_The Bellman_ (Vol. iii., p. 324.).--Your correspondent F. W. T. will
find a very amusing sketch of a night-watchman in _Gemälde aus dem
häuslichen Leben und Erzählungen_ of G. W. C. Starke: whether it may
help his inquiries or not I cannot say. It will at least inform him of
the difficulties in which a conscientious and gallant watchman found
himself when he attempted to improve on the time-honoured terms in which
he had to "cry the hours."