... CAPTAIN SWIFT. Ihir i- aPDeai2 ?ou k i,ld'y permit me to correct a slight error J .?hies cf i y°u- ^asfc tasuo, with respcct to tho conclud- llC.ePlavn^.?by' Captain of k rated hv *iC 0 in the somewhat conventional manner, t u r illeiriHrJ KUilty niothor falling ucroas the dead body Played with the cr> M^' 80n m>' 80n- ev.'.l^anco fi.51 8.rWnftl ma,'in6et and at every subsequent i'aa it u-no ...

... . BOOTLES' BABY. DiAR Sir, -In your la*t week's notice or Mr. Mil.lngton'a Booties' Baby company at Crojdon, you mentioned that Mis* May Ostlero vm prevented from playing through illnes*, in stead of which it chouid have been. Yours sincerely, Edith Ostlere, 1, Belmont-villas, Southend -on-Sea, Sept. 5. ...

... . Dsar Sia,-May I encroacn upon, h,vo of explanation In the course pwiish actors a arrange the ocean passages of a A.nerio actresses who have to Join theatrical 00 P uenoe 0f p about this time. In many ,or on sccount of the sages not having been ordered in t me lo ndo n), great strike in the case of those who were to sa a great many professionals have not be blame 'h the time they wished, ar.d ...

... TRUE COLOURS AT THE VAUDEVILLE. Sir --Permit me to correct an error that has crept (through no fault of yours) Into your kindly c.iticimi as t tho author ship of my play, lately produced at a Vaudeville ma'inte, which authorship Is credited to another gentle. nan. The mistake fs only natural, from my name havi g been accidentally omitted from the programmes, although it had appeared for days ...

... . Dear Sir,-- In answer to Mr. benncus leixer, permit me wj explain that the gentleman referrod to was our old friend Mr. Georgo Gillett, and so I wrote, but Mr. Sennett's name appeared by a blunder of those wicked compositors, for which, as will occasionally happen, it is impossible to And any reasonable excuse. In expressing regret for the trouble unintentionally caused to Mr. Sennett by the ...

... Sir, I pee by your last issue that I am noticed for the part of Molly Mc Bride in Eviction at Woolwich last week. There must lw some mistake, as I have, since August last, been nlavinir in Mr. II. F. Housden's Main Hope Co. By inserting this you will oblige- --Yours truly, JENNY WARDAUGH. ...

... . MR. (J. H. MACDERMOrTS BANKRUPTCY. Sir,-- I bhall be glad if you will asdst me in contradicting: an incorrect statement concerning the bankruptcy of Mr. Macder- mott and the building of the Grand Theatre, Birmingham. Mr. Macdermott was never in any way connected wl h the uilding of this theatre, whhh was entirely my own specula* bon, and everyone concerned has been paid in full by mo. tihe ...

... Aickin, Miss E. Kemble, Mr. Arthur Akhurst, Miss Nellie Kirwan, Mr. Henry Aldrejel, Mr. Charles Leamar, Mis* Alice Allen, Mr. John Lennox, Miss Nellie Arthur, Mr. Ernest Leonard, Mr. Mark Arncliffe, Mr. II. Lester, Mr. Chailes Aylmer, Mr. W. O. Lestocq. Mr. W. Bay man, Mr. George. (2) Lewin, Mr. Joseph Beaty, Mr. Joseph Lindon, Mr. K. C. Beaufort, Miss race Linwood, Mi^s Blanch Beckitt, Mr. ...

... Dbar Sir,-- So far as I can see no one complains much of the matinte system except certain dramatic critics. Why they should rail against the givers of inatintts is to me a puzzle if they have too much work to do let them relinquish part of it for th benefit of their fellows, for, believe me, there are unemployed amongst pressmen as well us actors. The dramatic critic complains of th* long ...

... Dear Sir,-- In the notice of the pantomim? Peter Wilkins at tho I'rincess'sThoatr-, Olasgow, in our last issue, yourcorres- pondentsay Miss Katie N .in ton isa f scin iting Vouwarkiet which is a mistake on his part, that character being played by me, the part for which 1 wa ...

... Dkar Sir, Permit me to correct two mistake3 which your correspondent has made In his notice of The Arabian Nights at Yarmouth. Miss not Mrs. Henrietta Watson played tho young wife, Mrs. llummingtop, and not the typical mother- in law, that amiable character being represented by Yours very truly, SALLIE BOOTH, Aquarium Theatre, Great Yarmouth. April 26. ...

... IN THE RANKS. Ssir,-- Your Halifax correspondent, in noticing the produc tion of In the Ranks last week, states that Sergeant h'earle displays a want of military knowledge in keeping his men in single file while they receive their letter. I beg to say the letters are given out by a corporal, and that tho scene in question has nothing whatever to do with the Sergeant. By inserting this in ...