The chronicles of crime; or, The new Newgate calendar, being a series of memoirs and anecdotes of notorious characters who have outraged the laws of Great Britain from the earliest period to 1841 . the TriumphalArch there was the prisoner, Edward Oxford, watching their walked backwards and forwards, with his arms under the lapels of hiscoat. He was on the right-hand side, near the iron railings which divideConstitution-hill from the Green Park. When he saw the carriage, heturned round towards it; he drew a pistol from his breast, and then, asthe carriage went on, discharged it. The
The chronicles of crime; or, The new Newgate calendar, being a series of memoirs and anecdotes of notorious characters who have outraged the laws of Great Britain from the earliest period to 1841 . the TriumphalArch there was the prisoner, Edward Oxford, watching their walked backwards and forwards, with his arms under the lapels of hiscoat. He was on the right-hand side, near the iron railings which divideConstitution-hill from the Green Park. When he saw the carriage, heturned round towards it; he drew a pistol from his breast, and then, asthe carriage went on, discharged it. The providence of God averted theblow from her Majesty. The ball was heard to whiz by on the oppositeside. In all probability her Majesty was quite unconscious at that momentthat any attempt had been made upon her life. The carriage prisoner then looked back to see if any one was near to perceive him ;ho drew another pistol from his breast, whether with his right hand or hisleft is uncertain, and aimed at her Majesty. It would appear that herMajesty saw him fire, because she stooped down. Again the providenceof God interfered. The prisoner fired, the ball was heard to whiz on the. ^: ^ « ir THE NEW NEWGATE CALENDAR. 587 other side—her Majesty escaped. The Queen immediately drove on, toallay the alarms which might bo caused by news brought to her augustparent with respect to an event so momentous. There was a considerablenum})er of persons on the side of tlie Park between the road and the gardensof Buckingham Palace. Curiosity and loyalty had led many personsto that spot, in the expectation of her Majesty showing herself to hersubjects. There was a man named Lowe, whom I shall call as a witness,who immediately rushed across, seized Oxford, and took the pistols fromhim. That person at first was believed to be the offender by the partiesaround, who said, You confounded rascal, how dare you shoot at ourQueen ? On which Oxford said, It was I. He was immediately takenin
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