The Daily Times. — 1860-09-08 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

THE KNECITTION  THIS DAT.  THE WIFE MURDERER'S FATE.  This day at noon, Thomas Gallagher will undergo the extreme penalty of the law on the south-west side of the Xirkdale Gaol, in which he has been confined since the sentence of death was passed upon him at the last assizes. It• will be in the recollection of our readers that this culprit was tried, and found guilty on "the clearest possible evidence, and even on his own statemeat, of the most cruel, barbarous, and atrocious murder :I:his wife, under circumstances almost unparalelled for ferocity. It is fully apparent from the, facts of this case that Gallagher did not only cause by his brutal violence the death of his wife, but also that he was instrumental in hastening the death of his own daughter by a former Marriage, a girl of about seventeen years of age, who was a witness of the dreadful scene which took place in Silver-street, and. for ,which he has now, in the prime of life, to be cast into eternity, as the punishment awarded by the laW fot such an offence, and as an example to others. The facts adduced upon the trial are shOrt and clear—'so clear, that the jury who tried him had not, nor could have, the slightest hesitation in returning the verdict of guilty. 'Since hici confinement in that cell be has been regulaa4 and constantly attended by the Rev. Mr. Gibson, a Roman Catholic priest, and has evinced his contrition for the horrible crime which he -committed; and has Most devoutly and earnestly attended to the spiritual ministrations of the reverend gentleman, whose painful (Ifeullr:Y it has been to prepare him for his awful fate. A days since he received the " mass of the holy cornItuaion," as administered by the Church of Rome, and Yesterday his two children had a final interview with their unhappy parent, who has committed an offence in the eyes of God and in the eyes of man. The scene must have been heartrending, and can more easily be imagined than described. After this interview he Za,alously attended, to the spiritual ministrations of his Pastor, who remained with him up to a late hour last night. At a late hour in the afternoon the scaffold upon Which Thomas Gallagher, the wife murderer, will die, /vas erected, and every preparation was made in the interior of the gaol for carrying out the awful sentence ')f the This was done in the presence of a large number of persons, including children of a very tender age, and those of more advanced years, some of whom Were tk passing a ribald jest, and apparently taking tip 'air Positions to witness the melancholy spectacle which will this day take place. There was a rumour that some persons had sent up a Me4l • 05151, for the mitigation of the capital punishment, tt7 the Rome Secretary, but up to a late hour last night ueofficiats of the gaol had' not been apprised of the f pier, nor hadany communication been received from the °lne Office to stay the sentence being fully carried into affect. •  PHR:EtioLooy.—This science, which at present may be said to be only in its infancy, promises to become. °Ile:of the most valuable of moderndistoveries. What greater benefit could be bestowed on mankind at large than that which pourtrays individual character, and cuables us to discover the direction in which one's ad(ldY and mental energies can be best directed to vantage ? .We should strongly recommend all per-6T185 especially the young, who have not had their heads phrenologically examined to pay a vist to Messrs. Fowler mid Wells, who are staying for a few days at` the Concert Hall, Lord Nelson-street.