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

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT: Dec' 16.

OLD COURT.
MURDER. murder
01
Henry Horler, 24, was indicted for the wilful
hil wife, Anne Horler.
t appeared from the evidence of the mother of the 'jead'
ceased that the prisoner, who was a man of dissiPeed,
habits, had long been in the habit of ill-using the deeerroni
and on the 15th day of November she cane up who
Bath to take her daughter away from the prisoner, ,0
resided at No. 76, San-street Bish te-street.
, wife
t night'
prisoner, however, would not let his wife leave that
and the next morning, when she went by arrengemefilren
see her daughter, she found the prisoner had been
into custody on a charge of drunkenness, while her de"
ter had mysteriously disappeared.
•
John Dixon, a serjeant of police, who arrested thsekiar;
soner, now made the following statement :--11Pen taking
loner, I
the prisoner to the station-house and searching
found a shoemaker's knife. I went back soon afterw_„i
to the prisoner's room with another constable, roc,
upon going in I saw a bedstead near the of the
and on removing the counterpane I found the body, nut,
deceased lying on her back, with her throat severely
tu
and quite dead and cold. The bed was completely 030:0
rated with blood. Upon making a search in thejch
I found a workbox, in which there was a razor, wuoid at
produce. There are still marks of blood upon over 3 oh
that time the handle was completely smeared
and
blood. The prisoner was taken to the Mansion.hougs,bont
remanded, and while he was in my charge he waTsoovi•
to say something. I cautioned him, and he said, "1 other
I know ;" and then he said that after his wife about
went away he had some conversation with his wife, did
her going away in the morning, which he believed fatiethey
not wish to do. He said they did not undress,
mutually agreed to destroy each other, and shthe-beJ
knife, and he took a knife. They were en „t 1 d 4
together, and he said to her, " Remember, Ann,lher:'
is the last time we shall have • n lien {yo
communication
He was then, he said, about to use his knife! w' 'here
deceased told him to stop, and she would tell hint; and
his razor was, with which he could do it much Vic' 0°
put her out of her misery the sooner; and she, at h°,,,noh
time, told him to do it quick, and not to put her to .`"
pain, and he then cut her throat with the razor.
Mr. Parry, at the close of the case for the prosyr, 011
made a most eloquent and able address to the .I'soeo
behalf of the prisoner. He said, that the ciretgas oto
left him no alternative but to admit that the illif°ta
eld '
deceased had lost her life by the hand of the wretch nhl%
at the bar ; and the only defence he could urge ° iftd
behalf was, that at the time he committed the dr:a by
act he was in a state of temporary madness, occasion
(1, of
the injuries he imagined he had received at the ilen"„ole
the relations of his wife, and was, therefore, not nole
to a charge of wilful murder.
The learned Judge having summed pp,
The jury retired, and wero in deliberation about t °
hour, when they returned into court and gave a/°-
the black

Mi. Justice Wightman immediately put °11"-tfaxker'
cap, and the usual proclamation was made by gr• ,
the usher.
risoller 1,111
His Lordship then passed sentence upon- the P' folls
the following terms :—Henry Holier, you have bee left no
guilty upon the clearest evidence—evidence which,
doubt in the minds of the jury, or, I may.say, in
of any person who has heard this lamentable oset nn'
most foul and deliberate murder. There is sorneth, the
speakably shocking in the circumstances attending to
dreadful crime. The woman whom you had eY7 sleep'cherish and protect you have cruelly murdered winle..
ing in all the unsuspecting confidence of a wife in you'a
bed : and, so sudden was the death you inflicted her
that the hand she had endeavoured to raise to protect act'
self was arrested by you while performing that nawt
the
It has been urged very ably on your behalf, that sots
time you committed this act you were not in enell but
of mind as to be responsible for your actions,
the jury could find nothing in the case to ':tirell
them in coming to such an opinion ; and I 0
concur with them. It is no part of my duty, an04",1301
sure it is very far from my desire, in any way to
your sufferings by these remarks. By the law of nl,ll
man you have incurred the fearful penalty of deat",o; thi4
cannot hold out to you the slightest hope of mereY41,04143
earth. I entreat you, therefore, to rest your once,
beyond the grave, and endeavour, by sincere rep
et bore
to obtain that mercy from above which you ca°
for here. th ie
°
His Lordship concluded by passing sentence of de'f it
the usual form, and when he came to that pert b
i°nY the,
a
which directed that the prisoner should be hang° after'
neck until he was dead, and that his body should be << 011,
wards buried in the gaol, the prisoner screamed out!.terty;;
my Lord, do have mercy upon me !" and cried Wl4l
repeatedly calling out, " Oh, mercy ; do have .„,,rnioe o°4
until the learned Judge concluded, and he was '—
from the bar.
This case concluded the business of the session, and {ye

