The Sun.
London, England, 1852-12-17 00:00:00

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done

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT, Dec. 16.

OLD COURT.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

RETIRED-LIST.

London, 92, Captain Mundy, on her way to Poi
from Sheerness, anchored off Broadstairs on WednesdaP
APPOINTMENTS. 144
Lieutenant.—Joseph Eyde (1849), late of the Indefs..
50, to the Valorous, steam-frigate, Devonport. 10°1'
Mate.—Henry J. Challis, to the Cruiser, screw-sloop,
wick. 09/
Naval Cadets.—Charles S. Shuckburgh, to the Sidontos
steam-frigate, Portsmouth ; George R. Trefusis and IV
A. S. Kynnersley, first nominations.
Del'
Dockyard.—Mr. Moore, temporary clerk 111 store
vonport dockyard, is appointed. extra clerk in the losepb
keeper-General's department 1.11 London ; and Mr- ;
Beer is appointed temporary clerk in the docklaru:
Moore.

BIRTHS. 000
OF A SON.
On the 13th inst., at Wykeham, the ire-°°
Downe.
rortsl°.
On the 15th inst., at 14, Portman-street,
square, the wife of J. Randall, Esq., M.D.

MARRIED. S. ll'
On the 14th inst., at St. Peter's-church, Dnbrolockbor
Donovan, Esq., son of the late J. Donovan, Esq.' Sictilraddq'
hill, Sussex, to Annie, daughter of the late . gpee4
Esq., of 41, -Upper Fitzwilhara-street, and
Wexford. TA ateolf
On the 16th inst., C. R. Richardson, Escl•Pi—eoliber
H.M. 61st Regiment, to Frances Annie, only
James Yearsley, Esq., 15, Saville-row Jain°B

DIED.
On the 14th inst ,at Gloucester-road, Regee*.Pl4l.l4
Mary Ann Monkhouse,. aged 43. relict of
On the 10th inst. at Kingstown, Anna Maria' --:;isucl'
J. S. Cooper, Esq., domptroller-general of stamps in iruy,
On the 10th inst., at Rainthorpe, Norfolk/ the
R. Pigot, aged 53.•
01014
On the 15th inst , Thomas, fourth son of J. Dwi'""
Esq., Rotherhithe

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MURDER. of
Henry Horler, 24, was indicted for the wilful nit"—
his wife, Anne Holier.
cealste
appeared
habits, had long been in the habit of ill-using the deev7...00
rtedthferompritshoeneerv,idwenhcoe
weafstahommaonthoefr odifstsih....peatocidede:
and on the 15th day of November she came up
Bath to take her daughter rway from the prisoner, 7'4,
resided at No. 76, San-street, Bishopsgate-street•
prisoner, however, would not let his wife leave that in%
and the next morning, when she went by armugenletjlaken
see her daug a
hter, she found the prisoner had been
into custody on charge of drunkenness, -wlaile her clan.
ter had mysteriously disappeared.
John Dixon, a serjeant of police, who arrested thekP.Drt,
soner, now made the following statement :—UP°ll't,3ol
the prisoner to the station-house and searching 01. rds
found a shoemaker's knife. I went back soon after 5
to the prisoner's room with another constable,
cry!,
upon going in I saw a bedstead near the will, the
and on removing the counterpane I found the body c" fit,
deceased lying on her back, with her throat severelY—ci-u-
-and quite dead and cold. The bed was completely 7,43,
rated with blood. Upon makincr search in the .I'7
I found a workbox, in which
produce. There are still marks of blood upon It, rith
over land
that time the handle was completely smeared
blood. The prisoner was taken to the Mansion-house'bot
there was a razor, svtglaist
remanded, and while he was shimy charge he w,,5 ovr.
to say something. I cautioned , and he said, "1
I know ;" and then ho said that after his was? bout
went away he had some conversation with his wife a did
her going away in the morning, which he believolsitthef
not wish do. Ho said they did not undreesCtok
mutually agreed to destroy each other, and suem-0 be"
knife, and he took a knife. They were en
together, and he said to her, " Remember, AnnAer•
is the last time we shall have communication tog,"o"n the
He was then, he said, about to use his knifel."where
deceased told him to stop, and she would tell lal,13:1„"r and
his razor was, with which he could do it much qui,ci,D; game
put her out of her misery the sooner ; and she, 011
time, told him to do it quick, and not to put ha t
pain, and he then cut her throat with the razor-
Mr. Parry, at the close of the case for the pro,''.„.v. on
made a most eloquent and able address to the P`t';',,cee
behalf of the prisoner. He said, that the circuln.4.s note
left him no alternative but to admit that the unfa"i niau
deceased had lost her life by the hand of the wretched
hio
at the bar ; and the only defence he could urge
,001
behalf was, that at the time he committed the 1";(1
act he was in a state of temporary madness, ocessVn-d0 of
the injuries he imagined he had received at the ilarjohle
the relations of his wife, and was, therefore, 21°.b 8332 e
to a charge of wilful murder.
The learned Judge having summed up lf-101.
The jury retired, and were in deliberation about *.5.6 c't
hour, when they returned into court and gave averdl
guilty blab

