Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-05-16
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Miss Burdett COutts, the Great
Woman tanker OF england.


Woman tanker OF england.
The accounts published from time to
time of the rAaiArkablel chAfitable dis
position of this estimable woman are
no doubt familiar to most of our readers,
and as anything pertaining to her Is ef
general interest, we make room for the
following from the pen of Herbert Rad
cliffe, and previously published in the
New YORK Mail:
The banking house of Coutts & Co. is
the repository OF all the Old English
aristoeracy, SWhp, from the Queen
down, mostly bank there. There are
rich old dowagers, maiden ladies, and
honerables, the rich old English baro-
net, with his estate in the rich pastures
of Berkshire and Kent, and his ''shoot-
ing box" up in the north; the states
man, peer and foreign ruler-they all
entrust the house of Coutts & Co. with
their funds. The Queen has banked
there for years, and indeed the i'm
mense wealth of Miss Coutts and of the
bank is totally due to the patronage of
royalty bestowed upon her ancestors,
the founders of the bank. Her 'pass-
book" is most handsome book, inIaid
with gold, bearing the royal srms, inl
which all the entries are made in the
handsomest and most ornamental of
writing. Indeed, itis one mans wofkf
to attend TO her Majesty's account,
which is superintended by the Keeper
Of the Privy Purse" The Emperor
Napoleon, TOO, much as he would like
US to believe to the contrary, kept an
account there, and the house, prlor to
the fall of the Empire, was continually
making purchases of English consols to
his order. There is no doubt that Ma
poleon had, a Short time ago, d ac6hsidl
cradle sum invested IN these English
securities, as .have most European
potentates at the present fime.f 1
! EApather great feature Of the house of /
Soutts 4 Go. is the large deposits of
sjeVeEys family papers, titles and other
= articles of yalde that are feft 1 In their
ohands for safe keeping There are
hundreds of large, heavy family eases
in theirS Sa9ks, EndIddfinE the season.
in Londona ladies go daily ''to the
Ehapktfrd dey1iket9 make useFdf that
sLIaitAss) ID tab B eat eolhe valuable ornag
! laent fsLs the. opera, &c, or 10 return
.ssomesi after slses There are clerks
'-whose special duty i: is to- SeeIto the
wants 0fthese iadies.i = 49, i,
The great success of Coatts,s banking {
house duealmost toaccident, as you
WI see. Rdrdett coatts,s one s Of the
fdppdeB9 was am odest barker on the
sasna, london; in George HIS reign,
and he made It practice, as his pank
was situated some distance FROM the
,so-called tscity,n in order 70. keep bJhim-
self s.posted' on esfhaneial move K
mehts going on there, e dine with !
some of the leading city bankers and
bank managers as often as opportunity
would permit. Itawass during one of
these rephions that asbank official casu-
ally remarked bis surprise that Lord
had been refused a loan of f10,OOO that
day at his bank. Fhe circumstance
was noted By The West End banker,
and the ainner rQFsrs he repaired at s
once to the house of the noblefnan, left
his card, requesting his lordship to call
at his5pfilcs the following morning on {
business of great importance. = II
The next morning Lord = was an
snounced to Mr.. Goutts, and, on inquir-
ing what business had necessitated his :,
visit, the banker at once informed him Ii
that as a banker he had heard that his
Lerdship desired a loanIof $4,000, and
respectfully offered him his services.
"But l can give you nc, security, Mr.
'Voutts," said his Lordsh1p, as thel
banker commenced counting smalIIt
package of crisp bank notes that wereli
ON his desk. 1t
HsYour Lordship's note of hand wilfis
be-qdite sufficient" gallantly repondedI /
tlle West End banker, and he,hasdedt
:, him q note 10 sign Wk 7,
''But ] do not think shall now wautis
as much as ten thousand pounds, y hes-it
sitated the nobleman. = .s'.s-s .. ~, ~as Z K
.sg (. "That is immaterial, your Lordship, n.
replied the banker. : .lss.i-4il. 80
: "On second thought, I will take. sheiee
ten thousand, and, ash shall only need
five thousand, you will please place tbetss
/. remainder to mycredit as. an openingls
ofan account with you in my name. ~
u The banker thanked his new cus.E.
: toner, escorted him with much polite
'aness to, his carriage; at the door, Gandi
then bade him 'igood dayl' 4 VI 7.
The action of the banker was afong-k
sighted pne, 1t was a good Investment. i.
The balance was soon increased the
loan returned, aid The TlobIemeIn 4 gcsomsK e
] niencedto felhthe story round at sthei..
Court of st. James Of the wonderful ac,t.
.eonlnlo odatiDg spirit Of the West End
sbanker. Others soon deposited their
FUNDS ip, hishands, and the Story was SOL
well circulated at the palace that thet,,
Kings curiosity was aroused, and he'll
ip1orinedthe bankers patrondOf his de,l
sire to meet the banker 7,
Coutts went finally, He was intro.l
duced to the King, and his quiet, mod
: EST manners won the favor OF the court.
Ills presence at the court created quitel,,
sensation, for it was soon afterwardsl,,
reported that the King had given his
private finances into the keeping oil,