The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-03-01 00:00:00

DORSET HUNT BALL

The annual ball, ceder the envies' of the four
lints in this °county, took plus lest Wedneeday
night at the new Corn Exahange, Dorchester, and
was the occasion of the assemblage of a brilliant and
fashionable company of the principal families in
Dorset. As usual great preparations had been made
to render the ball suitable for such a gathering, Mr.
J. F. Hannah, upholsterer, &a, of Cornhill, Dot.
cheater, being entrusted with the decoration and
general arrangement of the rooms. The ball-room
resented but few indications of ite normal ass;
indeed, had it not been for a few ink-stains on the
floor, and here and there grains of oorn in the
' interstices of the flooring, one would not have re-
cognised in the elegantly decorated hall the toms in
quo of the important business transactions of our
merchants and farmers. The orchestra was nicely
adorned. The ornamental ironwork which fronts
the gallery was backed by figured white muslin,
the railing was wreathed with garlands of ever-
green intermixed with pink and white roses, and
the base had a string-course of similar materials.
In the middle of the orchestra was placed • large
well-executed crown, composed of pink and white
roses, upon • red ground, decked with a circlet of
greenery and flowers, while underneath were scrolls
• bearing the names and colours of the four hunts in
the county. The room beneath the orchestra was
admirably furnished for the convenience of the
party between the dances, or for such as preferred
looking on to participating in the exhilarating
exercise. The door wu skilfully hidden by muffin
and Algerian rep curtains, the walls were draped
with pink and white, as, indeed, were the seversl
reams' around, and neatly outlined with ivy leaves,
while large mirrors—upwards of twenty in all—die.
limed around the hall reflected the merry scene. The I
floor under the orchestra was slightly raised, as was
that of each of the recesses, carpeted, and furnished
with couches, easy aad occasional chairs, it/3. so
that while the larger waft at the upper end afforded
opportunity for general social chat, the smaller nooks
were adintrabl.; Oniad for more private conversation.
Tho blank wall of the Council Chamber bore in the
middle a large shield or • red field, ediod with •
greenery, on which were disposed foxed heads,
hunting whips, and other emblems of the chase,
while an immense garland composed of evergreens
and flowers depended from the centre of the arch
and was gracefully looped up on either side. From
corbel to corbel at the sides of the ball extended a
neat citing-course of box, from which depended at
intervals circlets of greenery each adorned with •
trio of roses, while a massive garland of evergreens
I and flowers was pendant in graceful undulation
between each of the arches supporting the roof. The
gas brackets wale decorated with bouquets of white
and blush roses. A supply of beautiful flowers,
contributed by Sir Richard Glyn, Bart., Captain
I Foster, Mr. Fellows., and Mr. H. Frampton, were
disposed in various parts of the room to advantage.
The large hall up-stairs was used as the supper-
' room, end was decorated in a similar manner to that
• last year, presenting an elegant appearance. Below,
the old Corn Exchange was divided into two parts
f —one being used MI a cloak room, and the other
' being transformed into a cosy carpeted apartment
where tee, coffee, and light refreshments were
served. 'lb. supper and refreshments were provided
by Mrs. Howe, of Cornhill, and were of the
most elegant description. The ball-room was
, approached from High West-street, a temporary porch
being erected over the footway, and the passages
, thence to the Corn Exchange being suitably carpeted.
The steweeds, were the Hon. W. 11. B. Portman,
• M.P., M.P.H., Sir Richard Glyn, Bart., M.F.11.,
' Mr. Charles Radclyfle, M. F. IL, the Earl of
Baluster, Lord Rivers, Lord Digby, the Hon.
F. Pepsi', Sir W. Smith• Marriott, Flart,„ Sir
William Clay, Bart., Sir John Michel, K.C.8., Sir
r Edward °method, KC. 8., Mr. Gorged Start. M.P.,
Mr. John Floyer, M.P., Mr. Charles Hambro,
. M.P., Mr. T. Frazer-Grove, M.P., Mr. Montague
• Guest, M.P., Mr. Edward Weld, Mr. G. Wing.
' field Digby, Mr. Charles Radclyffe, jun., Mr. J. ft.
P. Goodden, Mr. H. B. Middleton, Mr. E.
Saunders, Mr. James Followed', Mr. J. Hinds, Mr.
' George Bishop, Mr. Nathaniel Senses, Mr. John
' Brymer, Mr. William Brymer, Mr. B. P. Gundry,
Mr. William Lair, Mr. T. Turner Farley, Mr. T.
Wills Sandford, J. Mount-Batten, Mr. Bvedale
Okeden, Mr. C. J. Parke, Major Altsll, Mr.
. Merthyr Guest Mr. W. H. P. Weston, Major Bogle,
V.C., Mr. S. Deady. Mr. Augustus B. Foster, Mr.
E. De Panama O'Kelly, Mr. H. Seaward, Mr. F.
Bailward, Mr. Edward Williams, Mr. Cornish
: Henley, Mr. George Churahhill, Mr. G. Troete-
Bullock, Mr. W. W. Connop, Colonel Paget, Mr.
