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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 15, Issue 758, 3 February 1870, Page 4

An Incident in m it ueight s JL<n?i I have recently heard an incident respecting Mi* Brigftt, which redounds so ouch to his credit, and &o completely clears up one fact in his career, that I think all your readers who love truth belter than political prejudices will like to hear it. Chey will remember that during the cotton famine Mr Bright was severely censured for not contributing to the relief fund, and that his niggardliness was contrasted with the munificent gift of £IO,OOO made by Lord Derby. Ail that time Mr P>ri°ht was keeping on his workmen at three-quarter time "wages, and sinking thousands upon thousands, week after week, 3 ear after year, until by the time the war came to an end he had paid a total sum compared to which Lord Derby's gift was a mere bagatelle. During this time, vvhile he was seeing the savings of a lifetime disappear, he said nothing to all taunts that were uttered against him. At last, Mr G-arth, a lawyer, who was then a candidate for Guildford, made a charge against Mr Bright so sweeping and so false that the member for Birmingham wag bound to take notice of it, and to correct his calumniator in no very mild language. Even then he did not refer to what he had done for the men whom he was accused of oppressing. But a friend—unknown, I belie\e, to him —went to Lord Derbv, laid the case before him, and asked if, alter this, he thought the organs of the Conservative party ought to continue their attacks on Mr Bright. " Good God, and he said nothing?" was Lord Derby's reply. I henceforth the attacks ceased.— Correspondent of the Western Moaning News.'