The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1820-01-17 00:00:00

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'fl* NM opera, Commits's. was repeated on
Saturday, and increased the interest created by ro
first performance. The talents of a skilful mister
_am obsertunnt thrtsus_heut, though the complaint--(trite paucity J itrilnog rodif!igt ine;t-
he permanent. Lest this •pkistiAlsoslil comf.
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doe Fetes*. was a
• once
e
aspitee, and a *Weigh musician. IWieorrls
te A . music** may be an extioisite rPcrairri r
without having one musical idea of his own—lie ha,
talent ; but if he pewees a fund of original nieln.lv,
he has genius; for harmony already axisu, 11,d,„
pendent of invention, sad that successiow of chord,
and structure of parts, termed composition, are ti,t
fruit of information and practice. By these we
judge of his skill, , bat we estimate the unrest/0a cf
• composer from his melody." Upon a subject,
the bases of which it would-be le4i•ws
_to examine
in a daily Journal, these bunts may Isetiaeful in the
way of aothority. It isms these grouadstre qualify
our praise of Rossini. Hie skill may be unitupeacli.
able. but hiss melody never rises above prettine.,,
except by plagiarism. The duet, " Parlor roglio,"
has the most original character of those part
which are expressly lyric. Madame Ilas.Loctit
considerably enhanced her part by an addition of
the most brilliout cadences and rartattons, and 14
once was displayed the nimbi'd eircnnsotance of
composer's music being polivited and beautified
the singer's fancy.
A new divertisement followed, but as it conbistt,l
merely of a dance preliminary is a rural weddiiie,
nothing can be said of it except that it nab at;;
executed.

The superb ballet of Te/maple fellowed, the
selection of which does credit to the torte of
Monsieur HuLLIN, or of those who direct him.
LA CHOUQUE dances well, but he it not the beam
ideal of that poetical personage which is inspired
in the young imaginations of Fuse Lon's readers.
He wants the symmetrical delicacy which nor
fancies attribute to the origins!, and had se out
seen Cupid palpably wounding Calypso's nymph,,
it would have been difficult to guess why they were
all in love with him. Another had revert arose frc•it
Mentor being shorter than his pupil, a thing vr!,:r
might happen, but is forbidden by tire deem of
our imagination. This would have been obviated
by putting Mr. Oscan BERNE into the part,
whose appearauce and style of dancing agree soil
the personal contiogeticies ol the citaracter. lle
sustained an unconnected part with great etre. t.
and a pas de teas, performed by bun rad two of
the nymphs, was among the brit specimens of the
evening. Calypso was very spirited. For a demi-
goddess. Mitauts was the must interestiug. The
tinge of prioress which her countenance displays.
mingled with her polivlied graces, gave tier a
reasonable preference in the eves of her lover
over her jealous mistress. Nothing could lie
more delicately impressive than Capes lerroiog
to dance from her instructions. She seemed to
be exactly lovely and severe enough to muits.,:e
such a process. Her air and action in trod-
ling the first advances of Te/eititichas, were tem.
der, lofty, and graceful. She is certainly 'lie
' most classical performer of the bulk, corps. Etiz.%.
• very neat and nimble dancer, had dressed her
petit figure with such a crowd of drapery in the
hinder part of the skirt. that her excellent danc-
ing could not suppress the risibility of the spec-
Wore, at the contrast between the real and artificial
outline of her person. She felt her situation
fully, and will. no doubt, via that halals improve
the style of her costume. The French. from alum
she derives her taste, ore too aibitrary is mode to
snake competent judges of povitive and UPIIIItII.
tiontible beauty. The corps is furnished with :to
average of good dancers. us great us we have NCH
since the best time of Dient-oT.

DIU itT -L A lt IL
A brilliant and crowded .sudieuce was attrisetrd
to this theatre on Saturday evriiing, by tue Oho
nounecnieut of a new comedy. io five Oct., entitled
Gallantry, or Adventures in tantid. It is, we no-
, &wand, from the pen of ‘lr. W. C. OULTON, ihe
author of The Sleep Walker. A more cessaplete
failure of a comedy has s:fIlloin, if ewer. been wk.
nessed. Many of the itiviikot. were i.e themeel%ta
well imagined and sufficiently ristrrestink. but the
ferbleners of the author's powt.r. Wall cons\itilly ap-
tPriored inict rid" ttlii:n:.4akwntridhcei'i',jilurtilridci:::s te biYtii''lfit
ileill leeift iii.::;
ieltrphelircaptptsfi. spirit.
The
odrialogu
liunite was
mr
tarlieliumili.,),.odeqsfitheitoutcif
were,
doll and wernisonie in the extreme. nisei the wittily
COT IPUbitiolll was au feeltle. a whole host of count-
exerllenee. including Mu. W Et.T. Met. EDWIN,
I (15014,1171:0:11.
is,Ti: ISI.LISTON,
a t-..:Ce11. :oCo7ticiel dil:lcal:C alio
spt t:eNol
correct
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plot as can lie given :
Dow Mason, an ambitious 01.1 man, is heist upwne uniting
his daughter Cuastantia in marriage to Duo demurely, a
very defective copy of Lord thtrby, rather swore •ittittic.
and equally amorous, but far less linuanrosis than she irk-
gilts,. The lady is very naturally averse Iv the mats* nu*
the old lover's ma, Doe IFerdinend, disgnisrd, we Awe* Nuts
wherefore, as a poor student of Svlamancs, is the farirosars.
Donrival. na Dirge, a very choleric old gerkkaisa, is sr-
solved that his daughter Oclairi.i, chilli lake the red iu sire
couvesit of St. Agarsi at Seville, where she has been kr,
by Dow Presto, a @prcklier estimated tektites always in mu-
non, who has ketone iteanieered, aid arrives it Madrid in
the hope of seeing her, without any clue to guide him iu his
search. A clone of improbabilitirs haring boomer at length
conducted hies into her premiere, he sucersetblty pleads his
suit, sod persuades her to elope with boa in the theiw
ultirla her father had procured fur her coeveyeace to lilt
cuOVrOl, to the discomfiture of to* rivals, is Ike perwas of
choisxcburoutbl74l.Da;r:irdßuctiga
Sala
:
B.::aiptsi' Plw"kiati.°l4llll.ey If;:cell.ictiiilll4l
reason far Isis appra..ince in the places share thef kestal Wm;
and of the larfatre.enentiuned Don Amortise, who, failing it .
his suit wiib Cusisiantia,makes as siderite optetikdbiadis@sr.
poitturtral by addressing leer cowls Octavio. Th. rear-.,„
characters, who Lail but little to do, coasistedg Ow,' ',a.'
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had better been left set i Pero/sill% • blasalsog• .I 40: jos.
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sabred tts all tlas wpm et his cusistesse i=el,lriseelf•
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