The Sun.
London, England, 1836-05-09 00:00:00

THE NEWSPAPER PRESS.

(From the Observer.)
Before we close this article, we cannot refrain from adding
a few words on the treatment which the Chancellor of the
Exchequer has experienced at the hands of a certain portion
of the daily press, and which has received the right honourable
countenance of Mr. Goulburn. We have ourselves been
parties to various applications made to the Chancellor of the
Exchequer on the subject in question, and have been cognizant
of, though not immediately engaged in others ; but had we
not had such opportunities of ascertaining the fact that the
metropolitan press was fully represented at the meetings re-
ferred to, we should not fear the result of an appeal, not to
any individual, but to the British people, in the dispute be-
tween the Chancellor of the Exchequer and an anonymous
writer in a Tury journal, even though the veracity of the latter
be sworn to by Mr. Goulburn, and his inexperience in Tory
principles supplied by the never-failing bigotry of that Hight '
Honourable Gentleman.

F7Orrl the Courier.)
There seems to be no occasion for our interfering in any
way as to the difference of statement which has occurred re-
specting the proceedings of the deputations from the stamped
press of the metropolis, stho waited on the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, farther than to express our surprise that the gen-
tleman who has acted as the chairman of the meetings, who
appointed the deputations, and who is in possession of the
minutes of the meetings, and of the' subscriptions of those
who attended them, has not set all question on the subject at
rest, by publishing the correct information which he can at
once ainrd.

(From the Aye.)

On the subject of the Newspaper-Stamp Duties, which has
created so much controversy during the past week, both in
and out of Parliament, we shall for very cogent reasons defer
our statement until next week; ad i,z,erini, however, we must
be allowed to state, for our own justification, that the various
deputations to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, since July,
1835, representing themselves as delegates from the Proprie-
tors of the London Stamped Press, were duly authorized by
the general body, and have never in any particular exceeded
their instructions. The Times, the Herald, the Standard,
and the Post, have at many, and indeed almost all, these
meetings been represented by accredited agents ; and more-
over, upon some occasions, the registered proprietors of the
Times, the Herald, and the Standard, have been present
themselves. The extraordinary statements which have been
put forth, demand, and must receive, the fullest investigation.

The call has been responded to—the meeting has been
called • and as it will soon be apparent whether the Corn.
rnittee has or has not acted according to its instructions, we
refrain for the present from any observations on the subject.—
[ ED. Morning Advertiser.]

THEATRES.

THE KING'S.

Bellini's chef d'oeuvre, La Sonnambula, was performed on
Saturday night for the first time this season. The cast, with
one single exception, is the same as last year, La Grisi enact-
ing Amina ; Rubini, Elvino ; and Tamburini, Count Rodolfo.
The jealous and malicious Lisa found too amiable a representa-
tive in Mademoiselle Assandri. She should infuse more venom
and spleen into her acting of this part to make it effective.
Grisi was in splendid voice, and sang and acted beautifully.
Rubini's Elvino is known to be his best acting and singing
part, and he sang and acted with undiminished pathos and
spirit. lie was, of course, encored in the second act. Tam-
burini made the most of the Count, and his." Vi ravviso" was
admirably given. The three artistes were called for at the
termination of the Opera;and warmly applauded. The mag-
nificent ballet of Benyous4 was afterwards repeated for the
second time, and with every prospect of being represented
every remaining night of the subscription. The Duchess of
Kent, the Princess Victoria, Prince Leinengen, and a long list
of fashionable,company, were present—in' fact, the house was
crowded in every part.