| Title | William Childe [brother-in-law to Edward Cludde] from Hastings, is anxious to learn of Lady FitzHerbert's confinement; is delighted to learn of Sir Henry's proposed visit to Hastings which "for mildness of climate and picturesque scenery is preferable to any I have seen upon the coast. The best houses are the seven which constitute the row in which we are living but I believe they are all taken for the winter. The present rent of them is 8 guineas a week.
... There are three other situations which I think would suit you and which I consider to be desirable in the order in which I name them: the Marina Parade, Wellington Place, and the Croft. At present there is but one house vacant in any of them, and that is in the Croft, which is the most sheltered, but the dullest of them all ...". 23 November |