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

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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 biedYiladle
application to Mr. Cope, and had;-attended at he Mansion
House about two years ago en Mr. t)ope removed his office.
from the City over to the Wafterfoo-road. Mr. Cope had re-
Posed to return the mottey to the subscribers, or give thentagr
satisfaction; and bendd'ed that he should not have ghee( )4t, I
money, or solicited his friends to do so, had vat I,3liffe;C'table
names been attached to the prospectus 'of the aCtifilflan Mr. Cottingham said that the above Wks Outline of they. state-
meat made against Mr. CrOpe,tinl/41 that he now had an oppor-
tunity of replyirg to it;tiktid that the person who had made
the charge was srinftelldance.
Mr. Cope ItoyaNi in a list of the names oft{ita ttectors of
the Anti-Midge-Toll Association, aelttga which appeared
those of afeveral persons of retertalibility, and said that they
had exerted themselvea tto 'Carry out the intentions for which
it was established.
Mr. Wardity Said that he charged Mr. Cope nem WA con-
vertin,g 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 fowl*.
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 MO-
pagating unfounded reports; that he had been at three or
four of the public courts to ?mike accusations, and that his
object in doing so lam to injure the society if he could. . '
Mr. CorrINGTIAM iaquired 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.
hMr. CorrThautam said that •it was rather extraordinary
e should. have omitted so important-a fact as that of his
being a discharged servant .of -the company when he had
made hid previous statement... •
.11r. 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 sane-
tioned it.

Mr. Carmen:um asked if -any of the persons were in at-
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
prove the incorrectness of what had just been asserted. He
reiterated that the names of all in the prospectus were sanc-
tioned by the parties themselves.
Mr. CorruvatrAm (addressing Mr. Wardley) said, that to
establish a criminal charge it must be proved that improper
means had been resorted to for the purpose of obtaining
money of the subscribers to the Association, and that if such
was the case, the parties had a right to attend them-
selves. Now, no one attended but Mr. Wardley himself,
and he admits that he is, a discharged servant from the
AssOciation.
Mr. Wardley—l was only a. canvasser for nine rZtiths.
Mr. CorrixanAit—Then. - -if you , were aware that the
money was not applied in a legitimate way, why not have
complained before r.'m were dismissed ? This latter fact
materially neutraliae; the alleged accusation against those of
whom you complain.
Mr. WITLIGIIA3I 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 ?
lidr. Cope replied that there were not, and that he hadonly
recently removed his offices ; but that it wirs- 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-
bursemenVof all moneys received on its account.
Mi. Corms:max inquired whether the Association was
still in existence ?
Mr. Cope replied that it way; and he proceeded to.give an
account of the exertions made to carry out the objects of the
Association, and said that petitions containing the'signatures
of many thousands of persons had been presented to Parlia-
ment ,
ment on the subject of throwing open the bridges to the pub •
lic iiithout payment.
Mr. COTTINGHAM—What amount of subscriptions , were
received? ,
Mr. Cope replied, about 2,500/. The first year the money
collected was greater than of late, and the whole of it was
expended in the payment of the canvassers and other ser-
vants 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 valnniess, for he only collected 60/. or 701.
altogether.

Corrnircutaat inquired how the subscriptions to the
Anti-Bridge-Toll Association were procured ?
Mr. Cope explained that it was done by canvassers calling
at the house 2, of persons who were interested'in throwing
open the l'Aidges without the payment of toll; He added
that hi-, other avocations prevented him from still retaining
the Pf.tuation of Secretary to the Association, which; he ob-
served, was indebted to him a considerable sum.
r Mr. COTTINGLIAM 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
money for the scheme without making inquiries, they must
abide by the consequences ; but, on the contrary, if a false
representation has been made for the purpose 'of obtaini,qg
money he should know how to deal with it. This, however,
was a totally different business ; there was no person to prove
that the signatures to this Bridge Association were not sanc-
tioned by the parties themselves, and such an accusation
coming from a discharged servant is not entitled to that con-
sideration as if it was preferred by a subscriber or other per.
son so circumstanced.

The parties, after wino further conversation on the subject,
then left the court.

