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POLICE INTELLIGENCE. •
(YESTERDAY) . •
• , CLERKENWELL.'
Alfred Divett, a poor Irishinan,. of &excited
. and
appearance,- wa's brought before. Mr. Combe, charged
with threatening to murder Ifr..William Berry,* an ,at:
torney, Kesiding at ..
-No. 1, ICing's-road, Theobalirs,road.
The complainant deposed that, the prisoner, who had
formerly, been his client; came to his office on .that
morning, and threatened to murder him. • He had re-
peatedly annoyed'witnesS previously, and called him a
swindler. 7- "_

MR. BUNN'S NEW WORK.
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By ALFRED BUNN, Esq.
" Abounds with amusing anecdote and traits of character. It is ii
other respects a highly valuable work."—The Times.
" One of the most amusing works which has issued from the me
tropolitan press for many years."—Observer.
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Now ready, price Two Shillings,
THE TURF REMEMBRANCER, for 1844,
containing the whole of the NOMINATIONS for the Races of
the Year, each Stake arranged alphabetically, with 'the Pedigrees as
full as the space admits, and. an INDEX referring thereto upon an
improved plan—The Stakes closed for 1845—Case af Bentinck v.
Connop—Qui tam Actions, and Abstract of the New Act, ftc.' &c.
Also, as part of the, Appendix, a RACING CALENDAR for 1843,
giving an Account of 'all Thorough-bred Races run in Great Britain,
and the principal Irish Races, with an INDEX referring to each
Horse's Performances, and showing the Number of Prizes won by
each ; thus rendering the Work a full Record of last Year's S,,ort, in
a compact and convenient Form for Reference, as Well as a complete
Register of Races to come.

ROBERT SEAMAN, :(late Ward and Seanian,
formerly Ward and: Fisher,) Wige, Spirit, and Ale Merchant,
Agent for Messrs. Truman, Banbury, Buxton, and Co.'s celebrated
London Porter and Stout, most 'respectfully 'announces to the Nobility,
Clergy, Gentry, and the Public generally, that this Business, in all its
branches, will be continued' solely by hint on the same extensive
and liberal scale as heretofore pursued- by his late lamented partner
and himself, and •ifopes, by strictly adhering to the principle of sup-
plying Wines, Spirits; and other goods, of th 6 very first-rate quality,
at moderate prices, to merit a continuance of that high confidence
and extensive patronage awarded to this establishment for nearly
half a century,

MBE—What 'is .the 'cau,se; of all ? Mr.
Berry (smiling)—l don't know, lam Sure ; T.liaie not
given him any cause. •
The defendant, who seemed to be labouring under
extraordinary excitement, declared that he was now
wholly destitute. Ire had been in the Spanish Legion
for some years, and when discharged received a certifi-
cate for a pension. He then enlisted in the 60th Rifles,
and served with regiment in Corfu, and other places
in the Mediterranean for four years, and was discharged
for desertiOn at the cloSe of the last year. He came to
London in the beginning of February, and being with-
out money or friends borrowed 1/. 10s. from Mr. Taylor,
a publican at Rotherhithe, leaving his certificate in
pledge for the payment of that sum. He subsequently
had a difference with Mr. Taylor, who refused to give
him back the• certificate, which was for the sum of
21. 2s. 6d. He employed a person named Williams, who
promised to get back the certificate on condition that he
would give him V. To this he agreed, but Williams
failing in his endeavour defendant employed the com-
plainant, who obtained the certificate • from Mr.
Taylor, but refused to give it to him (defendant)
unless he paid 21. 10s., which sum he had not.
Mr. COMBE (to complainant)—Had you the certifi-
cate ? Complainant—I had.
Mr. COMBE—Where is it ? Complainant—l gave it
back to Taylor.
Mr. Comm—What is this 21. 10s. ? Complainant—
My costs. They should have been 4/.
Mr. COMBE—Have you been paid this money ? Com-
plainant—Yes ; Taylor paid me, and I gave him tie
certificate.

R.S. begs to state that all Out Standing Aecounts and Liabilities of
the late firm will be received and dischariiedlby him.
St. John, 3faddermarket, Norwich, March, 1844.

