The Sun.
London, England, 1870-01-05 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

LISBON, Jan. 3.

The Chambers were opened yesterday by the
King in person. The Speech from the Throne
was of an ordinary character. Reforms in the
Ruances are promised, with the object of establish-
ing an equilibrium in the Budget. The Speech
announces that the relations of Portugal with
foreign Powers are satisfactory, and that tran-
quillity reigns throughout the kingdom.

FRANCE.

PAnis, Jan. 5.
The Gau:ois of to-day publishes a telegram from
Madrid, dated 3d instant, according to which the
question is said to have been raised of investing the
Regent with sovereign power. This solution, how-
ever, meets with considerable opposition from the
majorities of the Cortes, and the partizans of the
Duke de Moutpensier are also very active in resist-

ing it.
BOURSE, Jan. 4.—Three o'clock—The market
closed as follows :

per Cont.
End of month —
3.per Cent
End of month 73 45
'3redit
Transit! antic 220
'redit Fonder 1722 50
Paris Gas 1640
RAIL WAY

Bank Shares 2840
Uhl:an wives L6 GO
Austrian Fives
lOttornan Loan
Do. Debt 45 35
'Spanish Threes 2GI
Dome Debt, —
Deferred ......

Cash_
Orleans
Western- 637i
Northern ... 1125
Strasburg
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern..... 592t
Sardinian
Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain .. . 46
Saragossa.
Roman 4l

The following telegram has been received at tho
Admiralty :-
46 The Monarch, with the remains of Mr. Peabody,
arrived at Madeira on the 30th of December."

POLICE INIELLIGENCE.-71is Day.

THAMES.
A DANGEROUS CIIARACTER.—AIex. M'Quinn, a
notorious thief with several aliases, described by
Monger, a city detective, as a very d mgerous
fellow, was charged on remand with obtaining
goods under false pretences. He has been in cus-
tody three weeks. He waited on Mr. Frederick
Johnson Dane a month ago, and represented that
he had just come home in the ship Ramsay from
Calcutta, and had wages to receive. John-
son, who is a lodging house keeper
as well as an outfitter, advanced the
prisoner money and clothes to the value of about
£3. It was now proved by a seaman, who did
come home in the Ramsay, that the prisoner did
not come home in that ship, that he had only been
out of prison, after 18 mouths' imprisonment, for a
few days before he called upon Mr. Johnson, and
that he had been convicted of a similar offence
before. He had also been convicted of other
offences, had returned from transportation, before
his time, and was suspected of having killed three
men in the bush while a bushranger.

Cox, 45 K, a well-conducted, humane officer, said
the prisoner had committed other robberies.
The prisoner, who struck an officer on the first
examination, was now well looked after, and he
abused and bullied every witness. lie said Cos
was a great overgrown beast, and a Fox by name
and a Fox by nature ; that Mr. Benson, who ori-
ginally heard the case, was disgusted with it, and
he had thrown it over to a new magistrate.

Lushington allowed the prisoner great lati-
tude, and finally committed hint for trial without
remark.

MARLBOROUGH•sTREET.

SERIOUS THREATS.—Thomas Abbott, a plasterer,
living in Tottenham-court-road, was brought be-
fore Mr. Tyrwhitt, on a warrant, charged with
using threatening language towards Elizabeth
Phillips, of No. 11, Robert- street, Grosvenor-
square.

The complainant said that she had lived with
the prisoner for 18 years as has wife, and had bad
a family by him, but in consequence of his bru-
tality has been obliged to leave him, and he had
since threatened her life and that of her sister for
not returning to him, and her sister for giving her
a shelter. . _

The prisoner asked the complainant whether he
had ever illused her, and she said he had, that ho
had knocked some of her teeth out, and shamefully
used her.

Maria Phillips, sister of the complainant, said
the prisoner had threatened to follow her all over
London and stab her, and that then he would 1100
no trouble in getting rid of the complainant.
The prisoner denied Musing the complainant, and
said that she had destroyed some of his propertY,
anti that he was annoyed by persons calling on hint
fur debts due by the complainant.
Mr. Tyrwitirt said the prisoner was evidently to re
of those base fellows who turned round on a woman
after she had been his slave for 18 years. 11°
should order the prisoner to find one bail in £2d
to keep the peace towards the complainant, and II
similar amount of bail to keep the peace towards
her sister.