The figures in this romantic collection are arranged in chronological order; each is mounted in the full field costume of its respective era, and placed beneath an arch, in the left column of which is affixed a banner displaying in letters of gold the name, rank, and period of the illustrious personages beneath, who look like animated portraits borrowed from some Illustrated History of England. A small room to the right contains in addition specimens of the various kinds of fire-arms that have been in use since the invention of gunnery. Here will be noticed, among other trophies, three swords, a helmet, and a girdle, once belonging to Tippoo Saib, and some curious Chinese dresses and accoutrements captured in one of our recent victories at Chusan. Nor should we omit to direct attention to Henry the Eighth's walking-staff, with three matchlock pistols in it, and a short bayonet in the centre of the barrels, with which trusty companion the portly monarch is said to have perambulated the streets of London in disguise after nightfall.

At the north-east corner of the Horse Armoury is the staircase leading to Queen Elizabeth's Armoury, which contains specimens of those weapons in use before the introduction of fire-arms. Here figure the partisan, the pike, the boar-spear, the bill, the glaive, the ranseur, the spontoon, the battle-axe, and other formidable arguments of a like description, with which our ancestors were wont to settle disputed questions. Here, too, are sundry instruments of torture, the thumb-screw and the scavenger's daughter," which make the blood run cold to look at. At the entrance the attendant will point out the apartment which was the prison of the gallant Raleigh. The lower portions of the White Tower are occupied as store-rooms for the Ordnance Department, and the upper portion as a repository for the national records.

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THE JEWEL OFFICE is generally the next place visited. The Crown jewels were formerly kept in the Martin Tower, but in 1841 the present building was prepared for their reception. Here will be seen the gorgeous regalia with which

our monarchs have been invested at their coronation. The most conspicuous among them is the Imperial Crown, modelled for George IV., and said to be the richest diadem in Europe. It is made of rich velvet, enclosed with silver hoops and covered with diamonds. In the front is a large Jerusalem cross entirely frosted with brilliants, having in the centre a beautiful sapphire of the purest and deepest azure; at the back is another cross, similarly frosted, and enclosing the rock ruby worn by Edward the Black Prince, and by Henry V., at the battle of Agincourt. These matchless jewels are separated by four large diamond flowers, set between the arches, and the whole rests upon a double fillet of large pearls, enclosing several diamonds, emeralds, rubies, and amethysts, of surpassing brilliancy. Besides the crown there are shown about forty other objects of curious interest, some remarkable for the amazing splendour of their ornaments, and others uniting great antiquity to dazzling lustre. They are all displayed within enclosures lined with white cloth and fronted with large squares of plate glass. The apartment is lighted by six argand lamps of great power, that throw their full radiance on the jewels, which are valued collectively at upwards of three millions sterling.

Opposite the church, and on the south-west corner of the Tower Green, the ancient place of execution, is the Governor's residence, in which is the COUNCIL CHAMBER, where there is a record kept of the Gunpowder Plot, the conspirators having been examined here. The BEAUCHAMP TOWER stands half way between the Governor's residence and the church. It was the ancient state prison, and consisted of two stories, the walls of which, with their carved memorials, bear sad testimony to the dismal thoughts of those who were here imprisoned. North of the Beauchamp Tower is the DEVELIN TOWER, and to the eastward are the remains of the BOWYER TOWER, the reputed scene of Clarence's death in the Malmsey butt, the FLINT and the BRICK TOWER, where Lady Jane Grey underwent her imprisonment. The upper

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story of the WAKEFIELD TOWER is pointed out as the spot where Henry VI. was murdered. Before leaving these venerable precincts, the visitor should ascend the parade, look at the old batteries, where the cannons are happily rusting away in peaceful inaction, and having explored the short streets, and court-yards, which give this remarkable spot the appearance of a little fortified town, let him make his exit by the postern, on the eastern side, and contrast the advantages of our present happier condition with the evidence that has been afforded him of the brutal tastes and sanguinary pursuits of the nation, when kings upheld their thrones by the tyranny of bloodshed, and the people were taught to regard their brethren across the channel as their natural enemies. Let him stand by the lofty dock-walls of St. Katharine, and view the thronging herd of ships that crowd upon the Pool, and he will behold a scene of true glory which the world cannot equal, a sight which is alone and unparalleled in the history of nations, a spectacle which neither Greece in her refined enlightenment, nor Rome in her imperial power could boast. A channel left in mid-stream is lined on each side with shipping, the hulls lying dark and solid upon the water, the rigging mingling into one long-continued web, a mesh of interlacing ropes and spars. Ten thousand masts stretch

tapering to the sky in token of England's commerce with each corner of the globe; the flags of all countries spread their colours to the breeze, the tongues of all nations mingle in one busy clamour, which still tells that every clime sends to this chosen haven the choicest products of their several lands, giving wealth almost beyond calculation, to be centred in the Pool, the docks, and the tall warehouses around. Such is a visible sign of the wonders wrought by popular progress, and a brilliant contrast in its picture of peaceful industry to the dark evidence of the horrors of the past shrouded within the venerable walls of the Tower.

Before quitting the neighbourhood, there are two buildings by Tower Hill which should not escape observation. The one

on the north side is the TRINITY HOUSE, a handsome structure of Portland stone, which is the seat of the Trinity Corporation, founded in 1512. Here are examined the masters of ships, and besides appointing pilots to the Thames, the government of lighthouses, harbour-dues, buoys, &c., all falls under their cognisance. To the eastern side of the hill is the MINT, a fine stone building erected from the designs of Smirke, and possessing vast mechanical aids within for executing the coinage of the United Kingdom, which is all issued from this great money manufactory. The buildings in which the coining is carried on, are a series of neat worships situated in the courts behind. The machinery is exceedingly interesting, and the whole is a model of ingenuity and exactness. Strangers can only be admitted by the special introduction of some superior officer connected with the establishment.

DISTRICT 4.

STATIONERS' HALL-WARWICK LANE-NEWGATE MARKET CHRIST'S HOSPITAL-NEWGATE-THE OLD BAILEY-CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT-ST. SEPULCHRE'S THE COMPTER-SMITHFIELD MARKET -BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL-ST. JOHN'S GATE-THE CHARTER

HOUSE ALDERSGATE STREET-WHITE CROSS STREET-PANYER

ALLEY-HOLBORN HILL-THE FLEET-ST. ANDREW'S CHURCHELY PLACE ANCIENT LAW COURTS-HOLBORN BARS.

ROCEEDING northward from St. Paul's towards Newgate Street, we again traverse the great bookselling district, in the heart of which, standing back from a passage leading from Ludgate Hill to Paternoster Row, is STATIONERS' HALL, where the works of all authors are entered to secure their copyright. The gross amount of magazines and other periodicals, sold on the last day of the month, in Paternoster Row, has been estimated at 500,000 copies. The annual returns of periodical works alone, are rated at 300,000, and this, notwithstanding the wonderful cheapness of price at which they are issued, so that some idea may be formed of the extensive nature of the business here transacted. Threading the tortuous thoroughfare of WARWICK LANE, which derived its name from the mansion of the Earls of Warwick having been there situated in the days of yore, we pass on our left the COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, where the golden globe on the dome " seems to the distant sight a gilded pill." The business of the college is now removed to a much finer building in Pall Mall East. At the back of this building, and in the midst of a denselypopulated area, is NEWGATE MARKET, which is productive of considerable inconvenience to the public, from its ill-chosen situation. On market-days it frequently happens that the streets in the vicinity are completely blocked up by the