The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-08 00:00:00

The Sheffield Cutlers' Festival.

SHEFFIELD, Thursday.
This " Great Northern Dinner" took place in the
Cutlers' Hall this evening to members of the Cut-
lers' Company, who were duly sworn in at the Town-
hall at noon, after which they proceeded to the parish
church, where Divine service was performed and a
sermon preached by the chaplain, the Rev. W. Wil-
kinson. The Master Cutler (Alderman John Brown)
is suffering from ill-health, and under the advice of
his physician is now on the Continent, and did not
attend the banquet. In his absence his Worship
the Mayor (Mr. Thomas Jessop) received the guests
and presided over the proceedings. During the early
part of the day a large number of ladies were al-
lowed to inspect the tables, which presented an ex-
ceedingly elegant and attractive appearance. The
display of silver epergnes, candelabra, &c., was very
choice and costly, the designs being of the most ela-
borate and beautiful character, and the general effect
more than usually pleasing. Fruits and flowers were
bestowed in lavish profusion, and the air was laden
with a delicious and refreshing fragrance. The re-
past was provided by Mr. Prideaux, of the Ring's
Head Hotel, and included all the delicacies of the
season. The guests began to assemble about 5
o'clock, and were received by his Worship in the ante-
room. A guard of honour, consisting of members of
the Hallamshire Rifles, under the command of Lieut.
Bright, lined the entrance-hall and staircase, and there
was also present the band of the troops, which during
dinner played a number of pieces. The noblemen and
gentlemen present included Earl Fitzwilliaiu, Lords
Wharncliffe and E. Howard, the Hon. F. Stuart
Wortley, the Hon. W. F. Fitzwilliam, Lord Foley,
Mr. J. A. Roebuck, M.P., Mr. G. Hadfield, M.P.,
the Hon. R. B. Deckey (member of the Legislature
of Nova Scotia), Mr. R. N. Phillips, F.S.A., Mr.
W. F. Dixon, the Rev. Dr. Sale, Mr. F. W.
Bagshaw, Lieutenant-Colonel Cassan, Mr. C.
Atkinson, Mr. W. C. Leng, Mr. G. Wilkinson,
Mr. Mark Firth, Mr. H. Harrison, &c.
The customary loyal toasts having been proposed
by the MAYOR,

The CHAIRMAN gave "The Army, Navy, and
Volunteers," and in the course of his remarks re-
ferred to the recent visit• of the navy-4111We to'

