The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-05-12 00:00:00

An American, who gave his name John Redmond, appa-
rently about 40 years of age, most shabbily dressed, appeared
before the magistrates at Windsor, on Monday, and emitting
a stench which rendered the magistrate's chamber almost
unbearable, charged by the police with having been found,
under very suspicious circumstances, in the private gardens
of the Home Park, close to the grand entrance to the qnad-
rangle, shortly after midnight yesterday morning. Upon
being placed at the bar he became so exceedingly unruly
(with every indication of labouring under a species of in-
sanity) that the sitting magistrate was compelled. several
times, to threaten him with being sent back to prison until
he could conduct himself with more decorum. He exhibited
such symptoms of insanity that the magistrates dismissed
him with an admonition.
MID LOTHIAN.--Within the memory of the oldest farmer.
there has scarcely ever been a more favourable seed time.
There was a fine tilth on the land, the aced had a dry bed,
and the quality of last year's crop was so fine that every par-
ticle vegetated, and now flourishes on the surface in insur-
passable verdure and luxuriance. The barley fields have
more of the neatness and smoothness of garden beds than of
riggs of barley, and the whole surface of the earth is abun-
dantly and equally covered. Neither wire-worm nor grub
have yet ventured to show their faces; and the country
around has the aspect of a beautiful, highly-cultivated, and
fertile garden. Not a shrivelled nor withered leaf is to be
seen upon fruit or forest trees, now everywhere unfolding
their summer apparel ; and gardenl and -orchard are bright
with the abundant glories of the pear and cherry trees.—Ca-
letlonian Mercury.

DANGEROUS POSITION.—A widow of the name of Elder,
who resides in a garret at 4, South Croft-street, had occasion
to go to a warehouse on Thursday evening, and left a girl
under five years of age in bed. The girl awoke, missed her
mother, and there being no egress by the locked door, she
removed one of the panes of glass in the window, got out by
the opening, and slipped down co near to the edge of the
roof, that when observed she was looking over into the street.
An alarm was instantly raised, and in the fears of her toppling
over, the neighbours ran for blankets to break her fall. The
girl becoming alarmed, crept hack to the window, while one
of the spectators, in a state of desperation, rushed up stairs,
broke open the door, grasped her by the hand, and drew her
into the house, amid the cheers of the spectators.—Pairley
Advertiser.

PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE FROM POISON.—The gamekeeper
on the estate of Skibo observing that some of the game in
' in:the neighbourhood of Clashinore were annoyed by dogs
from that part entering the neighbouring plantations, placed
poison in the carcase of a hare, and laid it down in a corner
of the plantation. An apprentice to a neighbouring trades.
man on passing near the spot observing a fat pussey, thought
no harm in taking it with him : but finding it not easy to do
so unnoticed, removed it a little distance until a more favoured
opportunity would be afforded him. On going back for it
again he saw two dogs greedily devouring his treasure, and
most providentially for him and his family that such was the
case; for in a few minutes the two brutes had the dreadful
symptoms of poison and hydrophobia, and died in a few
hours, after suffering the most excruciating pains. Were it
not for the merciful interposition of Providence it is hard to
say what fearful calamity might havebeen the result. We
think gamekeepers ought to be very careful bow they vise
poison, especially when using it as a snare so near the dwel-
lings of people, as in this case.—Ross-shire Advertiser.
THE LEICESTERSHIRE 13ANK.—A meeting of the friends
and connections of the firm of Messrs. Clark, Mitchell, and
Co., was held at Leicester on Wednesday the 3d instant, his
Grace the Duke of Rutland in the chair, when a statement of
the assets and liabilities of the bank was laid before the meet-
ing, which convinced them that after discharging all liabilities
there would be a clear surplus left of £120,000 ; and we under-
stand that this sum was arrived at after a full explanation,
which satisfied the meeting that the surplus might well have
been estimated at a much larger amount, but it was thought
best to state the lowest sum after allowing for all possible
contingencies. The full discharge, therefore, of all the lia-
bilsties of the bank does not admit of a doubt. We look for-
ward also with the moat sanguine hope to the establishment
of the new joint-stock bank, a prospectus for which emanated
from the meeting, and we entertain no doubt that when the
proprietary shall have become formed, they will be able to
negotiate such terms with regard to the existing business of
the bank as will relieve the public from the inconvenience
they are now suffering, and at the same time ensure to the
new company the solid and permanent advantage which
•niust accrue from so extensive and valuable a connection.
Leicester Journal.