New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-07-15
.uack upen Her Majesty


From The Times Of Friday, Juns2
The intelligence OF the attack upon her Majesty
L;h II Il our painful duty to lay before our read
az TO-DAY Will be received with feeling OF burning
in every portion OF the world where AZ
Enelisbmsn is 10 be found.
The particulars OF the assault are oriehy to'd,
Her Majesty, accompanied by her children ana
LADY Jocel, n called yesterday upon the Duke OF
Cambridge, about 6 clock in the evening. About
The same time, and while the carriage was within
The gates Of Cambridge House, man respectfully
dressed. and 10 outward appearance gentleman
was observed lettering about the entrance, as
though waiting for the departure of the Queen.
No notice was taken Of 80 common circumstance
az that gentle men should interrupt his walk Tor
few minutes in order to see the Queen drive past
little after the carriage drove out, and just as
II was passing into the road, and was proceeding
at a slow rate to turn the corner, the mas above
mentioned, by name Robert Pate, sPrang FORWARD
and with A small stick struck smart blow at the
Queens face The blow took effect upon her
Naiesty's cheek, and crushed her bonnet over her
Eorelee5 The ruihan was instantly seized by the
bvstanders; his stick was wrested from him, and
he was conveyed TO the station house. The Queen
proceeded to Buckingham Palace, and has sus'
tanned 20 little injury from this dastardly assault
that she was able 20 appear at the opera IN the
course Of the evening
The rufian who made the attack gave his name
~ the Station House as Robert Pate, OF q Duke
at ST. James's IL appears by the Army ls' Lha'
he was appointed TO a Cornetcy IN the IuIn nus
sars on the 5th February, 1871, and became 1'.
tenant In the same regiment on tne gu " 'Uly,
1912 At the Station House nc refused 70 sNS aHJ
axnlans,ion Of the motives which had induced MN
10 make this dastardly attack upon the queen we
rms, therefore await the result Of the exeniua-
tion of TO day. but in the meanwhile we Wouid pro-
test very earnestly sgtinst the iavorte ny Po1noss
Of the day that man is necessarily insane because
&c
Robert pate. may, for aught we know, be patient
escaped from Bedlam, and then there would be
nothing for il but 10 cOnsign him once more to his
cell under safe keeping duliDg his life. But
clear proofs Of insanity are not adduced we trust
that this spshod method Of sacrificing the interests
ofsociety 10 a Whit Of maudlin sympathy Tor the
fste oG a ruihan will not be permitted 70 influence
she decisior, upon this case If the man be only
lust as mad as the indulgence of evil passions ana
n course of moral depravity would make any oil US
the law passed some years since 20 repress sucn
attacks as these will, we trust, be allowed to take
its course.
FURTHER PARTICULARS
About twenty minutes after six O'Clock last eve
n;no her Majesty, accompanied by three OF the
royaI children, and Viscountess Joceyn, lady IN
waiting. left Cambridge House, Piccadiily, where
her Majesty had been calling to inquire alter the
health of her iustrious uncle. crowd had as
sembled without the court yard gates to witness
her Malestys departure ana Us tuo ioy a. Soiiit
passed out Of the gates, a person respectfully
messed and about Blk feet two inches high. adj
vanced two or three PAGES, and with small black
cane, which he held 10 bis hand, struck sharp
blow at the Queen. The blow took effect up0nthe
upper part of her msjestys forehead, aud upon her
bonnet which, being OF light texture, was driven
in by its force. The act was witnessed by great
many persons, and rush being made the delin'
ouent was instantly seized. Mr. James Summers,
ia the employ of Nessrs. Ordway 1853 Piccadllly
was the first to collar him. bat several others hur-
RED forward at the same moments and one person,
unable 10 restrain his resentment, dealt the man
blow in the face, which drew blood at once. But
for the timely arrival of the police, he would have
been still more roughly handled. Sergeant Silver,
Of the c division took him into custody, aud con-
veyed him at once to the Vine st. station
Her Majesty betrayed no feeling OF alarm, and
immediately after the occurrence drove up Plcca-
dly, on her return to Buckingham Palace the
spectators cheering her loudly as she passed along
n mark Of Loyalty and affection which her COM
pIete self possession enabled her to acknowledge
with her usual courtesy and condescension
When the prisoner was brought to Vine street
station Inspector WhRll, the officer on duty, re-
ceived the charge. On being asked his name, he
replied without hesitation, Robert Pate de-
scribing himself as a retired lieutenant Of the 10th
Hussars, and adding that he resided at No. q,
Duke.street, st. James's. The evidence OF Mr..
Summers, and various other witnesses, having
been taken, the prisoner was asked what he had
10 say to the charge. He replied that it was true
he had struck her Majesty slight blow with a
thin stick but he added emphatically, in ausiOn to
the witnesses, those men cannot prove whether
struck her head or her bonnet" The prisoner was
then conducted to one Of the police cells the charge
being entered upon the police sheet as follows;-
"Robert Pate, aged 40, retired lieutenant, charged
with assaulting her Majesty the Queen by striking
her On the head with cane, in Piccadilly at 6 40
Pm Oh Thursday the 9th inst
On being searched, there were found upon the
prisoner two keys and pocket handkerchief No
money or weapon Of any kind was discovered
In order to correct an erroneous impression very
likely TO prevail after reading the exaggerated re-
ports which appeared in the evening papers, 1t may
be well to state that the small stick with which the
prisoner struck the blow WAS not thicker than an
ordinary goOsequil-that il measured only two feet
two inches in length, and weighed less than three
ounces. OIL course such q weapon as this could
not under any circumstances occasion very serious
Injury, and her majesty's appearance within two
hours in the royal box at the Covent Garden Italian
Opera proves beyond all possibility Of doubt that
she has not sustained much injury.
After the prisoner had been placed in cell, Mr.
c Division, dispatched Mr. Inspector Field, the
chief officer Of the detective force, 70 search his
lodgings Mr. Field there ascertsned that the
prisoner had lodged on the third floor Ian elegant
suite Of apartments of 81 Duke-st during the las
two years and half that ne was a man Of regula
habits and paid his bills with great punctuality-
His father was described to be man oflarge PROV
erty at Wisbea ch, where he formerly carried O
business as an extensive corn factor. larg
number of papers and documents were seized b
Mr.. Field, but nothing has yet been Discovers
which could, by possibility, explain the motive
the rash act.
A reference to Harris Army Last shows that Il
prisoner entered her Msjestyz service as a cornS
by purchase, in the 10th Hussars, on the 9Th
February, ls4l. lie was promoted to the rank
lieutenant on the 22d Of July, 1912, and retired,
sale of his commission, short time previously
the embarkation Of the regiment for India in 1874
The prisoner is a respectable looking man a
shgbtly bald He wears moustachos but has
very military appearance.
uyR MAJEsTY's RECEPTION AT rHE ROYAL TIA
IAN OPERA.