The Sun.
London, England, 1829-04-20 00:00:00

MODEL OF THE INQUISITION.

For an exact and curious representation of the famous
Portuguese Inquisition atQueenborough—with the adjacent
°Meer@ and Hall:of Trial of the Arch-Inquisitors, we recom-
tend this Exhibition, with which we were favoured with
k private view on Saturday, and which the Proprietor as-
4ated us has been the result of infinite time, labour, and
search. The cells both for the male and female priso-
-411---the modes of torture, with the figure of a victim
4,Ped down for the purpose of being subjected to the
Pritßal purification by fire—the Inquisition assembled in
n' Hall of Trial, with the black familiars hovering like
6.da about them--all these are pointed out and illustrated
With. a tact and fidelity that reflects the highest credit on
the ingenuity of the modeller. The Exhibition is a fine
practical illustration of Mrs. Patclitrs well known romance
of the Italians.
TAR 0

SHANTER AND SOUTER JOHNNY,

we were favoured on Saturday with a private view—
previous to its opening
forpublic inspection to-day--of this
very delightful Performance, which as regards character
has more promise about it than any thing
John we have re-
membered for years. It consists of two figures, Souter
aHd Tam 0' Shanter, both of whom are represented
rated beside each other with a flowing cup in their hands,
laughing heartily under the influence, no doubt, of the
spurt-stirring liquor, and verifying in their person and
appearance, the truth of Burns' favourite adage in that
Llurtortal poem, from which Mr. Thom has taken his
'dee of the present performance.
Wi' twopennie we fear nae evil,
Wi' usquebagh we face the devil.
T• oni 0' Shanter, who is the least to our liking of the two
• res, es, is just in the attitude of rising from his seat ; his hand
'Placed on one arm of his chair, and the other holds the cup
uet•of which he is going to drink his parting toast. The
Peat defect we find in this figure is its lank Quixotic ap-
-I)earanee ; the laugh has an air of being forced, and looks
ko convulsive to be real. The ease, however, of its atti-
tude is inimitable, more especially as regards the hand
which is fixed on the arm ef the chair for the purpose of
ftir• ig up Tara. The other figure, Souter Johnny, is, we
°P.re no hesitation.in saying it, by far the most promising
iviie have ever seen. Though carved gut of hard stone, it
Q4l all the suppleness and elasticity of real flesh and blood.
Zeye of the jolly toper laughs in its own quiet, racy, comic
ression ; the mouth is speaking a jest ; the double chin
eloquently of happiness and good cheer ; and even the
"sY negligent fold of the cravat has its owu characteristic
etelmPrei°u• We understand this is Mr. Thom's first at-
Pt
• at seulPture ;if so, we can assure him that he has
gained in
i?,:ciceded his
Very
first efforts what others have scarcely
.41) after years of painful and elaborate study.
DI thing that We know of in modern art can exceed the
Ong ease, spirit, and nature of the incomparable figure
Of Souter
,Johnny. It is one ef those speaking per-
formances tnat tell their tale at first sight. It is
the real, le veritable Amphytrion,— and we know
not that we can give it higher praise. We have
no doubt that it will become eminently popular.—
The artist, Mr.
Thom, is, we understand, a native of the
North, and is now in his 26th year. He was bred to the
use of the chisel, in the humblest purpose of its applica-
Lir, as a plain stone-mason. He bad, at an early stage of
'el acquired a taste for the ornamental departments of his
Profession, and displayed great ability in chapiters, decora-
tions of the different orders, and such pieces as chance
threw in his way, and he had the good fortune to attract
the attention of Mr. Auld, of Ayr, who with a discrimina-
tion which redounds greatly to his credit, instigated him
to extend his efforts, and attempt a figure. For this pur-
toe, as marble was not so easily procured, a more rustic
brie was procured for the young rustic artist, in a ca-
tteious block of stone from Brorkhill quarry, on the estate
of Mr. Oswald, of Auchinciuve, Ayrshire. Thus ori-
ginated the present figure of Tam O'Shanter ; and the suc-
4fus of the first attempt induced the production of Tam's
COlPanion, Souter Johnny, i. e. Shoemaker Johnny.
'Without the slightest idea of sketching a design, or com-
Pasing his figure first by a model, Mr. Thom went to work
at the shapeless mass of stone, and hewed it offhand into
the expression of his own invention.

0 upatehes were received at the Colonial
Mee on satnrday night, from Sir B. p'UrtaAN, the Ga.
Yernor of Demerara, dated up to the 9th ult.
, The Marquis Of ANGLESEA, should his
A4,lth permit, intends, during the summer, to visit the
rincipal counties in the Emerald Isle, where, during his
'4ort but mild government, hegained the favour of all
finks in soviet y•g
The Duke of DEVONSHIRE has issued cards
14r a grand ball at Devonshire Houie, to be given on the
,rot of next month.
Rr ELDqw,, immediately 4ftpr the third
*tot
jng the th sillthe Housef Lords,
PJP in
L,. tiP to the Duke of NORFOLK, who had paced him-
behind the Woolsack, and cordially shook him by the
r!_d. observing at the time, " My Lord Duke, I have given
s4,7_°et conscientious opposition to this Bill through its
V us stageS; but as my opposition has proved ineffectual,
Vileerely congratulate your Grace on your admission to
-nit place in this House."
,JaISS SMITHSON will return to her engage-
CA, at the English Theatre in Paris, after she has per,
n'ed a limited number of nights at Covent Garden.
ski n_gne Shore will be acted both at Drury-lane
4444,wvent-garden, in the course of a few days. Jane
e is the character in which Miss Sstrrnsow made so
4.14 impression in Paris, and Miss PHILLIPS, the suc-
thirlb debutante prury:lane, will attempt the tame
aetir at that theatre.
gross severe weather experienced during the
th,74 part of the week has in a great measure suspended
ekarel fishery in Mount's-Bay.—Devottport Teleg.
p;o the Annual Meeting of the Falmouth
Company took 'place 'at Selley's Green sank Hotel
4.e tett, s when it appeared that the prospects of the con-
,"in a very flattering condition.— Cornwall Gaz.
korbe inhabitants of Chepstow were at an
/q) Y hour on Monday last on foot, to witness the almost
C,Cremony of doing penance in the parish church of
4%,;,;"%en: 'Arlllll. CLATwoaIHv, a halier of that place,
-been prosecuted in the Episcopal Court of the
oftibl° P of LabrnAFF, fr speaking too freely the chaacter
tt_ e Wife of one of his neighbours, anti having putr in an
„,14ative issue to the libel on the complainant's behalf,
deereed to pass this ordeal, and to pay costs.--Bristol