The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-16 00:00:00

Toll Association. He said that he had not only given several
pounds himself, but solicited his friends to do so, many- Of
whom subscribed several hundred pounds. He had since as-
certained it was a swindling transaction, and that the money
was not expended for the purpose intended. He had made
application to Mr. Cope, and had attended at the Mansion
House about two years ago, when Mr. Cope removed his office
from the City over to the Waterloo-road. Mr. Cope had rd-
fused to return the money to the subscribers, or giyts them att-
satisfaction ; and he added that he should not hare given his
money, or solicited his friends to do so. had not respectable
names been attached to the prospectus of the company. Mr.
Cottingham said that the above was an outline of the state-
ment made against Mr. Cope, and that he now had an oppor-
tunity of replying to it, and that the person who had made
the charge was in attendance.
Mr. Cope handed in a list of the names of the Directors of
the Anti-Bridge-Toll Association, amongst which appeared
those of several persons of respectability, and said that they
had exerted themselves to carry out the intentions for which
it was established.

Mr. Wardley said that he charged Mr. Cope now with con-
verting the proceeds of the subscription to his own purposes,
and not to that for which they were designed.
Mr. Cope repelled the charge, and said there was no foun-
dation for it; that Mr. Wardley had been in the service of
the company as a canvasser, from which situation he was
dismissed, and ever since had evinced his malignity by pro-
pagating unfounded reports ; that he had been at three or
four of the public courts to make accusations, and, that his
object in doing so was to injure the society if he could.
Mr. CormonAm inquired if it was true that Mr. Wardley
had been a canvasser himself in the employ of the company,
for he had not mentioned it in his statement on Saturday,
and whether he had been discharged from that situation ?
Mr. Wardley admitted the fact, and said the company
owed him money now for his services.
Mr. Corrimabtx said that it was rather extraordinary
he should have omitted so important a fact as that of his
being a discharged servant of the company when he had
made his previous statement.
Mr. Cope said that the company was not indebted to
Mr. Wardley, and that he had been amply repaid for his
services as a canvasser.
Mr. Wardley, however, denied the assertion, and again
referred to the circumstance of the prospectus of the com-
pany having names attached of persons who never sanc-
tioned it.

Mr. COTTINGHAN asked if any of the persons were inat-
tendance? Mr. Wardley replied in the negative, and said
that he had called some time ago on Mr; John Quincy
Harris, and having shown that gentleman the prospectus
with his name to it, he declared he had never authorised it.
Mr. Cope here produced a minute of the transactions of the
Company, with Mr. Harris's own signature
.attached to it, to
prive the incorrectness of what had just been. asserted. IL.
reiterated that .the oames of all in the prespe4tts.Ny.ere
tioned bythe parties themselves.
Mr. QorriticatAx (addressing Mr. \V hike). said, that to
esthblish a criminal. charge it must be proved that :ttopri,per
means had been resorted to for the purpose -:of obtaioing
tudnev of the sobscribers to the Association, and that. if St.,li
wa, the case, the parties had a right to attend

L, Ivcs. Now, no ant; attradod hat Mr. Warfliev
:aid lie huits tilt 1w is a discharged, servant ft ill,

1» IClation.

Mr. Wardley-1 was only a canvasser for nine mouths
Mr. CortlxonAm—Then if you were aware that the
money was not applied in a legitimate way, why not have
complained before you were dismissed ? This latter fact
materially neutralises the alleged accusation against those of
whom you complain.
Mr. CarrnsGtum said that Mr. Wardley had asserted that
Mr. Cope hastily quitted the City when he was about to pre-
fer certain complaints respecting his conduct as Secretary to
the Association. The magistrate inquired whether there
were just grounds for that assertion ?
Mr. Cope replied that there were not, and that he had only
recently removed his offices ; but that it was not in conse-
quence of any fear that his conduct while acting as Secretary
of
.the Association would be called in question, for he was
quite willing to give every information relative -to the dis-
bUrsement of all moneys received on its account.
iMr. CorViNwt.vg inquired whether the Association was
still in existence ?
Mr. Cope replied that it was ; and he proceeded to give "an
account of the exertions made to carry out the objects of the
A,ssoelation, and said that petitions containing the signatures
()Infamy thousands of persons had been presented to Parlia-
ment on the subject of throwing open the bridges to the pub•
hie without payment.
;Mr. Corn:maim—What amount of subscriptions were
rfceived?
Mr. Cope replied, about 2,5001. The first year the money
collected was greater than of late, and the whole of it was
epcpended in the payment of the canvassers and other ser-
vnts employed, besides other incidental expenses. such as
meetings, offices, advertisements, &c. Mr. Wardley ima-
gined the Association was indebted to him for his services,
which were almost valueless, for he only collected GO/. or 701,
altogether.
Mr. CarrixonAm inquired how the subscriptions to the
hind-Bridge-Toll Association were procured ?
i Mr, Cope explained that it was done by canvas ers calling
st the houses of persons who were interested in throwing
pen the bridges without the payment of toll. He added
that his other avocations prevented him from still retaining
he situation of Secretary to the Association, which, he oh-
erved, was indebted to him a considerable sum.
• Mr. CarrntGwym said that it was evident from what had
transpired on the subject that he could not entertain such a
charge as that which Mr. Wardley had insinuated against
Mr. Cope in his previous statement. If persons subscribed
to a railway to the moon, and had the folly to advance their
tone's' for the scheme without making inquiries, they must
abide icy Ale consequences •, but, on the contrary, if a false
-.entail:oi has been made for the purpose of obtaining
int.,- -I,otild knew haw to deal with it. This, however,
money, he s.
- -wit business ; there was no person to prove
was a totally ditiei, •- R?I .dge Association were not sane-
that the signatures to this _ and such an accusation d
to that con-
tioned by the parties themselves, .
coming from a discharged servant is not en-
-4.
er per-
sideration as if it was preferred by a subscriber or i.,. -
son so circumstanced. -
The parties, after some further conversation on the subject,
then lett the court. i„. • • •

