The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1876-01-25 00:00:00

BLANDFORD.

Couxtr BALL—This distinguished gathering took place
on Thursday evening last, in the Cull Exchange here.
and wa. attenied by a very large party of the ?file of the
neighbourhoo.l. The spacious Exchange Warn most chastely
decorated for the OCCAAiOII. ml mesented when tiled a
iunit brilliant appearance. Amongst those preaent were :
Colonel Thring. Mr. NV. Paget, Mr. Marker, Mr. Mensal
Pleydell, Captain the Hon. G. W. Isieby, Mr. E. W. B.
Poratuau,_ Mrs. Fort, Si... Fort, Mr. Grove, Ciptaia
Foster. .Mr.' hrssiseas, Miss E. Brymer, Mr. Fort,
Mr. W. Fort, Mr. E. Fort, Mr... buchanan, Mr. Woodcock,
Mr. 11. It. Bennett, Mrs. Bennett, MIA 4 Ii Initial. alias
langeruft MIAS U. Browne, Miss .N. Grove. Mr. F.
fl .rslon. Mr. la tionton. Mr. NVlletherall, Mr. J. Raymond,
Miss Neat. Mr. It. W. i I ',Aden. Mrs. Goodden, Mrs.
Itrymer, kirks Brymer. Mr. A. Wallis:Litton, Mr. Z A.
Smith, Mrs. Smith, Rev. E. Pearce, Miss Pearce., Mr.
Saliva's, Mk* Sufism's. Captain Porter, Mr. Sandy, Mrs.
gamily& Lora Mayo, Mr. HollauL Captain Scott, Mr.
Calcraft, Mr. Frank Farquharson, Mr. Mann), Yrs. C.
.1. Parke. ItiAS Parke, Mrs. Torkington, Miss. Torkington,
Mr. A. W. Parke. Mr. E. Mense_l, Mr. H. Paget, Mr. C.
Paget, Mr. M. Churchill, Nis* Nash, Mr. K L. Parke,
Miss Parke, Major Fryer (Usrabineerd. Mrs. Fryer, min
Reed, Captain Paget, Captain Torkingten, Mrs. Tiirk-
imam., Miss Cloststoun, Mr. C. Torkington, Mr. G.
Torkiugtou, Mr. Z Farquharkon, Mrs. Farquhanson. Rev.
E. Gasiden. Mrs. Gonadal, girl of I.lon, Miss ManseL
Mr. anal Mrs. Clay tier Seyiner, Captain Royce, Mr.
Turner-Farley. Miss Mom°, Mr. Dudley Milner, Miss
may, miss Florence F.sninharson, Mr. Tryon, Captain
Evans, Mrs. Evans, Ciptain Hai-fora, Mrs. Ilarfora. Miss
DJILCIAA, Mrs. Farquharson. Miss Farquharson, /stiss
initihanian, Mr. Cirr Glyn. General Glyn, Captain
(Bye, Mrs. Glyn, Captain Brienc. Mrs. Brime, Mrs.
Tryon, Sir IL Glyn, Lads. Glyn, Major Bogle, Mademoiselle
Gersaorf, Mr. Walter Farquharson, Mr. I% J. Hamm.%
Mrs. Hamlin>, Mks Power, Mai Stuart, Colonel Prichard,
Misses Prichara (21. Lieutenant laompertz, Mr. C. liana,
Rev. J. Brymcr, Mr. Wallace, Lieut. Farquharson. Mr.
W. Calcraft, Lady Hulse, Miss Hulse, Miss D'Oyly, Mise
K flondford, Nina Coodford. Mr. Todd, Mrs. Todd,
Miss Gray, .k Targett's quadrille band
performed Is very choice selection of mud.% The whole
of the arrangements were most carefully carried out
iin tar the direction of Mr. and Mos. Id Eyers, of the
l`r.)wn Hotel. whose assidsints attention to the comfort of
everyone present left nothing to Ise desires!.
011RISTOEIIIIWEI
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RIARIIIART AT ROCRNEMOUTII POSTor—FICE.-011 rUeldAy
(before Mr. R. Stephen.), (.:Oarles Lamborn.. a youth of
about V.l, WWI committed tor trial at the *Axes, on two
chargei of robbery of post letters at the Roumeinouth
po.toffice. The prisoner was employed as a sorter and
stamper at that office, and it was his ditty to reee:ve the
haTi at four o'clock in the morning, stamp and sort the
letters. Smue sti.piciong having arisen, On Monday, the
19th in.t., Mr. IIOW 4.1 N awl Mr. Charlton, two clerks
attached to the missing letter department, made up four
parcels, containitu money. valuables and id/Altos, with
which Charlton went to Salisbury, placing them in the
hand. of Mr. Tomuer, the putaataster there, for despatch
to Bournemouth. Accordingly they were so despatched,
and c outing into the prtioner's po.session, they were not
delivered at their destination. Ire was almost immediate-
ly afterwards eprrehended, and the content, of the
packets found up on him. When apprehended on this
charge his box AMA searched. and • case of IL silver hunting
watch Wl4 found, which on inquiry it 111.4 ascertained hwl
been sent through the post to Mr. Edgcumbe, watch-
maker, of Bournenimith, in November la4t, and had
never reached him. The prisoner had nothing to say
lasytnd expressing his sorrow for what he had done.