Newcastle-on-Tyne: athlished at the Chronicle Office, by T. and
J. Hodgson"; and sold by Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., London.

BY AUTHORITY of his MAJESTY the
EMPEROR of AUSTRIA.-IVill take place irrevocably on
the 16th of March, 1844, the DISTRIBUTION of NINE beantiflrl
ESTATES of a value from 1,480,054 Francs, and MONEY PRIZES
irom 150,000 Francs dovrn to 125 Francs of Common Bonds, and in
the Special Distribution of the Red Bonds 32,509 gains will be obtained,
and each Red Bond must.gaiu a higher or lower amount. Price of a
Common Bond, 11. ; a Red Bond, 2/. ; for 5/. Five Common Bontis and
one Rea Bond ; for 10/. Eleven Common Bonds and Two Red ; for
20/. Twenty-three Common Bonds and Three Red.
Apply, without delay, to Messrs. JACOBS and Co., Bankers, Frank-
fort-on-the-Maine ; or to save Postages, Letters may be addressed to
Mr. Jacobs, 34, Wellelose-square.

IHENRY HASLIP, at present, and for six
I years last past, residing at No. 18, High Holborn, in
the parish of Saint Andrew, Holborn (above Bars) and
county of Middlesex, and being a cutler and dressing-
case maker, do hereby give notice that I intend to present a pe-
tition to the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, London, praying
to be examined touching my debts, estate, and effects, and to be
protected from all process upon making a full disclosure and surren-
der of such estate and effects for payment of my just and lawful
debts; and I hereby further give notice that the time when the
matter of the said petition shall be heard is to be advertised in the
London Gazette and in The Sun Newspaper one mouth at the least
after the date hereof; as witness my hand, this sth day of March,
in the year of our Lord, 1844. HENRY HASLIP.
Witness, 11. T. Roberts, 2, Bride-court, Blackfriars, attorney for the
said Henry Haslip.

Mr. COMBE—What ! Taylor paid you ? Why, ac-
cording to your own statement, you had no right to
withhold the certificate from Taylor. Why should he
pay you any costs ? It was not he employed you. Com-
plainant (laughing)—True, but he did pay me, however.
Mr. Comm—This seems strange, very strange, indeed.
I have heard of Williams, whom the defendent mentions,
as having deluded some of these poor creatures who
were in the Spanish Legion. Who would pay the cer-
tificate ? The defendent said—Mr. Castenado, who was
clerk to the Spanish Commission in London. He en-
treated of the ➢Magistrate to postpone the further hear-
ing of the case, and grant him summonses for Williams
and Taylor, when it would appear that he had been most
unjustly treated.
The complainant said he was in fear of his life from
the threats of the defendent, whose mind, he believed,
was disordered.

WHEREAS, a' PETITION of JAMES
BLUNT, of No. 10, Church-street, Trinity-square, in the
parish of Saint Mary, Newington, in the county of Surrey,
out of business, having been tiled in the Court of Bankruptcy, and
the interim order for protection from process having been given to the
said James Blunt, under the provisions of an Act of Parlia-
ment passed in the Parliament holden in the sth and 6th years of the
reign of her present Majesty, intituled "An Act for the Relief of In-
solvent Debtors," the said James Blunt is hereby required to ap-
pear in Court, before John Herman Merivale, Esq., the Commissioner
acting in the matter of the said petition, on the 19th day of
March instant, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon precisely, at
the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, London, for the pur-
pose of being then and there examined touching his debts, estate, and
effects, and to be further dealt with according to the provisions of the
said Act. All persons indebted to the said James Blunt, or that
have any of his effects, are not to pay or deliver the same but to
Mr. George Green, the official assignee, No. 72, Basinghall-street, no-
minated in that behalf by the Commissioner acting in the matter of
the said petition.

Mr. CONBE said he could not grant summonses for the
attendance of Taylor and Williams, as he had no juris-
diction in the matter.

