Show PRINCE AS BANK WRECKER how the famous regent tried to close the coutts institution by trick that work the gentlewoman of 0 london landon recalls the following story of tho the prince recent and coutts bank when george IV was it a regent he had a grudge against coutts coutta and determined to play a trick on the authorities in those days oven even the groat great banks kept very small reserves of nf cash and the playful Prince thought out a plan to close coutts so bo he sent his equerry round from carlton house with a check for fondly hoping that the bank would pot not be able to pay over the counter the princes trick however failed of at success as the wary old part ner of the strand bank proved equal to tho the occasion lie he said ut at once to the equerry wow how will his royal highness take the amount in gold or notes the equerry hesitated and then said raid he had better go back ack b to carlton house to inquire so he departed and coutts coutta had time to send to the hank bank of england ind and get the cash required but it was not needed as the prince regent seeing that coutts had got the better of f him did not return the chieck in question |