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London, England, 1819-09-27 00:00:00

PIIOVINCIAL JOURNALS.

'tire have extracted the following paragraph
from The Yorkshire Gazette of Saturday last. The
origin of that paper is recent, but as it was
founded by a set of Gentlemen in support Of
RELtudrom and the CONSTITUTION. and as it is very
ably conducted, it has already attained a high and
merited reputation :--
" The Times Newspaper has obtained credit for
the accuracy of its Parliamentary Reports ; and it
is trioneonsly concluded, that.when the Reporters
from that (Tice attend Meet logs, or report proceed-
ings in the country, they are equally correct. But
here the public are mistaken. Most of the Re-
porters are, in principle, 17;.Inagog9, and friends
of Radical Reform. In the gallery or the House
of Commons, one Reporter is a check on the accu-
racy of another ; and there is a still more effectual
check ; any Member wilfully misrepresented, com-
plains to the House, and a commitment inevitably
follows. Bitt when Reporters are sent singly to
attend meetings in the country, where neither 'of
these cheCks are at haml, they give vent to their
political bias, and present the most partial and de-
ceiving reports. We are led to these observations
iu consequence of a circumstance which has just
occurred. The Reporter \trout The Times, who
was in attendance at .I.lanches'er when tile memo-
rable disturbances •ook place, and who reported the
Ploceedings for that Viper, at the York Meet-
ing
Monday, and 'his Retort of our Meeting
appeared to The Times of Tionsday last. lie says,
" About 10 o'clock in the morning, four or jive
thousand people paraded the streets with banners
and mosic, and in what is called at Maochrster,
mat nal array, for they matched in a tegular pro-
cession of six abreast Li Conev-street, the band
played "The De... 1 March in Saul,'' during which
the great concoui se of people took 'heir hats off
their heads, and by rcm,iining uncovered, gave
to the sprciacie a vvry soleut, and iinoo'int4 11)-
pearance " Never was a more glaring extaggera-
tioo of a meagre and contemptible procession.—
We confidently .user', that the four or five thou-
sand people in ut,rital array, six abreast, did not
;mount in number to four ittindred. The story of
a '' great con-ourse taki g their hats.' is an
invention As the proce'sioo passed along, its
nii,erahle appearance was the subj-ct of i!eneral
and loud ''version to the hy,tawier, Let the
Public retake the same dAuctio,:i for falsehoods
relat ye to the Nianches,er !ramactions, acid they
will conic pretty tn'al the

A M 14, 1 A.

[From a Washington Paper, dated Jug. 12.]

On the PRESIII3P.NT'A tei urn to Washington, he
WWI preseotel with an Aoldiess from the Corpora-
tion, to which h, nt,de the te,llo,t ing Reply
" To the Mayor, Board of Aldcrmen, and Board of
Common Council of the City of Wa;niorton,
" ;chiming to the Seat of the National Go.
vernment, utter ,o long an absence and so exten-
sive a journey, I derived very great satisfaction,
as you will readily conceive, trout so kited a re-
ce p t by my tel and neighbours.
" lu the view which I cook dining my former
as well as my recent, tour through so great a por-
tion of the Union, I have seen every thing that
could give satisfaction to one who takes a deep
interest in the -welfare and prosperity of his
Country, aboundiug as it does in all the means
necessary for public defence and individual com-
fort,--a people virtuous and intelligent, attached
to their few institutions, and firmly resolved to
sk.pnort them, displaying on all occasions that
manly and independent spirit, without which no
iti,:itotions, however pure in their principles, can
be lung sustained, people attached to each
other by the ties of consanguinity and a common
interest, and c-n•ttantly gaining strength from
causes that are daily developiog theniselves. While
these powerful causes bind Hs so closely together,
and we continue to exhibit such unequivocal
proofs 01 it to the world, renderiog justice, as we
do, to evecv other Halloo, we way •expect a like
return front them, and shall not tail to obtain it.
Although, in these journies, my audition has
been principally directed to the great objects of
deleoce, vet to them it has not been exclusively
confined; I n eve endeavoured to examine with
care the dependence and connection of the various
parts of our Union in each other, and have ob-
served with great satisfaction the eminent advan-
tages which they respectively derive front the in.
tercourse existing between them.
To the condition of. the Indians I have al-
ways paid attention, and shall feel happy to give
effect, as far as I- am able, to the wise and salu-
tar), of Congress to promote their civiliza- !
tion and happiness.

" he improvement of this metropolis the
whole. nation is interested ; it is grit dying to me
to find that there is
.hut one opinion on this sub-
ject, in providing the necessary public build-
ings, and pronioaqg the growth and prosperity of
this city ; Congress have therefore displayed
liberal policy, in which it may be presumed they
will persevere.

i, JAMES MONROE."

GRAND MASONIC FESTIVAL-His Royal High-
ness the Duke of Sussex arrived at York House,
Bath, ou Wednesday evening last. Owing to the
fatigue of the journey, we are concerned to
state, that the Royal Visitor was suffering under
an attack of his inveterate asthmatic complaint,
so as to compel hint to an early retirement to his
chamber. His Royal Highness, however, next
morning was enabled to join a numerous proses.
sion of his brethren, decorated with the insignia
of the fraternity, which waited upon him, and
proceeded in brilliant array to the Grand Masonic
Hall ; after which the provincial lodges entered
to attend the dedication. His Royal Highness
addresed them in a moat affectionate strain. In
the evening, about 600 of the brethren sat down
to a grand dinner, at which his Royal Highnesi
presided, supported by his Grace the Duke of
LEINSTER.

