The Sun.
London, England, 1829-02-12 00:00:00

COBURG THEATRE.

A new operatic comic romance was produced at this
theatre on Monday erening (owing to a press of Parka-
rnoentary Debate we have been unable to notiee the saute
till this day), under the title of Pedrillo del Campo, or
the Spanish Rover. It is founded en an old Spanish novel,
written in palpable imitation of Gil Bias. The principal character
is an adventurer, seeking fortune by means of perseverance and
good humour, and after innumerable hair-breadth escapes is
finally successful both in lore and fortune. The construction of
the piece is exceedingly ingenious, and each scene is in itself a
highly amusing farcical sketch. It is interspersed with sense
very pretty music, and is supported by DaNsos's excellent
scenery. Hoopes., in the part of Per/rill°, displayed all that vi.
vacity and easy gaiety which render his performances so uni-
formly pleasing. St.o►ras, in the humourous part of Pabla
drilla, was, as he always is, irresistibly laughable. One of the
chief features of the entertainment was the first appearance of a
young lady, pupil of Mr. A. Lull, in the chars ter of Lornixa.—
Her voice is at once powerful, of extensive compass, and excel-
lent tone ; she will, no doubt, prove a valuable acquisition. The
piece 'was received throughout with shouts of laughter. The
Executioner, or ranrick of VoOrn, concluded the evening's
amusement.

The Duke and Duchess of Clarence came to
town yesterday morning from their resident, in Bushy
Park, and prouedcd to the residence of Sir Thomas
Lswrence, where the Duke sat far his portrait to Sir
Thomas. Their Itoyal Highnesses afterwards went to the
residence of the Princess Augusta, in the King's Palace,
St. James's, where the Duke of Clarence received visits
during the day from the Duke of Sussex, the Marquis of
Anglesea, Sir George Cockburn, and several other gentle-
men. The Duke of Clarence paid visits to the Duchess of
Kent and the Princess Sophia, at their apartments in the
King's Pa'ace, at Kensington. The Duke and Duchess
returned to Bushy in the afternoon.

A King's messenger arrived at the office of the
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in Downing-street,
yesterday morning, from St. Petereburgh, with despatches
fur the Earl of Aberdeen.

The Marquis de Barbacena carne to town on
Tuesday from the residence of ihe young Queen of Portu-
gal, at Laleharn. The Marquis was in frequent continuni-
ertion with tie Marquis de Palinella arid the Brazilian
Minister, and returned to Laleham yesterday-

PORTRAIT OF HIS MAJESTY, GEORGE
rera IVTri.—We have just seen an Engraving of his Ma-
jesty George the Wth., executed by Mr. Holmes from one
of his own paintings, which is no less excellent as a like-
ness than highly finished as a work of art. The lights
and shades of the cosntenance arc marked with the nicest
discrimination, the features delicately pencilled, and the
characteristic expression appropriately preserved. Alto-
gether it is wha: may be called a gentlemanly likeness,
conceived and executed in a spirit of the most refined taste.
Its only defect consists in its being a little too young for
the original. This however is sinning on the right side,
and is so far front impairing, that it heightens not a little'
the grace and interest of the portrait. We doubt not it
will speedily. become popular. -

Villiers Stuart, Esq. M.P. is a descendant of
the celebrated (" House of Hanover") Lord Bute. His
Lordship was a staunch No-Popery man, while his de-
scendant avows himself in the House of Commons to be a
Member of the Catholic Association, and to jnetify his
connection with what all admit to be, if not an illegal, cer-
tainly an miconstitntional assembly.

Mr. Cressett Pelham, the Representative for
Shropshire, is so scruptilously rigid, that he will take
neither fee nor reward, nor benefit in any way, from being
a Member, that he neither gives a frank, nor uses his
frimking privilege. He pays for letters that he may vend,
as if he were a private gentleman ; or -does nut put his
name outside, so that the privilege is not claimed. He
cannot be called " the Franking Member .for Shropshire."

A petition has been presented to the House
of Commons for leave to bring in a private Bill fur the
" Doke of Rutland's mausoleum."

A Court of Directors was held yesterday at
the East India House, at which Joseph Dart, Esq., after
a service of forty years, was permitted to retire from the
office of Secretary, on account of ill health, on which oc-
casion the Cqurt were pleased to pass a resolution expres-
sive of their sense of the integrity, zeal, and ability with
Which he had served the Company, and of the esteem en-
tertained for him by the Court. Peter Aubcr, Esq., was
unanimously appointed Secretary, and William Carter,
Esq., Assistant-Secretary, and were respectively sworn
into those offices.

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at
the East India House, when the following commanders
took leave of the Court previous to departing for their re-
spective stations, viz.:—Captain Walter Horrocks White-
head, Duke of Sussex, Captain John Hine, A 114,43, Bom-
bay and China; and Captain Edward Lambert Adams,
Xenia Castle, St. Helena, Prince of Wales's Island, and