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latter gentleman. The Tower Hamlets, again,
evinced but little appreciation of the rhetorical
powers of Mr. GEORGE THOMPSON—of those extra-
ordinary powers which the ex-Member had so fre-
quently employed to the popular advantage, and
which, by their splendour, had extorted the panegyric
of a renowned and fastidious orator like Lord
BROUGHAM—when it ousted him the other day from
his post as a metropolitan representative. Maccles-
field has, with equal indelicacy, forgotten the labours
of Mr. JOHN WILLIAMS, and L ambeth the prolonged
career of a veteran Liberal like the Right Hon
CHARLES TENNYSON D'EYNCOURT. After deserting
the cause of Mr. ROEBUCK, Bath has lost a re-
membrance of the claims upon its gratitude of
Lord DUNCAN, and those claims, although they
ought to have been recognised throughout the United
Kingdom at any rate in reference to the abolition of
the tax upon windows, were yet more flagrantly dis-
allowed by the constituents of Bury in Lancashire.
While the electors of Penryn appeared to become un-
accountably indifferent to the re-appearance upon the
local hustings of Mr. FRANCIS MOWATT, its ex-
Member, and Bodmin appeared no less careless as to
the return to its locality as a Liberal candidate of
Mr. JAMES WILD, its former Representative—
a more marked rejection of their abilities
was manifested towards Mr. WYLD by the electors
of Finsbury and towards Mr. MOWATT by the elec-
tors of Cambridge. Derby, in like manner, seems to
have forgotten the good services of Mr. LAWRENCE
HEYWORTH, and Ludlow those of Colonel SALWEY,
and Cockermouth those of Mr. HORSMAN, and
Devonport those of Sir JOHN ROMlLLY—although
the two last mentioned especially had acted
nobly in behalf of the general interests of the
community—Roammt as a legal and HORSMAN as an
ecclesiastical reformer.

Amongst all these evidences of popular ingratitude,
perhaps, however, the most flagrant is that afforded
by the Liberal electors of Bradford. The men of
Bradford, we cannot but say it, plainly enough have
disgraced themselves by their conduct towards their
.; late gallant and distinguished representative. Sel-
dom has man had stronger claims upon the support
of a constituency than Colonel PEYRONNET THOMPSON
had upon the Liberal voters of Bradford. Returned
in 1835 by a majority of 1,428 Member
for Kingston-upon-Hull, the gallant Reformer a
s testi-
fied during that Parliament his capacity as a legis-
lator, but especially in regard to that assiduity in the
• discharge of his Parliamentary duties, in which he is
altogether, we believe, unequalled. Since the time
of his election as the representative of Bradford, in
1847, Colonel THOMPSON has sedulously been in at-
tendance at every sitting that has taken place in the
various sessions of the late Parliament. Insomuch was
his industry and application to the business of the House
of Commons worthy of remark in this particular, that
it was observed by the SPEAKER that the name of the
Member for Bradford did not appear upon one occa-
sion upon the division-list, and then, not in conse-
quence so much of his absence as of the absence of
mind of the printer I—the circumstance being duly
notified after wards in an • erratum. Yet it
is this energetic and intelligent Liberal
that the constituency of Bradford have re-
jected in precerence fur the untried illiberality of
Mr. WICKHAM. Honour at least to the 1,153 voters
who polled the other day for Colonel THOMPSON.
Honour to those men who, aware of his high claim s
upon their respect, have resolved at any rate
to liquidate themselves all the expenses
incurred in the course of the recent unsuccessful
election ! It were but right that the Liberals else-
where should evince a similar appreciation of the ser-
vices of Colonel PEYRONNET THOMPSON, and that an-
other opportunity should be afforded this distinguished
Reformer of re-entering the House of Commons as
one of the newly-elected representatives. It were
strange indeed if, in this thoroughly Free-trade
Parliament, the author of the witty and celebrated
Catechism of the Corn-laws should be omitted.
Perhaps we should not be wrong in designating
Colonel Teromrsors the Father of Free Trade, and
as such, surely, at this juncture it were but reason-
ably grateful that he should be empowered once more
to enter the Legislature as one of the most eminent
among the Liberal representatives.
Example should, we repeat, be taken by those
constituencies who have still reposing upon them the
responsibility of selecting between the rival candi-
dates—so that no further seats should be lost to the
Liberal cause through the influence of this same
culpable over-confidence. In England, at least,
those constituencies are now exclusively county
constituencies, and it becomes imperative upon them
that the voters there should use every imaginable
energy to maintain in their position such Reformers
as Mr. BERNAL OSBORNE—than whom a more
thoroughly. independent man, perhaps, never trod
the floor of the House of Commons—and Lord
ROBERT GROSVENOR, and oust such ultra-Tories as
Mr. CHARLES NE WDEGATE and MT. RICHARD
SPOONER from their positions in North Warwickshire.
Among the county contests now fast approaching
must not be overlooked, that which is certain
to take place in East Surrey, and where, doubt-
less, if the Liberal electors are true to them-
selves, Mr. LOCKE KING and Mr. THOMAS
ALCOCK will resume their position as the
Liberal representatives of this constituency. For
ourselves, we would nom as a closing remark to
this running commentary on the general election,
adjure the electors of Middlesex with all earnestness
to rally round their tried and distinguished ex-
Members—Mr. BERNAL OSBORNE and Lord ROBERT
GROSVENOR—and thereby to secure, through their
triumph over the Marquis of BLANDPOP.D, another
and a signal disappointment to the Tory Admi-
nistration.

