The Sun.
London, England, 1823-01-16 00:00:00

FittlNG GVN9.—A practice has lately ob.
taimed in the city of youths firing guns in the streets, which
is both affrighting and dangerous to passengers and others.
A. few days ago several panes in the shop-windows of two
tsr tdesmen in Eastgate.street-row, were shivered by the entrance
of the contents a a gun fired from the opposite row. And
la.st week. a Mrs. Thompson, of Long Edge, near the Lair-
briery, had a narrow escape of being maimed from a similar
Cause. Slip- bad been cleaning a window in the upper part
+of the house, and had but just left it, when a quantity of
shot pierced it_ at the very place where she bad been standing.
We trust this dangerous practice will be put down by the
prompt interference of parents, masters, and guardians.-- '
(Chester Courant, Jan. 14.)
ACCIDENT,--The carriage of Mrs. ADAmsolr,
of Nottingham-street, was thrown over in Rath.
bone-place yesterday afternoon. The coach,
man, in passing aliray, ran the wheel of the car-
riage against it, and he was throWn off the box.
The horses started off, ran against 4-cart, anti
the carriage was overtuned. There were three
Ladies inside, one of whom received a contusion
on the nose, which .drew blood, but the others
fortunately escaped unhurt.

LITERARY NOTICE.

WO.RDSWORTH'S ECCLESIASTICAL SKETCHES.
We return, according to our prondse, to a far-
ther examination of the Ecc4esiastical Sketches.
Our Readers may remelt)* that our former
Observations were confined:to the first of the
three parts into which the poem is divided. We
now come to the second part,: which occupies the
interesting. ;Loma between the consummation of
the Papal dominion and the troublous reign of
Charles the First. The power of the Rotel-sit
Church was now undiSPuted and universal ; and
the worship of all the nations of the earth who
acknowledged their Saviour, was governed and
modified by,her• ritual. New ceremonies and
new superstitions, which had been silently a::d
insidiousl,y
_introduced in,,,„the 'Lapse of antecedent
ages had now attained tirorsi,littltirliatirity of cot..
motion. Enthusiasm was cherished -by those
who fully understood their powerin continuing
a silent acquiescence in abuses,,which could- not
fail to strike the eyes of the most thoughtless,
unless dimmed by the influence of this passion.
Of these and of the events which indirectly arose
out of them, there are some masterly delineations
in this part of the work ;of those dreamlike
issues," " that Romance or Many.Coioured
life," the crusades " of Penance, With
her knotted thong," and " Mortification, with
her:shirt of' hair," and of the abuse of every re-
ligious institution. The Sonnet on " Monastic-
Voluptuousness," we take leave to quote at
length, convinced that its beauties, and the live-
liness of its description, win iusure it the admi-
ration of all who read it
%%a more—round many a Convent's blazing fire
Unhallowed threads of revelry are spun
There Venus sits, disguised likes
'While Bacchus, clothed in semblance of a Friar,
Pours out his choicest beverage, high and higher
Sparkling, until it cannot chus2 but run
Over the bowl,. whose silver lip bath won
. An instant kiss of masterful desire--
To stay theprecious waste. In every brain
Spreads the dominion of the sprightly juice.
Through the wide world to madding fancy dear,
'Till the arch'd roof,, with resolute abusd
Of its grave echoes, swells a choral strain •
Whose votive burthens is—, Our, Kingdom's here!' "
The dissolUtion of the monasteries forMs the
subject of two beautiful sonnets, embellished
with the most exquisite poetical imagery. We
cannot reffain from the pleasure of giving to our
readers the following lines on the departure of
the innocent nod friendless Nun 'from- her 'con-
vent at those unrelenting mandates, which,
tho Ugh justified by the most grciss 'abuse must
have brought sorrow, and sin and shame to many
a virtuous,and wounded heart.
-'‘ The lovalr Nun * *
• • • • • •
Goes forth—unvailing timidly her cheek
suffused with blushes of celestial hue
While through the convent gate to open view
Softly she glides. another borne to 4eek.
Not Iris issuing from her cloudy shrine
An Apparition more divinely bright
Not more attractive to the dazzled sight
on the stormy brine
Those wat'ry glories,
Pour'd forth, while summer suns at distanceshine, And die green vales lie hitsh'd in sober light'"
We request our readers to observe the strict
accuracy of the imagery, whilst a direct compari-
son is made between the Weeping Nunand the
Goddess whose beauty arises from her -watery
glories, an'indireet and not less bentitiful allUsiOn
is made' to the dark anti sombre shrines from
which they both proeeed. The similitude is per-
fect in all its parts, every line Will bear the test
of the most rigid criticism, and appear still more
beautiful from such investigation.
" Masts profundopulebrior evenit
Luctere—multi. morn et integrant
Cum laude rictorem."
We,sttall confine ourselves- to one more selee?.
tion from this part of the work, and then pro.-
reed to examine the third and last part. The
;vise and vigorous Government. of Elizabeth,
whose voice quelled' alike domestic tumults, and
the machinations of foreign foes, is,described in
the 28th Sonnet. ,

tier silver car
Altana.'le, by prudence ruled, glides slowly on
Unhurt by violence, from mounted taint
Emerging pure, and seemingly mor.:., bright !
For wheresoe'er she moves the clouds arson
Disperse; or—under as Divine eturstraint
Reflect some portion ut her glorious light.
'We sha II oiler nu comment on these bentolful
lines, except to rem rk, that every true Patriot
must perceive, In them not only' a description of
the glorious reign of Elizabeth, but a resent.
Mance to that of our own beloved Monarch,
whose prudent administration has (livened the
gathering clouds of domestic and foreign tumults
no less threatening and portentous. We must of
necessity he brief in our selections from the third
part, both from want of space, asd r.bove all
from principles of ht,riesty‘ The volume is but
a small one, and we would not willingly imitate
the example of some, and tralwribe the greater
part of the work of another into our own pages.
--The'following description of the advantages of
our Church Establishment struck us as being at
once both poetically titautirul dud Pitil°3°PhicullY
true. -

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" As star that shines dependent upon star
Is to the sky while we look up in love
As to the deep fair ships Which though they tnove
Seem fixed, to eyes that watch them from afar;
As to the sandy desart fountains are
With palm groves shaded at wide intervals,
Whose fruit around the sun.buent native falls
Of roving tired, or desultory war ;
Such to this British isle her Christian Lanes
Each linked to each for kindred sereices
liar spires, her steeple towers with glittering vanes
Par kenned, her chapels lurking among trees
When a few villagers on tended knees
Find solace which a busy world disdains."
:We have heard hut one expression, and That of
the greatest admiration for the sonnets on King's
College Chapel, Cambridge. Indeed no height of
praise can seem • by perbolica I, no admiration ex.
travagant for the beauty of these exquisite •pieces
of poetry. We hardly know which of the two