The last file of NiiwYork papers put us in possession
of a correspond- ence between Mr. Bateman, father of the "children," and Mr. Buchanan, who, it may be remembered, played "leading business" during one of the abortive managements at Drury Lane. Mr. Buchanan ascribes the 'hostility of the press—that is, their unwillingness to allow that he is a first-rate actor—to the influence of Mr. Bateman ; and throws out a broad hint, that a glass of ale, administered at the Cafe de rEurope, is an apProved expedient for purchasing the favourable opinion of English critics. Mr. Buchanan underrates the morality and overrates the power of the London press. Even if his major proposition were granted, that the value of London criticism could be measured by the quart, not all the united breweries of Bass, Hodges, and Micklejohn, could produce fluid enough to float such a speculation as that of last August at Drury Lane.
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