The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-24 00:00:00

;MURDER IN LIVERPOOL OF AL'

WIFE BY HER lIUSBAND

On Mori day evening one of the most barbarous mur-
ders was perpetrated in Thomas-street which, perhaps,
ever disgraced tho annals of Liverpool. The particulars,
so far as they have transpired, although, of course, thvy
must be to some extent considered ex pare, as the prin-
cipal actor in the cit:ed of blood absconded, disclose a.
scene of atrocity truly istevrii'iing•
Thomas-street is a narrow,
ci:rty thoroughfare, lead-
ing from South Castle-street to 1.1
rvicinity of the Custom-house ; and it 1. inhabited almost
~ttcl
sise-street, in the
exclusively by persons in the lowest wa.
'lts of life. At
No. 42, Owen Tully and his wife, Catherine Tally, the
deceased, kept a small provision shop. 1:,7113( himself
was a journeyman tailor, who worked for variou.'s trades-
men in the town, and sometimes, amongst othCr snop-
keepers, for Mr. Williams, of Tarleton-street. H:; wife,
was generally employed in attending to the business" "
the shop, and managing the domestic concerns of t1..11
family.
Monday being an idle day with tailors, Tully took a
long walk in the clountry, and on returning home about
seven o'clock in the evening, apparently sober, he asked
his wife how much money she had that day taken in the
shop. She replied that she was uoable exactly to tell
the amount, as she had not as yet counted it, whereupon
he struck her with his clenched fist it; the forehead.
Whilst reeling from the effects of the bfklw he kicked
her in the lower part of the abdomen, and 1 seated the
kicks in that dangerous part so often and so. violently
that at length the flesh gave way and the boa 'els pro-
truded I He seems then to have ceased from his barba-
rity, and to have looked for a while on his bleeding' and
(13 ing victim, as she lay stretched at his feet on t.Na
ground. Three females allege that they were eye-wit
nesses of the deed. Their names are Catherine Fitzge-
rald and Catherine King, both of whom were neighbours,
residing in Thomas-street, and also Bridget Smith, who
acted as Tully's servant.

The uproarw caused by these females attracted several
persons to the spot, and in a short time messengers were
dispatched is various directions for medical assistance.
Dr. Moorhouse, of Cleveland-square, was the first pro-
fessional man to arrive, but when he came the unfortu-
nate female was a corpse, and her unnatural husband
had fled. The latter seems not to have remained many
minutes in the house after be had given the last fatal
kick. When he perceived that there was no chance of
his wife's recovery, and that life was rapidly ebbing to
its close, he appears, almost unobserved by the affrig►.tted
persons with whom the house was filled, to have made
his escape ; and we regret to say that no trace of hi 'll
has since been discovered. _ _ _

Much blame is attributable to those inside and outside
of the premises, for not having given earlier information
to the authorities of this dreadful occurrence than they
seem to have done. It was seven o'clock, as we have
said, or thereabouts, when Tully returned from the
country and struck the first blow. The kicks were
given immediately after, and he woman was dead some
time before eight. And yet it was half-past eight before
the officer on duty in Thomas-street and that neigh-
bourhood was made acquainted with the circumstance,
and it was half-past eleven (three hours afterwards)
when the intelligence was reported at the central police-
Aation. The loss of time which thus occurred will an-
, pear the more surprising to those elsewhere, ignorant iaff
the locality, when we state that the distance from the•
central station to the scene of the atrocity is not above
a quarter of a mile, if so much.
Mr. Scuerintendent Brown, however, with that False-
worthy promptitude and activity for which he has ever
been distinguiahed, lost no time in making diligent search
for the missing party. Ascertaining, in the first in-
stance, that Tully was an Irishoian, he proceeded him-
self :to the Clarence-dock, for purpose of searching
the trading steamers which daily and nightly ply be-
tween this port and various parts of the sister country,.
thinking it most probable that the fellow would endea-
vour as soon as he could to reach his native land. The
steamers had, unfortunately, sailed an hour before. and
therefore, if he had gone in any of them, he w,ss, for the
present, beyond the reach of apprehension. It is thought,
however, that he did not leave for Ireland, but Nutt he
remained in Liverpool.
He is described as a man about forty years of Age,
five feet seven or eight inches high, thin, pale foce,
slender make, black hair and whiskers. He is su'r
posed to have been dressed in a black frock coat, yes It
and trousers.
Mr. Brown, on his return from the Clarence-dock, re-'
paired to the house in Thomas-street, and his description
of the appearance of the room in which the deed was
perpetrated is truly appalling. He says that at that hour
(half-past one, A.m.) the floor was drenched with blood,
and that, although quantities of sawdust had been thrown
over it, it had completely saturated the sawdust, and was
visible in a coagulated state in every direction. The body
had then been removed up stairs.
During the whole of yesterday the greatest excite-
ment continued to prevail in the neighbourhood of
Thomas-street. Great numbers of persons visited the
scene, and it was with difficulty that many of them could
be prevented from entering the premises.
Tho inquest upon the body will be held to-day.---
Liverpool Courier of yesterday.

