The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-07-27 00:00:00

I POPISH VERSION OF THE STOCKPORT

RIOT

Our contemporary, the English Churchman, has the
following, in illustration of popular religionism :
THE STOCKPORT ENGLISH AND IRISI

RIOT.-ROMAN

PAINTING AND ENGLISH FACT,

At the very outset they
began their hell

orgies by

The adjourned inquest on
view of the body of Michael
Moran, who was killed in
the affray that took place at
Stockport, was held yester-
day, at the Court-house, in
that town, the inquiry be-
fore the magistrates being
suspended, in order to allow
tile coroner to have the use
of the building. The evi-
dence adduced went to prove
that the unfortunate man
was struggling on the ground,
at the top of Rock-row,
with an Englishman, when
an Irishman went up, and
gave him a blow with a
herd's crook, apparently in.
tended, however, for the
Englishman's head. Before
he could get up, and while
in the act of rising, an Irish-
man, named Michael Mul-
ligan, ran up with a poker
in his hand, and struck him
the blow on the side of the
head which the surgeon said
was the cause of death ; one
witness supposing that this
blow, too, was aimed at the
Englishman, but others de-
nying it, as the latter was
then two or three yards off.
Mulligan is in custody, and
was present at the inquest.
It appears that he did not
run away when he had done
the mischief, but remained
near the unfortunate man,
with the fatal weapon in his
hand, and with several stones
in his pocket.—[The coro-
ner's jury have given a ver-
dict of wilful murder against
the Irishman Mulligan.—
Chronicle.

offering up the fitting sacri-
fice of human blood and hu-
man life, an offering in the
highest degree acceptable to
the blood-thirsty and crim-
son genius which inspired
the Derby prociamat:on.
(Sensation.) On their way
to the scene of action, this
savage horde fell in with a
helpless, unoffending poor
Irishman. A young man he
was, still in the spring time
and flower of life, perhaps
the hope, and stay, and
shelter of a fond widowed
mother in the wintry hours
of a lonesome existence—
(sensation)—perhaps,
the pride and the joy of a
devoted sister ! Hapless
youth was this Michael Mo-
ran : they fell upon him,
struck him to the ground,
and beat him till, by the red
wide opening on his head,
they deemed him a corpse.
But they had mistaken ; he
still lived, and on the faith
of assurance of protection
given by the police, who had
come up, a friend of his ven-
tured to carry him away, in
quest of medical assistance.
Again, however, on their
way, they were set upon,
and a ruffian, armed with a
heavy stave, stepped up to
the gasping youth, and said
he should look at this fel-
low's head, to see if he were
an Irishman, and then the
murderer struck the last
fatal blow. Poor Moran
spoke one word, and never
one more he spoke. (Aw-
ful sensation.)-- Tablet.--
Speech of an Irish Romanist
Priest.

THE SHIP OTTILLIA

IMPORTANT DECISION UNDER THE RECENT
EMIGRATION ACT.

At the Police-court, on Saturday, Richard Boothroyd,
an emigrant, claimed a payment of £lO and the return of
passage-money, from Mr. J. S. de Wolf, as charterer of
the emigrant-ship Ottillia, bound for Port Philip, which
vessel had taken her departure on Sunday, the 13th July,
instead of Monday, the 19th, as he had been informed,
causing him and other passengers to be left behind.
Mr. Blair. barrister, attended for the plaintiff, and Mr.
Harvey, solicitor, for the defendant.
Mr. HARVEY stated, before the case was called on, that
he had only just received his instructions; and he applied
for an adjournment to enable him to rebut the evidence
which Mr. Blair had to offer.

A conversation took place, in the course of which Mr.
Harvey, on the part of the owners of the vessel, proposed
to send the passengers out by another ship, to sail on
(Monday), making an abatement of £3 in the passage
money.

Mr. MANSFIELD decided that the case must be pro-
ceeded with, and it was mutually arranged to take it at
one o'clock.

