The Sun. — London, England, 1860-09-08 00:00:00

SHEFFIELD CUTLERS' 1-EAST. Tho annual festival given by the Master Cutler of Shef field, on his election to preside over the ancient corporation of the Cutlers of Hallamshire, took place at the Cutlers'- hall, at Sheffield, on Thursday evening, under the presi dency of Mr. M. Hunter, jun., the Muster Cutler elect. A most sumptuous dinner was served, and the event passed off with the usual eclat. • Among the principal guests were his Grace the Duke of Rutland, the Right Hon. Earl Fitzwilliam, Lord George Manners, Lord Denman, Lord Wharncliffe, the lion. J. F. S. Wortley, the Lord Mayor of London, Mr. Roebuck, M.P., Mr. Hadfield, M.P., Dr. Forbes Watson, &c. After the loyal toasts had been duly honoured, The MASTER CUTLER proposed the " Army, Navy, and _ _ Rifle 'Volunteer Forces." (Loud cheers.) Lord GEORGE MANNERS, in responding, said—l believe I may say with truth that the army is now in a most effi cient state. (Hear.) Small it may be compared with some of the vast, the huge armies of the Continent, but the army that we have in this country I believe to be, so far as it extends, of the very best. (Hear, hear.) It was a ques tion a short time ago, when the Continent of Europe ap peared to be convulsed, whether our armaments were suffi cient for our protection ; it became a question for those in authority to decide whether a large addition should be made to the standing force of this country, and a corresponding addition to its t a xation—(hear)—or whether another means should be devised by which we might, be placed in a state of security. (Hear.) In that emergency the intelligent youth of this country stepped forward as one man—(cheers) to say—" u pon us shall be the burden of defending- our na tive country. (Cheers.) We will join heart and hand with the regular army that we now possess, and will under take for the security of the country." (Cheers.) With my humble voice I say it is to the honour of our young men to have done so. (Cheers.) I hope they will continue in the same spirit in which they have commenced ; that they will allow no flagging ; that they will not relax their labours until they have arrived at such a state of proficiency that they may compete with those who have had a larger and more special training. (Cheers.) Gentlemen—On behalf of the army, I beg respectfully to tender you our most heartfelt thanks. (Cheers.) Major 07nnEona— (cheers) —said,—After what has passed, I beg to thank you most heartily on behalf of myself and my brother officers of the Volunteers. I can a ssure you that I had no idea when we came here this even ing that we should have had the honour of being coupled -with the regular troops of her Majesty. I do, however, feel that the force to which I have the honour to belong has been a great benefit to the country at large. I feel that, if we have not been called upon to do anything in the field, we at all events have exercised a great moral influence, not only upon this country, but upon all the countries in Europe. We have earned for our country a position which it did not previously possess. 'We were looked upon as makers of money. There was no notion that we were a military nation. But our Queen asked us to come forward, and we have come forward and shown that we are indeed a military nation. Ido not know what number of volunteers there are in the country at this time, but I know that we have here a nucleus to which an innumerable body may be attached in case the country may be in danger. I will say this of the men who have done me the honour of putting me in command of them that if we had to march to-morrow to any part of England to oppose an invader I do not be lieve we should leave a man behind. (Cheers.) I will not detain you longer, but simply say that I it is a great com pliment for us to have been united witie the regular troops in this toast. (Cheers.) Mr. G. Weeaseersole, Senior Warden, proposed the " Health of his Grace the Duke of Norfolk and the House of Howard." (Cheers.) Mr. H. HARRISON, Junior Warden, proposed " The health of his Grace the Duke of Devonshire." (Cheers.) The liberality with which his family seat at Chatsworth was thrown open to the public was an especial advantage to the people of Sheffield, and entitled his Grace to their warmest acknowledgments. (Cheers,) Mr. C. ATKlNSON—(cheers) — gave the health of a noble man who, he believed, had to-day made his first appearance among them; but the noble house of Rutland—(cheers) — needed no eulogium from him to set before that hon. com pany the high position which it had held for centuries in this country. The immense services that it had rendered, both in the Cabinet and the field, had won for it a world wide reputation, which was inscribed in the history of the British nation. He would ask gentlemen to repay the ob ligation under which the people of Sheffield had been placed for many years to the Dukes of Rutland for having thrown open to them that gem of the Peak, time-honoured Haddon —(cheers)—the manorial house of the Vernons and the an cestral home of the Earls of Rutland. Remembering those white days which the people of Sheffield had passed in the social enjoyment at Haddon, he called on them to drink " the health of the Duke of Rutland and the noble house of Manners," with three times three. (Loud cheers.) The Duke of RIITLAND—(Loud and enthusiastic cheer ing,)—l am indeed most grateful to you for the very kind manner in which you have drunk my health, and to Mr. Atkinson for the terms in which he has proposed it. Mr. Atkinson said traiy that this is the first time I have had the pleasure and the honour of dining at your convivial and hospitable board ; but, gentlemen, I pass a large por tion of every year within a very short distance of this town, and it is impossible for me, looking down upon this great hive of industry and intelligence nearly every day that I am in this neighbourhood, not to feel deeplyinterested all that affects your welfare and your prosperity. (Cheers.) In times past it was supposed that the country and the towns were opposed to one another. Happily that feeling has passed away, and all of us feel and acknowledge that although our tastes may be somewhat different, and our pur suits not exactly similar, yet our hearts are the same—(loud cheers)—and our interests are identical. (Continued cheer • ing.) Mr. Atkinson has been kind enough to allude to the fact of my having thrown open the halls of Haddon. I can only assure him and this company that it affords me the greatest possible satisfaction to do so, and the more so be cause I always find that the public and those who are ad mitted take the greatest possible care to do no injury, and pay the greatest deference to the wishes of the owner. (Cheers.) I will not allude to other topics, because I know how difficult it is to prevent their diverging into some poli tical meaning, even those subjects that would seem at first sight the least likely to do so. But there is one subject that has already been alluded to by the Master Cutler which I feel that I may mention, because the heart of every Eng lishman has but one feeling in regard to it. This is admi ration for the spirit and gallantry of our Volunteer Corps. (Loud cheers.) This, gentlemen, is neutral ground, on which we all agree and unite as one man in thanking that gallant body for coming forward so nobly, and I must be allowed to congratulate you, gentlemen, and to congratu late my friend Mr. Overend and the Sheffield Volunteers on the numbers in which they have mustered. lam quite sure that what their officer has said is perfectly true, and that if ever they should be called upon for service they will all be ready to march wherever their duty requires. Perhaps I may also be allowed to mention that in my neigh bourhood there is a body of Volunteers called the High Peak Volunteers, and I am sure they would march with the Sheffield men wherever there is danger. (Cheers.) I have the permission of the chair, before I sit down, to propose to you a toast. It is " the health of. the Master Cutler," who has so kindly invited us here this evening. (Loud cheers.) It is not necessary for me, gentlemen, to recal to your re collection the ancient dignity of this corporation; nor i s it necessary—indeed, it would be bad taste in me—to go at any length into the attributes which so well fit the Master Cutler for the office he now holds. (Cheers.) I believe this is one of the few instances in which the father and the son are dining together in this hall, both of them having pre sided as Master Cutler. (Cheers,) I have very great pleasure in giving " The Health of the Master Cutler and the Cutlers' Company." (Loud cheers, and three times three.) The MASTER CUTLER,--I am sure, gentlemen, I should be wanting in what an Englishman most prides himself upon—gratitude—if I did not feel grateful for the position in which I have the honour to be placed. To the Company of Cutlers I return the second time this day my grateful thanks. I told them this morning that I would do my best, and if did that I could do no more. For the flattering remarks of his Grace the Duke of Rutland I am extremely obliged, and I do indeed feel that part in which he referred to my father. (Cheers.) I think I owe in a great measure the position of President of the ancient Cor poration of the Cutlers of Hallamshire to the respect which my father has enjoyed for many years. I acknowledge my gratitude not in the modern sense of an anticipation of fa vours to come, but for your great kindness to me this even ing. This company has existed in this town now for 300 years. Some have carped at it, and said that we are only able to come and eat our dinners—and that is a great thing. (Loughter.) But if we have only been the means of bring ing here the Mayor (for I take the trading community first) of iroer Birmingham, of the shipping trade of Hull, of the 'woollen trade of Leeds, of the cotton trade of Staleybridge, to see evhat the iron men of Sheffield can do, and how will ing and ready they are to welcome them, we have conferred a benefit see the town. (Cheers.) We have now begun, as we may say, a new galvanised life. 