26. THE ARTISANS' DWELLINGS CASE.-The trial known as the Artisans' Dwellings Case terminated to-day. Dr. Baxter Langley and William Swindlehurst, directors of the Artisans' Dwellings Company, were accused of conspiring with Edward Saffery to defraud the Company, which has founded, among other undertakings, the Shaftesbury Park village, opened some time since for workingmen, with great éclat. The fraud was of the old kind-Saffery buying estates in collusion with the accused directors for, say, 10,000l., selling them to the Company for 12,000l., and sharing the difference with his confederates. The jury considered the conspiracy proved, and the Judge, Mr. Commissioner Kerr, sentenced the defendants, who had in all made 23,000l., Baxter Langley and Swindlehurst to eighteen months' imprisonment, and Saffery to twelve months. The defence of the accused is practically that though they took the money, they did not know they were committing a criminal offence; and the trial will startle a good many directors of companies, in spite of the lightness of the sentence.

30. WILLIAM LAMBOURNE, a child whose age was stated on the charge-sheet as 11, but who scarcely was seen above the solicitor's table, was charged by the superintendent of the St. Pancras Churchyard with pulling a house leek out of a flower-bed there. The churchyard has been recently converted into an ornamental garden. It was said that there were many complaints of flowerpulling. The mother of the child said he was only 10 years old. The child certainly did not appear to understand the charge. The value of the house leek was put at 4d. Mr. Barstow sentenced the child to 21 days' hard labour in the House of Correction. fortnight of this sentence was afterwards remitted by the Home Secretary.

A

- HIGH-PRICED DONKEYS.-The price of male donkeys in Poitou ranges from 200l. to 400l. The one belonging to Mr. Sutherland Coombe, Croydon, first prize at the Dairy Show, cost 300l. This animal at 30 months old stands 14 hands 3 inches high, and has strong bone and great substance. It is intended for breeding draught mules from cart mares.

THE MASONS' STRIKE.-The Strike Committee agents were busy all to-day, as it became known that a number of workmen from Canada were on the way to London. A "look-out" for them was accordingly arranged among the pickets. The men were engaged by the agent acting for Mr. J. S. Bird, of the Masters' Association, at Montreal, and left Quebec on the 20th inst. in the "Moravian" steamer, of the Allan line. The party numbered 38, one of whom brought his wife with him. When they signed the contract as masons and stone-cutters, to serve in this country for at least six months, they were informed that a dispute existed in the building trade, but no mention was made of a strike, and the men readily consented to the proposed terms. On reaching Londonderry, however, a pilot came alongside the "Moravian," and shouted "a strike in London." This was the first intimation they

had of what was going on, but after some warm discussion they agreed almost to a man to go to work. They were landed at Liverpool on Monday night, and left by the 10.40 p.m. train, vià the Midland line, alighting at Kentish Town yesterday morning. Omnibuses were there in waiting for them, and they were taken to the White Horse, Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, where breakfast and dinner were provided for them. The men were to have transferred their services to Messrs. Dove Brothers, of Islington, who have several new churches in course of construction, and with the proposals made by that firm the Canadian masons expressed themselves perfectly satisfied. As the day advanced the men with their tools disappeared gradually, until last evening a representative of the firm mentioned was conversing with the sole man remaining at the White Horse out of the thirty-eight fresh arrivals. Where the remainder had gone could not be ascertained. Messrs. Dove Brothers paid the passage money in each case. There are, it is understood, large numbers of unemployed masons in Canada, and another contingent of them is expected to arrive here soon.

NOVEMBER.

