The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-29 00:00:00

THE FUN, LOT],

111, by a royal decree dated August 13, are dis-
missed from the Council of State. It was expected
that in consequence of these monetary difficulties a
decree would be issued, allowing the Bank of Lisbon
to suspend cash payments for a longer period than was
allowed by the former decree on this subj •cf. The strong
military force concentrated in the prev ince of Minho
had completely put down the Miguelite movement.
and all the provinces of the kingdom were perfectly
tranquil. GONZALES BRAVO, the intriguing Spanish
Ambassador, is about to quit Lisbon on leave. This
is certainly a symptom of the strength of the
PALMELLA Government, for if there was the least
present prospect of ousting PALMELLA and his col-
leagues, and restoring the miserable CABRAL regime,
the presence in Lisbon of Senor GONZALES BRAVO
would be much too important to his employers for
him to obtain leave of absence even for an hour.
The Experimental Squadron, under the command of
Sir W. PARKER, sailed from Lisbon on the 18th,
leaving the Trafalgar and the Superb at the orders
of Lord HOWARD DE WALDEN.
The Spanish refugees, to the amount of 7,000, are
in the depUts at Santarem, Peniche, and Cascaes.
They are all fed by the Portuguese Government.
Madrid papers of the 22d have arrived.

The question of the QUEEN'S marriage is the
subject of comment in all of them. The Clamor
Public() advocates a double marriage, and proposes
that the two brothers, Don ENRIQUE and Don
FRANCISCO, should marry to the two sisters, the
QUEEN and the Infanta Donna Luisa. It seems to
be the general opinion in Madrid that the Infantes
Don FRANCISCO (the puke of Caniz), and Don
ENRIQUE (the Duke of SEVILLE), are at the present
moment the only two actual candidates for the
QUEEN'S hand. With regard to the pretensions of
these two brothers, the Clamor Publieu says—
" Well-informed person; have heard the young
Duke de Seville say that he would accept with
pleasure the hand of his cousin, whom he both loves and
'aspects. but that he would, without jealousy, see her
choice fall on his brother. The Duke of Cadiz has hcld
the same language, and we know that not long ago he
again said that if his marriage with the Queen could
make Spain happy, he should not hesitate to accept that
honour, but that he was fully convinced that the peace
of Spain, the consolidation of her form of Government,
and the Queen's happiness, would be better secured by
his beloved brother, Don Enrique."..

The same paper, as a specimen of the liberty en-
joyed by the press in Spain at the present moment,
publishes the following regulations, which have been
just issued by the Captain-General of Madrid :

" The Political Chief of Madrid, Simon `de Roda, has
addre•ssed the following circular to all the journals.
Ist. Three hours before the publication a copy (signed)
shall be sent to the Political Chief. 2d. A receipt
shall be given for this number, announcing the hour
at which it was delivered. .3d. The order of sus-
pension (if any be issued) shall be communicated
w the editor by a commissary or inspector of public
safety. 4th. For the purpose of receiving this intitna•
Lion the editor or his representative shall remain at their
office during these three hours. sth. In case the puhli-
cation shall be commenced or completed when the order
of suspension arrives, the Commissary shall draw up a
deposition stating the fact, as well as the hour when he
reached the office. 6th. To receive the journals, the
office of the Political Chief shall be open from five o'clock
A.M. until eleven o'clock P.M. from May to October, and
from seven o'clock A.M. until seven o'clock P.M. from Oc •
toher till May. The circular is dated Madrid, 20th of
August."

The Portuguese Government had, it was stated,
forwarded a note to the Spanish Government, de-
manding the expulsion from Madrid of the Conde
DI THOMAR (COSTA CABRAL). The arrival of Senor
GONZALES BRAVO in Madrid was hourly expected.
Mr. BULWER is better, and was to leave fur St.
Sebastian in a day or two.
MADRID BOLSA, AUG. 22.—The Three per Cents.
were done at 34 for cash ; the Four per Cents., at
21 a ; the Five per Cents., at 221; the Debt without
Interest, at 6,1 ; and the Coupons, at 20/.

We have received the Paris papers of Thursday.
At four o'clock on that day the Chamber of Peers
had declared HENRY guilty, and were, at the hour the
post left, deliberating on the sentence to be passed on
him. It seems, by no means certain that the pistols
were loaded with ball or slugs, and before the ver-
dict of guilty was pronounced, there was a long and
animated discussion, several of the Peers being in
favour of a verdict of acquittal on the ground of
insanity.

