... (Correspntrnrce. [The fact of the insertion of any letter in these columns does not neces sarily imply our concurrence in the views of the writers, nor can we hold ourselves responsible for any opinions that may be expressed therein.] THE LATE MR. W. H. W. BETTY. To the Editor of The Illustrated Spoetihg ahd Dramatic News. Sje, On the 1st September, 1874, the remains of the late Mr. William ...

... . WHAT THE WORLD SAYS! To the Editor of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. Rien trop eleve. My dear Sir, Your contemporary the World of the 5th instant, published a letter of mine evidently misread and mis printed. I should therefore deem it a favour if you will permit me to make your valuable columns the medium of my denial that it was a fac-simile, nor do I spell my well-known ...

... . Sir, T shcu'd feel obliged if you will permit me to mention, fci the iniormation of any ol your readers who are interested in the question of harness, that the blinkers used for carriage-horses are irequently placed too low on the bridle, the result being that the eye of the horse is on a level with the upper part of the blinker, and if, in consequence of his falling, or Irom any other ...

... . Sir, Allow me to correct a misstatement occurring in your number for September 30. The Requiem, of which you publish a small fac simile fragment, was written in 1872 and 1873 by M. Gounod. It was performed for the first time at St. James's Hall on the 8th February, 1873. I bought it this year of the original publisher for the benefit of my Orphanage, and it is now published by the Music and ...

... MR. CHATTERTON AND COLLY' CIBBER. Sir, YVith much well-founded respect for the opinion of your contributor A. H. Doubleyew, I must confess that his endorse ment of the Times comments on Colley Cibber's Richard III. surprised me. No one with any knowledge of stage requirements can read Shakspeare's original tragedy without perceiving how unsuitable it is for dramatic representation on the mod ...

... . Dear Sir, I see in the otherwise complimentary notice of the Christmas number of the above paper in the City Press the fol lowing statement, which, 1 think, affords an excellent example of how easily one's work may be misunderstood. The critic says As, however, it bears the title of 'The Loving Cup,' the artist, who on the title-page has pictorially described the ceremony so designated, ...

... . Dear Sir, While thanking you for your kind notice (in your issue of the 28th inst.) of the dinner of No. II. Battery, which I have the honour to command, I regret very much the mistake made by your representative in stating it to have been a dinner given to No. II. Battery. The fact is that it was the annual dinner of the Battery, to which had been invited Lord Ashley (the commanding ...

... . Sir,-- Having observed in your issue of the 21st inst. a notice to the effect that I have accepted an engagement with Mrs. Bateman for the opening pantomime at Sadlers Wells Theatre, I shall feel obliged if y ou will contradict this report in your next week's number, as I have at present made no arrangement what ever, and am consequently disengaged. By so doing vou will confer a favour on ...

... . Sir, There are many interesting matters connected with shooting that come within the cognisance of practical sportsmen, and during the season now commencing, the habits of game will afford much wholesome pleasure to any one who gives himself the trouble to mark them closely. The difference between a good or a bad season rests in a great measure upon a wet or a dry spring, but with a little ...

... . SIR I ask you to extend to me the same- privilege of protest 'which has elsewhere been accorded toa brotherplav wright, against the office of that Upper Servant of the Royal Household who, in the back-yard of St. James's Palace, sits enthroned, the sole -and irresponsible judge of the dramatic literature of England. But T ask you to allow me to deal with the subject in a more serious manner ...

... . oir, Did you ever know a horse eat egg's I did not, although I have spent a great part of my life with horses and poultry When getting ready for the coaching season I have had more horses than stabling, and had to put two in a shippon where there were game fowls. Eggs have been uncommonly scarce. On Sunday morning 1 noticed a hen laying in a manger, and a four-year-old filly that I have bred ...

... . SIR, White you are discussing big jumps perhaps the re petition of the story of a jump taken by' Dick Christian may he of interest to Inquirer and others. The Druid gives the quotation, from a local newspaper, in one of his books Dost and Daddock, I fancy Dangerous Hunting Extloit. The following extraordinary feat was last week inadvertently performed by that celebrated rider and tough ...