this country, and to the visit of the English navy
to France. He felt convinced, from the exhibition
that was made, that England had retained the
supremacy which she had long before secured, and
and that she would ever be able to do so. (Cheers.)
The Volunteers he described as men of pluck and
Saxon blood, who, whenever called upon, would
prove themselves ready to do their duty, and take
their fair share in the battles of the country. (Cheers.)
Captain SPRATT, 83d Regiment, briefly responded
on behalf of the Army,, and Lord WHARNCLIFFE,
who is colonel of the Hallamshire Rifles, and was
received with cheers, on behalf of the Volunteers.
His lordship complimented the leading men of Shef-
field for the hearty manner in which they had
hitherto supported the Volunteer movement in the
town, and expressed his confidence that so long as
the movement was countenanced and supported by
the upper classes, so long would it go on and prosper.
(Cheers.) Allusion had been made to the meeting
of the fleets of France and England, and to the ap-
parent superiority of that of our own country. He
attributed this improvement not so much to me-
chanical agencies as to the deeply-rooted loyalty of
the people, and their determination to defend their
Throne and their hearths and homes. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. COLLEY proposed " The Lord of the Manor
of Hallamshire, his Grace the Duke of Norfolk."
(Cheers.) This toast, he said, had always been re-
ceived in that room with enthusiasm, and he hoped
that on that occasion it would not be deserted.
(The-toast was drunk with loud cheers.)
Lord E. HOWARD, in responding to the toast, ex-
pressed his sorrow that they were deprived of the
presence of the Master Cutler, and his hope was that
he would soon recover his wonted health and energy.
(Cheers.) In reference to the recent meeting of the
fleets, he said that science had now so far advanced
that iron castles walked upon the sea. Much of the
credit and renown of that belonged to Sheffield, and
particularly to the Master Cutler of Sheffield.
(Cheers.) It had been said that war had now been
rendered impossible, and the Master Cutler, and
other manufacturers of Sheffield deserved much
credit for having by their energy, diligence, and
patience so far improved the appliances of war as to
entirely do away with war. (Cheers.)
Mr. MARK FIRTH proposed "The Lord Lieute-
nant of the West Riding, the Right Hon. Earl
Fitzwilliam, and the House of Wentworth."
The toast having been drunk amid much cheer-
ing, Earl FITZWILLIAM responded. In the course of
his remarks his lordship alluded to the rule prohibit-
ing the discussion of polities at that board, and said
it made the feastlike an indigestible " Welsh rabbit."
(Laughter.) He then referred to the state of the
town of Sheffield, and the great need there was in
Sheffield, as well as in other places, to see that every-
thing that could be done for the improvement of the
sanitary state of the town was done. His lordship
thought that attention to this matter was of the
highest possible importance, and he thought that in
a few years no possible objection could be urged
against Sheffield, Rotherham, Masborough, and
Doncaster joining in one grand scheme. (Cheers.)
His lordship next alluded to the abundance of smoke
at Sheffield, its injurious effects not only to human
being but to vegetation and cattle, and he was clearly
of opinion that it was their duty to do all they could
to avoid damage to life and property. Notwith-
standing these drawbacks, his lordship was exceed-
ingly proud to see that Sheffield was progressing,
and hoped that progress would go on increasing.
In conclusion his lordship paid a high compliment
to the energy and business talents of Mr. John
Brown, the Master Cutler, and proposed that the
company should drink to the speedy recovery of his
health. (Loud cheers.)
The MAYOR feelingly responded on behalf of the
Master Cutler, for whom he expressed his readiness
to do anything in his power. A more upright,
honourable, worthy, warm-hearted man than Mr.
Brown never existed. Mr. Browii Lail desired him
to give them a cordial welcome, and he did so with
all his heart, and with the fervent hope that he
might speedily be restored to health. Much cheer-
ing.)

Mr. CHARLES ATKINSON (ex-Master Cutler) pro-
posed " The Right Hon. Lord IVharncliffe and the
neighbouring Nobility."
The toast was warmly drunk.
Lord WHARNCLIFFE responded, and said the
upper classes would never do their duty as citizens
of England until they took a fair share of the re-
sponsibilities which devolved upon them. (Hear,
hear.) He was quite sure he might say for himself
and the other members of the nobility that they
would ever be ready to do anything they could for
the advancement of the interests of the great town
of Sheffield. (Cheers.)
Mr. William Smith, Italian and French Vice-
Consul, proposed " The Members for the West
, Riding." The Hon. W. Fitzwilliam briefly re-
sponded. After which Mr. Thomas Dunn proposed
" The Members for the Borough."
Mr. ROEBUCK, M.P., responded. He said he was
sure they had met for more than the dreary busi-
ness of indulgence in complimentary toasts ; his
notion was that they had met for a greater purpose,
and that when they met together they could agree
to differ. His notion was that he should best
consult their views and the views of the country at
large if he indulged in making that Welsh rarebit
that the Right Hon. Earl Fitzwilliam referred to
palatable. His notion about the matter was a very
different one to that of the noble earl. Instead of
as a Welsh rarebit he should illustrate their meeting
as like salad, in which the tart vinegar, the pungent
pepper—(laughter and cheers)—and the smooth
oil, and the wholesome salt, could be beaten toge-
ther, making an agreeable condiment--(laughter)—
that was what he wished to do on that occasion ;
he had no doubt there were many in that room who
had gone across the Channel in a storm, and they
had felt the vessel as it went over the waves creating
great discomfort to their spirit and their body, and
when they had landed the very railroad seemed to
be bounding up and down, and they could not
divest themselves of the notion that they were still
upon the ocean—that is, proceeded Mr. Roebuck,
my feeling withreslpaeucgtteor.) ihv
the present
gone through
sentelection.
("No politics" and laughter.)
all the difficulties, and I have landed, and the land
still seems moving up and down, but still I have
arrived at that calm state of the nerves that makes
me look back upon the past with some feelings of
satisfaction ; and now, sir, I ask what has this
great election taught us ? (Hear, hear.) Well, it
has taught us this. We have been told that there
has been no great principle at stake in the past
election. Now that I believe to be a great mistake,
and, if the company will allow me, I will state why
I think it is a great mistake in the onward course
of events in England. The spirit of Reform has
been at one time in the ascendancy, and the spirit
of reaction in another. From the death of Eliza-
beth to the death of Cromwell the spirit of Reform
went on and played precious pranks—(laughter)—
and then came a violent reaction, and that
passed through the reign of Charles 11. and James
11., and then came the spirit of onward movement
from William to the first and second George,
but when the third George came again
came a reaction ; that reaction lasted until the
end of the war with Napoleon, and then came the
onward progress, and that onward progress has made
way until the present time. (Applause.) Now, sir,
we are told with so much confidence that' I almost
believed the people of England were tired of im-
provement, that they were altogether out of sorts
with the onward party ; and that they wished to
get again to reactionary movement. The question
that was fought at the last election was whether
that statement was true or false and the fact has
been the people of England are so wedded to hit-
provoment, so desirous of improving and going on-
wards, that they have returned a majority to the
Rouse of Commons, who are bound to bet Liberal.
(Cheers.) Well no..r; sir, I belieye,_.-if :you

