The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 13, No. 355, February 7, 1829

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Various. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 13, No. 355, February 7, 1829

VILLAS IN THE REGENT'S PARK

DESTRUCTION OF THE INTERIOR OF YORK MINSTER.1

HARD FROSTS IN ENGLAND

TURKISH PROPHECY

POPULAR SUPERSTITIONS, &c

FINE ARTS

DESCRIPTION OF THE KING'S PALACE,

THE ANECDOTE GALLERY

WINDSOR AS IT WAS

NOTES OF A READER

NAVARINO

FRENCH THEATRES

ROUSSEAU

BRUSSELS

WRITING FOR THE STAGE

EXPEDITIONS OF DISCOVERY

BEEF-EATING

THE SABBATH

POCKET BOOKS

CRANIOLOGY

PRYNNE

GERMAN STUDENTS

GREAT SEAL OF ENGLAND

TRAVELLING

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS

THE MURDER HOLE

DANCING

THE GATHERER

FAMILY RECKONING

VARY-WEEL WHILE IT LASTS

TRIAL BY JURY

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On Monday morning last, this magnificent structure was discovered to be on fire. Soon after the alarm was given, the bells of twenty-three churches announced the dismal tidings; but for some time the people looked upon the report as a hoax, and it was not until after the lapse of an hour that the city was fairly roused to a sense of the impending calamity.

On the Sunday evening previous, there was service in the Minster, as usual, and all appeared to be left safe. A light was, however, observed in the building, by a man passing through the Minster-yard, about four o'clock on Monday morning; but he supposed some workmen were employed there, and passed on without inquiry. Between six and seven o'clock, the discovery was made in an extraordinary manner. One of the choristers passing through the Minster-yard, accidentally stepping on a piece of ice, was thrown on his back, in which position he saw a quantity of smoke issuing from the roof.

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From another account we learn that communication with the roof was not at first apprehended, but the roof of the choir being very dry wood, soon joined in the conflagration. It is impossible to describe the awful picture of the flames rising above this majestic building. The effect produced by the glare of light upon the stained glass of the windows exceeds description. On the falling of the roof, the house of prayer, which but the evening before had resounded with the voices of worshippers, and where all was order and harmony, now resembled a fiery furnace. The pillars, which once served to divide the choir from the two side aisles, now stood alone, the whole being an open space, with the roof burning on the ground, and nothing above but the blue canopy of heaven.

Mr. Britton, in his valuable work on York Cathedral, gives a minute description of that part of the Minster which has been destroyed; from which the following is extracted:—

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