The Express.
London, England, 1864-08-25 00:00:00

WORBfP•STREET.

thild;eriiZiUmn, described as a
eusnan, was charged with breaking the jaw of John
Chapman.
Complainant, whose head was bandaged, meld—l am a
dolman in the employ of Mama. Inds and Coops, brewers,
of Rumford. OD the Ist instant, about five o'clock in the
evening, while ;main along Spitaleelds and standing at the
head of my leading horse, a number of boys playing in the
road threw stones at me, and I smacked my whip at one
of than. I was not altars that I hurt him ; and instantly
afterwards the defendant came from the other aide of the
dray, and, without speaking, streak me a violent blow on
the lower jaw. I fell bunk epmst the horn, and felt such
severe pain that I was obliged to go to the hospital, where
I have been up to this day,
A witness ourobersted the iusmilt, and the constable
who took the charge stated, is answer to Mr. Abbott, who
attended for the defence, that he was afterwards shown a
little boy whose cheek wee marked, but not materially, as
with the lash of • whip. The child, he had been gives to
understand, was the defendant's brow.
Mr. Ileckford, one of the house surgeons at the London
Hospital, said the complaisant bad been en in-patient of
the hospital with his jaw broken in two places, one of
which was a compound fracture—serious in its character,
and from the combined injury much Wood bad flown.
The defence set up was provocation at the hurt done to
the boy j but
Kr. :ninon considered it a very bad ease, and remanded it.

THAMES
Mrs. Catherine Joan, of No. 5 Three Mill-lase, Bromley,
came before Mr. Paget, and asked him for a warrant against
Mrs. Mary Ana Condon, the secretary of the "Star of the
Bart Total Abstinence Sisters of Program Taut No. 2,"
held at Uoimoottage, Union-street, Whitechapel, for re-
fusing to pay her 30a., and 2a. meta, or to reinstate bar aa •
member.
The applicant was a member of the moiety, consisting
entirely of women, and she was excluded on very insufficient
grounds. Mr. Paget ordered the secretary to reinstate her
or pay 30• , and 2s. oast& In default, Mrs. Condon was to
be imprieoned mina days in the House of Correction. Mrs.
Jones now stated that the secretary would not pay the
money or reinstate her u a sister, but was very imbed and
obstinate, and said she would not obey the meridiem's
order, bat would go to prises for seven days. There bad
been a good deal of litigation in the moiety, and other
members bad bees excluded at the reprice of the secretary.
Mr. Paget said the law would be too strong for Mn.
Condon. He directed • minute of the order to be weed
on the secretary, and if it Ana not obeyed a warrant would
be issued.

CHARGE OP F•III.I7TING • MARRI•OI
Caarlst-
cura—Beojasla Bennett, butchers raiding at Beauty
Bank, was charged at the Stourbridge Police-court with
having on the 11th of November, 1862, wilfully and felo-
niously altered and uttered a certain candled copy of a cer-
tain marriage, the mkt', of which is kept by the view of
Aston. Mr. Kenmdy, of the Midland Circuit, instructed
by Mr. Prescott, appeared for the prosecution. and Mr. Bar-
bary for the defence. Mr. Kennedy said that there was •
family living at Wollaston of the name of Priest. Mr.
Priest, the heed of the family, was formerly in business at
Brazil, and on returning to his native country he retired on
the money be had saved. His eldest daughter, Placebo
Frances, berme acquainted with the prisoner, and the
parties were evestuallly married. The accused had no
property of his own, or money either, being maintained by
his father. A secret marriage ma resolved upon, and the
defendant, having so reeourese of his own, received as a
gift the awn of 31. from Angelisa Pried, dater of the future
wife, to obtain • marriage lianas. He seemed to have
foamed the determination of keeping the money for his own
personal use, instead of expending it re the manner
and the couple were married by banns Instead
The tint thug he did wee to give a flea 'widows to the
clerk of Aston parish church, but he would not there be
charged with the offence, as it came under a separate inns-
diction. He was living in Deriteod at the time the parties
were married, and he (Mr. Kennedy) believed the marriage
ma a valid one, and properly witnessed and attested, Prisoner
obtained is the usual way • earthiest° of the marriage copted
from the register at Artois, end signed by Mr. Roberts, the
clerk, and he wee now charged with having altered the
weed " banns " to "certificate," and the only motive he
would seem to have had for so doing was the concealment
from the wife, sister, and relatives of the fact that the mar-
riage was celebrated by benne instead of by license. The
marriage was for some time kept a secret. The amend
was unable to support his wife, and the sum of 1301. was
lent him by his fatherin-law. An application was neon-
eerily made to_the clerk of Aston parish to learn socnighiag
of the drcumffenoes of the marriage, and the falsifying
of the copy of the register was then discovered.
offence with which the defendant was charged canoe ander
the 20th sec. of 11th of George IV. and the Ist William
IV., which enacted that if any person should alter or came
to be altered or uttered, any copy of a register of ba_Pßouti
marriage, or birth. he shall be held guilty of • felony,
and, being convicted, would be liable to transportation.
Mr. Barbary rubmittal that the document on which the
charge was founded was not a certified copy of the marries%
or it would have been certified seder the Mod of the visar
himself, as he was the enstodian of the register book, while
the one before the bench wee only signed by the parish
clerk Mr. Kennedy contended that the objection was not
valid, ea the certificate was copied and signed is the usual
manner. The bench held Mr. Burbury's objection valid,
and that they could not admit the document produced. It
was subsequently dimmed that the act on which the pro-
eseritiou was framed had been repealed under the Cowell-
&Roe AO of 1861. The case was dismimed.

