The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1869-02-19 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

THE OPEN/NG OF PABLIAMENT.—It is now positively announced that the Queen will not open Parliament. Her ill-health will not permit her to do ao. LORD STANLEY, who was recently elected to the rectorship of our university, will visit Glasgow towards the end of next month.—Olosgow Herald. THE SUBSIDY given by the Government of India to the Anner of Afghanitain consists, it is said, of six lakha of rupees and 20,000 stand of arms.  Timm:is FEVER is raging to such an extent at Brussels that the king and court have left. All the private schools are removed from the capital. Tux COUNTESS DE GREY will give a series of receptions on Saturdays during the month, at the Lord President of the Council's residence, in Carlton-gardens. TICK 'lath t statue that Airs. lie Burgh, the Wile of the vicar of West Drayton, has joined the Church of Rome.  THE BANK OF BOMBAY has declared a dividend for the year ending 31st December at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum; the Bank of Bengal st the rate of 8 per cent, and the Bank of Madras at the rate of 74 per cent.  THE DEATH is annonneed in the Shanghae Recorder of Monseigneur Monly, the Catholic bishop of Pekin, and one of the oldest missionaries in China. He belonged to the order of Lazariets, and has been resident ODSI 30 years in China. ON FRIDAY Andrew Miller, foreman porter at Greenock to Messrs. Bonn' Belfast and Liverpool steamers, wee pulled into the water by a line attached to the steamer Racoon, and expired a few minutes after being recovered. THE Vienna Press states that Austria was the "great Power desirous of peace," which disclosed to the Berlin Cabinet the plot for the assassination of Count Bismarck, recently announced by the New Prussian Gewelle.  ON THURSDAY NIGHT a Mrs. Balmer, of Bristoplace, Edinburgh, overlaid her child, causing its death, and then attempted to commit suicide by taking whiskey and laudanum, failing in which she cut her throat died.  WE—Chamber of Agriculture Journal—are enabled to state that on an early clay the Prencier will receive a deputation from the Cenral Chamber of Agriculture on the question of the preesure of local taxa. tion on real property.  A PAMPHLET entitled "Napoleon HE." has just been publiahed, in which the writer endeavours to make out that " the crowning of the edifice," so long premised the French people, will not take place until the accession of Naroleon IV. to the throne.  A soocrnio rNsTANcx of parsimony is mentioned by the Indian Church News, a Madras print. That paper has actually been "credibly informed" that the Rev. B. O'M. Deane' acting Chaplain of Emmanuel Church, has suggested that some of the surplices of the choir should be out up to make shirts for the use of the school-boya"—Bombay Gagette.  A COLLIERY EXPLOSION, attended with loss of life, is reported from Wales. The accident occurred at Forchamman Colliery, Aberdare, and resulted in the immediate death of three aces. Seven others were injured, and of these two are not expected to recover.  IP IS REPORTED that the Earl of Derby has greatly improved in health during the last few days, and that he will probably be enabled to return to Lon don next week and take lain old place in the house of Lords.  IIICIIARD COOPER, an engraver, living in Speuceratreet, Birmingham, has been arrested for attempting to hang his son, six years old. Cooper, wb has bi en accustomed to get drunk, attempted to has, the lad, but bad not the heart to carry out R 1.9 Intention IT SEEMS THAT, busy as he is with State affairs Mr. Rouher, like Mr. Gladstone, finds time to devot to literary pursuits. The Prase Libre announces the the French Minister is engaged upon a "History e Public Opinion in France." AT A CONFERENCE held at the Mansion-lions the other day, the Lord Mayor in the chair, it we resolved that a subscription should be commenced, wit. a view of promoting emigration as the most efficlet. means of alleviating the distress in the East of London. THE CHELTENHAM PETITION INQUIRY ha terminated. Mr. Baron Martin declared that th election was as fair and honest as had ever taken place that Ur. Samuelson was duly elected; and that th costs must follow the event.