W. Justice Wightman immediately put 011 tlas'lcert
cap, and the usual proclamation was made by Mr'
the usher.
son° iiirt
His Lordship then passed sentence upon the Prl foue-
the following terms :—Henry Holier, you have beenieft
guilty upon the clearest evidence—evidence which lof
in the of ti
doubt in the minds of the jury, or, I may say,
of any person who has heard this lamentable cases ter
most foul and deliberate murder. There is semen; the
speakably shocking in the circumstances attenw4 to
dreadful crime. The woman whom you had sw-sieeir
cherish and protect you have cruelly murdered wa-"°,. Ter9
ing in all the unsuspecting confidence of a wife in
bed : and, so sudden was the death you inflicted ur:in her:
that the hand she had endeavoured to raise to 1091'..,1 act.
self was arrested by you while performinc, that natw:t the
It has been urged very ably on your behalf, that stAte
time you committed this act you were not in such bnt
of mind as to be responsible for your acti°ll;ront
the jury could find nothing in the case to wtitirel,'
them in coming to such an opinion ; and I ,ed
concur with them. It is no part of my duty, an rote
sure it is very far from my desire, in any way to 9*,;(10.:
your sufferings by these remarks. the law of tv'''nxcl
man you have incurred the fearful penalty of deatil'orT this
cannot hold out to you the slightest hope of inercY,oughts
earth. I entreat you, therefore, to rest your ti-L ,oicet
beyond the grave, and endeavour, by sincere rellelwiloPs
to obtain that mercy from above which y9u cannot
for here. death
His Lordship concluded by passing sentence of fit
the usual form, and when he came to that PortiA; the
which directed that the prisoner should be hanged after'
neck until he was dead, and that his body should b°: 013,
wards buried in the gaol, the prisoner screamed I,7tterl,;;
-r
my Lord, do have mercy upon me !" and cried y
repeatedly calling out, Oh, mercy ; do have -„taoefs'
until the learned Judge concluded, and he was '—
from the bar. the
This case concluded the business of the session, and
Court adjourned to Monday, the 3d of Januar/.

DEATH OF THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF AT 1" vn
MOUTH

•
We regret to hear that Admiral Sir Thomas Briggs'fgeiPi
M.G., Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, died at his °0,43/
residence in the dockyard, at half-past two o'clock iefisat g,
morning, after a short illness of three days.
lowered half-mast high on board the Victory at n'."-
when all the other ships and vessels lowered their coy,
The Union Jack was also hoisted half-mast at the decic
the Royal Clarence-yard, and Haslar Hospital. oil°
The gallant deceased was born in 1780, entered the 7.3 io /0
1791, was in the operations against Toulon and eVetiter
1793-4, and in Hotham's partial actions; was made a
ant in 1797; was made a CommanderinlBoo, in the S3A'aiol,s
16, and assisted at the reduction of Genoa; was engaged in
: o'll
expedition under Lord Keith and Sir R. 'Abercrorar
promoted in July, 1801 ; commanded the Madras, s'',l,opr`.
court, 64, and Orpheus, 32, in which he captured (180 N
vateers Guadaloupe and Susanna, and was subseq rev
wrecked on the coral reef, Jamaica, 1807, when he 1t',1509*
cued off the bowsprit of his ship by Lieutenant P f the
In 1808, he was appointed to the temporary command. °TslOt
Theseus, 74, and afterwards the Clorinda, 38; when in
he took L'Henri, 8 guns. He next commanded the rats'
athan, 74, Queen Charlotte, 100, as flag captain ato
Ael
mouth, to Sir G. Campbell, 1818 to 1821. In 1823, ,a to
appointed Commissioner of Bermuda Dockyard, renrlSA
Malta in 1829, attained the rank of Rear-Admiral in iler°
and was appointed Superintendent of Malta Dockyarcpd tll5
he remained until 1838. He assumed the command '„d re'
C. li(I
Mediterranean fleet on the death of Sir Paget, -e
05
ceived the G.C.M.G. for his temporary services. 05-•
made a Vico-Admiral in 1841, and Admiral September' 000'
He was appointed to the Command-in-Chief at Port
Sept., 1851.
By the decease of Sir Thomas Briggs, the following
motions and removals to the various lists follow aS °kit
of course :

