The Sun.
London, England, 1830-02-15 00:00:00

SPYER V. ARNOLD AND OTHERS.

This was an action against Mr. Arnold, the pro-
prietor of the English Opera-house, Rusher, one of
his box-keepers, and Bond, the Bow-street officer,
for assaulting and falsely imprisoning the plaintiff.—
The defendants pleaded a justification.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL conducted the plain-
tiff's case. The plaintiff, a young man, about 19, on
the evening of the Ist of August last, went, ac-
companied by an acquaintance named Lewis, to the
.pit of the English Opera-house, at the half-price
hour, about nine o'clock. Before entering they in-
quired of the money-taker at the pit-door whether there
was room in the pit, and were answered that there
was " plenty." On entering, however, they found
that there was scarcely standing room. After stand-
ing in the gangway between the pit and the boxes
for about half an hour, and suffering very much from
the heat, and the extreme pressure behind, which
drove them close up to the orchestra, they got from
the pit into an empty private box; a person named
Hart, who was in the same situation with them-
selves, having set them the example. After they
had been there a few minutes, Rusher, the box-
keeper, came up, and told them that they could pot
be permitted to remain there unless they paid two
guineas, the private box price. They told him that
they had been compelled to extricate themselves from
the pit on account of the great heat ani pressure, by
which they were nearly suffocated; and they offered,
as the same time, to pay 3s.each, the half-price to the
public boxes. This was at nearly eleven o'clock, when
the performances were drawing to a close. Rusher
refused to allow them to remain unless they paid the
full price of the private box, viz.--two guineas. Some
altercation ensued, and Mr. Arnold, who was in the
box passage, desired Bond, the officer, who had been
sent for, to take all three of them (the plaintiff,
Lewis, and Hart) off to the watch-house. This order
was immediately acted on, and they were all con-.
veyed to Covent-garden watch-house, where the plain-
tiff and Lewis remained till nearly two o'clock in the
morning, when, having procured bail, they were
liberated. They afterwards appeared before Sir
Richard Birnie at Bow-street, and were bound over
to the Sessions, where they were indicted for an as-
sault on Rusher, and acquitted, the charge of assault
being confined to Hart, the person who had got into
the private box before they entered, and with whom
they had no acquaintance.
Mr. BROUGHAM, for the defendants, called, in sup-
port of the plea of justification, Mr. Peake, the
treasurer of the English Opera-house ; James Brown,
a box-keeper ; Mr. R. Hawes, and the pit check-
taker and the door-keeper. Their testimony did not
vary the case in any essential particular.
Verdict for the plaintiff, damages 40s.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Fins. 13.
DANCE V. It YATT.

This was an action of trover, brought for the
purpose of trying the validity of a commission of
bankruptcy, issued against a gentleman of the name
of Shepperd in 1826. Mr. Shepperd had been for-
merly a surgeon in the East Indies, but subse-
quently became engaged in mercantile transaction►,
and obtained orders from native East India mer-
chants for goods to be shipped from England. In
consequence, however, of the loss of a cargo at Cal-
cutta, to the amount of 30,0001., Mr. Shepperd,
who was liable for it, was ruined, and he once more
had recourse to his professional exertions as a sur-
geon for the means of subsistence. Having again
returned to this country in 1825, he was arrested in
1826, and in July following a commission of bank-
ruptcy issued against him. In 1825 an Act of
Parliament was passed for the purpose of consoli-
dating and amending the bankrupt laws, which re-
pealed all the preceding Acts on this subject. In
the following year this repealing Act was itself re-'
pealed by the Act at present in force, and the pre-
sent commission having issued in the interval, it
was contended that it could net be sustained, be-
cause there had been no trading during the conti-
nuance of the Act by virtue of which this commis-
sion had issued. Mr. Shepperd having taken the
benefit of the Insolvent Act, the present action was
brought in the name of the provisional assignee of
the Insolvent Deb:ors' Court, against the defendant,
who is assignee under the commission, to recover a
writing-desk and some papers belonging to the in-
solvent, for the purpose of trying the question.
Several points of law were raised in the course of
trial, °Which the Learned Judge reserved for the
opinion of the Court above ; and, after a somewhat
long investigation, the Jury returned a verdict for
the plaintiff, thereby negativing the trading within
the period in question.

