154 HISTORY OF BANKING IN SCOTLAND

   cured from a confederate locksmith in London.would not suit. The old-fashioned simple locks baffled burglars who were accustomed to more scientific guards, so Mackcoull set off for London (under pretence of going to Liverpool), to have keys made under his own supervision. White manufactured a key from the pewter pipes of the musical box, probably to get the impression of the wards of the locks. After Mackcoull’s return, a little adjustment of the keys seems to have given complete command of the premises. It was now the beginning of July, and, according to notice they had previously given, they left their odgings, with the ostensible object of going to Bristol. _ ere they did go does not appear. It would seem, owever, that they purposely delayed the execution of e îobbery until the Fair week, when the presence of a reterogeneous crowd of questionable characters might serve to divert attention from them.
On Saturday, 13th July 1811, business went on as usua at the branch office. Four o’clock came. Mr.
   ¹ ely, the cashier, and other officers, had taken their eparture , and Mr. Hamilton, the teller, handed over s cash to John Thomson, the porter. On the arrival a ox of retired notes, amounting to about £4000, J°™ J kaⁿk’s correspondents in Edinburgh—Sir Wm. • . c °' dle Por*:er locked it, with the teller’s cash, hn                Up office, and took the keys to the
use of Mr Templeton, the manager. We have here a oldpr^J¹¹⁰ b          baⁿk office management in the
ⁿe d°es ⁿ°t ^ⁿow whether most to admire highest¹ to theT^r dⁱsplayed by the staff from the that n ’++ 1 °WeS ’ or to eⁿvy the social conditions 1             i the tOtal abseⁿce of supervision in the
urolonJedt °Î         .Suⁿday Passed, no doubt with
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Risings in ₛₑₘᵢ.ₛₒₗ,ₜ„y desires for the return of Monda v Th          repressea
lvronaay. the morning came