'We have begun to ad en't under the new act of Parliament many members whom we should not otherwise have the pleasure of having among n e. I only hope that the Cuters' Company will be the true conservators of the trade of Sheffield, and that they will endeavour, to the best of their ability, to uphold its inte• all time to come. I again thank you rests both now and for cordially, and I should b e a mean man if I did not feel .greatly the kind manner in Which you have received my health ; I shall remember it as long as I live. I drink all and your good healths, and I ho p e trust that many of you will live to be present on many future occasions, and same seven to see another son hold this positio n . (Loud cheers.) tdr. W. HuTeussesoN gave o The H ea l t h of Earl Fitz willlam and the House of Wentworth." (Loud cheers.) rl me, in rising, to return 3' oll - rely thanks for the way in which you have re sponded to the toast now proposed. It must on all occasions 4 be a gratification to receive indications of the esteem of our fellow -meal. I feel that I little deserve them by any service I Ism's) done. I come among you merely as a neighbour, and if anything in _ ray conduct has met with your approba tion I am most g ra t eful for it. (Cheers.) I standhere as her 'Majesty's lieutenant in this county, and I cannot let this opportunity pass by without making some remarks upon wht I h ave witnessed to-day. we Jaye already heard from THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1860. many in this room observations which must be very gratify ing to those who have come forward at their own risk to pro tect the lives and liberties of their fellow -countrymen. It is a great gratification to me to know that I have in my hum ble way been enabled in a measure to promot- that move ment which has met with the approbation of all, from the Queen to her humblest subject. (Cheers.) Meeting, as I do to-day, many of the Volunteers of the West Riding, I take this opportunity of thanking them for the good appearance which they have already made, and I trust that before this month will be closed the Volunteers of the three Ridings of Yorkshire will make such an appearance under the old walls of the city of York as shall show them to be worthy compeers of their brethren in arms who have so lately been reviewed at London, Edinburgh, and Knowsley. (Cheers.) I will not d e tain you longer than once more to tender you nay best thanks for the kindness which I have received as a neigh bour from the inhabitants of Sheffield, and I will endeavour so to perform my duties through life as win the esteem and affection of my fellow-men. (Hear, hear.) Mr. T. JESSOP gave "Lord Whamcliffe and the House of Wortley." (Loud cheers.) Lord WHA.RNCLIFFE was received with loud cheers and waving of handkerchiefs. He said there is a common way of beginning to speak on occasions of this kind, and that is by saying, "unaccustomed as I am to public speaking." (Laughter.) That was never more true than it is on the present occasion, for since I had the pleasure of meeting you on a similar occasion two or three years ago I do not think I have had to speak in public, and I have grown rusty in consequence. (Laughter.) I cannot attribute your kind • ness to anything which I have done, but - rather to the merits of my predecessors. But 1 will not give way to any 15n e here in the real interest I feel in all that concerns the town of Sheffield. (Cheers.) It is not in my power to do much, but I always endeavour to do what I can. Nothing has given me greater satisfaction than to see the hard •working operatives of Sheffield coming up to the crags and enjoying themselves there. (Cheers.) Ido not mention this in any spirit of self-laudation, but the way in which the noble duke who has thrown open his mansion of Haddon to the public, and other noblemen have admitted their fellow countrymen, shows that there is not such a strong class feeling among us as is sometimes supposed. I feel that the greatest privilege attached to our possessions is that they may be enjoyed by our poorer countrymen. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Alderman BROWN gave "The Health of Lord Den man." (Cheers.) Lord DE:cmax—(cheers) —I beg to thank you most heartily for the honour you have done me. I cannot ex press sufficiently my gratitude to the gentleman who pro posed it. lam sure that all classes benefit by the industry and uniform good conduct of their neighbours. I have always received the greatest kindness from all persons with whom I have been brought into contact in this neighbour hood, and such kindness renders a far greater benefit to the class to which I belong than we can ever return. I cannot help alluding to the remark of the Master Cutler, in which he ascribed the honour of his present position to his father and predecessors. if it were not for the name I bear, earned for me not by my own exertions, I should not have been received in the manner I have been ; and I am sure nothing can be a greater stimulus to exertion than the many instances we have of men who have risen to distinc tion by their ability and their labours. (Cheers.) The manner in which I have ever been received by the members of the bar, because of the name which I bear, has ever been a great incentive to me to do my duty and not to tarnish that noble name. (Cheers.) The Mayor of SHEFFIELD said—l have the honour to pro pose to you, "the members for the West Riding." (Cheers.) It is a matter of regret that they are not present. We know their untiring zeal in the service of the public. We owe those men thanks, our best thanks, who leave their homes and devote a great portion of their time in endea vouring to promote the interests of the community in which they live. (Cheers.) Mr. EDWARD BRA.MLEY—(cheers)—said—l have very great pleasure in proposing " the health of the borough Members." (Cheers.) I am sure you will receive the toast cordially. Those gentlemen are so well lmown, and have been so frequently among us that it seems almost a work of supererogation for me to say anything about them. Every body knows Mr. Roebuck—(cheers)—as one of the most in telligent, patriotic, fearless, and independent members of the House of Commons—(renewed cheers)—a man of whom the country may well be proud. With regard to Mr. Had field, I can say with perfect truth that a more consistent, liberal, and upright representative does not exist. (Cheers.) He takes an interest in everything connected with the borough, and never seems so happy as when he is doing something for Sheffield. (Cheers.) I hope our members will long continue to represent us, for the benefit of the borough, and that they will be among us on many future occasions. (Loud cheers, and three times three.) Mr. ROEBUCK, M.P.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. Master Cutler, I have to return thanks to you, sir, and to Mr. Bramley in particular, for the very kind and eulogistic manner in which he has mentioned the names of myself and my learned eol• league, Mr. Hadfield. We, sir, owe—at least I do, and I think my colleague will join with me in saying it—we owe a great debt of gratitude to the people of Sheffield. (Mr. Hadfield—" Hear.") I will tell you why. They have al lowed us, as independent members, to pursue our course in Parliament, unpestered by the suggestions or observations of our constituents.!