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It was a great revolution to guide us, and when I
speak of the word " revolution" I wish to say a
' word about the people of England. They don't
ask for theoretic perfection, but what they ask is
political advancement ; they don't shatter down all
the old things about them, nor, to make a clear
field, erect a perfect temple upon the basis ; no,
they take what their ancestors have given them.
They fashion and improve it, they make what has
now been made a house, and I believe a Govern-
ment that has never been equalled since the world
began, for the happiness and welfare of the people
under them. (Cheers.) You may call it theoretic.
You may call it monarchic. lam glad it is mo-
narchic. In my youth, I was what is called a
Republican, but I am glad to feel that people of
England are governed in a way that ought to make
the world at large envy them. (Cheers.) These
are statements, I have no doubt, that will sound
in the car of my Lord Fitzwilliani wild and
wonderfully political. That Welsh rarebit I be-
lieve every one here would digest, and after doing so
would go home fully persuaded that the country in
which he lives ought to be and is the envy of the
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to an extent that the rest of the world does not
know, and when foreigners come among us the won-
der to them is how this vast multitude of human
beings can live so quietly and so happily. (Cheers.)
That is the condition of ourselves at home, and now
allow me to call your attention to what has taken
place two or three days ago at Portsmouth. We
have had our old enemy, and now our ally—the
French, meeting us in friendly concourse and in
friendly, I may say, emulation on the waters of Ports-
mouth. Do you believe that that is a fact of signifi-
cance to the world? It is a fact significant of this,
that while England and France hold together the
world must be at peace. (Cheers.) There may be
outlying populations who wish to disturb the peace
of the world, but they will be kept down by the
dominion and force of the two great nations of the
world—France and England. (Cheers.) I don't care
whether they are on the other side of the Atlantic or
on this, they must obey. I don't care about the
world ; and I will say for the Emperor of the French
that he sees clearly what the destiny of the world
ought to be, and he employs that power which he
has and so well exercises for the benefit of mankind.
(Cheers.) Now I would make the moral of my tale.
What I have said will be my guide as your represen-
tative. As your representative, speaking in the House
of Commons, every word I utter goes forth to the
world. (Cheers.) It is not as the individual ; it is
not that, it is that he is the representative known as
thoroughly representing the people of England and
Wales. He utters his sentiments ; they are known
to be the sentiments of a larger body of his country-
men. Well, sir, those will be the ideas with which I
go again to represent you after many years of repre-
sentation ; I believe and I feel myself to be now as
a sort of part and parcel of this great Cutlers' Com-
pany. (Hear, hear.) lam always here, and I
believe myself to be part of you, and this very
day I have gone through all your forms, and I ought
to be elected an hon. member of your company—
(laughter)—but I have a greater dignity, and it is
that I am the representative of Sheffield, and in that
character I shall maintain peace ; I shall maintain
the dignity of England, and I will do all I can to
advance the great body of my countrymen to the
attainment of that power to which I think they are
destined. -
Mr. HADFIELD, M.P., responded ; and after some
other complimentary toasts had been disposed of,
the proceedings were brought to a close.