The defendant said he believed they would attend vo-
luntarily.
Mr. COMBE said that as the complainant declared he
was in fear of his life, he should commit the defendant
until the Bth of April, unless he could find bail.
The defendant declared he had no intention of injuring
Mr. Berry ; he had called him a swindler, but had not
threatened to murder him. He had no friend or rela-
tion in London who would be security for him.
He was committed.

An unfortunate girl, named Mary Ann Hartwell, was
charged with breaking two panes of glass in the Clerk-
enwell workhouse.

The offence was fully proved against her. She had not
been more than a day or two out of prison, having been
committed for a similar offence.
The prisoner, a very interesting-looking girl, declared
that she was unable to perform the task assigned her—
picking oakum, at which she could not earn more than a
few pence a day. She had been on the town, but what-
ever would become of her, she would never again be a
prostitute. She broke the windows to be brought be-
fore the Magistrate. (Here the unfortunate female
burst into a paroxysm of grief, and intreated of the
magistrate to send her to some asylum where she might
spend the remainder of her days in tranquillity.
Mr. Harnett, the master, said, unless an example were
made of the prisoner, there would be no such thing as
governing the other paupers. She had broken two
squares of glass:

Mr. Mon-r.o (the clerk) observed that the girl's deter-
mination not to go upon the streets was highly creditable
to her.

Mr. COMBE said that perhaps if she would promise to
conduct herself well for a few days in the workhouse, be
might be able to get her into some asylum.
The prisoner thanked the worthy Magistrate heartily,
and promised compliance.
Mr. Harnett said they could not receive her into the
workhouse:

Prisoner (sobbing bitterly)—Oh, Mr. Harnett, you are
more cruel to me than the Magistrate.
She was then committed for five days.
The worthy MAGISTRATE told her that if she came to
him when she came out of prison' on Thursday morn-
ing, he would do all he could for her.
The unhappy girl thanked the Magistrate heartily,
and was locked up.
Three men, named Cook, Murray, and Marston, na-
tives of the north of England, were charged with begging.
Police-constable 45 E deposed that he saw the pri-
soners walking in Bloomsbury-square on that day.
When they saw witness approaching they commenced
begging immediately, and declared to witness that they
wished to be sent to prison, for they had been walking
about the streets night and day, in a state of starvation,
for the last fortnight.
Mr. COMBE sent them to the workhouse.

THE WEST CALDER MURDER.
(From the Edinburgh Weekly Register.)
HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY EDINBURGH.
The trial of James Bryce for the murder of John Geddes,
his brother-in-law, at West Calder, began on Tuesday,
March 12. The judges present were the Lord Justice Clerk,
Lords Mackenzie and Moncrieff.

The indictment charged James Bryce, with murder and
robbery, in so far as, on the 26th or 27th of December, 1843,
he did, within the dwelling-house at Blaw-wearie, in the
parish of West Calder, occupied by John Geddes, labourer,
with intent to possess himself of money and goods belonging
to the said John Geddes, or in his possession, or from some
other malicious motive to the prosecutor unknown, attack
and assault the said John Geddes, and did, with a pair of
tongs or other instrument, inflict several severe blows on his
head and face and other parts of his body, and did, with a
cord or other ligature, compress his throat or neck, so as to
strangle or nearly strangle him, and did with his feet or
knees, or otherwise, tram pie or press upon his breast or
sides, by all which, or part thereof, or other violence, the
said Jolin Geddes was mortally injured in his person, his
skull and lower jaw and ribs were fractured, and in conse-
quence he immediately or soon after died, and was thus mur-
dered by the same James Bryce.
The evidence, which was wholly circumstantial, consisted
of tracing a considerable sum of money into the possession of
the 'prisoner immediately after the period of the murder,
when he had been just before in want, as well as some of
Geddes' property, including a watch and a pair of shoes ;
and of tracking him to different places where he was seen
both before and after the murder. The whole of Tuesday
was occupied in examining witnesses, and on Wednesday the
Solicitor-General for Scotland addressed the Court for the
prosecution.

Bryce was ably defended by Mr. Crawford. His speech
produced considerable sensation.

