The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-03-06
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.
THE QUEENS CONGRATULATIONS
Orsr her Escape From til. A.,a,.lA'. Bull,.-lr,v
Mclean Bean Hlnsslt-rAantsslvlns s.r
Vices Yesterday A.rOnauh Lest.
Carlht Plot bl,sOrssd.

LONDON, March At is expected tie
Queen will cause a proclamation to be
issued returning thanks to the British and
foreign press for the heartiness Of expires.
sions congratulatins her upon her escape
from death at the handsof an assassin.
A solicitor has been retained by friends
OF MacLean to defend him at the forth
coming trial.
According to MacLean's own account he
has sister married TO Harris, lessee Of the
Dury Lane TheatGr.
The railway truck, of which the bullet
from MacLean's pistol glanced, has been
examined by an expert. 1t appears that
the shot, as far US elevation Is Concerned
was fired in line with the Queens car.
riage.
II issaid that the persons who tried d
upset the carriage conveying MacT car
from the Town Hall after bis examinatjon
yesterday, had the design 10 throw him
into the Thames.
It is reported that MacLean bears him.
self cheeriully, and sings in his cell. <
The British press express much gratifica.
ton at the manifestations OF feeling by the
American papers, and people Of ali shades
ot politics, which fulflls the authorizations
expressed here in the first comments on the
attempt upon the Queen'sl life.
The almost universal opinion in England
seems to be that MacLean Is lunatic.
Ponsonby replied to Lowell's personal
telegram as follows
"The Queen is much touched by your
congratulations, and desires to express her
sincere thanks"
The Empress Of Austria will visit Wind.
sor Monday, to personally congratulate the
Queen.
A balloon which made an ascension fell
to-day into the sea off Dover. The aero
nauts persisted.
The passengers were Colonel Brim. OF the
Royal Engineers, and Simmons, nronauts,
who were attempting TO cross the channel.
Later reports from Dover says the zero
nauts, sighting steamer, purposely de-
scended, becausethe wind had shifted and
was driving them toward the North Sea.
The Queen was in no way so much af-
Iecteu by any message as by that from
President Arthur. Radical journals on
the continent generally deplore the at
tempt on the Queens life. A few more, Of
the extreme type, express apprehension
that 1t will be turned to account us an ar
gument in favor Of reaction.
LoSDoS, March Especial prayer and
thanksgiving services were held in nearly
all the churches and chapels Of England
to-day with reference to the Queens escape.
Gladstone and Earl Granville were present
at Chapel Of Royal st. James Palace. the
preacher being the bishop OF s.. .Dayids. The
most noteworthy serviceswere those held by
Dean Bradley, at Westminster Abbey, Can-
on Prothero, at the Chapel OF Royal soyey.
bishop of Rochester, at st. Paul's, Spurgeon.
at the Tabernacle, aud DR.. Parker Al the
City Temple.
Special prayers were also offered in the
Synagogue and Catholic Cathedral at
kensington. Special Thanksgiving seryi-
ces were also held in the church Of the
British embassy ut Paris; Don Kirche, at
Berlin, and the English church at Rome.
The TIE Deum was chanted in the Russian
chapel ut London.
LONDON, March 4.-Forster, Chief Secre.
tary for ireland, telegraphed Lord Cairns,
chairman Of the committee to INQUIRE into
tke working OF the Land Act, declining 10
give evidence before the committee.
A reward OF Gl 900 is offered FOR infor.
nation Lending TO the discovery Of the mur-
derer OF a Constable named Kavanaugh, at
Letterbrickaun, County Galway.
When Forster, ChiefSecretary for Ireland,
returned to Dublin, large organized
crowd OF people hooted at him at the Gov.
eminent depot as the train passed.
Hazel, ex.suspeCt, was arrested, in sup
posed connection with the demonstration.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 4.-An emissary
started for Berlin Tuesday with an import
ant letter from the Car TO Emperor Will
liam. It is believed the Gar wrote the
letter Immediately after the reception Of
SkobeleE.
A ukase has been issued authorizing the
appointment ola Professor OF Polish Ltera-
ture at Warsaw University.
Jessie Helfmann who, because Of being
enceitte, was respited from the execution of
capital sentence, for completely in the assas.
sination OF the late Car, died last week in
childbirth.
BRUSSELS, March 1.-Two brothers Of the
merchant Pelizer, charged with fatally
shooting Bernays, Of Antwerp, at this place
in January, have written papers protesting
against the accusation brought againsttheir
brother, They assert the latter was at St.
Louis, No., on the 18th OF December last,
and they have requested him TO come To
Brussels and clear himself OF the change.
The brothers are well.known residents Of
Antwerp.
Madrid, March l.-Four hundred rifles
have been discovered in connection with a
plotin Catalonia. They are believed 10 be
the property Of Carlists.
ALGIERs, March 6-A dispatch from Ain
setra says body Of 300 French, reconnoi-
tering in q southerly direction, were sur
grised and defeated by the Insurgents.
Fifteen undred Insurgents afterwards en-
deayored to bar the passage Of the French.
The Insurgents were completely routed,
leaving 100 killed and wounded. The
French lost twelve killed and wounded.
ST. PETERsBURG, March 5.-Skboelef ar
rived this morningand was heartily cheered
by large crowds.
ST. PErERsBURd, March 5.-The Oheial
Messenger publishes TIE text OF the indIct.
ment and sentences OF the Nihilists recent
ly on trial. The sentences are the same a
already reported, except that Froelenka,
Tetejerka and the woman Jakemoya were
also sentenced to death and Trigonia and
I,ustig are condemned to imprisonment
for twenty yeas, and BaranaikoiT and
Mukulof to hard labor in the Siberian
mines for an indefinite period. The Min.
lister Of Justice has recommended the Gar
to commute Lustgs sentence to imprison-
ment for four years in fortress at hard
labor.