Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-05-04
QUEEN AND

QUEEN AND EMPRESS.
We, some days ago, published the
cable dispatch announcing the RoyaI
approval of the "Royal Titles Bill
BY this bill, thus become a law, the
Queen was authorized to assume the
title of Empress of India. At the time
grave doubts were expressed by the
English press whether the Queen
would assume her new tinsel. The
minority opposed to that course was
large and eminently respectable, and
the terms OF the bill left it optional with
the Queen. We see by the following
cablegram, clipped from the Alta, that
the sovereign lady has passed the Rub
icon, and is now Queen of Great Brit.
ain and Ireland, Defender Of the Faith,
Empress Of India"
LONDON, April GA roya, procla-
nation appears in the Gazette, in ac-
cordance with instructions of the Gov
eminent, announcing the assumption
of the title of Empress of India by
Queen Victoria. 1t was generally
made known this morning, and widely
and acrimoniouSly commented upon.
The Times has a long editorial OF the
subject, replete with lamentations, and,
though the Lord Chancellor has given
assurance that this title will not be
used in England, this journal adjures
its contemporaries to set their faces
against the attempted Imperial innova-
ton. Epithets Of doubtful character,
in public gatherings and even private
intercourse, are employees in denuncia-
ton of the title.
Now, the English people are abund,
antly able to manage their " affairs,
and to sustain their own dignity. But
in this matter We think they are V g
sensitive. 1t is not pretended that this
empty title can add dignity or lustre to
the English Crown. The royal house
of England is to-day the oldest in Eu-
rope. The present Queen is the direct
heir of William, the C%onqueror, and OF
Alfred, the Great. For yer a thou
sand years her ancestors have been
rulers in the land. Before this splen-
dor of antiquity the lineage of the
proudest sovereigus on the Continent
grows pale. Moreover, for over
one hundred years, Great Britain
has been an Empire, an Empire
the most extensive, the most power
full, the most wealthy, and, with one
the most populous on the
globe. The back stairs gossip that the
title has been assumed for the purpose
of enabling the royal family to claim
a certain social precedence is un-
worthy of consideration. 1t betrays a
gross ignorance Of the etiquette Of
Courts, and is only worthy of ''occas-
ional correspondents" who gather
their ideas in second-cla clubs.
The fact we conceive to he as stated
by Disraeli. The people of India de-
sire the Queen to Il this title.
The rapid advances making by Russia
ia Asiatic conquest render it necessary
the British power IN India shall
be consolidated and strengthened.
The people of India r easily inn
pressed by outward dignities, and for
many generations have been accus
to the rule Of the conqueror.
The English rule has been the mildest,
the most benefieent ever known in
that wonderful land. But India has
been under that rule a subject province
governed by the viceroys of a foreign
prince. To a Queen OF Great Britain
they rendered a not too willing obedi-
ence, but to the Empress Of India, it is
hoped and believed by the i~ntroducers
of this measure, one hundred and fifty
millions of Hindoos will offer a joyful