general meeting of the
day at the extraordinary
The magnificent project brought forward yester!
Eastern Steam Navigation Company has naturally
excited a deep sensation in. the City. A direct steam
communication with India would have been hailed
as a boon of ne ordinary magnitude by all per-
Be" in any degree connected with our Eastern
empire. If the annoyances
inseparable from the
transit of the Desert—if the horrors of the passage
down the Red Sea could be avoided without a vast
additional expenditure of time and money, a load of
anxiety would be removed from the mind
of every Indian traveller. Hitherto, however,
there has been no intermediate mode of commu-
nication between the overland route and the
long sea voyage by sailing vessels. Those
who had sufficient leisure to spend an additional six
weEks or two months on the journey unanimously
preferred the latter course, which, though
more te-
(ijoug, was in many respects preferable to the former,
re CI
. S much as the passengers, when once embarked,
enabled to retain possession of their comfortable,
theirdestination.
were their arrival at
roomy
mained undisturbed, in place of
to
Their loggage,
the arrival in Egypt, carried on ca-
."
_hieped on
being trals until
o,re
h Desert,andagain put on boardthe steamer
cabins,
mels acrosS the
at the Red Sea, matters, it is almost superfluous to
say, entailing much
and expense to the hapless
trouble
.9 money, and a saving in
owners. Time, however, r
uliarlYimportant to persons
that respect is 5° peculiarly
holding official situations under the Anglo-Indianlnerchant princes,
Government, to our Eastern .
and others obliged to undertake the journey, that the
.
ences were
heavy outlay and the serious inCOrlvem
as to
submitted to, until the vessels were so crowded
become exceedingly injurious to the
- ti.ajth of the
-
passengers, and the freight of light packages (no
others could possibly be sent) was so enormous "a 3 to
be almost prohibitory."
It may be asked why the obvious expedint of
sending steam-vessels round the Cape has not long
since been adopted ? The answer, however, is very
simple. Any of the vessels heretofore constructed
would have stopped at various stations for the pur-
pose of taking in coal, the expense and delay whereof
would in a great degree have neutralized the advan-
tages that would otherwise have been derived from
the establishment of the new line. The idea of
sending vessels direct, from port to port, Without
coaling en route, appeared to be too chime-
rical to enter into man's imagination. Ves•
sels of enormous bulk would be required to carry
the necessary supplies of coal, and of extraordinary
speed to accomplish the distance within the time oc-
cupied in the overland journey. It was reserved for
the Eastern Steam Navigation Company, under the
advice and with the assistance of the great engineer
who solved the Transatlantic steam problem, to ,

