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distinguished honors so profusely heaped
upon him by the illustrious Lord Clifton.
THE ROTHSCHILDS.

AT the commencement of the wars of
the French Revolution their father, Moses
Rothschild (Anglice Redchld) was small
banker or money lender, living in an OBJ.
scure part of Frankfort. He had cstab.
lished character for strict probity, and
would no doubt have amassed large for.
tune, and have enriched his family, although
events had never SO eminently served him.
His eldest son, Nathan Meyer, whom
he sent toEngland, commenced business in
Manchester, partly as q small manufacturer
but chiefly as a broker or commission a.
gent, in the way Of purchasing the fibrics
of Lancashire and Yorkshire, and shipping
them for Frankfort, to supply the German
market. This was thriving business g.
nough, until the celebrated Berlin and Mi.
Ian DEGREES crushed it and the trade OF
Frankfort at the same time.
Another son, Solomon, was sent to Paris,
where he commenced business as money
dealer and negotiant. The third son re.
manned at home with his father.
| When the French armies crossed the
Rhine, most of the German princes were
driven from their territories, among others
the sovereign of Hesse Cassel who carried
his jewels and money hastily to Frankfort,
in order, if possible, TO deposit them where
they would be most likely to escape the
French.
The reputable character of the humble
Jew, Moses Roihschild, induced the Prince
to call upon him for the purpose of depos.
ting with him his treasure, in value some
millions Of thalars. Rothschild at once
refused accepting so dangerous response.
blity, for the French troops were advan-
cling fast to the city. The Prince who
would not even take a receipt for them, at
last urged Moses to take charge Of the mon.
ey and jewels; and the French army was
actually entering Frankfort at the moment
that Ro.hschid succeeded in burying the
Princes treasure in corner of his little
garden. t
, His own property, which in goods and
J money, was worth about 10000 thalars, he
, did not hide, well knowing that if he did so,
) a strict search would be made, and that not
, only his own, but the Princes hoard, would
be discovered and plundered. The Repub.
: licans, who like the Philistines of old, fell
: upon Rothschild, lef. him not one thaler's
value of his own money or property. In
} truth he was like all the other Jews and cit.
] liens, reduced to utter poverty, but tho
5 Princes treasure was safe, and some time
: afer the French army marcEe out from
{ Frankfort Rothschid commenced business
: cautiously by means Of the Princes mon.
d ey, until the year 1902 when the latter re.
c turned 10 Frankfort, on his way to Cassel.
He had heard and read in III Gazettes,
c that the French had dc poiled Rohschi!d
e Of every thing he pos ,essed, and couse.
S quently, he considered his own must have
If inevitably gone. He however called, with.
e out any hope, on the honest Jew, and when
Is he asked Moses eff the robbers had took
l. all?" great was his Joy when the latter re-
o plel 'not of one kreutzer, have all the
g Jewels, which | secured untouched in q
II strong chest, and the money have also
d with four per cent, besides for your high.
q, ness, from the day that you put your conf.
ID dence in the Jew, Moses Ro.hschild." He
st then related the whole story, and several
ne anecdotes about the ingenuity of the sans.
n cuiotteS.-" AS was left without kreutzer
~ Of my own" continued he. "and had Sc
y. much good mon ~ Of your highness's idle
st and doing no profit, and as could ge
til high interest for it f'om the merchants,
he began to use it by little and little. have
been successful ; and it is only just you
or should have it all back with a per cent. in
n. terest." "No," said the Prince, 81 will
81 neither rec Give the interest which you
,el honesty offers, nor yet take my money GU
&c, of your hands. The interest is not suffi
lie cienr to replace what you lost to saw
n, mine and further, my money shall be o
" your service for 30 years to come, at n
is. more than 2 per cent. interest,"" AT tn
to congress Of Vienna, the Prince Of Hess
tie Cassel held up the high character of Nose
ip- Rothschild so earnestly to the posentate
lif- and ministers there assembled, as to obtai
De. from them promises of giving power of ne
all gociating loans to the family and the loa
err Of 200,000,000f contracted by France I
ks pay the Allied Powers, was accordingl
nix entrusted to the son at Paris, the presel
Ids Baron Solomon Roshschild. Thus bega
nd Their loans and negotiations on larg
bly, scale; added to which, their increasin
uit connexions and resources hv'ny enable
rec them to have more expeditions intelligence
lly, than all o:her capitalists they have profile
The by their contracts to an unprecedented e.
had tent.
d Mr.. Ro;hschild, of London, for instanc
an, had information of Napoleon's escape fro
his Elba 25 hours before the British Ministr
me Their first loan of 200,000,000f. contrac
ed at Paris, was agreed for at 67 per cen
her and short time after sold at 93, making
and difference of 52,000,000f. on the who
l as amount, between the contract and the 50
IDLE prices. So
tied The manners Of the Rothschilds a
ter, blunt and by no means polished, nor ha
'ent they much that is persuasive in speech.
,o1. allu e 10 Baron Rothschild at Paris, a
cle- Baron An treas Roth GILL, who resides
the much more tim GRIMM prnceIy style