Star.
London, England, 1812-07-04 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.

SlR—The acknowledged impartiality of your P.
per, and the attention you have recently paid to the
performances of the Opera House, induces me to ad-
dress you on a subject with which the gratification of
the public and the interests of that Theatre are most
materially connected. In a morning paper of last
Monday, great pains have been taken to persuade the
public that M. Dinuoi, since he has been Ballet.
Master, has set his face against native talents ;—and
he is charged tilt only with having dismissed Eng-
lish performers, but with having refused to engage
others whose abilities were acknowledged and resoec-
ted by the public, on thegroundot their being English.

The only person who has been dismissed since M.
Dincurr became Ballet-Master, had most obstinately 1
tefti.ed to listen to his instructions--and, Sri fruit i
sob.), d;narion, it is impossible that regularity can be
preserved in any establishment—the person so offen-
ding was, therefore, most properly discharged.
With respect to the charge of refusing to engage
English talents, it must be presumed that Miss Lu-
PINO is alluded to ;—now it is a circiumstance ex-
tremely well known to every, person in the habit of
frequenting the Opera House, that repeated overtures
have hien made by DIDKLOT to that Lady, without
obtaining her consent. Ido not presume to be ac-
quainted with her Motives, but I cannot help think:
ing that her not appearing on the stage of the Opera
House cannot be ascribed to M. DIDELOT j for it will
be recollected that she is his pupil, and certainly it is
r but lair to admit that her appearance on the rime
boards would do additional credit to the acknow-
ledged talents of her master.
To the general charge of throwi• It English perfor-
mers into the hack ground, I have one broad answer
to make. Let the public look to the beautiful and
accomplished groupes, composed of English talents
which are nightly exhibited before them—let them re-
collect the graceful exertions of TWAULEY, DAVIS,
Pero, Bvstrie, Ecc. Etc. in their service. The per-
formers, indeed, in the first act of the superb ballet of
La Rine de Golcpade, art .entirely Zng.ish—but above
all, it is a well known fact, that so arient is M. DIOS..
LOT in the cause of promoting and encouraging Eng-
lish talent, that, with a generosity peculiar to himself,
he has uniformly scorned to enrich himself like for-
mer Ballet Masters, by appropriating that share
in the salaries of his pupils, which has been the per-
quisite of his predecessors for time immemorial:-
1 am totally unacquainted and unconnected with M.
Dioctcrr. I respect him for his talents, and from the
enquiries I have thought it my duty to make as a
warm admirer of the Opera, and the result of which
I have now communicated, I shall ever esteem him
for his virtues.

A SVIEICEISER TO TIM KING'S THEATRE.

PORTSN#IOUII4, JULY st, 181 t.

PORMA ISLAND WATrn-WORKS.—Notice is here-
by given that the Directors of the said Works did,
on the Ist July inst. make a call of Jel 0 per cent. from
the Subscribers tn, and Proprietors of, the Quarter
Shares Subscribed for at the General Assembly, held
on the 22d January last, in order to defray the ex-
pences of the said Works now carrying on by virtue
a an Act of Parliament, lately passed for that pnr..
pose ; and the said Proprietors are hereby required to
pay the same on or befine the 25th inst. to the Trea.
surer, H. FAUSTLEROY, Esq. at the House of Messrs.
WARCII and Co. Berners-street, Oxford-street, Lon-
don ; and to infix Gni:4llN, Esq. ; and WALIAU
GRANT, Esq. at their respective Banking Houses,
Purtsmouth.—By order of Directors,
R. CALLAWAY, Chief Clerk, and Sec.

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