Star.
London, England, 1826-08-25 00:00:00

MARY-LA-BONNE.

A Daserruen Aneuoa—An elderly Gentleman, who gave his
name James Ryan, living In Pullen-street, Hanover-square, applied
to the Magistrate for advice and assistance. He represented him.
self as a literary character, in the greatest distress for want of em-
ployment. He said, he alone had been engaged by Professor Por-
son, to revise two editions of Euripides —be revised Hederick's
Greek Lexicon, in quarto, Lord Malmsbury's works, and all the
works of Cavallo, also Nugent's Port Royale Grammar, Scr.. des.
He had been engaged in writing for Periodical Publications, for
twenty-six years, and during that period, had entered pupils
of the first respectability in the public schools of Eton, Westminster,
and Winchester, particularly the former, whose names,. if written,
would fill a folio of brie paper, and that Dr. Valpy considered
him superior to thousands in correcting typographical errors, but
now, iu consequence of others less competent having entered into
the same pursuit on reduced terms, be found himself involved in
digficulties, and destitute of support. . . .

Magistrates regretted ii was not in their power to serve
him, and advised him to lay his statement before Sir Benjamin
I Hobbouse and other persons of distinction in the literary world,
particularly before the Conductors of the Literary Fund, who are
ever ready to assist Literary characters who linos fallen Into distressed

Mr. Ryan thanked the Magistrates for their attention to his case'
and retired.
UNION HALL.
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Hoes: Stasusa.—Yesterday an elderly man, named Jilts
Hunter, was brought to this Ate IA the custody of Popp, charged
with stealing a cheanut mare, the property of Ur. Riddle, a Wilms
residing in the vicinity of Islington.
The complainaat stated, that on the Seth of October last, a ches.
nut horse wet stolen out of its Seal at Islington. In the month of
December following, be traced the bone into the possession of a
man named Barnett, a butc►er, residing in the neighbourhood of
Brixton, who restored it to the owner, on being informed that it
was a stolen horse. _

Joseph Hancock stated that he the horse in question
of the prisoner, on the 29th It ,at Ewen Fair. Soon after-
wards the witness sold it to a ping man in the fair, by whom
the prosecutor's hares was WOW* disposed of to Mr. Barnett,
into whose possession the sefilsaleersese traced it, and claimed it as

blairoperti.
The prisoner, in his defence, COold give no satisfactory account
oldie manner in which the horse came into his possession, and be
was accordingly committed tar trial.

LAMBETH.STRERT.

Mr: Charles Mt, a tioreeyor,applied to Mr. Weave, to know
,by what authority he had issued a warrant, giving the St. Kuhr-,

tine'. Dock Company peasession of the retakes of one How.ii,
before they had come to any pecuniary arrangement with him
Some perams, who had attempted to take forcible )aovieeelon. had
been carded before Mr. Ballantyne. at the Thames Police °inc.-,
who deemed their conduct illegal, but dienaiseed them, on an under_
standing that they u ould not renew the attack. He...wae surprised
Mr. Wyatt should have taken so different a view of the Act as to
issue a warrant to do what Mr. Ballawtyne pronounced to be illegal.
He wanted to know on what clause the Magistrate proceeded, and
I to see the written grounds upon which the warrant was granted,
that he might acquaint Mr. Ballantyne therewith.
Mr. WeArr said he proceeded upon the list section.
Mr. Pitt replied, the next section equally provides that no one
should be ousted yard he bad been recompensed.
Mr. WTATT refused him the view of the depositions, but said he
should be happy to affird Mr. Ballantyne himself every explanation.
Mr. Pitt was not in a situation to entitle him to the information he re.
joked—he was an intermeddler in matters that concerned him nor.
Mr. Pitt again asked to see the papers, as a right first, then as a
boon, but Mr. Wyatt repeated his grounds of refusal, and the cou
ference terminated.