The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-13 00:00:00

echo ; the Premier exclaiming, " Abolish exclusive protec-
tion !" the LINCOLN echo being tantamount to the ordinary
" Hear, hear," One declaration made by the Noble Lord re-
quires our especial notice—we mean where he most emphati-
cally repudiates the supposition that he has swerved
from his original tenets upon commercial policy, merely with
the intention of modulating his voice to the particular key
which Sir R. PEEL has recently adopted. Lord LINCOI-N
gives his solemn negative to this insinuation, and avows that
his opinions upon the great question now in agitation
have been changed solely and entirely from his
own personal reflections upon the matter. If, in-
deed, we are still to accuse his Lordship of a very
facile judgment, and one that will readily accommodate
itself at an emergency to whatever views are professed by its
party, a similar remark becomes applicable to each of his col-
leagues. If a person cannot alter his political opinions after
a similar alteration in another, without being accused of
servility to the policy of predecessors, the list of sycophants
at the present moment is interminable. Lord
JOHN RUDSELI„ according to this definition of things,
is subservient to the policy adopted by COBDEN ; Sir ROBERT
is subservient to both ; Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT to all three,
and so on through the catalogue. Surely the coincidence of
simultaneous and conscientious conversions like these is more
credible than such an improbable unanimity in paltry, and
personal, and party concessions ! Surely the deduction that
recent occurrences, like the potato disease, and the admirable
results of the tariff reductions, should have impressed the ne-
cessity of some alteration in the existing restrictions on. trade
upon many enlightened minds somewhere about the same time
is more worthy of belief than that any meaner or less honour-
able causes should have operated so powerfully upon such
dissimilar elements. As a new disciple, therefore, of these
doctrines of regeneration, we hail Lord LINCOLN with cor-
diality. The principal portion of his address yester-
day was restricted to exposures of divers un•
fair and shameful proceedings on the part of his
opponents—proceedings which, according to his Lordship
had been adopted for the purpose of retarding the diffusion of
his interests among the neighbouring constituency. For the
purpose possibly of testifying that the Protection Association
never slumbered, a delegate from that determined body
squeezed himself into the assembly, for the purpose of
examining Lord Li/icor-4e in some unheard-of chapter in sonu
unknown catechism. His Lordship most considerately
humoured the poor man's eccentricity, answering his in-
quiries with resolute good humour. The concluding sen
tence of the Noble Lord's address was in accordance
with the pervading character of his previous re-
marks, entreating the electors to withhold any de-
finite settlement of their views until each candi-
date had fully divulged his sentiments upon the hustings.
If indeed Lord LINCOLN cannot be considered as the ori-
ginator of a grand political scheme, he must undoubtedly he
regarded as a straightforward and thoroughly honest con-
vert. His expressions, also, are accordant to this conversion
—they are bold, plain, and without the shadow of a com-
promise.

Madrid journals of the sth have been received. The dis-
cussion on the electoral law was still going on in the Cham-
ber of Deputies, and' several amendments had been moved,
but all were rejected. General NARVAEZ, owing to indispo-
sition, was unable to attend the sitting. _ _

The Three per Cents. closed at 33', at 60 days; the Five
per Cents., at 23 7-16 at 60 days; and the Madrid and
Aranjuez Railroad shares, at 2,080 cash, and ‘,085 at 60 days.

The Paris papers are very barren of intelligence. In The
Sun of yesterday it was announced that the ➢linister of We:
demanded an extraordinary vote of 25,000,000 f. for the arm)
in Africa. The following are some of the details mentionec
on the occasion, showing the necessity for this large grant.
The original number of troops fixed for the military govern.
ment of Algiers was :60,000 men, but unexpected event.,
had rendered that force totally unequal for the purpose, am.
a great increase had, consequently, taken place. The
effective troops, said General DE Si'. Yox, in Algeria,
on the Ist of December, 1845, amounted to 95,38]
men, besides the native troops, and it was in
tended that the same strength should be kept up
during 1846. The expense would be nineteen millions any
a half, besides the expense of the purchase and transport of
1,500 horses and 1,500 mules, which had been lost in the re-
cent campaigns, over and above the number calculated in
the budget, and the establishment of hospitals and station,
in the colony, also 200,000 f. for secret-service money, making
altogether the sum of 25,273,000 f. He regretted that, owint.
to the state of the colony, he could not hold out any pros-
pect of a diminution in the expenses for some time. The
following are miscellaneous paragraphs from the papers :
The Indian Mail reached Paris on Wednesday.