overcame the difficulty hitherto considered insuper-
able. Mr. BRUNEL saw that without the adoption of
any new principle, but merely by the judicious ap-
plication of those which have bean for some time in
operation, and fully and completely tested, it was
perfectly practicable to construct vessels of sufficient
power and capacity to perform the voyage from
Plymouth to Calcutta without stopping to take in
coal by the way. There would be a saving of at
least 30s. per ton on the coal, a very important item
in the expenditure of steam-vessels. His great ex-
perience told him that, with increased size, more par-
ticularly increased length, a greatly superior
speed could be obtained, so that seventeen or
eighteen miles per hour could be achieved
by vessels carrying sufficient fuel for the entire
journey, and in that opinion he was corroborated
by those of the most eminent engineers and ship-
builders. Indeed the most sceptical would have
been convinced by the clear and explicit state-
ments of that distinguished engineer and of Mr.
SCOTT RUSSELL. The very interesting speeches of
these gentlemen were received with the utmost en-
thusiasm. It was shown that more than eighteen
miles per hour is regularly accomplished by the
Holyhead vessels, notwithstanding the short cross
seas, more injurious to speed than any to which the
vessels to India would be exposed on the average of
their passages. Sixteen or seventeen 'knots an
hour
might, therefore, be confidently anticipated, and that
would achieve far more than could be required to
render the new line by far the most eligible to India.
Even in the improved state of the overland route,
for which the Peninsular and Oriental Company have
contracted, the passage to India will take at
least
thirty-five days. It is ascertained that the journey
from Plymouth to Calcutta will be performed in
thirty-two days, if an average of fifteen miles per
hour be attained ; at sixteen miles
thirty days ; or, at seventeen miles per hour,
in twenty-eight days. It is almost a cer-
tainty that the latter will be about the
mark, so that thirty days, a single calendar month,
Here, then, w
will be rather above the average. per hour, in
find that there will be a saving of a least five days ine
point of time, of two-fifths, if not one-half in
expense, and a total avoidance of transhipment of
luggage, or change of vessel, to say nothing of the
Desert and the Red Sea. point of
Under such circumstances, can there be any
that passengers and freight would be found in suffi-
cient numbers to render the concern remune-
rative ?We should think not. The demand doubt
would still
exceed any accommodation that could be afforded,
themselves
and crowds would hasten to avail themselves
of advantage hitherto unknown, which would not
merely greatly enhance the existing, but almost
create a new traffic. Mr. Banim might well hesitate
to give any expression as to the probable
profits of the
concern, which promise to exceed anything of the
kind heretofore known. They will be such as to more
than satisfy the most sanguine.
We heartily congratulate, then, the
shareholders in this important undertaking on the
auspicious prospects before them- W
garded as a serious injury, the deprivald of the
hat they re-
ctors and
Government contract, has turned out
on the same zeal
occurrence. They may rely
management of their affairs, characterised the
and attention that has heretofore a most fortunate
fully carry them over all the jOlpedisnents that may
obstruct their way, and which will success-

THE FRENCH itEPUBLIC.

They contain no leading articles of great importance.
We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
of keeping
The Constitutionnel has a long article on theim-
portanceh:
out the country, as lately ordered by the Govern-
ment. The Journal des Debuts makes some remarks
on the English elections.
accurate statistical tables throng
The Pays contains the following observations on
the resignation of the Belgian Ministry :
" The retirement of the Ministry appeared inevitable,
after the conflicts and results of the last elections, and
after different other circumstances which had morally
and very painfully affected the Cabinet of which the
two MM. Rogier and M. Fesch were the most liberal
and most important members. It is not doubted that
the resignation will be accepted by the King. The only
question is whether the whole Ministry will retire, or
whether the three Ministers more essentially political,
will alone do so. A Catholic Ministry generally appears im-
possible, and it is nearly certain that a Ministry of mode-
rate Liberals will be established. Amongst the names
pronounced to form part of the new Cabinet is that of M.
Lehon. Every body considers the change which is
about to take place as favourable to the maintenance of
good relations between France and Belgium, and it is
not doubted that the desire which the Belgian Govern-
ment certainly has of maintaining these relations will
have some irflaenee on the composition of the new Ca-
binet. M. Firmin Rogier, why owed his post of Minis-
ter Plenipotentiary in France to the high position of his
brother, will very probably be replaced. It is said here
that he will be called to a diplomatic post of less import-
ance or to the government of a province in Belgium."
The Moniteur continues to promulgate the mea-
sures lately adopted by the Legislative Body, and
since then approved of by the Senate. It gives (yes-
terday) the Bill granting 34,463 f. to pay credits due
on the estimates of the years 1848, 1849, and 1850 ;
also that interdicting suspicious characters to reside
in the department of the Seine and in the Lyons dis-
trict; that concerning the purchase of the Hotels
Sebastiani and Castellane ; and that relating to the
majorat of the Duke DR LELLIINE.
The Patrie states a strong demagogical feeling
still exists in the Allier, but at the same time ex-
presses no alarm on the subject, as the energy and
firmness of the Government will always enable it to
kills any of the senseless attempts of that party.
On Sunday morning Prince JEROME, accompanied
by the staff, reviewed the 21 Regiment of the line
in garrison at Havre. After going through several
evolutions the regiment marched past in review
order. A large crowd was present, and testified the
greatest respect for the illustrious brother of the Eat-
PERM

