The Hawaiian gazette., 1873-07-23

are WHICH be nrst secured Tor H. The building
occupied BY the firm Is massive and gloomy
looking. and the smoke which has blackened it
walls for more than century has deepened tb,
substantial aspect Of the old pile Inside ant
oui. everything about 1t, is massive and solid
Gliding and 6iagree work may do for the bankers
Of the zoEusaa-z riches bat the aristocracy o.
something besides wealth prefers Substance to
show 50 thogght Thomas Costts when be built
ttis structure. The strong room where the safes
are kept. cost him GI0OO0. The walls, floors
and roofs are made Of solid blocks Of stone, care
fuly d0retailed together. and the doors and
panels Ere Of wrought iron. Here are safes
within Sales containing the title deeds. rent rolls
and priceless valuables OF the highest nobility Of
England. More coroneied carriages drive up TO
this smoky cd building than TO all the other
barking houses IN Lon6on. You may elbow q
6uke 10 these quarters, and brush royalty itself,
i you are not careful.
TEE FIRST DEPOSIT.
The first article deposited in these safes was
magnificent aigreite Of diamonds, which the Sui
tar Of Turkey took from his turban TO place in
The BAL Of Nelson. Lady Burdett Couiis. whose
vast f0rtune Is invested in the bank keeps here
ali her vEluables. Tom Moore writes in his diary
that. on calling one day on the heiress, whom he
had seen in al her spleudor the night before, he
found Der preparing TO send It all back TO the
hask She asked him whether be would like to
see i BY daylight, and. on his asserting, took
hin 70 room upstairs where the treasure was de-
49, - h. 81
Mare AntOinette- On the poets inquiry as to
the total ralae OF her dress, she answered in her
oeiei way. =" Think about 100000"
A sHKEwD MOVE
j Is Curious to know how Thomas Coutts first
seoared ior bis baking house the patronage of
the zristocrury. Not long after his establishment
IN business be determined to increase his own
iu6as1ce with moneyed men, and, as one means
q accomplishing bis object, gave regular dinners
70 leading bankers and other financial magnates
At o4e Of these dinners. city man, gossiping
shout bis business, said a nobeman had applied
70 him that very day for loan Of 100000, which
be refused 10 make, because the security offered
was not Sufficient. Coutts said nothing but
uste- his guests had gone. sent message to the
n0bieman. requesting The favor Of bis lordship's
attendance al his banking house 10 the Strand on
The following morning. The next day the banker
was grsiised by receiving call from the peer,
Who wu himself equally pleased by the tender of
a loan Tor the 10000. As the notes we're
handed 10 him be asked:
But what security am 1 to give you ?"
III l., -,ss-c,l ,,,-r-,-,1 Co,,,-
y0GE iOr5ship's note Of hand"
The astOuished nObleman gave the note, aud
said that al present be should require only
10000, and wished the banker to open an &C
count with him for the remaining 10000.
Cents assenied TO this arrangement, and had I
the satisfaction, not long after, of receiving, in
addition 10 the amount borrowed. deposit Of |
goo coo. the proceeds Of the sale of some family
estates, which the loan had enabled the nobeman |
10 eject. At his recommendation other members
Of she sristocTacy transferred their accounts to
Coutts. who now became the favorite banker Of |
fashionable London. George the Third banked .
with him til he found that Coutts had lent
100000 TO bis son-in-laW. Sir Francis Burdett,
10 pay the expense o! his election to Parliament.
A LUCKT LANCASHIRE LASS.
Elizabeth. or Betty starkey. as she was called,
Wa the daughter OF small Lancashire farmer,
and to good looks added the more valuable at.
fractions OF good sense and good humor few
DAYS before her marriage, she was scrubbing the
stars, when one Of her masters clerks was about
going up to change his clothes. 1t was rainy,
dirty day. and. being anxious to have the work
look vel, Betty told the young man to take of
his Shoes 50 as not TO soil the stairs. Instead Of
dong 50. however. the clerk took especial pains
70 stamp and scrape at every step in order to
dirty them as much as possible This was too
mach Ter Betty, who shouted after him
n make you pull Of your shoes, and your
stockings. too, whenever choose It."
On hearing Of the approaching marriage, the
Young nan expected to be dismissed. or made
n some way to suffer the consequences of his
iBdiscreiion. The young Mrs Coutts, however.
50 far from showing her displeasure, was parlicu-
larry gracious and friendly to him.
Such was Der tact and capacity that nOiwith-
standing her deficiency in culture and refinement,
she so0a became the equal 10 manners and intel
risre introduced her. Her daughters were so
rsu brOugbt up that they became the ornaments
Ct The arislocste circles into which their liberal
6Osriss helped to gam them admission. Sophia,
The Oldest, married Sir Francis Burdett; Susan,
The second. became Countess Of Guilrori and
FraBoss. the third. was made the wife Of the first
Marquis Of Bate.
xAx AND NoSTT MISSING.
There was great excitement in the banking
house oEe day, caused by the absence Of one Of
The clerks, whose duty it was TO attend to the
oufso0r or bTIl collecting business. The sum
with which be was inirnsted exceeded sl7,O00;
and. us be did not return at the usual hour. mes
sssrsrs were sent 70 all the settling houses, and
70 lis private lodgings. 70 ascertain what had be-
cone OF bin- These iBeniries proving fruitless.
advertisements were sent 10 all the newspapers;
and The next morning placards giving full de-