Star.
London, England, 1829-07-17 00:00:00

IMPROVEMENTS OP THE METROPO,

TO LORD VISCOUNT LOWTHER.
MY Loa The great zeal which you feel for the,
provement of the metropolis is known to the pubik,
well as the industry with which you discharge the duti
it your office. Permit me therefore to suggest to yot
attention the propriety of removing the present Hayonnie,
which is becoming more of a nuisance as the neigh
hood around embellishes.
The Haymarket Street is itself rebuilding in am
spots, with houses of a superior description. bytel7:l
Fields is also undergoing a great change for the better
If the Haymarket were removed, the brothel-courts, •
all that low description of persons which now haunts lie
neighbourhood by day and night, to the great annoy
of the passing public as well as the inhabitants, nnnii
remove, and various handsome streets would tint
be formed to connect the Haymarket with Leicester,
fields, Pall-Mall East, and St. Martin's-lane, so tbn

very improved communications would be made betty
the West end of the town and the Theatres, both l '
Covent-garden and the Strand. A new site might le
readily obtained in many other convenient quart
lir the Haymarket, and the numerous large privet,
houses, as well as palaces, in Carlton-place, &c. would
require all the stabling which might be left unoccupied,
so that the proprietors would not, on that account, hen
jest cause to complain, and the gin-shops might, without
much prejudice, follow their customers to their new allo..
cations. 1 have the honour to be,
Your Lordship's most obedient servant,
AN INHABITANT.

July ii.

STAR OFFICE, THREE O'CLOCK.
EXPRESS FROM THE CITY.

We are just informed that private letters are this day
received in town from Berlin, of which mention is made
of the Emperor of Russ IA having appointed an Entrant.
divary Ambassador to proceed immediately to Constan6• t
nople, to co-operate with the French, English, and other
Ambassadors, in a negociation for the re-establishment of
peace in the East.

ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE.
•
Lavish as we are le sepport of an Italian Opera: waiving with
open tress and open purses every foreign vocal and instremand
adventurer of whatever than who chooses to bestow his este
in exelmage ter Miglkk pimme—trom the Catalan* &wags. soi
Wasik to the Menlo Boodars, French Treehadoers.'snd he...
yard ;daunts, see neighs Wile we wombs most aussical pespla
apes earth. in awry place of pubis amneement we most has
the hdlepussable sop At Drury-hoe they will kin It Imo tragedy;
Matthews Mode* it with pus and ealmiery at the Addphi:
Aide, the meevalleue SedheeWdis ; the ambigua
Surrey. and the terrible ; Vanshill mid to prams ;
all regale es with the Ode bit of stave mad catgut—nay, our native
' wiedgipes amp hendwroade in the golden harvest. and keep ask
cinches sad profess the podement even the humble vodka el
our streets have roily to tone die nese and open the gates of de
stanchion leather loop to be immediately surrounded by an al.
miring phalanx of ragged tillettantL It is true the John Belli
straight.forward, frank natured character of the latter music bouts
little of the soft sweetness of Lydian measures, and does no pen
credit to popular taste for skier melody or her fair sister poesy;
yet still the love of sound is there, and taking the will for the dad,
his British Majesty's lieges are very musically inclined. Bet is k
not strange, with all this encouragement of harmony, that we bass '
no musical composer whose fame extends beyond our BegNA
boundary—that we have produced Imo vocal hoe isstniusemod tam
in request amongst oar neighbours; and what la mon extreerdiani,
not even yet any regular Opera of our owe. Wy, Omsk
Gluck, and other celebrated geniuses, have keg else. given a 141. ,
donate Opera to France ; and although we are set enraptured with
Gregorias draw, the methodic, stately, but meseessom reckedn,
astounding discusses. and crashing eseralsonemreimult of de 1
Academie Royale, yes, as a school of wince and correct order, it
else, the highest honour to Frame. The exquisite taste of in
delightful omit opera is a heavier taunt to our dramatic pride.—
There, a playful alesplidre. joined to acute knowledge in the art, has
hog crated rivals that succesdally compete with the best comp
Woes of Italian genies; while we have for a century been yawsleg
over the GaUenaufry monsters we dignify with the nun* of Open,
but which in truth are mere comedies interspersed with seep
The French have been cultivating this charming branch of the
Drama in its true spirit, till it has become as popularly powerful
u true tragedy aid comedy. AU that can afford agreeable relaxation
and promote the Bee arts aresept us becomes of the greatest coo.
sequence. Vienna. cells, end St. Petersburg'', now vie with Frames
and Italy is zealous eased= to their national opera ; sad the good
King of Holland and Flanders, (convisead how much this depot
art conduces to public happiness and relieves his people from the
dull care which bales and packages entail upon the salmi) encourages
with all his power the study of mask, and the opera. throughout
kis dominions.
Now we, who are evidendy fond of music, seMelow underrate
its importance; ansi, diking from all our neighbours. seem ss tl
we disdained to slyly stet swim to as art which, however bud.
natiog it may be to she baughmatiess, yet offers nothing solid to the
esiderstaading. The lingilds wild have thoughts our tissaadets have
not failed to create mum for the mind ; bet the seosaetie hash
who have so rawly sesimepted to treat us to Native Opts,
have merely tickled our ear. and that with lediferens skill ie.
deed. Tragedy and Comedy have besides trenched so WA
upon the province et Opera, that this peculiu style oldness is left
amongst us with scarce a distinct feature et its own • its pretend
oblect elsewhere is to enchant by tbe naked slimes drossy, We,
painting, dancing, and deceratioe. It is abysm' ee week epee the
fancy alone, and has nothing to do with the penimmier faculties of
the mind. Deep thought were as misplaced in Orison minis is la
Tragedy,notwithstanding even the example of Macbeth. The pads
Sight, or Sash of wit, is the sole marrow we lave any right to expect
in Opera. Now let us consider how far the combioed requisites cited
as necessary to the success of Opera, are dimmed/ smiled in eer
attempts to raise It to popularity amongst us—iihm, The Vold
poetry devoted to pieces of this character is moot
If the rinds& is more respectable. it is seldom faithful to the
authors conception of place; and far this I apped to the writers-.
a pitman* effect is given Beverly.-the break is and
there is an end of the matter. In dancing. we are altwathdliedi mere
scholars of our asighboure—costume and deooratiomprodlraket
visbed to produce pars, betray every moment the meet
ignorance of historic and geographic variety eaC *mg. with
injudicious manner, confounds all distinction el icr=
ranks. The mask, when mot borrowed. is destitute of
and originality. It is Italian, it is German, it is French,—but pot
snots nothing of 'Wind orrapkoirs. We want a Mozart to is-
vent an Kepi* Theatric School of Music ; dB then, we fear, in
tyke of the young Academy. and the praiseworthy exertions of the
Lyceum, the Opera hiquids, moaned to servile imitation
and insipid
ty• The press of important foreign matter at a late hoer, obliges
es to postpone the remainder of this article till to-morrow.

Mr. Matintosh, the great government contractor, has
been at Pembroke to estimate certain particulars, and to make the
necessary intuiries, previous to undertaking the new Steam Packet
, Pier, or Sen Wall, about to be immediately constructed at Hobb's
poiat, sear the Royal Dock-yard.
The Duke of WELLINGTON has, since the operations
for the erection of arches on each side of the new Load= Bride
have been ammommed, very frequently visited the weeks, and yes-
terday morning spin inspected many of the lines of appreadies.--
The whole Some of the labooren has been removed from the
bridge itself to the approaches. Jon beim Ms Grace proceeded
to Waage Gude, he and Mr. Janos. des airmen of tbe *OP
Conunktoli, segetber with Mr. lewd% de osabtaar, demi): .11"
andied the wdObestbsoll of 11641 east Miami his limas plod
em a very Impoeum alesradosi ewe of the brawl
from 11111144MOin. widely wr lead more det_
aptrb she Mille. and of amuse add iiirobeg ee
pu ommtienme Yestirrday emening Ms Geese peld a visit
whboot Odle are nada of his Intention, and .-deed for sew
timo Wilderwittod. His Grace, we ate told,sc::
mathperfect sadellmion at the operations already
pidly Indeed is the work of form* the approaches gig
that the pith& will ason be gratified white fall ezleithen ti die
progress of the worts en the bridge itself.