a slaughterhouse about the middle of the present Robertson Street ; a block and mast-maker's shop and dwelling-house, and one or two other houses along a rope-walk, now Carlisle Parade ; a low cottage near the westernmost end of the said rope-walk ; one house near the top of the White-rock ; a limekiln and a lime-burner's house at the present Warrior Square ; and the New England Bank, or Bopeep public-house near the St. Leonards South Coast Railway Station : -these were all or nearly all the houses existing along the west front of the Borough of Hastings ; this is now occupied by an esplanade and houses not to be surpassed in any watering-place in England.
At the time referred to, Hastings was not paved, drained or lighted ; gutters ran along the middle of the streets, common channels for soap-suds, dish-water and other dirty water. Along a part of George Street the footway, not pavement, was below the level of the carriage way, and the pedestrian had to go down steps at one end and up steps at the other. Bourne Passage and also Great Bourne Street had an open stream, called the Bourne ; this was partly choked up with brick-bats, tin kettles and bits of earthenware of all sizes, shapes and patterns. This stream formed part of the water-supply of Hastings. Once or twice a week, the water, which had been kept back in a place called " The Slough," at the upper end of the town, was let down the Bourne for the purpose of flushing -