The steam vessel built in the river by Lord
COCHRANE, previous to his sailing for South
America, has been purchased as a packet to navi-
gate between London and Edinburgh.

OLDHAM, 7 o'clock, Solnrdny Eveninp

CORONER'S INQUEST ON JOHN LEES.

[From " The Times" of this morning.]
am now sitting in the Court of the Coroner,
Mr. FF.aftatgo, who is bolding an inquest upon
the body of John Lees. This place is
,eight miles
trom Manchester. I arrived here at 10 o'clock
this morning. At 11, the Court was opened.
You will have seen by -my last communication,
that great doula!s were entertainvd whether the
Coroner would suffer the Court to he open to the
public. 1 am glad to inform you, that the con-
duct of Mr. Ferranti has been such, up to this too-
went, as to entitle him to great praise. As soon as
he took his seat, he desired the Jury to answer to
their itatnes. Ile then asked theM whether they
had all had a view of the body of the deceased.
They answered in the affirmative. lie then swore
the Foreman, Mr. John Jackson, and, after him,
the rest of the Jury. The Coroner then addressed
them as follows :—'' Gentlemen, I mean to pro-
ceed in this case in the same manner as I have
been acco*tomed to take other inquests, notwith-
standing the extraordinary proceedings that have
occurred during my absence. I shall not deviate
from my usual practice on this occasion. Mr.
Constable, have you any witnesses for the prose-
cution ?"
The constable said, he had. The CorOner then
turned towards the spectators, and spoke in these
words :—" Gentlemen, I wish it to be distinctly
understood, that if any person in this room wishes
to take notes of the proceedings 'in this case, he
is at pet feet liberty to do so. But I beg to ob—
serve-, that if the verdict of this Jury should be
such as to render it necessary that further pro-
ceedings should take place before an Assize or
Session, theo those notes are not to be pub-
lished till after that Assize or Session has taken
place. I am sorry to say, that a gross misrenresen-
ation has appeared in some of the Papers, of what
occurred under the former proceedings in this
case ; but I can assure you, that that statement
did not proceed either from myself or my clerk.
It is my wish and intention, and it is equally toy
duty, that 1 should proceed with the inmost ins.
partiality, without reference to any persons or
opinions whatever. I am sitting here to admi-
nister justice; and I will do so to the utmost of
toy power."

The first witness, Robert Lees, the father of
the deceased, was then called and examined. The
next witness was Mrs. Hannah Lees, the wife of
the former, and the mother-in-law of the deceased.
Elizabeth Ireland, who laid out the body was then
sworn. Mr. Earushaw, a surgeon, was the next
person called ; but he said that he belonged to the
Society of Friendi, and he refused to take an oath.
In coosequence, his 'testimony could not be re-
ceived. Mr. William Basnett, a Medical Gentle-
man, who, at the request of Mr. Harmer, exa-
mined the body the day after the death, was the
next witness. Mr. John Cox, a surgeon, was then
called ; his examination lasted a long time. James
Clegg, a spinner, who worked in the same fac-
tory with the deceased, was the next witness.
Then came Thomas Whitaker, a cotton-spinner,
who lived with Robert Lees, to whom his mother
was married. These are the names of the wit-
nesses up to this moment. About four. o'clock,
Mr. Harmer asked the Coroner to have the good-
ness to say at what hour he'rneant to adjourn the
Court. Mr. Ferranti said, that he wished to get
through
.the inquiry as soon as possible, and
therefore he had no intention at • present of pro-
posing an adjournment. it will be impossible,
however, to finish the business to-night ; it must
last at least another whole day.

I have taken the evidence verbatim, and I now
transmit it 'to you up to this hour. I should men-
tion, pei.haps, that the Court has been extremely
crowded all day. Mr. Harmer and Mr. Denison,
the Solicitors, Sir Charles Wolseley, Mr. Wooler,
and Mr. Moorbouse, are here. Several questions
have been pot to the witnesses by the Jury. and
by Mr. Harmer. The public anxiety is very great.
—When I arrived at Oldham, I found a great
crowd round the Angel, where the Inquest was to
be held, Shortly afterwards, the following printed
hill was posted at the front of the house

" CAUTION.
" The Public, and particularly the Friends of Reform, are
requested to abstain from over-crowding this town to-day, or
from exhibiting flags, homing, shouting, or making any
noisy expression either of approbation or disapprobation, on
this solemn and melancholy occasion, lest such foolish con-
ducts should be the cause of again adjourning the Coroner's
Inquest.

" The friends of order and decency, it is hoped, will cow-
ply with thw above request."
(Signed by) " JOHN HAGUE,
" ROBERT ASH WORTH,
" JOSEPH WATSON,
" ABRAHAM WRIGLEY,
" GEORGE THOM:kS,
And two others."

A captain's plan', of the 3lst regiment march-
ed from Mancheiter to Oldham this morning, and
one of the men was placed at the door of the An-
gel, as was a private of the 7th Dragoon Guards,
one troop of which is stationed at Oldham. Up
to this moment the utmost older has been ob-
served, and I have no reason whatever to appre-
hend that any disturbance will arise. There is a
deep and settled melancholy on every counte-
nance; and the immense assemblage now before
the house are waiting patiently for the result of
the inquiry.

I have not time to add more, as the express is
waiting to take my notes. A gentleman is kind
enough to continue the evidence while I am writ-
ing this. The further proceedings shall be trans-
mitted to you without a moment's delay. I sub-
join the evidence already adduced :

F.VIDENCE ON THE INQUEST.
The first witness was Robert Lees, the father of the de-
ceased. He deposed as follows son, John Lees, lived
with ore on the nth of August last. He left the house about
eight or nine o'clock in the morning. I did not hear him say
where he was going. He was as hearty then as ever he was
since he was born. I saw him next between eight and nine
on the following morning. He was standitr; on the top of
the landing in my factory. I desired hint to more. I saw
his shirt all blood : he was without coat or waistcoat. I told
him that if he would not work, he must go to the overseer,
for I would not support him. He never spoke, and I said no
more. Hr made an attempt to move, but he could not. One
of the men, Yorke, saw hint too'. This was on Tuesday morn-
ing. I saw him again the Sunday but one following, that
was the 29th of August. After lie was washed and cleaned, I
told bins, that if he would walk out I would give him 29. I
did put take any means to knew what was amiss with him; I

did riot expect but that he would get better; my mistress ca ;
tell pm a io eat deal beat t than I ~!►alit
Mr. Harmer observed, thai Mr. Earnshaw vv,s the medical
msti who attended him.

Witness co,itintied•—f observed blood on his arm on the
Tuesday morning. I did not go to any doctor to asset ;
he went for thy doctor of his own nccord, not by my direc-
tion, he went to Mr. Earosnaw. kept grAmiog worse
every day till thy time of his death. I did not hitenere any
more than I 'lave told you.

Coro/ er—Why were you so apparently indifferent to his
situation
Witness—l exrected he would act better till the day but
one before he died. He died On Tdesday morning about half-
past one • I began to think on the Sunday that he would nut
get better: I
called in no tut th,u• assistance or h,lp fur him:
I cannot tell when tow. dt;c•tiir began to attend him at my
house ; aty mistress can tell that : I lco•.w that he did attend
him : oh the Monday he „few worst: : be kept his lied front
Saturday night till Inc (fled on Tuesday morning. I had no
convi,n.ation with hint b 1 which it appeared that he was aware
of his approaching death. I Cannot exactly state what was
the carve of his death. I did not see an) wounds or bruises.
I did not examine hint, but other penile did : I C 341 only
state my opinion as to the cause of his dtath an generally
at hinny overlooking the fact,u-y : he led a sober lite:- he
might get soinething now and tlivu on Saturday nights alter•
his work; but be was in► general as re;.tutar as any man in
this town. I hate a daughter, Sarah Lies; and two isons,
James and Benjamin. wife's name is Hannah. They
dwelt with tae during the whole of my son's illness.
Coroner—Hate the Gentlemen of the Jury any question
to put to this witness ?
Juryntan—Tour carelessness arose from the attention which
your wife and family would pay to hint ?
Winn:is—Yes; I knyv he would he as well looked after as
if I was peseta all the time.

Coroner—Have you, Gentlemen, who are attending here
for some purpose, any question to put to this witness?
Mr. Harmer-1 thank von, Sir. I have none to put.
Coroner—lf there are any witnesses here, I think they had
better withdraw, on whichever pail they are attending.
Mr. Harmer thanked the Coroner. it would be highly
proper.
All the witnesses were then ordered to withdraw, except
Mr. Bassett and ‘Mr. Larnshaw.
Mr. Mellor, the constaLle of Oldham, said, " There is one
of our witnesses here."

