A Dinner to the Recorder, the Magistrates and others was given on the 8th of July by the Mayor, W. Ginner, Esq.
A Banquet to the Hastings Corporation was given by Lord Harry Vane at Battle Abbey on the 12th of September.
The Mayor's Dinner was held at the Swan hotel on the 9th of November, and was partaken of by about 60 persons. Ald. Ginner occupied the chair, and Cons. Putland and Town Clerk Growse the vice-chairs. There were also present, Ald. Rock, Ald. Clement, Ald. Ticehurst, and Ald. Ross, Lord Harry Vane, M.P. (the other M.P. F. North Esq. being at Madrid), G. Scrivens, Esq., P. F. Robertson, Esq., Dr. Mackabe, &b. The speeches after dinner were of the usual complimentary character.
A Dinner to the Recorder and Magistrates was given by Lord Harry Vane at Battle Abbey on the 11th of October.
Another Maiden Session
At the Easter Quarter Sessions on March 18th, as an emblem of a second maiden session, the Recorder was presented with a pair of gloves, beautifully emblazoned with the Hastings Arms, the ground of the shield being formed of red and blue velvet, and the lions and border embroidered with silver wire.
Disputed Right of Way
At the Spring Assizes held at Lewes was tried a case Murdock versus Wyatt for obstructing the way as claimed by plaintiff. Mr. Lush opened the case by stating that it was an action brought by plaintiff, a farmer at Blacklands, for obstructing a way which he had a right to use and which his predecessors had enjoyed as long as the memory of living men could go. A more vexatious proceeding could hardly be imagined. He then pointed out from plans which he produced and Mr. Lang's new map of the borough the road in dispute from Ore Lane to the "Fighting Cocks" at Halton, and also explained the disadvantage the plaintiff was put to by having to go round into and through the town to get to Halton. The road led to four or five farms, and the right of way was claimed by each of them. Defendant was formerly a brewer in London, but retired some years ago, and bought the propert of Mount pleasant . He rebuilt a house there close to the edge of the road; and, knowing this was a public roadway, he had only himself to blame for putting it in a place where he would most probably be annoyed. Till Mr. Wyatt came in 1828, no one questioned the right of Road. He turned the road round from the front to the back of his house. Not wishing to annoy a neighbour, the farmers agreed to adopt this road. Soon after this he put up a gate to prevent anyone passing his house at all, and was remonstrated with, which had no effect. The farmers then pulled down the -
