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6ia WONDERS or ART. 
In make it is the model of tlie square White Tower, 
is of excellent workmanship. At the coronation ‘ 
placed on tlie king’s table. — 7- The sword of Mercy 
has no point. — 8. A grand silver font, used for christen' 
ings of the rojal family. — 9. The crown of state, which ^ 
worn by the king at his meeting of the parliament, nn^ 
other state occasions. It is of extreme splendour and vah^> 
being covered with large-sized precious stones, and on th 
top of its cross is a pearl which Charles I. pledged to tiit- 
Dutch Republic for eighteen thousand pounds. Under tl 
cro.ss is an emerald diamond of a pale green colour, s®'' 
inches and a half in circumference, and valued at one hof' 
dred thousand pounds j and in the front is a rock ruby, 
polished, in its purely natural state, three inches long. 
the value of which cannot be estimated. — 10. The - 
eagle, with which the king is anointed, and the 
spur. — 11. The diadem, worn by the Queens Anne 
Mary. — And, 12. The crown oi Queen Mary, ihecfos^'^ 
King William, and several other valuable jewels. ^ 
In this Office are all the crown jewels worn by 
princes and princesses at coronations, and abundance ol 
ous old plate. Independently of several of the jewels, "'*1**L 
are inestimable, the value of the precious stones and 
contained in this office, is not less than two millions sterht'ojj 
The Cn\PEi,, situated at the north-end of the parade.^ 
not otherwise attractive than as it contains a few anc*® 
Icmbs and. monuments. 
THE BANK OF ENGLAND. 
The building thus entitled is an immense and very exten^'j. 
stone edifice, situated a little to the north-west of 
The front is composed of a centre, eighty feet in 
of the Ionic order, on a nistic base ; and of two 
oiTiamented with a colonnade. The back of the bui' 
in Lothbury, is a high and heavy wall of stone, ■with 3 ^ 
w.ay for carriages into the bullion court. ,j 
On the ca,st-side of tlie principal entrance from Tk''^ 
n-edle-street, is a passage leading t<j a spacious apart‘'’^jj£ 
called THE Rotunda, in which business in the 
funds is transacted j and. branching out of this 
tire various offices appropriated to the mauaeemf'nt ot 
