26 MAY 1894, page 3

Some Valuable Experiments Were Made On Wednesday In The...

Theatre with Herr Dowe's bullet-proof breast- plate, in presence of the Commander-in-Chief and some three hundred spectators. The breastplate is 3 in. thick, and if 18 in. by 14......

The Absurd Resolution Of The House Of Commons, Passed On

June 2nd, 1893, directing that the examinations for the Indian Civil Service should be held simultaneously in India and England, has been finally rejected by all the......

Mr. Cecil Rhodes Has Triumphed As Usual. By An Agree-

ment with the British South Africa Company, signed by Lord Ripon on May 9th, the administration of Matabeleland and Maahonaland is handed over to an Administrator and a Council......

On Monday The Queen, On Her Way North, Stopped To

open formally the Manchester Ship Canal, and to declare that the great inland city had become a sea-port. In going and coming from the Canal, the Queen drove through eight miles......

The Cab-strike Has Continued Throughout The Week, But...

perceptible result, except a certain inconvenience at the railway stations. The associated cab-owners continue to declare that they cannot submit to the terms demanded, and the......

On Thursday Night, A Banquet Was Given At St. James's

Hall to Rear-Admiral Erben, Captain Mahan, and the officers of the United States ship Chicago,' now lying in the Thames. Owing to the enthusiasm for Captain Mahan's writing felt......

Bank Rate, 2 Per Cent. New Consols (2d Were On

Friday, 101.......

The Situation In Servia, Which Had Become Intolerable,...

in a coup d'6.tat, advised by the ex-King Milan, though nominally decreed by King Alexander. The Radical majority, consisting mainly of ignorant peasants, desire to abolish the......