DEATH OF JOHN BRTGHT.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5436, 28 March 1889, Page 2

DEATH OF JOHN BRTGHT.

«, London, Mar. 26. Mr John Bright is dying. Mar. 27. Obituary— Mr John Bright, M.P. The following account of the career of one af the most illustrious Englishmen of modern :lays is taken from " Men of the Times'' : The Right Hon. John Bright is the son of Jacob Bright, of Greonbank, near Rochdale, ivhere he was born Nov. 16, 1811. Having received the rudiments of a substantial English education, he entered his father's business, and became a member of the tirm of John Bright and Brothers, cotton-spinnors md manufacturers, of Rochdale. He took part in the Reform agitation of 1831-32, but lid not enter Parliament till IS4B, when he «it for Durham. Mr Bright afterwards sat for Manchester, but was rejected by that constituency in 1857, owing to his pro- < iiounced peace ideas. Since then be has sat vlmost continuously for Birmingham. Mr i Bright, in conjunction with Mr Cobden, led the ngitation which rcsulte-d in the ■epeal of the Corn Laws. For many years i ifterwards he devoted himself to electoral i eform, and it was largely through his efforts ' ihiit the franchise in Great Britain has been ; placed on a wide basis. In 1808 h" iicoeptud i )fTice under Mr Gladstone as President »f i he Board of Trade. He afterwards held i he office of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, but resigned in 1882 owing to i liffering from his colleagues over the Kgyp- i i:m policy of the Government. Of late years < Mr Bright and Mr Gladstone have been i >olitically apart owing to divergence of views ; •n Itieh affairs. ;