The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-01 00:00:00

EVENING SUN

a Cabinet:dinner at Lord Harrowby's, in Grosvenc 0!-
square, were committed to the Tower, viz. :—Artb cur
Thistlewood, James Digs, John Harrison, William I )a-
vidaon, James Wilson, John T. Brunt, Richard Tidd, s nd
John Monument;' and several others were sent to differ ant
prisons. Thistlewood, Ings, Davidson,Brunt, and Ti
were executed-in front of New-gate on the Ist of 31 ay.
Thus close the annals of this fortress as a State prism 1.•
"It has been customary from a very early per. ;.0d
after the conquest, for all our Sovereigns, at the tin les
of their coronation, to go in great state and processi on
from the Tower, through the City to Westminsti
with crafts and companies in their richest liver', )s,
with music and banners. This custom was discontinu ed
by Charles", in consequence of the plague, which vi as
tbcn raging, but at the coronation of his successor, on
the 23d of April, 1661, it was again observed with in-
creased splendour, and four triumphal arches IV ere
erected in different parts of the city. Since that pk
iod
the ceremony has never been revived, in consequet ace
of the enormous expense which it always occasioned the
city, as well as Government.' All the domestic ail r• xt-
meats of the ancient Palace within the Tower were tail -.en
down during the reigns of James 11. and William ,a
nd
Mary."

