_Morpeth._--The curfew bell is still rung at eight P.M. at Morpeth in
Northumberland.

E.H.A.


_Exeter._--The curfew is rung in Exeter Cathedral at eight P.M.

The present practice is to toll the bell thirty strokes, and after a
short interval to toll eight more; the latter, I presume, denoting the
hour.

G.T.


_Winchester._--Curfew is still rung at Winchester.

AN OLD COMMONER PREFECT.


_Over, near Winsford, Cheshire._--The custom of ringing the curfew is
still kept up at Over, near Winsford, Cheshire; and the parish church,
St. Chads, is nightly visited for that purpose at eight o'clock. This
bell is the signal amongst the farmers in the neighbourhood for "looking
up" their cattle in the winter evenings; and was, before the
establishment of a public clock in the tower of the Weaver Church at
Winsford, considered the standard time by which to regulate their
movements.