An Affair of Honour at Baden.

" Argus," in a communication to the Morning
Post, says :—" Aletter from Baden without an allu-
sion to a duel relative to an actress or a gentlemen
riders' race would be a great disappointment to the
lovers of gossip and those who like other people to
travel for them. Well, although although I have
not an affair of honour for your readers, I have at
least an own brother to it, as they will admit. It
seems that for the last few gars thri7e has been a
very disagreeable feeling in France with reference
to English gentlemen riders, and the alliance be-
tween them and their foreign brethren has not been
quite as strong as that of Cherbourg in reference to
that of naval and military matters. Captain Hunt
especially has had to put up with repeated annoy-
ances whenever he rode, the fault of his animal
being laid on himself ; and if he did not win, it was
said to be from want of inclination. Hitherto he
has been unable to fix upon any one the responsi-
bility of a charge of this description, but on Wed-
nesday afternoon he was more successful ; for on
returning to scale on Benjamin, a Mons. Thomas,
an adventurer on the Bourse, shouted out to him,
in the most offensive manner, You have played
your game very well, Captain Hunt.' At the
moment he took no notice of the insult, but, put-
ting on his coat, he went up to M. Thomas's car-
riage and demanded an explanation. Not re-
ceiving an apology, but rather a fresh insult,
he, without an instant's hesitation, pulled the
Frenchman out of his carriage by his nasal organ,
which, unfortunately for him, was unusually long.
Frantic with rage, he rushed at the captain, who
gave him one with which your pugilistic reporter
would have been delighted. And had it been de-
livered within a 24-foot ring, he would have recorded
that it had been received with cheers. The parties
were then separated, and the debate upon it ad-
journed until next day. Of course the Frenchman
breathed nothing but fire, and the blood of the
gentleman rider alone could wash out the stain his
honour had received. The English to a man were
of a different opinion. They applauded Captain
Hunt's spirit, and said it served his antagonist quite
right, and recommended him to do it again in every
similar instance, as it would soon put a stop to the
nuisance. The Frenchman, however, was not so
easily got rid of, and challenged the gallant captain,
naming swords as the weapons with which he wished
the affair decided. This proposition the captain
respectfully declined, and said, with great truth, he
did not see why, after being insulted, he should
stand the chance of a foot and a-half of cold steel
being slipped through him like a skewer; and for a
performance of one of the favourite acts in the
Corsican Brothers he had no desire. He, however,
placed himself in the hands of the stewards and
said, if they thought he ought to go out with M.
Thomas he would do so with pistols. The Court
then adjourned, and their retirement was of some
benefit to the restaurant, for no end of seltzers
and brandy were ordered to discuss the
matter over. The Stewards took as long to consider
the question as Lord Westmorland and Mr. Payne
Oid the Claxton case, and returned with the award
that Captain Hunt must go out, but he should be
allowed the use of pistols. In giving this decision,
they admitted it was inconvenient he was married ;
but as he was a resident in Paris, it would save him
a great deal of annoyance for the future, providing,
as Custance would say, "he did not run second."
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correspondent, however, who flatters himself he is
not a bad judge of men and manners, when appealed
to, said he could not help thinking M. Thomas was
not " a certain starter," and that he would much
rather be watching his operations on the Bourse, in
Mexican Stock and Credit Fonciers, than looking
for the direction of Captain Hunt's bullet. And in
this instance I was right, for whether M. Thomas
had heard that Captain Hunt had long since ab-
jured the use of snuffers, and invariably put his
chamber-candle out with a Palais Royal pistol, or
else thought that discretion was the better part of
valour, I cannot say, but when Captain Hunt's
friend went to his seconds to arrange " the fixture,"
they tendered him an apology, and said their friend's
conductwas inexcusable except from ignorance, and
they could not conscientiously go out with him. So
the affair terminated quietly ; and Captain Hunt
winning the Prix de Dames the next day was loudly
cheered for his spirited conduct, and so far from
being a victim to gentlemen jockeys, he ha 4 become
tlke &alppioll of their rights and privile-ges•

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LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPT. 8, 1865.

