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Show HAS DINOY OFFICIAL A(K!DI. British Prime Minister Not Heustd With Magnificence. A dingy old house In a narrow ml de-ac leading out of Whitehall, Ixindon. one of three which form a alender wedge of drnli brickwork In a magnificent block of buildings thla la a fair description of the most remarkable re-markable dwelling house In England probably In the world, for It Is the Center from which, for nearly a couple cou-ple of centuries, the far-spreading ' - - Exterior of No. 10 Downing Street. Ilritlkh empire baa beon governed, and where generatlona of prime ministers min-isters have made their homo. A couple of eenlurlea ago Downing atreet consisted of "four or five very large, well built houses III for persons of honor and quality, each house having hav-ing a pleasant prospect Into Bt. James' pnrk, with a terrace walk"; and It was one of these houses which George II offered to Wnlpolo, tho premier, aa a personal gift : and from thnt day to this No. 10 Downing street baa been the residence of successive prime minsters, and under Its roof half a century of cabinet have met. |