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ant} movements, of which any one may he flopped fepa- 
rately. One fire-engine conveys warm air to every indi¬ 
vidual part of the machine, and one regulator governs 
the whole work. 
The depot for the royal train of artillery is on the 
ground-floor of the grand itore-houfe ; very few pieces 
of ordnance, however, remain there at prefent, except 
fucb as have been long pref'erved, and fhown as curiosities ; 
every thing elfe kept here has been in fuch a continual ftate 
of fluctuation, during a long period of war, that a de¬ 
fer! jimon of them is impofiible. In addition to the ar¬ 
ticles which are flationary, this extenfive flore-room is 
Ailed with new brafs cannon, and other implements of war, 
finch as fponges, rammers, ladles, artillery harnefs, &c. 
which are depofited here til! called for. The room itielf 
is three hundred and eighty feet in length, fifty wide, and 
twenty-two high. In it are twenty pillars for fupporting 
the (mall armory above, hung round with Aandards, co¬ 
lours, &c. taken from the enemy. 
The Small Armqry, above, is three hundred and forty- 
five feet in length, and contains a wildernefs of arms, io 
ingenioufly dil'pofed in racks, in the middle, and all 
around the walls, that arms for upwards of a hundred 
thonfand men, all kept bright, and fit for immediate fer- 
vice, are feen at one view.—The only piece of ordnance 
in this room is a very curious fmall cannon ; a two- 
poundsr, taken by the French at.Malta, in June 1798, 
which, with the eight flags hanging from the deling, 
were fent to the Diredory on-board La Senfible frigate; 
but that veffel was taken by the Sea-horfe, Capt. Foote. 
This cannon is made of a mixed metal, refembling gold. 
On. it is the head of the Grand Matter of Malta, fupported 
by two genii, in bas-relief; it is alfo ornamented with 
eagles, &e. all of excellent workmanlhip. The carriage 
Is alfo very curious : on it are the carved figures of two 
furies, wliofe features are ftrongly expreflive of rage and 
defpair. One arm of each of them, being entwined to¬ 
gether, grafps a large fnake; and in the other each holds 
a torch. From their heads ilfue clutters of fmall fnakes ; 
but thefe are broken off from one. The centres of the 
wheels reprefent the face of the fun, and the (pokes its 
rays. The whole is executed in a very maflerly manner. 
Four of the Maltefe colours hang over the entrance into 
the room ; and the other four in the corners. 
Of the curious and ornamental difpofition of the arms, 
no adequate idea can be formed by defcription ; but, to 
a (flit the fpedator to retain the remembrance of what he 
fees, we (hall gitfe a few particulars. The walls, on each 
fide, are adorned with eight pilalters of pikes, fixteen feet 
long, with capitals of piftols, of the .Corinthian order. 
On the left of the entrance are two curious pyramids, 
compofed of piltols, Handing upon crowns, globes, fcep- 
tres, &c. finely carved, and placed upon a pedeftal five 
feet high. The inter-columns compole a kind of wil- 
dernefs’of arms, round which you walk. Here you find 
piltols and bayonets placed in the form of half-moons 
and fans; with the imitation of a target in the centre, 
made up of the blades of bayonets. Brafs blunderbufles 
for fea-lervice, with capitals of piltols over them. Old- 
fafhioned bayonets, formed in fuch a manner as to repre¬ 
fent the waves of the fea. Bayonets, and fword-bayonets, 
in the fhape of half-moons .aud fans, and fet in fcollop- 
fhells, finely carved. The rifing fun, irradiated with rays 
of piitols fet in a chequered frame of marine hangers of a 
peculiar make, having brafs handles, and the form of a 
dog’s head on their pommels. Four beautiful -twitted 
pillars, made with piltols up to the top, which is about 
twenty feet high, and placed at right angles, with the 
form of a falling Aaron the deling, exadly in the centre. 
