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

DAILY WEATHER TABLE.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 3, 1853.
State of the wind and weather at each of the following
plac.ev, at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations
are arranged in order of latitude.
SOUTHAMPTON—S.W., gentle breeze—overceast.
FOLKESTONE—W., gentle breeze -overcast.
'TIINBRIDGE—N.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
GREENWICH—W., gentle breeze—overcast.
STROOD—W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
SWINDON—N.W., light breeze—rain.
CAMBRIDGE—N., gentle breeze—small rain.
BIRMINGHAM—N., gentle breeze—rain
YARMOUTH—W., strong breeze- cloudy.
The returns from the following places indicate the state
of the weather on Thursday morning at nine o'clock
PORTSMOUTH—S.W.., strong breeze—rain.
SOUTHAMPTON S.W, gentle breeze—overcast.
FOLKESTONE—S.W., strong breeze—overcast.
GREENWICH—S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy.
STROOTJ—S., gentle breeze -partially cloudy.
SwnsP.OoN—W., calm—partially cloudy.
CA ('BRIDGE—S., gentle breeze--cloudy.
BILMINGHAM—S.W., gentle breeze—overcast.
Y ARMOUTH—S., strong breeze—heavy rain.
CREWE—E., gentle breeze—overcast.
HOLYHEAD—S.W., strong breeze—rain.
WHITBY—CaIm—rain.
DARLINGTON—E.S.E., gentle breeze—overcast.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tats DAT —Morning 50 min. after 1 Evening 10 min.aft. 2
To-Moaaow—Morning 28 min. after 2, Evening 45 min.aft. 2

THE WEATHER.—Sum OFFICE, &Fr. 3.
THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
61—highest since noon yesterday.
48—lowest this morning and during the night.
62—this day at noon.
BAROMETER, 30.19—a rise of nearly half an inch since
yesterday.

It is new moon to-day at noon, and promises fine
weather.

WIND, W.N.W. to N.W.—Smart breeze, and cloudy,
With sunshine. It blew a heavy gale last night, with rain.
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LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1853

Seldom has the aphoristic phrase of TrAciTus,
pessinvum genus ininticomm laudantes, meaning,
of course, that flatterers are, of all enemies, the
most dangerous, been more strikingly verified
than it was on Thursday evening, on the occasion
of the Cutlers' Annual Feast, at Sheffield. If
everything that was there said in a complimentary
manner in reference to the local trade were to be
believed, the credit of the town was never more
happily or more securely established. Whereas,
if anything that was said by way of disparagement
were to be admitted as correct, we should neces-
tarily be compelled to regard the reputation of the
place as being, on the contrary, at this moment in
the gieatest jeopardy. A glance at the reported
proceedings of Thursday evening will demon-
strate at once the force and justice of these ob-
servations. It will be perceived from the speeches
there delivered in the presence of the Master
Cutler, on the occasion of his solemn inaugura-
tion, a ceremony rendered doubly remarkable
thia year by the circumstance of his occupying at
the same time the post of Local Chief Magistrate,
tat some of the orators ventured upon words of
7-yarning, while others contented themselves with
giving utterance only to the language of congratu-
lation. The latter circumstance was possibly, how-
ever, inevitable from the courtly nature of the
toar3ts successively introduced. It was only rea-
scrnable, indeed, that agreeable and encouraging
rYantiments should have been alone expressed
'in response to addreses in which were amiably
eulogised the Duke of NORFOLK and the House of
HOWARD, the Earl FITZWILLIANE and the House
of WENTWORTH, the Lord WHARNOLIFFE and the
Ifouse of WORTLEY. Besides it can only be re-
garded as natural that the position of Sheffield
should be painted quite couleur de rose by the open-
12_earted guests who spoke in the hearing of the re-
,7l' end historian of Hallamshire. It was simply
erefore, in accordance with what might alone
have been anticipated, that Lord EDWARD How-
Alt', for edxample, gratified the pride of
the arisernble and.
assistants,eubtlers, including wardens, searchers,
doribt not es' his excessively cordial, and we
Happily, there were
welcome, felicitations.
others present on Thurs-
'clay at these festivities who
ofwhohazarded a few whole-
some hints in the
t advice
.as to the present,
and even of warning as
0 the future Mr. ROE-
thou:h
BUCK, for example, ventured i
this manner a
corrective reflection, even
aclnowledged, at the risk of beibn as
he himself
death's head at a feast "
for his pains. pe:innssidered ,4
exastin,7
11. e re-
minded his hearers that although the
P was undoubted, although even. the
was every prospect of its further continuan„
still it might cease ! He explained to them
that it might cease, moreover, from two
causes—either from within or from without,
either from our own conduct, or from
the conduct of parties abroad. A service..
able reminder, and one which, doubtless, sug-
gested to Mr. W. A. MATTHEWS, both Master
Cutler and Mayor of Sheffield, his subsequent
reference to some rather unpalatable remarks
niado the other day in the course of an agricul-
tural dinner at Gloucester by Lord ASHBURTON.
It, was then remarked by that Nobleman, that in
the articles of cutlery and edgetools, the town of
Sheffield was notoriously losing its reputation.
Alluding to this assertion, the Master Cutler, it
is true, gave the Noble Lord's remark a decided
aaet positive contradiction. Yet, in the very act
.?
doing so, he blundered into an unintentional
ZJUStification of it. Nevertheless, " Lord Aar-
littraT
s remark," he said, "might be true in some
case%:'' Remember—this after a distinct
'll4. of the p „
Were tow, uraey of the statement. " They
Ain added the Master Cutler, " that the
erleaua beat the Sheffield manufacturers in
A raththat
certain a, beat
and
er large admission 4 muse admit was true.
e,
"
Y
by n'o means satisfaetor 2
tiorl it appears, indeed, from.
and one, let us observe,
On further exnlana-
oval showing, that this allegedthae Md
aster Cutler's
feriority of Sheffield goods, when coadpinairtedteciwt
'the goodsmanufact tired by the cutlers ofm
America,_