The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-05
PERILS OF ROYALTY.
THE ATTACKS THAT HAVE BEEN
PLANNED AGAINST VICTORIA
DURING nEx REIGN.
tLondon News.l


ton Palace at o'clock, knocked, rang
and thumped for a considerable time
before they could arouse the porter at
the gate" and finally got audience OF
the Princess Victoria, rising lovely and
disheveled from such sweet sleep
that the attendants did not venture to
disturb her, until the dignitaries stern
ly said, 1--WE are come to the Queen on
business OF state, and even her sleep
must give way to that" Her Majesty
has several times been alarmed by
threatened or attempted assaults, which
have almost invariably been the acts OF
lunatics. On the 10th OF May, 1889.
when England was feverish with hard
times, Chartist and repeal agitations
and the like, mailman crept up the
garden steps Of Buckingham Palace,
threatening to murder the Queen, be-
cause no Protestant should be allowed
to sit on the throne OF England. He
was promptly seized by the sentinel.
and afterward sent to Bridewell. Yet
another lunatic turned up, after an in
terval, at Windsor, and climbing over
the Enclosures demanded admittance to
the castle as the lawful king Of Eng
land, and on July IL, In the same year,
la commercial traveller was arrested
and sent to prison for two months for
persisting In crossing the road In Hyde
Park before the Queen, waving his
hand and placing 1t on his breast. A
more serious affair was the ATTEMPT OF
pot-boy, Edward Oxford, to shoot the |
Queen and Prince Albert on the
eleventh OF June, 1910. They had left |
Buckingham Palace In low carriage,
passing by the garden gate opening |
from Constitution Hall, when Oxford, a |
youth Of seventeen, presented pistol |
and fired directly at the Queen, then |
drew second pistol with his left hand |
from his breast, and, resting 1t on the |
one he had already discharged. fred |
that also, with deliberate aim. before /
the bystanders could rush upon him.
At the whistle Of the ball the Queen |
rose, but was pulled down by her hus-
band; she was composed, though ex-
ceedingly pale. and, rising again to show
that t she was unhurt, ordered the pos.
tiltons to drive to the Duchess OF Kent's
residence, Ingestre House. When, soon
after, she returned, o cortege of gentle.
men and ladies met her In the Park and |
escorted the carriage home. Oxford
was calm and collected when arrested.
and when examined before the Priv
Council admitted his act. AFTER / fred
the first shot" he said, prince Albert
got up as X he would jump out Of the
coach, and sat down again as IL he
thought better OF It. Then / fred the
second pistol. This Is all 1 shall saw at
present." Powder and shot were found
at his lodging, and the rules of the |,
Young England" secret society. which
prescribed that every member L,
should, when ordered to meet. "be
armed with brace OF pistols and
q sword, and q black Grape can
to cover his face" The Dublin PiJot
charged the offense on the Queens odi-
GUS uncle, afterward King OF Hanover,
lesty was pronounced to be enceinte. !
Orangeism and Cumberland plotted to !
murder the Queen" On the eighth Of
July, 1910, Oxford was brought to trial. 4
He had previously written from New. /
gate to his counsel to ask Lord Nor
mandy "for Jack the Giant K ilIer., 8
Jack and the Beanstalk,' Jack and | I
Thumb, The Arabian Nights Enter
Ailments and all such books from | =
'uch celebrated authors; also, whether. G
vs. prisoner OF war, I may not be al. r
Owed on a parole of honor: and on q
What grounds, ask him. does he detain n
me OF Hell. Majesty's subjects ?" In Il
'ourt Oxford wore listless smile. and r
played with the herbs strewn in front of y
he dock. The defense showed that his a
ather and grandfather had been of q
weak mind, end that the threatening q
etters and regulations found In his pos. 4
ession were all written by himself. a
he jury found him mot guilty. on the h
round OF insanity" and he was given n
YER to q lunatic asylum for life. The ir
Hair made q great excitement at the ii
lme; we read OF members OF Parlia- al
1ent applying for locks OF Oxford's C,
air when IT was cropped. The next W
snSation was the boy jones' "
William his name was, and the wits ID
ubbed him In-I-go Jones, because Of E,
is pertinacity-who on the second OF az
'ecember, 1910, gained acces to the 81
buckingham Palace, and continued se- Ii
reted there several days, till at last n,
Mrs. Lilley, the nuss," OF Thackeray's III
oem-the Princess Royal was then two ne
eeks oid--spied him under sofa and m
30 him dragged out. Jones gave the In
rivy Council several contradictory ao- Of
'unts Of the way he got into the palace sh
"a OF MS Intentions. and he was finally Tia
mt up for three months as rogue and ar
Igabond. On the fifteenth OF March. Or
A.. the same enterprising youth en-. ",
red the palace again, but was seized io
most Immediately by a constabIe az az
ne magistrate did not send him to an
ison. but induced him to ship on a si1
an of-war and that was the last O; til
mes. On the thirtieth of May, 1s42. an
nm Francis, son OF machinist at oil,
rury Lane Theatre. for some months g.,
t OF employment, fired at the Queen gu
her carriage was dashing down Com An
tuition Hill at the rate Of twelve or
irteen miles an hour-"Really. Con.
tuition Hillshould change its name in alb
Shooters, Hood wrote-and missed ne
r, OF course. Francis was Immediate ru
seized by constable and q soldier. lov
70 Queen behaved with her usual his
lmness, and at night attended the to
era, where she received an enthusiag. in
welcome. This time the Orange Wi
n had their inning, and from Is