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272 TALLIS'S ILLUSTRATED LONDON ;
above which are Ionic columns with arches and windows,
surmounted by an ornamental pierced parapet. The key-
stones of the arches of the principal story are embellished
with the arms of every nation of the globe; those of
England are in the centre of the eastern side. This area
is an uncovered one, forming a square, on the four sides of
which is the ambulatory or merchants' walk, a well shel-
tered and spacious promenade. Beams and panelling
divide the ceiling, which is highly painted and decorated
in encaustic. The arms of the various nations emblazoned
in their proper colours, decorate the centre of each panel;
and those of Edward the Confessor, Edward III., Queen
Elizabeth, and Charles II., appear in the four angles. A
statue of Queen Elizabeth is placed in the south-east angle;
and a marble one of Charles II., which was uninjured by
the fire, in the south-west angle. In the centre of the
open court, placed on a pedestal, is an exquisitely carved
statue of her Majesty Queen Victoria, and which offers a
most faithful portraiture of that distinguished lady. The
ambulatory is paved with Yorkshire stone, divided into
panels by margins and lines of black stone, with squares
of red Aberdeen granite at the intersections. A hand-
some tesselated pavement is laid down in the open area.
During the erection of the Royal Exchange the late
Alderman Pirie, Alderman Humphrey, and Alderman
Magnay, severally occupied the civic throne; and Messrs.
Pooley, Sutton, and Watney, during the same period
were respectively Masters of the Mercers7 Company: facts
which are commemorated by the introduction of their
arms in eight small circular panels in the ambulatory.
The approach to the Royal Exchange from the west is
extremely imposing. Between the Bank of England and
Cornhill a broad pavement, handsomely laid out, conducts
to the steps ascending into the building. In the centre of
this pavement is a handsome bronze equestrian figure of
the Duke of Wellington, cast by Chantrey, from the
metal of guns taken by that great captain during his
continental career of triumph. The statue was raised in
above which are Ionic columns with arches and windows,
surmounted by an ornamental pierced parapet. The key-
stones of the arches of the principal story are embellished
with the arms of every nation of the globe; those of
England are in the centre of the eastern side. This area
is an uncovered one, forming a square, on the four sides of
which is the ambulatory or merchants' walk, a well shel-
tered and spacious promenade. Beams and panelling
divide the ceiling, which is highly painted and decorated
in encaustic. The arms of the various nations emblazoned
in their proper colours, decorate the centre of each panel;
and those of Edward the Confessor, Edward III., Queen
Elizabeth, and Charles II., appear in the four angles. A
statue of Queen Elizabeth is placed in the south-east angle;
and a marble one of Charles II., which was uninjured by
the fire, in the south-west angle. In the centre of the
open court, placed on a pedestal, is an exquisitely carved
statue of her Majesty Queen Victoria, and which offers a
most faithful portraiture of that distinguished lady. The
ambulatory is paved with Yorkshire stone, divided into
panels by margins and lines of black stone, with squares
of red Aberdeen granite at the intersections. A hand-
some tesselated pavement is laid down in the open area.
During the erection of the Royal Exchange the late
Alderman Pirie, Alderman Humphrey, and Alderman
Magnay, severally occupied the civic throne; and Messrs.
Pooley, Sutton, and Watney, during the same period
were respectively Masters of the Mercers7 Company: facts
which are commemorated by the introduction of their
arms in eight small circular panels in the ambulatory.
The approach to the Royal Exchange from the west is
extremely imposing. Between the Bank of England and
Cornhill a broad pavement, handsomely laid out, conducts
to the steps ascending into the building. In the centre of
this pavement is a handsome bronze equestrian figure of
the Duke of Wellington, cast by Chantrey, from the
metal of guns taken by that great captain during his
continental career of triumph. The statue was raised in