sidered that the water Committee had acted in a very discourteous manner in sending such a notice without an order from the Council. Coun. Deudney thought if Mr. Putland had been fairly met and asked to give up the documents he would have done so. - Coun. Ross said the waterworks had been almost a work of love with Mr. Putland, and he ought to be allowed to complete them. Coun. Ginner regretted the strong steps taken by the Committee, particularly as Mr. Putland was ill at the time. Coun. Ross moved that Mr. Putland continue as engineer to the new waterworks until the 25th of March. - In seconding the motion (which was carried by 11 to 4), Ald. Ticehurst argued that the action of the committee had a very discourteous appearance, and the public would draw their own conclusions.
Pelham Place Improvement. At the same (February) meeting, Ald. Scrivens laid before the Board a plan for improving the neighbourhood of Pelham Place by widening the road and parade. He did not know what the cost would be, but probably the purchase of the Baths would be £800. A new groyne would also be wanted. The Mayor had heard that the widening the parade would improve the stade by sending in more water and forming a kind of basin. Alderman Ticehurst remarked that such a result would be a steep and dangerous beach. Coun. Ross wanted to see the widening the road carried to the eastern extremity of the parade, so as to open the Fishmarket and All Saints Street to the western part of the town more completely. Coun. Ginner seconded the motion for the improvement, and the same was carried.
The Drainage. Coun. Ross said he had elicited from their new Surveyor that the drainage plans would be ready by April 1st: that the General Board’s inspection of them would take two months; that the consideration of the tenders would take another two months; and that the work could not be commenced till August 1st, at which time the fashionable season would be on; so that they might make up their minds that nothing would be done till 1854. [this was a much longer time than was computed by the late surveyor Mr. Putland, and for which he was so severely accused of dilatoriness that he was induced to resign. In this affair Mr. Putland was badly used by incompetent men, but the nemisis was yet to come].
Cinque-Ports’ Privileges. At a special Council meeting, a letter was received from P. F. Robertson, M.P., stating that as Government intended to make some alteration in the usages of the Cinque Ports, if the matter was likely to affect Hastings, he would make further enquiries, and give it his best attention.
The Map Question Settled. The disputed payment for the Map having, with the consent of the St. Leonards Commissioners, been referred to the County Court Judge, that legal authority decided for St. Leonards, together with costs. This decision was in conformity with the opinion of Counsel and that of the Town Clerk, previously ob-
