The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-04 00:00:00

" FURTHER DECLARATION OF JOSHUA FLETCHER.

"It may be proper that I should add, in furtherance of
the declaration I made on the 28th day of June last, that to
the best of my knowledge and belief, William Henry Barber
had no knowledge of Mrs. Richards other than as Miss
Stewart, of Mrs. Dorey than as Miss Burchard, of William
Saunders than as Thomas Hunt, or of Lydia Saunders than
as Emma Slack, they having respectively represented them-
selves to him in my presence as Elizabeth Stewart, Eliza
Burchard, Thomas Hunt, and Emma Slack.
" With reference to the will of Ann Slack, he could have no
knowledge whatever of it until Mrs. Saunders, personating
Emma Slack, produced such will to him in my presence ;
and from the manner in which the several matters were in-
troduced to him, and appearances preserved, there was
nothing to excite the suspicion of a prudent solicitor.
" I was a client of Barber's of some years' standing, and of
independent property; as such he had known me since he
first became my solicitor. He read the will with attention,
and asked several questions, which Mrs. Saunders answered
without any apparent embarrassment, and to satisfy his in-
quiries she produced to him a certificate of the registry of her
aunt's death at Pimlico; and I feel further bound to state,
that Mrs. Saunders presented herself to Mr. Barber disguised,
wearing light hair, and affecting to have the gout in her
hands and feet, which seemed to support her alleged relation-
ship with the assumed testatrix, who appeared from the cer-
tificate produced to have died of gout. And to the best of my
knowledge and belief, Mr. Barber had no share of, or other
participation in, the proceeds of the above transactions, or
either of them, beyond the proper and usual professional re-
muneration.

" I shoul•l also state, that he has been concerned for me as
my solicitor generally, and that I had employed him to nego-
tiate terms with several parties whom I had traced out as the
true owners of unclaimed dividends, and who were put into
possession of such property ; so that he had no reason to sus-
pect any of the cases for which he has been prosecuted to be
in the slightest degree irregular or improper.
" It was under my instructions that he wrote to Captain
Foskett, and the object of which was to ascertain if his sister-
in-law was the owner of the stock. I reported to Mr. Barter
that she was not the owner of such stock, as her handwrit-
ing was totally dissimilar, and as the owner of it had executed
a power of attorney upwards of ten years before, which Capt.
Foskett's sister-in-law was then incompetent to have done,
she being at that time, from Captain Foskett's own statement,
a minor. The report Iso made was grounded upon informa-
tion which I received from Christmas, the Bank clerk.

"If the application made by Mr. Barber,-to be tried, sepa-
rately, so that he might have elicited the whole truth by call-
ing myself and the other parties accused, had not been re-
sisted by the prosecution, he must have been not only ac-
quitted, but completely exonerated from the slightest cul-
pability.
" As I understand it has been stated that I have refused to
admit Mr. Barber's innocence, I feel called upon to contradict
this, and to state, that I had only objected to sign or declare
that which might have a tendency to prejudice myself.
" JOSHUA FLETCHER."
" The above statement was committed to writing by me
from the instructions of Joshua Fletcher,
" WILLIAM M'CALLUM."
" Signed by Joshua Fletcher, in presence of
"CHARLES HENRY FULLER, Surgeon, R.N.,
Superintendent Agincourt convict-ship.
" On board the Agincourt, 2d day of July, 1844."

Till these objections are satisfactorily answered the Com-
mittee of the Society for the Emancipation of Industry con-
sider it is due to the agricultural, manufactutiug, and indus-
trial classes of this country that the Bill now before Parlia-
ment should be stayed. Delay would not interfere with the
proper notice to the Bank of England, and, if there be rea-
son or truth in the objections now advanced, they ought to
be submitted to the consideration of a Committee of the
House of Commons, when the Committee of this Society
would be ready to find parties willing and capable of proving
what is here alleged.
With these views, the Committee trust you will be in-
duced to take such a course as will have the effect of ascer-
taining the truth or error of the averments made ;--if true,
they should have an important effect in the regulation of the
currency; if untrue, it is important for the quiet and satis-
faction of the nation, and the industrious classes generally,
that these rapidly extending opinions should be disproved.—
I have the honour to remain, Sir, your obedient servant,
ANDREW SPOTTISWOODE, Chairman.
22, Parliament-street, July 3, 1844.

