THE TOWER OF LONDON.

Grey River Argus, Volume XXXI, Issue 5313, 7 October 1885, Page 4

THE TOWER OF LONDON.

**&— With the exception of the rifles in the ;. (Armoury j which will remain as- one of the , i sights of the. Tower of London, the whole of the large store of arms which have been kept at^the Tower will be removed to Weedon, ,the central depot of England. The wish "of the Prince Consort, who took. a great interest in the Tower and- desired '" to;haVe,it preserved purely as an .ancient _^ 'monument^ regarding it as the oldest and m most perfect example qf the Norman % hi existence,, is therefore to be now The Prince was shortly . before his death in communication with w 'tW' Authorities of the .War .Department with 1 a! view to therempval of the barrack and hospital stores,' the accoutiements, and arms, which employed at the Tower _ more than a thousand examiners, and '^ workmen 'and depriving the establishment entirely of the utilitarian features, 'which "'exposed it to extra risk and a certain, f amount of wear and tear which" it was possible to avoid. In. 1869 the barrack and hospital stores were removed to Woolwich Arsenal, to- ' gether with' most 'of the workpeople, and a few years 'afterwards the accoutrements . ' followed, leaving less than a hundred men at: the Tower to attend to the . arms. ■ , These will nW betaken. to.. Weedon, and the Tower .of London, will ren^ain.Qnly, in ' use as a residence for, the , small 'garrison , ! allottedto it and as aspectacle of unrivalled interest to. the .thousands of, visitors who ' come .to see the canital. . . ■