The sun., 1872-03-02
oUEEN ricr0KII,s Esc.irE.
The Gnllnutfy Of John Brown. Her iiajcsi3
Groom Escitrmrnt ia London.

The Gnllnutfy Of Ohm Brown. Her Najcsiy's
Groom Escitrmcnt Ia London.
LOSDuN, March 1.-The assault upon
Queen Victoria yesterday 10y the man O'Connor,
is the theme of universal comment and coudem-
nation in the morning journals They draw
comparison between the act Of this one indiv-
dual and the immense demonstration of loyalty
made by the entire pupuace Of London, as well
Us other dcmonstrations throughout the United
Kingdom ON Tuesday last
Previous to his attack upon Her IIalcsty
otonuur scaled the iron railing, ten feet IN
lei -lt, which surrounds the court yard uf Buck
nghim Palace. When he approached the ear
rlugc of the Queen he first saw Lady Churchill,
lady In waiting, who whs riding with Her Maies-
~, and was about 10 assault her, but he soon dis
covered his mistake, and turned upon the
Queen.
riding behind ,Ii.l..'c, upon Witng sing the
action of q Common le'pod from his horse and
arrested and di-Iuucd the G.saildnt.
All the approaclc, To the Bow street police
station were lammCd hy an immense couCoUrsc
Of people who had catl lcrrd la hope Of eat, hing
a glimpse Of Otonuor. the a--alldut ut the
Queen. The father 0f the prisoner l. an Irish
man, while tue other poltlon Of bis family are
English, and belong 90 the Protestant Church.
- t"hhur mouse h"i '''h Thoroughly scuchc |!
lay dCte,tis,-, hut nothing whatever wa- found
tu ci.muatc amy "nc wIth him la his dustaidly
The a.sal!an' wa brought before the po,l.o
mu.i -;rtt', at nuun tn" court room and dl $
apptud acs were don els crowded.
Tile Iu~upcr prcscntcd "A very boylsh and not
unpleasant 'dppcManCc, and to-day Was quiet
aud unds-uming IN manner. He made no i.i-
tempt at hrdyadu, and listened uutily to tur
testimony without seeking 10 interrupt ur GONE
tradict the Witnesses.
stated that his tu,l name w.. ArfuUr tt truuur.
that he Nd- huIu Ia tl-lHut, but tGt, hi, '1turr
was a native ot Ireland. ~ Was subsequently
ell .tcd that his grandfather was the wcll-huuWu
lemsus ,1uuor, one of th, leader ui the hur-
tl~t moNtuut nj.
John Brown Her Mal,sty'- groom. Cob IIor-
din-c, clucgry tp tine queen. aud Prince Lco-
puld. tc.tihcd 10 the circumstance. oi the af-
sault, Of which they were eye Witu.,sCs. Their
statements do not diucr materially from the ut-
counts dIc"dy telesrarhcd to the Associated
one Of the policemen into wi ,,c custody
Otuunur Va, delivered sworc tha. sic Ili-, htr
said the reason hc had not loaded th' r..f D was
because II wa, broken; that he repeat. UG CA
claimed. II wish TO God had succeeded that
hr NuWed he had intended to present the pcii-
tiun for "A lcnian amnesty to the Queen ia II.
fUul Cathedral On lucsddy when she was sur
rounded by her Ministers; that he then had pcn
and Ink ready for her to sign the document
with; that hc would have made the att cnpt, but
the crowd was SO great that he could uo' g't
near Her Majesty.
Two papcr~ found on thc Irl .oucr whom h'
wa, seized were produced lu cuur, gud r.lH.
One, pardouing all the lCnidn conti Is ia sub
stance a. follows;
T. Victoria queen by grace Of God, make che follow.
..GtO... ln,r o'c now confined 4 .on. pr.-ors
6iSt..,. I6ty were Imprisoned Win my sanction,
N,lhtu AID d,truy uy I.Nrrs
U"..,r. s,mr,tNlt,Tr Win these men ta}r pot.
uuicd for te,r pardon, and LotN itnsl4iuF, t,. ae
tt.U Gu1urrutrdt
Sow LNi,turi, Queen, &c., de- grant iul pardon
cngn a1d N,y trltn rr."u'r uncuua i,na,l} gnH
Of ny hit. Wii DO, dci..l Jb, r,iron.
This * dated Feb. 49,, l,i!
The other duruu, al o.. % tunImut1ii i'u iu 1d
vance, ui thc puil. hutut uf thc pt,..u,t i.r H.
ur eng act from hanfin- {" sn"oun- and r
dated ith. -,.
At the r.uclu-'on ~ the examination thc
pfis. nor Wa- committed for tIu at the A,-iErs.
,uId taken back tu iti under a strong escort.
II is Ollyut THAT papers iuund ou the pris-
uurr dIc his own work, and the iuprcs -iuu uf
all who heard them road is that they are the
pIudutt of a d,UuI-,d mind.
The Queen left B4,trghum Palace TODAY fYr
WiudsuTCu,tlc. ON her arrival al Windsor She
wa met hS ,umu- tAc entire population of tho
lIa q "l,A Inc Wameet demon. tratiuua OF
InAut! and affection.