Star.
London, England, 1826-09-06 00:00:00

110 W-STREET.

H. Dykes made application to the Magistrates under the fol.'
lowing distressing circumstances: He was a native of Flushing,
and came to this country when very young. In the year 1722 hr
was proprietor of the Opera Coffee-house, which he held, until the
Opera House was burned, in 1786. Ile then became landlord of
the Talbot liotel, in the Strand, and was by no means a niggard,
for he contributed his mite towards the voluntary subscriptions
during the war; but fortune became adverse. In 1800 he was
obliged to give up bu►iness. Ile then returned to his native country ;
but all his friends were gone, and he had no per son to look to fur
relief; consequently he came to this country, and set up a chandler's
shop, in the parish of Newington. His wife died in 1819 ; and
bring no longer able to keep house, he went to Prance, expecting to
get an asylum there, but he was disappointed, and returned once
more to this country. He was now in the 79th year of his age; he
had survived all his early acquaintance, and was destitute of all
means of livelihood. Ills object in applying to the Magistrates
was to beg they would give him permission to sell trilling articles
through the country, as all he bad is the world, including his
wearing apparel, was not sufficient to pay for a license; the sr Hall
allowed him but 2s. a week, and he did not like to go into the
workhouse.

Sir RICHARD Brants perfectly recollected the Talbot Hotel be-
longing to the name cf the applicant, as also many other circum-
stances which he mentioned; hut he regretted it was not in his
power to grant his request. He was sorry to see him reduced to
such state.—Sir RICHARD very humanely wrote a letter by him to
a Gentleman in the parish of Newington, who, he said, would do
something for him, and gave him halba-crown. The venerable ap-
pearance of the applicant, and the tale of his misfortunes, excited
the compassion and commanded the respect of aU who heard him.
DUG-Svcauxo.—Yesterday, Joh* Smith was brought up on a
charr of having stolen a spaniel dog, the property of Mr. O'Reilly,
of Oxford-street.

John Barton stated, that he was fetching the dog in question to
the proprietor, on Sunday evening last, when he suddenly disap-
peared : he did not get a sight of hint since until yesterday morn.
ing, when he saw bim led by the primaner, wbo refused to give him
up until he procured the assistance of an officer.

The officer stated, that the prisoner said he had purchased the
dog. The prisoner, in his defence, stated that the dog had been
given to him on Sunday night, in a public-house.
Sir RICHARD BIRNIS—Why did yuu say you purchased the dog?
Prisoner—l did mot say so.
Officer—Yes, you did.
Prisoner—Did I? and if I did, of course I said so.
Sir RICHARD Mame—Have you £2O?
Prisoner—Only fourpence halfpenny.
Sir RICHARD—Then you must go to prison for six months.
As the prisoner was about to be removed, one of the officers in-
formed the Magistrates that the prosecutor was himself a dog
stealer; whereupon Sir Emmaus Blame ordered him to be de-
tained, and the alleged master of the dog to be sent for; and also
that the proprietor of the public-house, in which the prisoner said
he had the dug given to him, should be sent for.

Edward Franklin, a shabbily dressed man, about thirty years of
age, was brought up in custody from the Mansion House, by order
of the Lord Mayor, un a great number of charges of fraud.
The only charge now entered into, was one made by Messrs.
Cooper and HaUq in Drnry.laae, to whom the prisoner went about
three weeks ago, and presented a note signed J. Slater, jun. re-
questing them to send two pair of candlesticks of a particular
pattern. They were given to the prisoner without hesitation, and
on a subsequent day he came again with a similar note for one pair,
but Mr. Cooper, who belsngs to the Society for the Protection of
Trade, suspected that all was nut right, said ►e would send the
candlesticks, and the prisoner went away. The fraud was t►en
detected.

The pretence that he was sent by Mr. Slater, jun. for the candle-
sticks was negatived by evidence, and it being stated that many
other charges would be nude, the prisoner, who said nothing, ex-
cept that be was a journeyman printer, out of employment, was re-
manded until Friday next.