. Ireland in London. y repudiatedsectarian motires foibis action, and showed a precedent for it. The Tower is, perhaps, next to WestminsterAbbey,themostinterestingedifice in London. Itsoldest part was built by William theConqueror in1078, other monarchs adding to it, and since thenit has been by turnsafortiess,aRoyalpalace,anda prison, and part of it is now a barracks. Fiomthe time of its erection down to the reign ofCharles II., it has been frequently used as apalace, and although in modern days it has notbeen much utilised as a prison, many famousIrishmen have counted the weary yearswithin i
. Ireland in London. y repudiatedsectarian motires foibis action, and showed a precedent for it. The Tower is, perhaps, next to WestminsterAbbey,themostinterestingedifice in London. Itsoldest part was built by William theConqueror in1078, other monarchs adding to it, and since thenit has been by turnsafortiess,aRoyalpalace,anda prison, and part of it is now a barracks. Fiomthe time of its erection down to the reign ofCharles II., it has been frequently used as apalace, and although in modern days it has notbeen much utilised as a prison, many famousIrishmen have counted the weary yearswithin its walls, and in some cases have been putto death in one or other of its noisome the Tower as a royal residence or as a fort-ress we have nothing to do. As a prison, however, it has many interesting Irish associations. The Jewel-room is generally the goal of mostvisitors, and i6 certainly worth making a longjourney to visit. The Crown jewels are valued atabout three millions sterling, and in speaking of. bichard lalor sheil.(From a bust) 22 Ireland in London. them a very remarkable personage recurs toevery student of history. The notorious attemptto steal the Crown jewels was made on the 9thMay, 1671, by Colonel Thomas Blood, a des-perado born in Ireland in 16?8,the son of anironmaster residing at Farney, in Meath. After
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