Veness - Phillips. On the 16th of May, Mr. Joseph Veness was married at the St. Mary Magdalen Church, to Miss Elizabeth Phillips both of Hastings.
Moore - Ball. At the same church, on the 7th of June, Mr. Benjamin Moore was married to Miss Charlotte Ball, both of Hastings.
Adey - Homewood. On the 31st of May, Charles Augustus Adey, Esq, M.D. of St Leonard, and Ellen, eldest daughter of Edward Homewood, Esq. of Upton Court, Tunstall, were married at St. John the Baptist Church, Tunstall, Kent.
Wise - Thompsett. At St. Leonards Church, on the 20th of June, Mr. Stanley Leopold Wise, took for his partner in marriage, Augusta, only daughter of the late John Thompsett, Esq., of Goudhurst, Kent
Martin - Legg. At the same church, on the 23rd of June, were united in marriage, John Bell, eldest son of Dr Martin of Edinburgh, and Helen Frances, daughter of T.R. Leg, Esq. of Blackheath.
Streeter - Clark. - At the Wesleyan Chapel, St. Leonards, on the 21st of June, Mr. William Streeter was married by the Rev. M. Salt, to Miss Mary Clark, both of St. Leonards.
Smith - Cooke. At the same chapel, on the 25th of June, Mr. John Smith, of 24 North street, St. Leonards, was married to Miss Charlotte Cooke, of Battle, the officiating minister being the Rev. M. Salt.
Brunton - Knight. At St. Leonards Church, on the 10th of August, W.E. Brunton, Esq. was married to Fanny Wright, widow of R.G. Knight Esq. The brido’s first and second husband were both civil engineers.
Wood - Sadler. on the 6th of October, Mr. William Wood, formerly of Battle, was married to Miss Sadler, widow, of Norman road, St. Leonards.
Hoad - Ades. On the 10th of October and at the church of St. Mary Magdalen, Mr. John Hoad, of St. Leonards, was married to Miss Mary Ades, of the same town.
Agnew - Burgess. At St. Mary Magdalen church, St. Leonards, was married, on the 10th of November, Alfred Nichael Agnew, Esq., of Guernsey, to Emma, third daughter of the late George Burgess, Esq. of Maidstone, Kent.
Hancock - Hume. On the third of October, Lieut. George Edward Hancock, R.S. (son of Major-gen. Hancock) was married at Bombay, to Augusta Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. W. W. Hume, Incumbent of St, Mary Magdalen, St Leonards.
Englehart - Barnes. On the 27th of December, at the church of St. Mary Magdalen, the Nev. W. W. Hume joined in holy matrimony Mr. Frederick Henry Charles Englehart and Miss Irene Elizabeth Barnes.
(For marriages at Hastings see next chapter)
Meteors and Butterflies
Where do they come from? This question applied equally to the very large number of meteors which during the second week of August were observed shooting athwart the heavens and to the myriads of white butterflies which on the 15th of August were beheld, with astonishment, to come over the Bri-
