THE PROPER SITE FOR A NEW ARMOURY. TO THE EDITOR
OF THE SPECTATOR.
Sue—Now that orders for new muskets are being issued, the officers of the Ordnance are probably thinking where they are to be deposited. If a civilian may be permitted to hazard an opinion on such a subject, I should say that the Tower of London is not a fit place for a national armoury. In the first place it does not seem secure. It is flanked with high warehouses on the East and West ; and on the North there are houses standing on an eminence. A mob which could gain possession of these buildings, might seriously annoy the garrison, and perhaps sweep the parapets. Secondly, the site of the Tower would form an excellent open space for pub- lic gardens. The White Tower, with some of its appendages, might be left, as an ornament, not as a fortress ; the rest would form an excellent " lung of London," with an esplanade along the river-bank. Woolwich would be a more suitable armoury : or if it be needful to have a fortress in London, Hyde Park, Regent's Park, or the new Victoria Park, world afford more isolated situations.
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