The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1872-09-20 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

DANGEROUS PANIC IN A CHAPEL AT  SUNDERLAND.  On Sunday night, during service at the Bethesda Free Church, Tatham-street, Sunderland, the pastor, the Rev. A. A. Rees, had just commenced his service, when a y, wig man was seized with a fit and gr, aned so loudly that nearly all in the crowded nng eg.at ion started to their feet in a state of alarm. Mr. Brown jumped ou a bunch, rt, sought to allay the prevailing agitation by proclaiming that it was only a man in a fit ; but a panic cry of fire from the gallery made matters worse, and the r,monstrances of Mr Rees in the pulpit, who waved his hands and called upon the people to be calm, bad little effect, a large number making an ugly rush for the door in a most absurd and disgrac, ful rammer. A block was the natural and ii.evitable result, and in the crowding several Indies fainted, and a number of others had their dresses torn or damaged. One foolish person, it was said, tried to open the stairhead window, desiring to impale himself on the iron radials below. Nr. Rees at length with the aid of the choir and the calmer portions of the congregation. succeeded in striking up a hymn, the singing of which had the effect of restoring confidence and quiet, and enabling the reverend gentleman to proceed with his discourse. Happily. so far as wo have heard, no person sustained any very serious bodily injury in the confusion.  SHOCKING OCCURRENCE AT lIOXTON.  At half-past Two o'clock on Monday afternoon another shocking tragedy took place at Boston, within fifty yards of the house where Mr. Squire and her daughter were so recently murdered. It would appear that a young woman of rat her prepossessing appearance, aged abeut 22, lodging at No. 9, Northpert-street, Horton, who had been in the habit of receiving visits from gentlemen, was leaded n Sunday by an old sweetheart, named Augustus Elliott, who came up from Gravesend purposely to see her. '1 hey appesred to be on friendly terms, and ret,red to bed about half-j oat eleven o'clock. About nine o'clock in the mornim_r they were supplied in bed with some breakfast, and afterwards they partook of some beer, and nothing more was heard of them until about half-past 2 in the aftercoon, at which tine the landlady was with her family having dinner, when she was alarmed by hearing the report of firearms four distlnct times, and ti en a heavy fall. She at once hastened upstairs to the back parlour, which the young woman occupied as a bed room, when she tound her lying upon the floor near the door bleeding from the face. At th s time some neighbours, hearing the report, burst el en the street door and rushed in, when they discovered the young man lying upon the bed, his face and forehead 'being covered with blood. They were bah partially dressed. A messenger was at once despatched for Dr. Griffith, the divisional surgeon of police, but upon meeting Dr. Simpson, of IL xton-street, he returned with him to the house, when upon the doctor making an examination of the wounded persons, he found that the young man had been shot between the frontal bode and the brain. The your g woman had received a wound in the cheek, and also over the left eye, which evidently must destroy ler sight. They were both in such a dangerous state that it was not considered des.rable to try to extract the balls, which had been fired from a revolver. The sufferers were at once removed to St. Bartholomew's hospital. They were both sensible. The young woman then said to the inspector, " Otis did it." The inspector asked him how it happened, and he said that he shot her first and himself afterwards; adding that the revolver, which was a six-chamber one, he had brought from Gravesend, and the inspector would find it under the table. On the weapon being examined it was found t hat four barrels had recently been discharged, and two chambers were still 'loaded. The re. volver, which was of a superior make, appeared to be quite a new one. The motive for this crime is supposed to be jealousy. A very large crowd of persons surrounded the house in which the affair took place. The name of the man is said to be Augustus Elliot. Ile resides at Gravesend, and has a m ther, but no father, living. Ten days ago he bought the revolver, and left Gravesend for the purpose of going to America, when, on coming to London, he met the young woman, Ellen Moore, whom he had known for four years. Thirty-four shilliegs in money was found in his possession. Inspector Ramsay asked him for his address, so that he might telegraph to his friends, but he refused to give it, stating that they would know all about it by the papers in the morning. Both the wounded persons lie in a very dangerous state, especially the woman, there being hardly any hope of her recovery.  The Rivista Europa announces that the libr.-ry which Mr, Thomas Adolphus TroHope bad formed in Flor, nee, will br sold by auction next November, at Mr. Trollope's villa. The library conmius apwards of ten thousand volumes, and umuy rare works of interest. The International €tatistical Conures3 commenced at St. Petersburg on the 23rd Augn,, and ended on the 2Sth. The meeting was well atteoded, important social que4i, us wer.; dicussed, and the entertainments given to the foreign members were of the most spletaliel character. The death by suicide of M. Leoa Lap, the wellknown author of 'Le Due Job,' has created s,:ine excitement in the dramatic cirel-s of  reason is advanced fortbis act. M. Alex-1114re L'lya, the biographer of M. Tillers, was his bi.otLer. Laya WAS born in 1810, and was c.inseitueutly  two years of are.