... From JAMES HOWARD, BsqT Clapham Park, Bedfordshire, January 2, 1880. Dear Sirs, When, some months since, you asked my opinion of the BOTANIC FLAVOURER I withheld it for I have hitherto looked with a good deal of suspicion upon all such compounds, and was therefore desirous of giving yours a thorough trial before express ing any opinion-- favourable or otherwise. I have now great pleasure in ...

... . Shi, We have just had a little dramatic excitement in Malta, owing to the performance of the Garrison Dramatic Society at the Opera House. The pieces selected for the occasion were Under the Rose and Old Soldiers. The first piece I was a little bit late for, but from what I saw of the comedietta I was not sorry that I had missed a considerable portion. The dialogue and action were very ...

... THE FIRST NIGHT AT THE IIAYMARKET. (To the Editor of The Illustrated Si'ohttno and Dramatic News J Sie,-- As an old and constant frequenter of the Haymarket pit, I am anxious to assure you that the minority who miscon ducted themselves so offensively on Saturday night are not to be accepted as representatives of the class that used to frequent that favourite resort of the playgoer who is not ...

... . Sir, The Irrationals Amateur Dramatic Club intend giving a performance at St. George's Hall on Saturday, March 13, in aid of the fund now being raised to alleviate the Irish distress, in which all the leading members will take part. May I ask you to be kind enough to give publicity to this communication in your next issue. I am, sir, your obedient servant. B. H. Van Tromp (Hon. Sec. and ...

... . (We are asked to publish the following letter which has been sent by the Managers of the Aquarium to the Chairman and Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex.) Roval Aauarium, Westminster, Februarv 24, 1880. Gentlemen, Having observed, in the papers of February 23rd, a notice of motion, to be made at the meeting of Middlesex magistrates, on February 26th, by the Hon. E. C. Curzon, ...

... JOURNALS AT THE ATHEN-EUM CLUB. (To the Editor of The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News..) Sir, Are you aware that your journal at the present moment is causing a considerable sensation in the world of letters as well as in the courts of law Some officious person a Home Ruler, I should imagine, if there be such a creature within the sacred precincts of the temple of learning caused 'The ...

... Sie, If you will kindly afford me the hospitality of your columns, I should be glad, as an unimportant unit of the play- going world, to offer my congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Bancroft on their arrival in their new and splendid house, and to express to them my warmest sympathy on the disgraceful events of Saturday. I am sure that I speak on behalf of a very large class of the playgoing ...

... Sir, I do not know what view you take about Saturday's business at the Haymarket, but from the amount of common sense usually displayed iu your columns I feel tolerably certain that you agree with mo, and consider the riot that occurred entirely disgraceful to its originators, for I cannot see how another view is to be defended. When I go into a shop for a pound of Bohea and the grocer only ...

... CORRESPONDENCE. THE LORD MAYOR OF DTTBLTN (To the Editor of The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News.) Sie, In easting my eyes over your welcome paper a few days ago, I was chagrined to find yon bracket the Lord Mayor of this city with Members of Parliament from whom on many points he is notoriously dissonant in sentiment. On the merits of Messrs. Parnell, O'Donnell, and O'Connor Power I am ...

... MR. F. BUCKSTONE'S. TRUST FUND. I o the editor of The Illustrated Storting and Dramatic News.,) Dear Sir, Mr. Frederick Buckstone (son of the celebrated comedian) is at the present time laid up suffering from con sumption, and so seriously ill that only a fortnight ago his life was despaired of. The disease has been brought on, we fear, chiefly through privation and anxiety during the last two ...

... Dear Sie,- A great deal has been said, and a great deal more will be said, about the opening night of the Havmarket Theatre. Many different shades of opinion have been elicited and, as far as I can see, with very little result. May I add my mite to the controversial collection Not that I suppose for one moment that what I say can have any influence upon the matter, in one direction or the ...