... . AN APPEAL. Drar Sir,-- Through tho disastrous lire at tho Theatre, Staly bridge, the Oo. are reluctantly compelled to appeal to tho profession for help, they being left quite destitute, the whole of their wardrobes having been in the theatre. Tho smallest contributions will be thankfullv received and acknow ledge! by, yours ever faithfully, FRANK B. DANYERS. The following gentlemen have ...

... LOST LETTERS Dkar Sir,-- I am the hallkeeper ...

... FIRE AT STALYBRIDGE. DbarSir,-- In answer to our appeal in Tub Staoe and Era wo have received on behalf of tho sufferers, who are left completely destitute of wardrobe and properties, the follow- intr sums.-- s. d. J. Pitt Hardacre, Esq 110 Ed. Tearle and Co. 1 3 6 OsmondTearle andCo. 16 0 T J. L. and J. L 0 5 0 Herbert Budd and Co. 110 Carl Stenn (through Herbert Budd) 1 1 0 Messrs. ...

... Dear Sir.- Your Middlesbro' correspondent last week in criticising The Silver Falls at the Royal writes-- 41 Miss Sa>h Millward, as Primrose Easterbrook, won golden opinions for her pleasing and sympathetic acting. May I ahk you to insert this letter as, owing to Miss Millward's indisposition, the part was then being played by yours faithfully, EDITH GAUTIER. ...

... INSANITARY THEATRES. Sir,--At a time when members of the theatrical profession are being struck down right and left with mortal sickness, it may be well to call attention to the conditions under which the actor pursues his occupation. It is well known that many theatres are in a btite most perilous to health. Faulty drainage, broken or obsolete sanitary appliances, unventilated dressing-rooms, ...

... 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. ...

... THE BRIGANDS. Dkar Sir,-- Will you kindly correct the statement or you Leeds correspondent, who, in criticising The Hriyandx at the Grand Theatre, writes: Misa Marie Luella delists the house in tho ballad, 4 1 oare not for the silken gown I'm wearing.' The aong was sung by me, and, in fact, was ex- nr..slv written find intrcrliuvd into the onora for me hv \fr Auguste Van Biene.-- I remain, ...

... . &ir,-- i regret tnat tne announcement of my return to health is premature, and may mislead my many friends, and too early invite managerial cempotition. I am still playing the Demon Rheumatism in pantomime (with occasional words), but am much better, though far from relinquishing that proverbially distasteful rdle A Comedian on Crutches Devil on Two Sticks my enemies-- should I have any-- ...