... A CARDIFF-LADEN STEAMER MISSING. lU-OTDS' TKLEGKAlI.l A Genoa telegram states that the Italian steamer San Marco, which left Penartb on the 13t,h for Genoa, is very much overdue, and grave fears are entertained for her safety. ...

... The Central News says :-It is stated that Mr Wilfrid Blunt has received notice that sbould i's be successful ia bift peuding appeal, be will be re-arrested for =Wai& ateetwg at WoodfoxL ...

... TREATMENT OF CHILDREN AT SCHOOLS. An association of parents and guardians of children attending the schools in the district of Wallssnd-on-Tyne was last night formed for the protection of children from insult and injury. Serious allegations were made against certain teachers, who were stated to have laid children across deski and flogged them grossly. They were also alleged to have insulted ...

... FRUITS OF EARLY MARRIAGE, He Wouldn't Hold the Baby, At West Ham (near London) puiice-cvUrt, yes- j terday, James Daniel Amps, apparently about 20 years of age, was charged with assaulting bis wife, Alice Amps, by striking her on the face.—The j complainant, who seemed to be about 19, said .she was doing some needlework, and her husb.md particularly desired it to be done; but when the child ...

... A BLIND HUSBAND IN THE DIVORCE COURT. Sir James Hannen had before him in the Divorce Court, yesterday, the suit of Lever ». Lever and Wilson, a husband's petition for the dissolution of his marriage on the ground of his wife's adultery with the co-respondent. The facts of the case were peculiar, the petitioner having been blind from boyhood, and never having seen his WIFE. There was no defence ...

... A STRONG LIGHT IN THE WINDOW. The Newport Volunteer Fire Brigade—find fellows that they i-are always getting unex- pected calis, because tires are in their nature unexpected. But thiS mornin, they got a need- lesd fibrm. A man passing by tho premises of Mrs Wood, boarding-house keeper, Aiexandra- loftd, at 6.30, saw a strong light in the window, and promptly arriving at the conclusion that a ...

... For two weeks pa.st M Starr, agent for P. T. Baruuui and James A. Bailey, havo been in close communication with be directors and the manager of the Paris Hippodrome, now at Olympia, South Kensington. Last week all the parties interested iii-idf,- t trip to Paris, and upon their return to London it was announced that Messrs Barounr and B-.iloy had purchased such portions of tiv hippourouie a ...

... END OF THE NORTHAMPTON STRIKE. After a lengthy conference between the repre- sentatives of the masters and men engaged in the lockaut in tbe Northampton shoe trade, tha several disputed points were yesterday satisfac- torily disposed of, and the men will return to work on Monday. The lockout has lasted about a month, and has caused much privation and destitution. ...

... I (By One of the Crowd.) We are getting ready for Christmas at Penarth. Thrifty wives are sailing to and fro daily between the seaside suburb and Cardiil' exchanging the hard-earced gold of the bread-winner for hugo consignments of game and beef and all sorts if provisions drawn froir. the bustling stores of Cardiff. The five o'clock train is besieged by small boys yelling at the top of their ...

... Tha funeral of Lord Cavan took place on Thursday afternoon in the cemetery at Weston- super-Mare, conducted by members of the denomination known as the Brethren, of which deceased was a member. The. chief mourners were Lord Kilcoursie, M.P., Colonel Hon. Oliver Lambert, Capt. Hon. A. Lambert, Colonel Hon. E. Littleton, &c. ...

... The Press Association learns that the deficit in the Indian budget this year will be met by again having recourse to the salt tax. The efforts of Sir Auckland Colvin, financial adviser to. the Viceroy, to establish an equilibrium with.)u b using this source of revenue have not been sue- I cessful. ...

... THE ATLANTIC CABLES. Probable Break-up of the Pool. I The Central News is enabled to state that the pool arrangement existing between the Anglo- American, the Direct United States, and the Western Union Telegraph Company is threatened with dissolution, owing to serious disagreements which have arisen, The trouble first arose after the negotiations to effect a working arrangement recently with ...