And upon the eastern hill, in a small square field, stood a Church, called St. George's ; the last remains of which, inconsiderable and of little account, were levelled by the late Rector some twenty-five years ago. There had likewise been a Church or Chapel on the hill, just over the east well : human skeletons, bones, and fragments of buildings have been discovered at times, on the falling away of the cliff.
TOWN HALL.
Here is a Town Hall or Court House, erected in 1700, with a market-place under it. In the Hall is a shield bearing the arms of France, brought from Quebec after the taking of that place, and presented to this Corporation by General Murray; likewise a frame, containing a long list of the Mayors of Hastings. It commences in 1500, at which time a Bailiff was the chief Magistrate, the first Mayor being sworn in 1560. Over the Mayor's seat are the arms of Charles II. Here is a Custom-house, a col-
