Litchfield enquirer., 1830-02-25

The richest man an Eng Hand, and prOb-
 auly .he richest in the world, was thus de.
 >ctbed in an English paper fvc or six
 ye"S ago. That wealth, as we'll as knowl-
 elgc, is poWcr, the history of this individ- .uai s'rikiugly proves. By means of his
 immense riches, he is often able to check
 and control the movements of kingdoms.
 And crowned heads arc often moro anx.
 ious to be on good terms with him, than
 with any other power. The extract from
 the English paper is as foIlows:-
 MT. N. M. Ro,hschild is descended
 from German lineage. MT. R. sought
 to establish his fortune in England. Vari-
 ons were his vicissitudes in carly life by
 hlS industry and prudential conduct, he
 'cQow'" considerable property in the lin-
 Y. sI" Manchester, vas' quantities of
 -r. "clr were imported during tho last War 'o tho Continent, where Mr. K. avail ed hnsrl of the peculiar advantage of his brothers agency in that quarter of Eu- rope. Previously to the close of the late war, Mr. Rothschld transferred the scene ofcommercial operations from Manchester l to London. He then became consider able specnlator in tho Foreign and British Securities on the Stock Exchange, and af- ter tho melancholy death of Mr. Gold smid, assumed very prominent station in the money markc,.-But the principal incident which contributed to the rapid elevation of our modern Crosus, was tho escape of Bonaparte from Elba, in 1914. In consequence of Mr.R.'s superior means of information on the Continent, this i'm. portant occurrence was known to him nearly f"rty-eight hours before it was in possession of any other person in this country. He did not fail to avail himself of every advantage which this priority of intelligence presented. His agents went into the market and sold prodigious quan- titles of stock. The consternation was dreadful Every one suspected danger, mono knew where to look for it.-The panic was epidemic. On tho disclosure of the fact, the general cry was sauvs que pe"t; and tho object of our present ar,i- cle bore off tho immense sum. gained bv his success on this great and extraordinary occasion.
 MT. RothschiId, thus fortified in wealth. and enjoying at this time the almost exclu- sive means of acquiring tho first intelli- gence from the Continent, soon establish. ed for himself a reputation and impor- 1 tance tue maturity of which can hardly be l said to have been accomplished at the l present moment. He availed himself in conjunction with his brothers Twho were also great capitalists on the Continent of the opportunity of administering to the l King of Prassia, the Emperor of Russia. ,he King of Naples and Spain, the Rcpub- lir oi Colombia and other states, who ne- gac'a,ed loans on terms highly profitable | to him; and which have, with the advan- tages of the courses of exchange and other incidental benefits, realized immense sums in addition to his fortunate spcculations in British Stock. But the great coup de | main of Mir. R. consisted in his outgener- alling the Gallic Financiers in the recent French Loan. In that transaction he is to have cleared upwards of Gloo,- 100 by the commission alone, independent f the advantages of tho courses of ex- hange!
 By the fortuitOus occurrence of favora- le circumstances, Mr. R. has been ena- led to amass greater wealth, than any nan that ever existed in England. ItE: