20 MAY 1893, page 3

To All Appearance, The Drought Has Broken Up. In The

South of England it has been one of the longest on record, having lasted some seventy-eight days,—i.e., two months and a half. The result has been to add a month to the summer......

The French Have, Unluckily, No Proposal Before Them To Turn

Brittany into an autonomous State, in expiation of the cruel- ties committed there by the Terrorists, and are sick of hearing about the Panama bribe-takers and bribe-givers.......

The Duke Of Norfolk On Monday Introduced A Subject Which

seems to interest all English Catholics a little more than its importance warrants. They desire, being loyalists, that England should rule in Uganda ; but suspect that the......

There Are, It Appears, Points Outside The Business Of The

Foreign Office upon which Lord Salisbury and Lord Rose.. bery agree. In a very able speech on Friday week against the Bishop of London's Bill for reducing the number of......

On Thursday, A Torpedo-gunboat Was Launched From Messrs....

which may affect the whole policy of England in regard to naval construction. What is peculiar about the new vessel= The Speedy '—is that she can steam twenty-two knots (i.e.,......

In The House Of Lords On Tuesday, Lord Hood Of

Avalon— First Naval Lord during the late Government—moved that, in view of "the rapidly approaching completion" of the scheme under the Naval Defence 'Act, and of the great in-......

Lord Randolph Churchill, At Reading, On Wednesday, Was...

'vigour, and excited storms of laughter by a comparison between the Government policy and the confidence-trick, the Government asking that the Irish should be trusted with power......

Bank Rate, 4 Per Cent.

New Console (2f) were on Friday 98i.......