The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-06-21
From the N. Y Herald-Ertr
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP BRITAIN
MIA
THIRTEEN DAYS LATER.

ENGLAND-MoRE DISASTROUS NEWS FROM IN
DIA-FALL OF GiiuzNEE.
The Britannia arrived at Boston about IL o'clock
yesterday forenoon.
The Britannia left Liverpool on the afternoon of
the 4th and we have both London and Liverpool pa
Pers to the morning of that day
he British War steamer Rhadamanthus arrived
at Halifax on the 18th inst with dispatches for Lord
Ashburon, and orders for the aIspte to proceed
the Mediterranean The special messenger to Lord
Ashburon came from Halifax in the Britannia and it
is rumored that his dispatches of the highest i'm
portance
The Income Tax bill and the Tariff have nearly
passed the House of Commons, and will speedily be
taken through the House of Lords and receive the
Royal assent
The smuggling of tobacco into England seems to
give pretty steady employment the officers
Several extensive seizures of the article have been
made.
Many more arrests have been made at Paris, of
persons supposed to be implicated in the late attempts
upon the life of the king.
The British appear to be making immense prepaTa-
tons for the prosecution of the in China and In
da. No less than 5000 stand Of arms had been
forwarded to Bombay, by way of Alexandria and
Suez.
Emigration to Canada and the United States
still going with great activity of the Br-
fish ports Indeed the rage for emigration appears to
run higher than There 800 emf
grants ready to embark from Greenock alone.
Charles Albert king of Piedmont, had revoked his
decree for the virtual expulsion of the Jews from the
city of Savona. He found the other potenta,es OF
Europe, small and great, would not countenance
piece Of barbarity worthy of the darkest ages
ATTEMPTS UPON THE LIFE OF THE
QUEEN OF ENGLAND
| Another madman OF monster without the excuse
of Madness has attempted the assassination of the
beloved Sovereign of the British Empire. At six
o'clock, on Monday evening, as her Majesty, accom-
panied by Prince Albert, returning to the Palace
in open barouche, with outriders assassin pre-
sented pistol and discharged it at the Queen from
| very nearly the same spot Constitution Hill from
which Oxford fired. The wretch was instantly sez-
ed by soldier of the Scotch Fusileer Guard. He
was at first supposed to be foreigner but appears
| unhappily, that he is an Englishman, named John
Francis, to scene-shiter at of the theatres
He is about 20 years of age.
The royal cortege, when the pistol discharged,
was fortunately proceeding at late rather more rapid
than usual and to that circumstance it is supposed
her Majesty in great measure the preservation
OF her life, as Francis was seen by poice-constable
to take deliberate aim. The act had been noticed by
Prince Albert who sat the right hand of his royal
pointed out the mscrean to of the ouriders when
the royal servant got off his horse to assist in his APP
prehenson, but finding him custody, again
followed his royal carriage
| respectable woman states that, Just before the
attempt she heard the prisoner say another man
| in flannel jacket-"The Queen why should she
be such expense to the nation 1t is to support
her in such grand style that us poor fellows have to
| work hard"
| The barrel of the pistol was quite warm when ia
ken from the prisoner. Of course at present there
can not be any evidence to whether it loaded
with balls sugs, but the impression ia, that it
loaded with ball. search has been made in order
to eDdeavor TO discover the bullet, ii possible, but
yet the result has not been successful.
| Colonel Arbuthnot and Colonel Wyde were close
to the carriage when the pistol was fired. We un-
dersand the prisoner was so close to them that the
smoke into their faces and that they are of
opinion, if the shot had taken effect, it would have
been more likely to have injured of them than
either her majesty or her illustrious consort.
The prisoner had been under the notice of the pc.
lice for day or two, having been seen lettering
about the parks; and on Saturday last he OBJ
served by of the police sergeants duty to pull
out of his pocket something that appeared like
| pistol. This circumstance was mentioned, but the
inference drawn from it was that he contemplated
suicide therefore orders were given to notice his
| action
| The villain is a good looking young man. about
five feet inches high and his countenance is rather
of placid and agreeable cast than otherwise there
is nothing ferocous in his looks. He is about the
same sized person as Oxford but rather stouter He
was respectfully dressed in dark frock coat and
dark check trowsers. There seems to have been no
difficulty in identifying the criminal, as by curious
accident it happened that more than one individual
who were acquainted with his person were in the
PARK DIT tllHC VI lCCoSuLCu
him while being conveyed away by the police.
Mr. Francis ST., his father, who has been for ma
nv years stage carpenter at Covent Garden per-
of rreproachahle character and states his son to
have been always very steady lad, nor can he throw
any light upon his motives to commit so henous an
offence The proprietor of the Caedonian Coffee
House. which he has been in the habit of frequent
ing, gives somewhat different account, describing
him as apparently idle and reckless, but of good
disposition and stating that he would sometimes sit
fnrh nf hnl In
some time separated from his family and in straiten
ed circumstances, having failed in foolish attempt
to set up tobacconsts shop; and for the last few
days he had been quite out of work.
When the news was known to the two houses of
Parliament they Immediately adjourned. The Pa
lace thronged with inquirers after her majesty,
and the whole town in state Of the greatest eX-
element.
The assassin was examined before the Privy Coun-
Gil, and conveyed the same night to- Newgate-
The prisoner who narrowly watched passed
very quiet night, and although often visited by the
governor, he did not enter into any conve satlon or
make the least allusion to his dabocal offence, or
the motives by which he was actuated He was
stripped, and most carefully searched when he ar
rived at the prison, but nothing found his |
person of suspicious character. There is not the
least impression that he is insane, or laborng I'M
der any alteration Of intellect; but the contrary is
evident and he was as cool and collected as pos
sble
The house of the prisoners father was minutely |
searched, but nothing whatever of suspicious char
acter found No paper or writings of any kind
which could give rise to the least suspicion that the
miscreant has any accomplices having been dis
covered it is considered the rash act of an isolated
individual
1t Las been stated that her Majesty was not aware
of the attempt having been made, until informed after
her arrival at the palace, but eyewitness informed
that he has doubt that she observed the flash of
the pistol as she became much agitated that she
was only prevented from falling by Prince Albert
supporting her.
As soon as the Queen and Prince Albert had re-
turned to the Palace, Count Mensdorf went over in
of the royal carriages to the Duchess OF Kent