Wheat. I Barley. 1 Oats.

Per Quarter.
Car1i51e......,...,,,
Carmarthen
Hezhatn
Morpeth
Penrith
SMettiehl
Winchester

S. to B.
.... 58 1

s. to s.
--- 28

- 131
72 1 :33

46 58 28 32
60 i 31
73
48 C,6 24 33
s.d. s.d. s.d. s.d.
70 90 48 54
90 96 46 56
70 93 36 48
90 94 59 62
68 70 44 48
9 0 10 0 4 6 5 0
146 16 ,8 6 90
120 15 0 8 0 90
12 0 16 0 9 0 10 6
,126 14 6 8 0 90

Per Bushel.
Coventry --
Newcastle (Stag:)
Northallerton
Stafford --.
Swansea
Warwick

Per 8011.
Barnardcastle
Durham .
Richmond
Stockton

s. to s.

22 29
lb 24

IS 24
s. d. s. d.
36 40
34 40
3 3 4 0
36 40
22 26
3S 40

56 04
49 64
70 H 6
48 76

Oats. I Beans.

s. to s.

Aberdeen 50 68 23 28 17 22 28 29
Berwick 34 37 18 20 14 17 22 33 36
Coldstream 31 38 18 .20 14 17 20 25
Cupar ............ 44 68 27 98 20 23 24
Dundee 48 56 Si 30 21 24 243 27
Elgin 50 82 20 25 20 23 19 21
I nverness...-. 48 54 21 26 19 21 19 20 40
Kelso 33 38 18 20 15 17 24 27
60 76 33 38 26 22 30 34
Perth 48 70 19 21 19 21 26 32
The size of the measure varies throughout the country.
EDI NBC RGII CORN MA RKET.—Feb. 10.

We had a full supply of all kinds of Grain to-day,
except Barley. Wheat sold readily, and was up 2s. on
the top ; Oats also fouticl buyers at higher prices; Barley,
Pease, and Beans, remain at last week's quotations.
Wheat. Barley. Oats. Pease. Beat's.
First 6la Od I 34s 611 25s Cd 33s Od 33e al
second
Third

PRICES OF PROVISIONS, &C.

Beef, per lb. Os. 3/d. to Os. 6d
Mutton -........ 0 4 0 6
Veal 0 8 0 10
04 0 6
Lamb, per qr. 1 6 2 0
Tallow, cwt.... 30 0 31 3
Quartern Loaf 0 8 0 9
Potatoei„ 1711 b. 0 4 U 0

EDINBURGH MEA

, Fresh Butter,lb.s.B,l. to s. 10.1.
Salt Ditto...—. 0 7 0 8
Ditto, per c% t. 60 6 66 0
Eggs, per doz. 1 0 0 0
OatStraw(kp.) 6 0 0 0
Wheat Ditto—, 7 0 8 6
Barley Ditto 0 0 6 6
Hay, per 5t....,. 0 5 0 8
L DI A RKET.—Feb. 9.

We had a small supply of
which sold heavily at last we
Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp.
First Oatmeal £l 15 0
Second ditto 1 13 0
Barleymeal 1 8 0
Pea.senieml 1 8 0
rot Barley—No. 1, per cwt. 12s

GLASGOW CORN
MI desniptions of Grain

Oatmeal at to—day's market,
ek's prices.
..... _

Per Stone of I.llb. Imp.
First Oatmeal ..... £0 I 10
Second ditto
Barleyineal
Peasemeal
.-2il, 144.-3,1. I 84.—Paai 1225.

M A RKET.—Feb. 10.
met a free sa!e at improving

prices.
Wheat, per 2401 b. s. I. 1. d. Oats, per i*64lb. s. d. s. d.
British, old 330 to 340 Irish l6O to 196
new 27 0 30 0 British l7 0 IV 0
Canada, free 32 0 33 0 Beans, per 2601 b.
Irish
Barley, per 3201 b. Scottish
English 25 0 27 0 Pease, Scottish ... 16 0 17 0
Scottish 24 0 16 0 Oatmeal, per 1101 b. 15 0 IS 0
Irish 22 0 25 0 . Flour, per 2801 b.... 48 0 50,0

HADDINGTON CORN M A tIKET.—Feb. 12.
Barley is down 2s. on the top, and up 3d. on the
average ; 83 quarters sold. Oats stand at last top price,
average up 1 ld.-164 quarters sold. Wheat went off
readily, at better prices than last week ; average up is. I.ld.
Pease are up 6d. and Beans ls. 6d.

