The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-25
LONDON.
"Iago" Sees the British Sun
And Trafalgar Square, also.
Visits ByrOl'S Birthplace
And MoralizeS.
LONDON, June 1, 1882,

HONOOINS - Is lCO@s
Editors Herald:
Sufficient time having elapsed to
inspire HERALD readers with the
hope that "Iago" has ceased his COM
municatiYe intimacy with its col
umns, it is with cruel delight that ]
now bend the Jubbuth," for the
purpose of bllghting these fond an
ticipatiens. From the tone of my
letters heretofore, l fear the ideas
which | may or may not have been
able to convey to the public mind
concerning the character Of the
British metropolis have been thus
far the reverse of iattering. Ar
irving upon the scsne late in
autumn, and pursuing my lnveSti-
cations daring the winter months,
when all things out of doors habitu-
ally wear their most unbecomlng
attire, ind that earliest impress
sions-though proverbially most
lasting-were by no means an in
fallible criterion for the annual
round. From childhood l had
heard and read Of England, with its
antique castles, stately mansions,
verdant meadows, rustic lanes, rip
ping streams, ruined towers and
romantic rocks, as a sort Of Garden
of the Hesperides, and at times
when poetic sentiment ran high
and there was no wood to chop, had
reveled in the sunny anticipation
of some day putting on "Ghe sandal
shoon and scallOp shell, and pill
grimizlng these historic shores
to my hearts content. But on land
ing among the Liverpudlians in the
classic month of November, when
fog and ain were indulg-
ing in their little game of ten
minute alterations, l must confess
that the outlook was more practical
than inspiring. began to think
the dose [ was destined to take, was
more in the nature of pill than of
a pilgrimage, and as l stood upon
the pier, gazing back half wistfully
upon the gallant vessel | had lately
quilted, the pathetic words of Childe
Harold's Farewell suggested them
selves:
With thee, my bark, I'll swiftly 60
AthWsrt the foGming lac.
Nor care what land thou bear'st me to,
So not again to mine.
And for the life of me I could not
blame him-especially if he started
in November.
But since then, I am happy to
say, things have materially changed,
and with them my hastily-formed
opinion. ''The winter of our dis
content" as the Ogden Junction
once said, has passed, and the bright
beams of spring have transformed
as by the touch Of magic wand, the
whole countenance Of nature. The
fogs, which. like setting hens, have
broeded over the land, Matching out
no end of discomfort and profanity,
have st last betaken themselves to
roOEt, and though we still have our
showers, they are fewer and more
and | now see, what was
before something of a mystery, how
the sun, which has at length risen,
is capable of setting on Queen Vic
toria's dominiOns. And though not |
like some native born Uton- |
lans who, never having stepped
outside the territory, wisely |
conclude that everything |
abroad must necessarily surpass |
everything at home, l trust l am as
far from resembling that class of |
Oigets who, because they disagree
with the inhabitants of q
region, deem it their duty to dis
oarage the country they dwell in,
while at the same time-as is nota-
ply the case in Utah-their fingers
fairly itch to get hold of its revenues
md resources.
To-day is beautiful specimen of
English weather; altogether too
SVely to bide indoors. Suppose we
20 for a stroll. We are near the
centre Of the city, where there is al
ways plenty to be seen and heard,
Ind who knows but in the course
If our rambles we may come across
as long to be remembered
IS Sanpete surprise party! Pass
ng up principal street in the
direction of Charing Cross, and
milling through a large window
deliberately lettered London Soci-
ty for the Abolition of Compulsory
Iaccination," we leave WeStmin-
ter on the right, turn up historic !
Y hitehall-the structure when
ives its maine to the street.
jeRlouSly as ever bY StraD-
ing horse guards armed cap pie,
re finally emerge into medium !
lied area at the intersection of
7 hitehall, Pail Mall, the Strand, !
nd one or two other notable streets.
nd known by the suggestive and
aPesing title Of
TRAFALGAR SQUARE.
It is scarcely necessary to inform 6
le reader-Hnless it be the Gov /
nor, who is said to be unable to | /
lad, write or count-that this local | t
Y derives its name from the fam +
IS naval victory gained by the '
ritiSh feet over the com G
ned French and Spanish. 4
Trafalgar Bay, on the 21st of Dc. a
Der, 1905. The heroic Nelson lost n
s life there, in the very moment o
victory, and the square was chris Q
ned and a splendid monument y
ected thereon, in commemOration T;
his glorious achievement. Just Y
fore going into battle, he is said 81
have OFFar1d ~. tho fol1-, ~