The Sun.
London, England, 1849-07-20 00:00:00

TIM COUNCIL DINNER.

The Council dinner took place yesterday at six o'clock,
in St. Andrew's Hall, and was very numerously and in-
I tluentially attended. The Earl of Chichester, £'resident
of the society, filled the chair ; the Marquis of Down-
shire, President-elect, the vice-chair ; and emorg the
company present were—the Earl of Lincoln, the Mayor
of Norwich, the Duke of Manchester, the Marquis' of
Douro, the Earl of Orford, the Dean' of Norwich, the
Bishop of Norwich, the High• Sheriff of Norfolk, the
Canon Residentiary, Mr. Burroughs, M P., Mr. Betts,
chairman of the Eastern Counties Railway, Mr. Wood.'
house, M.l'., Professor Sedgwiek, Dr. Buckland, Vis-
count Telford, Viscount Hill, Sir John Boileau, the
Sheriff of Norwich, the Hon. Captain ,Cost, Mr. Cob-
bold, M.P., Professor Simonds, the Rev. E. Sidney, Dr.
Daubecey, Lord Sondes, Mr. Parker, Professor Wray,
Professor Johnstone, Sir C. Lennox, Colonel Challoner,
Mr. Shelley, the lion. Captt.in Pelham, Mr. Villebois,
Sir T. D. Ackland, M.P., Mr. Ackland, M.P., Colonel
Berkeley, M.P., Major Beresford, and Mr. Sturt, M.P.
The Hall of St. Andrew's, in which the dinner took
place, is one of the buildings upon the antiquity of which
the good citizens of Norwich not a little pride themselves.
In the slow progress of generations it has been changed
to the secular purposes of musical festivals and public
meetings, from being the church attached to the Black
Friars Monastery, the ruins of which still exist in the
neighbourhood. • Temporary screens had been erected to
partition off the side aisles, thus transforming it into a
spacious banquetting apartment, decorated with paint-
ings, looking clean and well kept. The dinner itself, and
everything connected with it, was wretched in the ex-
treme. No charity, desirous to squeeze the utmost far-
thing from its supporters, would have dared to charge a
guinea for such an entertainment; and we believe the feel-
ing was unanimous among the company, that the con-
tractor was either the boldest of men, or the Royal Agri-
cultural Society of England the most screwing and in-
hospitable association in the country.
The cloth having been removed, the usual loyal toasts
were given by the Chairman, and enthusiastically re-
sponded to by the company.
Mr. B. GIBBS then react the list of prizes awarded in
the cattle department of :the
.show-yard, the announce-
m:
of
lnht
eo fewnhAccrimhsl
N seemed to
remarkedg ve generaluron the
fair proportion
satisfaction.
prizes won by Norfolk breeders, which to some of them
would be um- xpec:ed, and he concluded by proposing the
health of the successful candidates in the exhibition of
cattle.

The Earl of LINCOLN returned thanks, and expressed
his great pride and satisfaction at finding so many Nor-
folk men included in the list just read.
Mr. GIBBS then read the list of prizes in the sheep
and pig departments of the show.

Ti)e—CIIIIRMAN proposed the health of the successful
candidates in the classes of sheep and pigs, and called
on Mr. Fisher Hobbs to acknowledge the toast.
Mr. FISIIER Hostas returned thanks, and congratulated
himself particularly upon his success in the breeding of
Southdown sheep, living as he did in the county of Essex.
He was happy to have the opportunity of expressing the
desire generally felt throughout the eastern counties,
which was a corn-growing district, to have the best
to
breeds of sheep; and he promised to omit no efio
promote the diffusion of a pure stock throughout that
district and the country generally.
andrre°xfperses°ssreSdE, in
ic vralc i i , o n the
conversational c
le call l of t the
manner,C
h ref'erence to
the subject of drainage, particularly
the northern parts of
Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire,.sa Chairman, mv
inenw,
ar rose
battle which the sea
the coast of Norfolk to watch
what ought to be done
and to consider
Norfolk. He recommended
watch the
to go down to
was waging there,
with reference to the shifting
suggestedits rands. He described the
great clay bedbetween Norwich and Yarmouth; and
robable geological origin, and that
of the soils in Norfolk .
having generally, viewing their connexion
with those of' the Bedford I.,vels, and explaining the
productive properties of those soils, and the manner in
which they were surrounded with highlands of chalk, he
stated his opinion as to the way in which they had been
originally formed in the three counties to which his ob-
servations related. The Learned Professor was proceed-
ing with a series of highly scientific and interesting ob-
eervations on these subjects, when that after-dinner
spirit of impatience, so fatal to the exercise of the re,
flective faculties, got the better of his audience, and com-
pelled him to resume his seat.
The CHAIRMAN proposed Professor Sedgwiek's health
hich having been duly_responded to, the proceedings
terminated.

THE VACANT JUDGE.—The rumour prevails that
't is not Mr. Watson who is to be promoted to tho
vacant judgeship, but Sir Frederick Thesiger. We need
not say with what changps and coalitions such an ap•
pointruint is connected.—Morning Paper.
VISIT OF THE DUKE AM) DUCHESS DE iSs EMOERS
TO OSHOE::E. Her .Nlaiestis eterial-t?ndt.rent to
Portsmouth from Cowes yesterday wornlng, to convoy
the Duke and Duchess do Nemours to Osborne, on a
visit to the Queen and Prince Albert. The Duke and
Duchess arrived at the terminus at Landport, from St.
Leonard's, at four in the afternoon, and proceeded into
the dockyard, whero one of the Admiral's barges con-
veyed
them on board the royal yacht. Captaiu Crispin
received them, and the yacht steamed off to Osborne.
PEDESTRIANISM.—R. INWOOD AND MOLYNRUX.—
This disputed race of 300 yards, tor 50 sous., was on
Wednesday decided in fayour of Molyneux,
after s slo N
race, by half a yard.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.,
Last Week of M. JULLIEN'S Engagement.
IMMENSE AND UN PA RALLELED SUCCESS.
Under the patronage of her ales: Gracious Majesty, her Majesty the
Queen Dowager, his Royal Highness Prince Albert,' &c.
The Putilie Press has unanimously pronounced the Storming of

Badajoz to be the most perf,ct and life-like exhibition.
The Nobility, Gentry, and the Public are respectfully informed
that this favourite place of fashionable resort is open every
MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY.
Danson's gigantic modelled Panorama of the TOWN AND
FORT OF BADAJOZ, pronounced by the voice of public
opinion to be the most perfect and life-like exhibition ever
presented—Splendid Menagerie—Jullien's unrivalled Band—Vo-
cal and Instrumental Concert—Several Favourite Songs and
Ballads by Miss Ellen Rowland and Mr. George Tedder—
Solos by Koenig, Richardson (Flute)—Violin and Violoncello by
Viotti and George Collins, varied alternately—and other at-
tractions, concluding with a vivid representation of the Storming of
Badajoz, pourtraying the advance of the British army—bombard-
ment and attack—gallant defence—rush to the breach oy real troops
—and final tableaux in honour of the " Hero of a hundred fights."
Doors open at Nine o'Clock, A.3f. ' • feeding of the animals at Five ;
Pelicans and White Bears half-past Fire ; Concert at Six ; Storming
of Badajoz, at Dusk.—Admission One Shilling.
On Friday, July 20, M. Julllen's Grand Concert Monatre and Con-
gres Musicale will take place at these Gardens. Tickets before the
day, 2s. 6d.; admission on the day of the Concert, ss.