This witness was then ordered to withdraw.
Mrs. Hannah Lees, the mother-in-law of the deceased, was
then sworn. She was in deep mourning and appeared very
melancholy.—" Ma sou, John Lees, slept at my house on the
Sunday night of the 15th of August. I did nut see him on
the Monday morniag. I suppose he was at work at the fac-
tory when I got tip. I saw him on Modday night a little
hetore it seas dark. He was standing at the gate. f desired
hint to come in and get his arm dressed. Some persons toad
me, before I saw hint, that his arm was cut. He came in,
got something warm, and went to bed. He had tea and
toast. I did not see him again that night. I did not go into
his rout!). I did not expect any thing serious. My own sun,
'Thomas, told roe that. John had gut a foul cut. I saw him
again the next day in the tore:mon. He had his breakfast
in heti. I can't tell when he,got up. I saw him about eleven
o'clock down stairs. I did not see any wound. I did nut in-
quire, nor did I see any thing but his arm I desired him to
go to sonic D cwt. lie weal directly. I saw him when be
came back. I asked him whether he had got hip wound dres-
sed. He said he had. This was on Tuesday. On the fol-
lowing days, during the week, he laid in bed till 2, or past
bctore begot tip. After he got up, he sometimes walked
out fur a hit of fresh sir; be was quite poorly. He did not
complain of any particular place. but said he was peiorly He
used to throw up what he ate. I did not see him throw it
up, but saw hint go out of the door, and when he came hisck;
he said he had thrown up his food ; he threw up every thing.
On IVedilesday, in the secoud week, he began to grow worse.
He regularly applied to the Doctor till the Weilnesdas. After
that day, Mr. Earnshaw came to the house: He came an
Thursday. I had not much conversation with the Doctor. I
asked hitu what teas to he dour ; lie ordered him to take ine•
dicines three times a day. On Saturday, in the second week,
and some time, I think, before, I saw the wound on his
right elbow; it was in a healing state when I saw it ;
it wits nearly two inches lung; it (rued a little, about
the breadth of my little finger. I don t remember seeing it
again; I was not vet y fond of looking at it; it was-very foul,
though in a healing state. He complained much of a pain ill
the other shoulder. He grew worse; I was obliged to raise
him up to drink : this was nearly& week before he died. The
first time I lifted him, about a week before his death, he cons-
plaiued that his left shoulder was worse than his cut arm, and
made faces. I did not examine it. He said, it had nu cut
upon it, but be was much afraid of baying it disturbed. He
said, he felt a violent pain. He complained of his left foot
too. He said, be thought it was swelled. I examined it, and
saw a great many purple spots on it. It was swelled up the
leg and inflamed. He did nut say what was the cause of it.
He said very little after the accident. He was quite low
spirited. 1 asked him if I should send for any other doctor ;
he said no. On the next day the doctor came. I was present
when it was examined. I put a poultice on it. Fle regularly
complained of his left side, and gradualiv lest the use of it.
He lost the sight of his lett eye. I attended him daily fruits
the time he iregan to grow worse till lie died. On the Wed-
nesday but one before he died there was a great alteration in
hilts for the muse. lie was taken with is severe coldness. He
was then in bed. Ile found himself ill early in the morning.
He died on the "fuesday but one afte,r, about 1 in the morn-
ing. He was relieved Iron) the coldness, and came regularly
down stairs till Sunday the 39th. Ou that day he went to the
doctor to get his arm dressed. He was then very poorly. Ott
the Menoay, Tuesday, Wednesday, and so ou, my two sons
carried bias down stairs for company; lie did not like to be
alone. He was so weak he could nat come down by him-
self, except on one occasion. He was Wiwi) on Saturday
before he died, and had bier or six leeches put on his
temple. He was carried up on Satandav night, and never
cause dosvn again. I asked hint whether he thought he
should get better. He said he did nut knew. I asked hint
if he did not get some serious crush among the crowd. He
said, he was, ttever among the crowd, .but among the horses.
This conversation WAS on Saturday. On Sunday aid Monday
he said very little : he could say no, with difficulty. I exa-
mined his clothes, and found ents,in them. His shirt was
cut in many a place, and his coat seas cut user his shoulder.—
I can't exactly say when I saw this. 'I did not at first think
there was any thin;; serious. On his left shoulder, his coat
and waistcoat were cut through. The length of the cut, in
one place, was an inch and a half. I did not examine his
shirt of his shoulder. petty Ireland washed the shirt. I can-
not say whether any other part of his clothes was cut. The
top of the crown of his hat was off I believe it was a good
hat before he weut. I did not particularly examine it to see
whether it was cut ; but 1 saw the top was out. kis was nut
often out of the house in the first week ; he walked out
sometimes. On the Sunday but one before lie died, I heard
him say he would take a walls towards 1114ddleton ; he asked
me fur a shilling. On his return, he never said that he had
been there. He went out ahout five o'clOck. I dal nut sea.
him any more that night. He often passed up stairs without
my seeing him. I don't know what time he weut to bed
that night. I saw him at 8 o'clock the next morning; he came
down stairs. I did not ask him whether he had been to Mid-
dleton, nor did I hear him say whether he had been there or
not. I did not see any difference in his appearance. He
made no complaint. I (IA not examine him, but told him to
get his breakfast. I never saw any sign of intoxication in
him : lie was quite humble and low. I never saw that he ap-
peared to have tasted liquor. He refused liquor in the house
frequently when I asked hint ; but he once drank a little wine
and water with sonic women. He was not unwell Sic fore he
went to Manchester: lie was as healthy as any man in the fac-
tory. He was a very regular worker. Some one iii the
house said, that he sometimes complained of a pant in hie
breast. He seemed to me very healthy and sprightly. He
never complained to me of his breast. He complained to
souse one, I suppose, to some at the factory, about his breast,
hut he never wade any complaint in our house, I can swear
that I never heard him complain of his breast within a week
of the time he went to Manchester. I never rementaer his
taking physic before the 16th of August. I don't recollect
any thing of the kind." •
Coroner—l have heard that you said to Mr. Chaddick, that
yon did not wish for an inquest, as the pain in his breast had
occasioned his death. Mr. Chaddick is bete. , .

Witness—l did not say to Mr. Chaddick that the pain
his breast occasioned his death. 1, did not want any disturb-
ance about the matter as he had lived so long, I did nut
think there would be any occasion far a❑ inquest.
Coroner—Did you give that as a reason—the pain in his
breast ?

wislied him to be buried without any disturb-
ance : I dare say I did mention to Mr. Chae.dick, that I 4eard
by had a pain at lOs breast.
Juryman—Mr. Coroner, ought not Mr. Chaddich to icave
the room ?

Coruner—No, I think not; he knows what he is to be exa-
mined to as well as do.

Coroner—Did you as,ign the paiu 'in his breast as the
cause. Why no inquest was 1104cesary ?
Witness—l wished to put it off without any ado.
Coroner—Did you as,ign that as a rea,,on, of as a part
the reason

