The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-28

Francis Charles Augustus Albert Eminan'
nl-such was the fun name Of the prince
.9n~nrt was second son of Ernest duke oi
Sax0-C and Doe was three
mouth,anl three days younger than IBIS royal
suau.. 10 is worth noting perhaps, that the
same acconchou,c. Mime Sehold oiiciatcd
m Oh. birth Of both AZ first the popular
feeling toward tine prince was not cordial
hnt hs Used 10 D.. tle best loved man ID Eng
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Tier majesty was born May %, 1919. be-
came queen in ISL. though not formally
crowned 900 June 2s 1888, and was married
Feb. lO. 1910. bat who would imagine now
that the first notable events Of hcr career
were tragic in the highest dcereci Yet SD u
was. Lady Flora Hastings, Of the queens
immediate household. died of grief and shame
over % haseloss scandal. and a series OF ar
fo.npt. were made upon her majesty NE
ON JUNG TO- 1910, Edward Oxford hred t"o
shots at the queen as she and the prince were
driving up Constitution BIN. narrowly missing
them. The excitement was, OF course, great
but the Jury finally decilel that OXFORD vase
unsounl mimd-a fact CA which medical men
differed widely Then a strange thing nap
pcncl Oxford himself said that the lcniency
shown him was nistass-"somc other man
win fry IL uovv.n be said-and ON May ~.
1872 one John Francis fred once at the
queen on %, same spo, on Constitution NIL
tahar0 said Oxford when told Of II IN the
ASYLUM. III they bad hanged me there would
have been uo moro shooting at the queen.
Francis net oa the oirs Of mailman OF
bravo Int uhcn sentence was pronounced
of death fer hieh treason Ec fell IN "a swoon
Of mortal terror
Tier majesty coamutcl tho sentence To I'M
pri.oamcnt for life, and on tac very DAY 'Hh
Communication WAS published in tao papers i"
hunchhaclel boy named Bean made am "'
temp, 10 shoot The queen, bat as he presented
the ni.tol a courageous boy seized his hand
and hcil ON tiil both were dragged down III
was found t.at noou's pistol was loaded Only
with paper and fragments az a pipe INC
privv council decided that 10 was the best
policy 10 treat his act as that Of a. SHY,
drunken bow. so hc was publicly whipped and
sentenced f. eighteen months labor IN the
Mlhanl pcnitcntinry.
Both tho queen AMI the prince insisted that
vimlctivc Punishment never bad made mon
archs moro secure, and the prince added tha'
AN oTcnso 10 the feelings of the common pco-
,,ie would be- thousand times moro danger
on. than the lunacy Of all tho m@dmcn al
larrc A sort Of epidemic seemed 10 set IN
and many persons were suspected OF evii &c
.irns rs they attempted 20 force their way 70
tho ROYAL c1rriage. On the same hill, May
I'D 1870. an Irish laborer named Hamilton
arcd n pistol. charged with powder ohit' IL.
the ouo.n. Cor which be- received seven years
TRANSFORMATION. On the 21th Of May, lS1,
Robert Pate. a lieutenant who had lost MS
commission. struck thcqucca yiolentiy across
the face with cano as she was entering her
carriage. lie also was transported for seven
year, and died an imbccile.
MANY years Of exemption paS-d, ana OF
the e0th Of February, 1872, Arthur OConnof,
aged II. pointed at her majesty p'siol
which proved 10 be unloaded, at the same
timo holding up In his other hand a petition
for the release OF the Fenian prisoners. lie
was severely whipped and imprisoned Tor a
ycar And thus ended this remarhaoic ana
| altogether uncxplainahle series Of onirases.
INST before midnight OF Dec. ~, lcOi' Ion
do, was SURPRISED boy the toliing OF the great
lell, Of ST Paul's, and 10 was soon AhONn
mot tl,e princo consort had died at ten MIN
ute. before n. in the presence Of the queen
,b. Prince II Wales and the PrncesstS Aiic'
and Helena. Only the preceding day was !,
known that he was seriously sick OF coia "nu
fever Then began the long and FOR many IA,
years mournful widowhood Of Queen VIC
t0ria. 49,, .Io osno
For some years tho English people, eSle
c,.nv the small traders, complained bitterly
thot the ouecn continued her mourning ana
s.clns,o, - long that she " thdrew as tar ~
possible from all public ceremona's, az. 49,, w.,
not tako her proper place at tho hc'u 81 '"s'
pagoaniry which IS among tho ','oS1 ''"P hi,
ant functions Of the sovereign unae' ''9 DIV
ish constitution. Then, with Una. n"pp'
pcrversity which is truly English they pe
cam, proud Of her deYoiIop 70 the dsed' aug