitutional liberty ; war had ceased, trade

and commerce, together with public credit, were re-
viving; yet, like madmen the military and the civil
authorities, too, rose against his wise and mild govern-
ment, and chased him from the country. Under some
former rulers they were " scourged with whips "
under NARVAEZ they are "scourged with scorpions."
The following horrible announcement, made by a
Correspondent, fully bears out the fact :—The
butchery and reaction, says he, decreed by the
Minister of War has begun. General RONCALI has
shot twenty " suspected conspirators" in Valencia ;
and Colonel Ruiz, who led the insurgent column
from Carthagena to Murcia, has shot still more
of his Moderado prisoners by way of reprisal.
BONET, in Alicant, who (as we learned by the Go-
vernment papers) was at first so considerate as to
allow two officers of rank of the regiment of Valen-
cia, who did not like to join his party, to go freely
forth and return to Valencia, has now returned to his
old tiger-like ways, and has commenced by shooting
the messenger who brought him a threatening sum-
mons to surrender from General RONCALI. He
threatens in return to shoot ten for every one put to
death by the partisans of the Camarilla, just as he
did in the civil war after his desertion of CABRERA,
and when he vied with him in acts of wholesale
slaughter. It is known that on one occasion where
CABRERA shot seven prisoners of his troop, he retaliated
by shooting 70 Carlist prisoners. CABRERA there-
upon slaughtered 140 of his Christino captives after
a feast, within sight of the walls of Valencia ; and
there the butchery was stayed, BONET having no
more prisoners to murder. This is the fiendish
spirit which NARVAEZ and MAZARREDO have recalled
to life and activity, for the disgrace of Spain and the
19th century.

The Madrid journals, with the exception of those
in the interest of the Government, are suppressed or
discontinued by their proprietors. The editor of the
Tarantula had been arrested ; and the others, in order
to avoid the same fate, had stopped the publication of
their papers. Preparations were in progress for for-
tifying Madrid, which would forthwith be declared
in a state of siege; and military commissions were
to be established in all the provincial towns. So
much for the blessings conferred on the country
by Madame MUNOZ, and her Captain-General
NARVAEZ. Disturbances had again commenced
in that hot-bed of rebellion—Barcelona. On the
sth inst., the military authorities, having been in-
formed that the sergeants of the different corps had
received money to bribe the troops, ordered several
of the under officers to be arrested. A Council of
War was immediately formed, which is now to sit con-
tinually in the citadel. Three officers have been de-
graded, and condemned to the galleys for ten years ;
and a sergeant-major was condemned to be shot.
The execution took place on the glacis of the citadel,
and in presence of all the troops in the garrison.
Several of the inhabitants of the city have also been
arrested, and among others, two shopkeepers, who are
accused of having given the sergeants 1,000 piastres
to bribe the troops.
The disarmament of the National Guards had been
effected at Logrono, Santander, Grenada, Soria,
Guadalajara, Getafe, Alcala, and many other places.
The Three per Cents. were done at 271 at 60 days ;
and the Five per Cents. at 19i at 60 days.

On Tuesday the French Government received the
following intelligence from Madrid:—
" TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH.
" MADRID, FEB. 8.

" A column of rebels from Alicant, under the com-
mand of the Chief of the insurrection, BONET, was
encountered near Eda, on the sth, by the Captain-
General of Murcia, and put to flight. Two hundred
prisoners were taken. They abandoned their mus-
ketry and two pieces of artillery.
" Madrid is tranquil. The accounts from the pro-
vinces are favourable. The disarming of the National
Militia is effected every where without resistance."
The Paris journals are almost entirely filled with
the reports of the discussions in the Committees on
M. REM USAT'S motion for excluding placemen from
the Chamber of Deputies. M. GUIZOT is resolved
to resist it to the last, and there is little doubt that he
will be successful. On Monday the question was
fairly tried in the Committees, when the Government
had a majority 0f.24, and their supporters reckon on
a majority of from 30 to 40, when the question comes
on for public discussion in the Chamber. Among
other questions of interest which came before these
Committees, was the Bill on Secondary Instruction.
"The debate," says the Constitutionnel, "was very ani-
mated. The principle of the authority and action of
the State, it is said, has prevailed, and the paragraph
relating to the houses of education for young men
destined for the priesthood was very seriously opposed,
it being deemed an exorbitant privilege, not granted
even by the Government of the Restoration. A very
general desire was expressed to have the Bill voted
during the present session, in order, if possible, to put
an end to the dissensions actually existing, and which,
if allowed to continue, could only gain strength
from the violent conduct of the false friends of the

clergy."
The Committee afterwards authorised the reading
of the following resolution, proposed by Colonel de
BRICQUEVII.LE :—" The ashes of General BERTRAND
shall be laid beside the ashes of NAPOLEON."

It is generally believed, however, that agreeably to
a dying request, his remains will be interred at Cha-
tareaux, his native place.
The French Funds on Tuesday considerably im-
proved, the Three per Cents. closing at 82f. 20c., and
the Fives at 125 f. 55c.
THE BOURSE—TUESDAY, FEB. 13.

