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374 TALLIs's ILLUSTRATED LONDON ;
contemplated by the founder of the Exchange. These
objects are near to my heart. Their attainment will, I
trust, be recorded among the peaceful triumphs of my
reign; and I shall rejoice if I am thus enabled, by the
blessing of Divine Providence, to promote the pros-
perity and happiness of all classes of my subjects." At
the conclusion of the ceremony the banqueting room was
thrown open, where the Queen took her seat at the cross
table, supported by Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent,
and the Duke of Cambridge. Medals of gold and silver,
commemorative of the great event of the, day, were dis-
tributed among the visitors. Soon afterwards the royal
party descended the staircase to the quadrangle of the
Exchange. The Lord Mayor, the members of the cor-
poration, and the chief ministers of state, encircled her
Majesty, wlio then said, " It is my royal will and pleasure
that this building be hereafter called the Royal Ex-
change." " As on the first royal visit to that spot," says
Wilson, "the trumpets sounded, and the will of her Ma-
jesty was duly proclaimed by the attendant heralds."
The entire expense incurred in the erection of this
noble work of art, and arena of commerce, was £400,000.
At the eastern end of the Bank is Bartholomew-lane,
extending from Threadnccdle-street to that point where
Lothbury and Throgmorton-strect unite. At the south
end of this lane is the Suu Fire Insurance Office, a hand-
some modern structure, built upon the site of St. Bar-
tholomew's Church. Here also, opposite to the eastern
entrance of the Bank, is Capel Court, the principal open-
ing to that famous mart of speculation,
THE STOCK EXCHANGE,
which is merely worthy of mention as the place where the
stock of our great national debt is bought and sold. The
brokers used to meet at Jonathan's Coffee-house, in
Change-alley, to transact their business j but this not
affording adequate accommodation, they subscribed to-
gether and erected the prcaeut building, which was opened
contemplated by the founder of the Exchange. These
objects are near to my heart. Their attainment will, I
trust, be recorded among the peaceful triumphs of my
reign; and I shall rejoice if I am thus enabled, by the
blessing of Divine Providence, to promote the pros-
perity and happiness of all classes of my subjects." At
the conclusion of the ceremony the banqueting room was
thrown open, where the Queen took her seat at the cross
table, supported by Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent,
and the Duke of Cambridge. Medals of gold and silver,
commemorative of the great event of the, day, were dis-
tributed among the visitors. Soon afterwards the royal
party descended the staircase to the quadrangle of the
Exchange. The Lord Mayor, the members of the cor-
poration, and the chief ministers of state, encircled her
Majesty, wlio then said, " It is my royal will and pleasure
that this building be hereafter called the Royal Ex-
change." " As on the first royal visit to that spot," says
Wilson, "the trumpets sounded, and the will of her Ma-
jesty was duly proclaimed by the attendant heralds."
The entire expense incurred in the erection of this
noble work of art, and arena of commerce, was £400,000.
At the eastern end of the Bank is Bartholomew-lane,
extending from Threadnccdle-street to that point where
Lothbury and Throgmorton-strect unite. At the south
end of this lane is the Suu Fire Insurance Office, a hand-
some modern structure, built upon the site of St. Bar-
tholomew's Church. Here also, opposite to the eastern
entrance of the Bank, is Capel Court, the principal open-
ing to that famous mart of speculation,
THE STOCK EXCHANGE,
which is merely worthy of mention as the place where the
stock of our great national debt is bought and sold. The
brokers used to meet at Jonathan's Coffee-house, in
Change-alley, to transact their business j but this not
affording adequate accommodation, they subscribed to-
gether and erected the prcaeut building, which was opened