The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-07 00:00:00

THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION.

IPSWICH, SATutipar, JULY s.—So tar as sectional
meetings are concerned this has been a blank day, al-
though sufficiently busy in other respects. E 3,1 ly in the
morning the unusually quiet streets of Ipswich were in
a bustle with flys, coaches, vino: buses, vans, carrying the
associated philosophers in different directions.
One party, having met at the reception room for their
place of rendezvous proceeded as early as half-past
seven o'clock to Woodbridge and Orford by land, at the
former of which places they had been invited to break-
fast by Gauge Thomas, Esq. After doing ample jus-
tice to Jr. inornas'a good cheer, some ut the visit-rs
proceeded to inspect Mr. Whincopp's collection of Bri-
tish, Saxon, Roman, and rueclite,al antiquities, which
had been arraeged in the lec'u e hall for the occasion.
Others, bent on acquiring geological information, ex-
tended their excursion as far as Sutton, t,) exlmine the
superposition ot red on coralliue crag, and the excava-
tion for " coprolites" at Sutton. A third part, , no di -
'irons of extending their rain ilea so tar te.yond Wood-
bridge as Dutton, contented therm-fives with a wa,k to
Kingston, where the remains ot lll.cacus and Hy rac,
therium were discovered by Mr. G.lehe6ter. Ail these
pries having returned to Woodbridge by eleven, car-
riages were waiting to convey Them to the red crag pits
at Buley Oyster and Chilb-sford. At the latter plsce
there are beds of a peculiar charac•er, described by Mr.
Prestwich as overlaying the r, d crag. The place next
visited Was the locality of the coralliae crag, in Pud-
bourn Park; after which the members sat tIOWn to a
dinner provided for them in the old Keep at Ortord
Castle. Finally, the church and castle being viewed, the
party, about five P M., set off tor Ipswich.
A second division of the members availed themselves
of a steam excursion down the Orwell and along the
coast. Others proceeded to Colchester, where, by p• r-
mission of the Mayor, the Museum of Roman Antiquities
was opened for their inspection, and the Rev. Mr. Jen-
kins, acting as cicerone, conducted them to the castle,
St. Botolph's Priory, St. John's Abbey-gate, and other
interesting objects. By permission of John Taylor,
Esq., those of the members who felt disposed were al-
, lowed to excavate a portion of the Roman burial-ground
there,
A smaller party, bent on a still longer excursion,
went to Bury, enticed by the antiquarian and other ce-
lebrities of that interesting locality. With a view to
enhance the interest of the visit, the Museum at the
Guildhall had been temporarily increased by contribu-
tions from many private sources. The remains of the
abbey and chUrch of Sc. Edmund, St. James's church,
the Norman tower, the chapel of the chancel, St. Mary's
church, and the Norman House, otherwise called M0)5,,,,,
Hall, came in severally for their weed of approbation.
Nor were the savans content with the mere curiosities of
the town, but, extending their rambles,
they also visited
the round-towered churches of Little Sa,xnam.
and Hengrave, and the Tudor House ot Hengrave-hall.
During the whole of the day the garden and pleasure-
grounds of Shrublnds Park were thrown open to the
members of the assaociation, through the liber.sliiy of Sir
William Middleton; and in the evening Lady Middleton
gave a soirée, to which the chief manners or the asso-
ciation were invited.
The band of the Queen's Bays seas
in attendance, and the reunion was altogether of the most
pleasing kind.