SIIIII01:19 Loss or LIFE.—On Tnaiday afternoon
last the son-of Mr. Dickson, proprietor of the !London and
Brampton waggon. met with his death in the following most
awful manner:—The unfortunate sufferer was driving down
William-hill, Hertfordshire, followed by Mr. Sergsant's Bed-
ford waggon. It was said that Dickson was boasting of the
style in which his horses could come down the hill without
lAng checked by him ; they began to trot. and soon' he lost.
ill p0,,,,r over them—he went to the head of the touters. but
:,. , ~ulii ~,,1 -I,T !,,, lu ontil they ran foul of n pnblle-1i011,,,,
.‘., ;,.. ~.. -i,i, ; lie w,l-; urin,lud again4•the:N,llL-1",,,,.• kinl4l
~., , i:l._ fan. 1:!1,, !i .4 '14:ell ; every assistancd`thai the -,tits",.--i:ld render him ~.,-: ~,,.. n, but he, however, afyr ~ .iiort
‘,..r;od of the mo,t :::,.o; -ing -,offering, C..11V,(110 ,'N.i,t. We
item- .me of thehor-. s ~1-, vviC-, killed, hut hale truss th;,-; i 4 we
cannot confidently ~ert.--Bedibrci.Newq. 1 -
A WANDERIN6 LlCNATlC.—Yeslerdily
.Ir,Wning• a
reApeciably-dressed man Was brought to the polio, -,:ration, in
the curtest of four policemen. rite unfortunate man had
been wandering about the streets all night, and early in the
morning followed,a ,labOuring man from Southampton-street
tO,Rose-hill brick kiln. near Whitley. • On his way he vio-
lently assaulted the man, tearing his shirt from hi back, and
also another labourer. who had a reaphook on his arm, and
in so doing inflicted a severe cut on his hand. He was then
taken, but he was in such a state of outrageous madness as
to require the united assistance of no less thanjoiir men, and
even then they had great difficulty in restraining hiiviolence.
(hi being searched, four sovereigns and a valuable gold watch
-,,,,e,.e foundon his person, also a card- case containing several
car ,'n the address of " Dr. Bartlett, Bentinck-street,•
ds, ~,,-
Manchester-squa7T." He was taken to the workhouse, and
Mr. West, the governor;
proceeded to London to. make in-
quiry about him.—Berkshils"Chronick.
VEIGHTPUL ACCIDENT AT SIR CHIPMAN MAE-
SMALL AND Co's.—Yesterday morning 4 frightful accident
occurred at the warehouse of Sir Chapman 3tarshall and Co.,
No. 179, Upper Thames-street, to a man named William
Branton, aged about sizty,years. It appears: th4t the flaps
of a large cellar door beneath and in front of tho -Trincipal
warehouse had been opened for the reception. of souls, hOgs-
heads of sugar, when Branton, who was id the
.yard, 0-
tempted to get into the warehouse by clambering over
the flap doors, and to assist himself he placed one of his feet
on the edge of the wood, an d laid hold of a rope which was
hanging near. and whilst in the act of raising himself his
foot slipped, and the rope giving way at the same moment,
he was precipitated to the bottonfof the cellar. The cellar.
man and others immediately ran to his assistance, when it
was discovered that the back part of his head was com-
pletely smashed in. He was instantly conveyed in a carriage
to St. Thomas's Hospital, where it was deemed necessary by
Mr. South, the house-surgeon, to remove several "portions of
the bone of the head. He lies without the slightest hopes of
recovery.
Tats BRITIsiI Iluantm.—Yesterday, pursuant to
instructions from the Commissioners of Woods and Forests,
the last portion of the old British Museum, formerly known 1
as Montague House, was disposed of by auction, and which
is to be cleared away for the site on which the new front is to
be erected. This consisted of the centre building with the
lofty dome, the entrance hall, the grand staircase, with the
