Show HAS sli sef THEM great Brit ians present condition is serious BESET BY MANY ENEMIES the transvaal and the venezuelan incidents have sobered many jin goes anil and moderated their views A full blood negro created a knight surplus Surp lils revenue of 25 note and personal reis onal london jan 4 copyrighted 1838 1890 by tile the associated press I 1 nearly ai all j the sparkle and gaiety seemed to havo have been driven out 0 of london this week by tho the serious complications growing crowing out of the transvaal invasion and venezuelan dispute assisted by the warm wets wet cloggy weather and occasional peo pea soup toga fogs peculiar to this busy metropolis there la Is no doubt that recent events have had a decidedly sobering effect upon the inhabitants not only of 0 these islands blands alone but of 0 the empire generally the stand taken by president ident cleveland regarding tho the venezuelan boundary dispute tile the excitement cit elt ement which followed the appointment ap point 0 of tho the united states boundary comm commission isslyn the evidence furnished in europe of the isolation of 0 great britain ond and of 0 the trouble in the transvaal have caused even the most jingo minded britain here to curb his words and actions and reflect seriously tho the or of the autu future re it Is doubtful it if such a crisis in the most troublesome or times in the recent history 0 of great britain was ever reached and therefore tho it la Is beginning to dawn ups people here that they have an caal can t army compared with those ot of tho the european powers or with the forces the united states could easily place under arms arma and that the british fleet powerful so as it Is could not begin to successfully meet the combined fleets of 0 russia france and germany even if 1 the united states were only threatening trouble however it Is in this very of soberness that the outlook la Is brightened for it may induce tile the british government to adopt the common sense policy advocated by mr air gladstone G lad stona and so AVOID SERIOUS Sr RIOUS consequences queen victoria has been kept fully informed concerning the most important questions agitating the foreign and colonial offices and the number of dispatch boxes sent to her has doubled tho the boxes are sent by tho the various departments part ments of the government to buckingham palate palace the london res residence idenie of the queen and from there here t they are forwarded by special messengers to osborne rouge hous isle of wight where her majesty has been spending the christmas and now years rears holidays tho the royal dispatch boxes aro are black biotic and have embossed on their 11 lids do the letters IV V r I 1 in addition to the information received by her majesty the queen has been regularly supplied with the service ot of routers reuters telegraph company and that ot of the associated press and will bo be supplied wherever when vcr she goes to windsor london or the southern part of europe new years day brought the anniversary ot of the pi ocla matlon of queen victoria as aa empress of india that day Is 19 always observed ob served with considerable ceremony the tribute of indian shawls arrived opportunely w fill 0 ther other presents from the indian chiefs noan AND PERSONAL the prince of wales on monday next at Is to visit lowther castle where lord d Don lonsdale bonsdale sdale has madl made magnificent preparations to receive hira him the party will S go out sho odric dally the new year honor list contained co 1 I tallied two surprises sir frederick leighton bart president pies Ident of the royal academy was elevated to the peerage and alfred austin v was as made poet Lau laureano Laur reato of england both were well received the elevation of mr henry hicks G gabbs bbs director of the bank ot of england and and president of the british bimetallic association to the peerage has been long expected ire he was for many years yar proprietor of tho the st james gazette two of hn sons cons tire are members of parliament li ament and one of them married a niece of the marquis of salisbury among the baronets baranets Baro nets created in honor of the new year are two olaf hers two colliery owners and ono one cotton spinner sciences la Is recognized by the knighthood of prof joseph the celebrated oxford geologist but this honor la Is somewhat belated as 09 he Is 94 years of age the list Is also remarkable as for the first time a pure blooded negro hns has been knighted he Is sir S lewis w ho was boril bom in sierra leone wis was admitted to the bar here in 1871 1 and became b chief justice of sierra leono leone lit in 1692 tho the new act for the protection of married women went into effect on wednesday last ani and on thursday following there were six alx applications under its provisions the justice to whom thom the applications were made explained explain that wives could leave lave their husbands anil and claim alimony but tile the act afforded no remedy for women with their husbands h among the applicants was a married man seeking relief from a dissipated wife the magistrate explained that the act was not passed tor for the purpose of bellei rille ing lne husbands bu great britaina Brit ains only comfort lately has botelli the iho treasury report which estimates that the surplus at the end of the fiscal year in march will exceed it Is learned on good authority that the kimt purpose to which the overflowing revenue will bo be put will iu be a croat crest increase in the strength of the british navy there were successful novelties at the theaters during tho the week among amon g them sydney grundys grandys Grun dys the late lata mr cas tollo at the comedy and A homans womans Wor nans reason by charloa charles and F C at the shaftesbury shaftsbury Shafts bury the critics unanimously praise the latter and nd truth pronounces it the beat play produced irod in the duke of yorks theater Is closed tommy atkins having proven 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