ACCOUNT OF THE ARMOURY.
The extensive building subjected to the ravages ce
conflagration is too well-known to require any descrip-
tion ; although adjoining the splendid White lower, •et
the atter beautiful erection has received little or no
damage. The Armoury was well known as contahri og
an immense number of stands of arms, amounting to fp Me
150;000 to 200,000- ; all in such a state as to be fit.: !el-
immediate and effective service. These arms being
tastefully arranged in various forms and directions pi •e-
-sented a most beautiful appearance. A cornice a as
tastefully composed of the breastplates of ancient armor ir,
pistole, and other weapons. The spaces between i lie
windows wore occupied by various elegant devic
also formed of arms, 'swords, bayonets, &c. On ea rh
s'.de of the entrance door was a representation oft he,
respectively rising and setting sun, placed in cramee of
brass-handled hangers,-with dog-headed pummels, be_ el
those used by marines when on service as regimen is.
There were in the centre of the room four colurn: is,
twenty- two feet high, round which pistols and otl Jor
weapons formed an oval un the ceiling above. -th a a
table, and enclosed in a eiass case, were the sword ei
sash of the Duke of York ; and opposite a curie me
cannon, taken by the French at Malta, and made o f
mixed metal resembling gold, representing, in bas-re: t iel
the le id of a grand master of Malta, supported by gi ni
&c. In various parts of the same room were to bet
equally interesting relics of former days in great nun. b,
and variety, including many arms taken from the Set, tx
rebels in 1715 ; the arms taken from Sir Willi a
Perkins and others concerned in the intended assay
nation of William 111. ; two swords that were cart
before the Pretender when proclaimed " King"
Seteland, &c. The guns, &c., there kept were elven
beautifully bright, and continued so till required. •
service, they then being 'bronzed for the land,
blacked for the marine. The floor above this, called
Tentereom, was formerly used as a depository for Varie
deeeriptions of camp equipage, but lately had been tun
into a store for military accoutrements, &c. The grow
floor, containing the train of artillery, was the room .
which were placed formerly the pieces of ordnance in•
tended for field service, which, however, were ;erne wed
to and kept at Woolwich, and the room was, before the
late misfortune, filled with small arms, &c., ready for
immediate use. Among the many curiosities on this
floor were two pieces of ordnance, recast from s ease
French guns taken at Cherbourg, in 1753 ; two pi aces
taken from the walls of Vigo, in 1704, by Lord 4 2ob-
ham • a piece of brass ordnance taken at the bat! le of
Ramillies by the Duke of Marlborough ; a large ne n•tar
used by -William 111. at the siege of -Namur; awe eden
gun, said to have been used at the siege of Boulogt e by
the t uke of Suffolk, to intimidate the inhabitants e ten
small cannon, presented by the brass-founders of Lose ,don
to Charles If. when he was a boy, &c.
The late edifice was that which replaced the old ( )rd-
nance-offiee, which was burnt down in 1738, the .11 fitter
having been built on a portion of the site of the old
Palace.
With regard to similar ermouries as that in the To wer,
Dr. Merzeth observes, " that it was very long bt yore
any collection of armour was made and the several ar-
mouries of Europe formed, until the last age of ch. lval-
rotes splendour (the sixteenth century), when H .Fury
VIII., Francis V., and Maximilian 1., laid four o t the
best armouries in Europe. For the formation c 4' the
armoury in the Tower of London, it appears, acco.
to Stowe, that Richard 111. repaired the Tower, at. el, in
his own inimitable manner, gave a commission t . one
Thomas Daniel to seize for use within his realm as Many
masons, bricklayers, and other workmen as shoe Id be
thought necessary fur the expedition of the King's aorks
within the Tower.
THE GRAND STORE-HOUSE.
The Grand Store-House is north of the. White 7 'over,
a fine building of brick and hewn stones ; it extex ids in
length 365 feet, and is 60 feet broad ; it was comm enced
by James 11. and was finished by William 111. (1n the
first floor of this edifice is that magnificent room. called
the Small Armoury, in which he, with Queen ; Mary,
his consort, dined in great state, having all the we errant
workmen and labourers to attend them, dressed in. white
gloves and aprons. On the south side of this struc-
ture, is a stately door case adorned with four col umns,
an entablature, and a triangular pediment of the. Doric
order. Under the pediment are the Queen's arms , with
enrichments of trophy work, by the celebrated. artist,
Gibbons.
At the west- end of this building is situate the-4 ttirch,
founded by Edward 111., and dedicated to St. PO -ter in
chaiir, in which are deposited the remains of many
noble and some Royal personages executed withi n the
Tower or on the hill, and buried here in obscuritj At
the east ofthis building is situate the newly-erects 3 high
Tower, in which the regalia and all the Crown, jewels
are kept."
The officers to whom the government of the Ta,wer is
committed are the Constable of the Tower (the Di ike of
Wellington), a Lieutenant, a Deputy-Lieutenant, a Fort-
Major (commonly called Governor), a chaplain, a I ihysi-
cian, an apothecary,gentleman porter, yeoman porter a gen-
tleman gaoler, four quarter gunners,and forty warder s. the
warders wear the same uniform as the Queen's Ye !omen
of the Guard. They have round flat-crowned. caps,
with bands of parti-coloured ribbons ; their coats,, which
are of a peculiar make, but very picturesque, havt • large
sleeves, but very full skirts, gathered round son iewt
in the form of a petticoat. These coats are of fin e scar-
let cloth, laced round the edges and seams with t several
rows of gold lace, and girt round their waists with a
broad-laced girdle. Under their breasts and bacj cs they
wear the Royal badge, an embroidered thistle an d rose,
and also the initial letters V. IL in large characb As. A
battalion of Foot Guards and a company of thi -3 Royal
Artillery generally have formed the garrison of th ti place.
Providentially all has escaped the fire that was. truly
valuable to posterity. No record has been burn, ?cl nor
any document injured.
On Saturday night, at ten o'clock, a fire broke out in
No. 3, Golden-buildings, a small court next to the New
Strand Theatre, adjoining Mr. Dickson's, the biker's, at
• the house of a Mr. Cabers. The flames burst fc girth from
the attic, and for a short time threatened the me st fearful
consequences to the densely-drowded neighbour hood, the
court being so small that an engine could not b e brought
to work, except from the house of Mr: Dickt ton. The
Phoenix engine of St. Mary-le-Strand, was first on the
spot, and was immediately followed by the online of St.
Clement Danes, they were quickly followed Isy the bri-
gade from Chandos-street, and, after half-an-hour's
active exertion, the flames were got under. The excite-
ment in the immediate neighbourhood was *cry great,
and the Strand was for a short time impassable. The F
division of police kept the most excellent order. •
FIRE NEAR THE MONUMENT.--About two o'clock
on Saturday afternoon
a fire of a very serious de-
scription was discovered raging on the premise s of Mr.
Abel, Bed and Furniture Warehouse, No. 43, Fish-
street-hill. Immediatelythe police received information
of the occurrence they-
thehastened to the spot, whilst
others proceeded to give. alarm to the ddiferent en-
gine stations in the City ; but long before any arrived,
four small parish engines were
the
the spot, and had
they been in working
subdued,
b destrluct;.ve element
to
play. When the firemen belonging
might have been easily
u t o ntoy
tehnee
Watling-
street ableaastling _
street brigade arrived, the flames had reached. an alarm-
ing height, the whole of tile store-rooms rodnas and workshops
iont. a pmeral blaze.
at the top of the building wee-
However, by the skill and ability
and by
firemen, the
The amount of property fire was prevented from descending, three o'clock
apLoptehrety con-
it was entirely subdued.
sumed and damaged is very considerable,
part of the house is nearly gutted. The property uppersured to the full amount of the loss.

