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

echo ; the Premier exclaiming, " Abolish exclusive protec-
tion !" the Listcolze 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 LINCOLN
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 RUSSELL, according to this definition of things,
is subservient to the policy adopted by COBDEN ; Sir ROBERT
is subs.q.vient to both ; Mr SIDNEY HEatiEriT to all three,
and so on through the catalogue. Surely the coincidence ot
simultaneous and conscientious coaversions like these is more
credible than such an improbable unanimity in paltry, and
personal, and party concessions I 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 ofretarding 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 Lis/col—NT in some unheard-of chapter in some
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-
data had fully divulged his sentiments upon the hustings
If indeed Lord LtiscoLsr cannot be considered as the ori-
ginator of a grand political scheme, he must undoubtedly bt
regarded as a straightforward and thoroughly honest con•
vert. His expressions, also, are accordant to this conversioi
—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 1,085 at 60 days.

The Paris papers are very barren of intelligence. In Tht
Sun of yesterday it was announced that the Minister of Wai
demanded an extraordinary vote of 25,000,000 f. for the army
in Africa. The following are some of the details mentione:
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 events
had rendered that force totally unequal for the purpose, and
a great increase hadf consequently, taken place. The
effective troops, said General DE ST. Yox, in Algeria,
on the Ist of December, 1845, amounted to 95,381
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 an..
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, owinL
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.

The baptism of the Hereditary Prince of Hanover son of the
Prince Royal, took place on the 4th inst. Ile has received the names
of Ernest Augustus )Villiam Adolphus George Frederick. The infant
was held at the font by his grandfather, the King of Hanover. The
godfathers and godmothers were the King of Prussia, the Duke of
Cambridge, the Duchess of Gloucester, the Princess Sophia of Eng-
land, the Grand Duke of Mecklinburg-Strelitz, the Duchess Louisa wt
Wurtemberg, Prince Frederick of Prussia, and the Duke and Duchess
of Saxe-Altenburg.
The Indepenclant of Perpignan, of the 4th instant, states that
Ibrahim Pacha is indisposed, and that, in consequence, probably his
journey to Paris may be deferred.
The Grand Council of the city of Bile has just passed a law, for-
bidding all citizens to _accept titles of nobility from foreign states,
under pain of being incapacitated from holding any public employ-
ment at home. Another enactment of the same Rill declares that
citizens receiving pensions from foreign Powers cannot be admitted
to the Council, and that no order or mark of honour can be borne in
any case without authorisation from the superior Powers being first
obtained.

The Throe per Coats. closed en Wednesday at 114 f. 900. ; the
Five per Coots., 123 f. 55c. ; the Orleans Railroad shares, 1,287 f. 50c.;
Rouen, 1,1112 f. 50c.; Havre, 717 f. 50c. ; Avignon, 192 f. 50c. ; Vierzon,
702 f. 50c.; Bordeaux, 640 f.; Boulogne, lialf. 25c. ; Troyes and non.
tereau, 455 f. ; Basle, 251 f. 25c. ; Great Northern, 766 f. 25e. ; Paris
and Strasburgh, b6of. ; Tours and Nantes, 59af. 75c. ; !Spanish Three
per Cents., 11113 i.
The bellowing are the quotations for other lines :-The Paris and
Lyons Definitive, 622 f. 50c. Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 512 f.
50c. ; Ditto (Lecointe), 505 f. ; Ditto (Campignie Meridionale), 502 f.
50c.; Bordeaux and Cette (Mackenzie), 504 f. ; Ditto (Espeleta), 5121.
50c.; Carleroi (Kysaens), 492 f. SOc. ; Caen (Delamarre), 501 f.
LYONS, FEB. 9.-Paris add Orleans, 1,285 f. ; Paris and Rouen,
I,olBf. 75c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, FEB. 12.

Barbadoea, % —Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette (Mackenzie), 2%
East Indian, 14—Great Northern of France Constituted, 15 4
Great Western Bengal, %—Louvain and Jemappe, 2—Luxembourg,
2%—Orleans and Bordeaux, 11% —Paris and Orleans, 49%—Itouei,
and Havre, 29.

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.
(THIS DAY.)

Sub-Committee No. 1.

This Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock ; 'Mr. Strutt,
Chairman.

The Committee commenced the business by calling on the
adjourned case of the

LEICESTER AND BEDFORD.

Mr. BURKE appeared on several petitions against the Bill.
The allegations were that the standing orders had not been
complied with, inasmuch as the property of the petitioners
was not properly marked on the plans and sections.
A few of these allegations were sustained and the others
overruled.

Sub-Committee No. 2, Cloisters 6.

This Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock, Sir J. Y.
Buller in the Chair. There were present, Messrs. Bramston,
Walker, Deedes, and G. Philips.

WEST RIDING 'UNION.

The petitions against this Bill were heard to-day. The
first allegation was, that there was inaccuracy in the plans
and sections in the book of reference deposited with the Clerk
of the Peace for the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Mr. J. P. HODSON proved the identity of the plans before
the Committee.

There was an allegation that in section 53 the tunnelling
had not been shown. The inaccuracy was in the 7th furlong
and 13th mile, which was not marked with a dotted line
on the sealed plan, in compliance with the standing order
No. 43.

The Committee considered that the standing orders had
not been complied with in this case.
The next allegation was, that in section 65 the distance
marked 14 miles should have been 13 miles, which the Com-
mittee considered sustained.

In section 68, also, there was a similar allegation of in-
accuracy, and the Committee were of opinion that in this
case the standing orders had not been complied with.
In section 79 there was an allegation of inaccuracy with
respect to the second furlong on the line. In this case the
Committee considered that the standing orders had been
complied with.
In section 104 it was a. leged that the height of the rail-
way above the surface, on the second furlong of the sth mile,
was not marked.

The road in question, No. 10, being proved to be a road
coming within the meaning of the Act, the Committee con-
sidered the allegation sustained.

It was alleged that in section 115 there was an error in the
levels, inasmuch as the scale of vertical measure assumed at
the fourth furlong of the second mile, instead of being 410,
should have been 420.

Mr. PARKES said that he would prove that the error in
question was Rot referable to the mechanical cause of expan-
sion and contraction, but to a Lona Jide error in the
document.

The Committee considered that as there was no allegation
to that effect, that Mr. Parkes could not tender evidence on
that point, but might—cross-examine any witness called to ne-
gative his position.

Mr. EuicostnE, agent to the promoters of the Bill, called
evidence to prove that the error alluded to was the result of
the process it had to undergo in being lithographed.

Sub-Committee No. 4.

The Committee met at twelve o'clock, and proceeded with
the Bills remaining on the list. Members present, Sir W.
Heathcote, Chairman, and Messrs. H. Drummond, W.
Evans, H. Johnstone, and Acland.