Origin and rise of Coutts and Company bank
A historian traces the Coutts banking house from John Coutts in 1742 Edinburgh through James and Thomas Coutts in London. It covers the firm’s growth, Thomas’s marriages to Betty Starkey and Harriet Mellon, their children, and notable connections to Burke, Burdett, and the nobility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aving
Coutts and Company
Richardson
John Coutts
Edinburgh
Coutts Brothers and Company
Parliament
Coutts
London
George Campbell
Campbell and Coutts
Strand
Campbell
James Coultn
Thomas
James
Pitt
Scotland
Thomas Coutts
Mr. Coutts
Beverly
Mr. Richardson
St. Martin's Stane
Betty
Betty Starkey
Bettty
Thomas Coutta
St. Martin‘s Lane
Thomas Contra
Sophia
Francis Burdett
Bart
Piccadilly
Susan
Earl of Guilford
Baroness North
Frances
Marquis of
Bute
Harriet Mellon
Harriet
St. Pancras Church
Raymond
Drury Lane Theatre
James Coutts
Milas Melon
Tom
St. Albans
Highgate
Holly Lodge
Baroness Burdett-Coutts
Wiliam Forbes
Pinligo
James Hunter Blair
M.P
Burns
Walter Scott
Bdlnburgh Bank
John Marjoribanka
Princpal Forbes
Baroneags Burdett- Coulta
Daily News
New Fiction and Publications Review
Recent issues include Wentward Ho a healthy English novel, Boothby’s A Bid for Fortune featuring Dr Nikola, Windsor Magazine items, Australian Hen debut, and Buenos Aires president’s message to Congress. Agatha Webb by Anna Katherine Green offers a Scottish Yard detective tale with romance and a satisfying conclusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Cole
Guy Boothby
Dr. Nikola
Nikola
Ward and Loch
Windsor
E. W. Cole
W. Dymock
Australia
Republic
Agatha Webb
Ward, Lock, and Company
Anna Katherine Green
Scotland Yard
Lavenworth
Baby Brings Noise to Distant Landing Scene
Conversational fragments reveal a family joke about a new baby at home causing disturbance. Light chatter contrasts with a plane and a piano in the background. The tone hints at cheerful bustle and expected sleeplessness as the baby settles in.
Chinese Myths and Fancies Tales of Chinese sayings and proverbs
A reader recalls J H Stewart Lockhart's Chinese sayings book with vivid examples. It presents metaphors for weather, fate, marriage, officials, women, and daily life, linking bathos and beauty in ancient Chinese imagery and moral reflections. The piece closes with a charming myth of a mermaid gifting pearls after hospitable hosting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Stewart Lockhart
Hongkong
Ben
Savant
B.C
Earth
China
Cedrella
Ernabern
Judges and Juries Clash Over Verdicts in England
Two judges clashed with juries in England over verdicts. At Chelmsford nine jurors opposed three in a nine to three division. Mr Justice Bigham altered punishment from ten years’ penal servitude to nine months hard labor after a mercy recommendation. He visited the prison to inform the prisoners. At Worcester Mr Justice Day released a prisoner on recognizance and sought to have the verdict set aside with Home Secretary involvement. The cases show tension between juries unable to agree and judges urging renewed efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Chelmaford
Justice Bigham
Chelmeford
Justice Day
Worcester
Home Secretary
Chelmsford
Globe
Curious Advertisements in Church and Home Section
The Rev H J Wilmot Buxton cites a quirky advert listing a wide set of virtues for a household superintendent role. The playful blurb, praising a long alphabet of traits, suggests the boldness of a suitor or single gentleman replying to a detailed, tongue in cheek requirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Wilmot Buxton
Dark Continent to the Darkest China and Pirates
An Australian writer recalls China in the era of Taiping unrest and piracy. He recounts near coastlines, harsh stench, and the grim realities of pirate junk crews, Cantoneses, and cooperation with local crews. He describes shipboard raids, torture, and the difficulty of suppressing piracy along Kwantung and Ningpo coasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apak
Chineas
China
Hongkong
Kwantung
Song Bay
Canton
Whitstable
Richardson
Ningpo
Barnsley
Ito
Lorcha
Talming
Shanghai
Chugan
Centaur Myth Shifts as Bicycling Echoes new Forms
A writer notes the mythic centaur is played out as science fiction hints at an androcycle. The Londoner piece describes a cyclist who, after a break, instinctively searched for a bell on a horse neck when facing a narrow lane obstacle.
City Detective Cleared in Courtroom Comic Dispute
In a humorous case, Miss Trill jokes about birds while Jack Downright and a magistrate clash over a claim that a city detective pursued the complainant. The magistrate dismisses the charge, ruling the accused man never chased anyone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trill
Jack Downright
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SB Cape
Sis
NAV
WAR Office
Cape Bros. 800, Ltd
Lrepool
Role Asrnts
Pornisiers, Lit
Claremodew fRarh, Spnev
Tackra
Heaven
Bhyblaeus
Saya
Yun Lei
Teala
AH Sin
Africa
Pekin
Hanchow
Lanchow
Ching
Pirate Apak
Che Kiang
Langshan
Yangtse
Ningpomen
Cha Klang
Chusan
Londsh
Shroff
Alok
Apsak
Manilla Seacomes
Joss
Adam
Rae
Pam
Reala
WM. Adams & Co., Ltd
Clarence-St
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