New-York tribune., 1868-08-05
Mn- np1nur AT RIRMINGHAM.

On the oath of July, Mr.. Bright was enter
,a,n4t ~ dinner nv the Mayor Of Birmingham and poll
tics heing precluded he spoke as follows III rep! " 'H'
toast Of his health: ,.,,.
Two days ago he had been reading long speeeh acN "
cred by Birmingham man. now an emlhehl NJ
one Of the Australian colonies who SAID tDat -
Englishmen went they tock WIN ,ss i might
public dinner. and he wished thal hai - ,n lis
be perpurated Though he Mr BfghI hslcet III III .'' @
he nevertheless felt himself IN q dhes'! az lev snc he
was likely 10 find himself avery dimcuit p0al''g a. ~
wonld meet win ,aaes an SOIS dt pSitei and would
be expected 10 make long hpfdr ~ ,bese cir.
cnmstances he had almost felt tempted To buy at TAU
way station bis-road 10 Bliihl. .snlil' a
OCCASION His opinion that politics were teeteu
with some gnirnesss on ro tege ,S enon Of social
gatherings which. although they were 5 nhSy 20 ~ nos, m
treated questions OF party politics re Ne OF Of
subject Of education, ana showed now ,s of the
the question had been retarded m ', 4, IN ,be
way I'm which party heat had been imported ,no y ~
first instance whereas IN these days ~ h's ~ Witch
in all its hearings without passion IaG qtSnn ~ tbe
first brought him into public NE was te ~
corn laws Many would Iecol,ect tne nc nS t tbc dscns
sion II that question In the early days OF lhe corn Jaw
.tation the strongest views were & ~ Cboyer de-
;husiastic man, with the martial nanny VI 80
csred that the yeomanTy coud as easiy rue ulo % ,'
chester upon Paris and IN point " lacI oP'op9
were freely vented twenty years hgo NnlCn nv" WIZ
simply looked upon with amusement now lhe hae was
to be said upon the auesuSh Hved tor h armth 81
hs speeches that subject and yet IN the end the MINIS
| tor Win m
disapproDation found himself converted 70 He %
he Mr Bright had advocated aud accepted 10 the Iul
the doctrines and poposons ne h1 ~ & ~ nnpr 70
which he had been most opposed tn IN t'i, , op,ou m
the time would not De iVg D'iIte ~ scarcely pos
sble TO sneak a man ON tho GoYefnmeht he VI ". ~.
House who did not think that the county ihchla nlS,
not DO as safely extended as the borough usoIho; G
course he did dispute that and more thhh ths, nc
minded men Who believed that looking at elections par
tcuarly with regard TO the great DOIoughs, mi'a ~
very large constituencies t would be required netoy az
matter of election machinery To introduce III some FORM
the vote nv ballot Even Mr.. Stuart MILL VINO had long
obected 10 the ballot. was becoming u CONVEX 91 VOC
M oninon that II might be tired IN Ireland III tneso
remarks he (Mr. BT1ghO was, hot Sl'ins ,' 'ny
opinion OF his own, opt on occurrns within the
memory OF those he was addressing. ne, he pio, TO-
posed 10 draw from il lesson whch ne nopcu nn' ~ ~ %
~ nse TO al political parties IN the country namely hhi
questions constantly arise aecu tne ~ iy ~ t %
soidity OF the United Kingdom which, nsi 10
Dsse2 with heat and party feeling, must ultimately be
settled TO the satisfaction OF everybody upoh ia
ht within The last fortnight had been IN Ireland ana
having seen great many people, at loieA un @ "" -,
tate his belief that there scnsiby improved feel
ing among the Catholic majority WHO , seeineG ~ ,
,hat fbe Euylish Parliament were honestly turning
their minds 10 investigate the questions wheh ha9
hitherto nsde the great difficulty whlen nS,ana i,, M
hecn 10 the United Kingdom The general Impression
was that te Established Church IA Ireland Was S m
as gone but at the same time thoy loVhGu ,b o % % Chrc
for generous dealing sympathy and fairness ~ tT
transaction which they believed now & 10 pe e0ad TO ire
land which called for settlement the chei ol Mo ~
the land question There was universal ON @ d Ia
H. reat 6uk OF the pTopretOrs OF the soil dld noI est
~ 3be country and performed none OF the duties on pro
n5etors but took their incomes and expended Ihen ~
must come on FOR future settlement, and he hoped they
would treated in spirit which %9nu our ds ~ Grea,
Britain and Ireland In country lke tnls, Mno,o W. ".
had learned TO make revolutions wi.no1S ,bs Who wer,
lmtions were most benefcent, even 10 those HhV
nost opposed 20 them Az tins molneht VIC G uau r @
press free platform ana ,pSe Institutions II,
Should himself be very sorry in some thngs 20 th,
nsucns In tni S Speat political struggle
Sye sbonld be engaged in returning q new parhainoi'
and United States MOULD Se ho PoSd have to dec
the affairs Of that nation Tor the HeAo u yyeop
We might have o,ioD change in Oh America, in al
! nroSabjlity the same result Wouia ,od So~ s,ose
Du h cvd he grevously sorry 10 imported mt
\ tbis country They had IN the change Oh & io Sn
Luis ,auqe In almost all their officers thronghou
hat ,ieht ne called their internal Embellishments. sucI
. cbsnOe would be most dsadvantageOus IN lho i
tS ssme time America setting us an example !,
~ of her public expenditure WHICH VIC ous
n e ,iIU Tlere was nothing, he thought when cOul.
,ifv a. nur enormous military and naval armament. M ae
JUSTLY "a J M IL was although the United states an,
ther nations had very large trade ana calihoivo W.
and the East al iSo OHs Ire conended that 70
enormous burden OF the taxation we ~ o ,irSotism ta
w. Sennd 70 eTist the lowest stratum oi s'es h zen,
his nnbc career lie had always desired 10 % ~ We nd ali ~
~ s pt ~ the country, and lie Hoped that he anu al y
,he onId he able TO say when their public NE eane
an end il they were permitted 10 Inc hat ali he
life TO look back upon Ioi%uGai % ~ ayc ali tat came
before their eye which worthy OF a%ss r
something TO smooth the path ana 70 e,upd aard
rot bersafter 10 make certain progress ioWaiu Ds
aud happier day.
= MR. MILL BEFORE HIS coNsrITUESrs'
In addressing the Electors OF Westminster on Tue 20
of July. Mr. Mil said Great changes had Deeh l'n'1 :.
our representative Institutions Ihe 80 y.
hsan Greatly enlarged and they were now going 10 ~
saA hat they meant 10 DO with their new power' Do
,,. ,r,and n have q stricter government wth IN I'M
.noy In its administration The mass OF tho CUM