Lord STANLEY yesterday, at the meeting of the
British Association, delivered an address on the
value and use of statistics. He commenced by stating
that some had questioned the propriety of such
subjects being introduced in a strictly scientific as-
sociation ; but for that matter, they certainly bear
reference to many things connected with the details
of physical science. There is great truth in the
noble lord's remark, that the chief object of their
meetings was to " suggest and stimulate," rather
than to originate, thought. Investigation cannot
possibly be carried on to a very great extent in
crowded meetings, but ideas may be diffused, and pro-
posals made, which can ultimately prove of great bene-
fit to the community in general, and to men of science
in particular. It is certain that the questions thus
brought prominently before the public are more
likely to engage attention and attract interest than
the maxims of philosophy and the treasures of
wisdom hoarded up in books that very often re-
main sealed volumes to an active and bustling
generation, intent on 'business and overwhelmed
with distracting pursuits and requiring objects to
divert the mind. " Men go home with their heads
full of subjects of which they perhaps never thought
seriously before," remarked the noble lord, " and it
is indeed in this that the chief benefit of these
associations consists, for they scatter seeds which
may take root in many directions, and improve
the general knowledge of the time, and
awaken the mind to the perceptions of those
sublime and beautiful truths which science possesses
in a remarkable degree, and which can never be too
fully appreciated or too generally recognised." In
treating of the right application of the " Statistical
Method," Lord STANLEY pointed out some of the
chief fallacies that exist, and among those more
conspicuous those of taking too narrow a basis for

the purpose of calculation, and also not taking into

consideration all the causes which affect the result.
'Thus, for instance, in speaking of the effect pro-
duced by a reduction of duty, it does not follow that
all the increased consumption is produced by the
reduction, because many other causes may intervene,
such as prosperity of trade, greater cheapness of
transport, &c. Mistakes are also of ten made in
taking an average of mortality, for if an epidemic
occurs that year is struck out of the term which is
taken as a sample, but the error is made of forgetting
that the succeeding years are too favourable for

computation, because the most unhealthy will have
been taken away during the period of the epidemic,
and thus the standard is not a fair one. Lord
STANLEY wisely pointed out the mistakes which
those people who think that " to work by and with
statistical calculations is a merely mechanical func-
tion, needing no ability beyond that of a clerk."
The fact is that great errors are made in the ques-
tion of calculation, as well as in minor matters, by
persons jumping at conclusions, and saying that the
work is done for them, instead of its requiring thought
and attention. These may take a hint from the
comments made in this discourse, and this sentence
is correct beyond a doubt which refers to the fal-
lacies that prevail in many quarters. "Figures do
not indeed deceive you; but if you put them to a
use they were not meant for, they will let you de-
ceive yourselves." This is just the epitome of the
affair, and reveals the true nature and state of the
case. The statistical method is of great import-
ance
national affairs, and, as the noble lord ob-
served, one man keeps " accounts" who wishes to be
careful with his money, and another writes a diary,
who does not wish to trust to vague recollection,
but to possess a sure chronicle of interesting events,
and, therefore, every person of abstemious habits,
or engaged in pursuits that require accuracy, is, in
fact, a statistician. Many who have not thought
much of the matter will be surprised to find how
much statistics enter into the diaries of all nationa.
life. The statistical test on a large scale is abso-
lutely necessary, in order to form a definite idea of
matters with which it is desirable to be acquainted.
Thus, as the noble lord said, by dealing with
masses, " we eliminate individual peculiarities, and
we reason but from the mass to the individual, the
subject of the statistician, his typical or representa-
tive man, as the average man of many thousands."
The Post-office returns, the Registrar-General's
returns of marriages, and the annual publication of
the Customs and Excise Departments, the Census
abstracts of public occupation, and the criminal

statistics, are each and all valuable, as forming

what is here truly styled " the social and economi-
cal history of the age in which we live."

It certainly suggezts ita.-If to the 3to aLL, Of
what 'advantage is the aggregate c this informa,