(Cheers.)lThey have thought us honest. They have believed that they have elected us to be their representatives. They have known that we were upon the very theatre upon which political affairs were being wrought ' out, and they believed that we knew as much of them as they did themselves. I may say for myself that my course has been entirely unprejudiced and undirected almost by any observations on the part of my constituents. For this I thank them, and I think they have shown therein their full conception of what a representative ought to be. If he does wrong, the time will came round whets you have the power of telling him you think he has done wrong ; but, while he is acting for them, any pestering, any suggesting, any call of interest, or telling him that his constituents think this, that, or the other, is foreign to the representative system. And I say, sir—and I think my learned colleague will say —that we thank you heartily that you have allowed us to be, as we call ourselves, the independent representatives of the people of Sheffield. Now, sir, I am a mere politician. Other gentlemen around this table have broad acres to represent. They can confer benefits upon the people of Sheffield. I can confer none excepting as their repre sentative. (Hear, hear.) As their representative I think this a great occasion upon which I may say one or two words upon what has been passing since I last met you. I have no doubt that in this I shall contravene some of your rules. But, sir, were lin your house, sitting at your hos pitable board, I should say nothing offensive to anybody around that board, and I hope I may touch upon political matters without giving offence to aay human being who now hears me. (Cheers.) I shall speak out openly the feelings of my heart—the wishes, the views, and the fOpira hens which I entertain—and, so doing, I shall throw myself upon the kindness and generosity of the gentlemen around me. (Cheers.) Now, sir, I belong to an assembly, as also does my learned colleague, who are twitted with having done nothing during the past six months of their existence. (Hear.) I have worked very hard, and I know my learned colleague has worked very hard, and I believe the best thing that could result is that we have done nothing. (Cheers and laughter.) Now, that may appear a paradox ; but if you will lend me your attention for a very few minutes I think you will see and understand what I mean. The people of England are peculiar for being only able and willing to un dertake one thing at one time, and the leading, the absorb ing thing which has occupied every man's mind during the last six months has been the foreign relations of this coun try. (Hear.) During this time it was totally impossible to produce any effect on the internal matters of the com munity. And, sir, I know enough, and seeing around me gentlemen belonging to the aristocracy, I am sure they will not misunderstand me when I say I know enough of the relations of this country to know that any attempt to reform the Parliament of this country without being backed with the strong voice of the country will be utterly nugatory. (Cheers.) Sir, I said coma two years ago—and for that I wa s twitted—that you would never get a reform out of the present Administration. I said so, and I acted upon it. I thereby incurred the feeling of some sort of reprehension on the part of some of my friends. But has not the result proved that I was right ? It has proved that I was right, because the people out of doors did not raise a voice suffi cient to bear down al l o pp osition. I was a young man, but I was a politician during the y ear 1830 . Then the reform of Parliament came in, and I recollect t he uprising of the people of England. They bore down all o pposition. They put an end to every sort of oppo sition, bo th in the Com mons and the Lords. Well, Sir, c om p are 1860 with 1830, 1831, and 1832. O ne was a violent gale, an uprising of the popular storm, but in 1860 there was not a whisper to be heard. (Cheers.) You sent us to Parliament to do certain things. We could not do them without your aid, and y ou did not assist us. Whose fault was it, then, that the thing was not done? Not ours, but yours—not the fault of the House of Commons, but of the people of England. I tell you, and I tell you fearlessly and frankly—and I hope with the entire concurrence of my learned colleague—that we intended to carry the Reform Bill ; but the opposition was too strong for us—(cheers)—and the people of England did not support their representatives. (Renewed cheering.) But there was another thing. Every mention of the volun teers this evening has been received with a boisterous up raising of the popular voice. And why ? Because your minds are fixed upon the foreign relations of this country. (Hear, hear.) England stands aloof from all the world of Europe. She alone is free. She alone has popular institu tions which are worthy of the name. Against her every despotic view is directed. For years we have been remain ing in the hope that we were so protected by our former renown that no one would dare to attack us. I was one of the first to raise my feeble voice to warn my countrymen that danger was at hand. (Hear, hear.) For that, like every other man who throws himself against the popular current, and wishes to do a popular good, I incurred great reprehension. Where is now my justification but in the Volunteers of Great Britain ? (Cheers.) Why are they en rolled, and why did the noble duke thank them ? There was something behind. You do not want a volunteer merely to look at him in the dress of my friends down there below. (Cheers.) You want him for some purpose. What was the purpose which the noble duke pointed out ? It was to prevent the possibility of invasion. (Hear, hear.) Where was invasion to come from ? I pointed that out many year, ago. I mentioned the name of a great i. 1,. ...-- . Potentate, and the newspapers of T ra nce and the servile newspapers of England threw all sorts o f abuse u p on me for so doing. Bub what do you do now ? Don't you fear that man ? (Protracted cries of " No, no.") I used the wrong word. I ackn.owledge it. A public speaker often uses the wrong word. You don't fear him. (No, no, and cheers.) And God be thanked that the Volunteers of Eng land show that there is a feeling in the people of England that if a foreign invader put his foot upon our shore he will never take it off again I (Loud cheers) Therefore I say I used the wrong word. Fear does not enter into our feelings upon the present occasion. But we protect ourselves. We put ourselves into such an attitude that we don't fear any body. (Cheers.) On this call some of the peaceful inhabi tants of Sheffield have left their peaceful counters and their desks, and put themselves into the tented field. When I walked up the stairs to-day and saw around me what I con • ceived to be a body of gallant soldiers, and was told that all of them were men of Sheffield, did not my heart warm to them—did not I feel that England was safe—did I not know that no grasping hand of ambition, no restless foot of despotic adventure, would ever dare to touch anything be longing to this country? (Cheers.) Our minds are occupied with these things, so occupied that we have not time or at tention for anything else. And when the next session comes, if something has not happened within that time to have insured peace to Europe without all this martial array, depend upon it that the next session will be as fruitless as the past with everything connected with the internal regu lation. But don't blame us ; don't blame the House of Com mons for this. The House of Commons is Engl and. If England had been upon the spot she would have done pre cisely the same. Sir, I . knove it is easy to sit at one's desk and write articles against the House of Commons, but I have never seen a man come into that house yet, whatever his reputation outside, who has not been totally inefficient to alter the course of that legislation. And why ? Because we are the voice—the living voice of the people of England. (Hear, hear.) We may be very often in the wrong. Talk, talk, is the curse of that house. I fear you may think it is the curse of this room. (Cheers end laughter.) But, sir, I still maintain that the House of Commons has done much good during the past session. Spite of the Times, spite of the penny press, spite of the gentlemen who abuse us, we have done much good by doing nothing. (Cheers and laughter.) You do not suffer by our late sit tings, but my hon. and learned friend and I suffer. I have sat up more nights this session than during any preceding session. I have gone to bed at three o'clock in the morning, thinking I had been dieing my duty ; but next morning out came an article blowing hot and furious against the House of Commons for misusing its time. That is all very well, but what harm have we done ? (Cheers and laughter.) I say we have done much goad. No other people in the world have spoken out as we have done. Our voice has gone across every sea, has resounded over ()Very mountain, in favour of liberty, justice, and truth—(cheers)—and the House of Commons, by the mere fact that it is an out spoken place, is the very heart of the liberty of the world. Then, I say, you didn't ought to abuse your representa tives, but set them a good example. I have a great deal more to say, but I will not occupy your time. (" Go on:") There is, however, one thing to which I wish to allude before I sit down, and that is almost of a personal character. I was introduced to Sheffield by the efforts of a friend of mine who is now no more; I mean Sir H. G. Ward. I recollect his writing to me to say that he was about to retire from the re • presentation of Sheffield, and he thought the people of Shef field and I would very well agree. He was a good prophet on that occasion. He went into another sphere of life, in which he showed great ability—great consideration for the people of England, and for England's interest. Now, at the very acme—the very pinnacle of his fame, when