Court adjourned to Monday, the 3d of January.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

vo• OO
DEATH OF THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF AT - P
MOUTH. 0..J0
We regret to hear that Admiral Sir Thomas 13rigg„'-ffieW
M.G., Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, died at his i'era:ti
residence in the dockyard, at half-past two o'clock les,„, 04
morning, after a short illness of three days. 11101- al.O,
lowered half-mast high on board the Victory at nine Ipars'
when all the other ships and vessels lowered their ceteS,
The Union Jack was also hoisted half-mast at the dock el-
the Royal Clarence-yard, and Hasler Hospital. la
may •
The gallant deceased was born in 1780, entered the io
1791, was in the operations against Toulon and Cnsesteo'
1793-4, and in Hotham's partial actions; was made a .j
ant in 1797; was made a Commander inlBoo, in the the
16, and assisted at the reduction of Genoa; was engage" :I'llo4
expedition under Lord Keith and Sir R. Abercrombie
promoted in July, 1801 ; commanded the Madras, 54' be
court, 04, and Orpheus, 32, in which he captured. 0800 t ientif
vateers Guadaloupe and Susanna, and was subsee ter
wrecked on the coral reef, Jamaica, 1807, when he
lsey
cued off the bowsprit of his ship by Lieutenantpe the
In 1808, he was appointed to the temporary command 410,
in -0
,
Theseus, 74, and afterwards the Clorinda, 38; when •
he took L'Henri, 8 guns. He next commanded the vrt,
athan, 74, Queen Charlotte, 100, as flag captain 3t,, 04
mouth, to Sir G. Campbell, 1818 to 1821. In 1823, ado
appointed Commissioner of Bermuda Dockyard, reinnvis3:2,
Malta in 1829, attained the rank of Rear-Admiral inwhere
and was appointed Superintendent of Malta Dockyarpd 1
the
he remained until 1838. He assumed the 'col:imam' -
Mediterranean fleet on the death of Sir C. Paget, 8-105
ceived the G.C.M.G. for his temporary services.' lleigg•
made a Vice-Admiral in 1841, and Admiral September, 40,
He was appointed to tho Command-in-Chief at Fortso'
Sept., 1851. pre"
By the decease of Sir Thomas Briggs, the follovilltotkr
motions and removals to the various lists follow as 3
of course:—

ACTIVE LIST. 11°1
To be Admiral of the Blue—Vice-Admiral Sir Samuel
K. C. B.
To be Vice Admiral of the Blue—Rear Admiral ,010'

Deans Dundas, C,8., Commander-in-Chief of the bin door
nean, vice the Hon. Joceline Percy, C.B.,Plrijoe°
Chief at Sheerness, to the white squadron, vice
Brown, to the red squadron. JO.,
. To be Rear Admiral of the Blue—Captain the Hon. JO,
John Rous, A.D.C. (1823), vice Sir Charles Sullivan. f{,er
from the blue to the white squadron, vice Barrington
nolds, C. 8., to the red squadron.

