eligible situations, for the accommodation of the visitors ; particularly the Marine Parade, Pelham Place and Crescent, Breeds Place, Wellington Square, Russell Street, Bedford Place, York Buildings, the Croft, Gloucester Place, Coburg Place, &c. &c. The town has been greatly improved, by paving and lighting the principal parts of it, and further improvements are contemplated , by supplying each house with water, the erection of a Market House , &c. &c. The number of inhabitants has greatly increased and are now above 10,000 .
Respecting its name and antiquity, it appears from SHARON TURNER'S History of the Anglo Saxons, that Offa, King of Mercia , an ambitious Prince, wishing to extend his dominions, invaded Kent and a great slaughter ensued at Otford, in which Offa triumphed, and Kent submitted to the power of Mercia. It is also stated that he attacked the Hestingi -- the situation of these people has been doubted by various authors ; but the most prevalent opinion is that they were from Hastings, one of the Cinque Ports ; and this presumption is supported by Alford, who states in his annals that a charter in Dublet fixes them in Sussex, by which charter Offa confirms a grant of land in the -