he was about to do greater good still to his country, Providence has thought fit to remove him from this earth. We cannot help remembering his worth. We cannot help remembering all the good he has done, and mourn for the lose of him, not merely as a friend, but as one who would hate done much more good had he been permitted to remain amongst us. Sir, I could not help thus giving vent to a tribute of my humble praise to the memory of one who is now no more. I hope you will forgive this outburst of feeling on my part. I beg to return you my thanks, and my friend, Mr. Had field begs, through my voice, weak and humble though it may be, to return you his best thanks, for the honour you have done us. On my own pari;, I shall content myself with saying I am very much obliged to you and to this company, not only for listening so patiently to what I have said, but also for the cordial manner in which you have received the mention of my name. (Cheers.) Mr. HADFIELD, M.P., on rising, was received with cheers. He said—l should be very unhappy to mitigate in the slightest degree the effect of the eloquent and powerful address which you have heard from my hon. and learned colleague. Perhaps my department, as your representa tive, is somewhat distinct from that of my hon. colleague. I have endeavoured, during the whole of the session, and indeed during the whole time I have had the honour of re presenting this borough, to promote, to the best of my ability, the commercial interests of your town. (Cheers.) I have not been indifferent to the welfare and interests of the country ; I have been particularly anxious to see com mercial enterprise successful in Sheffield. I have not lost any opportunity that has presented itself of taking advan tage, to the utmost of my power, of the commercial openings that have offered themselves. ' We have present Dr. Forbes Watson, from the India-house, who will to-morrow explain the openings which present themselves for commerce in India. I have received communications from Mr. Cobden, which give me a lively hope that great good will result from the opening of our trade in that important empire. I make bold to mention the high sense he entertains of the services of the gentlemen you deputed to attend the con ference at Paris with regard to the new tariff. (Cheers.) In his private communications, both to me and to others, he speaks in the highest terms of the services of those gentle men. I feel myself bound to report the high opinion he entertains of the assistance they rendered, and his high ex pectation that, when the details of the treaty come to be understood by the public, though the first impression may not have been favourable, it will be seen that the treaty must ultimately produce great good to this country. (Cheers.) I trust we shall shortly receive information in reference thereto which will interest you all. Gentlemen, I should have preferred to have been entirely silent after the eloquent and learned address of my colleague, but I could not neglect this opportunity of reporting to you the commercial advantages which I hope in a few years will result to this important borough from the French treaty. (Cheers.) Mr. R. JACKSON--(cheers)—would not detain the com pany with any lengthened remarks at that late hour of the evening. That was the first occasion they had been hon oured with the presence of Dr. Forbes - Watson, the reporter of products to the Indian Board. A few years ago the attention of all classes in this country was painfully directed to the events that were then passing in India. That time had passed by, and they heard nothing of those horrible tales which then so deeply affected us. He trusted that a new era was opening upon us, and that before long we should be able to govern India in a way which would be beneficial, not only to this country, but to the natives them selves. The fact of the Indian Government having sent Dr. Watson with these samples to Sheffield was a proof of the great interest they felt in the development of the trade and commerce between this country and India. (Cheers.) He would not detain them longer than to ask them to join him in drinking the health of Dr..F. Watson. (Cheers.) Dr. Fonnas WATSON—Mr. Master-Cutler, my lords, and gentlemen, I am extremely obliged for the kind re ception you have given me, and for the manner in which my health has been proposed and received. I am aware that this reception has been accorded to me on account of the character in which I appear among you. lam compara tively new in office, and cannot, therefore, attribute to my own merits the kindness you have shown me ; but this I can say, that all the energy I possess shall be used to turn that office to account for your advantage. (Cheers.) Mr. Jackson has alluded to the newborn interest that has sprung up in that great country—the greatest dependency, the brightest gem in England's crown. I will not dwell upon the origin of that interest, or remark upon the - tainfal cir cumstances that have been required to rouse us to a sense of our duty to our Indian empire. lam here for a practi cal purpose ; chiefly to lay before you samples of the various hardware products of that country, in order to sect whether you can benefit the people of India by turning out cheaper articles than they can make themselves. (Cheers.) The natives of India, gentlemen, do not use knives and forks, which is unfortunate for the cutlers ; but they do use other articles of the same class, though not exactly of the same kind, as you can and are constantly manufacturing. By the application of machinery and enterprise we might produce the tools required for use in India much more cheaply than they aro now made, and thereby benefit both ourselves and the people of India. Ido not mean to say that the day will not come when, by the aid of similar machinery, these tools will be manufactured in India ; but that day will not arrive yet, and before it does come we may make a very good thing out of the trade. lam not present to give a lecture on the products of India, but this I must be permitted to say, that what is chiefly required in India in English enter prise directed to the development of her resources in the va rious raw products required in England. I congratulete the people of this country on having effected the removal of one of the two great difficulties which beset us as a nation. The various speakers to-night have alluded in most eloquent terms to that great movement which has rendered us safe egainst oppression from abroad. One of our great weak nesses has been thus removed, but the other still remains. I refer to a product upon which the masses are almost es de pendent as upon bread itself. When I tell you that an enor mous product is involved in the working of that product, that probably 4,000,000—0ne-fourth of the entire popula tien of England—are dependent upon its production for support, and that it yields £12,000,000 to the Exchequer, I have said sufficient to convince you that the failure of the supply of that product would not only be universally inju rious to the manufacturers of it, but that the general inte rests of the kingdom would be most materially damaged. (Hear.) I refer to cotton. Without entering into details, I may say that we are very much dependent upon one source of supply for that great staple—upon America; but with proper encouragement and attention India is capable of fur nishing us with such ample supplies of this most important material as completely to remove the great danger which now stares us in the face. I have lately been in Manchester, and I cannot refrain from expressing my heartfelt satisfac tion that on the 14th of this month there is to be a great gathering, with a view to urging thoie mailuftEeturers - who,' are interested in stimulating the production of cotton in India to form a large company, and send out agents for the purpose of forming a commercial communication with India. If that object were carried out, as I believe the Lancashire men are prepared to carry it out, it will render this country more secure and independent than it has been for many years past. If we continue dependent upon America, as at present, the day may come when the supplies of that great staple of our industry may fail us, and when, as a conse quence, almost national ruin will stare us in the face. It is India, gentlemen, to which we must look to relieve• us :'rom that great danger. Perhaps few of us ever realise what that dependency is to us. Psrhaps not many of us are aware that India is the only dependency which has never cost us ono shilling, but has sent large sums of money, which have been spent here, and never returned again. India is emphatically the brightest gem in the Crown of England. With our increased means of communication, our 5,000 miles of railway stretching through the length and breadth of the land, with its great rivers opened, and with a Government who give every evi dence of being alive to the necessity of developing the re sources of the country, I am convinced that the day is not far distant when India will send us in abundance every raw product that we require for our manufactures, and I have no doubt that the great movement to