The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-10-14
FOREIGN NEWS.
Details of the Liverpool Theatre
Panic.
Dismal Financial and Political Review
for the Week.
Gambetta Predicting a Large Rspub'
lican Majority in French Senate.
ENGLAND.

/ DETAILS OF TlIE LIVERPOOL THEATRE PANIC
I LIyEEFoOL, October l2.-It Is stated tha
there were between four and i've thousan,
persons in the Coliseum Theatre last nigh
AZ the time the fatal panic occurred. l
/ appears that one OF the performers va
| singing comic song, when 4 free fgh
commenced in the pit The cry Of fire va.
raised, and there was : general stamped,
for the box office entrance, though therC
are said 10 have been i've other doom
open for the egress Of the audience. The
police inside and outside Of the theatre
vainly endeavorei to control the frantic
crowd
The structure OF the theatre Al the point
where the crush occlrred is one Of intri-
cate exits, which conTerge into : narrow
well, and il was in this well the suffocA-
ton TOOK place, and the dead were piled
six or seven bodies deep.
An upright partition in the centre OF the
doorway stopped the passage until one oi
the men attached to the theatre cut il
away, enabling some Of the imprisoned
people 10 escape.
/. 4 scene Of the greatest excitement pre-
vailed outside the theatre. The ire en-
gineS and fire escapes arrived. and the fire
men joiniE: the police entered the build
ing to reaSsure the people.
The manager Of the theatre, upon the
tirSt alarm, rushed into the pit from the
entrance and shouted 10 the people to re-
main quiet. but all his efforts were inef-
iec;ual until the theatre had been nearly
cleared, when the dead and injured were
carried to the ROYAL Infrmary. Two Of
the dead were women, three boys and
thiuy-:wO strong, able-bodied men Of the
labo:ins class.
CAUSE OF THE MANCHESTER FAILCRE.
LoXDox, October l2.-The Manchester
Guqniian says that the failure of Hugh
Balfour & Co, OF that city. was caused By
losses on Manchester goods shipped 70
India and China.
REDUCTION OF WAGES IL GLASGOW.
The Clyde ship builders have notified
their woEkmen OF reduction of seven and
a half per cent in their wages, TO date
from the I'D OF the present month. The
reduction affects 1000 employees.
B1llion gone into the Bank Of England
on balance to-day, ES5 600.
FINANCIAL AND POLITICAL REVIEW.
LONDON. October l2.-The week has
closed in financial and political gloom, and
the opening Of business on Monday will
be anticipated with feelings Of much ap-
prehensiOR. Not only in England, but on
the continent, there is feeling OF uneAsi-
ness and alarm, less perceptible, however,
in PariS than in the other monetary CEN
iers. The failure Al Manchester yesterday
is found to be very bad one, and the i'm.
preston produced by il is all the stronger
from the fac: tha; MeSSrs. Hiugh. BalfOur
4 Co. were an old established house, and
had long conducted what was believed 10
be an extensive and safe trade, quite free
from speculative veR;ureS
The political sky is equally overcast.
The news IRON lrdia, privately received
4, the Horse Guards. is said 10 be unpleAs-
ant, 50 fIr Is il relates 10 the discovered
ineticiency of the supply and Transpor-
tatiOn Departments. Il Is feared that the
necessary supplies and munitions can not
ke got up 10 the front IN time for the ad-
vance on the 18th, even ii the men them
selves are ready.
The new attitude OF R1Ssia in Turkey
grows more oninuus. and there are rumors
OF anew reapproachemcnt between Austria
and Germany as against Turkey.
The report tina; a committee has been
formed in Russia by command OF the Car
10 devise means for forming deliberative
Parliamcn; by assembly, is considered
very significant and important 1t would
be concession TO popular rights such As
has never vet been made in Russia
The feeling in GERMANY respecting the
Socialist Bill has become highly exacerba-
ted, and passion threatens 10 take the
place of judgment on both sides, but It Is
positively asserted tonight that the Gov
esnmen; parry is strong enough 10 push
the bill through, and that they will do so
At anv cost.