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parish of St. Saviour, and was born about the year 1730. By the advantage of a mercantile education, to which he was introduced at an early age, he soon passed through the official arrangements of the counting house; in the year 1717, was appointed one of the clerks of the Bank of England; and by the assiduity of unremitting industry, conjointly with the most unimpeached integrity, each step of his advancement was as much his desert, as the promotion was honourable, till his ultimate advancement to be CHIEF CASHIER OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND, in January 1764.

His promotion occurred at a time when the Governor and Directors of the Bank, had received one of the highest distinctions of confidence that could be paid, couched in the following Resolution:

"February 6, 1764.

"At the General Court held at the Bank the 25th of January, the following Motion was made, and the same was unanimously in confirmed by the General Court on the preceding day, at their house in Threadneedle Street, viz.

"That the Thanks of this General Court be given to the Governor, Deputy Governor, and Court of Directors, for their steady, prudent, and judicious conduct, whereby the general credit of Europe, and particularly that of this nation and city, has been so powerfully supported, and the true interest of this corporation so essentially regarded."

Such circumstances occurring at the same period, formed a propitious era in the History of the Bank, which successive years have consummated; both with respect to its present prosperity, and the attainment to that prosperity by the eminent services of Mr. Newland.

It might appear adulatory to speak of this great Financier whilst he is living; but when we are no more than the echo of general encomium, it cannot be deemed improper "to expatiate on the talents, the regularity, and the clearness with which he acquits himself of the duties of the department placed under his direction, and on the high encomiums passed upon him by all those, both in and out of the Bank, who have had occasion to witness his abilities and Excellent system of conducting business.”

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In the various negotiations of the Bank with government, the observations and assiduities of Mr. Newland, have been of important service; and in many cases of a doubtful nature, his single opinion has been decisive of the issue.

His habits in life and his integrity in business are equally exemplary. Equally an enemy to irregularity and dissipation, it is his constant practice at fifteen minutes past nine in the morning, to be at his desk; nor is he absent from duty tilk the Bank hours of business at three in the afternoon are

over.

His relaxation is a daily ride in the Islington stage coach to his cottage at Highbury, where he drinks his tea, contemplates the beauties of the surrounding scene, and returns to the Bank in the evening, whence he has not slept, during the last twenty-eight years.

His residence in the Bank consists of a suite of apartments annexed to his office; where, being unmarried, his establishment is neither gaudy nor sordid.

But with all this mode of system, the life of Mr. Newland is marked by suavity and convivial intercourse; nothing morose forbids an easy access, and the visit is made pleasant by the most grateful urbanity; and whether on business, or any appropriate request, the solicitation is never rejected with reproof, or repelled with harshness. The business, however, in which Mr. Newland has been so advantageously engaged, has ever constituted his chief pleasure; and it is said from what he has himself declared, "That he has derived more real happiness from a single hour applied to the performance of his official duty, than from a whole day spent in the most convivial and entertaining society."

The uniformity of such a life may not probably afford entertainment to the gay and thoughtless; but in Mr. Newland, the considerate investigator will perceive with infinite satisfaction" the rise, progress, and final settlement in ease and affluence of unremitting diligence, unsullied fidelity, and pure honour." The lesson is important in a great commercial

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city, and will be advantageous to those who aim at such advancement by the same noble medium! The

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is a large room, where the brokers assemble to transact their business, where the public make purchases in the funds, and 19 where bargains are daily concluded. The dome, which originally covered this building, having been constructed of very perishable materials, and partly covered with copper, without any regard to the preservation of the timbers, was surveyed in 1791, and found to be in such a dangerous and ruinous state, as to render it necessary to take the whole down. Lanthorn lights, made to open, were then proposed to light the saloon. The great iron stoves, which formerly occupied a vast space, were ordered to be removed, and open fire places adopted in their stead, as being less prejudicial; and these also encreased the space, as well as the ventilation of the building.

The present structure is fifty-eight feet in diameter, and the same number of feet in height to the gallery, under the lanthorn lights. The whole is of solid materials, without timber, and was erected in 1795, from the designs and under the direction of John Soane, Esq. R. A.

Adjoining to the Rotunda is the

TRANSFER OFFICE, through which is the entrance to the

NEW THREE PER CENTS. WARRANT OFFICE. The Consol Office being found too small for the prodi gious encrease of debts in the funds. The magnificent room, by the above description, was erected by Mr. Soane, from Inodels of the antient Roman baths, and consists of arches springing from piers, fancifully ornamented. In the centre is a dome, on which is a lanthorn light, decorated with caryatides*, which support its roof. The great arches and soffates

The inhabitants of Caria, a city of Peloponessus, having joined the Persians in a war against the rest of the Greeks, and that war be ing terminated by the defeat of the Persians, the Greeks declared war

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