ACTIVE LIST. rf°'
To be Admiral of the Blue—Vice-Admiral Si Samuel
K. C. B.
J.
To be Vice Admiral of the Blue--Rear Admiral,;terr,v

Deans Dundas, C. 8., Commander-in-Chief of the dor- V
,
nean, vice the Hon. Joceline Percy; C. 8., Comnoar
Chief at Sheerness, to the white squadron, vie°
Brown, to the red squadron.
To be Rear Admiral of the Blue—Captain the Son. wt.,
John Rous, A.D.C. (1823), vice Sir Charles Sullivan' gar
from the blue to the white squadron, vice Barrington
nolds, C. 8., to the red squadron.
RESERVED HALF-PAT LIST.
To be Admirals—Vice Admiral John Wight, a
Henry Brown Tremlett, being senior to Sir S. Pyin• go
To be Rear Admirals—Captains Sir George Richard rate
Pechell, Bart., A.D.C., M.P., and Herbert Brae° OOW
(Dec. 26, 1822), not having served the required ths° ,ted•
tains. Sir John Pechell has not served since he was P"

,eocir

To be Retired Admirals.—Retired Captains Henry 7011
sins Browne Collier, John Brenton, William Ramsden'picaw,
Stanhope, John Townsend Coffin (captains of 1822), -tour,
Curzon, C.B. (February, 1823), and Septimus ArablnAivtA"'
1823); the above officers being senior to the Hen.
Rous, premoted to the active list. A•P'e•
,--
By the above promotions two appointments of na„d, sad
to the Queen and a good-service pension arc relinquis'"
fall to the patronage of the Duke of Northumberland ti°
Captain Edward Boxer, C.B. (June 23, 1823), is ',do the
senior captain on the active list. The gallant officer b°;,,, at
appointment of Superintendent of the transport serf
Halifax.
..rnfaber'
Captains the Hon. George John Cavendish Vi?f,'-otalli,
1830), Commodore Talbot (November, 1830), and fist 0;
Thomas Wren Carter (April, 1831), come within th,°,„ ford
seniors ; and Captains Liardet, S. Hope, and R. F. 71),,,,
(1840), are included in the half-pay list, 12s. 6d. per
In consequence of the death of Admiral Sir Thomas; 07,
Rear-Admiral Superintendent Arthur Fanshawe, C;;;"py
to return from leave, to officiate as Commander-ill-cwr;liog"
to re-hoist his flag on board the Neptune, 120, this 111"„ f
Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.8., Surveyor - 0
Navy, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday afternoon, 13
offiOneci visit to the dockrd. esg'
al
of the midshipmen who died on board the Dalluotl th°
screw-frigate of yellow fever, in the West Indies, W'
son of Colonel Sir George Couper, Bart. ortoo
Basilisk, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Hon. F. coo'
having her defects made good at Portsmouth, Will "
' •
pleted by the 24th inst. 0'
Avon, steam-tender, Master-Commander Veitch, 5111000
yesterday morning at Portsmouth with superniVe Ater
from Plymouth, and returned in the afternoon wit'
„nor
supernumerari. ,
Valorous, steam-frigate, was commissioned at I)o_,taple''
on Tuesday by Captain Claude H. M. Buckle ; her co
meat is to be 250 officers and men.
prop.