THE TOWER OF LONDON.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2108, 30 September 1885, Page 2

THE TOWER OF LONDON.

With the exception of the rifles in the Armoury, which will remain as one of the sights of the Tower of London, the whole of the large stores 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 most perfect example of the Norman castle in existence, is therefore to be now accomplished. The Prince was shortly before his death in communication with the authorities of the War Department, with a view to the removal of the barrack and hospital stores, the accoutrements 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 risks and a certain amount of wear an(| j»nv which it was possible to avoid. In 18fi9 the barrack and hospital stores were removed to Woolwich Arsenal, together with most of the workpeople, and a few yeais afterwards the accoutrementsfollowed, leaving leas than 100 men at the Tower to attend to the arms. These will now be taken to Weedon, and the Tower of London will remain only in use as a residence for the small garrison allotted to it, and as a spectacle of unrivalled interest to the thousands of visitors who come to see the capital of England.