sponsibility in this borough, the duties of which appointments have been invariably discharged with rare ability and faithfulness. It is not often that a man filling such posts as were occupied by him is found possessed of so large and varied a fund of mental acquirements as was the case of the late Town Clerk. In addition to this office, Mr. Shorter has for many years been Clerk to the Borough Magistrates, Clerk to the Local Board, Clerk to the Commissioners of Taxes, and (in connection with his partner, Mr. Phillips), Clerk to the County Magistrates. He had been in partnership with Mr. Phillips for nearly 29 years; and the firm has been well known as one of the most respectable and high-principled in the Kingdom. For six years, Mr. Shorter has been afflicted with paralysis of his lower members, and has been unable to move about in the town only as wheeled in a chair; but during a greated part of that time, his mental faculties have appeared unimpaired, and his attention to business has been remarkable. It was only within the last few weeks that these that these(sic) protracted sufferings seemed to have affected that strong intellect and to have occasionally deprived it of the power of self-govenment. The private loss to his family and friends is beyond both our province and our power to estimate. It must be soothing for the bereaved to know that as they always possessed the respect of the inhabitants of this town, so now they may rely on having their warmest sympathy. Regret, regard and sympathy mingle together to form at once a tribute to the dead and a consolation to the living" - - The funeral took place at the Borough Cemetery on the following Saturday, attended by members of the family, and by the Mayor, Aldermen, Councillors and other persons. The deceased left a widow and seven children.
An Inquest was held on the 8th of October at the Wheatsheaf Inn, Bohemia, on the body of Richard Stevens, who had hanged himself in Newgate Wood. He had been bailiff for about 7 years to Wastel Brisco, Esq. of Bohemia, and having been discharged for some small disagreement in his accounts, and being at all times a nervous man, he became depressed, and under that influence was judged to have committed the suicidal act.
Death of Miss Lutwidge. - This Lady, named Charlotte Menella, was the 4th daughter of Charles Lutwidge, Esq, of 2 Welllington square, Hastings. She died on the 2nd of December, 1857, deeply regretted both by the rich and the poor of Hastings, her active but unobtrusive benevolence and piety having endeared her to a large circle of friends, and to many among the poor who had been gladdened by her sympathy and pecuniary assistance. She -
