The Sun.
London, England, 1851-09-19 00:00:00

King-street, St. James's
Under the Direction of Mr. Barnum, of New York.
KATE AND ELLEN BATEMAN,
(Only Eight and Six years of age.)
Last Week of the Bateman Children.
THIS EVENING,
The performances will commence at Half-past Seven, with
SIMPSON AND CO. Characters by Messrs. Granby, J. Web-
ster, Beckett, Anderson, Miss Villars, Miss C. Tellett, Miss Seagrave,
and Miss Cooke.
In addition to which will be produced an entirely new Petite Co-
medy (translated from the French of M. Scribe, " Le Marriage Eu-
'satin," expressly for Kate and Ellen Bateman), entitled

TIIE YOUNG COUPLE,
Charles de Blonville, Ellen Bateman; Henrietta de Vigny, Kate
Bateman ; supported by Messrs. John Webster, Artaud, and Miss

Dance of Styria by Madlle. Therese Cushnie and M. Milano.
After which THE SWISS COTTAGE : or, Why Don't She
Marry? Nata Teik, Ellen Bateman ; Lisette Geirstein, Kate Bate-
man ; Corporal Max, Mr. Bateman.
To conclude with a new Ballet of Action, entitled LA STATUE
BLANCHE. Principal characters by Messrs. Beckett, M. Ellar,
T. Matthews, M. Milano, and Madlle. Therese Cushnie.
Boxes, 45. ; Pit, 2s. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 2s.
Private Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets may be secured at Mr.
Mitchell's Royal L;brary, 33, Old Bond-street; at all the principal
Libraries and Music Sellers ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre,
which is open daily from 11 till 5 o'clock.

THEATRE ROTAL, DRCTRY-LANE.
Last Week but One.
Gymnasium Extraordinary—Success Unprecedented.
Incomparable AMERICAN and FRENCH EQUESTRIAN TROUPE.
_

Under the Management of Messrs. Risley and M'Collum.
Monstre Engagement and most decided hit—the Italian Brothers,
Edward and Jean Bourteller having created the greatest possible
sensation, will appear every evening in their miraculous entertain-
ments, in addition to the popular company, consisting of Madlle.
Caroline, Mr.M`Collum, Mr. Stone, on his Wild Horse, Mons. Loisset,
Madame Brower, and Young Baptiste.
Doors open at Halt-past Seven, to commence at Eight.
Public attention is directed to the present scale of prices :
Dress Boxes, 35.; Boxes, 2s. ; Pit, Is. 6d.; Gallery,ls. ; Upper do., 6d.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Mr. B. Webster, liole Leases and Manager, Ole Brompton.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed a new comic Opera, entitled THE QUEEN OF
A DAY. Sir Henry Vere, Mr. Stuart ; the Sheriff, Mr. Caulfield ;
Timothy Turnwell, Mr. Weiss; Walter, Mr. W. Harrison; Lucy
Lovelace, Miss L. Pyne ; Cicely, Mrs. Caulfield.
To be followed by a new comic Drama, entitled GRANDMOTHER
GRIZZLE. Sir Oliver Pippin, Mr. Lambert; Percy Pinchbecke,
Mr. Parselle ; Phil Fuddle, Mr. Buekstone ; Mrs. Griselda Pinch-
becke and Little Steve, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ; Polly Willows, Miss A.
Vining. .
er which an entirely new Farce, entitled GRIMSLIAWI BAG-
saA,fti
\V • and BRADSHAW Grimshaw, Mr. B, ckstone ; Bag-
shi.Mr. 11. Redford; Towzer, Mr. Selby; Emily, Miss A. Vining.
With LEND ME FIVE SHILLINGS. Mr. Oolightly, Mr. Buck-
stone.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Dader the direction of Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed an entirely new romantic Drama, called THE
QUEEN'S SECRET; or, The Iron Mask. Roland, Madame Ce-
leste; the Chevalier de Itosarges, Mr. B. Webster ; Baron Ikteauwitz,
Mr. Paul Bedford; Monsieur de St. Mak, Mr. C. J. Smith ; the
Miss Woolgar; Aline, Miss K. Fitzwilllarn.
. u(sbey'
general desire) the Second and Third Acts of
Countess
T o
conclude
the the Drama ot THE GREEN BUSIIES. Connor O'KennedY,
Che
withv re
Mr. Parselle ;
Wild Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith; Master ( irinnidze, Mr
G. [Toney; Jack Gong, Mr. Pant Bedford; Miami, Madame Celeste;
Geraldine, Miss Ellen Chaplin.

