The Sun.
London, England, 1868-03-28 00:00:00

THE DROYLSDEN MURDERER.

Timothy Faherty, who will be executed on this day week
for the murder of Mary Hanmer, seems to be fully con-
scious that there is no hope of mercy being extended to
him. We have already stated that Faherty passed twelve
years as a private soldier in the 40th Regiment; and we
are now enabled to give the following additional particu-
lars :—The convict, who is 30 years of age, is a native of
the town of Galway, where his mother, who is a widow,
is at present residing. He joined the army at an early
age, and never revisited Galway after his enlistment. At
the expiration of the term for which he had enlisted,
Faherty claimed and was allowed his discharge; and shortly
before Christmas ISGG be came to Manchester, where he
has several relatives residing. Ire obtained work at
Droylsdcn, and there formed that intimacy with Mary
Hanmer which has had such a deplorable result. The con-
vict regularly corresponded with his mother, and in his
letters just before Christmas he seems to have frequently
referred to his return home as a thing that might be ex-
pected any day. Ii conversation with acquaintances at
Drolysden, also, Faherty stated his determination to
re-visit his home in a short time ; and on the 23rd De-
cember he informed his mother that that would be the last
letter she would receive from him—meaning, doubtless,
that he would speedily follow it in person. It will also
be r.nriembered that in the last conversation he had with
his victim and Mrs. Broderick, previous to the murder,
Faherty said he was going home, and asked them if they
had any messages to send. He says now that at that
time he had not the slightest intention of murdering the
deceased. The ferocious barbarity with which the deed
was committed has, however, deprived him of the plea
which might otherwise have been made for him on the
ground of the apparent absence of
premeditation. His
unhappy mother heard of his arrest on a charge of murder
on the clay when she had expected that he would
have been with her in Galway. The meeting between
them, after thirteen years of separation, took place in the
prison cell before the trial, and it was of an extremely
affecting character. An effort has been made to obtain
the intervention of the convict's former commanding
officer in his favour, but the reply was, of course, that
nothing of the kind could be done. The convict's friends
have seen him once since his condemnation.—Manchester
Guardian.

At a congregation, held at Cambridge on Thurs-
day, the honorary degree of LL.D. was conferred on Cap-
tain M. F. Maury, the well-known investigator of ocean
currents.

MR. GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN.—This gentleman
continues to occupy quarters in the Four Courts' Marshal.
sea, Dublin. He is daily visited by a large circle of friends
and sympathisers, many of whom present him with some
delicacies of the season, books, periodicals, and other
acceptable gifts. He engages himself during the entire
day in reading the different papers with which he is
supplied so elaborately, corresponding with the American
and Irish papers, and in looking over lectures and other
manuscripts. He expects his release very shortly, after
which he proposes addressing audiences in Dublin on the
subject of the bankruptcy laws in Ireland and their per-
nicious effects. He will then proceed to lecture in the
principal towns in the south and west of Ireland ; thence
to England and Scotland, previous to taking his fare-
well departure to the American continent. Subsequent to his
landing in the New World, Mr. Train anticipates a recep-
tion of unparalleled popularity. As regards the kindness
of the officials of the ?,tarshalsea, and the facilities extended
to him in every shape and form, Mr. Train expresses him-
self in the strongest terms of admiration. He occasionally
lectures to his associates confined within the precincts of
of the Marshalsea, and his observations have invariably
been listeped to with unusual attention by his hearers.—
Trish Times.

CONFESSION OF THE SELBY MURDERER.
Frederick Parker, who has been sentenced to death
for the murder of Daniel Driscoll, at Selby, near York,
on the morning of the Ist inst., has made a confession
of his crime. The document is a long one, and is dated
the 21st instant. In it he says that himself and his
victim lay down together by a large stack ; that shortly
before six o'clock in the morning, hearing a cock, he
said it was time to be going before the farmer got up. He
then proceeds with his confession as follows : " So we
started off again, and went on the road towards Robin-
son's Plantation, and against some thorns we stayed while
it got a bit lighter, and while we were standing there he
felt something falling upon his boot, and he thought it
was some money, and he felt on the ground and found it
was sixpence. Then he felt in his pocket to see if he had
lost any more ; he said if lie had lost his coin he might
go back to London as sGon as he liked, but he had it
and he counted it, and put it into a little purse, and
put it into his pocket, and then he knelt down to pull
off his boot and see if there was .any money in it, but
there was not ; he put it on again, and was fastening it,
when I struck him with a hedge-stake on the head
when he fell, and I struck him two or three times more,
and took the watch and chain and the money from him,
and he rolled into the ditch, where I left him, but I had
thought of doing the deed before we left Beverley, but
I did not do it until about a quarter to six on Sunday
morning, the Ist March." From this point Parker gives
a history of his proceedings up to the time of hi appre-
henoion.