First HigLest Lowest Last

Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five per Cents. •••. 125 35 .. 125 55 .• 125 35 •• 115 55
Four per Cents. •• .. 106 25 .• 106 50 .• 106 25 .. 106 50
Three per Cents.• •• . 82 15 • • 82 25 82 15 .. 82 20
Bank of France... • • • ...... 3277 50 —3277 50 .. 3275 ..3275
Latlitte Bank, I,ooof. Shareslllo • • 1110 • • 1110 • • 1110
5,000 f. Sharesso7o • .5070 .• 5070 ..5070
Belgian Bank .. • • • ...... • • • 675 .. 675 .. 675 •675
Belgian Fives .• .
1840 •••••••• 1091 .. 1091 .. 1091 .. 1091
1842 ....•.•• 1101 .. 110/ •• 1101 •• 1101
Dutch Two-and-a-Half 551 • . 551 • . 551 • • 551
Spanish Active ••• • • • 311 • • 311 • • 311 • • 311
Passive •• • 751 5l .• 751.• 51
Old Deferred• ••• . • • .. 7 • • • • 7
Portuguese Five per Cents.. 47 • • 47 • • 47 .• 47
Neapolitan lO6 106 .. 106 106
Roman lO6l •• 1061 .. 106/ .. 1061

RAILWAY SHARES.
355 .. 355 .. 355
•• •• •• 185 .. 185 .. 175
Rouen

Versailles, R. 8... .. .. .. ,

677 50 .. 677 50 - 670 .. 670
852 50 .. 852 50 .. 852 50 .. 852 50

•• 355
•• 177 50
•• 837 50

Rouen to llavre . ..
Orleans ....

Strasburg to Bale 253 75 .. 253 75 .. 250 250
Mulhausen to Thann .•• •• •• 375 .. 375 .. 375 .. 375
Montpellier to Cette • • • . • ... 495 .. 495 • • 495 • • 495
Avignon to Marseilles...... 757 50 .. 762 50 .. 757 50 .. 762 50
RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT.
Versailles, R. 8...
L.B.
Rouen
Rouen to 11avre....... ..... 680 .. 680 .. 670 .. 675
_ _

Orleans •
Strasburg to Bale 253 75 .. 253 75 •. 248 75 • • 250
Avignon to Marseilles •... 767 50 .. 767 50 • • 755 .. 765

THE DUKE or WELLINGTON.—We very much regret
to announce that the Duke of Wellington, last evening
about six o'clock, had another attack of the disorder
under which he has so long laboured. Upon his arrival
at Apsley House, he was observed to fall down upon the
neck of his horse. Two gentlemen passing ran to his
assistance, and he was conveyed in their arms into
Apsley House. The Noble Duke was in a state of total
unconsciousness ; but we hope that the attack may be
only temporary, and that he may be able to take part
in the adjourned debate in the House of Lords.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, FEB. 15.-Light south-westerly breeze and cloudy.
OFF DOVER, FEB. 14.—Robert Fins, Pryor, St. Domingo,
for Hamburgh.
PENZANCE, FEB. 11.—Arrd. Ellen Mary, London, for
Port Madoe, with lost of topmasts, &c., having been in con-
tact with a vessel off the Land's End.
STOCKTON, FEB. 13.—A vessel, supposed to be the Ocean
Queen of Ipswich, went on the North Gair yesterday, but
was got off to-day}', without much damage.
YARMOUTH, I EB. 13.—The brig which was in contact
with the Centenary, of South Shields, off the coast of Dur-
ham, was not the Robert and Ann, as reported, but the Bri-
tannia of Newcastle.
SOUTHAMPTON, FEB. 14.—Arrd. Montrose (steamer),
Gibraltar.

FALMOUTH, FEB. 14.—Wind, W.S.W., moderate.—Arrd.
Express packet, Rio ; sld. Dec. 24, on freight about 30,000/.
inold, silver and diamonds.
BRISTOL, FEB. 13.--Sid. Suffolk, Boston.
LIVERPOOL, FEB. 15.—Arrd. Imamara, Ceara; Charles,
Gilbert and Xarifa, St. Croix, St. Domingo ; Superb, Gat-
chett, Mobile. Sid. 14th, Vindicator, Manilla; Mastery,
Rio; Eliza Ann, Bahia: Thomas, Demerara; Elizabeth
Wood, Barbadoes ; Serafin, Havannah ; Amoy, Savannah ;
Helen Thompson, New York. A large steamer under can-
vass only, with black hull, white quarter boats and white
life-boats inverted over the paddle-wheels was passed 9th ult.
in lat. 24, lon. 84, apparently steering for Havannahcby the
Superb, Gatchell, arrived here.
lirurrny' FEB. 14.—The Rival, of Lynn (coal laden) ran
on Whitly Rock this morning, but came off in the flood ap-
parently without damage.
YARMOUTH, FEB. 14.—The Lord Douglas, Small, of Dun-
dee, from Rotterdam to Leith, got upon the Scroby this
morning, but has been assisted off without discharging. The
Energy, from Chatham to Hartlepool, which put in here
26th inst., with loss of mainmast-head, &c., has sailed this
morning.
WELLS, FEB. 14.—The Jean and Mary, Walker, of Wis.•
beach for London, is ashore in the outer sand, but is expected
off next tide without damage.
k'F.B. 12.—Skl. New City of Cork, Barbadoea.