The Sun.
London, England, 1861-09-06 00:00:00

THE SHEFFIELD CUTLERS' FEAST.

The annual festivity took place yesterday even-
ing, under the presidency of Mr. G, Wilkinson,
master cutler; the number of gentlemen present
being about 110. Among the principal guests were
Earl Manvers, Lord Teynham, Lord Denman, Sir
S. W. Ramsden, M.P ; the Right Hon. James
Stuart Wortley ; Mr. Roebuck, M.P. ; Sir William
Armstrong ; Mr. Collins, M.P. ; &c.
After dinner, the loyal and patriotic toasts were
given by the Master Cutler, and duly honoured.—
Mr. M. Hunter jun., then gave " The Neighbour-
ing Nobility," coupling with the toast the name of
Earl Manvers. (Cheers.) Earl Manvers, in re-
sponding, said, by common consent it was
the practice to abstain from politics; yet he
never read an account of the proceedings in
that hall of which politics did not form
the principa. part. He was not going to
indulge in a panegyric of the Emperor of Austria—
(cheers and latghter)—in the presence of Mr. Roe-
buck, his far more able advocate ; neither would he
say anything in depreciation of the Emperor of
France, which he was sure would not be well re-
ceived in this hall. (Cheers.) He would, however,
venture to say that the very last card in the Em-
peror's hand wculd be a rupture with England.
(Cheers.) Mr. T. Dunn proposed " The House
of Lords." (Cheers.) The toast had a political
connection, but was so broad that he should
be under no necessity to refer to party politics.
The liberties
of the country had in many in-
stances
upon the course taken by,
the House of
depended
Lords. (Cheers.) Before the House
attained their present power the
wisdom to see that they could
n
and supported the liberties of the
country. TleY
bad still more decidedly taken that
course in mora modern times, and the country owed
Lordsofe e C
stand
nnCommons
hade aloe,
thee ,
them a greatiebt of gratitude. (Cheers.)
ENIAN responded.
Various
ioul:spelkers alluded to Mr. Roebuck's foreign
politics, and '4r, H. Wilkinson, J.P., subsequently
proposed the iealth of the borough members.
Mr. RoEnrcx, in the course of his reply, said
that the nob!' monarch of Austria had given to his
various subycts a constitutional government.
Where there as absolute government before he had
could
uut
et r a,
a get constitutionalndi.
that
he was censured. Now, what
he
government. For that he praised
praising that ? There was a thing
Punch bandiel about that day, in which the Em-
peror of Aultria
is represented as having run
awayad
Tear'em." (Laughter.) But
h
with the dog ? Wasn't ho there
h ew i t h
run t dog
y
make him follow him away ? Why,
then—(laught,r)—and what had the Emperor of
Austria done p
he had done simply what every constitutional
monarch woull do. He had given his people a
constitutional .iovernment. Well, but he was told
that there were countries in the dominions of the
Emperor of &stria that would not accept the offer
that had been Made. This, he said, was exactly
the difficulty of England in 1800 with respect to
Ireland. The Tiines had turned round upon
him and said that the Emperor had not
adopted the rule that was adopted when
England appealed to Ireland. The Emperor of
Austria had, indeed, adopted no such thing. He
said, " I am h3re ; there is nothing before me ; I
have no const:tution to consider, and will give
the best I can," And what did he give? He
gave the exact counterpart of England. When
he appealed to Hungary, he said, " Yon shall
elect representatives to the Reichsrath."—After
some interrultions, Mr. Roebuck continued :
The Einpero! of Austria, when he gave
that constitttion to his whole dominion,
had not a constitution before him to consider ;
and he (Mr. ltaebuck) would not at that time
of the night gc into further discussion upon the
matter. If tine were allowed, he would defend
his position, and would not be abused as if he
were a man devoid of all feeling of honour or
humanity. rihey wfre told, he said, that the
present was a meeting where no politics were
talked; but he had sat there and heard nothing
talked of but politics from all the speakers.
He would not, however, presume upon the
patience of the company, especially as he
upon the subject a great deal on a recent
and from that time to this he had heard
brazentohheacedassiponl roar of the Times against him, and also
the whistle of the penny press; but there he was
again, nevertheless, and he had that faith in his
honest countrymen that when they saw a man fully
impressed with the opinion that he was on the '
right path, they would not desert him.—Mr. S.
Wortley, Sir J. W. Ramsden, and others also
addressed the meeting.