Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-03-05
ENGLAND

| ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS OF THE ATTEMPT
| ON THE QUEENS LIFE
LoNDoN, March British press ex-
| press much gratin decentralization
of feeling by the 1 H. ,apers and peo-
| pie of all shades OF politics, which fulflls
the anticipations expressed here in the first
comments on the attempt upon the queens
| life.
The almost universal opinion in England
seems to be that Macean is a lunatic.
Ponsonby replied to LoweiPs 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 Windsor
on Monday to personally congratulate the
queen.
The railway off which the bullet from
| Maclean's pistol glanced has been examined
by experts. 1t appears, as far as elevation
| Is concerned, that il was fired in line with
the queens carriage.
1t is said that the persons who tri ed TO
upset the carriage conveying Maclean from
the Town Hall, after his examination yes
terday, had a design to throw him into the
Thames.
1t is expected that the queen will cause
proclamation to be issued returning thanks
to the British and foreign press for the heart
mess of their ex pressions congratulatiug her
upon her escape from death at the hand of
the assassin.
FORMER ATTEMPTS ON vICToRIA's LIFE.
Queen Victoria seems 20 bear a charmed
life. She has oftentimes been fred upon. In
June, 1910, she and Prince Albert TO
whom she had been married ouly few
months, were driving up Constitution Hill in
low carriage, she was twice fired at by
young man named Oxford. Neither shot
took effect. He was pronounced insane by
the jury before whom he tried, and COM
mtted to an asylum for life. 1t was appar-
ent, however, that he knew what he was
about, and two years later, when hearing in
the asylum of SiEiilar attempts of Francis
and Bean, he declared that if he had been
hanged there would be 'no more shooting at
the queen" any chief anxiety" wrote
Prince Albert, "was lest the fright should
have been injurious to the queen in her pres
ent state" No evil consequences followed,
and the attack brought out fer> ent demon
STATIONS Of popular loyalty.
In 1912 two distinct attempts were made
to kill her. On May 18th, as she and the
prince were riding out in London, the prince
saw a bad-looking man point a pistol and
heard it snap, as if it had missed fire. The
queen was looking the other way and did
not notice it. No arrest was made, "a the
action was unobserved by the officials and
bvstanders. Next day 4 boy told one of the
royal attendants that he saw a man level
pistol and lower it again. exclaiming: "Fool
that l was not to fire." These things caused
goo deal of uneasiness, but the royal
couple concluded to drive out as usual As
they were drawing near their London palace,
on their return, a shot was fred from the
short distance of five PAGES 1t was badly
aimed, and the ball, if fired, probably passed
under the carriage. The man was arrested,
and identified by the boy. He did not APP
pear insane but was coarse and witty, trying
to make fun of the judges, His name was
John Francis, twenty-five years old, and the
of joiner He was condemned to death
for high treason, when his courage deserted
him and he tainted awe His sentence
was afterward commute rsporta1ion
for life, as there was do berthe
pistol was loaded.
The trial of Francis took plac Q on the 18th
of June, and on the Sd of July following a
hunchback named Bean pointed pistol at
the carriage in which the queen. her husband
and her uncle, the king of Belgium, were
sitting. The pistol missed fire, and the would |
be assassin was seized by boy of sixteen,
named Dassell. The pistol was found to con-
tain powder, paper tightly rammed down, |
and clay pipe The queen had not noticed |
the movement, and was not told of her peril |
until after she had reached the palace. A |
measure, which it was thought would prevent |
future attempts, was carried through parlia-
ment with all possible haste. Beams weapon
so harmless that it would have seemed |
like judicial murder TO hang him for his act,
though he technically guilty of treason.
lie was .Lsgc4cI5 j.. under the new law,
which provided foi transportation for seven +
years, or imprisonment with or without hard
labor, for term not exceeding three years,
the culprit to be publicly or privately
whipped, as the court should direct, not
exceeding three times Bean was sentenced
to eighteen months Imprisonment.
1t was believed that this whipping penalty
would be a powerful preventive OF the as
sauIts of seIni-maniacs, and so il long proved
few years ago, however, half-crazy
vouzg Irishman pointed unloaded pistol
al her majesty. He was imprisoned and
6irched as if he had been schoolboy. This
drove all the tragic romance out of him, and
on his liberation he emigrated TO Australia,
we bslieve. He had in the meantime con-
ceived sir cere respect for the woman he
had threatened, and addressed poems to her.
These the queen kindly accepted, and she is
said 10 have taken a real interest in his well
fare.
BALLOON ACCIDENT.
The balloon which made the ascension fell
to day into the sea, off Dover. he aero
nauts persisted. The passengers were Colonel
Brim, of the royal engineers, and Simmons, |
aeronaut, who were attempting TO cross the
channel. =. Laer.-Rep rts from Dover say
that the aeronants sighting n steamer pur-
posely descended, because the wind had
shifted and was driving them toward the
North sea