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uNiVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
CAMBRIDGE, OCT. 30.—At a congregation. on Wed-
nesday last the degree of Doctor.
is Divinity was m
Au.
u
ferred, by Royal mandate, on the Rev. George
gus •tu- Selwyn, of St. John's College, in this University,-
Bishop of New Zealand.
of
.Jesus. College,
David Thomas Ansted,
anti the Rev. John Cooper, M.A., of Trinity College,
have been appointed pro-Proctors for. the ensuing year.
's
On Thursday last, in the vestry of Great. S_ t. Mary' •
church, the Rev. John Hymers, D.D., o_f St. John s
College, was elected into the office of Lady Margaret's
preacher, vacant by the cession of the Rev. Richard
Newton Adams, D.D., of Sidney Sussex College. b
The Scatonian prize—subject, " The Call of A ra-
ham"—has been adjudged to the Rev. Thomas Edwards
Ifankinson,' M.A., of Corpus Christi College. Mr. Han-
kinson has now obtained this Trize eight imes, namely,
in 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1838, 1840, and 1841.
The following is the order of the classes in the Civil
Law for the academical year, 1840-41 :
First Class.—Howes, Trinity Hall; Stone-streets, John.
Second Class.—Jenner, Trinity Hall; Caldwell, Tri-
nity Hall
Third Class.—Roche, John.
The Rev. John Shaw, M.A., late Fellow of Jesus Col-
lege, in this University, has been presented to the vica-
rage of Stoke Pogis, Bucks, vaeaut by the cesion of the
Hon. anti Rev. S. G. Osborne ; patron, Lord Godolphin.
Rev. John Hampden Gurney, of Trinity College, in
this University, has been appointed chapinin to the
Lutterworth Poor-law Union, in the county of Leicester.
Rev. H. IL Mason, M.A., Fellow of Christ's College,
in this University, and Assistant-Master of King ta.
ward's School; Birmingham, has been appointed heal mas-
ter of the Free Grammar School, Brewood, Staffordshire,
The Rev. John Wollaston Kerslake, late of Magdalene
College,
has been presented to the vicarage of Culin-
stock, Devon, void by the cession of the Rev. W. Kerslake.

CIVIC REPEALERS.—It is remarkable that of
the ten Aldermen of Dublin, who went up to the Castle with
the Corporation Address last Friday, and to whom Lord De
Grey appealed for support in maintaining the Union, two " ex-
pressed themselves anxious for a Parliament in College green"
orCy a brief year ago—namely, Sir R. Baker and Alderman
Hyndman. Alas, alas ! " NlLsqualn tuta fides."—Dublin
kerning Poze.