[Picture: The Bank of England]
Not far from the Mansion House stands the Bank of England. This building
fills a space enclosed by the four streets, Bartholomew Lane, Lothbury,
Prince’s Street, and Bank Buildings. It is truly interesting to behold
the busy scene that daily passes in the rotunda, amongst the buyers and
sellers of stock, or those who are engaged in transferring it, all so
eagerly occupied with their affairs, and showing their anxiety by their
countenances. Where money is, there the crowd will be; and persons who
go to the Bank should be careful lest their pockets be picked of such
money as they may have received.