A PETITION TO THE QUEEN
An Irish lady has petitioned the Queen under somawhat peculiar circumstances. The petitioner had an unole named Alexander Fordlnand Petrie, who entered the army m 1780, eeiving m the 79 h Regiment. Ho sold out iv 1811, acd died m 1844, at the age of eighty-eight years. He " willed " all his property, amounting m oash to about £20,000, to the Queen. Qis niece, who was left a widow m 1855 with eight daughters «nd one son, has ever since his death been eking oat an existence by the precarious profession of keeping a private school, but this occupation by reason of her great age and of her growing blindness, the has had to reliaqalah. Consequently, the prjyer of the petition seeks thai her case and that of her daughters may be equitably entertained by Her Majesty, who more than thirty years ago, received the whole of their ancestor's estate as a bequest. Here is, indeed, a chance for the Queen to celebrate her Jubilee. — Truth.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1496, 2 March 1887, Page 2
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170A PETITION TO THE QUEEN Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1496, 2 March 1887, Page 2
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