Star.
London, England, 1829-09-21 00:00:00

GUILDHALL

On Saturday the port; of the Cross Keys-Inn, Wood-street,
was summoned for not delivering a parcel, addressed to Mr. Min-
ton, of Cheapside, within the time limited by law.
The complainant said the porter brought the parcel on Thurs-
day last to his warehouse, but refused to let it go out of his bands
until he had first received payment for the carriage. A half-crown
was thrown upon the counter before him, but that would not do,
it must be put into his hand. It was in vain to tell him that there
bad been no refusal to pay, and that the charge was deemed a pro-
per one (for complainant had possession of the ticket, which was
for 15d.) he would not part with the parcel unless Mr. Minton
would say he would pay for it. Mr. Minton would not repeat the
prescribed form of words, but again said he did not object to the
charge. Thisolid not satisfy the porter, and complainant ordered
him out of the premises for his insolence, and went to the book-
ing-office to complain of his misbehaviour. Here, however, he
was insulted ; and he had therefore appealed to the Magistrate.
The parcel bad not been delivered yet, and complainant was not
aware from whence it had been forwarded. .

Defendant ,aid, that when the half-crown was produced. it
was not stated to bins positively that he was to take his carriage
out of it ; he therefore considered it might not be intended for him.
The Chief Clerk, understanding that the porter had not parted
with the parcel, said that he was fineable for the non-delivery.
Mr. Alderman ANSLEY said, this was such a gross case of misbe-
haviour, that he should fine the porter Ws. and 3s. costs; and if
the parcel should not be delivered in a proper manner, he hoped
the complainant would bring an action against the coach-office.—
The fine was paid.

BOW-STREET.

On Saturday Mr. Barrymore waited on the Sitting Magistrate,
Mr. Mitts, in consequence of the report of an application made by
Mr. Thompson, the comedian, on Thursday last, which appeared
in all the papers of Saturday, and which imputed conduct to Mr.
Barrymore by no means creditable.
Mr. Barrymore handed to the Magistrates a Morning Paper of
Saturday, and directing his attention to the remit in question, in-
quired if any such representation as was there mentioned bad
been nude ?

Mr. Haw* having read the report, observed, that a complaint
of this description certainly had been made before Sir IL Birnie by
Mr. Thompson, the actor ; but although he (Mr. Halls) was pre-
sent, he knew little about what had taken place, as he did not par-
ticuly attend to the conversation.
Mr. Barrymote—ln that report you are made to say that my
conduct was most dishonourable.

Mr. Hau.s—Well, and if Mr. Thompson's statement be true, so
it was.

Mr. Barrymort—l shall prove, Sir, that what Dir. Thompson
stated was not true ; but my principal object in applying to you, is
to ascertain if the report of Mr. Thompson's application be true
or not ?

Mr. Harm—As far as the matter of fact is stated, it is perfectly
true ; hut, I would observe, that the Gentlemen of the Press very
frequently give in their reports the sense rather than the words of
the speaker.
Mr. Barrymore—Did you, Sir, use such an expression as
" It was a most dishonourable action on the part of Mr. Bar-
ry more ?"
Mr. Harts—l do not exactly recollect, but I should rather
think not. I however did remark, that " I feared that a Magis-
trate could not afford Mr. Thompson relief."
Mr. Barrymore—Are the remarks of Sir Richard Birnie cor-
rectly stated in the report?
Mr. Harm—That I cannot take upon me to say. I cannot of
course answer for other people, and ant not responsible for Sir
Richard Birnies observations. Thus far I know to be the fact,
that Mr. Thompson stated that he had entrusted into your hands
two theatrical pieces, called" Tide Dumb Savoyard," and "Jack
Robinson," for which you had been paid, and he had not. I
recollect also saying that he ought to apply to Mr. Price.
Mr. Barrymore handed to the Magistrate a letter which he had
obtained from Mr. Dunn, the Treasurer of Drury-Lane Theatre,
dated the lath inst., certifying that Mr. Barrymore had received
no remuneration for the "Dumb Savoyard."
Mr. Harm observed, that so Lir the charge of Mr. Thompson
was certainly unfounded.
Mr. Barrymore—l wish this to be private, as I have ulterior
objects in view.
Mr. Hares—You forget that all that passes here is public.
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