New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-03-16

DETAILS OF THE ATTACK-PURPOSE OF THE PER-
FORMANCE-ExAMINATION OF THE AssAIL-
,yaoM TIVE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF TIE TRIBUNE
LONDON, March Elf there be- any such
thing az luck the Queen and the Royal Cause in England
are having their full share Of it, The illness Of the
Prince OF Wales was, politically considered, great
piece Of good fortune His recovery was another Both
were ceverly taken advantage Of by the celebration OF
Thanksgiving and on the day Of the Thanksgiving the
popular enthusiasm seemed to have reached its hight
Now TO cap all this and TO add fresh cause of interest
coupled with an element Of mystery and intensified by
natural feeling OF indignation, comes the curiousy
absurd attack OF Arthur OConnor upon the Queen.
On Thursday afternoon at o'clock the Queen held a
Court at Buckingham Palace when il over, she
went out for drive in the Park On her return she
passed down Constitution H entered the north gate
Of the Palace and thence passed through second gate
into courtyard. In the with the
Queen thesPrinces Arthur and Leopold and Lady
Churchill the Lady n-Watng. The usual tutrlders and
Escort attended her and MajOrGen the Hon. A. Hard
aud Lord Charles Ftzroy were equerres in attend
Ance. Altogether the Queen must have had about her
persons counting the police and the janitors
and other subordinate officials of the Palace and her
safety at the moment Of the attack would have seemed
sufficiently secured by her presence within the pre-
cncs Of the Palace whittier II is by no means easy for
common mOrtals 10 penetrate. But shortly before the
Queens arrival OCOnnor had made his way into the in
closure. waiting for her. He had climbed
tnuon was occupied and his coat was afterward found
at tho spot where the marks OF his feet showed that
had made ms entry Once inside, he was if noticed at
all presumed to be workman employed on the grounds
He took up position close TO the door al which the
Queen was TO alght. As the carriage drove up OCon.
pushed forward but he the side next 10 Lady
Churchill and not TO the Queen. He either discovered
NJ mistake in consequence Of being ordered out Of
the way, round TO the other side. Precisely what
happened then is not quite clear. John Brown the we'll
known personal attendant OF the Queen says OConnor
placed hs hand on the carriage that he then seized
by the neck by Brown himself whereupon he dropped a
pistol from his night hand. Tompkns, Of the our
rdcre saws OCOnnOr made an attamut IN law hold ~
the Queen with his left hand, but was pued away nv
Brown; that he then raw the prisoner lift his right
hand, but could not say II he had anything in IT,
Brown he fancies Gen. Hardinge picked up the p
to and Tompkins says also that Prince Arthur nushed
away OConnor Bnt Gen Hardnge testlfes that al the
Time OF his own appearance the scene OConnor had
ALREADY been seized by the other Equey-tbat is Lord
Charles fltzroy The only witness who al the GAMMA
'esthed TO The pointing of the pistol was
fnnee Leopold II little odd that neither Prnce
"u'' VINO sat IN the carriage directly opposite the
Sueeh nor Lord Charles Ftzroy was asked 10 give owl
''' "o"eVer the discrepancy between some Of The
Witnesses and the absence Of others does M, CO... ~
III agreed on all hands that the nrisora-
MAD a pistol and MS own declara,ions .hn,n
NC meant 70 use II 10 intimidate the
~ uo nei any real injury with 10 was ON, NJ ~
question: the pistol being neither loaded nor cans, :,
seine nred u II had been. Whether che saw anv NO.,
I" not IL uncertain, but she undoubtedly saw O'Corn
ana understood that he had a design OF some sor,
against her, The people who about her saw tba,
abe showed much cOolness and little sign Of fear which
GIL the more creditabe 20 her. this If the fourth or
nfu attempt against Der. Very little time was left
Vconnor to carry out bis purpose, whatever IL might
nave been He was seized by the neck by Brown and
~ssiy after by others, and between them stood
-, - ', oeing choked. Police Sergeant jackson
Vi ou'y al the outside gate received the DOOR
~'eNn INTO custody. and he was duly carried of and
locked up. ' '"''o" 0H "Au
The motive and object OF this extraordinary ner,o,
Abee are explained more or lees satsfac,ory D., e..
oiecoVery OF a document in OConnor's pocket Tom.
h' The ourider found 1t In his trousers pochs mt,
nf TIE only other thing dscOyerabe about him II il
~"uon written on parchment, for the release Of the
,.na n prsoners stin confined in sundry English jais
oo"nOf be sane, and II he had any idea in biz head
vac hot the dream Of mailman, his scheme was 10
's petition and PASTORAL the same moment in
49, 'na' 'he Queen. under the influence of Alarm
Ia. grant He meant 10 do this on THANKSGIVING
~ wi 1oe crowd was srea, that he could not se,