SHAKESPARE MULBERRY TREE .
In the Garden , at the back of East Cliff House, is a large Mulberry Tree, covering a space of 25 feet square, ( said to be a descendant of Shakespeare's Mulberry Tree, at Stratford-upon-avon ,) and planted by that great Actor Garrick, when he was on a visit to his friend Mr. Capel. It is a curious fact, that there is at this time, a Cup made from the Mulberry Tree, planted by Shakespeare, in the possession of a lady at Hastings, which was a present to her Mother from Garrick in 1776 ; and also a Cup, turned this year from the Mulberry Tree above mentioned, planted by Garrick, in the possession of J. G. Shorter, Esq.
SIR CLOUDESLY SHOVELL .
It has been stated in several publications of a local nature, on the authority of ancient tradition, that this gallant seaman was a native of Hastings; and a small tenement in All Saints Street, is pointed out as the precise spot - several Authors of Naval History however, assert that he was born in Norfolk .
