to erect a cottage thereon, there to keep poultry &c., which premises, somewhat enlarged, were still there in 1898]. In reply to Ald. Clement, the Clerk said he was not aware that the Corporation had ever had possession of it. Coun. Ginner was doubtful if any good would result from the proposed enquiry; at the same time he did not know that Mr. Ross’s position was altogether a false one. - Coun. Deudney had seen a document proving possession in favour of Mr. Eversfield as far back as 101 years. (It is on record that Sir Charles Eversfield was Lord of the manor in 1749, when the Amsterdam Dutch ship drifted ashore at Bulverhithe, and was present at the submergence of the said vessel.). In continuing his objection, Coun. Deudney asked if Mr. Ross meant to claim the Stone-beach, why did he not begin with the more valuable part on which Mr. Burton had erected buildings at St. Leonards? Coun. Ross would give Mr. Deudney credit for the trouble he had taken to rouse the feelings of Ald. Burton, and so bring on a little warfare: for so doing, he was only fighting the battle of his friend Mr. Eversfield. As for Mr. Burton’s property, the Stone-beach was gone for ever, and it would be a robbery to meddle with it now; but that was not the case with the district beach westward. He moved that a committee be formed to take the case into consideration. The motion was carried.
Gas Tar. The proposition to lay down gas tar on some portion of the parade was debated at considerable length, which ended with a resolution to try it on the path leading from the Harpsichord to the Long Fields.
The Old Baths Once More. Ald. Clement said he had gone round to all the shareholders, who had agreed to accept £16 per share – total £848. The Committee had made up the subscriptions to £118 5s., thus leaving a deficiency of £134 15s., to meet which the earnings up to January and the sale of materials would probably raise £120. There would then be wanting about £14 added to the £600 already offered to effect a clearance. This sum was ultimately agreed to.
- Soliloquy on the Old Warm Baths
In the prospect of a speedy dissolution. By “Mercury” (Mr. Pitter)
“The driving storm my weather boards
Have weathered year by year;
My bricks and mortar long have heard
The surges beating near.
“My slated head has borne the heat
Oft on a summer’s day:
Or in November braved the showers
Of pebbles and of spray.
“My tiny mouth with curling smoke
Has long enriched the air;
And often marked the neighbourhood
-