2. DEATHS FROM HYDROPHOBIA.-An inquest was held at the Pickering Arms, Thelwall, yesterday, upon the body of John Rigby, forty years of age, of Warrington, who died to-day from hydrophobia. It seems deceased was working at Heatly about a month ago, and whilst at breakfast on the 12th ult., a dog sprang at him and bit him on the nose, he having been playing with it a short time previously. Rigby continued at his work up to about the 29th ult., when alarming symptoms set in. He died soon after. The jury returned a verdict of "Death from hydrophobia caused through the bite of a dog."-A sad case of hydrophobia has just occurrel at Gosport. James Hickey, 18, bandsman in the 55th Regiment, was playing with his cat, when it scratched the back of his hand. He was shortly afterwards taken ill and was removed to Haslar Hospital. Symptoms of hydrophobia presented themselves, and he died yesterday in great agony, sensible of his approaching end to the last. The cat, which was supposed to have been bitten by a mad dog, was killed. Deceased was a young soldier respectably connected, and was much esteemed by his comrades.-Rabies has broken out at a village in Somerset called Norton-sub-Hamdon, and it is feared it is spreading rapidly, a number of dogs having been bitten by the animal which first exhibited symptoms of disease. One of the first victim- is a man named Lugg, living in the adjoining village of Stoke-sub-Hamdon, a widower with eight

children, who, having been bitten lately by one of the dogs, has since gone raving mad.

3. THE HON. ALFRED HENRY THESIGER, Q.C., has been appointed to be a Lord Justice of the High Court of Appeal, in the place of Lord Justice Amphlett, who has resigned. Mr. Thesiger, who is the son of Lord Chelmsford, was born in 1838, and was educated at Christchurch, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1860. He was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1862, and was created a Queen's Council in 1873. Much talk has arisen in legal circles concerning the appointment of a lawyer under forty years of age to the high dignity of Lord Justice of Appeal. BITER BIT. It is said M. Thiers had a splendid collection of works of art and antiquities in his house in the Place SaintGeorges. After the demolition of that celebrated house, the works of art were stolen by the good workmen of the Commune, were sold, and distributed throughout the shops of the marchands de bric-a-brac of Paris. Naturally, when he returned to power, M. Thiers employed the police to collect his stolen property, and the collection was found to be twice as large as it formerly was. The elucidation of the mystery was simple enough. M. Thiers had caused a particular and private mark to be printed or stamped upon each of his bronzes, his marbles, and his works of art. The shopkeepers, who found that the articles of M. Thiers' collection fetched higher prices than any others, had dishonestly imitated this mark, and had stamped it upon everything they wanted to sell. The articles were identified by this mark by the police, who, of course, seized all, without distinction. So M. Thiers was actually a considerable gainer by the robbery.

HYDROPHOBIA. --Deaths from hydrophobia are becoming alarmingly common. To-day the Times mentions three casesthat of one Cheshire, aged twenty-eight, a clerk in the London and North-Western goods department at Camden Town station; Richard Turvey, of Ashton, near Tring, aged nine; and Elizabeth Dobell, aged twenty-four, wife of an actor, residing in Weedington Road, Kentish Town. On Wednesday an inquest was held on Frederick John Izard, aged eight, son of a cooper, living in Baggaley Street, at the East End. An inquest was held the same day at Bushey respecting the death of the man Cheshire, who died on Sunday last from hydrophobia. The deceased, who was a clerk in the goods department of the London and North-Western Railway Company, met a mad dog in the St. Alban's Road on September 27, and was severely bitten by it in the hands and wrists. He managed to get hold of the dog's throat and threw it down, kneeling upon the animal's body for at least ten minutes. During this time the deceased told Dr. Iles, who attended him, two carriages passed him, the occupants of which he appealed to and asked them to help him kill the dog. None of them would render him any assistance, and, feeling that he was becoming ex

had of what was going on, but after some warm discussion they agreed almost to a man to go to work. They were landed at Liverpool on Monday night, and left by the 10.40 p.m. train, viâ the Midland line, alighting at Kentish Town yesterday morning. Omnibuses were there in waiting for them, and they were taken to the White Horse, Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, where breakfast and dinner were provided for them. The men were to have transferred their services to Messrs. Dove Brothers, of Islington, who have several new churches in course of construction, and with the proposals made by that firm the Canadian masons expressed themselves perfectly satisfied. As the day advanced the men with their tools disappeared gradually, until last evening a representative of the firm mentioned was conversing with the sole man remaining at the White Horse out of the thirty-eight fresh arrivals. Where the remainder had gone could not be ascertained. Messrs. Dove Brothers paid the passage money in each case. There are, it is understood, large numbers of unemployed masons in Canada, and another contingent of them is expected to arrive here soon.

