The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-15 00:00:00

The Befoim Meeting. at Birmingham.

After Mr. Bright's speech (whice appeared in The
I Sun of yesterday), Mr. G. DIXON moved a vote of
thanks to the borough members, and in the courcP,
of his remarks said he had one question to ask, and
it was—Why was their respected and honoured
junior member not at that present moment a Cabinet
Minister? (Cheers.) Some said Mr. Bright's prin-
ciples were so unbending that he could not submit
to what was involved in taking office—.._. There.
others who said that the great leaders of the Liberal
party looked upon Mr. Bright with diArmt. if Lot
with fear ; but, let the reason be what it might, the
fact remained the same—that Mr. Bright, after a
successful and distinguished career in the House of
Commons, unlike those who had followed careers
less distinguished and less honourable, still remained
among them unpossessed of the rewards which
usually followed such a career. (Hear, hear, and
cheers.) Mr. Bright had seen young men, his col-
leagues, taken one by one from his side, and placed
in offices of power, of emolument, and of labour;
but he remained still unadorned with the insignia of
office. (Hear, hear.) He-would ask, what did Mr.
Bright do under those circumstances ? If he was
informed correctly, Mr. Bright had tendered a ge-
nerous support to the Ministry, who without his aid
could not continue in office, but which yet had no
reward to offer him in return. To his fellow-
townsmen he would say that it was on that platform
that their great tribune must receive his reward in
the-applause of an admiring and grateful people.
(Cheers.)

Mr. BRIGHT, in reply, said—My friend Mr. Dixon
is not so experienced a speaker as I am, and he has
travelled a little bit off the line—(laughter)--hut,
notwithstanding that, I will take care that there
shall not be anything in the shape of a collision be-
tween ifs. (Hear hear, and laughter.) He has spoken
of the fact, of My being, as I say, your representative
in the House of Commons, and not one of the Go-
vernment that has been in seine sort—at least, issaid
to have been—partly reconstructed. lam not sure
whether office in our day can be considered the proper
reward for long services faithfully rendered to the
public. (Hear.) For a conscientious man office must
be very burdensome. There are men in this Govern- .
ment who feel it so ; and now the public are so much
alive to all questions—the public is so great a public
now—that almost- every man in office has, I think,
five times the burden of work and amount of re-
sponsibility he had some years ago ; and when
I look at those gentlemen who sit upon that
Treasury bench, which so many men, especially
those opposite—(laughter)--Sir John Pakington
is one of them (renewed laughter)—look at with
eyes glistening, as it were, with anxiety, some-
times with hope, sometimes, perhaps, with
something not very hopeful—when I see these gen-
tlemen on the bench, when I consider the number
of hours they have to sit there, how languid they
look, and how, towards the close of the session,
they all give signs of weariness which is detrimental
to health, I confess I do not know how anybody
who has his senses about him can wish to be one of
their number. (Laughter.) However, I think it pro-
bable that if I had the ambition of office--if that
had been the chief ambition of my political life—•
probably long before this I should have been in
some office of " dignity and emolument," and my
present office is one not of emolument, but it is'one
of very great dignity. (Enthusiastic cheering.) In
partnership with my hon. friend I represent one of
the largest, and I will undertake to say—and I say
nothing more now than I should have said had I had
no connection with Birmingham—one of the most
intelligent and independent and liberal constituen-
cies in, the United Kingdom. (Cheers.) I recollect
that Horace Walpole tells of a than that waded to
dignity through dirt—(" hear, hear," and laughter)
—but there are some men who come to dignities
through the portals of a dead ancestry. I come to
my dignity by the favour of this constituency re-
garding, I hope, the honest—l am sure the honest
—and I hope in some degree the useful course of my
public life. Ido not envy them who like other dig-
nities, who grasp at office. It is conceivable that
man in my position, and with my principles, and
with what I believe truly to exist in my own mind
—the absence of that ambition for office{--it is con-
ceivable that it might be my duty to accept oflice.
(Hear, hear.) But if that should be so—anti it i.e
a bold figure of speech to speak of—depend upon it
it shall only be when I am thoroughly convinced it
is quite consistent with the office which I now hold
as your representative in Parliament, and the advo-
cate in some sort—humble and inefficient though it
may be—of the great mass of my countrymen who
are too few in that house to speak their sentiments
or urge their claims. (Loud cheers.) I come here
to these meetings always with a certain trepida-
tion, which yet is always mingled with a certain
pleasure. I like this town. I like this hall : it speaks,
it looks of freedom. (Cheers.) I like these people.
When I was all but a boy I felt something stir
within me when I read of the conduct of the noble
people of this town, and it has been my wish, dur-
ing the few years I have been connected with you,
in everything I have been permitted to say here, to
say something that could not lower your public
character, or your estimate of public questions or
public men. And if _it should happen for years to
come—if my life should be continued, and I should
remain in your service, and that we should find
partly as the result of our labours that our country-
men make further advances in freedom, we will re-
joice in looking back through the past ; and, though
we may not have tasted of what are called—with a
misplacement of terms—the sweets of office—
(laughter)—yet we have that greater and that more
precious reward, which we have striven to earn, and
which we have gained—the good opinion and con-
fidence of a great people. But Mr. Dixon is re-
sponsible for all this. (Laughter.) What he said
really was rather more fitted for that sort of after-
dinner o► atory— (laughter)—where men are allowed
to be rather more complimentary than is befitting,
when those gentlemen below are likely to put in
print what is said—(cheers and laughter)—because
what be said is in danger of making me blush.
(Laughter.) I forgive him, out of his kindness, and
I forgive you for giving any sanction to what he
said, because you are not quite so well informed
about what is meant by official life as I am, after
watching it narrowly for 22 years in the House of
Commons. (Cheers.)

