... NEWPORT. Arrivals and Sailings for the week ending May 20.1846. ARRivED. Reward, Brazier, Honfleur Rosina Eckloff Schedam Stephen Knight, Wyall, Cherbourg Eluzai Phil- lips, Prudence, Jenkins, Dispatt-h, Darnell,Excellent, Doughton Kingston, Richards, Amelia, Jay, Rouen, batlast._IndustrY Quinton. Chepstow; Olive, Canty, Bristol, potatoes. New Hope, Davies, Porthcawl, iron.—John, Dyer. Fowey, ...

... CHAOS.—A large heap of nothing, with no place to put it in. Liberal sensations find no entrance into a barbarous, con- tracted heart. Why is it probable that King Charles I. consented to be exe- cuted ?—Because they axed him whether he would or not. Why is Tom Thumb not the smallest in the world 1-Because in India there is a General Littler. A coquette is a rose from which every lover plucks a ...

... (From our own Correspondent.) LONDON, THURSDAY EVININO. Some of the wiseacres of the metropolitan press have been amusing their readers with the idea of an approaching dissolution. Be assured that there is no foundation for any such occurrence at pre- sent. The No-House of Monday, the 20th instant, in which these speculations originated, was the result of pure accident. On the following day, ...

... RAILWAY BILL.—Sir Robert Peel's resolutions on the subject of railway legislation have been received by the most experienced persons connected with the monetary interest with a feeling of unmixed gralificalion..They not only feel that Ii great weight io the shape of impending liability is removed from the public mind, but they are also gratified at the promptitude which the govern- ment have ...

... If we were asked to point out, amongst the protective duties levied by European nations, the one which was most unsound in principle, or that which most checks social improvement, we should, in either case, point to the duty upon the importation of iron into France. Jroo is, under any circomstances, an unfit article for taxation. It is not only a raw material, and, as such, open to ail the ...

... Thepaperaof the past week tell U8 that the Examinations for the Newcastle Scholarship, have terminated but they failed to supply us with the questions put upon the interesting occasion. We are, however, enabled to give a few for the agents of Punch—like the spies of Nicbolas-are everywhere; albeit, it is hoped, with a different purpose. Q. What is your opinion of the Maynooth grant A. My ...

... ARRIVAL OF THE ORBAT WESTERK. LIVERPOOL, Sunday Morning.—The Greet Western reached its at a late hour last night, bringing news from New York to the afternoon of the 26th ult., being nine days later than the lea homeward steamer supplied. Our intelligence by this arrival is of most importance as re- lating to corn and provisions for exportation to this country. Corn and flour continue to fall ...

... FAME. WHEN thinking of the mighty dead, The young from slothful couch will start, And vow, with lifted hands outspiead, Like them to act a noble part! O! who shall lightly say thst fame Is nothing but an empty name, When, bat for those our mighty dead, All ages past a blank would be, Sunk in Oblivion's murky bed— A desert bare—a shiple-s sea? They are the distant objects seen, The lofty marks ...

... On Monday last, the annual general meeting of the company was held at the Wyndham Arms, Bridgend. There were pre- sent, 1\1. P. Smith, Newhouse; John Randall; Wm. Lewis, treasurer; — Hibberts; David Jenkins; Thomas Evans; and W. H. Morgan, clerk to the company, Esqrs. John Randall, Esq., was called to the chair. The accounts of Mr. Lewis were produced, examined by the chairman, and passed and ...

... A HOPEFUL COUPLE.—On Thursday last, a couple were married at Monmouth, and in the evening they edified their neighbours by a regular pugilistic encounter. On Monday last, a really imposing spectacle was presented at Monmouth. by the members of five clubs, several hun- dreds in number, preceded by their bands, walking in pro. cession to St. Mary's Church, where Divine service was per- formed by ...

... SOMEWHAT RICH.—A few days since, a gallant Captain, who stands in a high position in the county of Carmarthen, took a walk into a hayfield, where the haymakers were pursuing their avocations. No sooner had he entered the fitld, than, in accord- ance with a custom which generally prevails in some districts in Wales, of giving every new visiter, of whatever class, age, or sea, an initiatory ...

... LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. NEWPORT CATTLE MARKET.—WeoNMDAY, Nov. 4. Price per lb. to sink the offal. s. d. g. d. 0 6 0 61 0 61 0 61.. 0 7 Pitts (per score) 8 6 9 0 Owing to the great fair taking place on Friday, the 6th inst., our market was rather limited. There was a good demand for beef, and a complete clearance effected. Sheep of good qua- lity continue to sell well, and scarcely enough appearing ...