... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... A CORRECTION. Sir, In your notice on tbe pantomimo at Dpera House, Northampton, in this day's paper, it is stated that tno ballets have boon arranged by Mr. Will Bishop, and danced by my quartet. I beg to inform you that the four girls are my pumls, and that their :1a noes wero arranged oy my wife (Madame Phasey), who has always arranged tho bal lets that have been sent from my school.-- ...

... Sir, There is no question as to the neces sity (more so than ever) for a Touring Mana gers' Association. And I shall bo pleased to subscribe to and assist in the formation of one. Yours truly, WALTER SEALBY. juycoom 1 ueatre, Sheffield. January II, 1898. ...

... SIR,--The very excellent result of the meeting held last Tuesday in aid of the Actors' Orphanage Fund is a splendid example of the readiness and generosity of some of us. But there are many of us who are incapable of giving as generously as the least of the sums collected on Tuesday last, but who are still willing and anxious to help the cause as far as lies in our powor. Of all the fchemes ...

... . CARL ROSA MEETING. 8m, I am surprised to flud In yonr notico of tho recent Carl Hosa 6pera Com pany's mooting that I am reported as having creuitod tho management with giving the best of performances, with the best artists, and tho grandest productions io be eeeu anywhere, Tho foregoing wore assertions made by Mr, Oanz, one of the directorate, in his apology for the disastrous failure of tho ...

... FRESH PANTOMIMES WANTED. Sir, As a pantomime writer of twenty years' standing, I should like to say to your correspondent, 44 Change for the liefter, that, in my opinion, the hack neyed nature of tho pantomime stories is owing entirely to the managers. They will not listen to a fresh suggestion, and tho stage managers are jap able of produc ing one with which they are not acquainted. 1 au\ ...

... A MANAGER'S PROMPTITUDE. Sib,-- -I would like to publicly thank Mr. Jefferson and his assistants, as well as Mr. Huish, the Fire Brigade, and all kind friends who helped tb deal with the fire, which oc curred in my property in Prudence Street on Friday last. Thero can be no donbt that Mr. JefferBon'8 promptitddo averted what might havo been a very serious panic in the theatre, and his action ...

... OUTCAST LONDON. Sir, On Mondav, February 14, 1898, a new and original drama in three acts, en titled Outcast London, was produced at the West London with very great success. Mr. Albert West was announced as the author. In 18£6 or 1887 I wrote a drama in three acts, entitled Outcast London whicli con tained similar plot and characters to those of Mr. Albert VVest's piece. My drama was played ...

... BEST BOOKINGS. Sm, I must request yon to correct an error in yonr last week's issue under the heading Best Bookings. I refer to the data supplied you, and appearing as under r Mk. Lockwood's Co. Piece played, A Night Out (B Co.) Theatres at which the largest gross receipts for one week were drawn during 1897 Brixton Theatre. Opera House, Northampton. Metropole, Camberwell. With regard to ...

... . Sir, I will feel obliged if you can inform mo through your valuable paper on the following subject. I have submitted two plays to two leading managers in London. One managor has had the play for nine months, and though the MS. has been acknowledged I have got no further reply and tho other lias beeu in the manager's hands for four months, and has not been acknowledged. Do ybu advise me to ...

... 44 ARTHUR'S BAKERY COMPANY. Sir, In your kind notice of my burlesque, The A B C, given at St. George's Iiall on November 22, you insinuate that I took the idea from Miss Marie Lloyd. It was the other way about. That talented and popular lady (or the author) paid mo the compliment, for my burlesque was written long before she made her provincial tour, as you will see by the enclosed programme ...