POLAND.
THE LATE THOMAS CAMPBELL.

Tim COMMITTEE OF THE MUSD EMIGRATION IN LONDON
TO THE COUNCIL OF THE LITERARY ASSOCIATION OF THE
FRIENDS OF POLAND.

38, Great Pulteney-street, Golden-square,
London, June 25.
My Lords and Gentlemen,—Poland has lately lost several
of her most devoted friends in this country, and that loss has
now been increased by the death of the distinguished poet,
Thomas Campbell, one of the members of your Association.
It is with the most painful feelings that we have received
the intelligence of that sad bereavement which has afflicted
the hearts of all our countrymen. Mr. Campbell was one of
the oldest friends and warmest advocates of the cause of our
country. His noble sympathy with her misfortunes begun
when he began to think, and ended but in the grave. A
youthful bard, he bewailed the fate of Poland, and in the
most sublime lines he gave to the world "the bloodiest pic-
ture in the book of time," when " Sarmatia fell unwept,
without a crime ;" avid to the Poles he gave the consoling
" Pleasures of Hope."
When the recent efforts of the Poles to regain the inde-
pendence of their country proved unsuccessful—when she
became anew a "victim of the tyrant's rage," and when her
sons were forced to seek an asylum in foreign lands, Mr.
Campbell stepped forward as an old friend of our father-land,
became one of the first founders of the Literary Association
of the Friends of Poland, and devoted his talents and his
means to the promotion of the cause, of which he was a
faithful defender. His ardent wish was to see the triumph
of the cause—

" Come but the day when Poland's fight is won,
And on my grave-stone shine the morrow's sun."
Such were his sentiments. Providence has not allowed him
to see that day. He has departed this life, carrying with
him to the grave the affection of the Poles, who will pre-
serve his memory, and will bequeath it to posterity.—We
have the honour to be, my Lords and Gentlemen, your most
obedient servants, L. JABLONSKI, President.
COUNT M. GRABOWSKI.
T. OLIZAROWSKI.
V. F. KUIZYNSKI.
_ _

John Terlecki, Secretary.
Literary Association of the Friends of Poland,
Sussex-chambers, Duke-street, St. James's, July 3.
Gentlemen,—.We are anxious, before the tomb closes on
the remains of our mutual friend, to express our unfeigned
regret at the loss *e have sustained in the death of Mr.
Thomas Campbell, and to testify our admiration for his ta-
lents, and respect for his memory.
This sad event has deprived us of a venerated and much-
esteemed colleague, and the Polish refugees of an ardent and
zealous advocate.
And though this proffered testimony of respect to a de-
parted genius is unavailing—though praise can no longer
strike the ear of him who unfortunately is no more—still it
is a melancholy gratification to recal to remembrance his
strenuous exertions on behalf of a people distinguished for
their patriotism, and the indomitable courage they have uni-
formly displayed in re-asserting their national independence
against the northern despot and his brother-spoliators.
Our lamented friend, as is well known, was early imbued
with a sense of Poland's wrongs. The conflicts which she
has been forced to sustain in fighting for her rights and liber-
ties, against a conspiracy of odious tyrants, fired his youthful
temperament, and roused his just indignation. How pathetic
and soul-stirring are those inspiring lines from that celebrated
poem, which will give perpetuity to the memory of his taste
and genius :
" Hope, for a season, bade the world farewell,
And freedom shrieked. as Kosciusko fell! "
Nor did Mr. Campbell content himself with a mere ab-
stract feeling of sympathy for the friendless and destitute
Poles. No, his purse was open to them with a liberality
far more in accordance with his generous nature than with
the extent of his means ; and early in the year 1832, in
conjunction with the Polish poet Niemcewicz and the celebrated
Prince Czartoryski, he founded this Association for the pur-
pose of diffusing and keeping alive in the public mind a lively
interest for ill-fated Poland. His pathetic, eloquent, and
fervid address to our countrymen, throughout the empire, as
our first President, on behalf of that unfortunate country, was
eminently effective and successful. By imparting a know-
ledge of the objects of the parent Society, he conciliated much
powerful support from men of all parties in the State.
It will be needless to dwell further on the merits of a man
so universally known and beloved as Mr. Campbell. This
brief allusion to his beneficial labours for Poland, will suffice
to record our opinion of his virtues, and our sorrow for the
loss of a colleague, whose bright name sheds so much lustre
on our Association.
We have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your very obedient servants,
(On behalf of the Association),
DUDLEY COUTTS STUART, Vice- President.
CHARLES SZULCZEWSKI, Resident Sec.
To the Executors of the late Thomas Campbell, Esq.

