The Express.
London, England, 1852-07-22 00:00:00

NAVAL.

ADMIRALTY, JULY 21. APPOINTMENTS. Se-
cond Master R. F. Brown, to Trilled ; Muter-Assistant
W.
W. C. Birks*, to 7Vidail;, Paymaster W. Ellis, to
*ale.
In-
PORTSMODTH, JULY 21.—A court-martial Wes
held today at the Royal Marine Barracks, at Fortes, to
zdas Wafts Hall,
.first lieutenant nthe Royal
having hem drunk_ and iireperly
droned oddht et the Te androolsni
Mad mindstail et Colonelday_st
Wearinge .
possid,The
LinimanOstonsi Nerebask, MK. Moja Ono% SIM
Regime ; Olfink Wright, 11.111.,,.C0pena Hinman
R.M.A., Captain M. et RorelinsatCartels Yea, fst
Royals ; Captain Clasen 86th ; Captain Ken-
nedy, MIL, Cortes R. , Corbin Pengely,
MM., Lieutenant Ram% Lioulessat JelM,
Lieutssaid 111111611, be Royals ; Lieutenant Bond,
Sfith lej=4 aft Liontftaat and Adjutant Cooke,
MIL , Judy, Advocate. Mr. B. Goble, beli-
efs; mind the poisoner. Ia aosemissos with the toga-
Min hid doworstial tertherraddent no oft pessaisd hem
evidnieeme=3.
=absel2
ea the evening et the bp In
..sci;a7bl7e/ose die day, the
whose duty it wafts eft to the tattoo meek on
te him in ream, le them tome him Oft w.
to
drafted is plain daft He was awoke, and, eftft-
ing to the evidurn, lawn to be ia a eats at hi-
tftioation. Oa balm sputa le he told 111.11 Ma-
someassionsd name to ye end be and
mod skein haver, *
sawn. The ease Ise the pronftleen Isseing ontinded
this afternoon, the coact woe adjourned le Maw MA to
give the prisoner as oppntuaity repine( his ahem
Lieutenant Hall was triad a fur woWohne by assetinft
tie on a chary, of being drunk and Inipturioily einducting
himself whilst on guard but was acquitted it that charge.
—A royal tales was food this alleftent at do °Week
the Vistary, flag-ship, on a fernimp pshisontre arrival at
Oceport by train, an real. for Ike Lb et Wight.—The
steam nest Cmidend, holoagien to his Highness
hadisee engine; inns out iorday, and was
esksa tete dean—Th. Firs ass.,H steam vessel, was
Woe& down bun the ordinary yesterday. It is reported
the now tithe Sprightly will be turned over to her, and
that she will be kept as the Port Admiral's tender.
DEVONPORT, JULY 21.—The Vivid, tender, arrived
ea Tuesday (yesterday), at 10.30 amt.' with the intelli-
pane that the royal squadron would start from Torbay,
eft probably arrive at Devourer( about two p.m. The in-
ternals proved correct, for at that hoar the Victoria
aft Albert arrived, with her Mejesty on board ; also the
Fairy, Black Eagle, Retribution, Sampson, Magicienno,
Denwsowta, and Odin. The royiaircht, Fary, end
Mask Bark brought tip in Bern • the Retribution,
Rstrwants. 'and Myftionft, In t bound ; the Odin
and Weil, at the Mat The citadel and all the
ships Porn WOW on the arrival of the squadron.
Caries WINS% lb._ Hughes, and Mr. Hinton arrived
Gem Lefton on Wafteiday, for the purpose of making
I kid ezeinination, and report on the engines of the
1 .On Thanday they took to their assistance Mr. I=l chief engineer of the ship, end Mr. Steward,
supsentanding segiasar of the dockyard, and thoroughly
examind every particular; is the ahem= she was
taken to sea. eosempanied the Dseftrate. On the
whale she was heft 119 answerby woe. Soft, Retie matters
ruglike awing and ailestabg whhb is new in hand. The
Conolowis, 60 was teen, ea deok ea Saturday after-
noon. • Dutch aerobes' brig put la bate on Friday, n
eseerieeste et the dirtrinegmest elbow eseapmee. They
were Motel on Neter/ay by Mr. mows% the beebser-
mesteroml *MOO Ihr ler glen et ilesties-
tloll. TM Spartan, 26, Clarnin Ws W. Heft, ems
out of Whew this day (Wednesday). TM animment of
the Valorous, now fitting at this port, is to be es haws :
Main deck, 10 32-pounders, 60 mt. 9 ft. lies ; deck,
4 32-pounders, 60 cwt., 9 ft. long; 2 10-Indtbeiro, 86 cwt.,
9 it. 4 in. pivot. The armament of the Mown is to be
es
follows :-2 32.pounden, 32 cwt., 6 ft. 11111. keg ; 632-
C 23 cwt., It. long. The Nautili* Mader, with
lad*: ina' apprentices, went out spin on Tuohy, for
, wades.

