Mr. Kent, the gentleman w...
The Times, 1824-10-02T00:00:00

Mr. Kent, the gentleman wlho attempted thc character of Ri-h4rd last season at Covent-garder Thratre, appeared in the same cheracter ou Thursday evenir.g at thc Surrcy Th?'tre; and if we may jud1gc from the shoats of latughtcr, intcrmingled with some sliiljt hissrs of condemnation, which acconmanied the representation of that arduous part througlhout the perfoirnance, *re imagine that this gentlemzan will never again have the temeritv to make his at> pearance beforea metropolitan audience-even at a rminor theatre It was a fine sprcinien of unceasing rant throughoitt. Creorge Colman is saitl to have written a comedy for Drurv-Janc Theatre, in which Elliston is the hero. MIr. S. Chapmtan is, we understatnd, engaevd at Covent. garden, and will shortly make his debnt in thc character of Richard t/he Tti,d. IlIr. S. Cliapmun, when a child, acted Prtuwe Arthur and other characters very prettily. A tailor in Cork-street lias prophesied the end of the world in two years. " lic has an cye," said a wag, " to a gesncral monnrui'ig.' hlorace Walpole, speaking of tihe opening of the b ,et onc year, sars, *' The rest of'the night was spent in a kind of Swir dUTpois tear." Thec Princess of Tarente was al-ways in mouTning for some sovereign, prince, or princess. Onc day'Aladame de Sevigne hap.. pening to niect her in colours, made her a lowr curtesy, and said- fadanme, je me rejouis de 1a sante dc I'Europe." The ladics at Ilaris forinerly, in order to keep their bouquets fresh, placed the stems in a small tin funnel, filled with vater, and covered with green riband. It w;s found, however,-that colds and sore throats were the consequence of the occasional over. turning of these reservoirs, and tbe nosegays were left to their fate. The folloxvin& is tlte literal direction of a letter which passed through the post-ofice of this town on Wrednesday last:- "To my best of friends, my chumn, Nly-all, "(But should an) oae where be lives inuire ? "With his father, A. Iiv-all. Esquire :) "So I prsy you, hIr. ?I hat d'ye call, G Go tell him that still in healib I an, "And deliver this safe at Hcdingham, " Essex;"-Ca7Zniridge Chronicle. Tile DOUBTFCI. FRANK.-Sotne time ago a Member o$ Parliament, wvell known in the convi.val circles, 2pnlied to the Post-office to know why some of his franks had been charged. The answer was, " W'le did not believe them to be yours the hand.d writing is Dot the same." " Wlhy, there is a little 3iiference, I grant; but the real truth is, I had made ratherfree with the bottle when I wrote them." " Then, Sir, will you be to good in futute as to write dr-unk, wlhen you frantk in that state." Bond-street hadl improved onl Monday, for during the day there were cletven carriages passed through i; but on Wred ay it was again a dreary void. So said a shopkeeper yesterday. A WVelch Jtidge, cclehratecu as a suitor for all sorts of places and his neglect of pers snal cleanliness, was thus addressed by Nr. Jekyll .-" As you have asked the hfinisters for everything else, why have you never asked them for a pice of bOap and s nail-brush?'" A fire broke out on Thursday night in the coach -aiu. faetory of Mlessrs. Thorn anRd Co., Portland-street, Oxford.street which destroyed part of the premises and stocd; in tradme .