Running the Bounds. This ancient practice was observed by the All Saints' parish on the 21st of May.
Promotion. By the death of General George Beattie, our General Menzies, K.H.K.C. attained the rank of full General.
A Clipper Yacht. The yacht built at Hastings for Lord Willoughby D'Eresby, by Mr. George Tutt, entirely from his own design ran from Folkestone to Dover in 15 minutes, and it was said of her that sailing before the wind at 16 or 17 knots an hour, she would beat the fastest steamer.
A Monster Cabbage - A vegetable of this sort, weighing 19lbs. was cut from a garden near High Wickham. It was perfectly sound, and was presented to the Mayor.
The Rev. John Parkin. This esteemed clergyman of Halton was appointed domestic chaplain to Earl Waldegrave.
Relief Fund. Upwards of a thousand pounds was obtained in Hastings for the Indian Relief Fund without a collecting canvass.
Holmes' Charity. A distribution of 400 loaves from this charity to the poor of All Saints took place on the 20th of January.
Daring Robbery. On the night of Monday February 2nd, a man, dressed as an engineer at the York Inn, but there being no spare beds, he was recommended to the house of Mr. Cheal, a railway porter, where he obtained the required accommodation. On going to bed he informed the family of his intention to leave in the morning sufficiently soon to travel by the first train. In this there was nothing to excite suspicion, but on "tomorrow's dawn" it was discovered that not only had the supposed engineer departed, but also that sundry articles of clothing, together with the contents of a child's money-box were missing. By whom they were appropriated was a matter of easy conjecture, and but little time elapsed ere the police were put on the qui vive.
Suicide. - The finding of the body of a man suspended to a tree in Covehurst Wood on Sunday the first day of February, and the evidence given at the inquest on the following Tuesday, left no doubt that the said body was that of Spencer Kent, a fisherman, and that for some time past he had been in a strange way, and had committed self-destruction. He left a wife and family of 5 or 6 children in great poverty.
Friends in time of Need The subscriptions entered into on behalf of the owner and crew of the fishing lugger, which had been run down by a steamship, amounted to £146, which added to £238 awarded by the Fishermen's Club, met within £116 the estimates. [This and the immediately preceding paragraph, were omitted from their proper place of "The Fishery" and "Inquests"]
