The Express.
London, England, 1867-01-01 00:00:00

TRAMS&

Mr. Albert Bryant, the mete of s ship, dwelling in Tot-
ten-street, Stepney, who had been out on bail, appeared
before Mr. Partridge to answer a charge of violently as-
saulting John Lee on the eye with an umbrella, on the
12th of December, in the White Swan public•bouae,
Commercial•road Mast.

Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, defended the prisoner,who
he said deeply regretted the lamentable accident which
had taken place, and by which the unfortunate man Lee
had been deprived of the sight of an eye.
Mr. Partridge said the evidence was that in the comes
of an altercation in a public•house the prisoner struck the
prosecutor on the eye with the point of his umbrella. The
surgeon, who gave evidence Hue* weeks ago, said the sight
of the ere was destroyed.
Mr. Young—No doubt about that, sir ; the defendant
had no intention of injuring the man.
Lee. who has been under medical treatment in the
London Hospital, said he had no wish to proceed with the
. _

Partridge,—YouMr. have received compensation, I
suppose ?
Lee—Yes, sir ; he has agreed to pay me 191.
Mr. Partridge—That is the price at which you value
your eye.
Mr. Young mid he had nothing whatever to do with
effecting the compromise, and did not know until then the
amount agreed to be paid.
The prisoner was discharged.

EGYPTIAN COMMERCIAL AND TRADING
COMPANY.

(Com:laded from yesten.lay's Express.)

After some further discussion the report was put amid
unanimously adopted.
A resolution authorising the repayment of 3/. per share,
being a portion of the last call, was also unanimously
agreed to, and the directors were also empowered to in-
quire into the feasibility of reducing the shares of the
company to the capital as originally issued, and for that
purpose purchasing and extinguishing shares to the value
of 1:1,800/.
The meeting was then adjourned to the 15th of May
next.

A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the pro-
ceedinp.

Atourecios or ATTORNEYS.—The number of
new applications for admission in the next term and
Hilary vacation is 168. The certificate duty on attorneys
exceeds 70,000 f. a year.
GENTLEMANLY PASTIME AT SOUTHAMPTON.-011
Friday morning last, about 3 o'clock, the inhabitants of
the High.street, in Southampton, were greatly alarmed by
the ringing of bells and rapping at doors. About 50 bell-
handles and knockers were wrenched off. The illness of
several invalids was seriously aggravated in consequence of
the fright. The disturbance was caused by two 'gentle-
men," who were captured by the police in the act of
wrenching off a bell-pull. They were lodged in the police
station, and brought up before the magistrates, when four
persons appeared against them, and the fines and costa in-
dicted were nearly AC, or 70 days' imprisonment. The
paid the money, gave their names se Edward Frederick
Kelsey and Frederick Charles Bennett, and represented
themselves as " professional gentlemen," residing at Salis-
bury, in Wiltshire. It is expected that they will be sub-
jected to further prosecution on account of the &moo
and annoyance they caused. Had any bell-handles or
knockers been found in their possession, they would have
been sent to Winchester gaol and indicted for robbery.
The damage they did to the houses they visited is esti-
mated at between 501. and oef. No such wanton and
stupid outrage bas been known in Southampton for many
years.
_

CAUTION TO HOUSEKEEPER/I.—The necessity of
keeping back doors locked in suburban districts is shown
by a peculiarly daring robbery which was perpetrated on
Saturday evening at Upper Holloway. Between 5 and 6
o'clock the house of Mr. Henry Ball, in Kingsdown-road,
was entered from the beck by a man who speedily cleared
the drawing-room table of all moveable articles of value,
and then went to the upper rooms to see what was to be
got there. The family, consisting of Mrs. Ball and
several young children, were at tea in the breakfast-
room at the time, and a mad-servant was also engaged
in the lower part of the house. Just before 6 oclock
the latter went upstairs to light a fire in the chil-
dren's bedroom, when she met the intruder, who
pushed her down the stairs into the hall, and ran out
by the back door, escaping over • low wall which sur-
rounds the garden into some open fields behind. The
girl'. face was cut by the fall, but she did not appear to be
otherwise injured. The house was then examined, and it
was found that the robber hail made a bundle of Mr. Ball's
coats and one of Mrs. Ball's silk gowns, which he obviously
intended to take away if he had not been disturbed. In •
corner of the garden against the wall were found the
articles which had been taken from the drawing-room all
ready for removal. As no trustworthy account can be
given by the servant of the robber's appearance, the
polio. have no hope of capturing him. nere was no
doubt as to the way in which the house was entered.
The back door leading into the garden had been opened in
the early part of the day, and had been carelessly lets
unfastened.