The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — 1826-08-26 (London, England)

MANIAC.  A man named Ake/me/re was brought up from St. Ann's watch- I house, where he was sent last night by his wife, on his attempting suicide. She stated that he had been clerk to Mr. Breriston, coach.maker, but had lost his situation by drinking and neglect. Thursday night he went home and a:tempted to hang himself, but was pre. vented by the landlord. Mr. Watkins, a surgeon, was sent for, wl:o cupped and left him. lie then se :ea a case.knite, and attempting to cut his throat, was prevented by his wife, who knew of no better mode ofsecurity than sending him to the watch-house. This she did nut do till she had been violently beaten by him, which, she said. was a very usual occurrence lately. Mr. Roe—Ho you know 0": any thing that could trouble his mind in that way ? Do you live happily with Lim ? Complainant—l know of no cau-e ;we have lived happily till lately: We have live children, and lately he has left me foe four or five days together. The night-constable of St. Ann's watch-house said that the pi-limner had tried to kill himself in the watch-house, and they were forced to watch him all night. Mr. Roe directed Mrs. Alexander to fetch Mr. Watkins, as he should not admit him to hail till he knew whether or not he was fit to be at large. He then ordered the officers to :eke his neck. cloth and every thing that he ccold use ror aelf-destrite,iim. The prisoner, during his examination, said het u word. He was a genteelly-dressed and well-made num. Uwlow.llALL.—Yesterday Me. Thomas Braced, residing in In Blaakman.strect, Southwark, was brought Op to the office, be. fore M. Sn-aogy. I.:sq under the authority of a peace-warrant, granted on the appliction of Caroline. his wife, who charged him with threatening her life. B. fore the investigation commenced the Magistrate, as well as :Ilr. litanies, the Cbiet Clerk, strongly adviseed a reconciliation between the parties. pointing oat the absurdly of publicly entering into flintily squabbles between man and wife. The advice, however, was not listened tu, and the cane pro. seeded.  Thecomnl.iinant stated, that at present she was living apart from her husband, in consequence ef his ill.treatroeut towards her. On Wia!nestle), evening last, as she was passing Mr. Brand's residence in Blackman-street, accompaniiti by her sister, he ran out, and seizing her by the arm, forcibly let tier into the house. She resisted him, and tried evtty means to get away, but he succeeded in making a captive of her until slit eluded his vigilance by subsequently escaping front the house. Mr. SwABEY, addressing the compl.tinant, reminded her that s hen she made application fur the warrant against bet husband the previous day, she alleged that she vent in perpetual danger o( her life in consequence of his threats and ill conduct towards her. Site must now make sonic specific charge ug4Llst him, otherwise the warrant should be distnissed. _ .  The Complainant—About a month ago Mr. Brand assaulted me on the arm, and he afterwards threatened to do for me. Magistrate—To do what ? Complainant--1 suppose to kill me—the expressions be makes use of are really dreadful. In reply to the Magistrate, she admitted that the defendant had not assaulted her on the day in question further than foe:Lly drugging her to enter his house. The defendant's Solicitor—lle is your husband ; you don't deny that fact ? . _  Mrs. Brand--I admit that, but nevertheless 1 eat not bound to live with him unless I choose it. A Legal Adviser fur the complainant contended that Tile. Brand was not justified in dragging his wife into his house without her consent, and produced a paper to the Magistrate, written by his client, in which she had epee: lied the opprobriums epithets her husband was in the habit of bestowing upon her. The Magistrate, hating curs.trily glanced over this catalogue of queer expressions, which were so carefully preserved by the lady as evidence against her husband, remarked. that there was nothing yet alleged against the defendant that should induce him (the 31a. gistrat, ) to hold him to bail. It Wee here stated by the complainant's friends, that a suit for a separation was now pen Ling in the Ecclesiastical I'ourts, which proce, things sere instituted by Mrs. Brand against her hisband. The defendant, who Is a very young man, requested to be heard. Ile stated, that his wife had deserted her home without the %lightest cause, and without giving him any intimation of her intention. (In Wednesday evening, the fitst time he had seen her since she had forsaken her home, lie requested her to enter her dwelling, adding, that he wanted to have game conversation with her. She, however, refused, and he led her across, but without any violence. He solemnly declared that he bad never assaulted her in his life. lie attributed his wife's anxiety to leave hint to have been produced by the advice or her family, who, aware that site was to come in;o possession of considerable property when of age, adopted this method of separating them.—The Warrant was dismissed,  r