The Portland daily press., 1885-05-14
THE OLD WORLD.
A Demonstration Against the
Governments Budget Propos-
ais.
London Streets in the Hands Of An
Unruly Crowd.
The Police Overcome and Many
Citizens Mobbed.

LONDON, May 13.-A riot occurred this after
noon between q mub and the police for the
possession of the Ne son monument in Trafal-
gar Square. About 10. 900 men had assembled
ia the squire to make demonstration against
the government's budget proposals to increase
the duties on spirits and beer, and the crowd
was very unruiy, large portion Of it consist
ing OF the element on search for sport. Ihe
police found themselves unable to maintain
order and the pressure on the speakers COM
PEELED them to mount the pedestal OF the Mel
son monument where from this eminence the
speeches were resumed, but they were rendered
inaudible to the audience by the upr0ar among
the roysterers. The police interviewed to se-
cure silence for the orators and then great
struggle ensued between the mob and the po-
lice. The row lasted nearly an hour and the
police were finally compelled TO retire leaving
the crowd singing in triumph, "Rule Britain
MIA" Soon after, the mob had compelled the
speakers to leave it surged down TO the front
of the National Club, which faces Trafalgat
Square and every person noticed entering or
leaving the club building was mobbed. The
attitude OF the crowd was so nlenacing that the
club doors were closed and a messenger dis
patched to Scotland Yard for additional police.
AT 9 o'clock the rioters were still in full pos.
session of Trafalgar Square, and Northumter-
land Avenue was also occupied bya mob OF
many thousands. The police by this time had
been largely reinforced and had charged a
number Of times upon the mob and made
several arrests.
The Afghan Frontier Agreements.
LONDON, May 13.-The Afghan frontier con
vention submitted to M de Giers contains no
pledge or reference to Russian advance upon
Herat. 1t relates solely to the frontier.
More About the Battle of Pcnjdeh.
ST. PETER BURG. May 13.-Gen. Komaroff's
latest dispatches regarding the collision be-
tween the Russians and Afehans near Penideh
reiterates with fuller details his earlier ac-
counts OF the affair. He says the Afghans
sent tsunting message to the Russians, de-
claring that "they would thrash the Russians
as they had thrashed the English" The AT
ghans, Gen. Komsroff again insists, fred the
first shots, and so were resp esponsible for bringing
on the engagement. Gen. Komaroff saws that
he learned from prisoners who were captured
in the battle that the Afghan leaders had or
dered the Sarikbs to furnish a contingent OF
1000 men to the Afghan army. The time
which had been allowed the Ssrikbs to deter
mine whether they would comply with this or
der expired on the very day the battle occurred
a1d an answer from them was expected by the
Afghans on that day. The effect produced by
the Russian snccess on the minds of the neigh
boring people was so great that directly after
tho battle the Sark and Edersink Turco.
man offered their allegiance to Russia.
The Great Dynamite Case.
LONDON, May 13.-At the trial of Cunning
ham and Burton this morning Attorney Gener-
81 James submitted as evidence the voluntary
statement made by Burton to Constable Jarvis
at the time of his arrest, to the effect that he,
(B0rtoD), had bought brown trunk for shil-
lings from man in Great Prescott street, that
he did not know the man aud had not seen
him since, and that he (Burton) came from
America on Christmas. Counsel for the pris-
Oners objected to the statement being admit
ted, but tue objection was oVerrued. Eyi-
dence was then given showing that when Cun-
ningham took the room at No. 80 Great Pres
colt street, White Chapel, he gave the name of
Burton.