Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1883 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

In Victoria Hall, Sunderland, England, in which a magician had been giving performances, 183 children were killed by a crush and panic. When the entertainment was finished, the little ones (between the ages of 4 and 14), who principally occupied the gallery, descended the stairs hurriedly, and, encountering a door which opened but twenty inches, a jam resulted. Here some were lifted from the stairs by the struggling mass and fell, only to be trampled to death. This brought on a panic, resulting in scenes similar to those which recently occurred on the Brooklyn bridge, and ending by nearly 2CO • children perishing. The excitement in the town was terrific, and soldiers were sent to the scope of the horror to preserve order. His serene Highness Prince and Duke of Teck, who married into the British royal family and has ever since been subsisting upon British taxpayers, has been losing so heavily on horse-races that he has been obliged to quit the kingdom. In a battle between the Turks and Albanians in the Hdtti district, 250 of the Turkish forces were killed and wounded. The Albanians also lost heavily. A dispatch from Sunderland, En. gland, says: The number of deaths from the catastrophe at Victoria Hall has now reached 202. The funeral ceremonies over the victims were very impressive The streets were crowded with sympathetic people, most of whom were in mourning. The blinds of the houses were drawn and the church in which the funeral services were held had a black flag at half-mast. One hundred free graves were prepared in one cemetery for the reception of the victims, exclusive of those for which the parents of children who lost their lives will pay. Five hundred influential citizens ol Great Britain have tendered subscriptions toward a bust of Longfellow to be kept in some public institution in New England ai a testimonial cf estcan

Parnell will visit the United State* Dion Boucieault is said to associate only with Irish revolutionist* in London. His wife alleges that he has sacrificed his fortune in behalf of the cause, and she seems to believe that he is the genuine No. 1. Fire in the royal dockyard at Amsterdam, Holland, destroyed one war vessel and badly injured another, and the total loss is placed at between 3,000,000 and 4,000,000 florins. London Truth says the Queen remains in a condition of ‘mild melancholy,” which causes much anxiety, owing to the tendencies of her family to dementia Her Majesty and the Princess Beatrice will go to Italy in the fall The schooner Hamburg has sailed from Hamburg for the Arctic regions, with provisions and instruments for the German expedition Telegrams from various points in Germany announce disastrous floods. The steamer Nevada, which left Queenstown for New York, among other passengers, brings 671 Mormon converts. Carey, the Irish informer, has been informed that he may remain in Dublin without police protection, or proceed to some of the British colonies. An American horse, Lorillard’s Iroquois, which was nominated by the Prince of Wales, won the Stockbridge cup, beating Magician and the marvelous jockey Fred Archer. Lorillard's Aranza also won the race for the Johnstone plate. The latest reports concerning the British wheat crop are rather discouraging. The early autumnal sowings promise fairly well, but the others are weak and thin. With a fine summer the crop at its best will not exceed the average of the last seven yearn There Is consolation for the British mind in the fact that the apple-orchards indicate an unusual yield of cider.