theirs, I do think they ought to bear the larger portion of it. I would recommend you to bring all the influence you can to bear on the Commissioners of Sewers to induce them to keep the new groyne they have erected eastward of the Sluice as low as possible. My opinion is that this groyne is now to a great extent unnecessary.”
John Elliott, jun.”
By appointment, Mr. Elliott met Capt. Barlow, and after the conference he wrote as follows:—“It rests with the Commissioners as to what evidence they can bring to refute Capt. Barlow’s objections, but I shall be prepared at any time to prove to the utmost of my power the truth of the conclusions to which I have come. I have had too much experience in such matters, and am too well aware of the action of the sea under such circumstances to be easily driven from the position I have taken: but it must rest with the Commissioners as to the evidence they can bring to support my views.”
The clerk having laid before the Commissioners so much as could be adduced, it was resolved at their next meeting “That under the circumstances, the Clerk be authorised to make such arrangement with the Company as he may consider advisable to bring the matter to an amicable settlement.”
Parochial Matters 1850
Parochial Matters — St. Leonards
A Vestry Meeting was held at the Railway Terminus Inn on February 13th, when, there were present C. M. Thorpe, Robert Deudney, Rich’d Lamb, John Bray, and W. Payne, jun. The only business transacted was to appoint as constables, Wm. Gower, Joe Bird, Jesse Marchant and Rich’d Catt.
At the meeting on the 28th of March, the persons named for overseers were Wm. Payne, Rich’d Lamb, F. R. Gausden and John Bray. The election of Surveyors of Highways fell to R. Deudney and Edward Farncomb. The assessors were W. Noon and N. Parks. Mr. John Phillips was Vestry-Clerk.
At a meeting on the 5th of April, a borough rate of 3¼d was agreed to. It was also resolved that Mr. S. Putland be rated at £10 a year for his timber-yard on the beach opposite the Fountain Inn; that Newton Parks be rated £18 for his slaughter-house and yard; and that Wm. Kirby be assessed at £12 for his cottage and garden. — At the meeting on Oct. 3rd, after making a poor-rate at 3d. and a highway-rate at 4d., the new houses on the Marina were assessed as follows:—
| No72 | £110 as £88 | No 116 | £30 | as £24 |
| Nos 73 to 76 | £100 as £80 | Sussex House | £150 | as £120 |
| No 77 | £120 as £96 | Railway | £120 | as £120 net |
