Another Royal Visit. The ex-Queen of the French (Queen Amelie) at the age of 83 years, honoured St. Leonards with another of those visits which may be taken as alike gratifying both to the visitor and the visited. Her Majesty and suite arrived by a special train of the South Eastern railway on the afternoon of Monday the 2nd of May, and were conveyed directly to Starkey's Royal Victoria Hotel, where their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Chartres, had previously taken up their abode. The visit of the royal party was not a protracted one, as the approaching marriage of the Count de Paris would be causing an assemblage of the family at Claremont, there to meet
the bride-elect, together with other notables from Spain.
A Daring Robbery. on the evening of Friday, Nov. 4th a robbery of jewels, valued at from three to four hundred pounds, was said to have been effected at Mr. Fuller's, in Warrior Terrace. The daring act took place between the hours of seven and nine, and at the time of missing the property there was no clue to the thief or thieves.
St. Leonards Commissioners.
A meeting of the inhabitants assessed at £20 and upwards, took place on the 24th of March (Sir Woodbine Parish presiding), when J. Cameron, Esq. was elected in the place of J. Carey (deceased); Henry Carpenter, vice, J. Platt, G. C Schutz, vice, Rev. W.W. Hume (resigned), S. Chester, vice N Parks (disqualified) and N. Parks, vice J.R. Holden (disqualified). At the Commissioners meeting there were not sufficient members to form a quorum.
At the adjourned quarterly meeting on the 4th of April, it was ordered that 130 feet of iron fence on a low kerb be put up on the West hill road from the public foot path adjoining Mr. Schutz’s house to a point at the Burial ground as soon as the Incumbent's consent could be obtained. The estimated expense was six or seven shillings per foot, towards which Mr. D. Burton and Mr. Schutz offered £5 each.
Bills to be paid as follows:
| Kenwood, for channeling, drains, &c | £35.10.8 |
| Do. for walls, pavements, &c | 163.1.3 |
| Alderton & Shrewsbury for posts and gratings. | 3.17.10 |
| Jas. Reeves for gulley gratings | 7.11.8 |
| T. Jordan for fire engine sundries | 5.0.6 |
| Lovell, for repairs to fire-engine | 4.18.6 |
| Mrs. Mann for sundries | 9.7.3 |
Parade seats ordered to be painted and the copings, where bad, to be attended to Mr. Hughes’s tender for Aberdeen granite kerbing £80 9s. accepted but afterwards by request supplied Cornish, at a reduction of £11. Messrs. Adamson's tender for Aberdeen granite was £113 6s. 8d. Also Mr. Hughes's tender of £38 168 for paving north side of Victoria hotel was accepted; Mr. Kenwoods tender for the same being £49.
Resolved that in a reply, to the Rev. J.A. Hatchard's letter, he be informed that the sanitary condition of the town had the attention of the Commis-
