The Sun. — 1866-01-04 (London, England)

LONDON, THURSDAY, JAIV UARY 4, 1866.  Mr. BRIGHT has a great contempt for all that appertains to antiquity, and therefore we have a good right to suppose that he includes proverbs and sayings among his dislikes. Certainly, he totally ignores the meaning of the adage which implies that you can have too much of a good thing. It is difficult to understand for what purpose lie is continually addressing large meetings, and repeating himself over and over again. It cannot be to prejudice the people against any attempt on the part of the Government to bring in a measure of Reform, which was unquestionably his motive at the period of the DERBY Government contemplating the introduction of such a measure. It cannot be that Mr. Considers any educated person in the country to be ignorant of his extreme views on all public questions. Perhaps We shall be nearer a solution of the enigma if we come to the conclusion that the hon. member wishes to impress upon Ministers his own vast importance ; his he is speaking to opponents, but at his friends. We have before this met with some significant allusions made by his friends and supporters as to the neglect with which he has be been treated, and Mr. BRIGHT went say that, so far as to had he manifested a desire for office, he could have obtained it. This may or may not be interpreted into a declaration that he would not assume the responsibili• ty. We know that CESAR refused the crown at first, and thus  has furnished an illustrious example to all who deem it advisable to hesitate before proceeding to extremities. Mr. Purlieu, M.P., however, thinks it quite time that plain speaking should be adopted in this important respect, and therefore he boldly expressed his opinion that " he should have had more confidence in the Reform movement if the great leader of the Reform party in England, Mr. BRIGHT, now held a seat in the Cabinet. If proof were wanting of the total unfitness of the hon. member for Birmingham for , occupying such an important position he certainly ' afforded it during his discourse last night. Truth and justice were totally cast to the winds when Mr. BRIGHT touched upon the dangerous topic of Jamaica. If possible lie spoke out still more vehemently than before, and displayed his bigotry and intolerance to no ordinary degree. He began by saying that the Government displayed their weakness in tNo points : the first was their conduct respecting Jamaica. As far as we can make out, Mr. BRIGHT seems to think that Mr. CARDWELL did very wrong in having nothing to tell the great deputation when they waited upon him. Mr. BRIGIIT told us before that he considered the execution of GORDON to have been murder, and he now drags in all the judges of the country to keep him in countenance. He declares that there is not a judge in the kingdom, not a law officer in the three kingdoms, nor a lawyer in practice, who will differ from him, when he says that the execution of GORDON in all its acts " was a mass of illegality," and no judge in the United Kingdom but would say in his private capacity that GORDON was murdered. We ask emphatically is a man who addresses a public meeting in this strain fit to lecture then upon the important subject of a change in the representation of the country. He shows himself in his true colours when he gets upon a topic like that of Jamaica. He contradicts facts, makes unfounded statements, charges honourable men with the commission of deadly crimes, and, to crown, all he becomes absolutely profane in his frantic attempts to give vent to his excited feelings. Those who considered Mr. BRIGHT, if mistaken in some points, was at any rate sincere and consistent, will be shocked to peruse that passage in his speech in which he refers to the last letter written by