The Sun.
London, England, 1833-04-13 00:00:00

confusion of scenes and personages--the
the
loquies so boldly disdainful of gramme..o
dazzling play of wit—the astounding ebullitt;
of fancy— the fire, the pathos, eld.e?
energy, which stud every page of the Parrietuu
Yet, like all works of first-rate genius, the trsgeq,
is not without its defects. The introduction;
Itcchus, Vertumnus, and Pomona, to a
oo
ding party in an English county, though me,ol
to be original, is a somewhat servile imitat!hal
of that immortal scene of confusion 1.00 P:
" Rovers," where Curius I)entatus, Lord
dru
terborough, Cicero, Frederick 11., two tei
mers, and an Austrian fiddler, are repress°
as returning home from the seven years'
to the tune of "Oh the Roast Beef of us
England !"
sdoe siret
nobleo a knowtiradramatic
aotie whomeffo r
tt haesv
tahree
Particle;
The majority of our readers will, douhtlets6:l
We hasten to inform them. Mr. King' 1J
modest modest assurance which cannot be 100 u.°lo
commended, informs us in his preface that
is a gentleman engaged in business "ftiurti et,
hours a-day ;" that be lives at Book
Edmonton—the number is not given, which
pity—and that he " writes by starts to fait
the gloom which sometimes overhangs his Lill
Alas, then, he is unhappy' ! But why need be
ask ? It is ever the curse of genius t°
indebted.,w,

afflicted with undue sensibility.
orepi
We subjoin a sort of Variorum versi- 0
poetical paraphrase of the Parricide, *chic
OP/
are but too well aware has nothing but a d
admiration of its subject to recounnen the
" The words of Mercury are harsh after
songs of Apollo."
THE PARRICIDE—A PARODY'
•
Oswald and Leoff were prigs of degree, gest
And they took a long walk "in a wood by the
And there while a-chatting
On this thing and that thing,
They met my Lord Randolph, as pale as his
ehir4 •
Bewailing the scorn of S.ibina, a flirt.
" Ho, stand and deliver," both highwaymen c•rtie:elp'lielle
" Or we'll hocus and burke you," but Randal?
" Ye scamps do your worst,
For may I be curst
If I give you a rap" (hare he rapped out an netil
Then flung off his inlet, and squared at the° 1,0
Now, the robbers astonished, as well they inigbtbe,ioteg
At such pluck in a lad but just turned tweaer
Spoke him kindly and said,
"If you'll take to our trade,
We'll dub you our Vice, make you wealthy forli
And give you Sabina for mistress or wife.' ;
" Agreed," quoth my Lord, and the very neat sight 4
Robbed the parish attorney, and shot him aur.g
Which reaching the ear
Of his father, the Peer,
(Who disliked such irregular methods of killieep
In the height of di.gust cut him off with a 'hi"-
Entned at such conduct, the scamp of a son
Knocked out his dad's brains with the atookof '
Then .urrinion'd his t-ands,
And one day on tbe sands h
Waylaid poor Miss Sah. stopped her mouth with -e
Gagged her, and carried her off in a huff.
While thus they dashed onward, the baud and Shehlei
A voice, like a coal-beaver's, bellowed " stop
stiff as a post,
Lo ! up popped the ghost
Of old Randolph before them, gaunt, grislytlin
And black as a shoe•brush from nozzle to Olio'

The warlock grinned ghastly a horrible smile, de
And snouted for help—you might bear him *'
But the deuce a soul came
tbeg
AWhichnd bidt he
theno)bl bogier
But, mark, how just Providence punishes sins e jio
Sab's sweet-heart (a ploughman) overhearing tu
Of this Rape of the Sabine.
As the troop passed his cihin, OOP
Alirmed the whole parish, who thought be wa%;l64'
And arrived just in time to prevent her from G4OOO
Then a battle commenced ; Sab.'s sweet-heart “1:0,
Doub'ed up the vile Peer by a blow in the *0
While the rest of his clan
Floored, each one, his man,
Till Oswald and Lt off—in strict, the whole 104.
Were captured and band•cuffed and carried °I of.;
to
nisdrtazea
Lerl
Next County Ass7ses I read in the Times, j I
That my Lord and his gang were all scrag
(And each corpse by direction
Given up for dissection,) W('
While Sab. and her sweet•heart, 'mid rare village
Were married, and lived vrry happily after.

