from which place to the Bathing-house, westward by Barry's Library, it is intended to make a new parade, a subscription for which purpose is now begun ; and the money already subscribed, is deposited in the Hastings Bank. Many persons, with a spirit truly laudable, farmers, and owners of teams, have subscribed also five pounds, and some ten pounds labour to bring stone for carrying on the work, which will be begun early in the spring. This town was lately new paved, which, by removing a number of obstructions and nuisances, has added greatly to its convenience and beauty.
The valley in which the town of Hastings is built, forms a beautiful and spacious amphitheatre of an oval figure, sloping to the south, the houses and gardens rising gradually to the east and west, and the hills to the north. The Barracks, which are now building about half a mile from Hastings, in a field near the turnpike-gate, command a view of the town, the hills and vallies, the sea, Pevensy Bay, and the country around - beautiful beyond description.
