The Sun.
London, England, 1817-12-23 00:00:00

OPERA-HOUSE.--WATEgs V. TAYLOR.

-There is a motion in this case respecting the
payment of some money, and also resivcting the
payment ot the interest of money paid already in-
to Court, whether such interest should be paid
by Waters or Taylor. When this case was be-
fore the Court during its last sittings before the
long vacation, we gave a Lull and faithful report
of the proceedings which then took place, and
which are already so well known as to require no
further mention. The- motion was this day to
have been heard, as his Lordship had, in the first
instance, resolved to sit till four o'clock, being
anxious to dispose ot the very pressing business
before him, but understanding that his-Honour
the Master of the Rolls, Sir William Grant, was
this evening to meet the Bar fo'r the disposal of
cases and to address them for the-last time, to his
,(the Lord Chancellor's) deep regret, he should
hear no further muses or motions' that day, but
immediately adj Our') .—A djourned. . .

COURT OF KUNC4'S BENCH, Dec. 22.
DAVIS V. WILLAN AND OTHERS.

This was an action to recover the value of a bas-
ket,sent by the plain ti fifromStainford, Lincolnshire,
in order to be conveyed to London by the Glasgow
Mail from the George Inn; Stathford: The par-
cel was alleged to contain 'seven pounds in Bank-
notes, 131. is. in current coin of the realm, and
between thirty and forty ounces of silver coin,
either foreign, or not now ordinarily current in
the country ; the whole amounting in value to
about 301. The plaintiff is a travelling silver-
smith and slop-seller, and at the time of forward-
ing the basket was attending Stamford-market,
in company with his brothers-in-law, Solo-
mon Nathan and Henry Nathan.• The trio were
of the Jewish persuasion,.and the two latter %vete
the principal witnesses for the plaintiff. They
swore to the several circumstances of. the money
being packed up in a basket containing halt a peck
of apples and some siraw, and that the basket was
never received.

Mr. SCARLETT defended the action on two
grounds ; the first, that the property never had,
in point of fact, been forwarded ; and secondly,
that if it had, the plaintiff was not entitled to re-
cover, as the usual notice was stuck up at the
coach-office of the George Inn, Stamford, that
the proprietors would not be answerable for any
parcel above the value of 51. On the secowl
point the defence was met by the proof that,Da-
vis, the plaintiff, could neither read nor write,
while the former rested on the credibility due to
the plaintiff's witnesses.
Mr. Justice ABBOTT summed up the evidence at
great length, after which the Jury•retired for
about three-quarters of an hour, when they gave
in their verdict for. the defendant. •

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
BOW-STREET-

COFFEE-SHOPS. —ln consequence of written
cOmplaints of several inhabitants, search-war-
rants were issued for the apprehension of all ;per-
sons found in cofee•shops at unseasonable hours,
and about 30 men and women were brought to
the office yesterday morning, who had been ap-
prehended about three o'clock on Sunday morning,
in those places of resort in Drury-lane, Bedtord-:
bury, and IVhitcoinb-street. They gave various,
excuses, such as Having been to the play,"
" Being shut out front their homes," " It being,
late before they had done work,'-' &c. It was,
proved that theysbut the shops at 9 Welockat night,
and opened again at 12, when there was light suffi-,
cient displayed to know that they were selling cof-
fee, although the shutters Were not down. Great
noises were made in them, to the annoyance of
the inhabitants, At the shop in ,Bedfoldbury it
.was proved that there was -singing and dancing to
a violin at a late hour. All the shops belong to
a man of the name of Lille, wild .resides in that
in Whitcomb-street, and lets the other two. lie
said he conld not get a living except he 'opened at
night : he intended principally' to accommodate
hackney-coachmen, and did trot• Wish to see-impro-
per women or disOrdetly persons in his house.—
Ordered to find bail.