The jury, after an absence of nearly an hour, returned with
a verdict unanimously finding the prisoner Guilty as libelled.
Lord Justice Clerk passed sentence, that the prisoner be
executed on Wednesday, the 3d of April.—The prisoner re-
ceived his sentence without the least emotion.

THE NEW HISTORICAL ROMANCE, " W HITEFRIARS;
OR, THE DAYS OF CHARLES THE SECOND."—The popularity
foretold by the critical press for this work seems to have been
already attained—a third edition having appeared. The in-
exhaustible variety of character, the continual change of
scene, and the highly wrought complexity of plot which dis-
tinguish this romance have certainly rarely been excelled.
Indeed, it is among the curiosities of the criticisms on this
work that the author is taxed .with exhibiting too great a
variety.. " Take," says the Examiner, " merely a few of the
scenes in which the hero is concerned. He is present on the
eve of the murder of Lord Aumerle in the Tower. He has a
narrow escape from death in the Great Fire of London. He
sits on the lap of Nell Gwyn, the orange girl. He is student
with Titus Oates in the Jesuit College of St. Omer. He is
witness to the mysterious death struggle of Sir Edmondbury
Godfrey. He is with Blood in his desperate robbery of the
Crown jewels. He is side by side with Sheriffs Bethel and
Cornish at the dripping scaffold of .the Popish plot. lie
stands by the side of the Duke of Monmouth at the battle
of Bothwell Brigg. He is confederate conspirator with
William Russell and Algernon Sydney. He is present when
Shaftesbury plots against his master, and Howard of Esrcicke
is dragged down the chimney. He is with Captain Rumbold
at the Rye-house, and with Charles in his Alsatian rambles.
He takes part in the death of his mother, the infamous Lady
Howard; attends his father-in-law, Sydney, to the scaffold;
and is at the gallows with a friend and protector in the person
of Claude Duval."

Mr. O'CONNELL.—We give the following extract
from a country paper, the Ten Towns' Messenger, published at
Kidderminster, to show how far the London press is behind
the Tory provincial papers in elegance of style and powerful
writing :—" DINNER TO 0 'CONNELL.—This most disgraceful
but instructive exhibition of contempt for all the decencies of
public life, took place on Tuesday last, at Covent-garden
Theatre, when that already degraded temple of the national
drama was subjected to the yet further debasement of being
made the scene of a banquet, given by a most reflecting public'
to a convicted conspirator,' who, in a few short days will, we
hope, find his mere fitting place among the felons of a public
gaol ; who has striven, as rarely man has strove, to dismember
the British empire ; has exhausted the vocabulary of even
his abuse upon the men of England, and dared to brand her
women as prostitutes at heart. This man, shamelessly living
upon the misery of which he is the very source, yet affects to
be the redresser, sat down to a public entertainment at which
no fewer than 1,200 guests assembled to meet him, with boxes
and galleries crowded to the roof."

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TREASURY OF lIISTORY.
Longman, London, 1844.
The author, or rather compiler, of this work. is
AlLunder, already favourably known to the public by
his " Literary and Scientific TreasurY," which con,
tained a prodigious mass of the most various, infOr-mation packed up in the smallest possible compass.
In the comprehensive volume before us, he exhibits
the same scrupulous regard to senterutitous
viV, and gives us . a well-arranged digest of
the history, from the earliest 'authentic recosrd4,
of every country in the world. These " hiSto-
rical digests must have cost a world of time ana
trouble, which, however, will not have been useless)'
expended, for the volume is one that can scarcely fail
• to be well received by the public, being clearly and4p
the majority of cases, impartially vvritten, and omitting
no one fact of importance. The History of England, as
might be expected, is the longest and most circum-
stantial in its details ; and we have been pleased with
the -uniform tone of moderation that pervades it, and
the singular succinctness and simplicity of its style.