RESERVED HALF-PAY LIST. d 10'
To be Admirals—Vice Admiral John Wight, an
Henry Brown Tremlett, being senior to Sir S. Pyni• ‘,60
To be Rear Admirals—Captains Sir George Richard Pro
Pechell, Bart., A.D.C., M.P., and Herbert Brace
„gr ear
(Dec. 26, 1822), not having served the required time "-sd.
tains. Sir John Pechell has not served since he was P°

RETIRED-LIST. (40'
To be Retired Admirals.—Retired Captains IlenrY
sins Browne Collier, John Brenton, William Ramsden,,dor°
Stanhope, John Townsend Coffin (captains of 1822), PArarel;
Curzon, C.B. (February, 1823), and Septimus Arabittri,oio
1823); the above officers being senior to the Hon. Cap
Rous, premoted to the active list. D•Ci
By the above promotions two appointments of naval t
to the Queen and a good-service pension are relinquish° '
fall to the patronage of the Duke of Northumberland.
Captain Edward Boxer, C.B. (June 23, 1823), is stile
senior captain on the active list. The gallant officer at
appointment of Superintendent of the transport serer
Halifax.
r, roar
Captains the Hon. George John Cavendish (Noveotaj°,
1830), Commodore Talbot (November, 1830), and `'list
Thomas Wren Carter (April, 1831), come within o°, dor('
seniors ; and Captains Liardet, S. Hope, and R. F.
'
(1840), are included in the half-pay list, 12s. 6d. per ;:iriggt
In consequence of the death of Admiral Sir Thomasu— .0071
Rear-Admiral Superintendent Arthur Fanshawe, Cra ftir
to return from leave, to officiate as Commander-in-°'—ieg'
to re-hoist his flag on board the Neptune, 120, this morn the
Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.B , Survey-or 0' 00
Navy, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday. afternoon, ou
official visit to the dockyard.
One of the midshipmen who died on board the P3u
screw-frigate, of yellow, fever, in the West Indies, '`fr-
,
son of Colonel Sir George Couper, Bart. at
Basilisk, 6, steam-sloop, Commander Hon. F. neeolr
having her defects made good at Portsmouth, will he
pleted by the 24th inst.
alflpea
-

Avon, steam-tender, Master-Commander Witch,
1.300
yesterday morning at Portsmouth with supernunf Oler
from Plymouth, and returned in the afternoon °
supernumeraries.
el"
Valorous, steam-frigate, was commissioned at Dove,vlo"
on Tuesday by Captain Claude H. M. Buckle ; her COu'-'
ment
Lo is to be 250 officers and men. 0011
ndon, 92, Captain Mundy, on her way to Ports
from Sheerness, anchored off Broadstairs on Wednesday

APPOINTMENTS.
Lieutenant.—Joseph Eyde (1849), late of the IndefatiO
50, to the Valorous, steam-friate , Devonport. el.
Mate. J. Challis, tot he Cruiser, screw-sloop,
with. _ 4,1;70,

Naval Cadets.—Charles S. Shuckburgh, to tho Sidon,
0-00
steam-frigate, Portsmouth ; George R. Trefusis and 111° •
A. S. Kynnersley, first nominations.
Dockyard.—Mr. Wm. Moore, temporary clerk in 4. .1,.^,- 0 ,„re
vonport dockyard, is appointed extra clerk in the
keeper-General's department in London ; and Mr.
Beer is appointed temporary clerk in the dockyard'
Moore.

BIRTHS.
at 14,
Downe. 0,0"
square, the wife of J.
On nn theth e 1153tthh i nins inst.,
t.
," at
Portman-street, P°rtrii
ByOkNeham, the VlOOlll4E°
Randall, Esq., M.D.
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MARRIED. J. T.
On the 14th inst., at St. Peter's-church, Dublin' k.lls°'
Donovan, Esq., son of the late J. Donovan, Escl,!. cidel!'
Li
hill, Sussex, to Annie, daughter of the ate . 'spec"'
Esq., of 41, Upper Fitzwilliam-street, and rr°
WOn the.
16th 16th inst., C. R. Richardson, Esq. L
-ent
abterns °
H.M. 61st Regiment, to Frances Annie, only'uau,7
James Yearsley, Esq., 15, Saville-row,St. James'

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On the 14th inst., at Gloucester-road, Begoll"
Mary Ann Monkhouse, aged 43. lict Lit)
On the 10th inst., at Kingstown, Anna Moxia., Troll) lsa;
J. S. Cooper, Esq.,Comptroller-general of stamps!'" Rev.
On the 10th inst., at Rainthorpe, Norfolk, tae
R. Pigot, aged 53.
On the 15th inst., Thomas, fourth son of J. Th 1132111
Esq., Rotherhithe

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