... A BARBER in Lambeth ad- vertises that his customers are shaved, without incision or la- ceration, for the microscopic sum of one halfpenny. A PERFECT CURE FOR HYDROPHOBIA.—Dr. Charles Kidd, of Kingsland, announces that chloroform is a perfect cure for hydro- phobia. The doctor says a teaspoonful of either ether or chloro- form is to be sprinkled on a handkerchief, and placed on the person's ...

... Railway Office, Raglan, Aug. 30th. 1855. To the Committee of Management of the Coleford, Monmouth, Dsk, and Pontypool Railway. Gentlemen, The No. 1 contract, 4 miles in length, being the whole distance between your Junction with the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford Railway, and the Pontypool turnpike road, at Usk, is now ready for opening. The different works, on No. 2 contract, l2 miles in ...

... Harvest operations are now general in this neighbourhood (Kendal), and great progress has been made during the past week, which upon the whole has been favourable for the opera- tions. The crops are very good.- Westmoreland Gazette. The weather has been highly favourable for harvest operations in Northumberland and Durham. The crops, though laid by the rains, are not materially injured. The ...

... CORPORAL STROUD.—A letter has lately been re- ceived by the parents of this non-commissioned offi- cer, who reside in Monmouth, from which the follow- ing is an extract I am sorry to inform you, that I had the misfortune to get wounded by a piece of shell, which struck me in the knee and in the hand, smashing the two fore fingers but I am now a great deal better and I ought to thank God I was ...

... Sunday-Overseers to put Jury Lists on Church Doors. Friday-Petty Sessions for granting licences—Special Ses- sions for purposes of Highways. ...

... M. VICTOR HUGO is about to publish a new volume of poems, Les Contemplations. ...

... THE CR I M E A. BERLIN, Thursday.The last despatches received from Prince Gortschakoff at St. Petersburg are to the 21st. The Prince an- nounces that the enemy's fire had much slackened since the morn- nig of the 20th, and had caused but little damage either to the forufications or the city. [It has already been explained that the Allies opened fire with the intention only of covering their ...

... MARK-LANE, August 27.—With the sole exception of flour,, our supplies last week were unusually scanty. The whole arrival of wheat was but 10,638 quarters, of which only 4,665 were foreign, from the Baltic and Spain. The exports were 600 quar- ters. The samples from Essex and Kent this morning were again moderate, and a very fair business was done in old wheat at 3s. to, 4s. advance, and 2s. to ...

... was held when the following gentlemen were in atten- dance, F. M'Donnell, Esq., W. Treharne Rees, Esq., Messrs. J. Williams, J. Edwards, jun., Evan Jones, John Thomas, Usk; Messrs, Herbert and Courteen, Mr. Israel Morgan, and Mr. Jenkins, together with the Solicitor, and Engineer to the company. Mr. Waddington read the notice convening the meeting, and then read the following reports The ...

... CORK, August 25.—Firsts, 206, 99s.; seconds, 1,113, 95s.; thirds, 659, 88s.; fourths, 81, 85s.; fifths, 18, 75s. sixths, 61,60s, ...

... LONDON, Aug. 27.—The impression with respect to the growing crop continues to be uniformly of the most favourable description, and the hope is generally entertained that with suitable weather a duty of £300,000, if not more, may be realised. A pocket or two of the new growth have appeared, and been sold at £9. 9s. to £10. 10s., but there is no expectation of picking becoming general for ten ...

... The Annual Meeting of the Directors of this line took place at the Three Salmons, Usk, on Thursday last, at which the following gentlemen were present: Crawshay Bailey, Esq. Chairman T. Brown, Geo. Cave, G. R. G. Relph, T. Dyke, O. A. Wyatt, T. Gratrex, and J. Teague, Esquires. The meeting was private, but immediately afterwards the ...