... THE GREAT WHEEL. Sir, Our attention has been drawn to a paragraph in your issue of the 10th inst. in reference to the matter of the celebrated stoppage of the (iigantic Wheel at Karl's Court ip. May, 18S6. We would say, for your information, that this is a separate company from the London Exhibitions, Limited, and that neither Mr. Imre Kiralfy nor Mr. Chapman is, or ever has been, in any way ...

... SELECTION AND TRAINING. Sir,-- The answer to Miss lloyai s letter is obvious. Jo long as officers' daughters, etc., pay po'iiums, so lon^ will the Salmon ana (luc'tstein stylo of management flourish, salaries become worse and worse. lady seems to forget that whilst she v ts paying to act she was keeping some actress from earning a fair wage. Now she feels the pinch herself when she wants a ...

... ROYAL, WEST HARTLEPOOL, ORCHESTRA. Sib, In a roccnt notice I said, And were it not a fact that the sole musical ac companiment was a solitary pianoforte, &o. Now, this (although to the letter true of tho night of my visit a Monday) may perhaps be the means of conveying a wrong impression to many of your readers, and I therefore wish to explain that tho members of the orchestra were in their ...

... . SELECTION AND TRAINING. SIR--, I have not followed the discussion in your columns on Selection and Training, but I have glanced at some of the letters, and it appears to me that a number of your correspondents look upon Selection and Training as the remedy for the low salaries at present ruling. I believe I am correct in thinking that the majority of the advocates of these desiderata ...

... Sir, In The Stage of last week I notice in the 44 Chit Clmt column that Mr. Marion Crawford intends writing a play and probably calling it In Old Madrid. I beg to call attention to tho fact that this is tho title of my play which is now on tour, and has been touring for the last eighteen months. Hie play has been ex ceedingly successful, and will in all pro bability tour for several years yet ...

... PATTI'S BIRTHDAY. Sir, In your Many Happy Returns of tho Day in your issue of April 6 you give Mdme. Adelina Patti's birthday as April 9. This is an error. I have several times pub lished the certificate of her birth, which in some particulars those concerning her father and mother are not quite in accord ance with fact. Mdme. Potti was born in Madrid February 19 (nineteenth), 1843, and was ...

... THE GAIETY, BRIGHTON. MIR, in noticing tne liaiety, Jjngiiton, last week you wero good enough to say it had started prosperously under the hard working; management of Messrs. Dunkin and Evans.' This is an error. Messrs. Dun- kin and Evans were the former managers. It is now under the management of Mr Herbert Kinsley and yours faithfully, Wilton Reed, Gaiety, Brighton. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. ...

... ACT DROP. Sir, I am sorry to trouble you ngaiui but Mr. Grafton iu his letter say-* that you! Liverpool correspondent did not approve of i the painting, and as the painting was not mentioned Mr. Grafton does me a grave in- justice. If Mr. Grafton ia perfectly satis- tied with one thing, how can ho be mora than equally ao with another? I refer to _ tho concluding linea of his letter. Thank ...

... Sir,-- Referring to my letter in The Stage undor the above heading, will yon allow me to correct an error which seems to have been mado. You make mo say, Then, again, in the published lists of copyright plays, upon which 'a foe is demandod, at least 50 per cent, are free plays, for the copyright has expired.' If you will kindly refer to my letter I think you will find that what I said was 5 ...

... BEST BOOKINGS. Sir, I should be very muoh obliged if you would kindly look un the forms which 1 sent you some time back, giving the names of the theatres whore mv companies took the largest receipts in 18y7, as I see by a letter in your last issue from Mr. Mulhollana that vou must have stated that my A Night Out company visited the Metropole, Camberwell, which is not cor rect, and as I cannot ...

... . Sir, Kindly allow mo through The Stage, to thank Sistor Eliza, the Rev. Arthur Brinckman, and staff of St. Saviour's Hospital for their kindness Mr. George Lawson, F.R.C.S., surgeon oculist to Her Majesty, for his helpful encourage ment and, most- of all, Mr. Arnold Lawson. F.R.C.S., and Nurse Gibson, to whose especial caro and attention I owe tho preservation of my sight; also Mr. and Mrs. ...

... . THE GERALDINE CO Sib,-- It may interest some of your readers to learn the fate of the Gcraliine Co., announced to open last Monday week at Waterford. 1 was cngag -d by telegram on June 24, ami duly proceeded from London, the hire necessarily being heavy. On arrival at WmterfordI found that ladies and gentle men had arrived, but the manager had not. Owing to the kindness of the Mayor of ...