The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-05

LONDON, Jan. 4.-tCopyright 1896 by
the Associated Press.)-Nearly all the
sparkle and gaiety seemed to have
been driven out of London this week
by the serious foreign complications
growing out of the Transvaal invasion
and Venezuela dispute, assisted by the
warm, wet, cloggy weather and occa-
sionaI pea soup fogs, peculiar to this
busy metropolis.
SOBERING EFFECT.
There is no doubt that recent events
have had a decidedly SOLDERING effect
upon the inhabitants. not only of these
islands alone, but of the British empire
| generally. The stand taken by President
| Cleveland regarding the Venezuelan
| boundary dispute, the excitement which
followed the appointment of the Unit
I ed States boundary commission, the
| evidence furnished in Europe is the iso-
lation of Great Britain and of the
trouble in the Transvaal have caused
even the most jingo minded Britain
! here to curb his words and actions ana
| reflect seriously the possibilities of the
! future. 1t is doubtful if such a crisis
| in the most troublesome of times in
| the recent history of Great Britain was
| ever reached and therefore it is be-
ginning to dawn upon people here that
| they have an insignificant army COM
| pared with those of the European pow
ers, or with the forces the United
| States could easily place upder arms.
and that the British fleet, powerful as
| it is, could not begin to successfully
meet the combined fleets of Russia,
Francs and Germany, even if the
United States were only threatening
trouble. However,, it is in this very
feeling of soberness that the outlook is
brightened, for it may induce the Brit
ish government to adopt tina common
sense" policy advocated by Mr.. Glad
stone and so avoid serious consequence
es.
QUEEN KNOWS IT ALL.
Queen Victoria has been kept fully
informed concerning the most import
ant questions agitating the foreign and
colonial offices. and tne number of dis
patch boxes sent to her has doubled.
The boxes are sent by the various de-
partments of the government to Buck
! ingham palace, the London residence
of the queen, and from there they are
forwarded by special messengers to
Osborne house. Isle of Wight. where
her majesty has been spending the
Christmas and New Years holidays.
The royal dispatch boxes are black
and have embossed ON their lids the
letters ~. r.
In addition to the official information
received by her ma esty the queen has
been regularly supplied with the service
of Reuters Telegram company and
that of the Associated Press and will
be supplied wherever she goes, to
Windsor, London or the southern part
of Europe.
New Years day brought the anniver-
sary of the proclama ton of Queen Vic
toria as Empress of India That day is
always observed with considerable
ceremony. The tribute of Indian shawls
arrived OPPORTUNITY, with other pres
ents from the Indian chiefs.
ELEVATIONS.
The Prince of Wales on Monday next
is to visit Lowther castle where Lord
Lonsdale has made magnificent prepa-
rations to receive him. The party will
go out shooting daily.
The new year honor list contained
two surprises. Sir Frederick Leighton.
bart, president of the royal academy,
being elevated to the peerage and AL
fred Austin being made poet laureate
of England. Both were well received.
The elevation of Mr.. Henry Hicks
QHRCIOT OIL bilG GSStllh Ol ELlAS-
land and president of the British BIZ
metallic association. to the peerage.
has long been expected. He was for
many years proprietor of the st. James
Gazette Two of his sons are members
of parliament and one Of them mar
ried niece of the Marquis of Sails
bury.
Among the baronets created in honor
of the new year are two diStfllers, two
cotton STN71-
ner.
Science is recognized by the knight
hood of Professor Joseph Prestwyth.
the celebrated Oxford geologist. But
this honor is somewhat belated, as he
is 81 years of age.
The list is also remarkable as for
the first time a pure blooded negro
has been knighted. He is Sir S. Lewis
was born in Sierra Leona, was ad
mitted to the bar here in 1871 and be-
came chief justice of Sierra Leona in
1892
The new act for the protection of
married women went into effect on
Wednesday last and on Thursday fol-
lowing there were six applications I'M
der its provisions The justice to whom
the applications were made explained
that wives could leave their husbands
and claim alimony, but the act afforded
no remedy for women living with their
husbands. Among the applicants was
a married man seeking relief from a
dissipated wife. The magistrate ex-
planned that the act was not passed for
the purpose of relieving husbands.
ONLY COMFORT.
Great Britain's only comfort lately
has been the treasury report which
estimates that the surplus at the end
of the fiscal year in March will ex-
coed five million pounds. 1t is learned
ON good authority that the first purpose
to which the overlooking revenue is to
be applied will be a great increase in
the strength of the British navy.
There were successful novelties at the
theatres during the week. Sydney
Grundy's "The Late Mr.. Castello,' at
the Comedy, and "a Woman's Reason"
by Charles Broosfeld and F. C. Phil
lips, at the SALISBURY. The critics
unanimously praise the latter and
Truth pronounces it the best play pro-
duced in 1895.
The Duke of York's theatre is closed,
Tommy Atkins" having proved a COM
plete failure.
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