_Saint Paul's Clock_ (Vol. iii., p. 40.).--In reply to MR. CAMPKIN'S Query,
I send you the following extract from Easton's _Human Longevity_ (London,
1799):
"James Hatfield died in 1770, aged 105. Was formerly a soldier: when on
duty as a centinel at Windsor, one night, at the expiration of his
guard, he heard St. Paul's clock, London, strike _thirteen_ strokes
instead of twelve, and not being relieved as he expected he fell
asleep; in which situation he was found by the succeeding guard, who
soon after came to relieve him; for such neglect he was tried by a
court-martial, but pleading that he was on duty his legal time, and
asserting, as a proof, the singular circumstance of hearing St. Paul's
clock strike thirteen strokes, which, upon inquiry, proved true--he was
in consequence acquitted."