The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-14 00:00:00

to which the§ had eP,ch and every one, ag if by common

consent, though unknowing

C the Other knew, main-

tained the most inviolate silence ever sines.
PO the two prime agents in this nefarious conspiracy,
Halleran and rinnerty3 stand out in bold relief and chal-
lenge attention. It was (so goes the story,) to Halleran,
a man intimate with the treadmill, and Mr. Talbot's
butler, that Mr. Talbot was indebted for the first know-
ledge of his dishonour.
Within, Vireo days of this, ail hAing proparpd, tho plot
exploded, and it was Halleran and Finnerty, who, on the
i9;,h of May, 1832, dragged Mrs. Talbot to her bedroom,
the screaming the while for her child, who was torn from
her, arid for her husband, that she might tell him how
she Wds Dolled. But to these ruffians, on her knees, she
pleaded in vain, her inticieePee 'VMS the last thing it was
desired to establish.
Whilst this scene was going on up stairs, Mr, Talbot
down below in all the agony of a deeply injured husband,
counted out their lumps of sugar, doled out a teaspoonful
of tea, screwed them together for Mrs. Talbot's support
in apiece of old newspaper, reckoned up his wages with
careful.' precision, and left the house. Scarcely had he
done so, when Halleran attempted on Mrs. Talbot the
last possible outrage, the only crime not yet consummated
Oft the hapless victim. Briefly, Mrs. Talbot was rescued
from this monster, by the interference of a woman ser-
vant. This person remained with Mrs. Talbot all night,
not less to protect her from Mr.: Talbot's agents than from
herself. For upon Mrs. Talbot the events of that day and
night produced the result that might have been expected ;
perhaps it was in pity that Heaven made her a raving
maniac. _ _ .

She was removed to Dublin next days and for six nights
and days following she never slept. The " Ite.re'rendi" and
"over-zealous" Mr. Gage says, for five hours, wbcq he
saw her, he was unable to get ten minutes' rational or
consecutive conversation. But ere She left Mount Talbot,
a fresh outrage was perpetrated. Whilst the woman-
serVant was absent, preparing an untasted breakfast for
Mrs. Talbot, Elalleran and Finnerty, who had ,been with
Mullan all night and made him drunk, brought him to
Mrs. Talbot's room, thrust him in, fastened the doors, and
stood sentry outside. The return of Hester Keogh again
saved Mrs. Talbot from the protectors her husband had
appointed. What can anv man think of this ? Let us hear
what Mr. Talbot's opinion was. On his return to Mount
Talbot,(l think the following day), Hester It eogh informed
him what had happened, (in her own words, what Halleran
and Finnerty had done to the lady.) He expressed neither
anger nor surprise—he was going to raise Halleran and
Finnerty's wages, (and he did), and would do the same with
hers ; he seemed as if he wished the woman (I am quoting
her evidence) to join that party. Told Mr. Talbot (says
Keogh) I would never swear against Mrs. Talbot, for I
knew she was a right honest and well conducted woman.
I need say no more. Those who choose to investigate
this matter, will find how feebly I have stated the horrors
I have noticed, and that the ease is one mass of them.
Not for the revenues. of the " Church in Ireland"—not for
the whole county of Roscommon—would I bear the re-
sponsibility that weighs on the least guilty in this fearful
business.—Yours, &c., C.

THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION AT CHM.

TENHIM.—FRIDAY, AuGusT 8.