The Chamber of Deputies is still occupied with
the verification of the powers of its Members. AI.
DEMESMAY has renewed his proposition for reducing
the duties on salt to 20 2entiines per kilogramme.
It was expected that the election of the President,
Vice-Presidents, and officers of the Chamber would
take place on Friday. For the office of President
M. SAUZET is the Ministerial candidate ; M.
ODILON BARROT, the candidate of the Gauche
and Centre Gauche; M. DUPONT (de l'Eure),
of the Extreme Gauche, and M. BERRYER of the
Legitimatists. For the Vice-Presidency, the Minis-
terial candidates are, MM. LEPELLTIER D'AULNAY.
BIGNON, HEBERT, and DELESSERT ; the Opposition,
MM. ABATUCCI, G. DE BEAUMONT, VIVIEN, and
BILLAULT. The Ministerial- candidates for the Se-
cretarysliips are MM. D'ANGEVILLE, DE BASSIERES,
SAGLIO, and LANJUINAIS.

These papers announce that the English have taken
possession of a portion of the island of Madagascar,
and thereupon urge on the French Government the
necessity of fitting out an expedition to that island
wi.h all convenient speed.
"A letter from Pondicherry, dated the Bth of July,"
says the Flotte—
" Positively announces the occupation of the Bay of
Diego Suarez by the English. Previous accounts from
Bourbon mentioned that the news of that expedition to
Madagascar had reached the Governor of the colony in
May last, and that Admiral Bazoche had sent the
schooner Ze'de to watch the movements of the English.
We need not insist on the gravity of that news. The
sovereignty of Madagascar, guaranteed by treaties to
France, and secured to her by military expeditions and
former establishments, would, if that news were true, re-
ceive a severe blow. We most warmly recommended
the projected expedition abandoned six months ago, and
we particularly insisted on the occupation of the Bay of
Diego Suarez."

The following are the observations of the Na-
tional : •

" It will be remembered that when the question of the
Madagascar expedition was brought More the Cham-
ber, M. Guizot tlecl•ired it would be abandoned on the
condition that the English Government also renounced
a similar expedition. Nevertheless. strange news has
' been received, and at the Isle of Bourbon the inhabi-
tants were convinced that the English were preparing
an expedition against Madagascar, and a letter an-
nounces even that the expedition had taken place,
and that the British vessels had even taken posses-
sion of Diego Suarez. We insert the following com-
munication, which has been addressed to us, and
which bears the date of May 11 We are likAwise
expecting the vessels destined for the Madagascar expe-
dition, unless the Ministry renounced it after the de
plorable amendment of M. d'Angeville. In every case
it would appear that the English are thinking of antici-
pating us, and on their side send an expedition against
the Hovas, Letters from the Mauritius announce that
three frigates had arrived there, and a vessel (the Presi-
dent) was expected, as well as two regiments, from India.
It was even reported that the French Consul at the
Mauritius had written to the Governor of the Isle of
Bourbon, to inform him officially of the supposed inten-
tions of the English to take possession of Diego Suarez.'
A letter of the 17th of June, brought by the last India
mail, and addressed to a house of Atirseille, states that
the English had definitively taken possession of Diego
Suarez."

After expressing its disbelief of this intelligence,
the National thus proceeds :—" Nevertheless, the
Journal du Havre announces to-day that France was
at this moment preparing an expedition to Madagas-
car, and that several commercial houses of Havre
had received orders from the Government for stores,
&c. We shall arrive, then, after the English in an
island, the sovereignty of which belongs exclusively
to France. The Ministry will, no doubt, deem it its
duty to enlighten public opinion on all these points.
It appears to us that it is not in Spain only that Lord
PALMERSTON is very anxious to show us that he
governs."
It would appear as if AnD•EL-FADER was destined
to occasion much further trouble, not only to the
French, but to the Emperor of Moaocco likewise.

A letter from Orar► of the 15th has the following :

"The Veloce steamer, which arrived here on the 13th,
from Tangiers, has brought rather important news.
There is now little doubt that if France wishes Abd-el-
Kader to be removed from the frontiers of Algeria she
must send a body .of troops on the territory of Morocco.
In a word she has only to reckon on her own resources,
for Abderrharnan is nearly powerless ; he promises
much, but does nothing. Our Charge d'Affaires in
Morocco considered that he had obtained a piece of
diplomatic success by a journey made to Rabat, by his
first secretary, M. Leon Roche, to whom the Emperor
promised that the Governor of Tangiers should be
appointed to the command of the Riff, and that
he shou'd have at his disposal sufficient troops
to maintain order in that country. The Charge
d'Affaires is n0..7 convinced that nothing has

I).en done', and that tier° is nothing to hope for from
the Govert,reent of Morocco towards preventing the
tribes of the frontier caking armed kciirsions into our
territories, and comtnittir!g acts of brigandage. The
auth,.rities arpear to be no less unable to pre.
vent Abd-el-Kader from sojourning on their territory,
and from organising his bands at some leagues from our
territory. In a word. the authority of the Emperor is
an empty word, and the governors named by him cannot
make themselves obeyed. The Caids, notwithstanding
their protestations, which they renew every time our
bayonets appear, make common cause iaitn the ex-Emir,
and receive part of the booty taken from the tribes who
have submitted to us. It is doubtful whether such a state
of things can be much longer tolerated; a decision must
be taken to bring the Moors on the frontier to reason,
and to drive Abd-el-Kader from their country."
M. PISCATORY the French Minister at the Court of
Athens, has arrived in Paris on leave.