THE FACTORY Ace IN THE POTTICIIEL—A meet-
hag of manufacturer of the Staffordshire Potter* called
by the Chamber of Commerce. was hold at Stoke-a.-Treat,
es Monday after:or, "to inset Mr. Baker, the inspector
of factories, appointed by govern:nest for the district, sad
confer with him as to the rules and regulations to be adopted
forcarryieg out the provisior" ache Factory ArsExtenidoei
Bill. Between 10 and 60 manufacturers, ropreesstiog most
of the firm* in the district, were present. Ur. M. D. Hollis
Othe chair during the earlier part of Or meeting, sad
we
=Ting his plea was takes by Mr. E. Wedgwood, of
Tunstall. Mr. Baker was 'Traduced to the nesetireg, sad
explained the principal previsions of the act, after which
he ensnared a number at questions pot to hhe as to the in-
terior and operations at certain share, and explored
his views on the bort mode of carrying them out, and the
character of the regulations he recommended to be adopted.
In the Bonne of conversation several questions of impor-
tance were retied, and talked over in • candid sad impar-
tial spirit, and though some little objection was urged to
the priaciple of the measure, the unanimous wish ef the
noodled appeared to be to ascertain the best mode of .any.
tog out its provider in a inarolar which would be satudec-
tory to all parties. Mr. Baker expressed his confidence that
he width* manufacturen of the district would work amicably
together when they came to know each other. In reference
to the medical examination of children employed in the
menuhrories on their commencing to work, required by the
act, Mr. Baker rosommended that the Potteries should be
divided into give districts, with • surgeon appointed in each
to make periodical examinations of such children at the
neanufactories, and ascertain their litotes for work other-
wise. In respect to the rules and regulations to be made
under the act, he suggested that the operative potters
should have • hand in framing them in conjuection
with the manufacturers. so that there should be no
risk of unfairness to either party. In reply to a question
sto who would provide schools for children under the
ball-time system, Mr. Baker said he supposed schools were
already provided. It was remarked in reply to this that the
schools in thedistrict were already full ; and it was further
said that the teachers and ebildree of many of the preset
schools would object to receiviug half-time tescheneed chil-
dren in their schools, especially is their working drewi. Mr.
Bakes suggested that the belt-time children could change
their dries, but it wee replied that many of them bed so
other clothes than those they worked In. It was
bower, that means would be found to get over the
malty, end soar other wilier were urged. Assort the row
hoes put to Mr. Baker, was or as so whether Miss was in-
eluded in the operations of the act. Ur. Baker replied that
it was ; it came ands the groat term earthenware. Mr.
Baker aneounoed that he should sore* • 80-impostor for
the district, who "mkt report so his week by week. Mr.
Baker expeered • drive to do all be could to make the new
ineasnre agreeable to the district. but, at the mar time,
stated that be should not overlook say infreetiose of the
law. Be left the meeting before it wee coaolnded, sad •
cordial vote of thanks wes rased to him for be brill and
wrialaolory exproatico of the act, and the infonastioa be
had giro. • erminittes was apparel by tbe meeting to
draw up rules and regedatione, with ant
se receive say
orranneination hem and meet as tatrarew with regreser
Satire of the opssUoe potters cm the nab**. The eon-
mires esenisted of sheet thirty gentlemse, regresemting
postsa!ly all the tome of the dietrist...airmingiern Daily