THE GROWTH C ‘TTON.—MT. DIIIIOn'S paper, read on
Thurs lay, in the statistical section, consisted of a series of
prooositions, of which the following is a short resume : —l.
That cotton, from the conditions of climate necessary to its
culture, cannot be grown in Europe, but that, with the single
and not important exception of the factories in the New
England States of America, it is an] must long continue to
be manufactured almost exclusively in Europe. 2. That
the present supply is chiefly raised, and, for the present,
must continue to be raised.by slave labour—seeing that while
for filly years we have sought over the whole earth for cot-
ton, we have during that time continued to obtain from the
slave states of the American Union a continually increasing
proportion of our entire supply. 3. That two-thirds in
number at least of the slave population of the United States
have been called into existence, and are now directly or
indirectly maintained, for the supply of cotton for exporta-
tion. 4. That of the cotton thus exported three fourths at
least in value are raised for and sent to this country alone.
And, 5 That of the entire quantity we import, four-fifths
at least in value are thus derive I from the Uaited States.
Each proposition was supported by tabular accounts ex-
tracted from the public records of this country and the
United States, and the conclusion was expressed thus :
"That hence in the present state of the commercial relations
of the two countries, the cotton-planters of the United States
are interested to the extent of two-tbirds at least of their
entire exportable produce in the maintenance of the cotton
manufacture of the United Kingdom ; and that reciprocally
the cotton manufacturers of• the United Kingdom, and
through them the entire population of the kingdom, are
interested to the extent of more than four-fifths of the raw
material of that manufacture, in the existing arrangements
for maintaining the cotton culture of the United States."

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.

TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN TIMES,

Sir,—The public voice should be beard against the borribl.e
shedding of blood by the law, of which we have had three
exhibitions during the past week, for the case of two at
least, Murdock and the woman Brown. More cruel and foul
murders were never committed. It seems as if the life or a
fellow creature depended on a mere whim or fancy of Sir
George Grey. Why will not juries, who never intend that
they shall be parties to a delibera'e act of mur-
der, make certain that they eall not, by return-
ing verdicts of manslaughter instead of wilful murder.
I thought public feeling on the subject of women hanging,
and indecent exposure on the gallows, was sufficiently well
known to have prevented such a spectacle as that at Dorset—
the giving a stupifying draught, and the tying of the petti•
coats round the legs by a brutal executioner. What scenes
for Christians of this age ! Shame on such laws and the
people who, against their feelings, submit to their execu-
tion. Where is the public lesson when the public spectators.
as at Lewes, cry shame and murder on a pseudo act of
justice? To quote Sir G. Grey, give this matter a little
airing in your widely read journal.—Yours, &c ,
Liverpool, August 11, 1856, JUST. CB.

NEW PROCESS OF STEREOTYPING.—An altogether new
and very simple method of stereotyping has just been dis-
covered and patented by Mr. Hogg, publisher, of this city
(Edinburgh), and we have had an opportunity of seeing it
in operation. Mr. Hogg's process consists of a mixture of
variJus ingredients, finely pulverised, and mixed up to the
consistency of putty. In this state the substance is spread
with a knife on a piece of wrapping paper, and then passed
under an accurately adjusted straight edge, by which means
a surface as smooth and equal as a sheet of paper is obtained.
The material for the matrix being thus formed, it is laid on
the types, the composition, in a soft state, being next the
face. An impression is then taken by the common printing
press; but the pressure required is so slight, that Mr. Hogg
uses an ordinary copying press for the purpose. The matrix,
affixed to the face of the types, is then laid on a gently
heated hot plate for about twenty minutes, after which it is
ready for being cast from. The advantages over any of the
processes now in use are very considerable. From the im-
impression being taken as in the ordinary mode of printing,
a perfhctly level surface on the face of the stereotype plate
is attained. There is not the slightest shrinking or twisting
of the matrix as in casting from stucco. No more damage
is done to the types than by puling a proof at the hand-
press ; what printers will understand as low spaces and
leads are preferred, there being•no filling up of the types
with the materialiof which the matrix is made, and the
types are returned as clean as they leave the hands of the
compositor, no brushing or washing out being necessary.
"picking"
printericking' of the plates is
' in the wear of
Littlerequired,of whatwhile
i s t understoodho
savinga
tos the
types is very great. This will at once be apparent to those
acquainted with stereotyping, either from the stucco or
paper process. In stucco, in all low portions of the form of
types must be filled up, and the face of the type brushed
oat, while what remains of the stucco must either be cleaned
by the stereotyper, or what is generally the practice, picked
the compositor as he best can. By the
out by
raper"
process great damage is d,ne to the types by the pulp being
beaten into them, and from the metal requiring to be used
at a comparatively low heat, the plates are softer. The
process we have been describing permits of the metal being
used at any temperature.—Seottish Press.