Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-06-07

Far our bIest const.tutoH, oar coloTs 81
W.. sbe princes own lads, from the Ian;
Ard ~ sound. but of glory, has charms
for our ear.
,olors his,own roval arm hath supported
The charge Of their fame TO out ho'i0' -
gave, :.
And we trust in the field where true sior! !:
courted,
THEY'LL slime Ike hiulse T, the Greet Ii2flS
of the brave.
Nav union and concord for ever then ol'ia u'
through hcnor's bright field with one heHT+
may We roam
.fSrooa, in all danger. the foe ever hno Us
I. And friendship and love ever md Us q
hone !,
Thus his brave royal line, to the end Of
times story,
Nav God and our arms ever shelter aho
save
Nov ,bs Shamrock be ever the crest of true
And tie Eart # Old Erin the charm Of the
brave.
Tie following account is given Of the
origin Of this song His royal highness,
the prince, patron of the regiment, on
presenting its colours, intimated to the
celebrated captain Morriee, the most wor-
thy successor Of Anaereon, his royal wish
for an appropriate song to he sung at all
festivities of the corps. His royal high
ness was obeyed by captain NIorriee, with
a ferycr which produced the happy tho'ts
combined in this little piece.-Ihe song
is preserved In the regiment as most
precious treasure. and is sung on every
festive occasion with an exultation which
those who have ever witnessed It's effect
have forcibly felt, yet can but family de-
scribe.
1t is very remarkable circumstance,
that the sth regiment of French infantry,
twelve hundred strong. opposed to the gal
liant 87th. in their memorable charge at
the late battle, should have. been cut up
in the same manner at the battle Of Tala-
vera, by this same S7th. In the advance
they recognized each other; the British
anticipated victory by most tremendous
shout. and the enemy left more than two
thirds Ct their number dead upcn the field
The s7th are all Irish catholics, as We
have already noticed, raised by their gal
LIANT colonel ard countrynlan, sir John
DOYLE. After the conduct OF these men
at the battle ofSBarrosa, will il be main.
tanned, that their religion should make
them objects Of exclusion from any rank
in their profession, to which their distin-
guished galiansy may II time give them
a claim
Major Cough, who so heroically con.
Quoted the s7th in the battle of Barrosa.
IS the son oflieut. Col. Cough, who com
mands the city of Limerick militia. the
coaquerers of the French army under
Humbert, at Coloeney. This gallant re-
giment is at present doing garrison duty
in Dublin. as Dublin paper intimates in
paragraph at the close Of transcript
from the interesting letter from an officer
Of the S7th, inserted in the Pilot Of yes
ter;lav.
In the action Of Barrosa. the s7th was
led by the gallant major 3laclain. who
siSnalized himself so much by the brilii-
ant defence of Matasorda, in front of Ca
diZ, which. as our readers viii rec0ilect
was taken by the French. or rather aban-
doned to them after il had been reduced
to heap OF ruins by the fire of the ar
tiilery. Major Maelaine had but just re-
covered from the severe wounds he receiy.
Ell on that occasion, and returned TO take
the command Of the battalion, when the
affair ofBarrosa presented an opportunity
OF fresh danger and fresh glory. in which
he acquired eternal honor, but We are sor.
~ to say net without fresh wounds. Il
may not perhaps be so universally known
as it deserves. that the gallant s7th reg
which achieved so much in the late slori
Gus engagement are. to a man. Irish
This regiment is called the Prince Of
Wales Irish Volunteers, was raised ant
commanded by their much beloved coun
tryman fen Sip Jnhn NoyIa vho ba,