LIVERPOOL DOCKS.—The annual return of Mr.
Withers, the excellent treasurer to the Dock Committee,
has just been published. The following is a compara-
tive statement of the rates and duties received in the
years ending on the 24th June, 1843 and 1844 :—ln
1844, the duties on tonnage were 99,044/. 13s. 7d. and
the duties on goods 86,1191. Bs. 4d. In 1843, the duties
on tonnage were 96,4454 II s. 7d. and the duties on goods
91,8401. 10s. 6d. Increase of duties on tonnage 2,5991.25.
Decrease of duties on goods 5,7214 2s. 2d. The light-
house duty this year produced 7,357/. 2s. Bd. ; floating-
light, 3,3674 4s. 11d. ; graving dock, 9,4994 10s. ; graving
block, 1,671/. Is. ; extra dock rent, 2,1321. 6s. 7d. ; being
rather less than last year, except as to light-house and
floating-light duties, which produced a larger amount.
The total income this year is 208,191/. 7s. Id., and last
year 212,4024 3s. 7d. ; the decrease on the whole being,'.
4,210/. 16s. 6d. The following is a comparative state-
ment of the shipping, &c.:-1844, number of vessels,
18,411 ; tonnage, 2,632,712. 1843, number of vessels,
16,606 ; tonnage, 2,445,278. Increased number of
vessels, 1,805 ; tonnage, 187,434.—Liverpool Journal.
PRESERVED FlSH.—Many of the names of persons
and places in the United States are very curious and
not seldom absurd and ridiculous. It is the same in
England. One of the principal merchants in the city of
New York is a Mr. Preserved Fish. Although now the
principal of an extensive mercantile house, he was
formerly the humble owner and skipper of 'a small
trading schooner, respecting whiel,the following anec-
dote is told !—Mr. Preserved:Fish was carrying a cargo
of pickled fish to Baltimore, wheti :he was hailed by a
large ship, and the following dialogue ensued :—" What
ship ?" " The Preserved, Fish.' —" What captain ?"
" Preserved Fish."—" What owner 2" " Preserved
Fish."—" What cargo 2" " Preserved fish."—Aye, aye,
we know the cargo ; but what's your captain's name 2"
" Preserved Fish, bound to .134141130 re. '—.6fackenzie's
.FACkhCf. ' ' - - ' • - "

WOOLWICH, JULY 3.—lt has now been decided 1,
that a body of the metropolitan police force shall be ap -
pointed to do duty in the Royal Arsenal, and they are ex-
pected to commence to-morrow. The present gate-keepers
received notice last evening that their services would not be
requred in that capacity in future.
FURNITURE BROKERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.
—The fifth anniversary dinner of this Society took place on
Tuesday evening, at the Canonbury Tavern, Islington, J.
Shuttle worth, Esq., in the chair, supported by Messrs. Toplis,
Price, Stranson, Phillips, and other distinguished members of
the profession. The object of the Institution is to relieve
aged and decayed tradesmen in the above branch, who have
become reduced through misfortune in business, by gifts of
151. annually. From the report read, it appeared that the
funds of the Institution are in a very prosperous condition,
nearly 1,0001. being already invested in the funds. After the
cloth was removed, and the usual loyal toasts had been dis-
posed of, the Chairman proposed " Prosperity to the leurni-
ture Brokers' Benevolent Institution," which was responded
to with great enthusiasm. Mr. Winter, the founder of this
charity, was prevented from being present by severe indis-
, position.

