WHAT WILL THE QOBEN DO.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1505, 12 March 1887, Page 2

WHAT WILL THE QOBEN DO.

TO THE EDITOR.

Fir,— Among the many subjects whloh are occupying men's minds m this. -year of aensatiana, commotions and stirring events, $he Queen'a Jubilee is rightly ent paging inoro than passing attention* The most superficial reader of the dajly press o*nnot bat be interested and some'. timei amused at tho schemes or methods by which various cqmuaaoiUe.^ propose tq honor the occasion. It is gratifying to ob3orvd here and there praiseworthy sugr gestions. tf- a philanthropic character, fccra pqolie in-m a,ud bodies, and to note the benevolent manner by wh|oh a fe«r vvealiby people inteu.d . to add their quoted to the celebration. While numing oD this subject X have wondered- la w. hat practical manner the Queen herself will cv. ioe her gratitude co Divine Providence for inerciea be«tQ*ed dmiog her h»)f

century reign. It perhapß may smack of Jireaion to write It, bat the "fierce light" wbioh la aald to beat upon the thrr ne has never yet, I think, revealed soch a striking Imtanoe cf open-handed charity as that of Mr Kelller, of Dundee, referred to In your issue of a few evenings ago. Now and then, when a cillery or railway aooldent of exceptional magnitude oeours, It 1b stated that Her Majanty contributes five or ten guineas, and m the §ame list the name of aornp business man, with but a tithe of the Queen's wealth, appaara for £50 or £100 The newspapers — and you will admit that they are usually a reliable source of Informa-tion-record that Qaeen Victoria v Immeofliy rloh. Will the purse-strings b»j unloosed during the season of rej dicing ? Open the prison doora (aB was done m India), and let the captive go free ; but will anything be doDe to relieve the thousands of London poor, from whom a 11 bitter ory " has been going op for years. Some of the oharltable institutions are languishing because of insufficient funds, and such establishments as t)r Barnardo'a and Dr Stephenaon'a Homeß for neglected ohildren would be greatly benefits i by the donation of several thousands from % queenly hand. The attachment which most colonists have to tbe thrrnu of England will be Increased an hundredfold* If, while with one hand the Q leen confers titles and decorations on the nobility, with the other she dispenses out Of her private porae suba antlal gifts for relieving the inexpreoßible poverty and wretohtdness of her less fortunate sabjteti. I am c c, ABGUB.