THE SCOTS MAGAZINE, AND Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, FOR APRIL 1815: With a View of the Interior of ELGIN CATHEDRAL. 260 263 tures, Chemistry, Science, and the fine Arts,......... 254 Observations on Landscape-Style,..... 257 Trial of William Paterson for poisoning his Wife, (concluded,)....... New Regulations respecting the Order of the Bath, (concluded,).............. 263 Description of the Ascent of the Peak of Teneriffe, by Humboldt,........... Extracts from Park's new Volume of Travels,...... -Mode of washing for Gold in Africa, ib. -African Thieves,..... 277 -Adventure with three Lions,......... 279 -Account of the City of Sansanding,.. ib. On the different Species of Apples cultivated in this Country,........ Comparative Table of cultivated and uncultivated Lands in the different Counties of Scotland,................... 284 SCOTTISH REVIEW. A New Edition of Toland's History of 276 280 By 285 PROCEEDINGS OF PARLIAMENT. House of Lords,-On the Corn Laws,. 297 House of Commons.-On the Resolutions respecting the Corn Laws,...... 299 THE Scots Magazine, AND EDINBURGH LITERARY MISCELLANY, For APRIL 1815. Description of the Interior of ELGIN Cathedral. "Signed R. M." R, "ander Dunbar Cumnoch, knight, sheriff of Elgin and Forres, and his "deputes; William, Bishop of AberELGIN CATHEDRAL, part of the "deen; Patrick, Bishop of Moray, ruins of which are represented in "&c. that they defend and assist Athe annexed Engraving, was originally "lexander Clerk, and Wm. Binney, built by Andrew, Bishop de Moray," and their servants, taking down, and in 1224. In 1390 it was burnt down," selling the said lead, &c. together with the town, by the "Wolf of Badenoch," son of Robert the 11., in one of those feuds which so much disgraced that period. It was soon after restored; but as the great tower fell in 1506, it could not have been done in a very sufficient manner. The year following, however, Bishop Foreman began to repair this misfortune, and, in 32 years after, it was restored to all its original splendour. Not, however, long to remain; for what the fury of the Reformation spared, was destined to become a prey to the necessities of government; and in 1568, only 30 years after it was finished, the following disgraceful edict was issued from the Council of Edinburgh : "Edinburgh, 14th Feb. 1567-8. "Seeing provision must be made "for entertaining the men of war, "whose service cannot be spared, un"til the rebellious and disobedient "subjects be reduced; therefore, let "the lead be taken from the cathedral "churches in Aberdeen and Elgin, " and sold for sustentation of the said men of war; and command and charge the Earl of Huntly, sheriff of "Aberdeen, and his deputes; Alex 66 This sacrilegious spoliation was accordingly put in practice, and as the metal could only be disposed of in Holland, it was shipped from Aberdeen to that country, but had scarcely left the harbour when the vessel sunk, and the whole was lost; a fate which, at the time, was considered as a just reward to those who were concerned in this very infamous transaction. After the period of this robbery, the church went fast to decay, and in 1711 the great tower again fell. From the magnificent remains of this venerable building, it is easy to determine, that Elgin cathedral must have been one of the finest in Britain, By the engraving which accompanies this, some notion may be formed of the sumptuous decorations with which it was finished. The drawing is taken from the middle of the building, under the place where the great tower stood, of which the masses in front are, no doubt, fragments. It repre sents the eastern end of the cathedral, where there are two ranges of windows, five in each, the lower measuring four feet by two, the upper ones |