THE ISLANDS ON THE EASTERN
COAST OF AFRICA.
TO. THE EDITOR OF THE SUIV.
Siu,—The interest that has lately been excited by
what has been termed " French Aggressions in the
South Seas" will perhaps be sufficient to induce at-
tention to the following statement, having reference
to a quarter of the world somewhat distant, but not
less important, than the scene of those transactions,
and allied in character with them as well from their
nature as the circumstance' of their having been
partially noticed in some of the articles of in-
telligence which have appeared in your paper.
It is known pretty generally that the semi-bar-
barous nations of Madagascar, the Comoro Isles, Mo-
zambique, and the whole of the eastern coast of Africa
extending from Port Natal to the Straits of Bab-4-
Mandeb, are gradually springing into life and in becoming the objects of the observation
and commerce of the civilised nations whose ships
and trade approach the neighbourhood. In this state
the progress of those countries is affected both in
kind and degree by the nature of the traffic and in-
teveourse they have with superior nations. It there-
fore becomes a matter of no mean consideration, in a
moral, political, and commercial aspect, that the in-
fluence of Britain should be such as shall sustain her
character and uphold the strength of her power. We,
have had our eyes fixed for some time on the opera-
tions of French agents in different parts of the
world, pursuing with avidity the occasions of aggran-
disement that time and circumstances have placed
within their reach, either with the view to the exten-
sion of territorial dominion, or the increase of poli-
tical and commercial advantages for France. It is
regarded by many as the mere unauthorised acts of
individuals, without the sanction or support of their
respective Governments; but, although to some small
extent this may be the case, as respects the precise
mode of action, it cannot be well admitted or con-
ceived that these proceedings are the spontaneous and
unaided suggestions of the navy officers who become
the operators in the affairs.
Whether this be worthy of consideration or not, the
present position of Britain demands that in every part
of the globe, where her rivals are to be found, she should
give unequivocal demonstration of determination
to preserve that position in the eyes of the world, and
secure, in the ever-varying and multiplying transac-
tions of distant regions, the rights and advantages her
commerce demands and deserves. And it is beyond
question that, although the principal motive should
arise from internal and independent considerations,
the rivalry in which she now stands with the
other European nations, and also with the
Western Continent, should prompt us to pursue with
spirit and alacrity the opportunities of defending
and advancing our political and commercial interests
in parts of the world where they are, with ourselves,
desirous of partaking the benefits resulting from the
progress of civilisation and the increasing intercourse
of nations. These remarks are intended to apply to
the locality first adverted to, namely, the eastern
coast of Africa, the Comoro, and other small islands
of the Mozambique Channel, Madagascar, &c. ; and to
the facts that have been commuicated to me by letter
from a gentleman who has lived at the island of
Anjoan (exclusive of two visits to England), sevt!n-
teen years, and who is now on his way hither,
charged with an embassy from the Sultan of that
island,and possessing the most extensive and unequivocal
means of information on the subjects connected with
the state of those countries, the position they occupy
to each other, and their feelings towards the great
powers whose ships and people visit them, and pursue
the trade their productions and necessities create.
From his statement, it appears that, although the
intelligence that obtained currency here, a short time
since, that the French had taken possession of a port
of Madagascar, was contradicted, they are exceed-
ingly active in extending their power in the whole of
that neighbourhood; and, whether by consent or
against the will of their respective Governments,
succeded in assuming domination over some of
the islands, and in some the direction uf
their international affairs. In this condition
the surrounding islands feel the need of a
protecting Power, and regard with regret the ab-
sence of British influence and authority, to check the'
advances made on their liberties and rights by othsic-
Powers. Igive you the words in which, at one part,:'
speaks of the wishes of the Sultan of Anjouan to ez•,'lti.
vate the intercourse, and derive the improvr-tnent to
his country by the civilised arts of European nations:
" One powerful motive that induces tile Sultan of
Anjouan to greatly prefer treating 'evith English mer-
chants rather than with French merchants, is, that
the French having already taken possession, unjust] v,
of the neighbouring island of Majotti, appertaining
to the same Government he now lives in fear that
the French Government, with its present ideas of
aggrandisement, will take possession of Anjouan, a
a thing that would never be attempted if Englishmen
were interested or located in the place, because the
Sultan would then place himself under the protection
of the British flag." I will not stay further than to•
remark that the productions of those countries area
known to be considerable, and that coffee, an artiste
of the East, becoming every day more and more im-
portant a source of this country's supply, is ce„pahle
of extensive increase.
That the surrounding interests of Bri:cain—the
Cape colony—Mauritius, and the Indian. territories,
the growing connexions with the countries 137 the
Red Sea, and the friendly and improving dominions
of Muscat, and that the slave-trade carried on, against
which the efforts of British cruisers have been directed,
and to which fact attention has lately been drawn by
the publication of Mr. Pascoe Grenfill Hill's pampli-
let of " Fifty days on board a slave-ship," all encoa-
rage the cultivation of a good acquaintance with those
countries.
As the matter may before long come befor4 you in
a more direct form, I will not prolong this,
But subsCribe myself your obedient servant,
S. HAYNES ANGIER.
London, March 12, 1844.

