The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1868-10-09 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

MARTIN A. KRIM; curate ot Harold's-cross Church, has been drowned while bathing at Bray. Ills body was discovered by the coast-guards among the rocks, some time after the occurrence, which, as far as is known, was not witnessed by any spectators. A BAD CALAMITY IDNI just occurred in the tipper part of the Rhone Valley, the entire village and church of Obeyed°len (with the exception of a single house at either end of the village) having been entirely burnt down.  JOIIN FRANC/5 KEARNS, ORO of the Fenians convicted of taking part at the rising of Ballyknockane, on the 6th of March last year, and now confined in Millbank Prison, is about to be removed from thence to a lunatic asylum, his mind having given way. THE SCREW STEAMER HIPPOCAMPUS, running between St. Joseph, Michigan, and Chicago, Iliinois, capsized one night two weeks ago. Her passengers and crew, SO persona in all, were drowned. The cause of the disaster was overloading upon the upper decks. TAR Freeman states that the two vacancies created in the Order of St. Patrick will be shortly filled up by the installation, in the room ef the Marquis of Downshire, of the Earl of Mayo, and the installation of the Earl of Erne, in the plece of Lord Farnham. A DISTRESSING CASE of suicide occurred at Old Swan, says the Liverpool Mercury. George Matthews, a man in comfortable circumstances, and employed as a buyer-in for Messrs. Jeffery and Co., deliberatly cut his throat in a fit of depression stated to have been produced by excessive drinking.  THE Giornale di Roma publishes an apostolic missive, by which the Sovereign Pontiff excommunicates by name and with all solemnity the priest Claims Rinaldl, for having retained, notwithstanding warnings from bis Ilolineqs, the functions of judge in the self-styled Italian monarchy,  OWING TO VIE COPIOUS RAINFALL Of the last few days, the waterworks committee of the Manchester Corporation are enabled to annonneo that tho suplAy of water, which during the past week has been limited to eight hours a day, namely, from six a.m, to two p.m., will be continued until six o'clock in the evening. THE COURT OF DIRECTORS of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China have resolved that an interim dividend for the past half-year, at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum, free of income tax, be recommended to the shareholders of this bank at the general meeting to be held on the 21st of October.  ---• PATRICK BLACKLET, ODO of the accomplices in the M'Gee murder, is said to be insane. Bail will probably be accepted for Eagleson, Enright, and Murphy, the other accomplices. Whelan most strongly protests that he did not shoot M'Gee, but knows who did. It is expected he will make a full confession before long. THE RESIDENT MAGISTRATE at the Curragh camp has received instructions from the Irish Government to institute an inquiry into the recent night attacks by "officers of two crack corps" on the hut of an officer of the War Department. Lord Strathnairn has also ordered a board of inquiry.  THE PRESENT eTRENGTH Of the Pontifical army is 16,405 men, 'minding 673 cavalry and 933 artillery. The latter consists of one mountain, three field, and two mounted batteries. Rome is defended by 157 guns. There are 1,800 sick men in the military hospitals, and many captured deserters in prison.