The Sun.
London, England, 1815-09-09 00:00:00

ANOTHER.

And Since for such ttif.les he kicks np a raeket,
'fis Sit he should get, fin• hi, pains a trimmed /ache/.

THE. r,Rrrist-i lAOlll' DRAGOONS.

BY WALTER SCOTT, ESQ

[Air—" The Buhl Dragoon."]
'Twas a Marshal of France;
And he fain would honour gain,
And he long'd to take a passing glance
At Portugal from Spain, ' .•
With his Hying guns, this gallant, gay,
And boasted corps WM-1116', •
0, he- fear'd not our dragoons,
With their long swords, boldly
%Whack. ! fal de ral lat, &c.

To Campo Mayor come,
He bad quietly sat down, •
Just a frica,we to pick,
Whilst his soldiers saek'd the town.
When 't2xas Peale ! Moehliere Mon General,
Hear the British bugle call !
And behold the light dragoons
• With their long swords. riding,
Whack ! fat ral lat, &c.

Right abont Went horse and foot,
Artillery and all,
And as the devil leaves the house,
They tumbled through the wall;
They took 'no time to seek the door,
But hest foot set before ;
•
0, they ran from-one dragoons,
With their long swordi, boldly
• Whack! fal de cal lal,' &c.

Those valiant uteri of France
• They had•seareely tied a
When on their flank there sous.d at once
The British rant: and tile;
For Long, de G'rey, and i)tway, then,
Neer winded one to ten,
Ent eante on their dragoons,
With their low? 4W,Prds, boldly Tiding, •
-Whack ! fal de ral lal, &c.

Three hundred British lads,
- They made three tliousAnd reel,
Their !traits were made of British oak,
Tin it :swords of 'Sheffield steel;
Their herscs were in Yorkshire bred,
And BeresFord thern.lodt
So, linzza for our brave dragoons,
With their long swords, holdly
Whack ! fal de ral laf, &c.

Then here's a health to Wellington,.
To Beres ford, to•Lnrig ;'
•
And a single word of Buonaparte,
Before I clo,ie thy song
The eagles chat to fight be brings,
Should serve his nien with wing-c,
When they Bret the brave dragoons.
Witltt heir lung sivori!.,, boldly, ridintz,
Whack, fal de ral lal,

Mr. O'BRIEN, THE ACTOR.

This Gentleman, who was formerly one of ibe
chid. Conde props of the London State, 'who is
mew jotted gre'rit respect 11V CH ti Reily.L in
his Rosaiatt, ,tltd, by all ace:hunts, 'possessed au
ease, spirit, .anal elegance. in his acting ‘vhich has
never' been excelled, has at length made his ;mild
exit from this wide and universal theatre'-',
the wOrld. Before he twas obliged hy:the high
aristocratical notions of the ratniiy into which
he married, to', banish himself: to America, 11.:
Was a* Member Of the t»ost fashionable Clubs
in town, and was admitted into the highest, circles,
and he resumed the best connexions Ott his :re-
turn, lie teas distinguished fOr.good sense.- hu-
mour, literary talents, ivacity, integrity, ami the
tnost polished man:let-5.-1;ot. the following brief
account of• his History we arc i'ndebted to the
Bath herald :

" Un Saturday, the 2d instant; died, at Stris-
fOrd House, near Dorchester, William O'Brien,
'Esq. This Gentleman, descended front an ancient
and respectable Lish family, appeared early: in
life at one of the London Theatres, where be was
distinguished as the most perfect representative of
the Alan (d Fashii.m that had ever been seen on
the Stage. His case; elegance, and good sense
rendered Inns a great favourite with the public,
and he,has ever since been held out as a model of
the polished Gentleman to' those win) have at-
tempted! the same line of characters. Itt 1764,
Mr. O'Brien retired front the Stage, having. plat.-
ried Lady Susan
.Strangways, eldest daughter of
the first Earl of Ilchester ; an union of purer af-
fection—affection'which seemed to increase with
years, has seldom hc:en witnessed ; enjoying

" An elegant sutlicietiry, content,
" Retirement, rural quiet,. friendship, books,
" Progressive virtue, and approving 111:a,y,u.N."

-
P!.!l* Ladyship, though very far advanced
Still survives him. Mr. 013. long held due shun&
of Receiver-General of the county of bor,yet ;
and he was, autlior of the farce of Cross Purposes,
which' contains some 'happy touches •of genuine
humour, and !flatly strokes of satire, jostly levelled
at the follies of the times."

If Mr. KEMBLE'S health should enable hint .to
enter the theatrical keld, itt the course of the en-
suing•canipaign, it is his detertl►inatlt/il, ‘velittd,
to engage in the action at Gadshill, under the he-
roic char:atter of ral.stqf:
The new Dyotv-etirtata at Covent-garden Thea-
tre is e►tlhlet►tatical -Of ottC nat►onal. tritrinphs.—
The Waterloo Column is seen through the opening
in the perspective. .

An Irish Gentleman of some spirit abuses the
2(Oini,tration of the laws of his country, which
he says is most " corrupt, and always interfering
unnecessarily. :For instance, .(says he), what
. could they be at to he binding b'CoxNELL and
Lipwet..t. to keel) the peace, when they 11.. new
enough that neither of them %void(' break it
PATER PINDAR, ft/1111E11+V so Weil known by the !.
freedoth his writhip, to obe, no hitriher term,
ioid who has beet)!.;!ind with c,itaracts many yt.ar.l,•!
has recently submitted co
to Some new -system, but it has not,Succeeded:
It is necessary to apprise tio; Cockney zE,pors.l,!-
•men that Pite!acort shooting- (loci not eommenre
until the Ist of Octpher, and that it is a bird of
it 'larger size' than the Partrz4c—which latter
only they are alli,n•ed by the tii..Lue LaNs at ure-
seat to shoot—if (her cali.