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... 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. ...
... . PAST PRIMK DONNE. SIR,--Your contributor, The Lounger, in his very interesting paper, under the above heading, mentioned Madame Haigh Corri. He had evidently inadvertently mingled the names of Madame Haigh Dyer and Madamo Ida Gillies Corri, as his description applies faithfully to the latter lady. The former lady, who, as the wife? of Henry Haigh, tho celebrated operatic tenor, commenced ...
... . A SUGGESTION. Sir, I hope I shall not be considered j presumptuous in suggesting that, if pos sible, a match might bo arranged between the Australian Cricket XL and XXII. Gentlemen of the Dramatic Profession, when the Australian XI. have concluded their fixtures in the autumn. There are many admirable wielders of the willow and expert 44 leather hunters 99 in the pro fession, and the match ...
... THE PAVILION, EDINBURGH. Sir, In your notico of our theatre last week you refer to the Edinburgh Opera Co. as having hire ...
... THE PAVILION. Sir, My directors' attention has beer called to the statement in several rjapere that Mr. Isaac Cohen has resigned his posi tion as managir.g director of the Pavilior Theatre. Tho fact of Mr. Cohen being given a complimentary benefit at tho theatre appears to have given rise to the rumour. 1 am instructed to inform you that there ie absolutely no foundation for this, and that Mr. ...