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1894 . ESSEX AND Programme Essex and Suffolk Funt Ball . SUFFOLK HUNT BALL AT COLCHESTER . This year the annual ball of the Essex and Suffolk Hunt was held at Colchester , the place selected being the large Drill Hall , which on Thursday night presented a most gay and festive appearance . The decorations , which had been carried out by Mr. W. R. Simkin , of North Hill , were exceedingly over effective . The hall was draped , above the panelled dado , with alternate bars of white and scarlet , ivy leaves forming a dado rail , and tendrils of ivy shoot ing out from this climbed gracefully up the walls . A frieze Was formed completely round the hall by festoons of greene , while at close intervals were hung trophies of the hunt , and quaint mirrors of antique pattern . From the roof depended a liberal sprink ling of Union - jacks , and the whole appearance was that of brightuess and warmth , without gaudiness . The balcony and the space beneath it were fitted up with lounge furniture , and served as withdrawing rooms , the front of the balcony being festooned with The " " ap more soarlet and white bunting , and ornamented by the brushes and masks of foxes and a number of hunting crops . On the stage Messrs . Prior and Son had massed a profusion of foliage piants , palme , ohry eanthemume , and heaths , and flowers were freely introduced into the general decorative scheme . The vestibule was fitted up as an ante - drawing - room , and furnished with lounges . Supper ( which was supplied by Messrs . Wright and Sons ) was served in a building constructed for the occasion at one side of the hall , and to this also the red - and - white deco THE MEET . ration was extended , and the tables , set out with The morning dawned gray and moist , and when handsome plate , were very prettily arranged . the sun began to tip the bare trees with golden music was contributed by the Blue Hungarian Band . amber and the sharp morning a grew balmier , The following is a list of the principal people it was evident that we were to be blessed present : -Major R. B. Colvin , M.F.H. , the Mayor with a real hunting day . The meet was and Mayoress of Colchester ( Mr. and Mrs. Claude at the Cavalry Barracke , where Lord Beaumont E. Egerton - Green ) , Prince Corsini , Colonel and Miss and the officers of the 20th Hussars had invited the Agassiz , Mr. B. Allen , Miss H. Ashwin , Colonel Hunt to breakfast . Most men turned up bright and Bowen , Mr. H. P. Bowen , Mr. and Mrs. W. Barrett , early , looking none the worse for the revelries by Mr. H. Gurney Buxton , Lord Beaumont , Major and night , " and the " damask cheek " of beauty ap Mrs. Beauchamp , Capt . Bart , Mr. Bremner , Mr. peared none the paler that its owner had been whirl Starkie Bence , Mrs. Bosanquet , Miss Brewster , Missing the night through in the mazes of the giddy Maud Burgess , Mrs. and Miss , Munro Benn , Mise waltz . The huntsmen , with their pack , rode Boghurst , Miss Blackwood , Mr. Claude and Lady through the town shortly before the appointed time , Champion de Crespigny , Miss Champion de and never looked better than when , on the Crespigny , Mr. Bazett W. and Mrs. Colvin , picturesque strip of green before the officers ' mess , Miss Colvin , Mies E. Colvin , Dr. they were photographed , with the object , it was Coleman , Colonel and Mrs. Capel , Mr. C. Clark , whispered , of their counterfeit presentment Mr. and Mrs. Ponsonby Carew , Captain Cotton , pearing with a well - known sporting print . Colonel and Mrs. Castell , Mr. and Mrs. Cecil When the popular M.F.H. ( Major Colvin ) Colvin , Captain and the Hon . Mrs. Forrestor Colvin , arrived , hounds clustered round him , giving Miss Colvin , Mr. Crofton Atkins , Miss A. Cumming , vent . to the beautiful musical note that Mr.H.B.Dickinson , Miss Dickinson , Miss Darell , Miss recalls memories of many a hard - run chase , Olive Darell , Captain and Mrs. Donovan , Mis Donovan , and with their tails brandished in air . Mr. and Mrs. Hill Duke , Mr. Denhain , Mr. Donny , Truth to tell , the scene was a lively and brilliant Mies Davies , Captain Edwards , Mr. Fraser , Mr. and one , a host of pink being out , and the military Mrs. J. Fenu , Miss Fry , Colonel and Mrs. Green , accoutrements of a long line of black and yellow Mr. R. Gare , Miss E. Gorst , Miss D. Gorst , Miss Tommy Atkinses drawn up beside the officers ' J. Gorst , General and Mrs. Carr Glyn , Captain quarters throwing up the scarlet costs Green , Mr. Raymond Greene , Captain and Mrs. vigorously by contrast . Slim waiters slipped about Graham , Sir W. and Lady Guise , Miss Gillbanke , offering thimblefuls of piquant cordial , and within Miss Green , Miss K. Green , Miss Egerton Green , the mess Lord Beaumont and his Miss M. Egerton Green , Surgeon - Major Hickman , their hospitality right royally . ers dispensed Among the goodly Colonel Tyssen - Holroyd , Mr. and Mre . E. R. company out were - Prince Corsini , Lord Beaumont , Gurney Hoare , Miss Gurney Houre , Miss W. Major - General Carr Glyn , Col. Hammond , Captain Gurney Hoare , Mr. Harrington , Mr. and Mrs. Colvin , Mr. T. Moy , Mr. and Mrs. Barnett , Captain Legrew Harrison , Mr. Harden , Mies Harden , Miss Whitaker , Surgeon - Major Johnston , Captain and J. Harden , Captain Heneage , Miss F. Hicze , Mrs. Leader , Mr. W. Buck , Mr. and Mrs. Joha Miss W , Hicks , Miss Mason Harvey , Mr. Fenn , Mr. Ben Smith , Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Mumford , Howard , Mr. Saimpson Hanbury , Capt . Jones , Mr. A. T. Oaborne , Col. Agassiz , Major Coney , Mr. W. James , Mr. and Mrs. Johnson , Mr. L. K. Mr. G. K. Norman , Mr. C. K. Norman , Mies and the Hon . Mrs. Jarvis , Capt . and Mrs. Kelso , Colvin , Miss Tompson , Col. Bowen , Mr. Bowen , Col. Mr. R. Kerrison , Mrs. and Miss Keppell , Mr. and and Miss Tyssen - Holroyd , Mr. Hanbury , Mr. O. Mrs. Lermitte , Capt . and Mrs. Leader , Mr. Leader , Fonnereau , Miss Egerton - Green , Mr. and Mrs. Mr. W. Lynch , Col. and Mrs. Lucas , Mr. Moon , Lermitte , Mrs. Reginald Hill , Mr. Watson , Mr. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Mumford , Mr. L. Mumfora , Tom Green , Mrs. Wicks , Capt Graham , Mr. E. Col. and Mrs. McLeod , Mr. and Mrg . E. Moy , Mr. Wenden , Mr. E. Girling , the F v . H. T. Osborne , and Mrs. C. T. Moy , Mr. Thomas Moy , Mr. and Mr. Stanford ( Oakley ) , Mr. A. Cant , Mr. H. R. Mrs. Allan Mumford , Mr. Mowatt , Col. and Mrs. Poole , Mr. Giles , Mr. W. Green , Mr. A. E. Mudd , Meurice , Miss Maurice , Mr. Arthur Macaulay , Col. Mr. C. Tayler , Miss Tayler , Mr. F. Prime , Mr. and Mrs. Merriman , Mr. A. Merriman , Mr. and Osborn , Mr. Weeley , Miss Boghurst , Capt . Poulter , Miss Macandrew , Mrs. Maile , Mr. Norman , Mr. Mr. Ernest Green , Mr. Sach ( Tiptree ) , Mr. Osborn , C. K. Norman , Mr. G. K. Norman , Mr. O'Brion , Mr. Willie Green ( Bergholt ) , Mr. and Mrs. Unwin , Mies Ord , Capt . Poulton , Hon . E. and Mrs. Mr. Frank Cant , and Mr. Cooper ( Bromley ) . A Ponsonby , Mr. D. Parsons , Mr. and Mrs. W. large number of ladies and others were driving , Pazman , Mr. Phillipps , Mr. and Miss Peel , Mrs. Paston Cooper , Mr. K. Rour , Miss Richmond , Mr. F. T. and Miss Snell , Mr. Kincaid Smith , Mr. Skinner , Col. and Mrs. Smith , Miss Smith , the Earl After leaving the barracks a move was made for of Stradbroke , Capt . Surteer , Capt . Smith , Mr. Moy's coverts . Butcher's wood was the first to Mr. Gordon Stewart , the Hon . Sidney be drawn , and a fox was soon on foot , but as the line and the Hon . Margaret St. John , Miss of carriages in the road on the one side and the Scott , Miss Stacey , Mr. G. F. Summers , ever - too - eager fieid on the other three sides effec Mr. Theobald , Miss Tompson , Mr. Trition , the tually prevented our fox from breaking , he went to Hon . Peter and Miss Taellusson , Mr. and