Hastings

(has'tingz,) a borough and fashionable sea bathing resort of England, co. Su ex, 54 m. S.E. of London. It is one of the Cinque Ports, and near it, on the 14th Oct., 1066, was fought the decisive battle which gave to William the Conqueror the English throne. Pop. 29,289. Hastings, in Canada W., an E. central co.; area, 1,325 sq. m.; C. Belleville. Pop: 52,686. in Minnesola, a town, C. of Dakota co., on the Mi i ippi river, abt. 25 m. below St. Paul. Pop. 3,458. Hastings, WARREN, the first of the English viceroys of India, was B. in Worcesters hire, 1732. At the age of 18 Fig. 381. proceeded to Calcutta, WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. where his proficiency (From the Bayeux Tapestry.) in Oriental languages speedily raised him to a seat in the Council ofBengal, 1761. After having been made President of that Council in 1772, he suppre ed an insurrection headed by Hyder Ali, Rajah of Mysore, and to replenish the public treasury resorted to heavy exactions upon the wealth of the native princes. In 1785 he resigned his office, and after his arrival in England was impeached by the Whig party for malfeasance in the administration of Indian affairs. After a memorable and protracted trial lasting 7years, H. was acquitted by the House of Commons in 1795. D. 1818. Hat, (hat.) [A.S. hæt.] (Costume.) Ahead-covering worn by both sexes, designed of different shapes, composed of a variety of materials, and used both as a protection against the weather, and for purposes of dre and ornament. 1 1 2 2 0 3 3 4 5 Fig. 382.- HATS. 1, 14th cent.; 2, end of the 15th and beginning of the 16th cent.; 3, 17th cent.; 4, beginning of the 18th cent.; 5, (1792.) [s. 441]