At 5pm Hastings Bonfire Boys got into marching order headed by a drum and fife band. The guy was of an anti-slavery character.
A rough gale caused the wreck of the Lambourn, a collier brig. Messrs Kent, the principal owners, will be heavy losers. She was built more than 30 years ago at a shipwrights, near the Russian Gun, now closed.
The soup kitchen in Post Office Passage, off the High Street, opened for the sale of soup. Tickets for distribution were available at 6d and 4d.