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Title: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 12,
Issue 343, November 29, 1828

Author: Various

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VOL. 12, NO. 343.] SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1828. [PRICE 2d.

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[Illustration: THE ADMIRALTY OFFICE, WHITEHALL.]

THE ADMIRALTY-OFFICE.

The _Admiralty Office, Whitehall_, has few pretensions to architectual
beauty. It is, however, to use a common phrase, a _commanding_ pile, and
its association with Britain's best bulwarks--her NAVY--renders it an
interesting subject for representation.

The Admiralty-office adjoins to the north side of the Horse Guards,
and was erected by Ripley, in the reign of George II., on the site of
Wallingford House. It recedes from, but communicates with, the street by
advancing wings, and is built principally of brick. In the centre of the
main building is a lofty portico, of the Ionic order, the taste of which
is not entitled to much praise. It consists of four columns, and on the
entablature is an anchor in bold relief. Here are the offices, and the
spacious abodes of the lords commissioners of the admiralty, together
with a handsome hall, &c. On the roof of the building is a Semaphore
telegraph, which communicates orders by signal to the principal ports
of the empire.

But the most tasteful portion of