various painted ceilings in the different apartments on the
ground floor, comprising
,about 20 tons of lead, the library,
the show-rooms, the bric-work, &c. The lead fetched 3541,
and the entire briekswork342/., and the whole realised about
1,3001. The painted ceilings being executed on the plaister
went for no higher price as a work of art, but the auctioneer
offered a guinea for one Of thetiguras on the ceiling in the
secretary's room if it could be taken down pereset, The whole
of , the building must be cleared away in N workigg days,
when the new stone front will be put up. This, it is expected
will- be shortly raised, as the walks are erected. In the
interim the public will be admitted on Mondays, Wednes-
days, and Fridays, at a temporary entrance to the, west of the
large gates.
ELoristENT.—The pod people in the quiet neigh-
bourhood of W—e, in this county, have recently been
somewhat excite eldest the circumstance of the eloPement of a
young lady, the daughter.of M-s-- W--, Esq., of
W--....—,e, with the son of a highly respectable farmer, also
residing athat neighbourhood. The yoeng gentleman had
been paying his teldreseea to the lady a considerable time, but
rather against the con of her parents, and an intimation
was given him that he had be: ter 1./f ;•fitif, pr a very summary
mode of ejeetment,would be adoptett :rid. tormight matters
liiii', i'`Ac,reLDl: 'p41.11:31r roved h. iSZetlifi,o.suvghl::,r, ilni!tged iPA- '7l:-1:s (
r'''"l.
' : .:
1;‘.
tagoniA. The nlady7s will was soon ,koown, an.t tli.. '°W
-'vain equally -,on arratted his plans. A,•,l4liii i,i , :oil t t.' '
, i,lt I of Ho. Pill, alt., he arri,ve4l %kith a Carria,,, at 11 , :h.: ,•,.-
ling i,,.11,4e 41. tiik' lath'. Ai) ~pening of a window n:i;:!: ;,,,-,.
been heard in the, thiri:sss. et 114.511 t ; alight •-tel, ti),,,,. I Hi.
der ; it wove:Mut (iii/Cr-4,1, lea vutg the preniie,; ,: er.i.O. ~t,
a ,chip and thin the nu din,: ~f , ariage 50,,.,1, ~,i,, 11,,
~,,,_
. ,:s of the attempt. A quit ws.ilding tsa place is ch. !,.„_
hail, tie- 'text ,lay, and the y,sitss: lady rejei, sd is Ihs s.-ss•
sf Mrs. Ss-7 Gbucester (Arm, id, . „ .
SHEARERS' STRA.E.—On Monday morning, owing
.to a mistaken notion regarding the forwardness of the crops,
the great body of the shearers at the cross refused to accept
less than 3s. per day of wages. The farmers offered lint 2s.
in consequence of the superabundance of hands at present ;
and the result was, that, after a good deal of
,hooting and
noise. the parties separated. without coining to terms. The
bulk of the farmers, ,or their-representatives, left the cross
without engaging hands ; but a great many of the towns-
people, who are in the habit of working at harvest labour,
siii(itl:nt.teli!eiii,:talsittri,io::t,gll,alefgoer,withtuehnenitmr)(6': during time after-part of the
moat part,
to
oTlibee
aornuigimnbateorr.oifOl.ottinhigs
lads frail' Ireland, who had found their way .into town for the
harvest season. They traversed the streets . during the
.thiLeay,wbaontaill toeueevoeuntingtotlhaebyca
greater . part of . the I even at-
tempted to annoy
returning into the New Town. There
turbance however, and as the da ;u was no serious
morning, the dispute was settled on wet in the
farmers freely offering 2a. 6d. per clay. woesdaY by the
may
that this last sum, with 2s. 9d. in a few exceptions,
the highest rate that has been paid. The use- of the scythe
in place of the sickle has been resorted to by many Of the
farmersfor their light crops ; and we believe that, rather
than have given higher wages Ow they have done„ scythe
cutting would have been even moil extensively adopted than
it has 1 en.—Glavow Saturday Post.