COURT CIRCULAR. eft'
The Duchess of KENT and the Princess VICO°
and walked yesterday in Hyde Park for some tired Ira;
aIM. Van de WEYER, the Belgian Minister, ,
terviw with Prince TALLEYRAND yesterday.
lency transacted business at the Foreign-office• e$ cn" I
The LORD CHANCELLOR, Viscount GODg
Earl of RIPON), and Viscount MEthouaNep 04
GREY yesterday at the TI ea.ury.
rt „,n;ige
The Baron de GERSDORFF, the Saxon PA:W.- Ire
P pied the the King's box on Wednesday at the }Urns :a o•(
atre, and on Thursday Sir HILGROVE Tuataii• w:eor
Grooms in Waiting on the King, and a pair' 101
the Royal box. ft
Sir J. GRAHAM, accompanied by his WY/ e
~dt
on Thursday fur Tunbridge-wells. o°'
The LORD CHANCELLOR bad an interview vg-14
MELBOURNE on Thursday at the Home-office.

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" CONSTANCE ; OR, LIFE AS
IT
fl
wiothkcc)auste a fullsi sing
le modernexag exaggeration
novels. " Here is a story from the pen of a lady (Mrs. 'P'- o
orts;
author of the Life of Henry the Eighth') that '9le dee'
aft
ho
tuhaonuet, Bo
singr
tore in the incidents from the experience of eel .00
elp
sentiment, this is one of the most touching and eo'',; te;
natural tales that many seasons have produced• rioper°e
place this work beside the 'Recollections of a `"„ P s'it•
They are worthy of each other. They both ae.::esnir
an intimate knowledge of the human heart, o%g, no
able power in the delineation of character Lace
,theA
BRUTAL HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—
Tuesday evening, Mr. GEORGE EADON, °I
near Sheffield, was returning home, when nes'hy ed
Bridge he was attacked by three ruffians, whorrotriPPiiis
blows, completely stunned him ; they then entir,,'ptis4 be
him of every article of dress that he had on, el-reas a° 411
trousers and shirt, and left him. Soon afterWi;cocce' 0
same road, they robbed a publican, named l'"," had
Heeley, of about M. in cash. It is said that u.:„,fied
drinking in Sheffield, and had imprudently " lot
money.
A iZeSti% fith
CURIOUS CASE.—At the Cork --ssh for
week, Lieut. R. WALL, R.N., Commander of !'edicteJod
revenue cutter, on the Cork station, was I. dreo, g
ot,
stealing a diamond ring, and several articles n'of osllla,r,
jewellery, the property of A. HARGRAVIC, k:g:'
and
near Cove. The defend tnt, who is about 4."'s Y
for
rid man, Ras intimate with Mt. HAaGgAiie t001‘,,04
ago, and he lately renewed the intimacy- e houge
opportunity which his frequent visits to th 1,40. }-140
CRAVE,
to engage the affections of Miss suaaon the
CRAVE, the eldest daughter of Mr. IL, who StoPiCteld
of last February was missed from home._ ~tiOn
f the r tb,
were then, for the first time, entertained .9
_A„%,
breach of hospitality, and young Alf. HARGR the
pf
friend, and two police officers, went on boarusio
be,
had
erelarebt
soner's vessel. The defendant denied thal_eateoe.4‘pi
GRAVE was on boird, and on search being "ll_ oat. bed
theira _d jeweller,le
gut the vessel under weigh, and in his hurryn:::., rto
eu
mth et
he harbourr()ck,. of CastleTlw
parryT owpnesie:i
persisted
(hi e
in
then found several articles of female dres',eeairo„sic too
including a diamond ring, a pearl neckis.,:k deal( ro'
ring, and a handsome brwoch, besides x. _ bi,
identified as tsP
dresses, which Mr. HARGRALE aol
.0
perry. Miss H was under 21 years. of
i.agg'os__ after
peared she was recovered by her I', lent nn
ma_ e al
A
-e4rch. Her evidence was necessary to k , Po;
bringing her forward, and the prisoner
quence, discharged.
against the prisoner, but her friends pruvrdeant,,Yia coot