Instructions have been sent to the Commander-in-
Chief of the Mediterranean station, Vice-Admiral Sir
William Parker, to retain the naval forces L'ow under his
command, with the exception of the two guerd-ships of
the ports of Devonport and Portsmouth, and ,to remain
on the cruising ground of the squadron of evolutson, from
the Tagus to Cadiz and Gibarltar, until further orders.
A QUESTION FOR THE SAVANS.—INCENDIARY
INVENTION.—A new lucifer match has been invented by
King Louis Philippe. It is the marriage of his son, t`ho
Due de Montpensier. with the young Queen of Spain's
sister, which threatens to set all Spain, if not Europe, in
a blaze.—Punch.
A Cuaxous CLock.--.4. Parisian watchmaker has
completed the construction of a clock of a singular
nature. It has eleven dials. The principal dial shows:
the hours alone; a transparent one, immediately below
the former, shows the progression And retrogression of
the sun; two others, also transparent, and through which
the mechanism of this immense mach.;ne can be seen,
mark, the one the days of the :nonth, the °the; the
seconds. Eight square enamelled dials Are arranged
round the two sides of the pendulum, and stow the hour
in each of the following cities:—London, Algiers, Alex:-
andria, St. Helena, Otaheite, Canton, New York, and St.-
Petersburgh. Each of these dials is marked with 24
hours, instead of 12, so as to show the hours of the day
and those of the night. Lastly, the pendulum carries a
large metrical scale, ind;gating the degree of expansion
and contraction of metal. This clock cost 14,000 franco,
or about 6001.
The parish officers of Shoveditch are offering a-
1-mud of seventeen guineas for the apprehension of as
many husbands, who have lately deserted their wives
and families, leaving them a charge to Ole churchwardens
and overseers.
CONFESSION OF AN INCENDIARY.—EL'.Mbeth Bar-
kitt, a native of Titmarsh, Northamptonshire,. who had
lived in the service of Mrs. Gray and her son Edward,
at Bushmead, about ten weeks, has made a full confes-
sion of having set fire to the premises on the Ist in. Itant,
by which a considerable amount of property was de-
stroyed. A searching investigation was made .`)y
Superintendent Jebbett immediately after the fire;.
which being closely followed up, and the prevaricating
stories of the servant, together with the difficulty of ap-
proach by a stranger to the spot where the fire broke
out, suspicion attached to her, which she perceived, and
her mind at last became so overpowered with her guilt,
that she could bear it no longer, and made a confessiou
of the whole circumstances, and said she feit much
happier. She could give no reason why she bad done it,
and afterwards felt very sorry. She was taken before
G. P. Livius, Esq., on Tharday, and committed for .trial.

—Bedford Mercury.
CURRY PASTE.—We have seen a sample of ctria7
paste, prepared by Captain White, Es.• well as his curry
powder, both of which, he tells us, are patronised by the
Duke of Norfolk, a nobleman who has the reputation of
being an excellent judge in such matters. His Grace•
acknowledges the receipt of a jar of curry paste and a
package of curry powder in the following terms
" The Duke of Norfolk presents his compliments to
Captain White, with many thanks for his present of
curry paste and powder, which is thought very good by
his friends and himself." After this testimony from so
high an authority on the subject of the gallant gentle-
man's curry paste and powder, it would be bad taste in
us to offer any of our own.
TuE ATIIENXUM SOIREE.—The grand annual'
of the Manchester Athenaeumannual'
held in the
Free-trade Hall, on Thursday evening, the Od of Oc-
tober, under the presidency of Lord Morpeth, p.'"omin
of
to be every way the most attractive and interestint7
these reunions. Three prelates have accepted invitations
to attend—the Archbishop of Dublin, Dr. Whately; the
Bishop of Norwich, Dr. Stanley; and the Bishop of Ox-
ford, Dr. Wilberforce ; and amongst the noblemen and
gentlemen who have also accepted invitations, are the
Right Hon. Lord Viscount Sandon, M.P., the Eight
Hon. R. L. Sheil, M.P., the Right on. T. M. Gibson,
M.P., Captain the Hon. Henry Keppel, R.N., Mr. Mon-
tague Gore, M.P., Mr. J. T. Clifton, M.P., Mr. J. W.
Patten M.P., Mr. W. Ewart, M.P., Mr. M. Philips,
M.P., 'Mr. J. Brotherton, M.P., Mr. J. Bright, M.P.,
C. Mackay, LL.D., Mr. G. Dawson, M.A., Ms.
Douglas Jerrold, Mr. J. Macgregor, of the Board of
Trade, &c. Amongt the Vice-Presidents of the evening
are named the Mayor of Manchester, the Mayor of Sal-
ford, Sir B. Heywood, Colonel Wemys, C. 8., the Rev.
C. Clifton, the Rev. J. J. Taylor, 8.A., the Rev.
Vaughan, D.D., Mr. C. Swain, and upwards of sixt y
other gentleman. The doors are to be opened at Si x
o'clock, and the chair to be taken at seven by Lod
Morpeth, who will address the meeting, and to be fol-
lowed by other speakers. The Theatre,Royal is to bo
connected with the Free trade Hall, by rooms extending
over South-street, and in these rooms refreshments are
to be provided. A complete and commodious suite of
dressing-rooms, ladies' retiring-rooms, &c., are also to
be provided, and arrangements made for the convenient
ingress of the company. Instructions as to the entrances,
the carriages, &c., are already advertised. We under-
stand that already the demand for tickets (which are now
procurable at the institution) is very great, and the vast
hall will, in all probability, be filled.—Manchester
Guardian.
FIRE AT A DISTILLERY.—Between ten and eleven
on Wednesday forenoon: a fire broke out upon the pre
mises belonging to Mr. J. Greenhow, distiller and rec-
tifier, carrying on business at 16, St. John-street, Clerk-
enwell. It was caused by a leak in the still, which al-
lowed the spirit to run into the fire. Owing to the
inflammable nature of the stock, very few minutes elapsed
before upwards of 100 tgallons of spirits became ignited.
The flames had just broken through the roof, when the
engines of the parish, London,Brigade, and West of Eng-
land Company arrived. By the exertions of the firemen
the fire was got out, but not before about 120 gallons of
spirits was consumed, the roof partly burned,. and
he other
damage done. Mr. Greenhow was insured in t 51,14
Fire-offiee.