Mutual Accommodation Finish:20-pack Quai Malaquais

Quai Malaquais

'Melopoyn haranguing the prisoners in the Fleet'

The Queen's library in St James's Palace

or a man walking in front

Peace with Honour

Mutual Accommodation Finish:20-pack Quai Malaquais'Mutual Accommodation', 1860. This cartoon illustrates the argument taking place between France, represented here by Madame La Banque on the left, and Britain in the shape of the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street on the right. It appears that France had been engaged in creating an artificial run on British gold reserves. Eventually, though, a 'mutual accommodation' was reached whereby Britain made a loan of 2m in gold upon receiving a deposit of the