Witnt*—No, not exactly; I was no ;ut!gi-e. I did not

I.now I.l;it'itelttill tt-pain. at Irts'brettlit. 'My
lue:to chaddick, to know whether there
should 'be' an I nptest. 'Mr. 'Citaddick Sent 'the man- to'the.
'doctpr to get aliiVe from his liand.
'Coroner—Who was present when Mr. Chaddick came.?
Witness—Mr..Chaddick can best tell. I can believe what.
Ilr..Chaddiek sae*.
-,Coroner—Who'went for the doctor?
Witness—l sent a man. Be brought a line, and I told him
"TO Mkt; it to 'Mr: Chachlick. •
Coroner-1F hen was it that -Mr. Chaddick said, he Wished
'you had not ict him hnOW any thing about it ?
Witness—l don't know whether it was when he brought
111 r. Cox to inspect the body, or before. •
Coroner—Was any other part Of yourfamily at Manchester
with your son ?
Witness—No:
Coroner—Do yon know who was with hint ?
Witness—Mr. Chaddick perleipS can tell ; he Arta for one
-man who teas with him, Dr. (ox eNamilted the. liey on the
• day it was buried—the 9th of September. No other stiv;:ecin
had examined it previously. .'The last time I saw the wailful
lt,fore his death, it seemed to he mcnclinz ; it was draft lug to
a those, so that lie could use his sent a little.
Coroner—i-lane any of you, .Inry, any questions to put ?
.Inryinan—Hare eon ever beard 3ohn Lees say'how came
by the cot on his clothes or liii elbow ?
• Witness—No; he said very little.
.7nrymmr—When yin( told Mr. Chaddick yon 6nm:tit there
was no occasion for an inquest, did put say so because you
•behered th• died of the pain at his breast?
Witness—No. He had been sometimes irrezitlar in taking
his meat, but I did not ihit,k any thin, particular ailed him.
Mr. Harmer—Did any medical men come to inspect the
hods. witlt the Jury? Did Mr. Earnshaw and NI r. Basnett see
the body ?
Witness-1' saw some gentlemen. but did not know they
were medical men. I saw sonte'gent !open turning. the body
over, which distressed 'me very much, awl I w,of away. I
, swas.rcry much frightened and affected. li'dty-Irclaltd And
:lames ('leg: laid out the hotly. he ippeared in rood health
and spirits before he went to Manchester. 1 don't. I-CW(111bl' r
his casting up any thing before that accident. I ,did not see
the least a tpwarance of intoxication in front the 16th
of August till he died. Ile once took a little, wine and water,
'Which Was pressed-upon hint as he was told it would do hint
good.

- Betty Ireland was then called..-=-I am a married woman.
f Sim, was then sworn ) I knew John Lees, the ton of Ho-
liert Lees. I have known him ever since he was 14 years of
age. I did not see him till 'he died. I never saw such a
corpse' in all me life'. I washed his clothes. One John Leach
assisted in taking off the clothes. • Tile tight shoulder was
-quite black on the top. It was like a dark purple—
the - breadth of yam- hand or more. The next part I
remarked wits the right hip. The'skin was off in two places,
sms if mt -been scabbed. One place was smaller than the
other. I don't•knoW what produced it. If I must tell the
truth-sold the whole truth, there was hardly a free place ou
his hack ; it was exactly as if he had been tied to a halbert,
and (fogged. I have often seen dead bodies ; I never saw one
like this. I think his inside was purified. I can't say, Whe-
ther or not all these marks were produced by violence. His
breast and his belly were not discoloured more 1 han any other
!person's. I took the poultice off his foot, but 'did not see any
thing particular. The elbow looked very sure; it did not
seem as if it had been mending.
. Juryman—Did it bleed afresh when you saw it ?
Witness—Yes ; as fresh as if it had been just done. He bled
most when he was put' into his coffin.
Coroner—You say there were Imo marks on his breast ?
Witaess—Not that I saw ; time marks that I saw were on
the back and sides.
Coroner—Did the other places bleed?
Witnes4—No ; t hey did riot.
I-Tanner____now soon after the death.did you attend ?
Witness—Before the body was cold.
Mr. Harmer—You have assisted in laying.out many persons
after their deatl)
Mr. Ilarmer—Did they die ofriolence,?—No.
Mr. Ilarmer—And yen! did
.not observe such discorourations
as tht.se ?—:•:itr. The •disclourations iu this case were all
trpon the back. .
Mr. FArrishaw was then called. .
The Coroner asked hiin, whether bewasa regAar Surgeon,
and admitted at. the College ?—He he was a regular
Surgeon, but not admitted at the Co!lege.
The Coroner offereeLto swear him.—lle• said, lie. thought
itimpropei to take an, oath.
:Ile Cis one the Society of
Friends.
The Coroner said, that in a.criminal case,,he. would not
examine him, withmst Ire took the oath. •
Mr. Harmer—sain, thisavas a case of great putJie justice,
and one in which it behaved this gentleman to.takr the oath.
lie had known many instances where it had been taken to aid
the purposes of justice.
The Cot otter said, that in such cases as the present, many
persons of the same persuasion had taken the oath,
Mr. Earnshaw, after a pause, said, I must decline being

sworn.
Cm orter—Then -you can't afterwards be examined. You
are aware of that ?
r 1 Ea rns h w.—Yes.
Mr. Wm. Bassett was then sworn.-1 saw John Lees the
day after his death. I never saw hint whilst. living. I was
solicited h'• MP Harmer to open the body. I discovered that
he was in a state of putrefaction. There was a cut on the
right elbow about two inches long, and an inch and a half
deep. This was livid, and the mark extended to the shoulder.
The hone was separated; when I pent the elbow, the bone
protruded. The bunt was cut partly in two. I did not perceive
that-the place hied ; there was no running. Had I examined

it while he was alive, I hare no doubt it would hare opened
in the same wi4. I can't say whether the wound was in a
healing state, the appearances' after death are so different.
The wound was above the joint of the elbow. I Imre bee❑ in

the room -dot ilia I examinat ion. There appeared to have been
a cut or a stab in the left shimider. The part was black, and
• Appeared 10 have been nearly licaltd up. The cut was about
two inches long, as I judged by the scar. It did not appear
to me that this could have occasioned ally serious injury. !•lis
shoulder, and back,, and loins, were mud) discoloured.; they
appeared to base been bruised. There.was•no other mark or
cut.

Coroner—lf von bnd not heard of any accident before his
death, what should you think could have produced this dis-
colionation ?

