ten o'clock
On the eleventh day of April , 18 -- , the officers of the Bank of England were greatly excited on receiving notice of a special meeting called for that night at ten o'clock , an unusual hour , and indicating , surely , something of great importance . Promptly at the hour appointed fifteen directors occupied their usual places in the council chamber . There were also present two paying tellers , which was not usual . Besides these two bank clerks was observed Major Andrews , the well-known chief of the Bow Street detective service , and by his side sat two of his assistants .