MIMS PLAYHOUSE AND STRAND THEATRE.
TAlssee., Mr. W. R. COPELAND, Liverpool.
Engagement of the Tyrolean Troubadour, F. j. Eskenc
Two New Pieces.
THIS EVENING,
The Dramatic Bubble entitled THE SHOT TOWER.
and Miss Marshall. Princ-
ipal characters by Messrs. Davies, Rogers,
After which a new petite Comedy, entitled THE IioPELE,3s
PASSION, by Messrs. Tilbury, Davis, Morton ; Mrs. Copeland, and
Kiss Maskell.
To be followed by a new Farce, called A FIGURE OF FUN ; or,
the Bloomer Costume, in which _Messrs. Rogers, Attwood, Hudspeth,
and Miss Marshall will appear.
With a new Burlesque, entitled GODIVA, THE LADY OF
COVENTRY. Characters by Messrs. Davies, J. Rogers, Norton,
Romer, Maskell, Attwood; Mesdames Marshall, C. Horsman, E.
Romer, Morcelli, and Maskell.
The prices of admission are arranged as follow :—Orchestra
(second circle), 2s. ; Pit, Is.
4a; boxes (first circle), 35.;
Doors to be opened at Halt-past Six, and the performances to
tAitance at Seven precisely.
A seomad price will be taken to the Boxes only at Nina o'clock
:440 elide, 25.• ,accordls.
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Prtritte Boxes One Guinea and a Half
each.

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coming more general ; and with a wider diffusion of '
the circulation the press is more able to pay for it.
Mr. Rice—ls it a profession apart ?—No ; usually
the men have been brought up to the bar, to the pulpit,
as printers, and so on ; they are not originally literary
men.
CHAIRAWC—Your extensive circulation of those
cheap papers is based, to some extent, upon the fact
that your whole population can read ?—Yes.
I presume that the non-reading class in the United
States is a limited one F—Yes, except in the slave
states.
Do not you consider that newspaper reading is cal-
culated to keep up a habit of reading ?—I think it is
worth all the schools in the country. I think it creates
a taste for reading in every child's mind, and it in •
creases his interest in his lessons ; he is attracted to
study from the habit of always seeing a newspaper,
and hearing it read, I think.
Supposing that you had your schools as now, but
that your newspaper press were reduced within the
limits of the press in England, do not you think that
the habit of reading acquired at school should be fre-
quently laid aside ?—I think that the habit would not
be acquired, and that often reading would fall into
disuse.
Mr. Ricu—Does not the habit of reading create a
demand for newspapers, rather than the supply of
newspapers create a habit of reading ?—I should
rather say that the capacity that is obtained in the
schools creates a demand for newspapers.
The greater number of persons who read in the
United States accounts for the greater number of
newspapers that are published, does it not P—There
is no class in the free states who do not know how to
read, except the immigrant class.
But in proportion to the number of persons who
can read will be the number of persons supplied ?
Yes.

CHAIRMAN-But the means of obtaining cheap
newspapers enables people to keep up their reading,
does it not P—Yes.

Mr. EWART—Must not the contents of a newspaper
have a great effect upon the character of the popula-
tion, and give a more practical turn to their minds ?
—I should think the difference in intelligence would
be very great between a population first educated in
schools, and then acquiring the habit of reading
journals, and an uneducated non reading.
If a man is taught to read first, and afterwards ap-
plies his mind to the reading of newspapers, would
not his knowledge assume a much more practical form
than if that man read anything else ?—Every man
must be practical. I think that the capacity to in-
vent or to improve a machine, for instance, is very
greatly aided by newspaper reading ; by the educa-
tion afforded by newspapers.
Having observed both countries, can you state
whether the press has greater influence on public opi-
nion in the United States than in England, or the re-
verse ?—I think it has more influence with US ; I do
not know that any class is despotically governed by
it, but the influence is more universal ; every one
reads it and talks about it with us, and more weight
is laid upon intelligence than on editorials ; the
paper which brings the quickest news is the one
looked to.
The leading article has not so much influence as it
has in England ?—No ; the telegraphic dispatch is the
great point.
Mr. COBDEN—You stated, did you not, that your
New York paper contains two or three columns of
telegraphic news ?—Three to five columns in times of
Congresses and Legislative sessions; always from one
to five columns.

