_The Old Clock at Alderley._--In the investigation of this very old and
curious piece of mechanism by the Rev. Joseph Bockett, in the year 1833, an
inscription was found signifying that it was presented to the church of
Alderley by the great Sir Matthew Hale. It was copied, _verbatim_ {270} _et
literatim_, by the said reverend gentleman, and is as follows:
"This is the Guift of the Right Honourable the Lord Cheif Justice Heale
to the Parish Church of Alderly. John Mason, Bristol, Fecit, Nov[=e]m.
1^{st} 1673."
It appears, by this inscription, to have been presented on his birth-day;
which, from his tomb, was found to be November 1. Alderley is the family
place of the Hale family to this day.