which I have referred will have a most important influence in bringing about that result. (Cheers.) Mr. J. J. Smarr proposed " The Health of the Lord Mayor of London, and the Mayors of Birmingham, Leeds, Hull, and Staleybridge." (Cheers.) In reading the toast he was struck with the fact that the Cutlers' Company being an epitome of the age in which we live. In the early his tory of the Cutlers' Company the expenditure for feasts amounted to the enormous sum of £3 or Ll, and the scope of the speeches had reference merely to local circumstances, and compliments were paid only to the public bodies and the then comparatively unimportant civil powers of the town. But the present company comprised members of the highest rank •f nobility, the principal gentry and manufacturers of the town, the representatives of the trade and commerce of London, the manufacturing interests of Birmingham, Leeds, and Staleybridge, and the shipping activity of Hull ; and the speeches had reference, not to the interests of Sheffield alone, but of the whole country, and of the world. (Cheers.) He legged that they would heartily join him in drinking to the health of the Lord Mayor of London and the Mayors of Birmingham, Leeds, gull, and Staleybridge. (Cheers.) The Loun MAYOR of LONDON—Mr. Master Cutler, my lords, and gentlemen, when I did myself the honour of accepting the polite invitation of the town of Sheffield, I was quite prepared for the hearty welcome and generous hospitality which characterise the inhabitants of your ancient and highly respected town. But I must confess that that feeling has been greatly enhanced within the last 24 hours that I have been in your town, by the very great courtesy and kindness which your Mayor has been pleased to exercise towards me. This is a tribute which I feel I owe to the Mayor, and which he well deserves. I assure you, gentlemen, my visit here, though the first I have made, has been fraught with much important information. I feel no longer that the town of Sheffield is an insignificant spot in this great country ; on the contrary I feel that it is one likely some day or other, if not at the present time, to throw forth its branches to the extremities of the earth, and render England still more important than even it is at the present time. I speak advisedly, I speak thoughtfully, for I have seen that to-day which convinces me that the majesty of labour as existing in the town of Sheffield is of that extra ordinary character which is unrivalled on the face of the earth. I have been at Liege and elsewhere on the conti nent, but nothing•there can possibly compete with the pro • ducts of this celebrated town. Long may you hold this superiority, long may you maintain that which is your right, almost your birthright, being handed down from father to son, by this company, which is so important that I regret that we have nothing in London to enable those who have the ability to produce an article superior to that of others, to make that product their own, by fixing upon it their own peculiar mark as you do. How are your marks sustained ? How is the privilege conferred by the granting of them sustained ? If I understand rightly, by the Cut lers' Company, by the Master Cutler, who has it in ,his power to inflict severe fines and penalties upon any one who dare presume to forge the peculiar trademark of any other manufacturer in your town. (Cheers.) I assure you, gentlemen, most unaffectedly, that this is a boon which, as a man of business in London, my attention has been parti cularly directed to ; and that I should have great pleasure in seeing some arrangement made for securing to a man there the fruits of that superior ability which enables him to produce a better article than his fellows, (Cheers.) Such I understand to be the power possessed by the Master Cutlers of Sheffield. Long may the Cutlers' Company have the energy, the honesty, the honour, and the independence b maintain intact the privileges which now belong to your celebrated town. (Cheers.) I find my name associated with those of gentlemen representing the corporations of various towns. I unaffectedly assure them that lam delighted to see them, and happy in the opportunity afforded me of shaking hands with the Mayors of the various provincial boroughs represented here. I believe I echo their senti ments when I say we are deeply obliged to you for the very court eons and generous manner in which you have received us. (Cheers.) The Mayor• of Hum., iu briefly responding on behalf of himself and other Mayors present, expressed their gratitude for the attention that had been paid them, and for the op portunity they had had of enjoying the hospitality of the Master Cutler and the Cutlers' Company. He was sure he might say that the people of Hull felt deeply interested in the welfare and prosperity of Sheffield, and would always rejoice to hear of the prosperity of the Cutlers' Company. (Cheers.) Earl FrTzwiLLlAm—Gentlemen, I assure you I have been called upon to propose a toast most unexpectedly, but the pleasure is as great as the request was unexpected► We have not, up to the present moment, drunk the health of the ladies. lam sure you will all join with me in doing them all those honours which are their due. Let me put at the head of my toast the health of Mrs. Hunter, the wife of your excellent Master Cutler. (Cheers.) I do not know whether Mrs. Hunter may be present, but, if so, I am sure she cannot but witness with gratification and pride the feelings of respect which you have evinced towards her husband. Gentlemen, I beg that you will drink, with three times three, " The Healthof Mrs. Hunter and the Ladies." (Cheers.) The I\l ASTER CUTLEIL—I beg leave to return my sincere thanks for the honour done to my wife. Those who know her know that she deserves it. (Cheers.) If she has given you satisfaction, I am sure she is well repaid (cheers), and the greatest compliment you can now pay her is to go and see whether her tea and coffee are as good as her dinner. (Cheers.) The Master Cutler and the principal guests then left the room. The remaining toasts on the list were—" The Rev. Dr. Sale, the Clergy, and the Ministers of other Denourina • tions ;" "The West Riding and Borough Magistrates ;" " The Mayor and Corporation ;" "The Rev. J. Aldous, the Chaplain ;" " It. Jackson, Esq., and the Past Masters." The Master Cutler left the table a little before 11 o'clock. THE ACCIDENT ON TIE COL-DU- GEANT. A writer in a contemporary gives the following remarks on the recent fatal occurrence on the Col du-Geant On the 18th of August, while staying with a friend at Breuil, rumours of the disaster reached us ; but the accounts at first were so contradictory as to inspire the hope that they might be altogether false. Clearer intelligence, however, soon arrived, and before I quitted Breuil it was perfectly certain that three Englishmen, named Fuller, Rochester, and Vavasour, with a guide named Tairraz, had perished on the Col. On the 21st I saw the brother of Tairraz at Aosta, and learned from him all he knew of the occurrence. The more I heard of it, however, the stronger became my desire to visit the scene of the catastrophe myself, and obtain through actual contact with the facts information more reliable than could possibly be conveyed to me by descrip tion. On the afternoon of the 22d I accordingly reached Cormayeur, and, being informed that M. Curie, the resident French pastor, had visited the place and made an accurate sketch of it, I at once called upon him. With the most obliging prompt ness he placed his sketches in my hands, furnished me with an account of the occurrence drawn up by himself, and volunteered to accompany me to the spot, so that we might inspect it together. I gladly accepted this offer, and early on the morning of Thursday, the 24th of August, we reached the Pavilion, which it had been the aim of the travellers to reach on the day of their death. Wishing to make myself acquainted with every inch of the ground over which, from the commencement of theirglissade, the unfortunate men had passed, I walked straight up from the Pavilion to the base of the rocky couloir along which they had been precipitated. This couloir was described as being so dangerous that a chamois hunter had declined ascending it some days before ; but through the kindness of M. Curie I secured at Cormayeur the services of an intrepid man, named Baireux, who had once made the ascent, and whom it was now my in tention to follow. We commenced our climb at the very bottom of the rocks, while the pastor made a detour and joined us on the spot where the body of the guide Tairraz had been found, and where some fragments of his skull—an exceedingly thick one— still furnished sad evidence of his fate. From this point upwards M. Curie shared the dangers of the ascent—strongly, I confess, against my will—until we reached the place where the rocks ended, and the fatal snow slope commenced. Here we parted company, he deeming it more prudent to resort to a stony arete to the right, than to trust himself upon the snow. I was urged ,by M. Curie to con tent myself with an inspection of the place, but no inspection, however, close, could have given me the