The Express.
London, England, 1859-10-11 00:00:00

SERIOUS PEW OF AN ESCAPED LUNATIC.

On Wednesday last a lunatic, named William
Edgar Blake, a powerful fellow, succeeded in making his
escape from the County Lunatic Asylum at Koowle, and
on the discovery of his seems the astonished authorities
were not slow to send his description to the neighbowiog
police-stations, including our own, in order, if pomOble,
to capture and restrain him from acts of violence
or mischief to which be might be prompted. On
Thuraday afternoon inte.ligenoe reached the can of
the pollee that a parson answering the description
given by the Asylum authorities was carousing at the
Royal Hotel Tap, whet* they immediately repaired,
and secured him. He was sately locked up in one of the
police calla tor safe custody until means should be taken to
remove him to Hamel.. About eight o'clock in the evening
a strong smell, as of something buenicg, was noticed by
Police-sergeant Half*, who was is the station-house, 6110 on
looking along the cells he sew smoke issuing from the cell
in which Blake was confined, while be was bolding his heed
se far out of the aperture in the door as possible. On op n-
leg the door he found that Blake had stripped Wowed
of all his clothes, which he had afterwards torn to
stripe, piled in a heap on the Boor of his cell, sod then net
fire to them, and the mum was bl.zing sharply when the
door waa opportunely opened by Rails. The heat in the
cell wee excessive, and the smoke en dente that a few
minutes would have sufficed to have snit mated him. Oa
easing Ralf' he told him that the Devil had just come down
the chimney (there are no chimneys in the cello) and set fire
to it, and it they were quick they would catch him. Tea
flames were extinguished, but the clothes—an excellent and
—were either torn or burst, and a hole burnt in three of the
oak planks forming the floor of the cell. After be was placed
in another cell he told Halts that he was Sir Robert Peel,
and was going to Lend,, to open the House and fettle the
Indian question, and under the pretext of going to London
he wee taken back to Koowle in the morning. It is supposed
that he had matches concealed about his dress, and thus be-
came pceesesed of the mesas of carrying out so dangerous&
freek.—Hampshire Independent.

SINGOLIP. ACCIDENT ON TUE RlVER.—Yesterday
afternoon, at four o'cl the Nymph, Woolwich steam-
vessel, was leaviuß London-bridge-mbar' on her down-
voyage, heavily laden with passengers, when • barge ran
against her stern and completely earned away her rudder.
The vessel was of course melees for navigation; end an
attempt sm. made to flu the rudder in position, which par-
tially succeeded ; and the proceeded down the river •
@bort diwance, bat ultimately brought up alongehore, and
her Ina/wagers were conveyed to their several destinations
by the ateatn-veasal I'tover, . .

A WEALTHY BtOCIAL—One morning thie week
an old mat, 71 years of age, sad who lives to Itawyarde,
was brought to ibs county polies here from •Lanark, under
the following cireomatances :—lt appears that he came to
this country from Ireland about 11 years ago, and set up as a
beggar. He had been pursuing his avocation in Lanark of
gathering meal in a welt, and, atter getting it filled, Feting
it to the best customer. Oa this OlVeetetl, however, it deed/
be had, by mistake, put some terenlothree sovereign., four
balf•sovereigoa. and sit one pound notes of the Royal Bark
of Scotland, in the bag sawn the meal honors Name it.
Thin might have been considered by thus customer the beat
meal that ever they had bought, and so been kept, but tht v
were honest enough to reptrt the case to the police, sod he
was taken up and brought home to Airdrie. where it la to le
Doped he will now on hie mensy."—Korrh
Daily Mail.

itELEA,E OF A PMENIXITZ:The Dublin Morn-
ing ,Neirl Renovates that Druid Pnllivnn, lately convicted of
bemg a member of the Phteaii Steamy, has be teleand
from piton by the government.

FATAL OCCURRENCE.—Om Tuesday tee:might a
fair young meta were amusing themselves at a gams of bil-
liards in Dundalk. During the Fame a disagreement arise
between two of the players, tamed Flynn and Staunton. the
mutt of which wea that Staunton left the room. Shortly
after the game was finished, and the party left. In the Street,
however, the dispute was r mewed by Staunton, who D. 4
been waiting until the patty came out. A muffle ensued be-
twetn Flynn sod Staunton, and the result was that Flynn
received a slight wound upon the inner part of the thumb,
raid to have been leftcted by St.uston during the frees,.
Up to Monday, howrree, the wound did trd exhibit any &s-
-erous symptoms, when on that day tetanue set in, and the
unfortunate man lingered until Wednesday morning, when
death put an .nd to his rutsine., which were of the mod
eaerncting nature.—Nnary Telegraph.
CRYSTAL PALM.— ONE SHILLING Day.—
MONDAY, Ocr. 10.—AcImlasitnis on mount, 1,910; dab
by MKS ticket", 360; total vi hors, 2,270.

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