Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-13

work in other directions, little was done be- yond mere maintenance and repair. Six | years ago, however, the work of restoration | was actively begun again. The chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula, the burial-plac of Queen Anne BoIeyn, with the other illustri-
 ous victims of royal displeasure CT political
 necessity down to the time of the Jacoblte
 lords of the '4j had fallen into a most dis
 creditable state of decay The interior was
 choked by the ugliest of modern galleries,
 with tall unsightly pews; a sinking of the
 pavement of the altar was becoming more and
 more apparent, and it became necessary to
 take immediate steps to prevent the whole
 building from falling into ruins When thls
 chapel had been repaired and purged or the
 monstrosities by which it was dehled, the
 next work of importance to be undertaken
 was the restoration of the outer wall on the south or river side, together with the Well and Cradle towers This has now been done, and in the meantime certain mean
 buildings on the east side of the White tower, which were usedby the Royal Engineers as stores, showed such unmistakable signs of immediate intention of falling in bodily that they had to be swept away. On that side, therefore, the White tower is unmask- ed and clear as it was erected by Gundulf. It was in course of this removal that the Roman remains, to which allusion has been made in the early part of this paper, were discovered. At the same time the dirty slums known as the Irish barracks were cleared away, and the space between the in- her and outer Notifications on the eastern side being thrown open the Salt and Broad Arrow towers stand fully revealed.
 The great work of all, however, remains. The Tower of London is still screened from the Thames by the great warehouse of which mention has been made. Fortunately, there is prospect that remedy will be found for the eclipse An arrangement has at last been come to between the Secretary of State for war and the first commissioner of works, by which the former will give up the warehouse which is no longer required by the war department. and the upper stories of which so rotten and of such himsy construction that no bulky goods can be stored there. The first commissioner of works on his part will remove these build ings and then proposes to complete the re- storation of the inner wall of the tower and the Lantern tower, of which, no doubt, the foundations will be found beneath the ware house. The whole circle of the Tower of London will thus again reappear and the Central tower vii. stand out, unincumbered by other buildings, in all its pristine grand eur. Ample authorities exist for the restora- ton, and though it is impossible to give back the very stones it is easy to reconstruct an exact and authentic presentment of the old fortress as it stood in those days. Careful drawings have been prepared at the office of works, together with models of the tower as 1t is and as it will be when the. work is accomplished, and these have received the approval of some of the chief authorities on archaeology and architecture. Nor need the public fear lest they should be billed and shaved" for the purpose, as their forbears were by William Rufus for the total cost of the work is only estimated at about e6, ,5OO, of which some e2, 900 or more will be re- couped to the Exchequer by the sale of the old materials of the storehouse.