The Express.
London, England, 1853-09-03 00:00:00

THE SHEFFIELD CUTLERS' FEAS2:

The annual grand banquet on the inauguration
of the Master Cutler, (W. A. Matthews, Esq.) took phase
on Thursday, and fur the first time in the annals of the
borough, this office and that of the hlaynralty are centrci
in one irdividual. In the morning, th., Master, Wardm,.
Searchers, and Assistan•s. for the ensu rue y..ar, intent:ea
before the magistrates, and took their oaths of office. They
then returned to 'he Cutlers' Hall to luncheon, and after.
wards, in company with the othi r mcmhers of thi ancient
corporation, attended divine eartitT at the parish church,
the sermon being ',retched by the Rev. E. S. Murphy, the
chaplain to the c urpmy.

The guests begao to arrive about four o'clock. They
were me! at the entmnee ef the reception mom by limey
Atkin, E'q , one of the post M,sts re, and resented to the
Master CP. t r. Mm.lt apprt hension was felt in consequent,
of information that seecsal di ,ti,guisheci guests had Stens, ei•
ously injury d by the ellkion which happened on Wedmiday
evening to the Great N th. en ex,ore;s train, shortly after
leaving London. Atr.iegst those who were then on their
way to par. ake the Inr.pitality of the Mager Cutler, were
the Lord M.iyor of London, Sir James Duke, M.P., J. A.
Roebuck, lisq., M.P., Edmund 13. Denison, Esq., 31
The Lord 111.,y0r, Sir J. Duke, anti Mr. De ion retorted
to town; but Mr. R. 1.1 hnek came leeward, and arrived to
Shtfli.lo. about two o'clock on Thursday morning. Mr.
D,nison came down en the following day. The satiety
manit sted in the town no Mr Roebuck's account was
very great, and exaggi rated reports were eirculat,l sr
to the injuries het had sustained. The I.on. miser at..
rived at the hall in coo:1.411y with Aidertaan Dunn. Me.
Roelmik looked ieehle, and bore on his face the woks
of the injury he hod received. Ilis entrance into the
reception-room was greeted eith loud cheers, and tr.my
were the congraulations addressed to him on hi et.
appearance amongst hie constituents, and his provideati4
escape on the previous dry. In consequence of the pain et.
perieneed in standing, arising from injury by the accident
a chair was provided for him, and be sat amongst the mum:
11 in the reception-room, until dinner was atm lanced.

When the company had maemlied the fuldtemelnonof the
hall were thrown op, it. and the gentlemen tin& tit, it set..,
The number of guests was upward, of M. The
Cutler waa support, d hr L.td Wharneliffe, the Lord Mayne
of York, Lord E. llow-trd, the Ilan. Frtne.4 Wortley, j.
A. Roebuck. E'q., M.P., M P., o. Ha:-
field, Esq., M.P., S. M. Pete, Erq., M.l'., Walter Stan-
hope' Esq., &c.
The usual loyal toasts, f.dlowed by the "Army and Nary,"
having been dolt h-nourol,
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The"MAirEtt, o:Tl.ra then gave "The Duke of Norfolk,
Lord of Ilallam•hire, tho la.uor of Norfolk," to 'Mai
Lord E. II OWAUI) mtponded in hi fitting fcrnv..
The hellthi of the Duke of I.4vonoddre and Earl Far.,
haling h•en drunk,

