The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1886. THE COMING JUBILEE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2400, 15 September 1886, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1886. THE COMING JUBILEE.

In June next Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria completes the fiftieth year of her beneficent reign, and 1887 is accordingly now regarded as a jubilee year. The long reign which is to be shortly commemorated has been a blessing to Great Britain, because Her Majesty has not only fulfilled her dutieß as a constitutional monarch, but has kept hor court pure, leading herßolf a model life, Her example has exercised ft powerful influence for good on the character and conduct of her. subjects, and for this i alone the nation has reason for deep L gratitude. When' in the ordinary ; course of nature tho Queen passes away, we can Hardly hope that the Tirtues wkich have been manifested in her own life, and in that of her court and people, will be perpetuatpd. Already there are signs of degeneration and of wickedness in high places, which are leavening tho social fabric in England, and which may be attributed to the fact that the aged. Quoen is no longer able .to ' exercise' the personal influence which she formerly commanded. There is one aspect of the jubilee year which is, perhaps, hardly a matter of sincere-rejoicing, and that is the jubilee honors which aro to be showered all over the world. Tho preseut worthy Mayor of Wellington has announced his intention of vacating the civic chair partly in order to be out of the way of the coming K,C.B, distribution. Of late the colonies have displayed a somewhat slavish worship of court honors, Many well-to-do and and ambitious colonials find that Australia and New Zealand are like Ireland, viz., beautiful places to live out of. They congregate in London, fawning on the aristocrary and hanging on the Prince of Wales' coat tails. They draw, of course, their material nourishment from the colonies from which they bail, and -absolutely have the audacity at the; present time to call upon those they have left behind them to subscribe to a testimonial to H.R.H. which, no doubt, will give these sycophants a still bolter grasp of the princely garment, We begin to be afraid of the morals of the distinguished colonials ..now in London, more especially if they are taking H.R.H. as their guide, philoso- ■ pher, and friend. We have no Objection to all of them, being'knighted,- ; because as colonists they-'fare" already spoiled and may.: be considered;lost to, us,,but. to|hope fch'ata; line. wiH bed^awiiSomewhere,. an<jL tJSaftthe' Jlayors s ? : Sf" the {Southern .Hemisphere will.be feeibw tho'line. /If be. placed' 1 above it '. ivnat a riiieteorio shower of honors will descend lipon lis, The year of jubilee will apparently

consist .of •a-thoustind-and one Knights. We congratulate the Mayor of Wellington upon bis decision -to avoid birthday honors.- ■ As plain Mr Brown he is more useful and respectable than he-, possibly could be as Sir A. W. Brown. We thank Mr A. W..Brown for having drawn the line tor his own guidance,