American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-11-01
Front the Ntew Fork Statesman.
LETTER FROM EUROPE.
SHEFFIELD, Isl August, i

thing very attractive to stranger, except IT'S pro-
verbal skill in cutlery. It's houses are OF or'eA'
oeatlv built and the hustle OF its streets shows TO
be place of much business. 1t has population OF
about 10000, and is said TO be rapidly increasing
The river Dunn passes through IT, and one OF '"o
canals connect it with other parts OF the kingdom.
Its churches and public buildings are commodioos'
ou, presenting nothing peculiar or striking o.
Peters is large and ancient structure, win an
enclosure of several acres. entirely paved and re
paved with tomb stones. On the wall Is ous''
which is the FIRST specimen OF Chantrey's skill In
the chancel, the Earl OF Shrewsbury and MS TWO
wives, on each side Of him, sleep IN marble Dear
ing an inscription of 1858. Near by, IN ,usi ar
mour, lies Ciiber, Talbot. another Earl OF Shrews-
bury. celebrated for having had charge OF Mary
Queen of Scots during her Imprisonment al TINS
| MACE The castle in which she was confined, as
also Ca dinal Woosey, has been entirely demol
ished and new building erected ON Its Site On
entering this church, We met blooming ano NO
donb happy couple who had Just been bending at
the altar al uymcn, and came out smiling. Had
our visit been moment sooner, the nuptiais wouio
nave been witnessed. An undertaken was at the
same time busy in burying corpse near The church
door.
Soon after our arrival a, Sheffield, we called on
gentleman who came passenger with us in the Co
rinthian, and who is native of the place, although
he has now become citizen of the United ota'es,
residing al Philadelphia. Being extensively enga,
ged ia business, and acquainted with most OF Inc
manufacturers, he afforded US great facilities 10 &C
complishing the principal object oil our visit 10 ths
place-an examination OF its workshops and OF that
mechanical Skill which has given 10 it SO much &C.
ebrity. He politely devoted nearly two whole days
to U.S. and conducted US TO manufactures OF all de-
scriplions The proprietors were perfectly courle-
Gus and obligng, taking US to every part oil lheir
establishments, and pointing out the various opera
TONS without the slightest reserve. Such hberality
and kindness gave very favorable opinion OF the
inhabitants.
Our first visit was to the extensive establishment
Of Messrs Shepherd and Marsh, who are largely
concerned In The manufacture oil table knives, pen
knyes, aid other species OF cutlery. Every process,
however minute from the forging OF the blade TO
the last polish OF the handle, was pointed out.
The labor is atty abridged and expedited by
ne use OF moulds, frequently giving shape al a
slpgle stroke OF the hammer. One OF the most
urioLs oaerauons IS the preparation OF the horn
ior handles. Il is soi:ned by the combined ipfu.
nat Of fire aud water, and then pressed into form
by hot u4n plates the material coming Out ot INC
,.ouid highly polished.
W. next went TO the razor mandatory OF Mr..
30 Der, whose are known the world oye',
and ha brco so celebrated, as TO induce others
Is counterfeit bis stamp. He informed me, that he
rad Just sen, l0t 10 the United States, TO be ex
pended III advertisements and IN cautionng the
cubic agai0st these frauds. the sale OF goods
unde' his MT only curtas his business, but
Iulutes MS reputation. by imputing 10 him the
manufacture OF razors, which like Peter Pindar's
swere made 10 sell.s Mr.. Barber took us to every
part OF his mandatory, and initiated us into the
mysteries of his art. His razors all pass through
his own hands, before they receive his mark About
two hundred dozen are manufactured In week
and despatched every part OF the Globe. We
saw parcel finshed in elegant style, with the
. names OF Gen Van Rensselaer,, MIR Dudley, and
others, engraved upon the handles, made 10 the
order Of Messrs. Godftey & Welsh OF Albany.
Our next call was at the splendid establishment
Of Rogers and Sons, whose wares are as we'll knowr
10 the United States, as in this country. One o
the firm resided for several years in New York
{ The show room Of their mandatory is brilliant
: All their articles are highly FURNISHED, kept per
i iectly clean, and arranged so as TO produce th'
finest effect. Here is to oe a knife with 1872
blades, the number corresponding with the year IL
which il was manufactured These gentlemen ar,
Y cutlers TO his alrsty," the appointment TO tn,
5 Office being framed and suspended from the wall
Il i has been Of great service TO them. An unfai
use has been made Of their brand, and one wv
prosecutions now pending. An anecdote wa
related, which proves that the Yankees are not tn
only people in the world who are up to tricks
y There is another manufacturer in Sheffield, who's
4 name is Rogers, and who Of course has right I,
e put it upon his Knives well 10 use the roya
4 stamp. The deception is complete, though prac
= Used wi'n mpunity This man finds busines
e enough 10 supplying the competitors Of the cele
u ated fl N OF Rogers, and the articles pass cur
e ren,ly under their name. They endeavored to en-
ploy the man in their establishment but others bi
q higher.
= One Of the company conducted US through tn
adj workshops, IN which ahou, hree hundred men al
up employed in the manufacture OF knives of a
sh kinds, razors, scissors, and indeed every descpto
70 Of Cutlery ioreman superintends the Who'll
ef lie gives out all the work. and every article is il
,e- spec,cd by him before it goes 10 the market TT