The Delaware register, or, Farmers', manufacturers' & mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1829, 1829-04-11

However, by the prompt and interchangeable exerons of the
popuace the engines successfully brought bear
the devastating element and by clock its progress
arrested At time the flames burst through the roof
the dome, and TO be rearing their awful crest high
above the noble edihce, and threatening with complete
destruction.
The assemblage who had gained admittance
the yard gazed upon the with intensity of interest
that impossible TO describes and the multitude of specta-
the streets though unable to take active part
nua ceered those whose exerons had nearly exhausted
them The West and East windows objects of marked
attention. The latter exceeds in dimensions any Gothic win
dow in the word and for beauty, originality of design, and
excellence of coloring stands equally mvalled strong
glare of light continually falling upon its richly stained
glass; and revealed its transparent beauties in more than
their wonted attraction.
The Screen of which you have often heard, being of
elaborate tabernacle workmanship, decorated with pedments
inches, pnnacles and canopes and containing the muaed
statues of believe fifteen of the English monarchs, was
happily preserved But the organ, celebrated in the
mails of music, beng surpassed compass and richness of
only by the Harlem, but superior to that in
architecture beauty and mechanical convance entire
y consumed The famous silver pastoral staff the gorgeous
candelabras, the Vergers Insignia Subsac rss sill
YER chain and KEYS together with the whole of the comm
mon plate were also destroyed. The celebrated chair,
valuable from ha wing been the throne of several of their
Saxon Maestes, which stood within the pale of the altar
time gnited and those parts which escaped the
fire. decayed they by age e to pieces beneath the
pressure Of the crowd the ruthless grasp of the emen
The damage occasoned TO the edice estimated 40 000I
10 S0000l and should prove that the antique hon has
been burn the greater part of the landed revenues will be
entirely lost TO the Minister
You will doubtless remember that this is the third instance
record Of The York Cathedral having been burnt If my
memory does deceive me, far back 1862 when the
Norman Garrison attacked by the Danes and Northum
brans cathedral, with portion of the town,
dlced ashes. 1t however rebuilt by rich Norman
named Thomas, and in 1887 again fell prey to the ames
with the Abbey of ST. Mary and thirty nine parish churches
At the end of $50 years again rebuilt and the de
periods when raised easily be traced from the
alterations in the style of architecture.
The length of the building from east TO west 5274, its
breadth the East end l05 feet and at the West l09 The
height of the principal 81 feet of the Wes-
tern 1856 of the body of the edfce &c. The first in
formation have of the city being ecclesiastical eab
shment is, Think far back 3l4; and the first bishop
invested by Pope Honous, Paulnus, who, if mistake
not figures history having converted the Queen of Ed
win, King of Northumbria to Christianity. In 1914, the
but chers' the metropolitan dignity and in
stalled as archbishop of York.
stained by JOHN Thonon who under
ooko finish / years, at -four shilings week
tTlrre generally though
believed 10 have elephants tooth
Cathedral holds of lands
granted 10 the minister by Uus Saxon prince OF
Ieira.
An order from the Aduan Generals office ecite the pro-
ceedings of Court Martial convened at Jefferson Barrack
on the 28th December last which William Huston or
Hart of the 9Th Regiment of Infantry, araigned and
tried The charge against him for desertion from
Jeersons Barracks in April ast the second for reensng
at Natchez in the following May, and receiving part of the
bounty while ,deseer; the third for deserving in June from
the post at Natchez To all three Tie prisoner pleaded gull
ty and was sentenced be shot. The following is the
der from the Department:
Har Department, l7h March, 1929.
The proceedings of General Court Martial, Capt. B.
Riley Presidency of William Huston, alias William