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ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-
GARDEN.
(Opera Company, Limited.)
Last night but One before the Christmas Holidays.
Last Appearance but One of Miss Louisa Pyne.
THIS EVENING, Friday (second time), Mr. C. Delftll's
New Opera, in One Act. CHRISTMAS EVE. Mdme. F.
Lancia, M me. E. Heywood, Mr. A. Cook, and Mr. David
Miranda.
Alter which, at 9, Auber's celebrated Opera, LE DOMINO
NOI tt. Miss Louisa Pyne, Mesdames Thirlwall, Leffler, and
A. Cook; Messrs. J. G. Patey, C. Lyall, E. Dussek, and
henry Haigh.
Conductor, Mr. Alfrel Mellon.
Commence at a quarter to 8.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
signor ARDITPS CONCERTS, Every Evening.
THE LAST NIGHT BUT TWO.
These Concerts will positively terminate on Monday next,
December 18.
Immtnse Success of the New Grand Selection from
"Tannhauser." Full Orchestra and Chorus.
Conductor, Signor ARDIII.
TO-NIGHT (Friday), December 15.
VOCALISTS.
Mdlle. Laura Harris, Mdlle. Edi, Mdlle. Sinco, and Sig. Foll.
PIANOFORTE.
Herr Pauer.
Commence at Eight. Promenade, One Shilling.

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE.-
Managers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton.
THIS EVESING the performances will commence with
Shakspere's Tragedy of KIN GJO HN BiefifirS. ?het ps, James
Anderson, T. Swinbourne, Raynor G. Belmore, E. Phelps,
C. Harcourt; Kiss Atkinson, Mrs. 11. Vandenhoff; Airs.
Hodson, &c.
After which, GALWAY-GO-BRAGH ; or, Love,
C.
and Fightin,g : Messrs. Edmund Falconer, F. Barsby, C;
Ilarcourt ; Misses Hawood, E. Falconer, nose Leclercq.
Cowmence at 7.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.-
Sole Lessee and Manzg,e,r, Mr. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, THE OVERLAND ROUTE : Messrs
Chas. Mathews, Buckstone, Chippendale, Compton, Rog, rs,
Clark, Gordon, Braid, Coe, dm ; Messdames Mathews, Snow-
den, Hill. Wright, Coleman, Lovell, &c.
To be followed by WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN?
Mr. Chippendale, Mr. C. Mathews ; Mrs. Charles Mathews,
Mrs. Fitzwilliam. &c.
To conclude with MY HUSBAND'S GHOST.
Commence at Seven.

ROYAL LYCEUM T EIEATRE.-
Under the sole Management of Mr. Fechter.
THIS EVENING, at Seven o'clock, THE DAY AFTER
THE WEDDING. Mr. and Mrs. Horsman.
After which, RUY BLAS. Mr Pechter ; Messrs. Emery,
Fitzpatric's, Evans, Westland, Clifford, H. Butler, Raymond ;
Mesdames Lavenu and Horsman.
To conclude with THE ILLUSTRIOUS STRANGER.
Messrs. H. Widdicomb, Raymond, Westland, Evans, More-
land ; Mesdames Boyce and Lavenu.
Box Office open daily from Eleven till Five.
Actin:; Manager, 11. Barnett.

