EUROPEAN NEWS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7913, 30 November 1887, Page 3

EUROPEAN NEWS.

(I'EU MASSILIA AT ALBANY.) [BY CABLE FROM AUSTRALIA.] London, October 28. Lord Churchill, addressing a Conservative meeting at; Newcastle on the 22nd inst., toek occasion to reply to the charges made by Mr Gladstone against the Unionist party and the Irish Executive. He denied Mr Gladstone's accusations that the Unionists had recourse to coercion on insufficient grounds, and in proof thereof he referred to the history of several coercive laws which had been enforced. Tito charge that the Unionists had pledged themselves not to resort to extreme measures he declared to be unfounded. In criticising the attitude of Mr Gladstone towards the police, he attributed this onslaught upon the constabulary to Mr Gladstone's alliance with the revolutionary party, whose views were affected. If disorder and anarchy took place, and if the authority of the law were to be disturbed by future political changes, he predicted the decay of the material prosperity of England. The speaker alluded to a statement made by Mr Gladstone that he (Mr Gladstone) approved of the National League because it was different in its organisation from the Land League, against which. he had passed an Act when in office. Lord Churchill, however, pointed to the speech made by Mr Davitt last week, declaring that the National League was identical with its predecessor— the Land League. A demonstration was held in London on Saturday last, which assumed very large proportions, In the morning a meeting was held at Clerkenwell, for the purpose of protesting against the conduct of the police in dispersing the out-door gatherings in the past week. Kesofntions were passed demanding the dismissal of Sir Charles Warren and the' appointment of a civilian instead as_ Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. A meeting was agaiu held under the auspices of the London Patriotic Club, at which an enormous crowd congregated, and several violent speeches were made. The mob, headed by a yonlh carrying a red flag, and closely followed by mounted and foot constables, marched to Trafalgar Square, which was speedily packed, principally with sightseers. The proceedings were orderly, and the services of the police were not required. After several speeches had been delivered, resolutions were adopted by the meeting to petition the Govern ment to obtain work for the unemployed by commencing various public works — among others the formation of the embankment on the south side of the Thames. The crowd then marched in an orderly manner to Westminster Abbey, where a large number attended 1 the atternoon service, some few behaving very irreverently. Upon the conclusion of the service the crowd returned to Trafalgar Square, where more speeches were delivered. Towards five o'clock the Square was densely packed, and the mob became 1 somewhat disorderly, several persons being hustled about ; but nothing serious resulted, and the crowd gradually dispersed. Before the Teignmouth Magistrates two charges of assault were preferred against Hugh Trevannion by his wife, who is a daughter of Sir Daniel Cooper. The defendent and hi? wife reside at Teignmouth, and it was alleged that he had squandered her money and cruelly ill-treated her, blackening her eyes, &c. The Bench sentenced defendant to three weeks' imprisonment upon each charge. Notice of appeal was given.