The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-08-12
vicroRiA,s PERIL.
The Atte np's on the Queens Life In the Early
Years OF Her keign-A Crazy } Dung IA
sassin Circumstances No ably
Resembling the Attack
on President Gar
field.
philadeIlhia Times.

after The marriage, says Ms. Oliphant Ia
PHEASANT lIule biography, entitled 9Th,
q leeu," this young, iiinac.ut aud yiruUu,
woman, 81 attractive TO all who surIuiIItdct
her, =" fee FROM all personal errors or dis
advantages, So p"puIar AID brInved rs she
Wa, @as shat al la The peaceful sheets oi
her own chee,iui aud unseditl"us London
That the "ilrndris were coltrmplihlr in The
highest drgrre did nnt make the danger ~
the nntI aye less, for bullet from the hand
at f"l may Il" damage which all the wis
dun of the wise could not undo, aud the
shu"k H"t only e alarm but Of discourage
mriIl likely Ia be produced upon a sensitive
young mind by su"h incidents vas naturally
very gtrai. The first Of these attempts took
place III Jane, 1870, only few months after
tie Qu"eIis inaIIIage, v hen a man named
E'ls ard OXfuid fired at HE Qurrn when she
was driving down Constitution HUI for le.
daily airing. The ROYAL couple We're Ia a
small pIIa"t"n, going 10 pay their duIiful
visit to tile Duchess at Kent Ia all the SIM.
phcuy aud confidence at natur', Prince Al.
bert driving his wife through the prarrfuI-
hess Of tie summer evening. I've had
hardly proceeded hundred Yards fum The
palace when n"tcrd,' Prince Albert writes
""n HE fiOt-rath Oh my side little. mean
looking man, holding something tow ard ts,
and brf'Ie | could distinguish what IL was a
shut WAS fired which almost stunned us both,
IL was 81 loud aud fired barely six PAGES fom
us. Victoria had Just turned 10 lhe Irfl To
hnk nj lUIs", and could not uIdersl and
why her ears were ringing rs, fran its lie.
Ing So very near, she could hardly distinguish
that IL prucredcd ftom a shot having been
fired. Tie huIses started and the carriage
stopped. seized NIcLuIias hands aud ask
rtl II the fright had not shaken her, but size
laughed al the thing. | then looked again
at the man, who WAS still standing ia the
same place, his arms rIussrd, aud pistol in
each hand. HIS altitude vas sn Ihratrirai
and affected IL quite AMUSED me. Suddenly
b" again p"Imtrd his pistol and fred "A second
time. Inns lime Victoria also saw the shot
aud sto""'i quickly, drawn down 10y me. |
Tie ball must have passed just above her
head"
This was not a pleasant feature Ia an af- |
terIWon drive. The Queen, however, cuIl- |
Timed her course umdauntrd with the cheer |
ful aud simple cUuIag- natuIal TO her, and |
went "n to her mother, To carry the inst |
news OF The outrage and Set all anxiety Ia
resi- upon It's effect. AfrIward =. We took a |
dive through the Park, patty 10 give VIC
toria a little air; partly, also, to show the
pubic We had not lost confidence la them"
~" Queen nj the time was IN n state Of
health such Ms is ufIen affected Bel iuusly by
a very much smaller matter, but her sound
nerves aiid high spirits defended her better
than arnnor oI mail. Tie wrrtcled cuiprit
WAS dies pae,i lad Of seveulee.I, apparently
moved ny nothing more SERIOUS Than de
pIaVeh vanity and n desire tu be notorious
II Is hot certain WHETHER there was a bullet
~ the pistol lie fired, and the coIy euieni plea
Of Insanity Was brought Ia TO save Il -giand
THE botber Of executing such being for
high treason. Only the other day, during
0 the sitting Of the Commission Oh Lrlnar.c
Asyluns, II WAS mentioned that this pitIful
criminal WAS still negotiating among the
madmen-inofe respect able ia their real
misery Than lie--but not insails; :. ms sane
~ any "f u.s." the doctor said who spike Of
INN. Ihiry-seven years If imp isonmrut
ARE perhaps, on the whole, even to the in-an-
est spii!, as hard punishment rs one swIf
hanging once for all.
TUE SECOND ATTEMPT.