NOVEMBER.

2. DEATHS FROM HYDROPHOBIA.—An inquest was held at the Pickering Arms, Thelwall, yesterday, upon the body of John Rigby, forty years of age, of Warrington, who died to-day from hydrophobia. It seems deceased was working at Heatly about a month ago, and whilst at breakfast on the 12th ult., a dog sprang at him and bit him on the nose, he having been playing with it a short time previously. Rigby continued at his work up to about the 29th ult., when alarming symptoms set in. He died soon after. The jury returned a verdict of "Death from hydrophobia caused through the bite of a dog."—A sad case of hydrophobia has just occurred at Gosport. James Hickey, 18, bandsman in the 55th Regiment, was playing with his cat, when it scratched the back of his hand. He was shortly afterwards taken ill and was removed to Haslar Hospital. Symptoms of hydrophobia presented themselves, and he died yesterday in great agony, sensible of his approaching end to the last. The cat, which was supposed to have been bitten by a mad dog, was killed. Deceased was a young soldier respectably connected, and was much esteemed by his comrades.-Rabies has broken out at a village in Somerset called Norton-sub-Hamdon, and it is feared it is spreading rapidly, a number of dogs having been bitten by the animal which first exhibited symptoms of disease. One of the first victims is a man named Lugg, living in the adjoining village of Stoke-sub-Hamdon, a widower with eight

children, who, having been bitten lately by one of the dogs, has since gone raving mad.

3. THE HON. ALFRED HENRY THESIGER, Q.C., has been appointed to be a Lord Justice of the High Court of Appeal, in the place of Lord Justice Amphlett, who has resigned. Mr. Thesiger, who is the son of Lord Chelmsford, was born in 1838, and was educated at Christchurch, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1860. He was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1862, and was created a Queen's Council in 1873. Much talk has arisen in legal circles concerning the appointment of a lawyer under forty years of age to the high dignity of Lord Justice of Appeal.

BITER BIT. It is said M. Thiers had a splendid collection of works of art and antiquities in his house in the Place SaintGeorges. After the demolition of that celebrated house, the works of art were stolen by the good workmen of the Commune, were sold, and distributed throughout the shops of the marchands de bric-a-brac of Paris. Naturally, when he returned to power, M. Thiers employed the police to collect his stolen property, and the collection was found to be twice as large as it formerly was. The elucidation of the mystery was simple enough. M. Thiers had caused a particular and private mark to be printed or stamped upon each of his bronzes, his marbles, and his works of art. The shopkeepers, who found that the articles of M. Thiers' collection fetched higher prices than any others, had dishonestly imitated this mark, and had stamped it upon everything they wanted to sell. The articles were identified by this mark by the police, who, of course, seized all, without distinction. So M. Thiers was actually a considerable gainer by the robbery.

HYDROPHOBIA.--Deaths from hydrophobia are becoming alarmingly common. To-day the Times mentions three casesthat of one Cheshire, aged twenty-eight, a clerk in the London and North-Western goods department at Camden Town station; Richard Turvey, of Ashton, near Tring, aged nine; and Elizabeth Dobell, aged twenty-four, wife of an actor, residing in Weedington Road, Kentish Town. On Wednesday an inquest was held on Frederick John Izard, aged eight, son of a cooper, living in Baggaley Street, at the East End. An inquest was held the same day at Bushey respecting the death of the man Cheshire, who died on Sunday last from hydrophobia. The deceased, who was a clerk in the goods department of the London and North-Western Railway Company, met a mad dog in the St. Alban's Road on September 27, and was severely bitten by it in the hands and wrists. He managed to get hold of the dog's throat and threw it down, kneeling upon the animal's body for at least ten minutes. During this time the deceased told Dr. Iles, who attended him, two carriages passed him, the occupants of which he appealed to and asked them to help him kill the dog. None of them would render him any assistance, and, feeling that he was becoming ex