F. B. H.—Thanks for your pretty operation in figures.
The following explanation of the name irreverently applied to the Bank of England is from Harry H. Bell, Louisville, Kentucky:
The Bank of England was founded in 1694. There is no bank equal to it in the management of national finances. It is located in Threadneedle Street. Cobbett called it "The Old Lady in Threadneedle Street," because, said he, the governors of the bank were, like old Mrs. Partington, an invented character of Sydney Smith's, trying with their broom to keep back the Atlantic waves of progress in national affairs.
NEW-YEAR'S CALLS.
"Ladies, allow me to introduce my friend Bowyer Bender, Esq. You see he is in full dress"