The veprefentation of a pair of large folding gates, of an¬ 
tique form, made of foldiers^ halberts. Horiemen’s car¬ 
bines, blunderbufles,- and piltols, hanging very artificially 
in furbelow s and flounces. A Medufa’s head, within three 
regular ellipfes of piftols, with fnakes reprefented flinging 
he'r. At the eaft end are two fuits of armour, one made 
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for Henry V. the other for Henry VI. over each of which 
is a femicircle of piftols: between thefe is reprefented the 
figure of an organ, the large pipes compofed of brafs 
blunderbufles, and the fmall of piftols : on one fide of 
this figure is the reprefentation of a -fiery ferpent, the head 
and tail of carved work, and the body of piftols, winding 
round in the form of a fnake; and on the other a hydra, 
or feven-headed monfter, whole heads are very artificially 
combined by links of piftols.—Here is alfo the fword of 
•Jultice (having a (harp point), the fword of Mercy (hav¬ 
ing a blunt point), carried before the pretender, when pro¬ 
claimed in Scotland, in 1715. 
In the centre of this room, on the north-fide, opens the 
grand (lair-cafe door, for the admilflon of the royal fa¬ 
mily, or any of the nobility, wliofe curiofity may lead 
them to view' the armory; oppofite to which,on the fouth 
fide, opens another door into the balcony, that affords a 
fine profpeCt of the parade, the governor’s houfe, the fur- 
veyor-general’s, ftore-keeper’s, and the other general-offi¬ 
cers’ houfes in the Tower.—The arms in this room were 
originally difpofed by Mr. Harris, wdio contrived to place 
them in this beautiful order, both here and in the guard- 
chamber of Hampton-court. lie was a common gun- 
fmith ; but, after he had performed this work, he was al¬ 
lowed a penfion from the crown as a reward for his inge¬ 
nuity. 
The Jewel-office is the next place which is visited. 
When the rich articles depolited ip this office are fhown, 
the fpeftators are locked into that half of the room af- 
figned for them, where they fit down dole to a grate, like 
that of a nunnery : on the other fide of which, the perfore 
w ho (hows the jewels difplays them feparately, by candle¬ 
light. Thefe precautions have been taken fince the reign 
of Charles II. when that defperado, Blood, made a bold at¬ 
tempt to carry off the crown, and other enfigns of royalty. 
The regalia fhown in this office, are, 1. The imperial 
crown, with which it is faid all the kings of England have 
been crowned fince the time of Edward the Confeffor. 
This, however, is contradicted by fact; for the regalia of 
St. Edward was kept in the arched room, in the cloifters 
of Weftminfter Abbey, till the grand rebellion, when, in 
1642, Harry Martin, by order of the parliament, broke 
open the iron cheft in which it was depofited, took it from 
thence, and fold it, together with the robes, l’vvord, and 
feeptre, of St. Ed ward. After the reftoraticn, king Charles 
II. had one made like it, which is fhown at prefent. It 
is of gold, enriched with diamonds, rubies, emeralds, 
fapphires, and pearls. The cap within is of purple vel¬ 
vet, lined with white taffety, turned up with three rows of 
ermine. 2. The golden orb, or globe, put into the king’s 
right hand before he is crowned, and borne in his left, 
with the feeptre in his right, upon his return into Weft- 
minfter-hall, after he is crowned. It is about fix inches 
in diameter, edged vith pearl, and enriched with precious 
ftones. On the top is an amethyli, near an inch and a 
half in height, fet upon a rich crofs of goid, adorned with 
diamonds, pearls, and precious (tones. The whole height 
of the ball and cup is eleven inches. 3. The golden feep- 
tre, with its crofs, let upon a large amethylt of great 
value, garnifhed round with table-diamonds. The han¬ 
dle of the feeptre is plain, but the pommel is fee round 
with rubies, emeralds, and fmall diamonds. The top 
rifes into a fleur-de-lis, of fix leaves, all enriched with 
precious (tones ; from whence- iffues a mound, or ball, 
made of the amethyft already mentioned. 4. The feep¬ 
tre with the dove, the emblem of peace, perched on the 
top of a fmall Jerufalem crofs, finely ornamented with ta¬ 
ble-diamonds, and jewels of great value. This emblem 
was firft ufed by Edward the Confeffor, as appears ,hy his 
feal. It is alfo marked on the feals of Henry I. Stephen 
and Henry II. but omitted by Richard I. Richard II. 
affumed it again on his feal ; and it was alfo ufed by Ed¬ 
ward IV. and Richard III. 5. St. Edward’s (raff, in 
length four feet feven inches and a half, and three inches 
and three quarters in circumference, all of beaten gold, 
which 