THE KING OF PRUSSIA AND MRS.
FRY.
It may arise from his besetting uncharitableness .of
heart, but Punch was never in love with the King of
Prussia. When his Majesty, under the auspices of good_
Mrs. Fry, went to Newgate, and when in the female pr*A-
soners' ward, his pious Majesty dropped upon
knees and prayed, we thought the • King of
Prussia, as the lawyers say, proved too much.
The
And humility, if true, was too good to last.
so it has proved ; for though his Majesty
was so very good a, Christian whilst in Newgate, he can,
it appears, play the Nicholas in little on the Prussian_
throne. Sweet and touching is it to contemplate la
mighty potentate of earth down upon his knees, with
Bet Sly, Suke Tagrag, Moll Fleshly, and twenty other
forlorn birds of Newgate, "in trouble" for felony and misdemeanor ; beautiful, indeed, is the humility ! The
matron wonders, and the turnkeys cry, "Riess us ! what
a pious cretur." The story is read and told at melting tea.-
parties ; and the King of Prussia, ;sirs: Fry's pet, is
received into the large and tender bosom of female
philanthropy, He is a king of comfits---a king of
sugar-candy! His Majesty returns to Prussia, and with
almost the gloss of his Newgate benevolence upon
him, he becomes Jack-of-all-work to the Emperor of
Russia. He is Nicholas' most humble servant—a tool.
a scourge, a Prussian knout in the hand of the
Imperial executioner. A. number of Poles., dignified
by misfortune ennobled by suffering patriotism—
tak in e refuge Prussia from the bloody fanga
of the Russian . bear. They arc..in a holiday
mood, it seems, of the Prussian mor.arch—permitted him to find a home in Posen. Their country destroyed
to them, their fortunes shattered by as wild and merci-
less a tyrant as ;leaven ever permitted to
scourge humanity--they are allowed to find a
resting-place in Pl'assia. They become planted in
the soil ; when, to Nicholas has ugly dreams about
them—they disturb his cheerful thoughts—and, as he me-
not have thew back, first for the knout, and then for Si-
beria, why—he begs of his brother Prussia to banish them,
accursed from the land. Whereupon Mrs. Fry's pet
shows himself obedient to the greater son of mischirr,
and, whether or no, the Poles must pack. The soil
of Prussia is not favourable to virtuous misery..
Strange are the sympathies of Kings. His Majesty,
of Prussia could feel for and pray with illegil
pawning, with highway robbery, with embezzlement,
with felony in its many shapes ; but for defeated valour,
heroic suffering, patriotism in all its glorious and glori-
fying aspirations—all such are nought, and must not.
find harbour in Posen. In Newgate, the King of Prussia
was a Christian ; what a pity that he should have quit.;,
't to act journeyman despot at home.—Punch.
V

ENERABLE ,EEF.—At the Lamb and Swan. )ordi-
naries, at Moulton, on Saturday last, there was a rump. of be, f
dressed from a cow that was fed by Mr. riornmett, gityrchstan.
ton, and sold last Churchington fair. This beast wr,s known to
have been let in a dairy thirty.one years ago, and 'was thirty.eight
years old when slaughtered. Not witstanding /1 mature age, the
beef was deliciously tender. A grazier, wlfiw dined at one of the
houses, tells us that he never ate moss V 9. aciou, beef._ West (it
England Condervalive•