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r > Under the Exchange arc vaulted Cellars- occupied by retail dealers in flax, hemp, Iron, salt <£c, four of these cellars situated at the eastern extremity arc fire proof, and for many years were in possession of the national Bank as a receptacle for property pledged to them; at the Avestern end of the building, which is the principal, en­ trance , is a spacious' hall , supported by ten wooden columns, appropriated for the mercantile affairs of the Nation; the hours of business arc chiefly from one’ till two o’clock. The end of the Hall is decorated by a picture re­ presenting the immortal memory of King Christian the fourth when h e, as a young prince visited the renowned Tycho Brahe on the Island of Hwen in the year lai)2. This picture was painted at the expense of the Banish merchants to immortalize the memory of this So­ vereign. On the right hand of this picture is a very handsome room built in the form of an amphitheatre fitted up with every accommodation for public Auctions , and the other part is appropriated as bazaars where different articles arc exposed for sale. . i Nothing more can be said of this noble and ancient building, but that the merchants of Copenhagen in 1824 caused a medal to he struek to commemorate thd jubileo of two Centuries. \ . ■ ■'.