Dr. Derham, in his Artificial Clock Maker, third edit. Lond. 1714, states, that the Hampton Court clock shows the time of the day, and the motions of the sun and moon, through all the degrees of the zodiac, toge ther with the matters depending thereon, as the day of the month, the sun and moon's place in the ecliptic, the moon's southing, &c. &c. To show how completely (for that age) the wheel-work was arranged, will be best known from the following short detailed extract from the same little work:-In the centre of all, both the dial-plate and its wheel work are placed on a fixed arbor, which hath a pinion on the end of it which drives both the solar and lunar motions, by means of a large wheel of 288 teeth turning once round upon it every 24 hours, which large wheel is drawn round by a pinion of 12 leaves, fixed on the arbor of the great wheel within the clock frames, which turneth once round in an hour; the wheel 288 thus turning round in 24 hours, carries about with it a wheel of 37 teeth and its pinion of 7 leaves, this pinion of 7 leaves turning round with wheel 37, drives another wheel having 45 teeth which carries round the moon's ring and circle; on the opposite side of this wheel-work, a pinion of 8 leaves extends, and did drive a wheel, but said wheel and its pinion being taken away, the numbers of the wheel and pinion are unknown, the pinion of this wheel, how ever, turned round a wheel having 29 teeth, furnished with a pinion of 12 leaves, which turned round a large wheel having 132 teeth which carries round the sun and the zodical matter. These were the numbers of the wheel-work remaining in the year 1711, but the before-mentioned wheel and its pinion were taken out formerly by some ignorant workman that was not able to amend the clock; they were, however, supplied, and the whole movement repaired by Mr. Lang Bradley, Fenchurch-street, London, vide Dr. Derham's Artificial Clock Maker, 3rd edit. Lond. 1714, pp. 121 and 122.

This description gives a very clear idea how the several movements were actuated; but the numbers of a wheel and pinion in

The writer of the article Clock-work in Dr. Rees' Ency. (before referred to,) states, that after he had drawn up the various particulars regarding this clock, he felt an inclination to inspect it; this was on the 8th day of May, 1805, when he embraced an opportunity which occurred of gaining permission to ascend the lofty situation in which the clock is placed. It proved on a minute and careful examination of its several parts, that the whole of both the annual and lunar movements are different from the original ones recorded by Dr. Derham; the lunar movements were found to be 59.10×459=29 days for a synodical lunation, the annual train was found to be 73.12×42-7 × 150-15 =365 days exactly; the central pinion was a double one consisting of a 10 and a 12, fixed as the former one of 8 is described to have been, and pinned together; they are of the wood called box, as are also the pinions 7 and 9, to prevent their cankering (oxiding), the wheel 42 is made of brass, but the rest being very large are made of iron; the great wheel of 288 teeth which connects the clock-work with the astronomical movements, appeared to be the only portion of the original work, both by its marks of antiquity and the number of its teeth, which are cut on its inner edge (interior circumference), there are two cross bars rivetted to this indented rim to carry the celestial movements, and as there was no counterpoise to them, it was suspected that their rising and falling weight would alternately accelerate and retard the going of the clock, which is connected with it by means of a horizontal arbor of about three feet long by estimation, an inquiry into this matter proved the accuracy of this conjecture, for it appeared that the time of the day indicated was sometimes about five minutes too slow, and at other times as much too fast; the inscription "L. Bradley, 1711," is engraved on the frame of the going part of the clock, which has evidently been new, either the whole of it at that time, or some part of it since, so that what the original regulator was does not appear, the initials of the maker's name "N. O." are now not to be found; there are three barrels and weights, one for the going part which has a very long, heavy pendulum, one for the striking part, and one for the quarters, the present scapement is a pair of pallets acting alternately into pins projecting from the plane of a wheel with a horizontal arbor or axis; according to Berthoud, this kind of scapement was invented by a Mr. Amant, a clock-maker at Paris, late in the 18th century.

