LORD SALISBURY agrees with Lord BEACONSFIELD that Asia is large enough for both Russia and England. Quite so. And unlimited space is large enough for all the galaxies of Worlds,--until two of them want to occupy one portion of it. Then comes Chaos or a Cosmical Boundary Question. The "room enough" theory is a genial one, which would have commended itself to _Uncle Toby_. But it does not carry us practically very far on the road to a settlement. The world was presumably "large enough" to accommodate the ambitions of OCTAVIUS and MARK ANTONY. Only they did not happen to think so. Collision terrestial or celestial does not come from the narrowness of limits, but from the crossing of courses. * * * * * CHANGE. (_A Weather Forecast for the Next Ten Weeks._) _August 20._--Heavy downpour commences. Thirty-six inches of rain fell in as many minutes. The Clerk of the Weather catches cold. _August 27._--Heavy downpour continues. The entire audience at the Gaiety, being unable to get home without getting drenched, decline to leave the Theatre, and, after a riot, pass the night there, in the face of the protests of the Management. _September 3._--Heavy downpour shows no signs of abating. Several leading Umbrella Manufacturers make rapid fortunes, and are raised to the Peerage. _September 15._--Heavy downpour still continuing, the Serpentine overflows its banks, and runs southwards. Salmon-fishing commences in the Brompton Road. _September 27._--Downpour heavier than ever. The Underground Lines flooded, and the traffic carried on by penny steamers. _October 8._--Downpour steadily continuing, the Albert Hall is opened as a National Swimming Bath, and Battersea Park as a Rice Plantation. _October 19._--Downpour still on the increase. The Hippopotamus from the Zoological Gardens is washed in a torrent down Portland Place, and left high-and-dry on the steps of the Langham Hotel. _October 28._--Downpour as heavy as ever. Gondolas seen in Piccadilly. A well-known Duke endeavouring to drive a bathing-machine in Belgrave Square, upsets it, and is only rescued with difficulty by drags from his own balcony. _November 3._--Downpour still continuing and London being now under water, wild-duck shooting commences in Chancery Lane. _November 9._--Downpour at its height. In consequence of the flooded condition of the Guildhall, the Lord Mayor's banquet is given under a water-proof tent on Primrose Hill, his distinguished guests approaching it across the Regent's Park in coal-barges. Prime Minister, in his speech, commenting upon the weather, describes it "as the worst he ever remembers." * * * * * FERDINAND AND ARIEL. (IN BULGARIA.) (_Shakspeare once again adapted to circumstances._) _Enter_ ARIEL, _invisible, playing and singing_. FERDINAND _following him_. _Ariel's Song._