A BIG DEMONSTRATION The Funeral of Linnoll.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 242, 18 February 1888, Page 8 (Supplement)

A BIG DEMONSTRATION The Funeral of Linnoll.

London, December 18.— -The much-talked-of funeral of Linnell, the man who died from the effects of injurios received on the occasion of the proclaimed meeting in Trafalgar Square, came off this afternoon and took the form of a public demonstration. Editor Stead, who, through the medium of his newspaper, has been the prime mo> or in the affair, was one of the pallbearers, and Cunningham Graham, the Radical member of Parliament wounded and arrested on the occasion in question, was another. As announced in the proclamation, the authorities refused to allow the procession to pass near Trafalgar Square, which was strongly guardod by the police. The coffin was placed in a hearso drawn by four black horses, over which was placed a board bearing the words, *' Killed in Trafalgar Square/ and it was covered with a red pall and wreaths from several Democratic societies. The funeral procession, which was of large dimensions, started from Lexicon-street, Golden Square, and proceeded by a circuitous route across London to Bow churchyard, where the interment took place. Tho band played the dead march in Saul, and at the top of the HuymarUeb a two-horse waggon, in which a choir was seated, joined the procession. The scene was impressive, so long as the processionists went through the streets not opening on Trafalgar Square, and the spectators paid the tributo of silent respect to the dead. Some show of an attempt was made to break into the square at St. Martin's Lane, but the cordon of police resisted it and the procession resumed its way. The Strand was reached via Wellington-street, and the great central artery- of London was thronged densely with people, so that progress was slow. Bodies of demonstrationists hero joined the cortege at different points, and much shouting and cheering was indulged in which was sadly out of place on such a mournful occasion. On passing the offices of the "Daily Telegraph," in Field-street, the yelling and hooting was rather revolting, considering the day and the object of the processionists, who had nominally assembled to pay the last tribute of respect to the deceased. At Aldergate there was a collision with the police, and fists and sticks were freely used. Several of the demonstrationists and police received injuries. Upon the whole, however, the funeral passed off quietly, and the multitude, as the cemetery was reached, slowly dispersed.