The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-13 00:00:00

cuments intrusted to his care, we were compelled to
take the text of the correspondence as we found it,
and since our inference, even on those delusive pre-
mises, fell considerably short of what Lord London-
derry himself conceives would have been justifiable,
we may hold ourselves exempted from further ac-
countability. If the Noble Marquis imagines that
the difference between his published conclusions
and his published warrant was broad enough to
" stultify" him in the eyes of the world, he cannot
of course consider us culpable in having characterised
the circumstance as an excess of confidence alone.
The truth is that it was somewhat difficult for Louis
Napoleon, in writing to an old friend, to employ ex-
pressions which might befit the intimacy of the cor-
respondents without compromising the responsibility
of the President. We can hardly doubt either that
he desires the liberation of Abd-el-liader, or that he
would be gratified to inform Lord Londonderry of
his intentions, but he has serious public obligations
and no few public embarrassments, and he will
scarcely, perhaps, be prepared to find that the letter
of his communication has been subjected to as much
diacussion as the text of a treaty.
We wish that in taking leave of this unexpected
topic we could persuade our French contemporaries-
that neither Lord Londonderry nor his countrymen
are compassing the ruin of France after any con-
ceivable fashion. We really have no such designs,
nor, if we were ever so selfishly disposed, can we see
how the embarrassments of our next neighbours are
to prove any source of advantage to ourselves. On
the contrary, we desire nothing more cordially than
that both nations may live in plenteousness as well as
peace. The wellbeing of one country comes yearly
to be more intimately connected with the wellbeing
of the other. Our Exchange fluctuates with the
Bourse of Paris, nor would anything be more likely
to affect this political barometer than the intelligence
that France was involved in serious war. No man can
tell in these days where war will stop. If Algeria
was once more the scene of active hostilities, the
flames might spread in an instant along the shores of
the Mediterranean or across its waters. We would
have no such chances left to fortune. In England
we are all for peace, though we are not all associated
for the summary suppression of war. If the French
Government concientiously believes that the liberation
of Abil-el-Bader is incompatible with the permanent
tranquility of France, it is not only entitled but im-
peratively bound to detain him in captivity. We
only trust that the alternative, on due reflection, may
not be found so formidable, and that some scheme
may be discovered of indulging the Emir, in his last
days, without compromising
.the security of France
or the peace of Europe.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Oct. 11.
(Before Mr. Commissioner EVANS.)
IN BE GRAHAM.

The bankrupt, James Graham, was a warehouse-
man, in Noble-street. This was the last examina-
tion meeting. The following items are on the balance-
sheet, extending over five years, up to August, 1851 :
—creditors, unsecured, 1,271/. ; liability, 36/. ; pro-
fits, 1,146/. ; debtors, good, 1021. ; losses, 400/. ;
trade expenses, 918/. ; domestic, 1,020/.
Mr. H. Linklater, for the assignees, did not oppose ;
he thought the accounts the best that could be ren-
dered.
The bankrupt passed.