SOCIETY FOR TIIE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CON-
DITION OF THE LABOURING CLASSES.-1119 Royal Highness
Prince Albert has been graciously pleased to accept the office
of President of the Society for the Improvement of the Con-
dition of the Labouring Classes, which has already been pa-
trQuind by theAuttit fACi tie qt 0,84 ?owager,

THE BANK CHARTER.
COURT CIRCULAR.
The Committee of the Society for tint ernaucipation of ; The Queen and Prince Albert walked yeeter'sy mo fling
Industry earnestly call your attention-to the consequences in the royal gardens of Buckingham Palace. His Royal
which must ensue from the Bank-of England Charter Bill Highness Prince Albert afterwards rode out on hors&erck,
passing through Parliament in its present state. The Corn- attended by Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting.
mittee are convinced that the sure tendency of the measure 1 Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert did
is still further to impart the fair return of capital and indus- Sit• George Hayter the honour to inspect his picture, in pro-
try in this kingdom, by a contraction of the circulating me- gress, representing the Christening of. his Royal nighties)
dium, when, in point of fact, an expansion of the circulation the Prince of Wales in St. George's Chapel, Windsor.
was imperatively required to relieve the increasing produc- The Royal Family were taking airings yesterday in the
tive power of this highly-taxed country. royal gardens of Buckingham Palace.
The Committee of the Society are induced to hope that The Queen had a dinner party yesterday at Buckingham
the Bill in question will yet be staved, until a distinct in- Palace. The company consisted of her Royal Highness the
quiry, a instituted into the probable effect of the measure. Duchess of Gloucester, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and
They-art more anxious that this investigation should take Duchess of Cambridge, the Duchess of Buecleuch, the Mar-
place, because it cannot fail to have been observed, that quis of Granby, the Earl of Liverpool, the Countess of West-
throughout the discussion in Parliament the Prime Minister, moreland, the Earl and Countess of Beverley, Viscount and
who has conducted the Bill, has studiously avoided any refer- Viscountess Palmerston, Lady Georgians Bathurst, Baroness
ence to the National Debt and indirect taxation of the country, Ahlefeldt, Sir Martin Archer Shee, and Baron Knesebeck.
—essential elements in the question of the Currency. The band of the Grenadier Guards attended at the Palace
The Society for the Emancipation of Industry have en- during dinner, and performed the following pieces
deavoured to bring before the public and Parliament the tol- Pas redouble
lowing important considerations : Cujus animam (Stabat Mater) Rossin
That were Parliament legislating fur the currency a a Quadrille, " blazegran" -Bourquet.
country in which direct taxation only existed, a currency Selection, " A:nia" Costa.
such as that now proposed, of gold, at 3/. 178.100., the conti- Polka, " Heitzer Sien"
Dental price, or a paper convertible into the precious metals The Baud was conducted by Mr. Creaton
at that rate, might be consistent and just. Her Majesty afterwards gave a Concert, which was per-
That the monetary Bill of 1819 was based on the erroneous formed in the Grand Saloon. The Picture Gallery, Green
principle of requiring the Bank of England to take up its Drawing-room, and other State apartments, were opened for
notes at a mint price, fixed prior to the existence of the present the reception of the visitors.
scale of the National' Debt and taxation;—that the fluctuations The company began to arrive at half-past nine o'clock, and
and panics that have occurred have arisen from the attempt soon after, her Majesty and Prince Albert, conducted by
to compel the Bank of England to pay its notes in gold, other- the Lord Chamberlain and the Lord Steward, and seem-
wise than at the market price in such notes, as in the years be- panied by their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester
tween 1797 and 1819; and that the more rigorous " comple- and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge entered the Grand
ment" of the Bill of 1819 can only serve to aggravate instead Saloon. The performance then commenced.
of preventing such fluctuations and' panics, when, from a fail- The following. had the honour of receiving invitations :
ing harvest, or foreign loans or other investments, or a dis- DUKES—Wellington, Somerset, Sutherland.
turbance of the balance of trade, gold shall flow out of the DUCHESSES—Sutherland, Somerset.
country. MARQUISES—torn, Exeter, Ailesbury, Douro.
That whenever prices expand in this country to a remu- Manemostesses--Ailesbury, Exeter, Douro.
nerating level—namely, to that just and proper level which CourrEss—Delawarr.
permits of taxation being added to natural or gold prices— Vescousrrs--Clifden, Folkestone, Jocelyn.
