... TIHE OVERLAND MAIL. d- The dates of the letters and newspapers con- by veyed by this mail are: from Bombay, April 1; he Calcutta, March 20 ; Delhi, March 23; Aladras. or 26 - and the Governor Gencral's camp Mlarch 17. ho The intclligence is of the most satisfactory cha- ,c- ractcr. The pacification of the Plunjaub has been lk, completed, and its government settled on what o- promises to be a ...

... FESTIVAL OF THIE SONS OF THE CLLRGY. ?? . I Is 1 . _ 1. or -at Thursday afternoon the celebration of the Ftes- i' tival ot' the Sunws of the Clergy took place in St 01 Paul's Cathedral, before the Archbishop of Can-. tt terbury and the Lord ?? and Corporation of a the City of London, a very liulmerous aal highly- t Iashioi Uble congregation attendinhg the Solemn aend I interestilig ceremony. ...

... SINGULAR AND MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—Mr. Thomas Stephen Rees, the proprietor of the Neath and Swansea boat, died a few days ago at his residence at Neath. Rees was much respected, and his death cast a gloom over the neigh- bourhood in which he had lived. Saturday last was the day appointed for his burial; and just as the corpse was being taken from the house, his widow, who had been ill for ...

... 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 ...

... SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. N EWPO RT. Arrivals and Sailings for the week ending May 13,181G. ARRIVE^.— Ellen, Poller, Guernsey; Johannes, Ganels, Jersey Cardiff Packet, Bunt, Rouen Marie Sedonie, Cloatre, Bresl; Concordia, Coster, Jersey; Magdaline, Venie, Brest; Ida, Bartman, Nantes; Union, Wilkinson, Rouen, ballast. Florida, Lewis, Cork, pigs. Robert, Jones. Cardiff, sundries. Bee, Rymer, ...

... A serious affray, attended by loss of lifp, took place a Bird IMlon Saturday nt, in consequence of opposition given by a person named Maunsell to the Sheriff of the county,(T)pperary), who came with a large party of police to deliver possession (under a writ of habere) of a farm from which Maunsell had been ejected for non-payment of rent. Doctor Twiss amended in his capacity as agent, and ...

... CLOTHES.—A very ingenious method of curtailing the labour of making clothes, called pasting, has lutely been invented, which, in reference to ordinary labour, has rtduced the timtl of making a roat by ten hours. A NEW KIND OF IVIAY FESTIVAL.—Intersected as our land is wi'h ralwaYI-covered as our seas are with steamers—we should wish to see our May festival become a grand and instructive pil- ...

... THE TENTH ANNUAL MEETING of the subscribers to the Cardiff Visiting Society was held on the evening of Mon- day last, in the Committee-room of the National Schools, upon which occasion we observed present—Dr. Moore, in the chair; the Venerable Archdeacon Williams; the Rev. Thomas Stacey; Rev. W. L. Morgan; Mr. E. P. Richards; Mr. C. C. Williams; Mr. Langley; Mr. Horwood; Mr. Lowder; Mr. ...

... HottcejBl of morltø. CHAMBERS'S EDINBURGH JOURNAL. By William and Robert Chambers.—In noticing this very excellent and useful publication, little is required at our hands beyond an expression of our warmest approval of the manner in which it is conducted. It has effected a complete revolu- tion in cheap and popular literature and has done more, we firmly believe, to elevate the character and ...