NEW THEATRE-ROYAL ADELPHI.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
THIS EVENING, at 7, MOTHER, AND CHILD ARE
DOING WELL. Messrs. Felix Rogers, P. Bedford, &o.
After which, at 8, RIP VAN WINKLE. Itip (his FOth
appearance), Mr. Jefferson, supported by Messrs. hillington,
Y. Bedford, It Phillips, Yelix Rogers, Ashley, hburnc, C. J.
Smith; Mrs. Biliingtor, &c.
To c nclude, at halt-pant 10, with THE WIDOW'S
VICTIM. Messrs. BiLington, Felix Rogers, Ashley ; Miss
Codscll, Miss Seaman, and Miss Jenny Wiihnore.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining.
THIS EVENING, QUIET LODGINGS.
After whEli, at a quarter to Eight, IT IS NEVER TO()
LATE TO MEND. Characters by Messrs. Vining, T. Mel-
ville, T. Mead, D. Murray, S. Ca►haem, F. Villiers, J. G.
Shore, G. Murray, H. Melion, C. Seyton, It. Cathcart; Miss
L. Moore and Miss Katherine Rodgers.

ROYAL S 1 RAND THEATRE.
Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough.
THIS EVENING, at Seven. NOTHING VENTURE
NOTHING WIN.
After which will be produced a new Opera Burlesque,
L'AFRIGAINE ; or, The Queen of the Cannilo%l Islan is.
Messrs. Stoyle, James, Thorne; Mesdames Swanborough,
Raynham, Johnstone. ttc.
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LONDON, FRIDAY, DEC. 15, 1865.

We have now good reason to hope that the days
of the perpetration of intolerance, and the high
posts and solemn assemblies appertaining thereto,
are numbered. The arrival of the last Jamaica
mail has been most opportune, and more especially
has every lover of justice and fairplay cause to re-
joice at the appearance of Colonel HILL and Colonel
NELSON. The testimony of these gentlemen will be
invaluable at this juncture, and effectually put to
shame and silence the malicious and malevolent
parties who have nearly worn themselves out in
their frantic efforts to make the worse appear the
better cause. A more crushing reply could not
have been given to the clamorous and vindictve
apologists of the negro in this country than is con-
tained in the advices that have just reached us. It
is stated that unless prompt and vigorous measures
had been resorted to most direful consequences
would inevitably have ensued, and that the rising
of the blacks all over the island would have been
general. Furthermore, we find that a very different
opinion is entertained by those who were on the
spot and well acquainted with all the details than
is held by the sanctified set over here, who are
scandalised beyond measure, and frightened out
of all propriety of language and demeanour.
We heard before this that the House of Assembly
and the Legislative Council had thanked his Ex-
cellency for his promptitude and firmness in dealing 1
with the insurrection, and we can find that previous
to the departure of Colonel NELSON he had a
testimonial presented to him of two hundred
guineas by the House of Assembly, accompanied
by the thanks of the house for his distinguished
services in putting down the rebellion. What does
Exeter Hall say to this? What does the Birmingham
orator think of his famous declaration at Blackburn,
that if murder had not 'changed its name
In this country he hoped Governor EYRE and his
accomplices would stand at the bar of justice to
answer for the death of GORDON and others. The
head and front of the offending has landed on our
shores. Is Mr. BRIGIIT prepared to indict him, and
will all the noisy men who have been drawing off
our attention from all other affairs by their violence
and excitement appear as chief Witnesses 9
One thing is
certain, and that is, a greater mis-
take was never committed by Ministers of the
Crown than was made by Earl RUSSELL and his
colleagues the other day in consenting to suspend
the Governor, in order to appease the unworthy
wrath of an unreasoning and prejudiced party. He
has stumbled on the threshold of his career, he has
dragged his Cabinet through the mire to satisfy the
scruples of men he should never have listened to
with the intention of following their advice or being
guided by their decision. What becomes of the
unsatisfactory circumstances to which mysterious
allusion was made by Earl RUSSELL, in his speech,
to the deputation, and also referred to elsewhere.
Nothing has transpired in any direction where re-