information I desired. I asked my guide whether he feared the slope, and, his reply being negative, we entered upon the snow, and ascended italong the course of the fatal glissade, the traces-of which had not been entirely obliterated. Among the rocks below we had frequent and often melancholy occa sion to assure ourselves that we were on the proper track, being guided by pieces of broken bottles, of wood, inciter matches, fragments of leather, of crania and other objects not necessary to mention. We also found a penknife and a small magnetic compass, but the most important discovery was made upon the snow, being that of a fine new ice -axe, the pro perty of one of the guides, who had relinquished it in his descent. This implement accompanied me yesterday across the Channel, and the discovery of it helps to throw a most needful light upon the dis aster. Thus, then, from the beginning to the end of this fatal track I made myself acquainted with its true character, and as I stood upon the summit of the incline and scanned the ground over which I had passed a feeling of augmented sadness took possession of me. There was no sufficient reason for this ter rible catastrophe. With ordinary precaution the glissade might, in the first instance, have been avoided, and with average capacity to cope with such an accident the motion might, I am persuaded, have been arrested after it commenced. Bounding the snow slope to the left, looking downwards, is a stony arets which forms the track by which travellers to Cormayeur usually descend. It is rough, but absolutely without danger. Any lady of ordinary walking powers might be con ducted down it with perfect safety. But the men were tired when they reached this place, and to avoid the roughness of the arete they betook them selves to the snow. In connection with their first I entrance upon the snow a statement has been made which needs correction. On the morning of the fatal day a party, including two ladies, had actu ally descended the Col to Cormayeur, and M. Curie was one of this party. They also had trod den upon the snow, and it is alleged that their trace was followed by the party which attempted to descend in the evening. This is not true. NI. Curie's party kept close to the arete, whereas the others were several yards to the right of it. The traces of both parties were perfectly plain on the day of my visit. An instrument for measuring the inclination of the snow was not, I am sorry to say, in my possession, but I should estimate its upper portion as forming an angle of 30 degrees, or there abouts, with the horizon. It steepened consider ably lower down, but its steepest portion I should estimate at less than 45 degrees of inclination. At all events, practised mountaineers are accustomed to trust themselves on steeper slopes without fear, and many of them, I imagine, might be found who would suffer themselves to be tossed from a carpet on the slope in question, with perfect reliance on their power to arrest their downward motion. There are two other points which must be dis- posed of if we would have an unclouded view of this deplorable occurrence. It is alleged that when the party was approaching the summit of the Col on the Chamounix side, the guides proposed to return, but the Englishmen persisted in going for ward. One condition of things alone could justify the proposition of the guides, namely, a fog so thick as to prevent them from reaching the summit of the Col at the proper point, and to render it neces sary to return by the tracts they had already stamped in the snow. The only portion of the Col hitherto regarded as dangerous had been passed, ' and hence, unless in the case assumed, it would have been simply absurd to propose recrossing the really perilous pertion of the glacier, instead of proceeding to Cormayeur. Such a fog, the guides affirm, did exist, but they, nevertheless, reached the summit of the Col, and the weather cleared after the summit had been attained. The subsequent portion of the journey must be discussed purely on its own merits, and whether the Englishmen refused to return or ' not upon the Mantanvert side ought in no way to influence our judgment of what occurred on the Cormayeur side. Indeed, the alleged refusal seems to be justified by the facts; the guides acted upon it, the Col was surmounted, the descent at the other side was commenced, and here the weather, which prompted the proposal to go back, ceased to be blameable. The second point to which I would re fer is this :—A statement is current which conveys the impression that the unfortunate men were car ried down by an avalanche. In connection with this point M. Curie writes to me thus :—" Il parait qu' Chamounix on repand le bruit que c'est une ava lanche qui a fait perir les voyageurs. C'est la une faussete que le premier vous saurez dementir sur les lieux." I have no hesitation in subscribing to this opinion of M. Curie. That a considerable quantity of snow was brought down during the glissade is exceedingly probable; but an avalanche, properly so called, there was not, and it simply leads to mis conception to introduce the term "avalanche" at all. We are now prepared to discuss the descent. The travellers, it is alleged, reached the summit of the Col in a state of great exhaustion ; and this I can readily believe. It is also certain that such a condi tion would deprive them, to a great extent, of that firmness of tread which is necessary in perilous places. But every guide and every experienced tra veller is acquainted with this effect of fatigue, and this knowledge ought, one would think, to prevent them from entering upon the snow slope at all, when the rocky arete was at hand. Still I would excuse them here ; for who would anticipate seri ous danger on a slope of 30 degrees ? We are in formed, however, that even on this slope the foot ing of one of the men repeatedly gave way, and that it was necessary continually to exhort him to fix his heels in the snow. Thus warned, why did the guides not quit the snow and resort to the arete? They must have had full confidence Ar their power to arrest the glissade, which seemed so immi nent, or else they were perfectly reckl ess o f th e lives committed to their charge. We must assume the former, though, unfortunately, when this confi dence was put to the test it proved delusive. At some distance down the slope the heaviest of the three gentlemen slipped, and was shot downwards; he jerked his next neighbour off his feet, he again the next, until, finally, the whole of the men were in swift motion. What efforts were made to check this fearful descent we know not. At what point of the glissade the two guides relinquished the rope we are not accurately informed ; which of them gave way first we do not know. though all this might be and ought to be known. All that we really know is, that the foremost and the hindmost guides did let go the rope, and escaped, while the three Englishmen and Tairraz went to destruction ; and, like Englishmen, they met their doom without a word of exclamation. At the bottom of the slope a ridge of rocks rose slightly above the level of the snow, thus forming a little barrier of which prac tised men might possibly have availed themselves at the last moment ; as it was, however, all four were tilted over this barrier, and immediately after wards descended a precipice, at the base of which they certainly were placed beyond all feeling, Ido not think a single second's suffering c .ruld have been endured. During the wild rush downwards the men were too bewildered to experience even fear, and at TILE INDIA-HO USE LIBRARY. 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The body of the guide Tairraz was preci pitated much further, and was correspondingly mu tilated. The question has been raised whether it was right under the circumstances to tie the men together. In my opinion, it was perfectly right, if only pro perly done. But the actual arrangement was this: —the three Englishmen were attached together by a rope which was tied firmly round the waist of each of them • one end of this rope wag held in the hand of the guide who led the party, the other end-was similarly held by the hindmost guide, while Tairraz laid hold of th e ro p e near t h e middle. Against this mode of attachment I would enter my most solemn protest ; in no case ought it to be permitted. In all probability it was this which led to the destruction of the unfortunate Russian gentleman on the Findefen glacier last year, and to it I believe is to be ascribed in a great measure the present fearful disaster. Whatever the attachment may be which is necessary for the tourist, that attaishwtent the guide ought to share— their destinies ought to be inseparable. Let me now show cause for this emphatic protest, basing myself as Ido so upon the actual facts. At a little depth below the surface the snow upon the slope in question is firm and consolidated; but upon this firmer substratum a superficial layer partly fresh, and partly disintegrated by the weather, lay to a depth of eight or ten inches, or perhaps a foot, on the day of the disaster. By a proper action of the feet upon such snow its granules may be made to cement