The Sun.
London, England, 1827-04-17 00:00:00

COBURG.

The Proprietors and Manager of this an-n:sing
little Theatre have been exerting themselves to fuN
ni,h a full banquet for their holiday visitors, ;,e.! not
without success. The first piece performed lad
night was " an entirely new Grand Historieo•Ro,
mantic Legendary Spectacle, in three acts, entiag.d,
The Unhallowed Templar, or Twelve Months and
a Day." This piece is, in some measure, founded
nn the tale of the Crusaders, and Richard Cceur de
Lion and Saladin are the leading characters. Hav-
ing said so much, a detail of the other personages is
unnecessary ; suffice it to say, that the piece afford-
ed scope for the talents of Messrs. Davidge, Kemble,
Rowbotham, Cobham, &c. The next piece was a
new representation of the celebrated Tom and
Jerry, or Life in London," which bad originally
such an immense run at the Adelphi Theatre. Here
again we find a detailed description unnecessary,
And have only to observe that there.were but two
novelties in the representation: first, the ii,troduc-
tion, in a scene at Tattersall's, of the wonderful ifo•-
ting.L.pony, said to be, thsproperty of Cobbler
~f Fetcham • notoriety; and secondly, " a set-to
with the gloves, between Parney Aaron and Dick
Curtis, which appeared to plei,s.t the gods" more than
:my other part of the performance. Curti's, as usual,
had the best of it, although the Jew was " with
him" more than °nee. Such was the value set upon
iheir exhibition, that they were encored. We had
Amost forgotten to state, that the second Piece was
,lescribed in the bills as a " Comic, Classic, Di-
lactic, Moralistic, Aristophanic, Localic, Analvctic,
Terpaychoric, Panoramic, Camera.obscura-ic, Ope-
ratic, Extravaganza of Flash, Frolic, and Fun ; re-
plete with prime chaunts, rum glees, and kiddy
,atches, &c. &c. l'he House was respectably, but
lot numerously attended ;—it is more than probable
that Greenwich Fair prevented many of the holiday
folks from visiting it last night. It is but justice to
state, that the scenery in both pieces is excellent.

ASTLEY'S.
This little theatre has displayed much spirit in
the opening of its season, and the present political
state of the Peninsula has b,.s.eti made the subject of
dramatic exhibition. The Fee: piece was Spain
.Ind Portugal ; or 17 eZels Guerillas, and was
.1111 of hair-breadth escapes of loyal Constitution-
•ilists, who would have been ederificed to the rage
if the guerillas but for the timely intervention of
the British soldiery, %vho seemed especially gifted
with a power of ni.iq iity for their preservation. In
his piece, the ballet-acting of some of the per-
:ormers, particular!), of Mr. Bradley, deserved great
praise. The scenery was, throughout, excellent,
although (perhaps from the difficulties of a first
night), not always -rider the best management;
and the arrangement of the equestrian exercises was
ouch as might have been expected from Ducrow.—
Among the feats of horsemanship, the names of two
American candidates for Olympic fame ought not to
have been forgotten. Mr. Paddington and Mr.
Wilkinson, both from the circus of New York, met
with a very faeotnable reception; the riding of the
latter in pretended stets of drunkenness, with the
horse in full gallop, drew down loud bursts of ap-
plause. The Company of Vaulters performed some
very difficult leaps, and one of them distinguished
his superior strength and agility, by turning thirteen
summercets successively in the air. The performances
concluded with The Widow's Vow; or 31,We:4T upon.
Mistake, the humour of which consisted in the in-
troduction of male beings into the house of a widow
lady, who had unkindly- forsworn the sex, and who
admitted these intruders in the belief that they were
two of her female relations, who had determined to
put this trick upon her. The result may be easily
imagined, and seems to be justified upon the old
apothegm, that " rash vows are only made to be
broken."