Wheat.
Firgt Ras Od
Second s4s Od
Third 486 Oct
'Mae were 414 qrs.

Barley.
30a Oct
29s Od
25s 0:1
.of Wheat
24 Unsold..

Oats.
26s Od
23s Od
21s Od
in market,
.-19 Grey.
21. 14,1.1%
.N

Pease.
29s Od
28s 01
2tSs Od
whereoi

Beans.
32s Otl
30$ 0.1
11'7s 00
were sold.

Average

MARKI
of Grain
r higher th

:VII COIL
all kinds
ices rather

DALKEI
The supply of
ket was good ; pr
se'nnight.
Wheat. Barley. Oats.
First C2g 0,1 32g Od fld
Second Od NW Ott 44s Od
Third .sos Od 7.5 s Od tOs Od

d. 9-12ths.

T.—Feb. 11
at this

lay's mar-
)f this day

lan those

Pence.
Ms Od
3Q Od
284 ild

CORNWA LI. MARKETS.

Beans.
334 ecl
:','Os Od
28s Od

Tauao.-Wheat (average) 225.9d.-Barley, 111.-Oats, 9s. 9d.
HELSTON-Wheat, 245. 6d.-Barley, 12s. Od.
ST. Au:cram-Wheat, 20s. to 245.-Barley, 10s. to 124.-Oats,
Bs. to 9s. Od.
BODMIN-Wheat (average) 225. Od.-Barley, lls.-Oats, Bs. Od.
La n NCESTON-AV heat (average) 235. Od.-Barley, 12s. Ott.-Oats,
7s. 0.1.-Beef, &1.-Mutton, M.
I'B:us:ice-Wheat, 20s. to 215.-Barley, -s. to 125.-Oats,
Os. to Ida. Od.-Beef and Mutton, 4d. to 51d.-Pork, 31d. to 01.-
Butter, 11d. per lb.
LisacitA an-Wheat, 225. 6d. to 255.-Barley, 13s. &1.-Oats, 104.
to I Is. Od.
ST. COLUMB-Wheat, 21s. to 235.-Barlev, 11s. to 125.-Beef,
and Mutton, sd. to 5111.-Veal and Lamb, Oa to 6d.

The interior of' Leicester-square continues, as
it has long been, a disgrace to the metropolis, and to those
who may have the charge of it ; in addition to which the
carriage way on the North side is now made the recep-
tacle of heaps of rubbish and every kind of filth, giving to
this once-favoured residence of our Princes and Nobility
fire broke out
the a
A pbp
outear a emoef having
clock
k becomelasta ly
night
g ahts taa
11.
in the extensive premises of Mr. LEVEY, upholsterer and r • Mr. SADLER, on Wednesday night, gave
furniture-broker, in the New Cut, near the Coburg notice of a motion he intended to make in the House of
Theatre; and from the nature of the materials of which Commons, to which, by some strange accident, no part of
Mr. LIVEY'S stock was composed, the utmost atarm pre- the press has alluded. It was " For a Return of all the
vailed for the array of the adjoining neighbourhood. By Ex-officio Informations that have been filed for Libel since
the great exertions of the neighbours and firemen, aided by
the accession of his present Majesty to the Throne." The
some of the new police constables, the dwelling-house of Mr.
day fixed by the ilon. Member for bringing forward the
LEvEY was saved front that destruction which attended motion is Thursday, the 25th inst. Under the particular
his manufactory and work-shops, although it is much circumstances of the times, the debate is expected to lie
damaged, and a great part of the furniture destroyed, most interesting.

MINING INTELLIGENCE. Tons. Cwt
Quantity of Copper Ore sold at Itedruth last Thursday 3,641 0
Average Produce 7% 0
Quantity of line Copper 282 5
Amount of Sale, 20,012/. ls. 6d.—Average Standard, IC6t. I's. Od,