So it would seem that this clock had been again altered and repaired, somewhere be tween the years 1760 and 1800; in Grose's Antiquities, it is stated, that the astronomical furniture of this clock was invented by Thomas Tompion, the celebrated clock-maker; this account cannot be correct, for that ingenious artist lived in Dr. Derham's time, Tompion died in 1669, which period is about 129 years after its construction; it is prob able, however, that he might have been employed upon it, and thus given circulation to this current account; the hands and circles are in the following order upon the dial-plate: 1st, or interior circle, is divided into 24 hours for the moon's southings, after this manner, 12, 11, 10, &c.; 2nd, moon's age circle divided into 294 equal parts; 3rd circle is furnished with the ecliptic with its signs, and days of the month; 4th, sun or hour hand revolving in 24 hours; 5th, the dial circle divided into 24 hours in the usual manner, thus, 12, 1, 2, &c. the moon's phase is exhibited in a circular opening in the hour hand, which covers more or less of a plate, part of which is blackened elliptically, placed

under it.

The Gatherer.

Angel.-A short time since there was found at Bath, Somersetshire, an angel of Edward IV., in the highest state of preservation. On the obverse appears the archangel St. Michael, having one foot on the dragon, and piercing him in the mouth with a spear, the end of which terminates with a crosslet. Inscrip

tion:-EDWARD DI. GRA. REX ANGL. Z. FRANC. On the reverse, a ship with a large mast, the top of which is formed into a cross; the royal shield, with the arms of England and France, is fixed on this mast, having on the dexter side an E., the initial of the name, and on the sinister, a rose. Inscription: PER CRUCEM TUA SALVA NOS XPE REW. G. C.

DEMPT.

Love of Wine.-The Emperor Wenceslaus of bibacious memory, (says Dr. Beattie,) granted to the Nurembergers certain impor tant liberties and indemnities, on condition of their furnishing him in return with three tuns of the wine of Bacharach. There ars many historical anecdotes in circulation of his predilection for the choicest grape. All authors coincide in the fact, that he wae little annoyed by his sudden reverses of station as a degraded potentate. The odes of Anacreon appear to have been his text book. He drank under the apprehension that the time might come when he could not drink. He wrote to several of the imperial towns, stating that he had exacted from them no other pledge of attachment to his person and government, than a few tuns of their best

St. Sebastian's Day in Spain.-The cus tom alluded to by Horace of sticking a tail, (says a modern traveller,) is still practised by the boys in Spain, to the great annoyance of old ladies, who are generally the objects of this sport. One of the ragged striplings that wander in crowds about the streets of Seville, having tagged a piece of paper with a hooked pin, and stolen unperceived behind some slow-paced female, as, wrapped up in her veil, she tells the beads she carries in her left hand, fastens the paper tail on the back of the black or walking petticoat called saya. The whole of the boys, who, at a convenient distance, have watched the dexterity of their companion, set up a loud cry of "Làrgalo, largalo "-" Drop it, drop it." This makes every female in the street look to the rear, which they well know is the fixed point of attack with the merry light troops. The alarm continues till some friendly hand relieves the like a spent top, tries in vain to catch a glance victim of sport, who spinning and nodding at the fast-pinned paper, unmindful of the physical law which forbids her head revolving faster than the great orbit on which the

ominous comet flies.

W. G. C.

C. Lamb.-The following lines were written by the late C. Lamb, upon the cover of a book of blotting paper. F. W. L.

Blank tho' I be, within you'll find
Relics of th' enraptur'd mind:
Where truth and fable, mirth and wit,
Are safely here deposited.

The placid, furious, envious, wise,
Impart to me their secrecies;

Here hidden thonghts in blotted line,
Nor sybil can the sense divine.
Lethe and I twin sisters be—
Theu, stranger, open me and see!

Mr. Wilberforce.-A friend told me that he found him once in the greatest agitation, looking for a dispatch which he had inislaid; one of the royal family was waiting for ithe had delayed the search till the last mo ment-he seemed, at length, quite vexed and flurried. At this unlucky instant, a disturbance in the nursery overhead occurred. My friend, who was with him, said to himself, "Now, for once, Wilberforce's temper will give way." He had hardly thought thus when Wilberforce turned to him, and said, "What a blessing it is to have these dear children; only think what a relief, amidst