The Suisse of Berne, of the Bth inst., says that the
Federal Council has charged General DUFOUR and Dr.
KERN to represent it at the inauguration fete of the
railwvy from Paris to Strasbourg, and to congratu-
late Louis NAPOLEON on the prompt completion of
that line, which opens to Switzv,rland a rapid commu-
nication with the sea.

The PRINCE PRESIDENT Of the Republic has just
granted a full pardon to 91 persons condemned to
various punishments by the mixed commission of the
Re rault.

We read in a Paris letter in the Emancipation of
Brussels—" M. Paoupeiosi is about to break the
silence which he imposed on himself in confinement,
and since his release horn St. Pelagic. It is said that
be is about to publish a philosophical and political
work on the future fate of modern society. M.
PROUDHON will, it is said, endeavour to establish
that influence cannot henceforth belong either to rali-
gicn as in the middle eges, or to royalty as in the
16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, or to representative
governments as in contemporary times; and he will
show that society no longer consists of regulated
forces, but of mere individualities, and that domina-
tion must fall to one prlson according to the caprices
of chance, or the relative ability of the competitors."
It is announced that the plan of a new line of rail-
way is under consideration, to connect Nancy with
Dijon, and the Strasburg with the Paris end Lyons
line. It is proposed that this important section shall
commence a short distance from Nancy, cross the hill
Raze, Veleson, ,
des Corbeaux by a tunnel, descend towards the Mo-
selle, run- a branch to Epinal, continue by a tunnel
between Chaumouzy and Girancourt, touch at Con•
boty'
flan,, Velorcey, the Valley of Saint Eloy, Vesoul,
to Dijon. The distanceEssertenne,-
Binge, and thence
that independent kilo-
metres, and the
It will be is estimated at 90,000,0001.
is calculated at 2.50
expense
consultingthe
advantage
fm connectinga pd of 1 France,
nt
reieo,
such important lines as those of Paris a Strasburg,.
and Paris and Lyons, the proposed line will mate-
rially serve four mann' f districts.
. during
An operative blacksmith was sentenced to im-
prisonment for eight days by the police court yester-
day, for having offered for sale, on the 17th of May
last, plated medals bearing the following
,‘ Henry V., King of prance, 29th or September,
1820." _ _ .

.....
eTI Gazette de France contradicts the announce-
.....i.
meLt of the Independance Bekre, that Louis NAPO-
LEON had purchased the Chateau of liontretout, near
sr. Cloud. This. magnificent residence is not for
sale. It is occupied at present by the Countess
POZZO DI BOEGO.
The Bourse was remarkably firm, with a further rise
in the price of Railway Shares. The Four-and-a-Half
per CLAD .t.. •
opered at 103 t. 15c., and closed at 103 f.
_
20c. for the end of the month; the Three per Cents.
closed at 72f. 400,.; Orleans Railway Shares, 1,375 f.;
Rouen 890 f.; Havre, 347 f. 50c.; Great Northern, 635 f.;
Avignon, 460 f. • Basle, 296 f. 250.; Paris and Strasburg,
620 f,.• Paris and L3'oos,
685 f.; Great Western, 5701;
the New Austrian Loan, 944.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 12. I
anCiLGrand_ Junction of France, 4%
uxembourg, s—Naraur
Liege, 7_
Cent. Bonds (f 14 logne and Amiens shares),l33A-1
Paris and Lyons,Northern of France, 25i/17—Ditto, 201. 3 per
ormerly _on n, 1 / ..._:10 •
I.7l—Paris and Rouen,
,),,s , x-aros and
Strasbourg,memea_2e-lasii7, Roiuen and Havre, 1.3-?,—Sambre and
Flanders, 33/I —Western of France, -85/8, t