The Sun.
London, England, 1830-10-04 00:00:00

GUILDHALL

A young man, lamed Wharton, whose counte-
nance bore u strilting,resemblance to some of the
portraits of his late Majesty, attended before Sir
PETICR LAURIE on Saturday, to obtain a RUOIIIIOII3
against. Mr. Barry, of No, 10, Trinity-square, for
assaulting and falsely imprisoning him a few days
since, The applicant had complained on a former
day against two constables of Blsckfriars, who had
acted tinder Mr. Barry's authority, but the sitting
Magistrate on that occa►ion refused to interfere._

t` What are you ?" inquired Sir PE'qjt.—The
applicant replied, he was then out of employ,
but he had been a servant in his late Mujestes
household for 15 years.
Mr. Stockdule, jun., the son of the noted book.
seller, whit accompanied the complainant, volum.
leered, to explain the case. He said he had had an
interview with Mr. Barry, and learnt from him, that
having had his pocket picked in Fleet.street several
times, he went out on the day in question for the
purpose of angling for a pickpocket. tie 'fastened
a string round his body and to one end of his:hand-
kerchief, and allowing. the other to hang half-way
out of his pocket as a bait, he walked through Fleet-
street. Ile did not feel or see it touched, but on
looking round, be felt satisfied it had been moved,
and seeing the complainant pass him with a bad
coat on, he suspected him, and followed hiM to the
Times newspupemdlice, where he spoke to the,
clerk, seized complainant by the collar, and sent for
constables. Mr. Barry assisted in searching him,
and examining the papers found upon him, and.
having converted the 'Ames office into a police!
station, by deteining him there three hours, he then
refused to give charge of him, so that the ease
might be heard, before a Magistrate.
Mr. Barry
jiistilisd this conduct, saying th,st he was sufficiently'
acquainted with the law to know that he had done
no more than he might legally do, acting fai the be
refit of the publicond not for his own interest only.
Sir PHTER LAutue asked whether Mr. Barry
actually admitted to Mr. Stockdele that :the appli.!
cant had done nothing ?—Mr. Stockdule said he did.
" Then," said the Alderman, " the la‘'vwill, give
you redress, but not through a police magistraie,"
lie inquired the nature of, the advertisement about
x% Stich the applicant went to the Times , (are ?
" We are about to publish a Memoir George/K"
replied. Mr. Stockdnle," and- the complainant having'
an interest in n, wished to see the; advertisement."
"'Then this. Memoir is of the private life of the
late King," said the Alderman.
.Applieasst—Yea.
Sir Pwrgu---41aving lived fifteen years its his late
Majesty's seesice, you consider you have had quite
sufficient experience to write his life ? Applicant—
It refefrehiefly to my own Cu'(, as connected with
his Majesty.. ' I was educated at Paris, at his Ma-
jesty's expense, for the particular service about his
person.
" And why were you diachargettfroM this ser-
vice r continued the Magistrate...." it re-
plied the applicant, " a false charge was brought

against me to his Majesty by Sir Richard Birnie, for
which I commenced an action against him for defa-
mation, and on the day set down for the trial, Sir
Vim. Knighton gave me a situation in the West
Indies, as a compensation for abandoning the case."
In reply to some further questions, the applicant
stated that he was clerk of the kitchen to George IV.,
and his father was comptroller .of the kitchen. His
family had been employed in the Royal Household
since the time of George 11. His character had
sur—
tained injury from the detention and exposure he
had suffered through Mr. Barry, and he could prove
special damage from it, but he had not the means to
go to low.
Sir PETER thought Mr. Stockdale would furnish
him with the means out of the proceeds of the sale
of these interesting memoirs. He repeated it was n
case for a civil Court, for he could conceive that a
man's character would be injured by detaining him
for hours in custody, to be gazed at by the hun-
dreds who go to so large an establishment as the
Times office. If he were on the Jury in such a case,
he should be disposed to give damages. But he
wished to he understood as merely pointing out in
what course redress was obtainable in such wes,
and not us advising the complainant to pursue the
remedy in the present instance.
Sir PETER then called on another case.
DQW.STREET.

_
Ott Saturday a female of very decent appenmwe,
maned :troy Miro-Id, was charged with maliciously
stabbing her husband.
Mr. Thomas stated that the prisoner, whilst quar-
relling with her husband at thecorner of Drury-lane,
snatched a clasp-knife froM him, which he had open
in his hand, and stabbed him in the shoulder. lie
Ordered him to be taken to the hospital, where he
now lies in some danger.
The planner, who told a pitiful tale of the brutal
manner in which she and her children had been
treated by her husband, was remanded for further
examination.

Maria Mins, an old woman in the last stage of
poverty, was put to the bar on a charge of endea-
vouring to obtain relief, &c., from Samuel Richard-
son, one of the overseers of Layton, Essex, by
means of a forged regimental pass, which purported
that she was the widow of a'soldier.

The charge being fully made out, and the prisoner
saying nothing in her defence, she was committed to
the House of Correction for three months.

An individual, whose name did not transpire, ap-
peared before Mr. HALLS, to ask his advice under
the following circumstances t--The preceding day,
he stated, he was about to pass through Waterloo
toll-gate with his horse and cart, after having paid
the toll, when the collector refused to let him pass,
as he was walking by the side of the horse, and
compelled him to pay a penny.
Mr. HALLS told him. the collector was justified in
what he had done. If he had been riding in his
cart, the case would have been different.