then, under our present system, gold, not being permitted to Viscawarress—Folkestone.
rise, becomes the cheapest commodity in the British market, Lonns—Blantyre, Ravensworth.
and is sure to be exported in preference to our manufactured- LADlES—Dowager Lyttelton, Dover, Blantyre, Ravens-
goods. worth, Elizabeth Leveson Gower, Caroline Levesan Gower,
That the large sum of taxation in this country, levied first Mary Sackville West, Wheatley, Seymour, Peel.
by Customs and Excise on the producing classes to the ex- RIGHT HONOURABLE—Sir Robed Peel.
tent of about thirty-five millions annually, enhances the Hosiourram.es—Caroline Lyttelton, Mrs. G. E. Anson,
price of all commodities produced, and consequently requires General Upton, Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay.
a circulating medium so expansive in its nature as to permit SlRS—Henry Wheatley, George Seymour.
taxation, indirectly levied, to be added to natural price ; Mn.—George Edward Anson.
without such a medium, the taxation, for the most part,rests MlssEs—Wheatley (two), Seymour (two).
upon the producing classes—an end never contemplated by The following was the programme of the concert
the Legislature when this form of taxation was imposed. PARTE PRIMA.
That, in 1797, the nation, under the administration of Mr. Trio—" Pensa e guards," Herr Staudigl, Signori Fornasari, e
Pitt, adopted a legal-tender paper-currency, convertible into Lablache (Margerita d'Anjou)—Mayerbeer.
gold at the market price ;—that it became possible by this Duo—" Ah ! perdona," Madame Persiani e Sig. Salvi (Cle-
means to extend the National Debt and taxation, and at the menza di Tito)—Mozart.
close of the war to discharge a large portion of the debt Aria—" Havvi un Dio," Madame Grisi (Maria di Rohan;—
so created. That what was called depreciation of Donizetti.
the paper-currency in that day was really nothing Trio—"Ei si niega," Sig. Mario, Fornasari, e Lablache (Don
more than the just operation of the symbolic currency, Carlos)—Costa.
not intrinsically valuable, allowing the indirect taxation ex- Romanza—" Piu the non ama un angelo," Sig. Moriani—
isting inthis country to be added to natural price—that is to Donizetti.
say, the pound to become less available in the purchase of Sestetto—" Sola Sole," Mesdames Grisi, Persiani, e Castellan,
commodities in exact proportion as the price of such comm. Sigri. Mario, Staudigl, e Lablache (Don Juan)—Mozart.
dities had become enhanced by indirect taxation. This state PARTE SECONDA,
of the circulation, which is calculated to facilitate foreign Duo--"Quel sepolero," Made. Castellan e Fornasari (Agnese)
trade, existed from the year 1797 to 1819, when the system —Paer.
of such symbolic money was abandoned, and it became im- Cantata—. Euridice," Made. Persiani (Orfeo)—Pergolesi.
possible in future, to any just extent, to add indirect taxation Quartetto—"Rataplan," Sigri. Moriani, Salvi, Staudigl,
to price. Lablache--Donizetti.
That from its scarcity, and limited extent as a commodity, Air—" Robert toi que j'aime," Madame Castellan (Robert
gold is not desirable, and will not suffice, and indeed is unfit le Diable)—Meverbeer.
as a medium of internal circulation in this country ; while Trio—" Perfida Clori," Mesdames Grisi, Persiani, e Castellan
experience and the nature of things abundantly prove that —CherubiM.
it is a-most suitable commodity for measuring the transac- Preghiera—" Dal tuo stellato soglio," Tutti (Mose)—
tions and interchanges of nation with nation. That to adopt Rossini.
gold at its natural value as the national currency, is a retro- M. Costa presided at the Pianoforte.
gression from civilisation—is indeed to revert to the ancient Refreshments were served to the company during the
and rude system of barter, admitting of no modification aris- evening.
ing from circumstances as they exist in this nation. That the
gold equivalent currency, proposed for the future to rule in
this country, can only admit of a range of prices on the level
of gold—namely, the continental level.
It is only right, therefore, that Sir Robert Peel should show
how, in this country, prices are to be kept down, as he has
publicly avowed he designs they should be, to the level of
gold, and the taxation incident to the National Debt is to be
defrayed. It is right, toe, the Minister should show with what
justice—until the National Debt is paid off or extensively re-
duced—the Government of this country can confine the inter-
changFs of the nation to a currency that has the effect of
throwing so heavy a sum of taxation as that of the Excise
and Customs on the industrious classes of the nation—an
effect most unjust and oppressive to those classes, leading to
the overstrained, because underpaid, employment of the fac-
tory and to the insufficient remuneration of agricultural
labour.

Colonel M'Arthur and Mr. Crawfurd had interviews with
Lord Stanley yesterday, at the Colonial-office.
Baron de :Nieumann, Austrian Minister, transacted business
yesterday at the Foreign-office.