Lancashire. Rainhill.—A murderous assault was made by a male patient on the head attendant, who fortunately escaped with a wound of the wrist. The patient had secreted a knife from the bakehouse, and intended to kill one of the assistant medical officers. He was committed for trial, and subsequently transferred to Broadmoor. The Commissioners recommended his being put on trial, “as a warning to other lunatics, many of whom think that they can commit crimes with absolute impunity.”