themselves together so as to afford a secure footing ; but when the foot slips and the body is thrown prostrate on the slope covered with such snow the granules act like friction wheels, and the body shoots downwards almost without resistance. Suppose a smooth oilcloth to be placed upon a polished table, and the latter tilted up to form an angle of 45 degrees with the horizon ; imagine a boy laid fiat upon the oilcloth, the latter would slide over the wood, and the boy along with it, as the loose snow slid over the firm snow in the case be fore us. But suppose the boy to be furnished with a stick armed with a spike of iron at its end, what ought he to do to check his descent ? He ought to drive his spike with energy through the oilcloth, and seek to anchor it firmly in the wood underneath: And a precisely similar action ought to have been resorted to on the slope of the Col-du-Geaut. Each man as he fell ought to have turned promptly on his face, pie/lied with his baton the superficial layer of soft snow, and pressed with both arms the spike of his staff into the consolidated mass underneath. A break would thus have been applied sufficient not only to bring a single man to rest, but, if well done, sufficient, I believe, to enable any single man to stop himself and another. I do not lightly express this opinion ; it is founded on my own experience upon slopes at least as steep as that here under consideration. Now, look at the bearing of the mode of attach ment above described upon this mode of rescue. When the rope is fastened round the guide's waist both his arms are free, and both are needed to drive the baton into the snow and hold it there by pres sure. But, as it was, one arm of each guide was virtually powerless ; on it the strain of the falling body in advance was thrown, and, instead of being free, it was fettered. But this is not all ; when the attached arm receives the jerk the guide instinc tively grasps the rope with the second hand ; but in doing so he relinquishes his baton, and thus loses the sheet anchor of salvation. Such was the case of the foremost and of the hindmost guide on the fatal day now referred to. The one lost his baton, the other lost his axe ; th u s th e y b eca me powerless to render any effectual resistance to others, and pro bably had to make expert use of their legs and arms to save even themselves. Tairraz was in the midst of the party : whether it was in his power to rescue himself or not, whether he was caught in the coil of the rope or laid hold of by one of his companions, we can never know. Let us believe that he clung to them loyally, and went with them to death sooner than desert the post of duty. And such fidelity the guides of the Alps must be made to regard as their bounden duty, and that no member of their fraternity is fit for his vocation who is unwilling to share the fate of those whose lives are committed to his charge. A catastrophe of this kind ought not to be suffered to be skimmed over by a mere judicial acquittal. What can an ordinary Government official know of the power or the duty of a guide under such cir cumstances P Cast such an official upon such a slope ; he will infallibly go to smash, and he naturally con cludes that all others must do so in similar circum stances. But little weight is to be attached to the opinion of any man unpractised in such matters, and who derives his information from the very persons whose conduct is the subject of investigation. In stead, therefore, of imagining that the question has been set at rest by the publication of a verdict whereby all concerned are so lightly relieved of blame, the guides of Chamouni ought to regard this terrible disaster as a stain upon their order which it will require years of service faithfully and wisely rendered to wipe away.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, JOHN TYNDALL, Royal Institution, Albemarle-street, Sept. 7. THE MYSTERIOUS MURDER AT ROAD. The excitement occasioned by this mysterious affair is in no way abated by lapse of time, but the public appear more anxious than ever that some means should be taken beyond those already em ployed to detect the murderer. Memorials are being got up in all the towns in the neighbourhood of Road appealing to Government to grant a Royal commission. The movement, however, it seems, will be fruitless, the following letter having been received by the Mayor of Bath in reply to the me morial from that city which was forwarded to the Home-office, through Mr. Tite, N.P. : "Whitehall, Sept. 3. " Sir,—l have received and laid before Sir G. Lewis a memorial, signed by yourself and many other highly re•. spectable gentlemen of Bath and its neighbourhood, calling the attention of the Secretary of State to the murder lately committed at Road. 'You represent in this statement that the family in whose house the murder took place may be collectively re sponsible for it, but the individuals of which it is composed have not, in the proceedings which have taken place, been examined and cross-examined as to their complicity in that frightful transaction. " You add that, in your opinion, such an inquiry is neces• sary for the ends of justice, and you pray Sir G. Lewis to grant a special commission for the investigation. of th e crime, as the ordinary means have entirely failed. " I am directed by , Sir G. Lewis to inform you that he is satisfied, upon deliberate consideration of this matter, that he would not be justified in advising her Majesty to crea t e an exceptional and extraordinary tribunal, for the purpose of interrogating persons suspected of this murder. " To supersede, in a case of this description, the estab lished courts of justice, which are governed by well-known and carefully defined rules, and to establish by Royal au thority in their stead a commission exercising new and arbi trary power of examination, unknown to the E ng li sh law, would be, in his opinion, highly unconstitutional, and a departure from the principles upon whi c h this country has long been governed. " The doctrine that, in cases of great obscurity and diffi culty, like the present, on which the existing law appears at first to be insufficient, that law is to be strained or alto gether superseded, appears to Sir G. Lewis to be of a most dangerous description. " The rules which govern our ordinary courts are in tended, not only for the detection of guilt, but for the pro tection of innocence from unjust accusations, and when the crime is of so grievous a nature as to excite a strong feeling of horror and indignation in the public mind, a strict ad herence to those rules is absolutely necessary for the fair and impartial administration of justice.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, " H. WAnDrxwrox. " The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Bath." It is satisfactory to know, however, that, although a _Royal commission has been refused, the Govern ' ment have intimated to the Wiltshire magistrates a desire that the matter be further inquired into, and in accordance with the hint given the magistrates have retained Mr. Slack, of Bath, a solicitor of great experience in criminal proceedings, to pursue the investigation, and go into the whole case, beginning de novo. The whole of the depositions have been laid before Mr. Slack, who has held a conference with the magistrates thereon, and has subsequently had several of the inmates of the house under exa mination at his office in Bath. The inquiry is, of course, strictly private, and at . present it is impos sible to say what the result will b. e, but we h ave reason to believe that the public will, ere long, have the opportunity of hearing what the inmates have to say about this murder in examination in public court. If such a course does not lead t o a convic tion of the guilty party, it will, at lea s t, h ave the effect of removing from the public mi n d many erro neous impressions which have sprung out of the unsatisfactory pr:vate examinations hitherto held. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Pills and medicine invariably ag. gravate and perpetuate diseases ; their annoyance, dis appointment, and expense m a y b e avoided by persons in indifferent health sending only their address to E. S. 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George Herbert Windsor Windsor Clive, of Oakly-park, in the county of Salop, in the room of the Hon. Percy Egerton Herbert, who has accepted the office of Steward of her Majesty's Chiltern Hundreds. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, SEPT. 7. MEMORANDUM.