Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-03-01
TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR.
This Afternoons Dispatches.
ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS
FROM EUROPE TODAY.
The Assault Upon the Queen

JOHN BROWN CAUGHT AND DIsARNkD THE
AssAILANT.
LONDON, March The assault upon Queen
Victoria, yesterday, by the man O'COnnor, is the
tn, me of universal comment and conde m alton
In the morning journals. They draw a compare
son between the act of this one indi vidual and
the immense demonstration of loyalty made by
the entire populace of London, as well as other
demonstrations throughout the united kingdom
on Thursday last. Previous to this attack upon
Her Majesty. O'ConnOr scaled an iron railing.
ten feet in height which surrounds the court
yerd of Buckingham Palace. When he ap-
preached the carriage Of the Queen be first saw
Lady Churchill, a lady who was riding with Her
Majesty, and was about to assault her, but he
soon discovered his mistake. and turned upon
the Queen Her Majesty's groom, John Brown,
who was riding behind her carriage. upon Wit
Messing the action OF O'Gonnor, leaped from
his horse and arrested and disarmed the
assailant. The prisoner was handed over to
the authorities, and will be brought to Bow
street station this morning, where preliminary
examination will be held.
SCENES AT THE TRIAL ROOM.
LoNDos, March !, noon.-Ali the approaches
mense concourse of people, who have gathered
in the hope of catching glimpse of O'Connor.
the assailant Of the Queen. The father of the
prisoner is an Irishman. while the other MEM
the Protestant Church. O'Connor's house has
been thoroughly searched by detectives, but
nothing whatever was found to criminate auy
one with him in his dastardly act
The Alabama Claims Business.
WHAT SIR STAFFORD NoRTHCorR SAYS.
NEW YORK, March Sir Stafford North
cote, who was one of the Joint High Com mis-
siOners on The Washington treaty, writes to the
London GLOBE; excepting to the unfaverable
comments Of that journal upon the promotion OF
Lord Ripon to the marquisate and his services
on the cOmmissi, n, and saws that the ex-com-
missioners are silent upon the charges of negli-
gence, slovenliness, and other faults which have
been made against them, from disposition not
to further cemrlicate the unfortunate difficult
ty, which he trusts may yet be satisfactorily
solved.
GLADSTONE DENIES THAT HE USED THE OF
FENsIvR LANGUAGE ATTRIBUTED TO HIM.
Minister Gladstone, in his letter to a newspa-
per correspondent denying that he used
concerning the Washington Treaty attributed
to him, says: "Permit me to answer you, il
is an entire mistake to suppose 1 have
ever said that every national mind must see
but one meaning of the Treaty of Wash
ington. Nothing would have induced me to
use such an expression. The limit of nay asser-
ton briefly was and is as follows: 81 believe the
meaning of the treaty to be clear and un.
ambiguous according to any legitimate
test whatever which can be applied to
It," This proposition L am, of course,
ready to sustain in argument, but every
other person is equally entitled to think, if he
see cause, what hold TO be clear and unambip-
nous, is dark and doubtful or that it is clear and
unambguOus in q sense contrary to NINE
WhatI trust is that others upon close examina-
ton will not see cause to think any such thing
This point, little time and patience cannot
fail thoroughly to elucidate. Setting aside the
remark which did not use. and which think
open TO severe animadversion, L have alwaysun-
derstOOd and still understand that any ian is at
liberty to hold and TO state with the utmost
confidence an opinion as to the meaning
of the document, and this 1 have done
without being open to the charge OF what
L conceive to be gross offence, namely
his prcsuming to restrain from others the liberty
which he claims himself. indeed, speaking ac-
cording to the usages and habits of English pub
lie life, feel as il the utterance of such prop
osition we're not so much of a truth as q truism
If, however, this truth trusm be applicable
TO documents in general. it requires but mod
crate share Of modesty to adapt il in the case o.
documents such as the treaty and its protocols >
SPAIN GLAD OF 1T.
Havana letter says the press there Is much
gratited at the turn Of affairs between England
and the United States, and argue that Spain
has more reasons to complain of the United
States and more valid, items against the W ash
iDgton government for Standardization, tina the
United States has against England on accoun
Of the Alaba ma claims.
DR.. Howard UDjustIy Imprisoned in
Cuba.
NEW YORK. March 1.-The accuser of DIR
Howard, the American who is in prison at Ha-
vana, writes from the United States that the
evidence he gave which convicted Howard was
utterly false and was given TO save his own life
from the volunteers. American Consul Tor bert