A PANIC.-A respectable co...
The Times, 1824-09-03T00:00:00

A PA Irc.-A respectablc correesponderit informis us, that on the morninz of fhe 18th of' July last, as the Roman Catholic Paqtnr of the oarisbh w-a cEebrating divine service in the chapel of Baly,vcYv within two niles and a half of the town of Kilkeel. a gust of wind swept along the roof oyf the btilding, which seemed to vield to its pressure. ltnediately the clergyvuan and hit congrega on wcre seized with a panic. The prnest burst out through an end win- dots in the chapel, placed about 6 feet from the ground. and carried the riass and sashes eway with hit in his flight Tite congre- gation imitated his example, and w ith loud cries burnt through tne other windows;; hut. unfortunate!y the first of tL em fell and was trampled upon. Others fe4U over hin. Somne Isheir arts broken, somie dislocated, and some their legs fraurtWd Several adies and gentlemen aho were going to church at Kilkeel whel thet- saw tlits extraordinaty ecene of confusion, were also seized wvith a panic, and fled precipitately froin the niace. Our corre. spondent says, that tle six windowvs appertain'ng to the building atre completely demolished, vet the roof is absolutely uninjured.- Bedfeet stremi L.etter. Found dead, in her house, on the 17th u!. Mrs. Sibella M'lvur,witow ofitielate Rev. IUurdo ,l'lver, LainisterofLochalsh. Mirs. A'tver had residing wvith hcr a female relative, wVh vas sub. jtct to frequent firs of derangement, and who was then in consequence confined to a particular roon. In this room ilrs. M'I1ver was found dead by her neighbours, who not uaviig seen her for somc days pre. ceding, matle their way into th,e house. The unhappy lunatic was l found roaming in tbe woods, and has been conveved to the Northert Infirmnary. Judging from the place in which she was found, it might be conjectured that MIrs. M'l'ver, who was old and frail, had tiet her death by some act of violence fromI the lunatic; but no marks :ere viible upor, the body to corroborate such an opinion.--Aber. J.Holmes, quarryman, of `Ailk-street, Bath., was killed by the flaUing on him of about three *tone weight ofstoae, whilet wor. irg on Cootnb-down, on M1ondav last. The deceased and the mnan working with him. were endeavouring to thTow down a mass of rod- resting on0a foundationr not it e than two feel sqa;Va4, over whie4h at a great height it projected several feet, and underneath Hohnes la. boured to remove the shallow base of the rock, vwhen its sudden fall deprived a wife of her support, and four small children (one but a fewv weeks old) of their enrthly guide-and protector. An inquea:lth been held on the body. Verdic-" Accidental death." On Tuesday itight about 12 o'clock, the i habitants of Putney were alar;3ed, by discovering that the extensive factory of Mltr. Dal-ett, Wax and tallow chandlerto'Ilis MIajesty, was it flane3 which, from the cabdststible uat=ee of the ac6ckt on the prerrij;fi spread in a tiost alarming manner. On the arriva'i of the engins, the firemen commenced playing in the most actire manner arl the adjoining houses, hut all attemptis to save any partof Alr. iaj let's premise3 were altogether fruitless. The firemen rucceeced its removing several togsheadXs of tallow fiom, the premises, but not withstanding al their exertions, the whole were reduced to a heap of ruins by about 6ive o'lock in the eorning. The dageaisu eti. rnatedat is.bout 1O,o{lx