As an amusing instance of...
The Times, 1824-04-28T00:00:00

As an amusing instance of the theatrical taste of our worthy brethren in the capital of Scotland, we may men- tion that they hold C. Kemnble, even in his best characters, at a very low rate, and extol to the skies the awkward ges- tures and indistinct mouthings of a Mr. Vandenhoff, who made so miserable a failure in London about two vears ago: they are right, however, when tbey say that Mr. Kemble wants intellectual expression in his countenaince. Letters have been received fromn Lord Byron dated Missolonghi, Mlarch 16. At that period his Lordship had perfectlv recovered frsm his severe indisposition, and was taking an actire part in the affairs of Greece. We are happy to state that his Lord. ship writes in the most glowing terns of the fair prospects of the Greek cause, and cautions his friends against attaching say credit to the disagreeable accounts which have been published in the English papers. At the date of these ,apers no intelligence had been receivedl of the fall of Iaepanro or Patras; but, from the extent of the preparationsmniade for the storming otf those fortresses, little doubt was entertained of the result.-blobe and Traveller. Letters were received yesterday from Buenos-Ayres, dated the 10th of February, but they do not bring the intelligence fromn Peru to so late a period as the letters received by the Jamaica packet, and are thercfore wholly writhout interest. ROYAL PuRsES.-His Majesty hlas been gracioualy pleased to notify his iatention of giving purses of 100 guineas each to be run fot at the ensuing races, at the following places :-New- market. thtree- Y'ork, two; Doncaster, Salisbury, Ipswich, Guild- ford, Nottingham, X1'incliester, Lincoln, Lewes, Canterbury, Lich- field, Newcastle-.pon-Tyne, Carlisle, Chelmsford, Ascot Heath, Warwick, and Manchester. The rules respecting the weiahts, &c. are similar to (hose specified by the official order of the 21st of Oc- tober, and loth of November, last vear. Saturday the 8th Annivcrsa7ry Dinner of the Yeomanry of the United Kingdom took place at Willis's Rooms, Sir 1'homas Turton in the ltair. A numterous nmeeting of noblemen, members of Parliament, an.i gentlemen commanding corps of ycotnatry;, were present Lords Grantham, Cloitmel. Eastnor, Sir J. lionywood, Ed 'vard Wilton, Frederick Fawkes; Colonels Mlacqueen, llorner, &c. In the fith of Edward III., there wan a petition of WVil- liam de Spershalt, Sheriff of Oxford. and Warden of Oxford Cas- tle, stating that the Chancellor of the UniversiLy committed so many clerks prisoners to that Castle, on accountof dlisputes with the Uni- versity, that said Castle was greatly surcharged and endangered, and praying that no clerks might be conmmitted thither bv bins, but such as were felons, or disturbers of the peace. Answered_* It was not titatter for a Parliamentary petition." PRESERVATION OF UAM6E.-The Right Hon. Lordl Gwy. dyr lhas issueti circular letters to his tenants on his extensive estates in Perthshire, premising thenm the third part of the game killed on their respective farnts, provided they are attentive in protecting the guaie from being destroyed by poachers and other unqualified per- sons. Some time ago a handsome sword, dirk, and pistols, were presented to the Right ilon. Lord Gwydvr, by the tenants on the estate of Perth, with the followinF motto:-" The tenants of the estate of Perth ofFer this siark of their gratitu{e, affection, and devotion to their much-loved and honoured Chiertain, Lord Gwy. dyr regretting their inability to show, in a nmore suitable manner, htis kindness 'and liberality to them._Drummond-castle, August, 1823."-Glusgowe Jottrntal. AN A.TROCIOUS MIURDERtR.-The Brtssele Oracle con- tains the following account of a maurderer, who was executed on the 11th inst. at Groningen:-" The criminal, John Quint, although hardly 30 years of age, was a monster in crime. Soon after he had entered the army lie deserted, wnas apprehended; deserted a second time, aid again escaped. On his second apprehension he was con. demned to three yeats' hard labour. He soon, however, escaped, and took lodgings in the house of a widow, at Noordhorn, whicls he quitted very shortly, after having robbedi the widow of everv tlhing whicb she possessed, and thrown her into a privy, where she pe- rished. On his arrival at Uitwierda, a province of Groningen, he robbed the house in which he lodged, and escaped to Riethoven, where he took up his residence with a peasant. He one day sent this peasant out with a letter, and, in his absence, drew the wife to a well, uader pretence thant he had by accident dropped a sauce pan into it, and watching his opportunity threw her in ; he then return- ed to the bouse, and robbed it of every thing portabie; this was on the 30th January, 1823. On the Ith of the following month, lie in- troduced bhnself into the house of an inhabitant of Someretu, who resided with his daughter, and having contrived to procure the tem- porary absence of the old man, killed the daughter with a hatchet, robbed the house, and fled. In the beginning of September, 1823, he was arrested at Hanover, and deliveied over to the authorities of Groningen. ie heard his seatence pronounced with the greatest s(zng Jroid; but his conscience being awakened as to the future, he turned Roman Catholic, and mnarchel to the scaffiold, accompanied by a Priest, and prayjng as if from a book, although lhe knew not how to read. This monster died with the obduracy of a consunm. mate villain." WVe are requestetI to correct a mistake in our repoft from Marylebone-oAlce yesterday ; the reporter having unintentionally misplaced the names. The'complainant was, therefore, Mllr. Camp- bell, and the defendant Alr. Ainsink. rAdvertisement.2l-We have authority to state, that the Dinners of the Mlinisters and great Officers of State, in celcbratioh of his fla jesty's Birth-day, will take place on Thurs lay next, the 29th imstant.