Show supposed discovery of who rina forc st ark irstle irm tle newia among tho party who crossed iu tho same ship with sullivan and gilbert to this countey wai mr alfred collier a composer and in london who for omo years has been a sort of satellite 01 sullivans iio is a ian sort of nature full of invention and talent but bia pockets aro as adly lined AB his head h well furnished mr sullivan gives him hia pocket money and in return it is baid from mr cellier payment in kind mr callior Celli or indeed is credited with writing a great deal of which mr sullivan receive tho pay in london tho rumor ia current that mr collier ft roto eat part of tomo say all but that is probably an exaggeration because at least ono song that of josephine in tho second act and enough it is ho poorest in the whole score is known to bo sullivans own compo ilion tho statement taftt cellier brolo so much i somewhat borne out by tho that thia little work is 86 far ahod of any other of alio llio comic operas which sullivan wrote the sorcerer and tho zoo for in gianco both aro poor in invention and melody and will not for a moment compare pinafore A gentleman who knows mr alfred intimately claimed the other day to a diamatis dramatis Dra matis bews yews miter that he knew callier had a hand in the composition of tina fore lie bays ho could name cr tain portions of the opera which callier wrote ho bays that nearly all the choruk cs uro his aa for in stance tho one that opens tho opera and tho bright blue W farewell my own I id tho gentleman in question qu ir sullivan mado some cutting a great doal that cellier broto celcer broto a gong called fair moon but sullivan did not like it and broto tho present ono himself tho englishman and chorus was conjunction by and but iha peculiar panini ent wim calliera Calli erB many other points of this lind which if ruo and tho rumor has boon too general not to bavo somo truth in it ga to show that mr collier deserves ome recognition aa part composer of the brightest of englith mr cellier h ako to bo helping sullivan out on he writing far BO long and that ii why sullivan ba to bang hi to aliu eu suntry |