The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-05-06

many Thousands waited patiently at the Bull Ring
| thsre were contingents from all the chief towns
divisions were rns on ss~ arms a their . re-
speoaye points o. assembly, Is follows:-Ths First
Third In the Old Square, the Fourth in st. Paus square,
the Fifth the Town aa the sixth ia smithnsld. the
Seventh in the Horsefair ami the Eighth, Is stated
MeNts g ne different bodies that little after noon the
First division arrived at the OF New street. and
division, which came from another part Of the town.
fell 10 behind II; and IS the second moved forward
the third followed in order, and until tho eight
divisions, separated . quarter Of hour previous
formed continuous, unbroken we'll ordered moving
mass Of human beings On the arrival OF the first div
the vast crowd in the street became immense Out Of
the windows Of the houses a either side OF the
ton ladies' the male population OF Birmingham having
taken possession Of its streets Many fair hand and
vsn rSsS x:sd al: .s tho
The men who I'D the van -.s: ii.
members Of the Saltley branch Of tho Reform League
headed BY band. and bearing splendid trcoor ban
After the Saltley men came the workmen Of the Net
ropoltan carriage works, With banner having the
motto "Manhood Suffrage and the Ballot" II now be-
mon may rdicule Mr. Mrs proposition for female on.
courage enough II not to claim the suffrage for them
Selves to JOIN In demonstration which has Tor it, OBJ
ec the political freedom Of their fathers brothers, and
perhaps others quite As dear to them Accordingly
among the carriage makers nnm5eys Of young coNen
icdsg foe abreast in ne prcccsson in good order
their male frieHd and the same may b said Of several
The O mon Of 'Ss Midland nd Carriage works came nsx
their banner being inscribed With this aamonton;-
following order, the "Britannia Carriage Works. men.
| the workmen o. the sLondon and Northwestern Car
riage Works. the mill sawyers, cabinet makrs coac n
makers clock case makers and pit sawyer each body OF
| men displaying handsome banner. Then followed
the pen makers displaying on their banner the ap.
Nine other branches and garden
composed the rest of this DIVISION Among the inscp
on a aa wosf p w. s %
"Unty aud fraternity" cap Of hber'y and lith0-
graph OF the Derby Snsrels' also displayed In
Four or Ave divisions followed For few minutes
there halt caused by the dense masses Of the peo
pie blocking up Constitutional Hill and viewing the
line Of from he top Of Snow Hill the black
here and there relieved By the tables covered with really
suggestive Of preparations for some strange banqueths
tables being surrounded by thousands Of covered guesta
After the wood turner's pastoes curriers' brass found
fender makers and brass casters the iron and
steel wire drawers-Ph@nix Saxhorn Band and new silk
banner twelve fee. by ten feet with Of society,
Atlantic 's oesan IN each ii. H. Arm. Of Enca"S and
Amsrica joined BY ne atlantic clbJs, and motto
We who drew the wire strands
Which unite TO foreign lands.
Would thai electric communication
| Should've e1ien % ecery nation.
On the reverse side a representation OF "the Good
samaritan" with an emblem OF Unity" Then fol-
| lowed the mems bootmskers womens bootmakers
mouiders brushmaksrs coach harness piater cabinet
makers, tnplate workers, Victoria brass band,
UnUin and Birmingham arms. with notices; mounted
marshal The rear Of the division was brought up By
the gInmakers c1 %, and pacs1g case
burnsher bnatbuildcr grinders and p0shers oarthon
ware workers, Peyton and Peytons Works; metallic
bedstead makers iron plate workers. brass WIRE drawers
brass cock founders, and the Amagamated Engineers
Qhree branches)
There we're eight divisions in ALL
BRlGzr's sPExCa
In the evening meeting was held In the Town Halt,
Tss 10 :, par. rns %
The borough mr. scholsood and NJ Bright, ArchdeA
con s.sdiOss rrcss.sor nsss !, y - B',,ss
form Lssgues with the 'sadAs nbsraisos the town and
Hsssss Brsahs .sa seadsa.d nss v.sa uoss susa.-
Mr. Bright was rscssved w,,h basss Of sAssss which
stored, he sad Il was, I believe, on the 27sh Of
August ast--aow nearly eight mouths ago-that
since Rsn s. Changes have .esn place lace ~
ence to the question IN which No took 20 deep an
interest But in one thing there seems . have
manifested b. the people Of Birmingham and Of this
district favor Of real and substantial measure Of
the magnitude Of the meeting which you then held.
undersoed from several d those present whom have
shs sas q sues ssaS
have mot changed, and do not intend 70 change yet
csSsr psrsons, ana one not altogether anfsvoaOs %
tho objects which you seek. Al this moment there u
ssSs &c wallis q e.. bases sf upon
denial Of the right Of the people 70 wide extension
Of the franchise is Difficult! 70 estimate tie measure
months bill that before Parliament IL The last
session, and remember how was treated and what vas
extent toe distance that have marched then
Since that time proposition for FL rental franchise an
the b0fOughs-for the dscusson turned then turns
now mainly upon the borough franchiss-9as declared
70 BE- measure Of the utmost rashness IL was said BY
many members q the tory party y sonT wno
that II was = measure that would b entirety
destructive OF the conservative party, and there
Russell and Mr. Gladstone revolutionary characters
OF the most dangerous compasxlon. Haughtsr) Well
during this there has been nothing Of that said
On the contrary eminent In the tory party
and very much the -(nughter1-havo
sos dsscSas % US in touching sr@s The manner Of
their conversion. and making complete confession OF
the folly and the error Of which they were gully Last
msmbers-tor the sounds have scarcely yet departed
when remembers what was said last year. we now
different order Of bsiagf Thsy inter strange
and unaccountable things compared with what
tory tory party 1a. been dragged nom s anchorage They
fnd no longer any holding ground and 10 their confu-
SION they ocr they xaqr not what Laughter ana
anything that Mr. Gladstone and Lord Russell proposed
Others say 1t Is highly conservative bill In point Of
fact believe the majority OF the supporters Of the gov
eminent and themselves completely 6eciidred and as
the only solution Of their difficulty they have de,cr-
mined 70 follow Lord Derby and Mr. Disraer whcresoever
| they may lead. GAughtsr) But thore ID another
/ striking change. Tae drvc01Scs which they dis
/ PLAYED last session has been abandoned, and
/ something akin TO moderation and 70 weak
| ness has succeeded, and !, who am considered
perhaps tho most guilty Of all men ia regard 70 this
question, escape without one single sentence
Of that vtuperation which was lavtshy bestowed upon
me during the whole Of last session daughter and
| cheers) Now why Is It that this change has taken
place This explanation OF it-thsS since the
fortunate catastrophe which overlook the bill OF last
SION the workingmen OF this country have undertaken
70 do their own work. (CheerSD About this time last
| year wrote letter-1 am not sure whether 70 my
fr,end Mr Bcnea or 10 the secretary OF tho Reform