The Sun.
London, England, 1807-04-06 00:00:00

ON A LATE OCCASION.

" I'VE heard very often," slire g inAN
" Of a man who against a stone-wallgthock'd his head;
" But my Friends had no wall, 6o; with wondurful pains,
" They built ono, on
.purpoSe. to beat out their brains."

• ANSWER.
No, no, Master SHERRY, though pleasant thy wit,
For once it has tail'd the true matter to hit ;
Fortiten who thus wantonly built up a Wall

Have convinc'd the whole World they had no brains at all.

THE OPERA.—CATALANI, with Unimpaired
at-
trae`tion, exerted her great powers on Saturday last,
at the King's Theatre, in the serious Opera of 11 Ri-
iorno di Serse. Her performance was indeed won-
derful, and her talents are now better understood
than during her earlier efforts in this Country.
To her credit it should be observed, that success
has not induced her to relax- in zeal to please
the audience, but that she is as modest, as respea-
ful,,and as strenuous to deserve the applause she re-
ceives as if she had still a name to acquire in the
musical world. . The House was crowded with all
the higher order,
,and theWhOle of the entertain-
ments were received 'with great applause.
A new grand Ballet is in preparation at the Opera
House, 'entitled La Siege :de Troy, iti whicb:l\l3-
demois'elNion, from the Theatre at Lisbon, is to
Make her. first appearance in this cOntary.
Mott ELIA is very properly restored to his former
situation in the Opt-ra Howie, as he is a Performer
of great humour, and much ability.

KEMDIA is much better, but is still in such a state
of itidispa•;ition as will prevent him for some time
from resuming all professional exertions.
The. Dcemort with all its terrific splendors
and pathetic etieds,' had a very large audience on
Saturday evening, and is now so fully confirmed in
,public opinion, that it is likely to make thousands of
e'm bodied spirits haunt the Theatre every night.
Lieut, General HuwEvr, with his Staff, will pro-
ceed -to India without delay, as Commander in
Chief, together with Brigadier-General COCKELL,
Major f..vsmt;', &c.
About two hundred German recruits are to -go
out to the fourth battalion companies at the Cape.
A tbrnmandet in Chief for Madras will likewise
be' sent out, by the Fleet about- to sail ; and Sir
DAvfn 'BAIRD, who is daily expeded borne, will,
it is said, receive the appointaient, provided he ar-
rives-inqime,

EXTRAORDII,..;ARY .711A.1L ROBBERY.— On Friday
night as the Mail-coaches. which run the. western
road were ahonete set off fronaiccadilly, and, when
th'e Bristol Mail was about to start, without atly
sine pamengers, two men genteelly dressed called to .
the coachman and guard to know if they had any"
room ; and, being answered in the alkirmat ive, they,.
said they .wantetr a cast
.to Maidenhead.; the.guard
immediately let them in. They got Out at the Sarae .
con's Head Inn, in Maidenhead, where the mail
horses are watered, and in a few minutes after the
mail drOve off. Ott going up the hill,. the other side
of Maidtlnhead, the two men who had 'just got out
became the subjea of conversation between the
ff
guard and coachman, on „account of the guard
•
ob-
serving, that he did pot see either of their faces in
get-ring in or out of the coach, and that they appear-
ed designedly to conceal themselves; this induced the
coachman to suggest the.propriety of examining the
mail, to see that all the property Was right, which was
agreed to by the guard. They found all the bags right
and t he,parcels in the boot, but on. examining t he seats
inside. the coach, they tbund several
.pareels missing,
which they supposed to.be of considerable value.—
The guard, in consequence, took one of the leading
herses, and rode hack 'to the -Saracen's Head Inn,
whereethey left the two men. As soon as he hadgot
to the house, he called out for George, meaning the
landlord, in grezt'haste The two men were then
just abOut sitting down to sniper, but hearing the
horse, one of them went, out to see what was (lie
matter, and observing the guard, called to his com-
panion by the -name of James. He came out, and
they both ran off; the guard and landlord pitrSUed
them, and called out, " stop thief," when a Watch-
man in the town took the alarm, and turned one of
them in his course up a court, which the Landlord
knew was not a thoroughfare; they, therefore, pur-
sued
himoand found brim concealed in a 'corner, ly-
ing flat on di% ground, with Bank Notes, to the
amount of 901.' loose, near him, on the mud, sup-
posed to have been the contents of the parcel taken
from. the mail, and two parcels unopened. The
other villain made his escape. •
PleorregvesT.—Saturday a Warrant omcer of one
of his Majesty's ships lately arrived at Portsmouth,
from a foreign Station., appeared at the Police Office
in the Borough, charging a Ifindsinan with towing
away his wife. It appeared that the son of Nep-
fune, on his return twine, was raptiwously•received
by his seemingly loving wife, and lie liberally en-
countered her kindness, pouring into her lap the pro-
duce o(his toils His, happiness, hoWever, was but
of short duration, for, during a temporary visit .to
his ship, his frail helpmate packed tip all, his little
treasure, mid eloped with the person who was the
subje& of his charge.—The Magistrates being, of
opinion that the case was fitter for discussion in the.
Court of
,King's Bencheor Do4ors' Commons, than
before a Bench of Magistrates, advised the injured
husband' to apply to any one of those tribunals for,
redress, and dismissed his complaint.•
Yesterday morning.a young man, named Whit-
lock, undertook, for a wager of ten guineas, to go
on foot from Shoreditch Church to Ponder's End,
and back again, in two hours, the wholedistance of
ground being seventeen miles. He started at half
past five o'clock, reached Ponder's End at twenty.
' minutes after six, stopped there ten minutes to re-
flesh, and arrived at the starting post at twenty
minutes.after seven o'clock;--won his wager,by ten
minutes. ,

Many. of our running matches, though frequently
at the risk of life by bursting a blood-vessel, &c. are
for inconsiderable 313111 s of gain,--it is submitted whe-
ther a far more safe and rational system of personal
expedition will -not be to hasten to the Lottery
Oiiices, before the 14th instant, to become Candi-
dates, at the risk of losing but a small stake of ad-
venture, ;Or such immense •Prizes as in number and
consequence stamp the present State LotteryScbetne
with unprecedented distinOion ?