A MANIAC IN THE WOOD.—On Thursday last at Petersfield, some women had occasion to go through a wood near Horndean, when they discovered a man in a state of nudity. They at once gave the alarm to the inhabitants of the village, when several men at once proceeded to the spot and found him as stated. They used every means to get him to put on his clothes, and by promising to give him some beer they at last succeeded, and he came quietly to the Red Lion Inn, where he had part of a quart of beer. A travelling German being there with some music, he was asked to play a tune, when the above-named seized the poker and made a desperate blow at the poor musician, striking him on the side of the head, which felled him to the ground, when it was found necessary to call in a surgeon. Mr. Kirkman was soon in attendance, and after some time the poor fellow recovered. The man was secured by police-constable Godfrey and taken to the Petersfield Lock-up, when it was found that he was in an unsound state of mind. He was committed to the County Lunatic Asylum on Tuesday.— West Sussex Gazette.