61RIOUS Loss or Ltira.—On Tuesday 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 auiferer was driving down
William-hill, Hertfordshire, followed by Mr. Sergeant's Bed-.
Run waggon. It was said that Dickson was boasting of the
style in which his horses could come down the hill
without
being checked by him ; they began to trot, and soon he lost
all power over them—he went to the head of the leaders, but
he could not stop them until they ran foul of a public-house
on the way side ; he was crushed against the wall, one shaft
having run into his bowels; every assistance that the place
could render him was given, but he, however, after a short
period of the most agonising; 'leering, ceased to exist. We
hear one of the horses also was killed, but how true this is we
cannot confidently assert.—Bedford News.
A WANDERING LUNATlC.—Yesterday morning
respectably-dressed man was brought to the police-station in
the custody of four policemen. The 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 his 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 than four men, and
even then they had great difficulty in restraining his violence.
On being searched, four sovereigns and a valuable gold watch
were foundlon his person, also a card- case containing several
cards, with the address of " Dr. Bartlett, Bentinck-street,
Manchester-square." He was taken to the workhouse,' and
Mr. West, the governor, proceeded to _London to make in-
qr about him.—Berkshire chronicle.
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FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AT SIR CRAPIIAN MAR-
SHALL AND CO's.—Yesterday morning a frightful accident
occurred at the warehouse of Sir Chapman Marshall and Co.,
No. 179, Upper Thames -street. to a man named William
Branton, aged about sixty years. It Appears that the flaps
of a large cellar door beneath and in front of the principal
warehouse had been opened for the reception of some hogs-
heads of sugar, when Branton, who was in the yard, at-
.tempted to get, into the warehouat by clambering over
the flap doord, and to assist himself he placed one of his feet
on the edge of the wood, and laid hold of a rope which was
hanging near, and whilst in the act of raising himself his
:root slipped, and the rope giving was' at the same moment,
he was precipitated to the bottom of 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 nu Heowas instantly conveyed in a carriage
to St. Thonias'allospital, where it was deemed necessary by
Mr. South, the house-surgeon, to remove several ' portions of
'the bone of the head. lie lies without the slightest hopes of
recovery.
THE. Barring MUSEUM:--Yesterday, pursuant to
instructions from the Commis.sioners of Woods and Forests,
the last portion of the old British Museum, formerly known
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 brick-work, &c. The lead fetched 3541.,
and the entire brick-work 3421., 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 the figures on the ceiling in the
aecketary's room if it could be taken down perfect. The whole
of the building must, be cleared away in 29 working days,
when the new stone front will be put up. This, it is expected
will be shortly raised, as the walls 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.
ELorammar.—The good people in the quiet neigh-
bonrhood of in this county, have recently been
somewhat excited by the circumstance of the elopement of a
young lady, the eldest daughter of M— W—, Esq., of
with the son of a highly respectable farmer, also
residing in that neighbourhood. The young gentleman had
been paying his addresses to the lady a considerable time, but
rather against the consent of her parents, and an intimation
was given him that he had better be gone, or a very summary
mode of9jectment would be adopted. This biought matters
to a crisis, and Mr. S., though young in years (being only
nineteen), prov,ed himself, when incited by love. no mean an-
sta. J.,;aoinnisetguaiy
.Tihe lady's will was soon kncrwn, and the young
8001 J arranged his plans. Accordingly on the
night'of the 19th ult., he arrived with a carriage at the dint-
ling house a the lady. An opening of a window 'might have
been heard in the darkness of night ; a light step upon a lad-
der; ,a moyeinent of persons leaving the premises.; 'a crack of
a whip ; and then the rattling of carriage wheels told the suc-
cess of the attempt. A quiet wedding took place in Chelten-
ham the nest day, and the young lady rejoiced in the name
Of Mrs. S.—Gloucester Chronicle.
SHEARERS' STRIER.-011 MOTldikrtriorning, owing
to a mistaken notion regarding the forwardness of the crops,
the great body of the shearers at the cross ref Used to accept
less than 3s. per day of wages. The farmers offered but 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 coming 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,
went quietly to the country during the after-part of the
morning, and engaged themselves. The originators of this
difference seemed, for the most part, to be a number of young
lads from Ireland, who had found their way into town for the
harvest season. They traversed the streets during the
greater part of the day, and in the evening they, even at-
tempted -to annoy those who had gone out to labour; when
returning into the New Town. There was no serious dis-
turbance however, and as the day following was wet in the
morning, the dispute was settled on Wednesday, by the
farmers freely offering 2s. 6d. per day. We may remark
that this last some with 2s. 2d. in a few exceptions, has been
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
farmers for their light crops ; and we believe that rather
than have
would
have been more extensively adopted than
it has 1 Glasgow, Saturday Post.

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