The original Picture of London (1826) (14754832096)

Identifier: originalpictureo00felt (find matches)
Title: The original Picture of London
Year: 1826 (1820s)
Authors: (Feltham, John) (from old catalog) Britton, John, 1771-1857
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Publisher: London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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ons; till at length the stock oithe company was raised to 37,802,485/. and sold at theenormous price of one thousand per cent. A few per-sons were thus elevated from poverty to extreme wealth;but thousands were reduced from affluence to beggary. The affairs of this company are now reduced to a nar-row compass, and conducted with the same regularity asthe other public funds: they consist only in receiving theinterest on their capital; and in paying dividends andtransferring stock. The sum due to them from governmentis 20,071,000/., which forms the whole of their capital. The Herald^s College^ St. Bennets Hill, is a brickedifice, having a front facing the street, with an archedgateway, leading to a quadrangle. It belongs to a corpo-ration of considerable antiquity, consisting of the follow-ing thirteen members: — three Kings at Anns, six Heraldsat Arms, and four Pursuivants at Anns, all nominated bythe Earl Marshal of England, and holding their places byf utentj during good behaviour.
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Trinitj SoiLsey. HALLS OF THE CITY COMPANIES. 149 Their office is to keep the records of the descent: of allthe great families of the kingdom, and of all matters pro-perly belonging to the same, such as their coats of arms,&c.; — to attend his Majesty upon certain occasions ; —^to make proclamations ; — to marshal public processions,.&c. One Herald and one Pursuivant attend the college,daily, in rotation, to answer all questions relative to armo-rial bearings, searching records, &c. At this office allgrants of arms for families, south of theTweed, or for anynew corporation, must be obtained. The privilege of grant-ing supporters to new Nobility, Baronets, or Knights otthe Bath, belongs to the office of Garter^ Principal Kingat Arms. The fee for an ordinary search of the records \sfiveshillings, and for a general search one giimea: the fees foa new coat of arms arc ten guiiwas, or more, according to-circumstances. This also is the proper office for register-ing the bi