At the Society's meeting on the 30th of September, the following names were added to the list of members:-
| J. B. Jones, Esq., 10 Wellington Sq. | Rev. J. Malkin, 1 Harold place. |
| Miss Sarah Marsh Baily, 11 Robertson st. | Miss Emma Elsey, High Wickham |
| Rev. H. D. E. Bull, Gloucester place |
Accidents and Fatalities.
On April 29th a nephew of builder Harman, while helping to erect the hustings for the election, was thrown from the top, and had to be carried to the Infirmary.
On May 2nd, a young painter, named Dabney, also had to be taken to the Infirmary, he having sustained injuries to his forehead, caused by the blowing down of a long ladder in Robertson street.
On Jue 3rd, a compound fracture of the right arm befell Mr. John Sinden, manager of Waghorne's Robertson street business by being thrown out of a cart on the way from Bexhill.
A child named Tichbow, was knocked down and bruised by a gentleman's horse, near the "Swan" on the 22nd of September.
A child named White, on the following day, sustained a compound fracture of one leg, through the falling down of a plank that had been leaning against a wall.
A young woman named McCormick, on Sep. 25th, broke the small bone of one leg through falling into one of the area holes of the new hotel (the Queen's)
A gentleman bather swam out a great distance in a rather rough sea, and being unable to return, a boat, manned by Jas. Hinckley and Thos. and Richard Cobby, went to his rescue, and on reaching land, offered the boatmen 6d., but ultimately consented to give 2/. It is said that some men live cheaply, but this gentleman probably remembered the 26th of September, when he was permitted to live at so great a cost.
John Oliver (fireman) was killed, and Jones (engine driver) was injured on Oct. 3rd by an explosion and wreck of a big train near Lewes, thus so blocking the line that a large number of excursionists in returning from the Shoreham Gardens to Hastings and St. Leonards, had to be sent from Brighton to Haywards Heath, and then down to Lewes, reaching home at about 1.30 next morning.
A man named Putland was blown to pieces on the 13th of April, by one of those very numerous accidents which occurred during the last war with France, but which, happily, had been infrequent of late. At the Battle powder mills on the date here indicated shortly before 9 a.m., a loud report was heard at Hastings as though -
