regard to morality - Vice has not yet erected her standard here; - the numerous tribe of professional gamblers, unhappy profligates, and fashionable swindlers find employment and rapine elsewhere. Innocent recreational delight, card assemblies, billiards, riding, walking, reading, fishing, and other modes of pastime banish care from the mind, whilst the salubrity of the atmosphere impels disease from the body.
The society of Hastings are gay without profligacy, and enjoy life without mingling in its debaucheries.
The town of Hastings is situated upon the sea-coast near the eastern extremity of the county of Sussex, in 50o 50' 34" N. Lat. and 0o 37' E. Longitude, and distant 64 miles from London. It is the chief of the Cinque Ports, and, as such, enjoys a number of particular privileges.
Some account of their origin, as given by Camden, Jeake, and others, will be acceptable to many readers.
