The Sun.
London, England, 1804-09-22 00:00:00

TIiE,•ITNICAL 1.

(Fgotri A.:IIENCH PAPER.)

Ti it only in the course* the last c 4 ntin.y that
we have-attained in dancing th,ft h!gh degree •of
perfeaion which has placed out Daneel's above ill
the Ar:ist% of Europe. The art of rontomitn-., 'so
boasted of by the Romans, 'was apparently lostcji
for, fr ,m the third century,, they were obliged, tip
make thzinseives undrirstood, to place a man at th
edge of the stage, who explained in a loud void
the ;idiot') they were going to perform. 4
We need not notice the art of dancing amor7.'t
the •French, from the found ttion of the monarty
to the reign of Louis the .Fourteenth. ' Before &it
illustrious 'epotha it consisted of nothing but nni.
form movements, without at t, and without design.
The composition of Ballets was quite. unknown.
The science of dancing was confined to the cold.
lons or country dances, which were usually executed
at balls, err at the public fetes.
It is to be presumed, that there was' a "time when
dancing was by no means a frivolousammement,
destined only for the pleasure of bays acd girls ; tor
during many centuries, dancing made a part of the
public worship, and in many chorches they danced
at the feast of the Passover, while they song--" 0
filli, and pie /"/..The faithful of both sexes hekl
each other by the hand, and performed a very aoL
mated circular dance. Every one knows that the
Council. of Trente was Opened by a ball, and. that
the grave Doaors there danced with much decency;
and dignity.
In the reign of Louis the Fourteenth, they had
Ballets, btit they were very imperfett : by writings,
dialogues, and sOlil. Ties, they explained what wa,
intended, and thee atocilial.y resources very much
resembled the public criccs, spoken of by Sant Au.
gustin.
The Camas appearjo have been the only people
who had iocelled in the art of expression, by move_
menus and gestures, and it was from them that the
true idea 'ol the art was derived.

The Ballet is, according to Plutarch, a mute con.
versa:ion, a lively and animated piature ; the cu.
lours of Which consist in the motions, and the
Agures ita'tlie gestures. Almost all their dances
had a ,particular expression, intended,to delineate a
sentiment, an affection, or a sensation of the mind ;
and ide must not forget here to remark, that the
dance of the Schutt, so celebrated, for sotne time, as,
a brilliant invention of Lady 1-l Ami ',Tux, was 'very
well known amongst the beautiful Greek Ladies,
who performed it with their veils„

If the emulation which animates our Dancers
continue to. support and invigora4e them, we shall
soon attain amongst, us that perfeaion of Ballets so
.replete wiili.grace and fancy, whicheritheliishedthe
Fetes of the Greekii to whom we .bear so strong a
resemblance.

'Yesterday, at' Marlborough. street, 7ohn
Christopher Holston, George Gardner, IV.
H Grate, C. Hammond,. anti Martin,,WCfC brought
tip by Bench Warrants, for, a Riot at Harrow on
the Hill, and assaulting Thomas Osborne, on, ti e
rrh instant. The Del-ern:lint% are artificett,. and
were employed at a building where the Prosecutor
is Foreman of the Works. A sum of motley bad
been given by a Lady at Harrow for the workmen
to drink, and, after it had operated on them, Os.
borne was accused distributing it partially. They
accordingly placed him on a. wooden horae, and.
dragged him through the town ; having colleaed
into a numerous body, they next determined on
giving him a ducking in a horse.pontl, in (Ling
which they threw him over, and broke his
bone. It was not until the` Military had interfered
that peace was restored. They' were trwstly corn.
milted in.default of bail.
Yesterday at noon, as a Gentleman's Pleasure.
boat was going up Lambeth Reach, having on board
two young men and a boy, ap,.arenily savants, sup.
posed to be following the military procession, it
upset by the strength of the wind and swell. Some
per,onivivlity were in boats made up to the objects. of
distress, and snatched one of them from his impend.
ing fate. The boy was not seen; but the other man
Was obstruct' at the surface of the water at intervals,
but it was impossible to save him, from the User),
great swell, The only one ,of the three that was
saved was conveyed to a house in Larnbelh, where
nourishment was afforded him.

Some time ago Mr. Tiromiks ALt, sr, of Edden.
tine, in ae parish of Colwall, Herefordshire, hay.
ing thrown together a large quantify of furze and
fern in the corner of a field, to rot for manure, dur.
ing the hue warm wraihrr, killed fifteen or sixteen
old snakes near the spot : this circumstance led him
to suspect there were many more sheltered in the
mixture, which induced him to remove it, when, to
his great Astonishment, he discovered a numi)er of
young ones, and a numerous quantity of eggs, and
by a vigilant exertion, he killed sso young snakes !

An extraordinary hirus noting of the feathered
kind wasfound in a partridge, killed, on, Monday
by the Rev. Mr. B.Dtidley'b Keeper, in E,sex :
half the feathers (the largest) in.each wing of this
curious bird being milk-white, and the skin of the
central claw of both feet being of the same colour.
. A young man of genteel appearance, a clerk irta
respeadble house, was yesterday charged at the Pub.
I it: Office, Marlborough-street, with forging the in-
dorsement on a Bill of Exchange. He was remanded
for further. examination.

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