Star.
London, England, 1812-06-10 00:00:00

KING'S THEATRE.

Last night the favourite Opera of henry IV. was
again performed at this Theatre to a crowded and
fashionable audience. Thidivertisement of La Re-
Jiere, in which the peculiar character of the Spanish
Dances is most admirably preserved, and in which the
elegant and graceful evolutions of Madame Dinecor
are seen to so much advantage, went off with additi-
onal eclat.

• The grand Pallet of Zephyr and Flora improves
every night in the estimation of those se:lose taste is an-
adulterated by the morrie-daneing exhibitions which we
trust are now banished from the stage at the Opera-
House. There is a delicacy and refinement in the whole
machinery of this admirable composition, which
stamps it as the production of an elegant and classi-
cal mind. The eye dwells with delight on every
movement of the performers, and the atrial flights of
Zephyr and Flora are chef: d'auvre of stage effect.
—lt is delightful to record the successful efforts of
genius in every department of the fine arts, and cer-
tainly with such. chaste and classical representations as
Zephyr and Flora, and La Reine de Golconde, before
the public, we may regard the present as the Angus-
tan age of King's Theatre. The Ballets to which
we have been hitherto accustomed have been mere
vehicles for displaying the agility of the performers
I or the talents of ti.e composer: the taste for this spe-
ciecot amusement was less general therefore in this
country than on the Continent, where the resources, in I
point of performers, are more ample : M. DIDELOT,
I however, since his arrival in this country, has effected I
a revolution in the public taste in this particular.—
He has infused into his Ballets more of dramatic and
stage effect than any of his predecessors, and thus
keeps t,:e mind, as well as the eye, attentively fixed
on the stage during the representation. In La Brine
de Golconde he has succeeded to admiration. He 1
has assumed a character to himself, in which he has
an oppprtunity of displaying, once more, all that vi-
gorous and graceful flexibility of muscle, for which
he sas always distinguished. Although he modestly-I
apologises for his re-appearance on the stage in what I
he calls a second rate character, he is, in fact, the prin-
cipal guide and mover of the whole. His example
animated his pupils in a wonderful manner, and, with-
out losing sight of the character which he performed,
he moved with the rapidity of lightning wherever the
performers, or even the scene shifters, stood in need
of a prompter. It was in one of these rapid evolu-1
tions that he uttered the word " fire," in giving di-
rections to those behind to set fire to the Queen's Pa-
lace, and which was immediately caught by the
audience as a real alarm. The confusion which en- I
sued was but momentary, however, and the Palace of I
Golconda fell a prey to the flames amid thunders of,
applause. The splendid talents of Madame DIM-
LoT were never displayed to greater' effect, than in I
the part which she modestly assumed in La Reim de
Goleonde. Although unquestionably the first female
dancer in this country, she meritoriously seconds the
exertions of others, rather than disturb the harmony
which ought to exist in the Corti: de Ballet. The part!
assigned to Mademoiselle PA ULINE CHERY, gave that I
charming daughter of Terftsieltore an opportunity of
exhibiting her talents as a performer en the Harps
with which she accompanied some of the dances with I
a fine effect. Tl:e novelty of this public exhibition of 1
her additional accomplishments is due to Monsieur •
DIDELOT, and the idea may certainly lie most
happily followed up in future. We have already
noticed the promising talents of Monsieur DMZ.
LST'S pupils, and on Thursday, at his benefit, he
presented us with a novelty peculiarly of his own for-.
mation. This was the debut of his son in the Ballet,
who amid the diffidence natural to every juvenile per•
former of promise, evinced that he possessed the re-
quisites to render hitn equal to the task of treading
the stage with great eclat in future.

It is n'w stated from Stockholm, that Mr. THORN.-
los, who has hitherto passed under the name of
Thompson, has been publicly acknowledged as an ac-
credited Minister from Great Britain.

The American sloop Hornet, from Cherbourgh
an Friday landed Mr. ritaxnvs, at the back of the
Isle of Wight, with dispatches from the American
Minister at Paris, for M. RUSSELL, in London.
When the Birminghani witnesses were under exa-
mination in the House of Commons, on the 'Orders
in Council, Mr. STEMEN, the recently made Master
in Chancery, and the strenuous advocate of these Or-
ders, put t, one of the Birmingham witnesses, a plain,
blunt man, this question Well, Sir, and what
are these Orders in Council, against which you are
come here to give evidence ?"..." Nay, marry," said
John Bull, I never heard of any body that knew
either what they were, or what good they'd done, and
I did not conic here to tell you that ; but I can tell
you one thing—before their time we'd plenty of work
and a good trade, but now we've neither, and that
happen will satirfy you." This answer, delivered in
a strong Warwickshire accent, raised a general laugh
against the Learned Civilian, and it was remarked
that it was connclusive, for be neve after required
from any witnews, a definition Gf the Orders in
Council.