Two years later, at very nearly the same
pla e, id the same line of year, a still more
exciting incident of the same KIND occurred
Prluce Albert saw, Ia the middle If the ,Iay ,
on Sunday, "n the rerllru from church, I"
man step out from the crowd aud present a |
pistol fhli. lie was some two PAGES from us. | I
i head tho trigger snap, but II must have | '
missed fire. turned TO Victoria, who was ,
seated "n my right, and asked Did you
hear that She lad been bowing To the
people on the right, aud had heard nothing.
SAID may lie mistaken. but | am sure 1
i saw some ou. AXE aim al u.s. Nothing | +
was SAID publicly. however. on the subject.
No one among the Queens immediate NJ y
ftIidalhs lad observed IL and The Prince, !
though he inf"riped the police and The Mn 8
lister, was half disposed to believe that he G
had himself. bern deceived. However, dur
ihg tue Sunday afternoon, several cprrvbera-
tions turned up. A boy who was among the b
crowd had seen the incident, and had spoken =
To third person, who ais" perceived it. This v
was elou.h TO sci the police and authorities
III ACTIVITY, and the vague danger thus known y
to exist, conveyed u crr ain excitement Into y
the palace. " We were much ayitat.d Vic u
t"ria nervous and unwell," says Prince Al n
bert. Notwithstanding, the Queen went out =
for her daily drive rs usuzl, though such pre- u
canil.,ns AS could be taken were a.L,pt-d. ~
" You may immagin.," the narrative ountin. tr
nes, I" that our minds were MT very easy. Al
We lo"k"d behind every tree, and east NV =
eyes around IN search If The rasczi's face. y
Tn our way hume we were approach IN
Ing the Palace, between The Green Park aud hi
Lhe garden wall, shot was hred 1t VA about 8,
live PAGES of. IL MAS the same fellow with "
me pistol lit'lr' swarhy. iiii"ok,ng rss .
sal. We felt as II Ioa ha been taksi uff II
our hearts. aud We thanked the Almighty for I'll
having second time preserved us from 50 Oh
great danger Her Majesty told me she "
iad expected IL, and II Was q relief to bsvs Il "
,vrr, says ano'her witness. "She said she NJ
you'd never have existed under the uncer- by
ahny Of concealed ausck. bhe would a,
much rather rim the risk at Once than have
he presentiment OF danger coDstsutly hossl- W
~ over her." re-
. ..a oxFoRD's IMIrAToRs. 81 u @
The assaila Il on this occasiun was another err
srstch.d crea'uIe named Francis, equally
iithout any motive ar incei.tnrnt winch ~,
paid account fur such u piece If cowardly "~
nd cruel fully. sill more wonderful
hing, however, femaius To be told All q"
lontil afterward, Just after the trial If Fran
Is, third Incl lent Of he same kind occui-
ri, defprmed man named Bean being the
lipim. The ciiiIiulaiiou la itself must have yo
nj very painful effect on The Que-u's 4
linti, since nothing worse could have uvcur- q !
ID 4" the most hated d-spot than these ~ ~
eaied soootiiigs, which threatened the most iio
bpular aud i-loved Of queens. The first of
~ three iiaivrly gave ms Interpret u; ion Of ~,
aflersaGi "if 4 had been hauged,' said US
xfor,i, -" there woula have been M more ea'
ipoting at the Qaeen." The original crinl-
'al drspized his iinitators. | was net ut ma
! frightened the Queen wrote a. her ui,- H..
=, "and feel very proud at dear Uncle Wv
ensdoth calling me seItr Bluthig lvrfy cour- the
seousD, which shall ever remember with l \
.culiar Pride, coming from SO distinguished In.
! officer ~ he is." Thus the Queen gave 49,.
OF OF her yalor under lire, not less an or o'o
al that her enemies were 80 conlempiible y
ID all the greater IS without excitement or ye
'ctursgenent, q danger encountered not In VIII,
salon, but In cold blood. The young lsdy's ~.
yal calm IS charmingly contrasted with the i've
notion OF her Minister, Sir Robert Peel, Fl
y generally a denonstrative man, gho, on the
cling her forthe hrst time AFTER this third o,,r
tempt, could not restrain his feelings, but !,
lrst Into tears, tears rs honorable To him, In -
ought OF such dast ardly insult and out helt
90, ~ her steady nerves and bravery were fee,
the young Sovereign, only twenty-thrre, will
th all the snsceptibiiiies Of young moth
and 81 the happiness of yourg wifi. en- p,.
aring her sxisteDce 70 her. e III - u
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