The Portland daily press., 1872-03-02
TO IG N
GREAT BRITAIN.
THE THANKSGIVING CASUALTIES


LONDON, March 1.-The Lancet gives the
number of casualties on Tuesday last caused by
the falling of stands and the moving of the
great mass of people congregated to view the
thanksgiving demonstrations at 229, only two
of which it says resulted fatally Most of the
injuries consisted of broken legs and ribs, the
dislocating of other limbs and cuts. ...
SIR STAFFORD NoRTHcoTE ON THE WASHING
a. s.-. .t5a- TON TREATY.
New YORK, March 1.--Sir Stafford North
cote, who was one of the Joint High Commits
si0ners writes to the London Globe excepting
to the unfavorable comment of that journal up
on the promotion of Lord Ripon to a marquis
ate for his services on the commission, and say
ing that the ex-commissioners are silent upon
the charges of negligence, slovenliness and
other faults against them from disposition to
not further complicate the unfortunate difficulty
which he trusts may be satisfactorily solved
THANKS OF THE QUEEN.
The Queen has written letter to the Prime
Minister, Mr. Gladstone, saying she is anxious
to express publicly her own personal and very
deep sense OF the reception she and her dear
children met on Tuesday from millions of her
subjects. Words are too weak for her to con-
vey how deeply she was touched and gratified
by the immense enthusiasm and affection of
all, from the highest to the lowest. She returns
her heartfelt thanks to the whole nation and
declares that she herself and all the members
of her family will ever affectionately remember
the day of Thanksgiving.
WAIT THE AssAILANT OF THE QUEEN WANTED
Z LONDON, March 1-Evening. assailant
of the Queen was brought before the police
magistrates of Bow street at noon to-day for
examination. The prisoner presented very
boyish and not unpleasing appearance, and to-
day was quiet and unassuming in manner. He
made no attempt at bravado and listened quiet
ly to the testimony without seeming to inter
rupt or contradict the witnesses On being in
terrogated by the magistrates he stated that
his full name was Arthur OConnor that he
was born in England but his father was ma
tive of Ireland. 1t was subsequently elected
that his grandfather was Feargus O'Connor,
one OF the leaders of the chartist movement
One of the policemen into whose custody o. Con-
nor was delivered, swore that the prisoner said
that the reason he had not loaded the pistol
was because it was broken; that he repeatedly
exclaimed, 81 wish to God had succeeded"
That he ayowed he had intended to present the
potion for Fenian amnesty to the Queen in St
Paups Cathedral, Tuesday, when he was sur
rounded by her ministers, That had he then
had pen and ink ready for her to sign the doc
ument with he would have made the attempt,
but that the crowd was so great he could not
get near enough to the Queen. Two papers
found on the prisoner We're produced in Court
and read. One was decree pardoning all Fe-
MAN conyicts The other document is a COM
prisoner for his present act from hanging to
shooting. AT the conclusion of the examine
ton the prisoner was committed for trial at the
Assizes, and taken back to Jail under a strong
escort. 1t is evident that the papers found on
the prisoner are his own work, and the impress
sion OF those who heard them read is that they
are the product of a deranged mind