The Express.
London, England, 1868-11-16 00:00:00

MR. BRIGRT AT BIRMINGRAN.

Mr. Bright addressed a meeting of his consti-
tuents in Holder's Concert-hall on Saturday after-
noon. He was most enthusiastically received. He
said :—I have always told you that the good govern-
ment of a great nation by a small clam was impossible and
not to be looked for ; and I argued that a class having
failed—as they most egregiously failed—we should
call the nation to the greet council of the nation.
(Cheers.) The great council of the nation is now sum-
moned, and this question upon which I am treating is one
of the greatest and foremost questions which you will be
called upon to decide. (Cheers.) Our opponents',
as you know, have been very free in their
charges, not only against you, but against me.
They have said that I was a powerful instrument for
pulling down—(laughter)—that I had not only the incli-
nation but the faculty to destroy—that 1 was hostile to
all established, ancient institutions of the country—
(laughter)—that I had never shown the slightest power to
exhibit myself politically as an architect able to sear an
edifice which was worthy of the support and admiration
of the people. ("Oh, oh," and laughter.) We have had
some pulling down. In fact, I have noticed generally
before they put up any great building for Use ornament
of your town that they pull down some old building.
(I oud cheers.) Twenty years ago we pulled down a very
ugly, perilous fabric, which went by the name of " Pro-
tection to Agriculture." (Laughter.) One half of
the people of England find their daily bread now from
sources which under that system they were shut out from,
and with it there came down a whole nest of--small it may
be, but in degree—like injustices. (Hear, hear.) After
that we pulled down, as you know, all tint cumbrous
system—olliciel regulation—which abut the
ara. out
fr em instruction by the public prose. having rid of
that, there is now open to the public • m • machinery of
information, working day and night, for ever, the advan-
tages of which no man can measure. (Chairs.) We
have pulled down too a very meat amount of the unequal
load of taxation ; and although the actual burden of the
sum raised from the people unfortunately has not been
diminished, yet the burden rusts less unequally than it
did, and the great body of the people at last find them-
selves bearing it with a lose sense of oppeemion
than they did twenty or twenty-five years ago.
(Chem.) Then we pulled dewu a very horrible
monster which they called " Balance of power." It was
an idol of the very foulest feature, and at its shrine the
lives of hundreds of thousands and millions of the families
of the people of the United Kingdom have been sacrificed.
(Cheers.) And then, finally, we have succeeded in pulling
down the gnat monopoly of political power. We have
diminished the number of Mien boroughs ; we have
built new and very independent constituencies ; we have
enlarged all the old constituencies ; we have given to
every working man in Birmingham who lives in a house,
the father and brad of a family, the consciousness of in-
dependence, and the possession of right and of power to
which in all past years he has been an utter stranger. Let
every man of you consider how great is the gift. (Cheers.)
It is a gift for which men in every country in past times
have given, not only thoirlabour, but theirlivea and if we
have oome to a time when without violence and bloodshed
we can wwmplish thew changes, let as be happy that
we live in such times ; and let us make of this new power
the wise use which we, who urged that it should be given
to you, premised that you would make of it when you
had it. (theme.) We are now about to try whether we
can't begin to rosters. We can build up a few things
if we are as successful against our opponents in the
' future as we have been in the past—(elseent)—but ft is
only on that condition ; and whether we shall be able to do
it dependa no little upon the verdict wkioh yogi shall
give neat week. • We proposers now for the first thing to
restore g9r .ereete—for I am not aura it ever ealsted--•
'United (Loud elbow.)

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EQUITY COURTS.—Nov. 14.
(Before the Madge of the Bolls.)
insiza' mow-soon COMPANY.
Owen appeared as a petition praying the winding-
up csfMs this company.
lordship wads the weal ardor.
EL Everitt appeared for the owispeay.

(Before Vice-Chased)°, Sr J. Stuart.)
The Vios-Chancellor said that on Tuesday sad Wanes.
day rooming' next ho should mat take his seat in court
Wore 11 o'clock am.

(Before Vice-Chancellor Mr G. M. thilard.)
TEE autoviona
Mr. Willooek, Q.C., ohm-eft that the business of the
elections on Tuesday and Wnesday neat would pro-
bably occupy the attention of suitors and practitioners—
probably of every one of them, for at least some part
of the two days, asked the court whether, under the
of business, dr-
eumstancesleaidi considering that there was now no great
pressure siness, it would dispense with a sit-
ting on those aye.
The Vice-Chancellor said that Tuesday was the moat
important day. Probably if there were no sitting on that
day it would be enough. If a further suspension of the
sittings should be desirable, the matter might be men-
tioned again.
1.1 EE TUE JAMAICA OOUXsmCIAL AORNCT 0071LPANT
(unrrito).
Mr. Drues, Q.C., appeared in support of • creditor's
petition to wind up this company. The original capital
was stated at 20004, but a part only bad been allotted,
and that with a small exception had been fully • up. So
that there was practically no more share cap/ and the
assets were small. The company had already •
more than cue of its acceptances. The petition was un-
opposed by the company, and he proposed to take the
eider if no one appeared to oppose on behalf of any
creditor.
The Vice-Chancellor made the order accordingly.