Do you, i❑ New York, publish any telegraphic re-
port of the proceedings in your Legislature at Albany ?
—Every day.
To what extent would the proceedings be tele-
graphed from Albany ?—From half a column to two
columns ; sometimes three columns when the matter
is of great interest.
Observing our newspapers, and comparing them
with the American papers, do you find that we make
much less use of the electric telegraph for transmit-
ting news to newspapers than in America?—Not a
hundredth part as much as we do.
That is a considerable item of expense there, is it
not ?—Enormous ; but it is cheaper with us than
with you.
An impression prevails in this country that our
newspaper press incurs a great deal more expense to
expedite news than you do in New York ; are you of
that opinion ?—I do not know what your expense is ;
I should say that 100,000 dollars a year are paid by
our association of the six leading daily papers, besides
what each gets separately for itself.
20,0001. a year are paid by your association, con-
sisting of six papers, for what you get in common ?
Yes ; we telegraph a great deal in the United States.
For instance, the Scientific Association held its an-
nual meeting in Cincinnati this year, and we had
telegraphic reports from that place, though we, and I
presume other journals, had special reporters to re-
port the proceedings at length ; so we have reports
every day 1,000 miles—from New Orleans daily, and
St. Louis, and other places.

E R MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
PLAY-HOUSE PRICE NIGHTS.
Jklosr POSITIVELY THE LAST NIGHTS 0? THE SEASON".
It is respectfully announced to the patrons of the Opera, and for
the accommodation of the numerous visitors still in London,

TWO MORE NIGHTS
will bo given, viz.:—This Evening (Friday), September 19, and
TO-Morrow (Saturday), 20.

THIS EVENING,
Rossini's celebrated Opera,
IL BARBIEitE DI SIVIGLIA.
Rosina, Madlle. Sofie Cruvelli ; Ii Cont,) d'Almaviva, Signor
Calzolart ; Figaro, Signor Lorenzo ; Basilio, Signor Casanova ; and
Bartolo, Signor Balanchl.
After which a Divertissement. Le Bolero, Mdlies. Rosa, Esper,
Julien, and Lamoureux. Pas Styrien, Madame Petit Stepan and M.
Silvaln.
To be followed by au Act of the admired opera,
ANNA BOLENA.

Anna Bolena,llle. Barbieri Nini ; Percy, Signor Calzolarl.
To be followed by the selections from ERNANI. Elvira, Mdlle.
Sode Cruvelll; Silva, Signor Lorenzo; Ernani, Signor Calzolarl.
To conclude with a Divertissement. Quadrille Francais, from
Les Cosmopolites. Le Redowa Polka—Mdlle. Petit Stephan and M.

TO-MORROW EVENING, September 20,
Bellini's celebrated Opera
LA SONNAMBULA.
Amina, Madlle. Sofle Cravelll; Elvino, Signor Caizolarl; Count
Rodolpho, Signor Lorenzo ; Lisa, Madlle. Feller.
After which a Divertissement—Quadrille Francais from Les Cos-
mopolites. Pas Styrien, 31adame Petit Stephan and M. Silvain.
Selections from a Favourite Opera, in which Mme. Barbieri Ninl
will appear.
With a Grand Divertissement, from IL PRODIGO, comprising
the celebrated Pas de Poigiiards, by Madlles. Rosa, Esper, Julien,
and Lamoureux.
Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the
Box-office of the Theatre. The Opera to commence at Eight o'clock.
Prices—Pit, ss. Gallery, 2s. 6d. Pit Stalls, 10s. 6d. Gallery
Stalls, ss. Boxes--Two Pair, 215.; One Pair and Pit Tier, 1/. 1 ls. 6d.;
Grand Tier, 2/. 2s. ; Box Seats, 55., 65., and 7s.
ST. JAMES'S THEATRE,