Mrs. R. ground , after having made several attempts to Unwin , Mr. P. Whitaker , Mr. S. Wallis , Gen. aud break . This occupied about an hour , and the Master Mrs. Worsley , Miss Worsley , Sargeon - Major and then went on to Golgrove . This covert , as usual , Mrs. Wight , Capt . and Mrs. Whatman , Capt . White , held a fox , which , doubtless , would have given us Capt . Whitaker , Mrs. Williams , Mise Warbarton , Miss some fun if the field had only given him a chance . Woodhouse , Lady Gwendoline Rus , the Hon . Scent being very bad the Master gave him up , and Douglas and Mrs. Tollemache , the Hou . Louis and Mrs. Johnstone , Mr. R. Pryor , Mr. P. Coxe , Mr. W. N. Waller ( High Sheriff of Suffolk ) and Mrs. Waller , the Hon . Douglas Tollemache and Mrs. Tollemache , Mr. C. Fonuereau , the Misses Phillips ( Olaydon ) , Major and Mrs. Daniell ( Royal Artillery ) , the Hon . Louis Jobustone and Mrs. Johnstone . Woolverstone , Miss Head , & c . among these being Mrs. Howard , Col. and Mrs. Castell , Mrs. Gurney Hoare , Mrs. Sampson Hanbury and party , Mrs. Wight , and Miss Cant . then tried Oliver's Hangings , where another fox was at once on foot , but the field once more succeeded in heading him back , and as he ran right into the mouth of the hos he was chopped within five minutes of the time he was found . Friday Wood , Donyland Wood , and the other small coverts in that direction were subsequently drawn blank . So ended a day which , by the number of foxes found in so small a space , should have been a good one , but the field , and the field only , were responsible for the results . Thursday , Dec. 6 . 1894 . WISHING YER OWNER A SLOPPY XMAS MONDAY , MAY 27th , 1895 . Wines . TURTLE PUNCH . EAST INDIA MADEIRA . SHERRY . Vino de Pasto . 35 Hock . Marcobrunner " Auslese , " Vintage 1878 . CHAMPAGNE . Magnums , Perrier Jouet's Ex . Qual . Ex . Dry , Vintage 1889 . Lanson Père et Fils . Vintage 1884 . CLARET . Chateau Margaux . Vintage 1878 . OLD BRANDY AND LIQUEURS . MINERAL WATERS . Johannis . Brighton Seltzer . THE IX RUYAD W. G. LONDON , - Menu . Caviare en Croûte . Sardines aux Cressons . Salades d'Anchois . Cattl . Cuissot de Venaison . Jambon d'Albion . Potage Tortue à l'Anglaise . Potage Tortue Claire . Rougets à la Cardinale . Saumon de l'Avon Grillé , Sauce Tartare . Blanchailles . Filets de Pintade à la Finançière . Cailles en Aspic à la Belle Vue . Selle d'Agneau . Salade à la Francaise . Petits Pois . Ortolans Bardées . Asperges en Branches . ( Chaud et Froid ) . Suedoise d'Orange à la Crème . Gelées au Kirschwasser . Petits Babas au Liqueur . Petits Soufflés Glacés de Groseille . Diablotins de Gruyère . Le Dessert . Glaces . Crème d'Ananas . L'Eau de Groseilles Rouges . THE ALBION , MANAGER A marriage will shortly take place between Mr J. Wren , son of the late Mr G. Wren , of 57 , Great King - street , Edinburgh , and Aberdour , Fifeshire , N.B. , and Mrs Watson , eldest daughter of the late Mr B. B. Colvin , of Monkhams Hall , Waltham Abbey . Clebridge Zixbridge 1856 3142 93 . YEOMANRY CAVALRY . 1ST YEOMANRY BRIGADE ( BERKS AND MIDDLESEX ) .- Capt . For rester Farnell Colvin , 9th Lancers , to be Adjt . , vice Major W. H. , Hippisley , 2nd Dragoons , whose term of service has expired ( Sept. 17 ) . A Duke of Cambridges Hussars M.DC CHAMBER 9TH LANCERS . - Capt . Colvin takes up on Monday the appointment of adjutant of the 1st Yeomanry Brigade ( Berks and Middlesex ) for five years . OF . PROGRA AT 14 THE Shu DINNER 1830 SHIPPING . RICHMONG 1892 . WHITEHALL ROOMS , HOTEL METROPOLE , ( Entrance in Whitehall Place ) ; On Wednesday , the 13th of February , 1895 AT 6.30 FOR 7 O'CLOCK . Plummer & 2 . 3 . 5 . 6 . Toast List . ev " The Queen " " Prince of Wales , Princess of Wales , and Royal Family " " The Navy and Army " SONG . " The President " SONG . " The Vice - President " SONG . Col. Craven and Officers of the Regiment " SONG . " Recruits " SONG . " Guests " SONG . |
