... 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- ...

... ) Mr. W. Tomlinson, of Rilahaw Farm, Wharton, near Wins ford, has a sow in his possession, which brought him in Novem* ber last. 18 pigs and in April following 18 more. EXTRAORDINARY BIRTH.—On Monday afternoon, a woman named Mason, the wife of John Mason, a labouring man, re- siding in Neville's-lane, Bromley, was safely delivered of four fine boys. They were subsequently baptised by the Rev. ...

... Taking into consideration the uncertain position in which the trade is placed by doubts as to the maimer and the time when the corn law question may be ultimately settled, business in grain has been lately characterised by 8 degree of firmness which could hardly, tinder the circumstances, hue been expeced. The only way in which we can account for the confidence displayed by holders, is by ...

... an 1frtøfJ iLoan. When I was young, the priest and the minister were hand and glove. It seems to me, said the oller killer, but yester- day, when Father Patt Joyce—the Lord be good to hio>!—lent Mr. Carson a congregation. Eh what, Aotony V' said the Colonel. A congregation appears rather an extraordinary article to borrow. Well, said the otter killer, it's true. 1 was there my. self, and ...

... This ancient fair presented, on Friday last a good gather- ing of both buyers and sellers, and some as fine beasts as ever were brought into the town. In fact, the fine-conditioned stock evidenced the fact, that gentlemen of this neighbourhood are alive to, and resolved to keep pace with the strides which the farmers are elsewhere making in the breed of cattle. Jchn Jenkins, jun Esq., sent ...