The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-09-22

CUTLERs DINNER At SHEFFfELD, ENGLAND
Speech Of Mr. Daiias--The Cutters of Sheffield
England, had dinner on the Cd inst, at which
was present, Hon. Geo. M. Dallas, u. 8 Minister
to England The master Cutler In brief speech
referred to the United States and England and the
efforts of Mr.. D., to preserve amicable relations
between them:
Mr. Dallas rose amidst loud and protracted
cheering After thanking the assembly for the
kind manner In which they received him, he said
Like yourselves, gentlemen, the sons of the Yves.
tern Republic love the land to which they belong;
ana tney lister, especially when abroad, as to mu.
sic. 70 those who express towards her sentiments
OF friendship, honor and good will [Loud cheer.
ing.I Of coulse, gentlemen. il is not for me,
Stranger to refer now or at any time to those local
ana peculiar topics Of interest which Justly pre.oc.
cupy your minds. As to them am a mere locker
on at the end, eager for instruction and anxious to
understand; but as perhaps not altogether inappro-
pirate 20 the occasion, of the numberless vestiges
OF fhs progressive age, let me for moment allure
your attention to single Que, perhaps the latest,
from which think must flow many consequences
OF greater moment to the social relationship be-
tween our two nations than can at first be perceiv.
ed Let us hope that these consequences, as most
aud useful.
You have probably heard already, that the ire.
sistble and Unsuitable cupidity of my countrymen
thear hear and laughterl is about undertaking
uaTinR export OF annexatlOn-ila laugnterl-an an
nexation that will at once embrace these islands
loud laughterl-and must with a march as rapid
as civilization, ultimately include all Europe Asia
and Africa have actually In my possession
piece of the chain recently forged to bind these
three venerable continents to the new one of Co
lumbia. We see in the far west that you possess
and accumulate treasures that we must have;
llaughter;J we are envous of your genius the dis
coveries of your explorers on the earth or in the
heavens; the numberless additions made to the
comfort and happiness of the human race by the
schemes of your commerce; whether you advance
or retrograde in the smallest in jurisprudence, in
the press, even in finance, in the stocks-we must
have them. Cheers and laughter We must have
them and have them as quickly yourselves
We are aware, gentlemen, that there is not in
the wing of the carrier pigeon strength enough for
this; that stream is too WI etchedly slow for cur
impatiepce; but the submarine electric cable,
with one grapple at st. Johns. in Newfoundland.
and the other at Yalentia in Ireland resting 100
miles securely in the Atlantic, will realize and
achieve ell our views of the annexation, which is
more wonderful, and infinitely more praiseworthy,
than that of Texas or of Dude. [Cheers Our
two countries-the domnions of her Britannia Ma
jesty and the United States of America-though
far separated from each other will, in the course
of the ensuing year, be brought. by the aid of ma
distance. The preliminary soundings were per-
fected few days ago, from the termini between
one end and the other of this great artery of sym-
pathy and of thought. wish it were now in ope-
ration: and whyl Because, gentlemen, would
instantly illustrate its most glorious adaptation to
the promotion of good will among men in distant
places, by sending your toasts to my compatrots,
and giving you before you rose from this table a
full hearted American response [Cheers.