THE ISLINGTON CATTLE-MARKET. UPWARDS of eight years since, (see Mirror, vol. xi., p. 65,) we lent our humble aid in illustration of the Abattoirs, or Public Slaughter-houses in Paris, which plan it was then proposed to adopt in the suburbs of our metropolis. Hence was anticipated the removal of the necessity of driving cattle and sheep through the crowded streets of London, to and from Smithfield, which has long been complained of as an almost intolerable nuisance, productive of scenes disgraceful to those wearing "the human form.' The Times newspaper had hitherto lent its powerful influence in furtherance of this scheme of humanity, or rather this effort to abolish cruelty; and the Editor allowed one of his Correspondents to describe the drovers as "more brutal than the beasts they drive;" the blood of the animals to be, from fatigue and ill usage, in a state little short of putrefaction; and their flesh as far removed as possible from the healthy state, in which alone it ought to become human food. These facts were well attested, and it was hoped that something would be done to abolish the nuisance; especially as a practical architect, (Mr. Hakewill,) had shown the facility with which so desirable an object might be effected. It, however, proved otherwise. The scheme was approved of on paper, but no more; and admiration, in this case, proved only unsubstantial patronage. Even the Corporation of the City did not stir to abate the nuisance of their market; while they left the friends of humanity to civilize their drovers; they would punish by law, that is, when compelled to do so, but their humanity was tethered to the magistrate's chair. The removal of the market was a matter of mammon, in which even the fear of unwholesome meats, and the preservation of the public health, were not duly considered: it was a question of finance; and humanity was but a feather in the balance; while the taunt of London being behind Paris in the means of supplying its citizens with food was borne in silence.

This apathy induced a private individual to try what might be done by the establishment of a new cattle-market; and such deter mination he has carried into effect to the extent illustrated in the previous Engraving. This shows an area of nearly fifteen acres, abutting on the Lower Road, Islington, near to Ball's Pond Turnpike-gate. This space is inclosed by a substantial brick wall, about ten feet in height, within which are sheds on all the four sides, each of which is 800 feet long, and the span of the roofing to the sheds is 25 feet. The roofs rest on the inclosing walls outward, and on substantial piers inward. These sheds are divided into pens or stalls of convenient extent for the

reception of beasts, with yards or layers before them, in which the cattle may range. Here they may be foddered and watered from market-day to market day, or until the purchasers may have occasion to use them. A road or drive goes on each of the four sides of the market, within the layers before the stalls; and within this road are other yards or layers, for cattle also; but these are without sheds. Within these cattle-yards are layers for sheep. The rest of the inner area, save the centre, is disposed in pens for sheep: the layers being for conveniently exposing them for sale; and the latter for them to remain in after they are sold, or if they should remain uusold. The centre of the inner area is a circle, of 150 feet diameter, intended to be occupied by an Exchange for the meeting of salesmen and graziers, and offices and dwellings for money-takes. At present, the latter only have been erected.

The inner area is likewise quadrated by roads crossing it at right angles, and lying op posite to the entrance gateways. Drains and sewers run through the whole area, and two large tanks furnish the establishment with water.

Thus far the upper or quadrangular portion of the market. The lower part is of irregular, triangular form; the right-hand portion being reserved for slaughter-houses;* or occupied by inclosures for pigs. Here, likewise, is the principal entrance from the Islington Lower Road by an arched gateway, and footways, through the centre of a building containing offices for the clerks, &c.: it is placed in the middle of the west side of the market, and recedes about 60 yards from the road. The sides immediately fronting the road consist of houses with shops, built in the embellished style now common in the new streets of the metropolis. Here, likewise, is another entrance.

"The situation of this establishment is, perhaps, the best that could have been chosen for its purpose, lying open, as it does, to most of the great roads from the northern and eastern counties, from which the princ:pal supply of cattle and sheep to the London market is derived, and communicating conveniently, by means of the New or City Road, with a greater part of the townwithout driving through the heart of it,than any other would have done. Indeed, the new Road affords direct and easy access to the Market from the western roads also; but both town and country will require a similar establishment near the confluence of the principal roads on the south side of the

It should here be observed that the plan of the proprietor is to connect the Market with an esta blishment affording conveniences for slaughtering on the plan of the French abattoir. After our early interest in this and every other portion of the plan, we need scarcely add our best wishes for the proprie tor's entire success.