The examiner., 1882-03-11
Firing at the Queen.

A Windsor (England) dispatch says that,
 as Queen Victoria was entering her car-
 riags about P. M at the railway station,
 man in the station-yard deliberately fired
 pistol at her. The queen had been in London since Tuesday, where she gave drawing
 room reception on Wednesday in honor of the
 Princess Helena, of Waldeck, who IS to marry
 Prince Leopold. She arrived st Windsor at
 about P. M, and walked across the platform
 of the depot to her carriage, which was
 .iting to take her 10 the castle. John Brown
 had already ascended to his seat behind the
 carriage, when & man standing at the entrance to the station-yard among a number of specta-
 tors pointed pistol at the carriage and lire '. To judge from the report the pistol was not heavily loaded. The queen, who was probabl not aware what had happened, was immediate ly driven to the castle, but before she passed, the man had been seized by the super1ntend- ent of the borough police, who was standing near by. He was also violently seized by the crowd, and was only rescued from them when three or four policemen came to the superin- tendent's assistance. The pistol was captured by one of the crowd. The man gave his name as Roderick MacLean. He was taken into High
 street, and thence to the police station In cab, followed by large crowd of p ople.
 The queen arrived at the castle at 5:25 P. M, where large number of people awaited her. She immediately ordered an equerTy to pro ceed to the depot to inquire if any one had been hurt The report of the pistol was sharp but not loud. MacLean apparently intended firing again, when the revolver, which seemed to be new one, was knocked from his hand by 6 bystander and handed to the police. Eaton scholars were prominent in the attempt to lynch MacLean. The Right Hon. Sir Henry +. Ponsonby, the queens secretary, proceeded to the police station, and, after obtaining all the information possible, telegraphed to MT. Glad stone the facts Of the assault.
 The would-be murderer, Roderick MacLean, 6 grocers assistant, said that hunger prompted him to commit the crime. He was roughly handled by the crowd before he was arrested. 1v deRcriO0d A | a wretched-looking object He was prevented | from firing second shot by a bystander. The queen is said not to have been alarmed. The l doc:o:s pronounced the would-be murderer sane. From later accounts it appears that MacLean l fired the shot at the queen after the carriage WAS ill motion. Princess Beatrice and John Brown saw him point the pistol at the carriage. l He was exactly thirty paces distant when he | fired. Two of ihe four loaded chambers Of the revoly contained only ank cartridges. Mac Lean had walked from Portsmouth to London | week ago. Upon his pereon was found purse con. aiming penny and three farthin2s and pocketbo cont ntaining the following entries: Fourth Path a novel, by MacLean," and "Rcynolds' Newspaper gives as correct an idea of the wide difference that divides the people of England any newspaper In the world. l venerate the free andt outspoken principles of an unbiased thinker" MacLean was charged at the police station with shooting at the queen with intent | any one was hurt, but the police refused to give him any information. After searching the yard at the railway station for an hour the police found a small bullet imbedded in the ground. It bore marks of having first struck some other object. It was right in the diree- lion of the spot over which the queens carriage
 was passing, having probably passed over the horses heads.
 Congratulations poured in upon Queen Vic toria from all parts of the world for her escape from 6 would-be assassins bullet. United States Minister Lowell has rendered to the queen the congratulations of the American nation. Minister Lowell's telegram to General Sir Frederick Ponsonby says: 1T beg you 10 convey to her majesty my heartfelt congratu- | lations on her escape" Telegrams expressing similar sentiments were arriving at Windsor throughout the night.
 The London Times says: 'If no more can be sai for MacLean, the would-be assassin of the queen, than could be said for Guiteau, the assassin of President Garfield, or Lefroy, the murderer of MT. Gold, he can as little expect to escape punishment" The queen drove through Windsor on the day following the attempt on her life. and was welcomed with indescribable enthusiasm. When the prisoner left the town hall after the examination, twenty men endeavored to over- | turn the carriage containing him.
 At the examination of the prisoner MacIean | two letters WI itten by him were read. In one | he said that he had been compelled to commit | crime against ''bloated aristocracy'' because | Tn the other he said that he did not | intend to hit the queen. The evil | dence, however, was to the opposite effect. | He was remanded for 8 week. The bullet which he fired was found. It is said that Mac Leans antecedents show that he is eccentric that recently he has been an inmate of several lunatic asylums,