The Bank of England.
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Correspondent of the New. York
Commercial Advertiser, writing sfrom
London under date Of 10th ult. says


"On Wednesday last visited the
Bank of England and had the pleasure
of examining the. interior arrangements
Of the great financial machine. The
show of gold and silver bullion was We
ry great. The gold bars weigh 16
pounds, and are worth 500 pounds ster-
ling or four thousand dollars each. The
silver received from the Chinese was
curiosity. ltwas in Jumps and pieces
of all shapes and sizes, marked with the
name of the moulder, the weightof the
piece, and the stamp of the Celestial Em-
peror.
''Some Of the pieces resembled horse
shoes in form. In the printing depart
fment, the method Of saturating the pa
per with water, by exhausting the air
in the chamber where the paper is
placed, and then suddenly forcing the
water upon it, by which every pore is
Quickly filed, is quite ingenious and
effective. The method Of guarding a.
gainst. .embezzlement by the workmen,


by registering the number of each im-


preston, and by other means, is quite


interesting, and well calculated to pre-


vent frauds being practised.


"The operations Of the Bank are im-


mense. ~ All the Bank notes which come
in for redemption are destroyed, and
the number of new notes thata are issued
! amounts to an average of twenty thou
sand daily, the aggregate value of which
is about 100000 sterling, or four mill
lions of dollars. The Bank has twelve


branches, and the building covers about


four acres of ground. D The principal
deposit office is a very fine and spacious


room, and the clerks and book-keepers
in it cannot be less than fifty or sixty.
: The office for the redemption of notes is
quite spacious, and some thirty clerks
are in attendance. The amount of gold
coin is immense, and the rafting of the
t sovereigns, as the clerks shovel them
into their reservoirs, is quite exciting TO
$ stranger,


: "The office for the redemption of Ex-
z chequer bills--that for keeping the prin-
3 cipaI books, in the. second story-the
printing room, where the checks, drafts


and post notes are printed-and the nu-
: merous Offices which are appropriated to
the multifafious operations of this large
{ monied reservoir, would take up too


much of my time to describe.
: 81 had shown. to me some of the; first
Bank notes issued by the Bank, in 1896.


"The amount ofesch note was filled
in with pen and ink, and the "somme'
of Eve hundred thousand pounds duly
=, inserted in one note. Another of less
y ancient date was shown OF one million
II Of pounds sterling. The style of. cngra
y wing and general appearance OF these
II notes exhibited the improvement IN the
= art since the Bank was established"
