Show twe THE ATTACK ON QUEEN VICTORIA yesterday afternoon the prisoner arthur oconnor was wab brought up to bow street the prisoner was undefended ou on being asked whether his name was arthur oconnor he replied in a loud aloud sharp voice yes yeb yes yea sir aln in opening the case mr poland said the prisoner is charged under the fifth and sixth victoria caption 2 section 2 which is to the A effect that any person presenting a pistol loaded or unloaded with intent to injure or frighten her majesty the queen shall be deemed guilty of high misdemeanor and shall be sentenced to either seven years or three years imprisonment according to the nature of the of off menee mence ence enee it also is in the power of the judge to order the offender to be publicly or privately horsewhipped horse whipped the learned learine counsel proceeded to narrate the facts as they were yvere afterward proved in evidence and read the following paper which was found upon the prisoner 1 I victoria queen by the grace of go god do make ibe the following declaration whereas there are at the present moment confined in various prisons throughout the united kingdom a number of men irish by birth who are ire known and celebrated as the fenian prisoners 11 and whereas the said fenian prisoners have been in prison and kept in durance by order of my government and with my sanction for the crime of high treason the said fe fer anians having rebelled and conspired against my crown endeavoring by various unlawful means to weaken and destroy my power and authority over the irish nation and whereas it la is a well known r fact that the sympathy lor jor the fenian prisoners is such that the nation has at various times humbly petitioned for their pardon and release aelen se notwithstanding which they are baill deprived of liberty now I 1 tho the said victoria queen of great brit ain aln Ireland and the colonies do hereby with the consent of my parliament grant a free pardon to esch gach each and every one odthe of the said men known and celebrated as the fenian prisoners who are now suffering ring imprisonment for the crime of treason against my crown and 1 I the bald baid queen of great britain ireland and the colonies do solemnly pledge my royal word and swear to keep and see carried out the following five clauses clause clausel 1 that thai ali ail the said sald men known and celebrated as the fenian prisoners shall to bo restored to liberty without any delay whatever clause 2 that all the said feniane shall be allowed free and entire liberty for the remainder of their lives clausel that for the remainder of their ilves lives the said ahall be as aa free from the police supervision and restraint as the rest of my subjects clause 4 that the said feniane shall be allowed to return to their native country or any other country town 0 or T place that they may choose to visit without any interference whatever from my government overn ment clause 5 that notwithstanding the fact of my agreeing to the above conditions condi condl tlona tiona only t through fear of my life I 1 will not attempt to depart from any of them upon that account nor upon any other reason cause or pretext whatever will I 1 depart or attempt to depart from any of them neither will I 1 listen to any advice wb which loh lob my ministers may wish to tb give toward causing me to depart from my word or toward causing me to depart from my oath or toward the violation of any t ing above stated but shall adhere strictly to everything so bo help me god I 1 I 1 signed this twenty seventh day of february in the year of grace P one thousand eight hundred and seventy two witnessed by r whereas a person named arthur oconnor residing at 4 church row Hounds ditch in the city of london having committed an outrage against my royal person ed himself into my nay hands he be the kald bald ald aid arthur oconnor being perfectly willing to summer suffer for such offense now r f the said victoria queen quern of great britain and ireland solemnly do pledge my royal word to the effect that if the said arthur oconnor be found guilty of deathly death by my judges just and fair trial he be the said sald arthur oconnor rj shall not be strangled like a common felony felonI felon but shall receive that death which la Is due to him as a christian a republican and as aa one who has hag never harmed a human being that ia to say he shall be shot and after death his bis body shall be delivered to his friends to be buried they may choose signed this twenty seventh day of february in the year of grace one thousand eight hundred and seventy two by me witnessed by K R J mr nir poland continuing said sald vh ghe the prisoner said he had intended to do it it on thanksgiving day but he could not get near the cathedral it was fortunate for him that he be did not do so for the love of the people for the queen is so great that bad he be succeeded he be would probably never hava been here to have been tried lloud loud applause app lauge lauie JOHN brown browna TESTIMONY mr poland then called john brown who bald baid sald baid I 1 am the personal attendant upon her majesty yesterday her majed ty wen beut t out oud for a drive in an boen open carriage ariage her majesty sat bat on the right of the carriage and lady churchill on the left opposite to the queen was prince arthur I 1 was riding in the rumble behind there were two equerries equer ries riding on either side of bf the carriage and behind were to grooms when the carriage stopped fon fan the purpose of the queen alia alighting nady lady churchill was on the bide alde nearest to the entrance I 1 got down to open abe carriage door and saw this thia boy coming up between the two equerries equer ries he got up to within a yard ot or the carriage door I 1 thought there was something wrong and shifted bim him back and lord charles fitzroy a also aiso ISO pushed him back thinking he was one of nf the gardeners he then rushed round to the queens side of the carriage I 1 followed him as fast as ak I 1 could when I 1 got around bround he be had dalbed his hand to the top of the carriage I 1 just colub caught ht hold of him by the neck and one arm and he dropped a pistol from his right hand his left being then on the carriage one of the equer equerries ries rles gen hardinge picked up the pistol I 1 keeping hold of the boy I 1 kept him till a F lot of people came running up VV with ith a policeman and then I 1 thought it time to give him up the queen ivas was still in the carriage at ac this stage his royal highness prince leopold entered the court and took tooka a seaton beaton seat on the bench his royal highness hig Sig haess was greeted by a cheer from the crowd in court the prisoner said that he had no wit witnesses besses to call and was committed for trial at the central criminal court pall mald maid gazette march 2 hook in describing a badly cooked aked din iler ller ner said everything was soun sour except the vinegar |