The Parish Bounds of St. Mary-in-the-Castle were traversed, agreeably to an old custom, on Holy Thursday, by the parochial authorities and a dozen boys of Parker's endowed school. Refreshments were partaken of during the route, and a somewhat merry, though fatiguing afternoon was spent.
A Novel Jubilee. On Sunday, the 22nd of June, Mr. John Brice, a well known denizen of Hastings, completed his 50th year of servitude as butler to Mrs. Bruce of Wellington square, and on the following morning the bells of St. Clement's church rang out a merry peal in celebration of the event.
The Cemetery having undergone its annual inspection, was found to have had so much care bestowed upon it by Mr. Field, the superintendent, as to be pronounced second to no other cemetery in the Kingdom. It certainly was, and still is, one of the attractions of the place, and the borough has every reason to be proud of it.
Longevity. In Brett's Gazette of Oct. 4, it was said that within a few days, five inhabitants had died at the several ages of 68,71,75 and 83 years. It also stated that Mr. George Colbran, Sergeant-at-Mace had just attained his 93rd year, with body infirm, but with intellect unimpaired. What might he not have told of the town's history, if he had be consulted thereon? "The Postman" in his rhymed Reminiscences in treating of Mr. Poole and his residence, No. 9 Hill street, wrote thus:-But ere his remains in the grave shall recline,
George Colbran who carries the Mace,
When aged ninety-two, at this house, number nine,
Will end his terrestrial pace.
To serve the same town for so many long years,
With May'rs, both many and new,
And witness nine decades of peoples careers
Is only the lot of a few
The Hastings Regatta
For once, in a series of years, the Regatta was eventuated on the appointed day, although it barely escaped the fate of many of its predecessors in a postponement. Touching the condition of the sea there was not much to complain of; and here it may be remarked that as last year, by accident, so this year by design, the elected time of high water nearly approached that which Brett's Gazette had always insisted on as one of the conditions of success. But the choice of day was not so judicious in other respects. There were planetary positions, as exhibited in the "Week to Come" column of the Gazette that denoted it to be the most rainy day of the week; and so it proved to be. Fourteen prizes were carried off by Hastings boats, against 11 by boats from other places.
