The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-29 00:00:00

MORNING SUN

STEALING «THE SUN."

~. poetical correspondent has sent us some lines from
meith, entitled,
4, os.
BEADING IN THE SUN' NEWSPAPER THAT SE-
VERAL COPIES OF THAT PAPER HAD BEEN STOLEN
WHILE TRAVELLING VIA POST."
Were it not for lack of room we would give the whole ;
we two first stanzas, however, will show how the jocular
author treats the subject of his fancy.

" Wlto saw The Sun to-day ?"--SHAKSPEARE.

Ah ! who would steal the blessed Sun
"hat lightens all the land !
It surely were a burning shame •
When Globes there are at hand !
Who steals the Star steals trash, and he
Who filches Times away
Commits a petty theft to those
Who'd steal the god of day ! &c., &c.

SIR FRANCIS CHANTREY, R.A.
(
s'fbial, under whose hand the marble assumed the
ofetest and most exquisite forms of loveliness—to whom
. th
„sculpture of the last fifty years has been indebted for
-"Viand intellectual chan‘se=whose chisel has crowded
halls, saloons, and cities with lofty and breathing
80,
of great and good men—it falls to our lot to
-7,sak, now that death has come suddenly upon him.
. siosti •
. Chan in 1782, at Norton, in Derbyshire, Sir Francis
C4ntrey was elected a Royal Academician in 1818, and.
is extraordinary rise into notice before that time was
s_l)wing to The and original development of his own fine
Pews
, rs truth of this is apparent from the following
-arty fact
it When Chantrey sent his bust of Horne Tooke to the
the Exhibition, he was young and unfriended, but
Ileinurnense merit of the work did not escape the eye of
dekens. He lifted it from the floor—set it before him,
t
of its
his head to and fro, and having satisfied himself
ass 'ts excellence, turned round to those who were,
a-sanging the works for the exhibition, and said, " There s
fin lung
very fine work—let the man who made it be
lanai:l'm—remove one of my busts, and put this one in its
ee, for it well deserves it." He sat for his own bust sub-
Oneatly to Chantrey, by whom his name was ever men-
d with a depth of respect that amounted almost to
"ilderness or love.
ssr'''sr°tlleevke,:s
.Nvas a great admirer of his young friend
84,an r , art w,
and frequently, on the authority of Mr.
sdi"u, was heard to recommend him on all occasions
atise,nl oPportunity offered. He had himself a dislike to
isrs,".,",ing in the shape of ancient art, and when asked to
be74eL 4 bust would constantly say, " Go to Chantrey,
yol
.the man for a bust ; he'll make a good bust for
lay. I alWays recommend him."
tit 0116 a Lord Elgin's marbles arrived in England, and
the, '°llll3n.ttee of the House of Commons called before
osisill; the men of the highest emiaenco to give their
it'S,--L°ll as to their value and excellence, Mr. Chantrey,
th-°ng the number was questioned, and his suffrage with
t4't of others, led greatly to their purchase for the coun-
bless" " Are you well acquainted with the Elgin mar-
s"l have frequently visited them."—" In what
isn, as to the excellence of art, do you place them ?"
at th.questionably in the first."—" Have you ever looked
41,.12collection with a view to its value in money ?"
"4.7 Y do not know what to compare them with 1"
hire- You think it of great importance to the art of sculp-
th that this collection should become the property of
es,Publice—" I think it of the greatest importance."
of On the death of Sir Thomas Munro, the inhabitants
sit"tadras decreed him a bronze equestrian statue, which
o,(leted to be executed by Chantrey. His medal-
s the late King, modelled under his superintend-
see b
in the basso-relievo style, was a beßu-
Utehill ih‘‘:nOrtArkiey'ser °airlat.S,
was a very prolific genius : his marble pro-
ilotiYeeare numerous. .His busts first brought him into
his fa, as instanced above, and laid the foundation of
thretme, and they are besides the most admirable pro-
kso I°ns of that kind in the world. Of his statues and