J. Jorroat E4q., prow-wet the health of Lord
Wheroelitfe sod the House of Wortley.

Lord ICttnttvct.tritn returned thanks, sod in the course
of his speech fluid : Looking to the e••otintat and at the
face of the world, I c moot hut notiriootr a continuant:trot
commercial prosecrity I cannot n frain also from an ea.
pre'oioe of sotiOa whet I ~, at what is passim,
fore our eyes in sh'e con ,•ry. R 4• now live in remarkab:e
times, and of all the events of the day, verb's!. none is more
remarkable t an what has ben •ho exodus of
the people from one quarter of t, u, Hobe to another.
Looking at ais stam of offdre. I find another elegeat—l
may almost say another guarantee for the continuum of
commercial prosperity. I hope it arises from cruses cot
temporary, and that we shall pee, from time to time, a meg
conciliatnry apt' it of communication between all wt,o aze
emplcycd in the vari•lv, tonne' et of indostry. If vat be
so, I look wi la c olidence to the time who I shall meet
you egoist ; a. d when, ver that may be, it will give me
Mond, d urattfication to find you in unabated activity and
with unclouded prosneeto. (Loud cheers.)
The hwilths of the I. .rd Mayor or London, the Lord
Mayor of York, the Mann r Cutler, Yoe Vicar and Clem, of
Sheffield, having been given and responded to, the num-
bers for the Wed Riding followed, and Mr. Denison re.
turned thanks.

Mr. Aid. rman BMW, proposed the health of the
" Borough Mi mhsrs." (Cheers.) He expressed especial
gratification in the presence of their esteemed member, Mr.
Roebuck—(lowl cheers)—and was sure Mr. Roebuck would
he much gratified by the expressions of their good feeling.
(Loud cheers.)
Mr. Rogisecx—(great applause). He said—l am weak,
gentlemen, and therefore if you will be silent it will oblige
me, while I return thanks to my friend who has prole s,d
my health, and to you for the manor r in which you hare
received it. Permit me also, as this is the first oppor-
tunity I have had since the late long illness I have
suffered, to return my thanks to my constituents tor the
kiudness and ginerosity with which they have horns
my affliction. Not one reminetrance have I had on
account of my absence trim my &vies. But great kici-
ness and sympathy have been shown by my friends from
a conviction that I was absent not willingly, but in spite of
myself. Having thus thanked you, I will depart at once
from that topic, for it is never nwreeable to speak of one's
self. While I have been ill, I have not h-en an inattentive
spectator of whnt has Ken pansies around me. Permit
following in the steps of other gentemen present. to
congratulate you on the state of pripperity which you en-
joy.. But I hew Tntl not to consider me like a death's head
at a feast, if I warn y st —though my friends have said that
there is every lir-sped that this st.oe of prosperity will
continue—'hat still it may cease. It may crane teem !se
causes—from your own conduct, or from the conduct o
patties abroad. In a time of prmperity, capital increases
fast, and with its increase there is felt the difficulty of em-
ploying it. Thereupon ensues an iocreas d degree of hardi-
ho and recklessness on the pert of those who ps-aeas it.
We have always seen a time of great prosperity followed by
adversity, because the recklefouses I have spoken of heeled
to unfounded speculation, and that t', ruin. These are omi-
nous warnings, and not agreeable, but they are honestly
and sincerely givers by me, and I hope will not fall on ;rst-
tentive ears. (Cheers.) But whi:e a state of adversity may
come from yourselves. it may oleo came from abroad. I
cannot look around me without partieinating in the feeling
of Lord Fittwilliam, expressed in his letter. To be pre-
pared for war is the best preservatioe of peace. (Cheers)
1 was present at the great peace inectisg the other day—
the eneetimz of the fleet of England. Depend upon it that
meeting bad more to do with the maintenance of peace
than all the meetings you can collect of persona who profess
to be the promoters of peace. (Cheers )
Mr. Roebuck soon afterwards retired.
M. PETO, M.P. propose d—" Prosperity to the Town act
Trade of Sheffield."sl
(Cheers.)
H. ATKIN, Esg., of the firm of Joseph Rogers and SKIN
as a manufacturer of Sheffield, and a past master of this
honouruble and ancient corporation, acknowledged the
toast, and remarking tha: if the Sheffield manufacture's
would be true to themselves, they might defy the whole
world, proceeded to propose the Mayor end Corporation
of Sheffield."

The Mavon returned thanks.
Lord E. Ilowatty proposed the health of Mrs. Mat•
thews, and the ladies of Sheffield.
The MASTER CUTLLA &allow:Aged the toast, and the
assembly broke up.