—Lientenant William Orme, having ob tained a First Class Certificate at the School of Musketry at Ilythe, has been appointed by his Royal highness the General Commanding-in-Chief, with the conczurrence of the Secretary of State for War, to act as Instructor of Mus ketry to the Royal Sussex Light Infantry Militia, vice Captain Matthews, resigned. NAVAL PRIZE MONEY. ---- - - Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset-house, Aug. 30, 1860. Notice is hereby given to all persons interested therein, that preparations are now being made for the intended distribution of proceeds received, and tonnage bounty awarded, for the brigantine, name unknown, captured on the 4th February, 1859 ; and for the schooner, name un known, captured on the 4th May, 1859, by her Majesty's ship Triton. Also, for the barque name unknown, captured on the 15th June, 1859, by her Majesty's ship Antelope ; and proceeds arising from coals captured on board a Russian vessel, name unknown, by her Majesty's ship Viper, on the 26th May, 1855, in the Sea of Azof. Agents or other persons having any just and legal de mand, unliquidated, against the said proceeds are required to transmit the particulars of any such demand to the Re gistrar of the High Court of Admiralty, in order that the same may be examined, taxed, and allowed by that Officer, and paid under the sanction of the Judge of the said. Court. Agents and all other persons holding powers of attorney, prize orders, assignments, or other instruments, by virtue of which they may be legally entitled to claim_ the share belonging to any captor, are requested, with as little delay as possible, to transmit the same, accompanied by the usual documents, to the Prize Branch of the Department of the Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, Somerset- House. Due notice will be given, by future advertisements in the London Gazette, of the date proposed for the commence ment of distribution ; and, at the same time, the amount of an individual's share in the respective classes will be an nounced. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. George Dixon and James Charles Adcock, Aldersgate street, City, and Coventry, coach lace manufacturers. BANKRUPTS. James Fell, currier, New Compton-street, Soho, to sur render, Sept. 19 and Oct. 17, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Mary Ann Wood, straw hat manufwuturer, Luton, Bed fordshire, Sept. 21, at two, and Oct. 22, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankrupt c y. Thomas James Smith, tailor, Luton, Bedfordshire, Sept 17, at half-past one, and Oct. 18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Robert Freeland, Manchester, and Jahn. Freeland, Kirk- intilloch, Scotland, merchants, Oct. 12 and Nov. 2, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Thomas Law Holdich, ironmonger, Hinckley, Leicester shire, Sept. 19 and Oct. 12, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. James Thomson, John Thomson, and Samuel Wood house, warehousemen, Birmingham, Sept. 21 and Oct. 12, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. John Vokins and William Hurd, horticultural builders, Chelsea, Sept. 27, at two, and Oct. 22, at twelve, at the Court of Bankrupt. James Osborn lent, draper ' Limehouse, Sept. 24, at eleven, and Oct. 18, at half-p as t one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. George Johnson, shoe manufacturer, Durham-place, Hackney-road, Sept. 24, at half-past eleven, and Oct. 18, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Charles Spikins, beer merchant, Duke-street, Portland place, Sept. 24, at two, and Oct. 22, a t one, at the Court o f Bankruptcy. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. John Park, insurance broker, Glasgow. James Smith, coal master, Muirhouse.dykes, near Edijk. burgh. James Dobie, farmer, D'Arcy, Newbattle. Alexander and Leggat, ship brokers, Glasgow. Thomas Pilling and Co., leather factors, Glasgow. Andrew Millar, general commission merchant, Glasgow. John Wynn, wright, Carluke. Samuel Simpson, clerk, Clasgow. Archibald Barr, manufacturer, Glasgow. Thomas Watson, joiner, Glasgow. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending ;on Wednesday, the sth day of Sept., 1860 : ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued £29,914,37 5, Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3,459,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 11,439,375 Silver Bullion .... - £29,914,375' BANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' Capi- Government Secu tal £14.553,000 titles _ (including Rest Public Deposits (in- nuity) eluding Exche- Other Securities quer, Savings' Notes Banks, Commis- Gold and Silver , missioners of Na- Coin .. 730,67 S tional Debt, and Dividend Ac counts) 6,496,821 Other Deposits 13,431,519 Seven Day and other Bills £29,914,375 721,339 £38,980,402 M.l £38,980,402 itsaa IL, Chief Cashier. Dated Sept. 6,1860. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown 'or Muscovado Sugar, corn' puted from Returns made in the week ending the 4th day of Sept., 1860, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on tho importation thereof into Great Britain : Muscovado, the produce of the British pos sessions in America COUNTRY MARKETS. WAKEFIELD--SEPT. 7. The weather has been generally fine during the week, and harvest is making rapid progress. We have a thin at• tendance to-day, with a very dull trade. The show of nevi wheat is pretty good, varying much in quality and condi tion, 'at irregular prices. Other articles a slow sale, and the prices the turn in favour of buyers. LIVERPOOL-SEPT. 7. There was a slender attendance of millers and dealers at this morning's market, with little disposition to buy except for immediate wants. Wheat may be quoted 3d per cents' advance on Tuesday's rates. Flour was inactive, prices at Is per sack and barrel lower on the week. Oats and oat -meal were in moderate request, at lat e ra t es. B eans, peas , and barley remain without alteration in value or demand. In Indian corn there was an easier business done. MANSFIELD--SEPT. 6. A moderate show of wheat at market to-day, for which the trade was inactive for most samples, at a decline of 10 on last week. Beans scarce and rather dearer, and oats also scarce. White ruled at 65s t o 71 s, red 62s to 66s per qr. Barley, 29s to 45s ; oats, 28s to 328; beans, 47s to i2B; peas, —s to —s. EXETERISEFT. 7. A fair business was done in the corn market to-day, and quotations were 48 under late rates. The attendance was small. Wheat, white-8s Od to Os Od Barley. 4s 4d to 4s 6d I Ditto red .. 7 s 9d t o O s Od Oats .. 3s 6d to 4s 04 Flour, fine, 46s to 47s ; seconds, 44s to 45s per sack. CATTLE. _ There was a small attendance of dealers at the market, owing to the fine weather. Business dull. Fat beef,p score, 11s to 11s6d Ewes, per lb 6d to 6d Perk carcases,do lls to 12s Od Wethers, d 0...... 6id to 7d, Sheep, per lb. .... 7d to—d. Fat calv es , d 0 .... 61d t o 74 Rough fat, 4d per lb. BRISTOL SUGAR--SEPT. 7. We have had a better demand for raw sugars, and prices are 3d to 6d per cwt. dearer. Refiners' produce firm. No alteration in rums. [AnvEuTisEVENT.]—Holloway's Ointment and Diarrhoea, Cholera.—Tho victims of these diseases are again enumerated in the weekly bills of mortality. With the hot, damp weather, defective drainage, and impure ex halations, the number of deaths from these two disease% will steadily increase, unless some treatment be found capable of counteracting and overcoming them. When flatulence and indigestion first give warning of the coming evil, Holloway's ointment should be assiduously rubbed over the abdomen, while his pills are taken internally. These remedies act harmoniously together, and effectually arrest diarrhdea or cholera. Under the judicious use of Holloway's preparations the tongue becomes less furred, the failing appetite returns, and vigour is renewed. The nen. vous system is invigorated by them, and health restored. BIRTHS. ANDREWS.—On the 7th inst., at Addington Lodge, Upper Hornsey-rise, Mr s . W . H. Andrews, of a daughter. CASTROVILLARI—O n th e 26th ult., at Naples, the Duchess of Castrovillari, of a daughter. IRBY.—On the 6th inst., at The Grange, Taplow, the wifo of the Hon. M r. Irby, of a son and heir. JENxrNsow...—O n the 6th inst:, at Eastwood-park, Glou cestershire, Lady Jenkinson, of a son. ) MARRIAGES. JON ES — CRAWLEY.—On the 6 th in st. , at Steeple Ashton, (the Captain Lewis Jones, B th Regiment, to Sarah Ja ne , on ly daughter of King's Colonel Crawley, Royal Engineers, George LINE—COBBETT.—On the 6 th inst., at Sunbury, Middle sex,Pllilpot Lyne, Esq., of th e A ccountant- General's-office,ourt of Chancery, an d Twickenham, Middlesex, to L ou isa, C fourth dau g ht er of the late Wm. Cobbett, Esq., of Sunbury. DEATHS. - - BATTY.—On the 4th inst., at Woodham Lodge, Lavender hill, Wandsworth, William Batty, Esq . , of 26, Charles street, St. Jam ed s' quare, and lat e o f 1 , S ussex - gardens, 66. Hyde- park , ao• BLAKE.—On the 3d ult . , Si r Francis Blake, Bart., of Twizel Castle, and Tilmouth-park, Northumberland aged 86. DuNcAN.—On the 4th i nst., at South Bank, Surbiton-hill, Andrew Duncan, Esq. : age d 78 . FENIVICK.—On the Ist inst , at Bath the Rev. John P. L , Fenwick, 8.A., age d 68. • HALL.--On the sth inst., at St. John's Villas, Haverstock hill, Ja mes Hall, of the firm of W. and J. Hall and Co., Staining-lane, city, aged 36. KECK.—On the 4th inst., at Bank-hall, Chorley, Lanca shire, George Anthony Legh Keck, Esq., M.P. for the county of Leicester for 35 years, aged 86. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Dftice, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Saturday, September 11, 1360. amt • tat ti? .f 1.4". • I beg tint 1141 )1e elegy Cei 18 t Bat eel( &c. Ad 'GEI DA' c ns tent, LC wa me Se( Sci an: MI con Hu Th LA