kitsutPs there are scores, but of his busts hundreds. We
Tool. name some few of our chief favourites :—Horne
isseine, Wordsworth, Scott, John Hookham
`)ftr-s's'aPhael Smith, Professor Playfair, the Bishop
Wajt-'4erOn, the late King. Of all these perhaps that of Sir
Scott is the best. The poet has a face as change-
ameaand various as. the characters he draws in his works,
tlki, expression which nothing but genius something
ri,s_ to his
own could have hoped to have seized. In this
isolatlcable bust the brow is full of thought, the eyes
kost}ihr°ugh one, and there is a grave humour about the
lase i which seems ready to escape in speech. The whole
kat
_rB
.finished with the most fascinating skill. The poet
41_1 finished the sculptor chiselled, and there was many a
word between them.
tern eaael Chantrey are all of a domestic or
his-
sitti kind. His statues are numerous, and perhaps his
at th °nes are the best. Meditation and thought are
sonle
oirf
foreedom when the body is at rest ; and though.
'let of ;11.s. Poets have conceived and composed in the_
'vaYs 'lng, yet a man who thinks, seated, must al-
who sta. d n'Ore like a man in grave thought than one
is stimillv.s, let him think ever so stoutly. James Watthis
Perfect i "ng, as far as sculpture can prolong life :
'which scsinage, meditating on the extraordinary power
to the
wsiLl wields so easily and profitably, is preserved
gr,,,aceruleands* The statue of Chief Baron Dundas was
sue lit rat
asnaffe dthat of Mr. Anderson was
Pliant old ana Perfect image of the happy and bene-
andP'eased Ina° ; and that of Dr. Cyril Jackson
the who 1;e
erect fio.lalera 'w its type, or love flowing draperies
ors op
Christ Church-walk. Of Chantrey's
!omit, 't?Ill.Os • lasningtn mast undoubtedly be the fu-
see.),
Tier. the hero
of American independence seems the
few Isi;srriufieation of one wrapt in thought—a man of
fop
:~pt. allof prompt deeds; with a mind and fortitude
elnergeneies. Grattan in the statue is a being of
of e"6 class—earnest, voluble, in motion more than any
riantrey's works, and yet with something both of
ll nity and of serenity beyond what the orator possessed.
• apprehensive, and mildly grave ; you
l:Z" is
anxious,l speak. General Gillespie is a fine
e hia_expecting
_inmatuothese works there is to be admired
!.")' figure.. I
subordinate beaut 7-7, decorous and prudent use of
issmsrn dress. All its characteristic vulgarities are sof-
-4
down or concealed. There is no aggravation of
14,-sels, no projection of
.buttons. Though the beholder
ostraseious that there is an art used .in
.hiding these
4 °realties the skill of the sculptor contrived to con-
, it in nature.
hantrey's groups, though the most admired, were.
°t Perhaps The Two Child-
ten aPs the happiest of his works.
ke".iie Two Females on Wildman's monument, and the
ther and Children on that of David P. Watts, are cer-
unly
drsii ost our favourites. The pathos of his two c. 11.11-
tws goes to the heart of every mother ; the exquisite
lletaess of workmanship is subdued by the sentiment.
is Ladyifpa Louisa Russell is one of those fair and happy
.1%1;s of youth, which even old age might go a long
ckeY to worship.
isstr'lantrey's invention of the'new-pointing machine, an
thsosastrie,ot used by sculptors for measuring statues,
lying in a subordinate line of art, is truly valu-
for i'tsn" far surpasses that discovered by Bacon, the artist,
etilpt„a,,eeurfzey and rapidity. Hudon, the eminent French
"I'st ti" °n visiting London, saw this instrument for the
ri'tros4le in Bacon's studio, and expressed himself so
qaal Y. concerning its beauty and its usefulness, that
I,isas reY made him an immediate present of one. Some
vssisafterwards a gentleman who had come through
esaxii,ed. on Bacon, and observing Chantrey's instru-
ss4 ?lan/led, in surprise, "So you have got Monsieur
4" " oistrument for taking points ; I.see you don't
to „„ _ .
