of which had been forwarded to the Postmaster General
The Mayor thought that perhaps some of those who were present at the previous meeting did not quite know what they word doing in passing the resolution about putting up the name.
Ald. Ross did not think there had been any mistake in the minds of the Council. The resolutions passed were word for word as the Clerk had now read them.
Coun. Putland said that at the former meeting he had not so understood the resolution respecting the Post Office, and others had not understood it so. Some who were in favour of the resolution said there should be petitions sent to the Houses of Parliament, and he was not aware that the subject of a General Post-Office was part and parcel of the resolution. He, at the meeting, thought that it was only the previous resolution that should be sent.
Ald. Ross then rose for an onslaught, as it soon appeared. There had been, he said, a large meeting at St. Leonards, apparently composed principally of visitors. He did not complain of the various tradesmen in that district expressing their opinions in public, but he did complain of visitors dictating to the Council of Hastings, which he saw from the reports, they did. He saw that a Mr. Harwood spoke very strongly against Hastings, and very indignantly, too. In one part of his speech, Mr. Harwood said "in point of situation there was a wide distance between the health of Hastings and St. Leonards; there was a popular prejudice about Hastings." He (Mr. Ross) did not know anything about Mr. Harwood any further any further than he was told that he was told(sic) that he was a manufacturer of diaries or something of that sort. He did not wish to speak of him disrespectfully on that account, but he believed he was originally known as "Penny Harwood." [If Mr. Ross had been more familiar with St. Leonards, or had only referred to its visitor lists, he would have learnt that Mr. Harwood Harwood, a frequent visitor at St. Leonards of whose education a legal knowledge many a man would be proud, occupied one of the largest mansions on the Marina, and was not "Penny Harwood, a manufacturer of diaries". Mr. Ross would, however have known a little more of Mr. Harwood when the latter had published his reply. See page ____[a]]. He (Ald. Ross) thought visitors should not come down and dictate to old inhabitants. They were very glad of visitors company [cheers], but did not want their dictation. The Town Council of Hastings were quite capable of managing their own affairs without the dictation of Mr. Harwood or any other gent.
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