Litchfield enquirer., 1843-09-28

laSutCO Ct&UE una amused nlnS0It with
singing the woolly pate of little black boys.
or terrapins as they call them when made
into soup.
THE BANK OF ENGLAND
FROM MR.. WEEDS LETTERS FROM ABROAD.
LONDON, JULY Is.
We avail ourselves this morning of the
permission obtained by Mr.. Wiggin to Wis.,
1t the Bank Of England. An official (Ma-
Ger or UsheD with laced dress coat and
three coruercd hat, escorted US TO another
servant of the Bank, who took Us leisurely
through an Institution that is so potent in
controlling and regulating the money pull
sations of Europe. 1t is situated on Thread
needle street, but fronts upon half dozen
others, and occupies an irregular area of
eight acres. There are no windows through
the exterior ofthe building, light being sup
piled by sky lights and open courts within.
There isl clock by which Bank time is
Kept with dials indicating the time in six
teen different Offices. The Bank with it's
various offices is open from o A. M. till s
T. M The Bank has its printing. Office,
book binding, engraving office, &c. &C.
Checks, blank books, &c &c. are all prin-
ted within the Bank, as are the Bank notes.
In the room where the circulating notes are
printed, there are eight presses, all con-
SS::sa.:n:'!y employed, and which throw off a.
bout 5000 impressions daily. We saw two
presses rolling off five pound notes and
others upon the various denominations up
to GlO0O, which is the largest note the
Bank issues. The dates and numbers of the
notes are supplied by smaller presses in
another room. The paper is delivered to
the presses counted Ga hundred sheets at q
time) and when worked and returned, an
other hundred sheets are given. Freshmen
work five hours, and earn from two to three
guineas week. In the office where re-
deemed notes are examined, cancelled, &C.,
1875 clerks are constantly employed
When we entered this room, our attendant
was sharply reprimanded for bringing
strangers there, but upon being informed
that it was by the Governors ORDERS" wo
were allowed 70 pass. Forty thousand diff
ferent notes are frequently sent to this Of
flee to be cancelled in day. The Bank,
you knoW.ncv reissues q note. When re-
turned to its counter for payment, note 10
cancelled. filed away to be burnt at the ex-
piration Of ten years. The Armory of the
Bank consists q hundred stand Of muskets,
hand -grenades, &c. &C., and has u night
guard 80 strong. In the office where the
Bank notes are counted into parcels, tied
with Irvine and placed in pigeon holes we
found five staid, inc thodical, matter-of.faet
looking clerks, whom you would trust for
their faces. One of these old chaps, with
the permission of"Old Owen" and the good
nature Of "Tim Underwater" took his keys
and unlocked the depository of paper wealth.
The "rags'of each denomination were in
separate parcels. When we came to the
high number" he placed four packages
in my hand, and remarked, You nos0 hold
E4,OO0,O0O sterling in your hand, sir - Yes,
Iactually was in possession Of twenty mill
ions of dollars, a sum much larger than the
whole estate of John Jacob Aston But it
all returned TO its pigeon-hole, and left me
far happier man than those who are encum.,
bered with such overgrown fortunes
Another of the old clerks opened the golden
dormitories, where repose an endless num-
Der of bags, each containing eight hundred
sovereigns. We were next and finally con-
Quoted to subterranean region enriched by
gold and silver bullion. Here bars Of the
precious metals were as plentifully heap
ed as those of iron and steel are in the
stores Of our friends Benedict. Townsend
and Corning The silver we did not NEEDLE
with, but we handled bars of Gold. each
weighing eight thousand pounds sterling,
that were piled in borrow loads Of seventy
thousand pounds sterling each. Much Of
this bullion was recently received from
China, as an insfallment upon the sum John
Bull makes the Celestiais pay for their obsti-
nate refusal TO take opium" The Bank Of
England has now. in paper and specie,near-
ly thirty-eight millions Of pounds sterling.
There are eight hundred persons. in its va
rious departments, constantly employed
within its walls.
A modern reformer. who had grown rich
on the profits of country store, and was
now in the down hill of life, tried his hand
at lecturing besotted neiGhbor, erstwhle a
man Of responsibility aud one Of his best
customers. "Ton," said the retired trader.
/" you are fool for such work; II it had not
been for rum and tobacco you might have
rolled along in your coach. and four. -
"True, Mr.,------ !" replied the topper. as no
gathered up his muscles; sand il It had
not been for the same, you might have been
my coachman - ~. .s,.s.s
/ Pur TO A Coon UsE.-h is stated by corfespdn-
dent ofihe London Morning Chronicle. that The EN-
psror Nicholas has employed the Russian sEsaF =
Il a. enmsnsa,nA;nn ~ saiiroads.