Walks through Islington; comprising an historical and descriptive account of that extensive and important district, both in its ancient and present state: together with some particulars of the most remarkable objects immediately adjacent . ininglong unoccupied, and others being let at very lowrents. For many years past, however, these resi-dences have been considered, in every point of view,so desirable, as to command thrice the sums for whichthey were let to the original inhabitants. The celebrated Abraham Newland, Esq., ChiefCashier of the Bank of England, lived for a consider-able period at
Walks through Islington; comprising an historical and descriptive account of that extensive and important district, both in its ancient and present state: together with some particulars of the most remarkable objects immediately adjacent . ininglong unoccupied, and others being let at very lowrents. For many years past, however, these resi-dences have been considered, in every point of view,so desirable, as to command thrice the sums for whichthey were let to the original inhabitants. The celebrated Abraham Newland, Esq., ChiefCashier of the Bank of England, lived for a consider-able period at No. 38. He was the son of Mr. , a baker, of Castle Street, St. Mary Overys,Southwark, in whose house he was born 23d April,1730. At the age of eighteen he was appointed aclerk in the Bank of England, an establishment after-wards greatly indebted to his ability and honest inte-grity, qualities which the liberality of the personsfrom time to time concerned in the direction appre-ciated in a becoming manner. He appears to haverisen by regular gradation till January, 1782, whenhe became Chief Cashier, with a liberal salary, anda suite of rooms. His attachment to his office wassuch, that for twenty-five years he never slept a. WALK THE THIRD. 299 single night out of the building. His mind seemedso totally absorbed by his duties, that he appeared toexist only for the benefit of his employers. Indeed,the services he rendered to the Bank were of the mostimportant kind: he was the man always looked upto, and always consulted; and, upon doubtful points,his opinion was commonly decisive. When the Bankstopped payment in February, 1797, Mr. Newlandsinformation, given before a Committee of the Houseof Lords, threw the chief light upon the circumstanceswhich led to that measure, and upon the general con-cerns of the establishment. In 1803, an event oc-curred which embittered nearly all the remaining yearsof his active and useful life. A person of the nameof Aslett, by his assiduous
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