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as the barrel continues to revolve the lever is set free, and the 

 hammer falling on the bell produces sound. The apparatus 

 has to be wound up twice daily, and by a movement of the 

 barrel is made to play a fresh tune on each day of the week. 

 The following is the programme : — 



Sunday " Old 104th {Hanover)." 



Monday " The Lass of Patties Mi//." 



Tuesday " The High/and Laddie." 



Wednesday..." The Shady Boilers." 

 Thursday ..." The National Anthem." 



Friday "Handel's March in Scipio." 



Saturday " The Si/hen Garter." 



Not a very ecclesiastical selection ! 



Two of these tunes were added in 1762, and the National 

 Anthem in 1794. 



The following are the only entries I can find : — 



1762 For setting Two Tunes on the Chimes 1.1.0 



One year Salary for Clock & Chimes 3 • 3 • ° 



17S1 William Whitehurst for Repairing the Chimes 9 . 19. 6 



1790 Mr. Whitehurst for Ropes for Clock and Chimes, etc. . . 7.0.0 

 1794 Paid Mr. Whitehurst's bill for setting a tune on the 



Chimes — God save the King 5.5.0 



The machinery was overhauled and put right a few years 

 ago, but appears to have again relapsed into its evil ways, 

 dropping a note here and there, and performing other little 

 eccentricities. When they are again put in order — which we 

 hope will be soon — it would be most desirable to alter the 

 clock at the same time, so that the celebrated " Cambridge 

 Quarters" might take the place of the present "ding-dong" 

 arrangement. A ring of ten or twelve bells is requisite to get 

 the proper interval, and as the only question here is one of 

 expense, that little difficulty might easily be got over.* 



In the account of the bells in the last paper, I overlooked one 

 curious custom, viz. : the ringing on Sundays and Holy Days, 

 of one bell, at 7 a.m., and two bells at 8 a.m. This, like the 



* The Cambridge Quarters are in use at St. Luke's, Derby, but the effect 

 is completely spoiled owing to a ring of eight bells not supplying the 

 requisite interval for the hour-bell. 



