The Express.
London, England, 1867-06-28 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

MARLBOROUGH-STREET,

orf If Ante', No. 12, Fitzropplace, was brought before
Mr. Knox, on a warrant, charging him with having vio-
lently assaulted Isabella Amey, his wife.
The wife? who appeared to have been knocked about
brutally, said she lived at No. 36, Tottenham-street. Her
husband on Saturday week came to her place. He did not
live with her, but cohabited with another woman, and
after a few words began to Mule her: He knocked her
down, jumped en her, and the, throwing himself en her
seized her by the throat, and attempted to strangle her.
Assistance came in an unexpected form, an. while on the
ground and screaming, a favourite cat, named Topsy,
suddenly sprang on her husband, and futened her claws
in his eyes and her teeth in his face. Her husband could
not tear the cat away, and he was obliged to implore her to
take it from him to save his life.

Mr. Knox, having ascertained that the husband had
been in the habit of intreating his wife, sent him to prison
for one month.

THE SOUTH STAIPPORASHIRE IRON TRADE.
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BIRMINGHAM, JUNE 27.

The ironinasters of thin district held their usual
preliminary meeting at the Hen and Chickens, in this
town, this afternoon ; Linutenant-Colouel BAHROWEI in the
chair. More than thirty firms were represented, and a
resolution was unanimously passed to adhere to the old
scale of prices fur all descriptions of manufactured iron.
Disaatisfact on was expressed in the report of the com-
mittee of the association at the treatment of the Factory
Acts Extension Bill by the parliamentary committee, and
it said it will require great cats on the part of the member
for the iron district.to pr mfairclauses being added by
the philanthropical section." Finally the report said, " The
Union Commission has been attended constantly b
Mr. Mathews; the evidence received becomes more and
more important and astonishing than the strongest oppo-
nents of trades unions could have conceived." . Tlw fol-
lowing resolutions were unanimously passed :—" That this
meeting requests the Heine Secretary to communicate
with the members for South Staffordshire, East Wor-
cestershire, and all the borough members in those divi-
sions to use their most strenuous efforts to get evidence to
be received by the select committee on this bill before it
passes ; and that he will put himself in communication
with all other members known to be interested in the iron
trade and this subject, with a view to convene an early meet-
ing of delegates from all the different iron-making diatric a."
" That this meeting regrets to hear the select committee
of the House of Commons declines to take evidence on the
Factories Act Extension Bill, • bill which they were
appointeid tp consider, and that thereby a great injustice
is likely t:i-be inflicted on the iron trade. There is no in-
dispoeitioa on the part of the iron trade to be placed
under the operation of legislative enactment for the em-
ployment of women and children, but the present bill is
considered crude, unsatisfactory, and almost inoperative.
That it will further tend to materially increase the coot to!
production without securing any corresponding advent-
age,and islikely to create great hardships in some families,
as well as prejudicially to disturb those generally exist-
ing rules between employers and employes in their
trades,"

LONDON, CHATHAJI, AND DOVER RAILWAY.

After our report left yesterday, the amendment
and resolution were separately submitted to the meeting,
the show of bands proving that the former only received
the support of about a dozen shareholders.
Mr. Transit astonished the majority by a demand for
a poll, in which he persevered, notwithstanding clamour-
ous appeals to the contrary.
After the poll had been proceeded with some time, the
noble CHAIRMAN said some of the supporters of the
amendment acknowledged they had no prospect of suc-
cess, and they might therefore proceed with the rewaining
business.

Mr. HILLIARD moved, and Mr. Wsterxit seconded, a
resolution exprening the approval of the shareholders to
the London, Chatham, and Dover Consolidated Bill,
No. 2, subject to such modifications as the directors may
suggest and parliament be pleased to adopt.
The motion was earned.
Mr. Hotham was re-elected a director.

Mr. G. Hegarth was nominated an auditor in place of
Mr. Colman. Mr. Hanley expressed his determination
to resign his auditorship, and Mr. Healy, after 1101111• re-
marks from shareholders, followed the example of that
gentleman. Thevacancies are left unfilled for the present.
The following is the result of the poU :—For the direc-
tors, voted, 125; stock held 734,1521. ; votes.
For Mr. Turner's amendment, voted, 11 ; stock held,
16 .2751. ; votes, 197.
The proceedings, which extended over four hours,
then terminated.

ACCIDENT ON THE METROPOLITAN RAILWAY. •••
About 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon serious inconvenience
was experienced by those travelling on the above railway
in consequence of several of the carriages getting off the
down mile in the tunnel between King's-erms Anil Gower.
street. The next train starting from Farringdomstreet WWI
de'.sined, with the passengers, nearly two hours just before
getting to King's-cross. Many of the passenger. 'meanie
alarmed And got out and walked towards the station at
King's-croak After some time the up trains re-commenced
ruining. A lady had a fall, and one gentleman narrowly
escaped with his life while walking down the line as •
train wns approaching. He fell acmes the line, but the
lareeksanan rushed forward, seized him, and with theassist.
anoe of another mandragged him off the rails. We have
not beard whether any oue was injured by the train that
of off the line.

Ac.•IDENT AT A 111t1ITC HALL, —On Wednesday
night, just previous to the claw of the performance at the
Cambridge Music-hall. Commercial-street, Shoreditch, an
accident that might have terminated fatally occurred to
Mr. Palmer, known as the "Atnetican Ceiling Walker." By
means of the "trapeze" Mr. Palmer had gained an altitude
that enabled him to reach with his feet a board fastened
on the ceiling, along which, with his head hanging
down, be commenced biz " walk." Having traversed
the entire length, he sought to retrace his steps,
but failed to secure firm footing, and the next instant fell.
Happily, a netting beneath received him, but his weight
brought one end of it, ,ogether with some of the apparatus
to which it way secured, down, said streams of affright and
despair ; and but for the feet of the ansannonist becoming
entangled in the other portion of the netting, and thus
suspending him, he must have been precipitated from a
fearful height; as it was, he fell on the stage, not alto-
gether mathless, and Mr. Page, the proprietor, had the
ball closed immediately. The performance in question
will, however, be continued.
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