Monsk,l -‘l3ying the French in some particulars."
vain
*won took place, when it appeared tkiat
ioil Riltdon had passed it off for an invention
13 ow
d ass, Chantrey, indeed, was so pleased with
ts'awisss instrument, that he caused correct working
sis ;,,es ob_
h‘oustri e prepared, and sent as a present to Canova,
e an ' nas Italian acknowledged the benefit which
that hel'lsttunient would confer on art, but he lamented
to ",s°'l 411 °°1(1 not find. a 'head in Emile mechanical
ki`-'rellaatre;Lnlsrehend the drawings.
hours Land s '.vas more than any one else the most ad-
oof t,,?led friend of Nollekens, and during the last_.
Ce. 11; "Is latter remarkable man, was ever at his
op tits fo's last visit to the Royal Academy was attended
lip sedati,r,lnem, and as he was carried up stairs in a kind
~hantrey attended by his friend's side, and
Ott groups the last remarks he made upon the scenes
tsi, Ps about him. He was then borne to his coach,
t his tithe Persons who. helped him a guinea each—he
'ln, 01'41 to his hat—Chantrey seated himself beside
o
Ho bade farewell for ever to the Royal Academy.
Shand
ht,:tllptur Possessed a very choice. and exquisite cabinet
Pllreha °' antiques, medallions, &c. Many of theme
such. of aged at public sales. Nollekens' fine cast of the
b.': hr. Johnson, which he possessed and valued
ss-neh tos -°ught for ten guineas, almost four times as
Cakinn;ne; as Nollekens charged for his common cast ;
-"Qa it he accustomed to say "I think it
ur p at an__w.as
frio4s Y price—it is, in my opinion, the finest head
u ever produced?'
Ivo Lglaad
hi 'Ks r,,fi may justly be proud of her Chantrey. llis
s 8 taste • eeted back her image as a mirror ; he formed.
,snY Etr, °II 40 style but that of nature, and no works of
_Pirate or country but his own can claim back any in-
slif'esh-seifllsornwhiclt they have lent him. He called up no
bathe szv, antiquity ; he gave us no established visions
t‘"filtY were
moment, he
.breathed in was his ; the
s.l-1 the manliness which lived and mov.ed
On for e his materials, and he embodied
4aed tsi the gratification of posterity. He
ss
riv "oils as if he were unconscious of any
1.-4°) bus bat but Nature—the antique was before
t'sualy hs_ e preferred flesh and blood, and it would eel.-
isorre_ cost him far more labour to have imitated
jPags fr °f another school, than to have created an
t'ttros s °to the impulse of his own feeling. Robert
",slisjah P_l that the muse of his country found him as
Vastt "ki at the plough, and threw her inspiring
At 'e over h•
ha was a s 101—and the same may be said of Chantrey.
o,vsseeluded place, a nameless spot, into which art
fowl.l spontripiiietrated, that the inspiration of sculpture
h,,11 ; the desire of the art came over him be-
„Pe tosi ue‘v to what toil he was tasking his spirit. Na-
Possession of his heart, and filled it with forms
'4glish •
cesg4ee oveliness, before he knew that the works of
ao existssd ; and to this must be attributed his sue-
men not t-fl: faale• An air of freedom and. ease, which.
- ..0111 the muscle but from the mind—of senti-
ltsa taak
rear ing action her auxiliary, and a look of life
t,tou ltv
p 'as sta d 11 his statues, busts, and
lure is nomtpoenlyotnheatrue but the classic sculp-
„s our counts
0,447 the g 3. It is- not Greek, but it is Christian.
t 4 es isi "'le Grecian taste of Canova, the good sense,
iiality of Chantrey, and his faithful adherence
4i!tered fr "fluie, sculpture, we trust, has
.ever been
'itch it
oef ona the cold and unmeaning impersonations
ore their time was wont often to assume.
Pr
; ttE
-te.ch EW COURTS AT LINCOLN'S INN.--
thei:tleellors Bruce and Wigram, attended by some
IStaistsvissatling Benchers of Lincoln's Inn, and by Mr:
antsity '',!so the architect, on Friday inspected the new
his.k-',_tirts in Lincoln's Inn, and expressed them-
sa,o,',uY satisfied with their arrangement, and with
' L With Which they have been erected.