The parade is three-quarters of a mile in length, commanding extensive views both of sea and land. To the east is the Grand-parade, and the old town of Hastings between the hills, with its bold and craggy cliffs ; to the west, Bexhill, Pevensey, and the Martello towers, stretching from St. Leonards to Eastbourne ; in the distance, the South-downs and Beachy-Head. The centre of the parade is occupied by the Royal Baths, fitted up with every possible convenience, the east wing of which is the library, bank, and post office, and the west a refreshment room . The bathing machines and pleasure boats are below the baths.
The assembly room at the back of St. Leonards hotel is sixty feet in length. On the east side are billiard rooms, and on the west, apartments for cards and refreshment. Near the public rooms is the entrance to the gardens (named the South-lodge.) They are laid out with great taste and judgment. On the right, as you enter, is the stone called William the Conqueror's table, which tradition points out as the identical one upon which the duke dined, the day after his landing, in hisjourney from Pevensey to Hastings . It formerly projected over a pond, where the hotel now stands.
The Marina is a majestic range of buildings, occupying nearly the whole of the frontage of the town, divided into East and West Marina, each having a covered colonnade of nearly 250 feet in length . The centre is occupied by the principal hotel, a most splendid and beautiful building : the interior is fitted up in a corresponding style, and the accommodations are equal to its other advantages, rendering it a most distinguished resort. At the west end of the Marina is the villa occupied by their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria, as their winter residence in 1835 ; not far from which is the -