THE STOCKPORT OUTRAGE.
CONCLUSION OF THZ INOVZST.
After the despatch of oar account which appeared
la the Evros of yesterday the following evidence was
given.
John Boyle identified Mania as the perun who struck
the blow with the poker.
By Mr. Oibeon—Wood had cone completely out of my
sight when the blow wu aimed at the Irishmen. Believed
the Irishman was killed by mistake—that the prisoner deli-
berately intended to strike the person he did atr;ke, but
might not know him to be an Irishman.
Thos. Powell also identified Mußegin u the man who
struck the blow with the poker, and said he had previously
seen the man who was 'struck hit Wm. Wood on the head
with a stone. Wood and be then wrestled.
Charles Ostler Walters, surgeon, said he assisted in
making the post morgue examination, and found a fracture
of the skull below the wound on the right side of the head,
from the top of the head to the internal ear, and down to
the base of the brain. This fracture was the cause of death,
by producing effusion of blood upon the brain. The wound
on the right side of the bead was such as would be inflicted
by the square part of a poker. This wound was calculated
to produce death, apart from the fracture. There was
another wound on the left side of the head, by no means so
serious.
The prisoner did not make any statement, and Mr. Ash-
ton, in his behalf, declined to call any witnesses.
The Coroner, in summing up, said, presuming the jury to
come to the conclusion that death had resulted from the
blow on the right side of the head, and that it wu given
by the prisoner Mullagin, it would be their duty to find •
verdict of wilful murder against him. It was law that deny
ono in doing an unlawful act caused the death of another,
which act did not amount to felony, then in some some eases
the offense was extenuated to manslaughter. Under the cir-
curnstanou of the ease, however, he had no hesitation in
telling them that there were none which could extenuate
this offence. Persons taking such weapons as had been
described must take all the consequences connected with
their use. All who assis'ed in the unlawful attack would
be equally guilty with the man who struck the blow, and
whether the prisoner intended to strike Moran or Wood
was no matter. If • man did au unlawful act, and with-
out his intending it, it killed some one whom he did not
intend tekill, the law as to the crime was precisely the
sense. _ .

The jury then retired, and in about ten minutes returned
a verdict of Wilful Murder against the prisoner.
The Coroner then committed the prisoner to Chester
Castle, to await his trial at the next anuses.
ILACIISTIKIAL INVUTIOATION.
The proceedings were resumed yesterday morning, in the
Court-house, at 10 o'clock.
Mary Goodev deposed to seeing Joseph Birch, one of the
prisoners, on the night of the riot, urging on a mob who
I were breaking the windows of Mrs. Dowd 's house. Wit-
ness asked him, " What ate you going to do ?—are you
going to murder and destroy all before you ? " and he re-
plied, " Yes, I will ; and I'll serve you the same, you
Irish —. I'll show you a sight to-night that you never
saw, for we'll behead your priest." Could not say whether
he was in liquor. On the following night the prisoner George
Parry came with a crowd of persons armed with sticks to
witness's house. Parry had an are, with which he broke
open her door, and, the mob entering, destroyed a quantity
of furniture. Witness fainted, and when she recovered
her 'eases the men had gone away.
Bernard Leddy saw the prisoner John Watson take some
linen from the ground and put it into the fire opposite Mr.
Frith's (the priest's) house. Saw the prisoner William
Wood also put something in the fire, which looked like a
book or piece of rolled linen. It might be a piece of news-
paper. Peter Rowbottom also picked up a piece of a book
from the ground. He smiled at some one behind him, then
went to the fire, lighted the paper, and kindled his pipe
with it. He stood talking and laughing with the others,
and the book was thrown away.
Ellen M'Donald said she was going home from the Edge-
ley catholic chapel at the night of the riot, and saw great
crowds of people in the street. Some asked " Where all
the b— Irish were," and others answered that they were
all asleep, or " cut out of the town." One of them said,
" There's a mass at the catholic chapel to-night, and we
shall meet them coming out, and if we catch the old Frith
(the priest) we'll kill him." Another said, " No; let's go
to Rock-rew." Went with Wm. Booth Gore to give in-
formation to Mr. Frith. About fire minutes after they
reached the priest's house a mob came up and broke the
chapel windows. Saw the prisoner Thomas Walker, and
several others, breaking open the chapel deer with a staff.
Afterwards saw him bring out a brass cross, about three
yards Wag, and break it on the ground.
Rose Ann M'Donald saw the mob breaking open the
chapel door with staves. She saw the panels give way be-
neath the blows of six or seven people, among whom was
Thomas Walker, one of the prisoners. Knew it was
Walker by his dress. Did not see his face, but was sure he
was there.
John Mulvey saw the prisoner Joseph Birch, on the
night of the riot, about 150 yards from Edgely Chapel,
with a piece of wood in his hand, apparently part of • pew
seat. It had a white cloth on. Birch shouted out, " I've
got the old priest's shirt."
By Mr. Reddish—First told this to Mr. O'Rourke, the
clerk at the catholic chapel, about a week ago.
James Swindells said he got a staff on the night of the
riot, and went with Sergeant Walker to quell the dis-
, turbine's. He was not asked to be a special constable,
but Walker said Come this way," and witness would not
, go without a staff because he had been thrashed in many
a row before. He went independently to fight for his
country and protect his fellow men. Saw Roger M'Der-
mott, one of the prisoners, throwing stones at Mr. Graham's
windows. He said to witness, " I'll give it you, yen
English " and threw a stone at him. Witness struck
him over the fingers with his staff, but he escaped. Boos
afterwards saw him in custody.
William Carrington said he was sworn in as special con-
stable on the evening of the 30th ult. Was at the Boar's
head, public-house, about nine o'clock, and heard the pri-
weer Hamlet Hahne talking with some people there. He
said " if he had known the old b— (alluding to Mr.
Frith) was in the belfry on the previous night he would
have brought him down himself, and he should have been
his prisoner." They were apparently joking.
The examination of this witness had not concluded when
our account was despatched.