Witne4s-1 shoold think it was produced by violence, in-
iliete& by some blunt' instrument.

Cormier--=,Do you mean to be understood to swear, that the
2toorti6eation•took place in consequence of the bruises and
cuts ?

Witness—l have no hesitation in saying that.

Coroner—Could you telt as well by outward inspection, as
if you had opened the body, what was the cause of his death
Witness-4 could tell, better if 1 opened•it,
Coroner-4f the mortification proceeded from the bruises,
must he t►ot have been in excruciating pain for *owe days
previous to his death ?
mess—UMdotibtedly.
Coroner—And would not gangrene have appeared round
the other wotn►ds ?

Witness—l saw none, except round the cut.. The back and
loins were more petrified than ;Any other part of the body. I
did not examine the foot.

Coroner—Could you have traced the same mortification on
the day he died' as sou did afterwards?
Witness—Perhaps not: In some cases, if it bad been very
lapid l-fore he died,it might have appeared, and particularly
about the abdomen.

Jurvma❑—Do yon believe be died in consequence of his
vonnds and bruises ? '
Witness—l believe that the wounds and bruises cattscalthe
anortification.. I only speak from general appearances.
Coroner—Alight not those Itppearances have arisen from
some other cause than external injuries?
Vitness—l do not think. they could. v
Mr. Harmer—A witueis has said, that the wound bled
stfter.lris death. Can von account for that ?

Witness—l have known it when the fluid was in a state of
put refact
Mr, Harmer—Would the loss of the eye-sight and of the
limbs be a necessary consequence-of an injury to the spine ?
Witncss—They would.

Harnirr—Are coldness, sickness, loss of appetite, and
dejectinh of spirits, also conseptences of an injury to the
?--Ye.
Mr. flarmer—if the .wounds-were inflicted three weeks
before the death, must they have been very considerable?—
yes, they must.
I,le,'Harmer—Did the general appearances which the body
exhibited lead you to form an opinion of the causeufhis death?
Mr. Harmer—Did you believe that they were caused by
injuries ?—Yes. . . . . .

Mr. Hartiter—You thought, then, that •the appearances
were quite sufficient to enable you to judge of the cause of
his Oath, witlo,nt opening his body?--Yes. :•
Coroner—Then, what did you think was the cause of his
death ?

Wallets—Cutting and maiming.
Coronet--If ills spine had been injured on the I GUI, could
be
Witness—Yes, be might a little, fur a few days after. But

,
`atrey'trcit'itijury-halitecti atitte'lo the splint, kc eemla not
have walls,l.
Coroner:—Did you ever Loow a person become convalescent
after an iojttry of the spine?
paralysis of the limbs often follows.
Coroner—lf the spine was inj tired on the I6t II; would lie
have hail more pan at first than a fortnight afterwards?
Wit tress---I should thiak not.
Corom r (to Mr. Ilatmer)—ls tlterc any 'other Medical
Man von, wi•li to examine
Mr. JO!, Cox was then ealled—l did not attend upon the
deceased brine his death. I viewed the body tot Thorsdav
afternoon by order of the Constab:es. May l refer :to notes?
Coroner--Yes, if you tool: them at the time.
Witness—l took them very shortly, and wrote 'them out af-
t...maids.
Coroner—Very Well.
LF oess continot d—There tvas a transverse cut across the
arm. I took my hos•aneasure to measure it accurately: it
was • an inch and a half long and was open about an inch
at the widest part : it was about,an inch deep; I can't say
exactly. ft had taken the extreme pointof the bone away.
It was a little oblique, as if it were done by a sword, while a
man's arm was raised over his head. I took oaks small piece
of, :woe that was partially loose. It was not larger titan a
sixpence. The wound had not been closed : there was some
.grit or bone protrnding from the open part. There' were no
marks of intl initiation, to any degree, or mortification.
Coroner—liad you seen it while he was living, what should
you suppose would have been the state of it ?
Wit itess—l t. had been washed clear out from pus or blood.
- Coroner—Do you think the man had been properly treated?
tVit tress—l du not know; there were some pieces of butte
left in.
Coroner—What other marks of external violence did you
disco% et?

Witness—On the left. loin there was,a bruise as large as my

band. Thie was over the short, ribs, and from the feel of it,
I thought the part hut been inflamed, and that there had
been some exudation from the 'cellular membrane. There
wa, neither putrefaction nor mortification, hut approaching
to putrefaction after his death. On the right side of the
back there was a bruise, but not so violent. The discoloura-
tion was as large-as my extended hand. It was something
similar to the other, but not so viitent. There- were two
1»:111,S over the hips; the cuticle was cut, and the marks were
in a state of ulceration. There was a blackness and a purple
colour : they appeared to have been produced by violence.
From the two bruises on the, loins to the back of the neck,
there were no bruises of any consequence : iu fact, I think I
may say none. I examined both his shoulders, and there was
no breakiag of the shin, or any wound that I could discover.
The clothes, I was told, were cot ; but if it WilS done by a
sword, it might have been by the list side, and did not pene-
trate the skin. The neck and the throat were discoloured;
the lat kyr was black.

(;,,tuner—What du you suppose was the cause of this disco-
louration iu the throat ?

Witness—l should suppose from external violence.
Coroner—Hace•you ever seen the same discolouration in
the throat and neck where there had been no violence?

