former days the men who attended such meetings had to pay their own expenses. Ald. Rock moved that the two aldermen who had passed the chair (Ginner and Ticehurst) be sent as barons. It being made known that Ald. Ticehurst had lost his assistant and could not leave home, Coun. Wrenn proposed Ald. Rock as the next in seniority in the place of Ald. Ticehurst. Then followed a good deal of discussion as to who should be the two combarons, the honour be declined by one after another; but, ultimately it was decided that Councillors Putland and Emary should attend as such, and at their own expense; but that mace-bearers expenses - not to exceed £5 - should be paid from the borough fund (see pages ___[a] for account of the investing at Romney).
The Ash Yard. This was held by the Local Board on lease, and the Countess of Waldegrave having offered to sell the same for £300, the offer was accepted at the meeting on Oct. 2nd. It was also agreed to purchase another piece of land adjoining the Ash-yard for £200. The situation was in St. Andrew's parish, close to the railway arch.
Election of Mayor - At the quarterly meeting of the Council on the 9th of November, Ald. Ginner, in proposing Ald. Rock as Mayor, remarked that this gentleman was known far and wide beyond the limits of the borough and even the county, on account of the intelligence and artistic skill which he had displayed in his business. His name had been thus spread farther, probably than that of any previous mayor. He had obtained prize medals for his carriages both in the London and Paris Exhibitions. Hastings was not a manufacturing town and it was therefore seldom that they could place in office a gentleman whose manufactured articles were so highly appreciated. He believed believed that Al.d Rock would exhibit as Mayor all the energy and ability that he had shown in his extensive business. In a similar strain of eulogy Coun. Putland seconded the motion, and the elction was entirely unanimous. The Mayor-Elect said he felt very diffident after the manner in which his name had been received, as to his ability to fulfil that important office, but he should have felt even more diffident had he not believed that he should have the assistance of the retiring Mayor who had so ably filled the office before him. He thanked the Council for their unanimous vote. On the the(sic) motion of Coun. Bromley, the ex-Mayor (Ald. Ross) was thanked for the efficiency with which he had discharged the duties of the office. The Mayor's banquet was held in the evening, for which see "Public Dinners" page
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