THE INQUISTrION.
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In work entitled Letters Normandes,
published in Paris, in 1920, the following ace
count is given of a mode Of torture practised
in the Inquistion at Toledo, which may
claim at least the praise of ingenuity.


General Lasalle, being at Toledo, went
to visit the palace of the lnquisition; for in
Spain the humility of inquistors is like that
of other monks, it wears a coarse cloak and
twclls in marble palace. At sight of the
instruments Of torture, the General, as well
as the officers who were with him was seen
to shudder, for it was more horrible than
any thing presented by field of battle. A.
mong these Instruments. there was one which
more particularly fixed the attention of the
visitors, by giving the impression of sacri-
lege. At the further end of subtelraneous
dungeon, near the chair of the inquisitor,
whose duty it was to interrogate those who
were accused of hercsy, there was placed IN
a niche, statue of the Virgin.


A golden halo surrounded her head, and
her tllapery descended in silken folds from
her shoulders to her feet In her right hand
she held the ancient standard of the kings,
and breast plate was just visible under the
folds of her robe. Altogether the statue re-
sembled that of Joan of Arc at Orleans. On
examining it a little nearer, they perceived
that the breast plate was slistening with
points of a vast number of little knives, end
of nails sharpened like needles.


The arms of the statue were moveable,
and handle placed behind the partition re-
gulated its motions. General Lasallc gave
orders for putting the machine in operation,
and the sack of Polish granader was put
in the place of the heretic.-When the ham
die was turned, the statue extended its arms
and pressed the sack closely to its breast.
When itrelaxed it's grasp, the sack was found
to be perfect seive it was pierced with a
Thousand holes, and the knives had eaterea
some lines in depth.