Witness-1 don't i•collect.
Coroner—WaS the diseolouration deeper thhst in cases of
death where no,violence had keen committed?
Witness—Yes, it was.
Cm ontr—From what kind of violence—a blow—or what
Wittvess,,—Strangulation might have done that in the front
of the neck, hut not at the back. If a blow, it must have been
more ban one. I can form no opinion how it was done. Tim
skin wastiut broken.
Cot oner—Woutd the appearance have been the same when
alive? •

Witness—lt would have been tunictied; perhaps.
Coroner—Auy other rnarlis ?
Witness—No: 1' did not examine the legs; the stockings
were on. I put my hand very carefully all over the bead, a,ol
tetw no injury done to it. There was no external injury on
the breast.

Coroner—Any injury on the spine?
Witness—l could discover no appearance of any. • I should
think theye was no injury done to it. None of the ribs were
broken m displaced. - Nu injury was dune to the abtlmuen.
Coroner—You opened the bodY ?
(A-Jurywari asked the witness to speak out. Mr. Harmer
said, he could not hear him distinctly.) . .
Witness—l will explain. The mnentum is that part over
the intestines. It was in a high state of inflammation, lying
over thepart most bruised. The sinall bowels were inflamed
the greater part of their length, (_)n moving the body, much
blood gushed from the nsouth and nostrils. On opening the
o'r' windpipe, it was full of blood ; the right lobe of
the lungs seas full -of blood; the right cavity of the thorax
contained much blood. The. 4likedast* was- inflamed; the
right moult, a us of the pericardium was it:Han:A..
Coroner—Would these inflammations have arisen naturally
after death ?

Witness—l cannot .say,. that. The heart appeared •sound
and healthy. No organic effusion appeared:of a nature to.be
fatal, except in the right lobe of-the lungs. It is my opinion,
without the least doubt, that be could riot have died of the
wound on the elbow. I aoi also,of opinion that if:ht lived
till the 22d day after. the injury, which he did., and ifproper
Medical
.means 'had liet;n used; and particularly an abstrac-
tion of ciopjmnsT,quantities of • blood, the injury might have
been checked. 1 mean no!yellections, but here,were no.ap-
pearances of his having heel, properly bled. If cooious.ex-
tracts of blood had been made, it is very probable he might
baye,.recovered. I think it proper to state this, in conse-
quence of havlng understood that he bad walked ont. There,
were no appearances of his 'heaving been' bled in the arms or
neck, which arethe•usual place's. fir bleeding. . .

Coroner—Do you think the appearances un the hack were
sufficient to cause death ?
Withess—l believe they were produced by the inflamma-
tion of the timeworn, and that inflammation proceeded
through the bowels, which might have been checked. by
bleeding. I did not discoverthat, till, I opened the holy.
'Coroner—From the general appearances, external and in-
ternal, what do youconsider the cause•of his death ?
Wirness—According to my opinion, the immediate cause
was the. suffusion of blood, into the lungs. Ido mit think
that was caused by tie bruise on the thorax ; I could not ac-
count for it. There was no external violence on thelongs. It
was At Mortification that, caused death; I saw uo mortiGca-
lion. If the injuries were• not. so, severe as to occasion death
in less than twenty-two days,
.ttiere teas time for medical
aid to check their effects. capinot distinctly say that death
was,occasioned by.. externakvionice. I cannot say that the
internal state was Causq, by external, although, it
[night have increased if, if 'he had had a disposition to in•
liammation in his breastc•the inflammation occasioned- by the
bruises might have increased it, so as to cause tl.e.ropture
of a blood v,essel, which might hateoecasioned the suffusion
Of blood into the lungs. I could forM no opinimi by What means.
or weapons the bruises oh the back were produced. I could
opt, perceive by the lungs whet her he had bed nov cough. I can-
not account for the internal appearances; but I thin the exter-
nal marks would not have,appcared from the internal inflam.
mat ion. It is possible bat the internal appearances might have
existed without external violence, but that is only conjecture.
The inilanimation might have existed without it ; but I think
it was produced in the abdomen by external violence. I think
the injury done to the thorax might have occasioned the pa-
ralysis. The tumour iu the neck was inflamed. If I had at-
tended the deceased during his illness, I could have explained
manr circumstances much more satisfactorily. I think, the
appearances in the breast most likely to have arisen from the
hurtling of a blood vestrl. I think it mote likely, [fit was oc-
casioned by external violence, that it was done on the Ifith
of August. than earlier. I know what medicines he had
taken. 'rlic smell of palm oil, which is used in
, was more predemimant than that of putrefaction. The
pain about the shoulder and also in the legs, I think, most
probably, prof:era:a from the internal state of the body.

in answer to a Juryman—l saw nothing the matter with
hin►.but what might have bet n remedied by biee(hmi.

Do• you consider his death to have been occasioned by
neglecting copious I)leeding?—l think if he had been co-
piously bled, he might have recovered.
Was the disorder which caused his death occasioued by ex-
ternal bruises?—l think the lutOes occasioned au intlamma-
tion in the timeworn, which extended slightly to the bowels.
'Fie most skilful anatomists are often at a' loss to find the real
cause of death. I think the immediate cause was the suffusion
of blood on the lungs. I am confident. it did not proceed
from the woo d on the arm,

lit answer to questions Ity Mr. Harmer--I saw the body on
Thursday afternoon, the day after the Jury had seen it. I
learned that Mr. Earnsliaw had attended the deceased. It
may be,nsual courtesy to call the person who attended. I
did out send for Mr. Earnshaw. It may be, that if he had not
the external bruises, he might not have died. I say there
were not sufficient external appearances to account for the
state of the lungs and thorax. I cannot undertake to swear
that that might not have been occasioned by external violence.
I think I have seen a body in such a state internally, without
external violence. I never saw a body in a state precisely
similar. I do not know why hr died.
lt► answer to the Coroner—lf the state of the limp bid
been occasioned by bruises on the Ittith, he could not have
gone to Middleton. I understood that he was a►raid, ott ac-
count of the circumstance of complaining to his father. Pro-
pis in the neighbour hood knew• more of it. I-33w no appear-
ance of any other complaint about hint. if Eno lunge had

