also found a considerable quantity of wood and iron, and some large iron rivets, mostly in rows, the heads of which were as large as a halfpenny. Two copper coins of the reign of Charles I. were found, but these, it was believed, had been left there accidentally, the other relics bearing evidence of an age long anterior to that date.
The once existent building, as far as Mr. Ross could trace it, was apparently a pharos or other kind of tower (See map of Sussex in Chichester Cathedral) of ancient design, and such as has been found in some of the oldest churches. in any case it was a place of sepulture, and one is tempted to ask the unanswerable question - "Was the original St. George's Church, which - like those of St. Leonards, St. Margaret's, and St. Michael's - had disappeared by the falling away of the cliff, and afterwards rebuilt on a more central part of the hill, at a greater elevation? During the progress of the excavations, the place was visited by a vast number of visitors and inhabitants (as had been the excavations of the Castle thirty years before) and the crowd was sometimes so great that it was feared some serious accident would result. Mr. Ross's paper read at the Archaeological Society's rambles, ten years later, varies slightly from the foregoing description, but not contradictorily.
The Ranking Testimonial
A testimonial to Mr. Robert Ranking was presented to him on the 23rd of February at his residence. It consisted of a massive silver inkstand bearing the following inscription:-
This Inkstand
and a purse, containing one hundred and five sovereigns were presented to Robert Ranking, Esq., on his leaving Hastings in March 1856, as a testimonial of affection and esteem for him of the friends among whom he had resided and followed his professional duties with the most distinguished success, for a period of 36 years
The purse contained, in addition to the above-named sum eleven packets of two guineas each, for his children, grand children and great-grand children resident in Hastings, that thus every member of his family circle might have a part in this memorial of the esteem entertained for their respected parent. In consequence of Mr. Ranking's retirement the partnership of Ranking and Gabb was dissolved.
Proclamation of Peace
On the first of May, the Peace Proclamation was publicly read in front of the Town Hall as follows:-
"Victoria R. - Whereas a definition Treaty of Peace and friendship between us and our Allies and his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias was concluded at Paris on the 30th day of March last, and the notifications thereof-
