The Queen’s Jubilee.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2055, 15 April 1887, Page 3

The Queen’s Jubilee.

Q'l!\ ct ITM J. . she ti.ri' i*; on t . ■ •A'tii ut Ju’ ■. >7, ?'■ 'hat Inthe 2i> hj .1 ut,*-. i 7. she wili have raw'll 1 i vor uj fif • ir l v tears No.v the ur,. th >•(•;■ r »i,> • .erv imp'-'tant, aim- >.-t .i ■n. i'. ■.!, uarai.Miig the Je a M""(- 'CI i .aid it il■ivvn as a Inline coii sin a l ..], fat after evirv I .riv-n.i yeais :h»- land ww i...t to be go a a reaped, debts, which c--uld not be , a !, owing t.i poverty, were t) be canceled, glares were to be t free, and tinland was to be restored to iu original owners Ibe b.t'eth year was to be halloweO. and liberty proclaimed throughout the ! andto the iuhabitanis The name “ jui ;.ee arose from the fact 'bat the year wau announced at tbo close of I arve-t by a blast on a rams born or zobel This great holiday was never strict v held, and fell 1 At last into disuse, because it was found (or supposed; not to be workable. But the name remained, and is commonly employed to denote the oOth anniversary of an event of vast public or private interest,

, When George Ufa jubilee was i celebrated all prisone rc T" <h hr ’'■ore released, their debts ucn g paiil l y , public subscription, the king heading the list with £2OOO. The Danish, Dutch, and Russian prisoners of war were released. This was on October 25, 1809. The ‘Times ’ of October 2, stated that there were at that time 300 000 French prisoners of war, and, although thev could not be released, yet for the jubilee day cartels were established between England and France for the mutual exchange and conveyance of aged and infirm prisoners of war. The ‘Times of October 30 announced that “ Messrs Burridgo and Sons, of Portsmouth, celebrated the jubilee by distributing threepence each to the whole of the French prisoners confined on board the prison ships in the harbor to the number af6715.” It is a matter for thankfulness that the Queen’s Jubilee cannot be celebrated in any of tlieso ways, not even in releasing the debtors. There are certainly many persona in prison in consequence of owing money, but the immediate cause is defying the laws and constructive contempt of the court that has ordered them to pay something by equal monthly instalments. The public celebration of Queen Victoria’s Jubilee thisyear will involve a considerable outlay, for which a Parliamentary vote will be necessary. The coronation of the Queen cost about £ 10,000, against £50,000 for \V illiani [\ . and £210,000 for George IV .; and in many respects the corona" tion forms a precedent for the Jubilee. A correspondent of the Jewish Chronicle proposes that to show the natural interest which Jews take in public questions, a special thank > giving service should be hold for all Jews who live under Her Majesty’s flag on the ensuing Queen’s Jubilee, at which collections should be made for the purpose of erecting a college or some institution to perpetuate the memory of the civil freedom to which the Jews have attained in Her Majesty's dominions during her reign.