FEARS OF A FENIAN ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE the QUEEN.
The London correspondent of the Leeds "Mercury" writes — Very alarming stories have been afloat for the last few days respecting the possibility of a^ Fenian attempt upon the life of the Queen. The fear of such a crime was very strong last "Wednesday, when her Majesty laid the foundation stone of St. Thomas's Hospital, a letter having been received by the authorities stating that an attempt to assassinate her was to be made as she crossed Westminster Bridge. The precautions adopted by the chiefs at Scotland-yard aud the Home Office to prevent any such outrage as that , threatened were of the most extensive , ! character.
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Southland Times, Issue 994, 29 July 1868, Page 3
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113FEARS OF A FENIAN ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE the QUEEN. Southland Times, Issue 994, 29 July 1868, Page 3
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