New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-09-13
A, good a country as man ever see"
JOHN BRIGHT AT BIRMINGHAM.
From Our Special Correspondent

From Our Special Correspondent
BIRMINGHAM August &C. 1866
missed tho magnificent open air demonstration, but
GOT here in time for the evening meeting in the Town
Hall and TO hear Mr. Bnghts speech. The London jour
nails make such point of keeping the public in Ignorance
of VIVA, is going happen that few persons suppose,
ont Of Birmingham were that the Reform meeting
was TO assume gigantic proportions and historical import
ance Nor was it understood even in the office Of
Liberal newspaper of whose editor made due inquires
and the fact is worth noticing because it shows with how
little engineering such meeting got together 1t
would be proper to say that il came together
quarter Of a million Of people eame-people who can't
vote but only hinkpeope who pay taxes but who have
no political rights which the privileged classes have hh-
cro felt bound respect Yesterday showed that they
likely 60 back a century for political motto and
nscrbe on their banner "raxaton without representa-
ton is tyranny
Twill not attempt to describe what did not see, but
the result of the days work is already apparent in the
changed tone Of leading articles the aneform papers
Fora lively Of the meeting and fall report of
IT, refer You 10 The Birmingham Post, herewith
inclosed-l7 columns Of excellent newspaper work.
Tho Town Hall Of Birmingham is i5 feet by 65 feot
and IS feet high so that if 10 feet taken from its
length the room would be exactly double cube The
hight is too great for acoustic purposes Mr. Bright
knows TO his cost for he spoke with great difficulty owing
partly to the defect Of the hail. partly due to chronic
affection Of the throat which prevents him from speaking
at oil in the open air. As the hall somewhat famous IN
England will treat you short description copied out
of guide book-a species Of literature well known TO have
great fascination for large class Of readers.
1T can afford comfortable sitting for upward Of 1000
persons double that number have oon stood beneath s
roof enanced by the eoQaence Of Mr. Bright and other great
popular oraor The decorations are o. me most ana
gray toned with red and Yellow the upper part being ena
eled in imitation Of msrDe Ihe puasers are richly
gilt strict attention being paid to classical models IA tner
various details The gallery fronts are IN bronze and gold
and are lined crimson CLOTH The covered sides OF the
roof are divided into recessed panels and are adorned with
the egg and tooth modng and richly gilt and painted lie
ceiling the gliding ana painting Whtn ls ueIy Soikous
is divided into three compartments eaeh ingosiag ge Cur
Gle divided into deeply recessed radiatng panels dlmn
shug toward the center where there magnificent
sunlight Gas burner At the back OF the orchestra sper
did organ sad 10 be unsurpassed BY any 10 Europe Y Inns
organ which the property OF the Governors OF tue uehM
Hospital was erected for the trienna musical festivals ~hen
are held here benefit Of that Institution It's weight
aoCG 10 .a S abv dys miles The orchestra is further
adorned with colossal bust Of Mcndessohn.'
The defect in which description is that says nothing
about the audience. The noble one, but it was
the people in H. and any architectural glories that
made the spleudor OF the spectacle Tuesday evening
Auglst27 1866 Tie arrangement of galleries aud stage
is not unlike that Of the fremont Temple in Boston,
very tue one for exhibiting the audience. Mr. Bright
estimated that there 5000 people in the hail. and
though Il is common 20 over-esmate numbers, he WAS
probably within the actual limit. These GOOO people con-
sisted wholly or mainly of that mpulsve unreaeeng,
violent" class distinguished by yenaty ignorance and
drunkenness which Mr. Lowe described in his " eele-
brated and unhappy speech but an bound to say that
considering they all these they looked and behaved
with remarkable proprety. "lmpusIve" they certainly
were and their impulses found expression in tumuuous
obeers-but NOT for MI Lowe. "Unronecting," think
they we're not for they hadcvdeny made up their minds
that Mr. Lowe vas proper person TO be heartily groaned
Violeut they NAY sometimes be, but their violence did
not carry nor any OF their speakers, to the length OF IL
discriminating Lyective AGAINST whole class Ifthey
are yensl' Mr. Lowe shoal4 remember that bribery is
an ofTense that involves two parties while for "gnor
ance and drunkenness what heavier condemnation could
be urged against the ruling classes than that their IN
checked sovereignty OF 500 years had produced no
better qualities in the people whom they assumed 10 gov
ernl IN point If fact, the audience thoroughly
GOOD one | sew few who not unmis,akab.e working
men and saw few whose faces did not give The lie 10 Ar
Loves ca.uRies. hope to be paoned for saying tha'
the audience was rot up the average OF such an AmeI
can aud.Ice as would crowd Cooper Institute and listen
10 CHARLES Sumner but it would be an Insult to compare
H. 10 poia. Of intelligence AID respectfully, 10 Tie se'A-
crngs il Tammary Hall.
Tie Mayor Of Birmingham presided Tie nominal
occasion Of the meeting to present addresses 10 I
Bright aud lis colleague Mr. ScAoeheld The members
Of Pa1iame-t or he borough Of Birmingham o. these
formal proceedings win only say that incomranbly the
best specoh II e evening except those Of Messs Sehoe
lld ard Bright was made in secondns the addfossea,
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