Sermons were preached and meeting(sic) were held during the week ending March 14th in connection with the church Missionary Society, both at St. Leonards and Hastings; also at Ore, the collections at which were as follows:-
| St. Leonards Church | £ | 38. | 7s. | 5d. | All Saint's Church | 10 | 4. | 6 | |
| St. Leonards meeting | 26. | 2s. | 5d. | Halton Church | 6 | 11. | 2 | ||
| St. Leonards juvenile Association | 34. | 18s. | 6. | Ore Church | 6 | 1. | 6 | ||
| St. Mary Magdalen Church | 38. | 5. | 0. | Fairlight Church | 11 | 11. | 9 | ||
| St. Mary-in Castle Church | 69. | 15s. | 9. | Hastings meeting | 9 | 7. | 2 | ||
| St. Clement's Church | 17. | 10s. | 7. | Hastings Juvenile Association | 42 | 5. | 7 |
Indian Relief Fund
St Leonards contributed more than two-thirds of the £1,000 that was obtained for the Indian Relief fund in 1857, without a canvass.
Death of a Nonagenarian
The demise of the greatly respected and highly associated Mrs. Mather occurred at her residence, 65 Eversfield, on January 1st or the day preceding in her 92nd year.
Turn 'em Out!
On the 1st of January at an hour before daylight the streets of St. Leonards resounded with the unmelodious shouts of "Turn 'em out, rout 'em out, bundle 'em out!" an annual custom in the older town of Hastings, which at one time, presumably, was intended as a symbol of turning out the old year and bringing in the new, but which with the latter-day Saints (All Saints and Saint Leonards included) meant "Turn out your money and anything else you have to dispose of, and see how we'll scramble for it!"
"The Light of Other Days"
"Yes, (says the St. Leonards Gazette, of March 28th) the 'Light of other days 'has faded! before the new but 'time-honoured' luminary which has made its appearance in the 'western hemisphere' of the borough. We allude, of course to the illuminated clock of Mr. Sellman's in Norman Road, which was lighted up for the first time on Wednesday, March 25th. It is gratifying to find that whilst the 'East-enders' united efforts have hitherto failed to obtain a public monitor of the night, the Westenders have been more successful through the instrumentality of an enterprising tradesman."
A Novel Vessel
On Thursday, March 26th, a vessel of a novel description, and drawn by a horse, passed through St. Leonards. It had all the appearance of a light spring-cart, and but for the announcement on the stern "for sail" no one would have discovered anything nautical about it.
