The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-20 00:00:00

PORTUGAL.

The Medway steamer, arrived at Southampton,
brings us the following letter from our Lisbon cor-
respondent :
" LISBON, JAN. 15.
" The contract for the marriage of his Majesty Don
Pedro V. with the Princess Stephanie of Hohenzollern
was approved yesterday in a secret session of the House
of Deputies.
" A secret session has also been held respecting the
accusation made against the Minister of Justice in regard
to the recent nomination of judges, which was renewed
in a public session on the 13th, upon the motion of Don
Rodrigo de Menezes, e3-civil governor of Braga, to the
effect that the House of Deputies laments the facts
brought to its knowledge, does not find
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and will
motion w
lbe continu:ds today,ain when a modified motion of
censure will be proposed, and the Ministerial difficulty
will probably be patched up for a time. It has, however,
alarmed the Government party, which has been deserted
by several deputies, and the question has become of more
importance since the —King appears to have decidedly
refused the proffered resignation of M. Jose Silvestre
Ribeiro, the Minister of Justice, his Majesty just consi-
dering the nomination of judge which has been attacked
to be a general measure of the Cabinet, and that an
adverse vote of the Legislature would equally affect all
the Ministers.

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" The Cabinet is also threatened with other difficulties
in the Upper House, where it appears the committee's
project of rep'y to the TC
—ieg's speech will be discussed
to-day, and opposed in some paragraphs which are held
to compromise the house to an approval of recent acts of
aclinini,tration. In the Lower House, the answer to
the Throne being a mere echo of the King's speech, was
for the first time voted unanimously without any debate,
and it would have been well had- the committee in the
Peers proposed one of the same nature.
A bull-fight for the benefit of the farnili,s
who suffered
from
the fever took place here recently, and has been
much, criticised, in 'b'equeuce of having lit.d the unusual
patronage of two Rigli.la gentlemen who figured as its
chief proamters. It was not countenanced by the em-
ba sy or the Eng'ish residents in Lisbon, who
,were
naturally aurous to avoid being identified with so oojec-
ti- liable a mode of promoting a charitable object."

AccQunts from Constantinople state that the
new Minister of Police Mehemed. Pasha, has de-
finitively re-organised the police of that capital on
the French system. The city has been divided into
four quarters, which will l e guarded by 700
policemen ; patrols will, moreover, scour the street:
every night. These
satisfaction to the measures had
Population, and it is hoped that
they will put a term to the crimes which have for
so long a time been prevalent in the Turkish
capital. given general

The health of the King of Wurtoinberg, we are
happy to. learn., begins to be re-established. The
stake of the, Grand Duke Louis of Baden. also no
longer inspires any uneasiness. •