AN OFFER OF MARRIAGE TO THE QUEEN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8306, 12 July 1890, Page 2 (Supplement)

AN OFFER OF MARRIAGE TO THE QUEEN.

A viir;;i; man of clerical aspect, named Allied Carter, of Nolson, near Brunsley, in Lancashire, was charged at the Slough petty sessions with being a wandering lunatic. Inspector Savage, of the Royal Household Police at Windsor Castle, said he met the defendant, near the Eton Col !".;"e playing fields, and showed him two 1 •!. lers that had been addressed to the Queen. These were produced as evidence. In one of the letters, sent from Slough to Her Majesty at Windsor Castle the defendant appealed to her most gracious Majesty for pecuniary assistance, caving she would never miss what would be to her a matter of small importance, and that he was sure she would be amply repaid for her act of charily. Repeating his request for some money, tho writer continued: —"I also along of this ni,ik>! a proposition to you. There can be no earthly harm in asking you for your hand and heart in love and marriage, and hoping you will give your favourable consent to these questions.—Alkrku Cav.ter. To Queen Victoria." Inspector Savage, continuing, said defendant acknowledged having written tho loiter in which he had stated that he wished to marry t.he Queen, and he also said that he should not leave the neighbourhood until lie had <jot an iihivw from her, and that he should not lake a sum of money. He accordingly apprehended him as a lunatic, and took him : i Sl'.Higii. A surgeon who examined the defendant said he thought he was of unsound mind, but not dangerous, and that he had told him that ho had written to the O'.i'eu out of love and affection, and made her an offer of marriage, 'J , he magistrates ordered the man to bo transferred to the custody of hi< father, who stated that his .-■on was a weaver by trade, and had been ,-tndying for tiie Wesleyar. ministry.