Some time after the hour appointed the case was called
on, when Mr. Blair proceeded to state the facts to the
court. Having drawn attention to the clause of the aet
under which he was seeking for compensation, ho said he
should prove that the emigrant ship Ottillia was the pro.
perty of Mr. Claus, of Kirkdale ; that she had been char-
tered by Mr. de Wolf for a voyage: to Port Philip : that
the plaintiff and other passengers were repeatedly told by
the captain and the first and second mates that the ship
would not sail until Monday, the 19th of July, and that
they might make themselves comfortable on shore on
Sunday night, as a steam-tug would be in waiting at the
Prince's Pier to take them on board on Nlonday morr.ing
that the same statement was told to other parties ; that the
plaintiff and others consequently came on shore on Sun-
day ; that she was advertised in the newspaper to sail on
the 19th; that, on Sunday night, on going down to the
Landing-stage, they found she had sailed, taking with her
their luggage and money ; and that, on applying to Mr,
Walthew, the passenger-agent, he told them that he could
not help them being left behind, and declined to use exer-
tions in their behalf, as it was their own fault. If he
proved these facts, he thought he should be entitled to
the claim of £lO and the return of the passage-money.
Having called evidence in support of the statements, he
gave way to

Mr. HARVEY, who adduced witnesses to show that it
was always understood that the time for the Ottillia's
sailing would be Sunday ; that Lieutenant Prior, the
second government emigration-officer, on Saturday, the
17th, had gone on board, and cautioned the passengers
not to leave the ship on any account, as she would be sure
to sail on Sunday • that notices were stuck up in promi-
nent places in the vessel, stating that the passengers
should stay on board on Friday night, that rations would
be given to them on Saturday, and that she would sail on
Sunday ; that the passengers generally understood she
would sail on Sunday ; that every exertion was used on
Sunday to acquaint the passengers on shore with her
departure on Sunday night; and that, on Sunday after-
noon, Mr. de Wolf himself went on bard and announced
that she would sail at seven o'clock. One point particu-
larly enforced by Mr. Blair, in cross-examining the defen-
dant's witnesses, was, that Mr. de Wolf had stated that
one reason why the vessel was allowed to sail on Sunday
was because the bailiffs were on the look out for one or
more of the passengers. Before calling his witnesses,
Mr. Harvey addressed the court, contending that the
charterer, Mr. de Wolf, was not responsible for any repre-
sentation made by the captain to the passengers, or any-
body else; that the passengers ought to have sought for
information as to the ship's sailing from the passenger-
agents, and not have listened to every cock-and-bull story
that might be told them ; and that, in reality, the plain-
tiff had misconceived his remedy.

After the conclusion of the evidence on both sides, Mr.
BLAIR submitted that the case had been entirely proved ;
and, having touched upon the most prominent features, he
left the matter in the hands of the court.

After a brief deliberation with his brother magistrate,
Mr. Smith, Mr. MANSFIELD, in delivering judgment, said
there was no doubt it was intended that the ship should
sail on the Monday morning, but that, for some reason
or another, which was irrelevant at that moment, the time
had been altered. It was proved by the witness Chalk,
of the steam-tug Zephyr, that he heard the master of the
Ottillia say, at seven o'clock on the Saturday evening,
that the tug was to be in attendance, to take the passen-
gers from the pier, at eight o'clock on Monday morning ;
and the unexpected visit which Mr. de Wolf paid to Mr.
Claus, the owner, on Sunday, seemed to prove clearly that
the time of the ship's sailing had been altered. There
appeared not to have been sufficient notice given to the
passengers of that alteration. His brother magistrate and
himself were of opinion that the captain must be con-
sidered the agent of the charterer ; and that he gave orders
for the tug to be in readiness at the Prince's Pier at eight
o'clock on Monday morning. The decision of the bench
was, that the passage-money should be returned, and that
the defendant should pay £5 as compensation.