25 DECEMBER 1875, Page 3

The convict Henry Wainwright was executed on Tuesday morning, having

previously lodged in the hands of the Governor of Newgate a written statement, in which he acknowledged the justice of the punishment, and said he deserved it, though he did not absolutely confess to having committed the murder. He seems to have died with courage and without bravado, and with professions of sincere penitence. The attachment which existed between him and his relatives and friends appears to have been very warmly displayed on both sides, in the farewell interviews, which were extremely painful. A more curious mixture of com- plete callousness and capacity for affection than was exhibited in him has seldom been recorded in the history of crime.