. The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark and parts adjacent. belonging to the government, which havesometimes amounted to six millions. Although there can be nodoubt that the profits of the Bank, for transacting the business ofthe government, are great, yet it is but justice to this body, thefirst in wealth and character that ever existed, to say that the di-rectors, on all occasions, manifest a corresponding liberality, thattheir treasury has always been open when the necessities of the go-vernment required a loan, and that when, in 1798, voluntary contri-butions were s
. The history and antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark and parts adjacent. belonging to the government, which havesometimes amounted to six millions. Although there can be nodoubt that the profits of the Bank, for transacting the business ofthe government, are great, yet it is but justice to this body, thefirst in wealth and character that ever existed, to say that the di-rectors, on all occasions, manifest a corresponding liberality, thattheir treasury has always been open when the necessities of the go-vernment required a loan, and that when, in 1798, voluntary contri-butions were solicited on the war, the Bank commencedthe subscription by a donation of 200,000/. In nothing is the resumption of cash payments by the Bank ofEngland more gratifying, than the service it has done to the causeof humanity, by putting a stop to that system of forgery which everyyear sent numerous victims to an untimely death. The forgerieswere generally in notes of the lowest value, and these being entirelywithdrawn, the crime has almost ceased. U4G HISTORY OF St. Christopher le Stocks. St. Christophers church stood upon the site now occupied by thewestern wing of the principal front of the Bank. It was of consider-able antiquity, as appears from Richard at Lane being collated there-unto in 1368. It was in the patronage of the bishop of London, andwas not totally destroyed by the fire of London, being repaired in theyears 1671 and 1696, under the direction of sir Christopher Wren ;the body was modernized, and contained three large arched win-dows, with a clerestory. The tower was lofty, square in plan, withan octangular turret at each angle, which finished above the bat-tlements in obelisks of the same form ending in vanes, being al-most a counterpart of the steeple of St. Sepulchres church. The interior was not unlike many other churches erected by sirChristopher Wren, it was divided into a nave and aisles, the towerbeing situated within the walls, and occu
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