Len Inlwrellsel.,re -t1; hai! 1 littca
of breathin4. and perhaps x coirgh.
Jann."..Orttg,a.spimici-, exaMined---I hare been acquainted
with V. 1., dece'ded five years. ami Worked in the .same factory
Aith him. I saw him in the rtcbrniiiti Of • the 16tli at 'the
f.etory, betweea eight and nine. I met him coming hnnie
from Manchester about fit, that 'evening. He said tie- was
woninled, and 1 sass clotted blood on his aria. I snw the
next morniUg, ahont half-past six., that be Was wounded,
when he came to the-factory. lie -remained abrott an
hour, but did nothing. I saw the cut on his arm. I
asked. him to let me :look at it. lie showed me hiS right
elbow. I saw the hens of his Waistcoat, which lie said, was
cut. It was on.the left shoulder. The cut ini,,4lit be a Oar-
ter of an inch. He did not complain of being cut any other-
Wise. I saw him again in the evening going to the doctor.
In 'the course of a weei,or three days, I saw lii#O at the factory
throwing up his food, and he told me that. vei y little had pass-
ed but in that way since the 16th. It was about irt o'clock; he
said he was poorly. The factory might be tOd yal.as front where
he lived. I never walked with him any Way. I do not recollect
seeing him walk out after that. I saw him on Thursday before
he died; he. was very poorly. I stopped up with him on
Sunday night. He could not answer any thing that was said
to him. .1 suppose I saw hint four or five times in the factory
after the 16th, but I cannot say exactly. I never did hear
him complain of any other part. He was a hearty man before
the 16th, for any thing that I knew. I never heard him
complain of his breast. I was not very-intimate With him. I
'did not go about with him.

In answer . to Mr. Harmer—He never attempted to work
after the 16th. He was a regular. worker before. I never
asked him about any other hurt. I was present when Mr.
Cox opened the body, and heard him say the bruises. and not
the rut, had occasioned his death.. Betty Iteland and George
Cltaddich were present.
In answer to the Coroner, Mr. Cox said, blet,ding might
have prevented inflammation. I saw too blood taken' from
hilis.but by souse leeches..

To questions from Mr. Cox, he did lay that the
,appear-
ances in the longs aCcoutstud ,for his death. I thtMght be
gave satisfaction enough. (Mr. Cox bete stated, that he
had said than the deceased had. out-died of the cut in his arm,
but of the injuries ou his body)
rhos, Whittaker examined—lant a cotton spinner, and live
with Robert Lees, to whom my mother is married. I slept
and supped with John Lees since Christmas, I tt3. I saw the
deceased tot the evening of the itith; betwixt 9 and 10% re-
turning on the Bank-green. I saw him pale in the counte-
nance, and discovered he was wounded. I 11111i1CSO hint, am!
polled his shirt off. He went up stairs himself. He looked
very in.- His shirt stuck to his body. I discovered a severe
cut oat his elbow. He told me that was not the worst. and
desired me to look at his shoes, how Utley were cut tint be
the horses. I saw his shirt was cot and bloody. Fie showed
me no other marks 'of violence. I observed his shot& on
the left font cut off. The leather was- torn. I slept with
hits that night, and afterwards saw him only at night,
and early in the morning, as I was at work- through the
day. Ott Sunday he walked up as far as Oldham, to
widow- Wright's, hut we stopped a very little time it is a
public-house, but we drank nothing there. He drank one
glass of brandy and water at the King's Arms before four
o'clock that day. Ile would dint!: no more. We got home
by five ; lie sat up about an hour. I went with hint another
time to Middleton; it might be on the next Sunday.

This is the evidence up to 7 o'clock to•dAy. I
cannot• keep the express any longer. There is'
every prospect of the Inquest lasting, not only
IA a very late bout' this night, but during another
whole day.

CORONER'S INQUEST ON WILLIAM DALTON.
MANcHEsi'Eit, Friday, 2 o'Clock —This morn-
ing, at 11 o'clock,-Mr. Alilne, the Coroner, at-
tended at the George and Dragon, at Shude-hill-
tO hold an Inquest on the body of William
Dalton, who.died.On Wednesday last.—Mr. Har-
mer, who arrived last night from London, but
who wp.;p.ot professionally engaged in this case,
desired to.. be .qc !pitted ;. the officer told .11ini that
he was not to go in. At last Mr. Harmer got up
stairs, and called-for Mr. Mdne, who said, he Cer-
tainly should-not allow him to enter. Mr. Har-
mer •observeth- " This, is a 'public Court, awl if
yon mean to exclude me, you most use as mttch
force as will be necessary-to put me out without
disturbing the amt." Mr. Milne then said,
" You wish - to make- an assault of this ; bat I
will notptit,my babd upon you. The Jory are nut
yet sworn,. and therefore this it a private room.
We have, sent for opinioirs to London on this- sub,
XVitell the Jury arc sworn, it you come up,
1 sh.all direct what is to be done." Soon after-
wards the lury were sworn, awl when they came
,down Stairs to inspect the body, Mr. Llanner en-
tered the roam with them, Mr, Milne then stated,
that it would be proper to open the body, and for
that and other teasons, which it was not necessary
for him to explain to Mr. thriller, he should ad-
journ the Inquest till this day week.