The Sun.
London, England, 1816-12-23 00:00:00

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MONSIEUR CHAMPS DR SPA..

Of Nuns Tong Paw you all have heard,
by whom donx Hurd, was finely rincer'd ;
lie jahher'd and hejaw'd at Jaux,
And play'd him many a trick upun :
But, t'other day, to Loudon came'
A Frenchman, bent on higher game;
Then mark, while I the picture draw
Of famous Monsieur Champ,' de Spa.

The time I well remember, when
Monsieur was but plain Citoreo ;
For Liberty he £ trailed his throat,
A rude and ragged Sans (Wane;
But soon he cbang'd its supple tone,
To praise NAPOLEON'S guilty throne;
And still the loss of such eclat
Is mourn'd by 21/onsieur Champs de Spit.

His father was a regicide,
And wooed a Poissarde for his bride :
Reformers, rioters, and thieves,
Rank high among his relatives;
The Hampden club arc all his cousins;
Hailers and Yarders by whole dozens
Hare given their fraternal paw
To Brother Mur►sieur Champs de Spa.

Still be retains the savage mien
That mark'd Os early Jacobin ;
And boldly still parades to vies
The rebel badge of triple hue.
Still on his addle rate we see
The Bonnet-rouge of Liberty ;
And, dress'd as tine as a Macaw,
We stare at Afirmieur champs de Spat

Full in his harden'd front we trace
The foreign features of his nice :
Unlike a Briton. this Monsieur
1. Display's an heart.and brow severe.
An act of kindness you propose—
His purse contracts, his fingers close
No beams of Charity can thaw
The ice of Monsieur Champs de Spa.

Yet, if confusion you desire,
His frost is chang'd to sudden tire;
And joyfully he bastes to aid
The murmurs, not the taunts, of trade.
He loves to see the people poor,
And rails at place and sinecure;
But poverty could never draw
On sous from Monsieur Champs de Spa.

Fur folks, he says, when cloth'd and fed,
With politics neer fill their head ;
Nor join iu conjuring up the storm
Of Revolution ur Reform :
Such vulgar thoughts of sleep and victual
He leaves to Monsieur Champ de Spital;
On whose imprudent bounty—pshaw
Cries wiser Monsieur Champs de Spa.

No, no, he swears the Weavers want
The acts of plunder's sauce-piquant;
And thinks, for rich confusion eager,
Subordination mere soup-meagre •
Roast motto❑ he extracts from riot,
And yearly votes are daily diet;
NVhile general suffrage fills the ma►v
Of hungry Monsieur Chomps de Spa.

Yet often more substantial fare
This epicure delights to share;
With HuNr hell swallow down a gobbett ;
With WAITHILAN dine, or snack with► Coursir77;
Or daintily digest his rancour
With CatrrwnionT at the Crown and Anchor;
Or cram with Penny Lords his jaw—
All pne to Monsieur Champs de Spa.

Oh; backlo Prance Cie fiend dismit
:—lteJoct his font fraternal kiss!
Let Poverty with Hope await,
Since Tumult cannot mend her sr/2e:
Let Wealth, with willing hand, supply
The patient claims of Poverty:
While the proud strength of England's Law
Controls this Monsieur Champs de Spa.

o,The Pari►iart'Journals, with their accustomed misappre-
hension of English names, have metamorphosed the Spa-
belch into a living rioter, and gravely recorded the feats of
illinasiear Champs de Spa. - This pleasant stihstitution of the
arteir pee que)4s for the kelli in quo gave occasion to the
above Ballad, which may he sung at any of the Liberty din-
ners, to the tune of Nov 7'emg Paw.

11oAxes.---The Morning Papers have got bold
of some stories to 'iloax Mr. Ka w. -One says,
that-he liar got a yming Lib'', which follows him
about the bonse like a spaniel ; and another, that
a fimile had written to say she would pistol him
on Saturday, night- if he grinned, as usual, like a
monkey, in thelnin Chest! What' adds to the
humour of the last recited joke-(as we suppose its
inventors meats it to be) is, an assurance that M.
Petait Mooae, M. P., Mr. BtlibllZ the Magistrate,
anti several Police Officers, attended in the Pit of
Drury-lane, on Saturday night, to catch the fair
Assa3sin should sbvitempt to draw trigzer ! !
An Amateur performed Hamlet at. Edinburgh
nn Nom4ay night. 'The Critics Of that "
tual City 7 speak in high terms at Mit merit:
A Miss BYRNIL made a very successful debut as
Adela, in the flaunted Tower, at Ltublin, on Thura
day last. _ _

nud Mrs. BARTLRY are- now 'performing;
fora limited number of nights, at the Ipswich.
Theaae, at deb they are to be. succeeded this
weelt'.by EfklettY, who is to perform his favoutite
characters of Tyke and Farmer Asyield.
Sonoot4sAsTsrts.—At the Anuirersary Dinner
on Friday, the Duke of Sussex, who presided,
mentioned that the Dukeof ORLEANS, in answer
to an invitation to attend the meeting,' had sent
10 guineas, stating, that he had himself once
been a school Master, and had in the time of his
adversity relied for his support on his talents and
aeghirements: The health of the Duke of O.
LEANS was then drank, on the proposition Of the
Duke of SusstA, as " The Royal Schoolmaster,"
with great delight.