Carr Glyn, Mr. R.. P. Petherstonhaugh, Mr.
Robert Willmott, Mr. C. B. Jarrett, Mr. M. reatman,
: and Mr. J. Tem oler 2140 ladies and gentlemen were pre-
sent, comprising—The Hoc. Louise Portmaa, Lady
Michel, the Hon. Theresa Digby, the Hon. Alamos
Digby, the Hoe. IL de Moatmorency, General
Michel, Sir W. Marriott, Major Astell, Sir Augustus
Warren, Lady Warren, Captain Digby Boycott, Sir
J. Michel, Lieut.-Colonel Sherlock Henning, Mrs. 8.
Henning, Captain Bragg., Mr. C. K Parke, 68th
Light Infantry, Mr. Wylie, Wilts Royal Rifles,
Captain Pester, the Mayor of Dorchester (Mr. J, F.
Fledges), the Rev. K P. Cambridge, the Rev. E. W.
For, Mow Middleton, Mrs. Eyre Fluency, Miss Mary
Neat, Miss Constance Whalley, Miss Way, Miss
Prior, Mies Ricketts, the Misses Faidge, Miss
Ramey, Miss Edith Faidge, Mir Claytoe, Mies
Pennefather, Miss Lily Fisting, Mime Itansel, Mies
de Moleyns, Mrs. Willmott, Mies Ayshford Coward,
Mies Fasting, Mrs. Haworth, Miss Emily Addison,
Mrs. Matlock, Miss Emma Banks", Miss Frederica
Bank's, Miss Emily Matlock, Miss G. Banks., Miss
Emma Dave, Miss H. K Dawe, Miss Grace Hassey,
Miss H. M. Hulsey, Miss Margaret Hussey, Mrs.
Junes Hussey, Mrs. Freemen, Mrs. Le Merchant,
Miss Amy William, Mrs. Blackstone Williams,
Mrs. Aleck Elliot, Miss Sanders, Miss C. Michel,
Mrs. Quiche, Miss Godden, Miss C. Gooddea,
Mrs. de hloleyna. Miss C. de Midas', Mrs..
Mills, Muds Florence Weld, Miss Kingsmill, Mims
Tamer, Mrs. Trate-Bullock, Mrs. Whalley, Miss I
Whalley, Mrs. Newton Chichester, Miss Grove,
Mrs, A. W. Parke, Miss Parke, Miss Heath, Mrs.
C. Jarrett, Mrs. Fox and Miss Fox, Mrs. Deady and
Miss Deady, Mrs. Stapleton, Mir Beane& Min
B. Railerud, Miss Lucy Burin, Miss Florence
Wills-Sandford, Mrs. G. Moors Bridge, Miss Cox,
Mies Augusta Paterson, Mrs. Leopold Paget, Captain
Helyar, lad Queen's Own, Lieut. Festiog, R.N.,
Captain Nolloth, of H.M.S. Achilles, Captain and
Mrs. Amyatt Brown, Captain Castle and Mrs.
Guide, Colonel Parke, CR., and Mrs. William
Parke, Major Clapoott, Rev. Thomas Fox, Mr.
Gerald Dalton, Mr. Stapleton, Mr. Patton, Mr. IL
M. Skein., Mr. Bradshaw, Mr. and Mrs. Vitamin,
Mrs. Yeatman, Miss Yedifonan, Mies Edith Portman,
Mr. Henry Portman, Mies Status, Mies M. A.
Sinus, Mies Wickham (Horsington Rectory). Miss
Aetell. Miss Rose Astell, Mrs. Astell, Mrs. Ffooks,
MIMI Rooks, Captain and Mrs. Barrett, Miss Steed,
Mrs. Fox, Miss Emily Fellows., Mr. C. J. Hamby°,
1M P., Mr. C. Radelyffe, Mr. Medlyoott, Mr. H. T.
Grove, Mr. Ernest Helper, Mr. R. Williams
Andrew', Mr. R. Hardman. Mr. A. Verney, Mr.
steed, Mr. Reginald Weld, Mr. H. W. Jugwell, Mr.
Edward i.e., Mr. T. Pryor, Mr. C. J. Parke, Captain
wrlliame, Or. O'Brien and Lieut. Birch..,, of the Royal
Horse Artillery, Mr. Tamer Farley, Mr. Join Henry
Hands, Mr. G. Trate-Bullock, Colonel Paget. Mr. A. it
Foster, Colwell end Nina Horace Newton, Dr. Munday,
slst L.I, Captain Schreiber, ILA., Mr. Yeomen, Mr.
R. B. Fisher, Mr. C. B. Pervote, Lieut. and Adjdtent
loeuier, Captain R. Rowe, slst Regiment, Sir Edward
Gr.-ether,, Mrs. Leir, Ursa Leif, Commander Medlyoott,
N. EL, Mrs. Mogg, Mrs. Parke, Miss Weld, Miss W.
°oak, has Alice Bettie, Miss Cure. link Coln,
Mr, 1, Radelyffe, Mrs. Burner, Miss Brymer, Mrs.