Thirteen of the Directors, with the Governor, form a Court for the transaction of business.

The Bank is open every day from nine in the morning till five in the afternoon, holidays excepted.

It is like a little town.

The Clerks at present are about 1000 in number, but a reduction is intended.

The Rotunda is the most interesting apartment--we will go and have a look at the Money-dealers.
"Here," continued he, as they entered the Rotunda, and mingled among the various persons and sounds that are so well known in that seat of traffic, "from the hours of eleven to three a crowd of eager Money-dealers assemble, and avidity of gain displays itself in ever-varying shapes, at times truly ludicrous to the disinterested observer.