It is reported in Pari3 that the Constitutionnel has
been sold to M. MossELmANN, the director of the
Anzin mines, and that M. TRIERS is about to
establish for himself another journal.
Mr. and Mrs. COBDEN left Paris on Thursday, for
the Py ren flees.
A royal ordonnance prohibits all sporting in the
forests of the Crown domains during the present
season.

he price of corn in France is rising daily, and
incendiarism is on the increase in the provinces.
The report that the Queen of ENGLAND was about
to visit King Leans PHILIPPE, at Eu, is contradicted.

The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on
Thurs.day at 83f. 75c. ; the Five per Cents., 121 f. 550. ;
the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,275 f.; Rouen, 9E2f. 50c. ;
Havre, 701 f. 25c; Great Northern, 711 f. 25c. ; Avig-
non. 918 f. 75c. ; Vierzon, 6271. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 5701.;
Boulogne, 4821. 50c. ; Troyes and Montereau. 3621. 50c. ;
Basle, 218 f. 75c. ; . Fampoux, .1001. ; Dieppe, 39 )1. ; Paris
and Strasburg, 4961. 25c.; Tours and Nantes, 507 f. 50c.
Paris and Lyons, 528 f. 75c.; Lyons and Avignon, 4921. 50c. ;
Bordeaux and Cette, 4851.; Spanish Three per Cents, 36k.
The following are the quotations for the new lines :-
Paris and Caen, 4821. 50c. ; Charleroi, 480.
LYONS, AUG. 25. - Avignon and Marseilles, 910 ;
Northern, 7081. 75c. ; Paris and Lyons, 523 f. 75c.; Orleans,
1,273 f. 75c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN' RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, Aucusr 28.

Boulogne and Amiens,. 134 —Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette
(Espelete), —Dutch Rhenish, 6—East Indian, IA —Luxembourg,
144 —Namur and Liege, TA—Northern of France Constituted, 13%
—Orleans and Bordeaux, sq 4 —Paris and Lyons Constituted, 6'e—
Paris and Rouen, 37 —Paris and Strasbourg Constituted, 4%—
Tours and Nante3 Constitute., 5.

Several of the Cabinet Ministers intend leaving town
in the course of the day. Lord Lansdowne proceeds on a
continental excursion, others of the Ministers proceed to
their respective country residences. Lord J. Russell remains
at Wimbledon.

BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY).
(Before Mr. Commissioner FANE.)
IN RE COOPER.

IMPORTANT QUESTION AS TO THE LIABILITY OF
TRUSTEES.—In this case the bankrupt came up for his
certificate, and was opposed by Mr. Parry, on the
ground of improvidency and breach of trust, as trustee
under the will of his brother.

His HONOUR at once said that he did not sit there to
punish a man for being improvident, and the case must
depend on any breach of trust which could be established.
Mr. DUNCAN, who appeared for the bankrupt, in a
very energetic speech succeeded in impressing the
Learned Commissioner that his client was not quite so
black as painted. The facts were remarkable. It ap-
pears that there were four brothers; one died, and kft
his other brothers trustees. The bankrupt, however,
did not at the time act under the will, but his brothers
becoming embarrassed, and one actually bank-
rupt, to relieve them from the serious con-
sequences which it was conjectured they might
fall into. He, in 1833, debited himself in his accounts
with the whole amount of the debt, about 1,3301.;
he received the rents of certain leasehold pro-
perty and applied portions of it in reduction of the debt;
but it was contended he could not do so without pre-
judicing the cestui qui, trust who had a right to oppose.
The Learned Counsel urged that the bankrupt had,
throughout the whole affair, acted as banker for the
family, and he could not clear off the liabilities of
co trustees acting up to the time he took the responsi-
bility on himself; he had paid interest according to the
price of the funds, he therefore ought not to be charged
with any misappropriation of money merely taking
the reduction of the debt he had incurred; in truth the
bankrupt had gone beyond honesty— he had acted with
honour, adopting debts and liabilities which he was not
bound to do. The Learned Commissioner Holroyd had
insisted'that the proof of the cestui qui trusts should only
be on the bills of exchange giveteand therefore they had
no right to oppose for a breach of trust. Mr. Duncan
submitted that by the words of the will, no one trustee
was to be answerable fur the acts, defaults, &c., of the
other.

The Learned CommtssioxEß said that the usuil clause
was better left out than inserted, and had no bearing on
the pressnt case. The bankrupt had admitted a debt as
a trustee, and had misapplied the property by paying his
own debt, which he was not justified in doing, although
a residuary legatee.
The cert,ficate was suspended for nine months, with
i.iut protection.