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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW.
JUNE 30 , 1840 . THE QUEEN .
THE hand of the assassin has been raised against the " Lord ' s anointed ; " but Providence , in its mercy , averted the intended murder ; and the Queen of these Realms , we are most happy to state , is receiving the daily homage of the great and noble at court , and loyal addresses from her
subjects in all parts of the world . How awful it is to contemplate the uncertainty of human events ! Our Queen might now have been the tenant of the tomb , and the nations over which she rules , instead of thus congratulating Her Majesty and her Princely Husband on their providential escape , -would have been plunged into the deepest sorrow for her loss .
Our business is not to narrate the particulars of this traitorous act , but merely to record the fact . The foul attempt was made by a mere stripling , Edward Oxford , on the 10 th of June , by the discharge of a brace of pistols , at the Queen and Prince Albert , as they were riding in an open carriage upon Constitution Hill .
Among the addresses of congratulation to the throne , are a great number from Provincial Grand Lodges , including that from the Grand Lodge of Edinburgh , on the 17 th of June ; the Grand Lodge of Dublin , on the same day ; and from the United Grand Lodge of England , on the 24 th ; VOL . VII . S
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW.
JUNE 30 , 1840 . THE QUEEN .
THE hand of the assassin has been raised against the " Lord ' s anointed ; " but Providence , in its mercy , averted the intended murder ; and the Queen of these Realms , we are most happy to state , is receiving the daily homage of the great and noble at court , and loyal addresses from her
subjects in all parts of the world . How awful it is to contemplate the uncertainty of human events ! Our Queen might now have been the tenant of the tomb , and the nations over which she rules , instead of thus congratulating Her Majesty and her Princely Husband on their providential escape , -would have been plunged into the deepest sorrow for her loss .
Our business is not to narrate the particulars of this traitorous act , but merely to record the fact . The foul attempt was made by a mere stripling , Edward Oxford , on the 10 th of June , by the discharge of a brace of pistols , at the Queen and Prince Albert , as they were riding in an open carriage upon Constitution Hill .
Among the addresses of congratulation to the throne , are a great number from Provincial Grand Lodges , including that from the Grand Lodge of Edinburgh , on the 17 th of June ; the Grand Lodge of Dublin , on the same day ; and from the United Grand Lodge of England , on the 24 th ; VOL . VII . S