Star.
London, England, 1819-10-09 00:00:00

ELECTION OF LORD MXYOR.

Yesterday, at one o'clock,' a Common Hall was
held, to declare the numbers at the close of the Poll
for a person to fill the office of Lord Mayor for the
ensuing year.
The COMMON SERJEANT came forward and caid,
the Sheriffs do declare, that your election has fallen
upon George Bridges and J. T. Thorp, to be returned
to the Court of Aldermen, that of those they should
select one to be declared Lord Mayor for the ensuing
year.
The Sheriffs and COMMON SERJEANT then retired
from the hustings to the Court of Aldermen, eom
hich, in about -half an hour, they returned, preceded
by the LORD MAYOR, the Lord Mayor elect, and
Aldermen WAITHMAN, THORP, MAGNAY, and J. J.
SMITH, C. SMITH, and Cox. They were received
with applause.
The Common Crier again proclaimed silence, and
The RECORDER came forward and announced, in
the usual form (after stating the names and numbers
of the respective Candidates), that The choice of the'
Court of Aldermen had fallen upon George Bridges,
Esq. Alderman, who was, therefore,'LOrtiMayor foi
the ensuing year. • •,.. •.,
The worthy Alßerman 'died Obeyed the surntnons
of the Coinmon Crier, arid tdmefortVard to the front
of the hustiogs, where theteremony of investing him
with the chain took place; amidst the applause of his
friends. After the investiture took place, he addressed
the Livery, and returnedids warmest thanks to them

for the honour they had eolgtrred upon him in so
flattering and distinguished a manner. To his friends,
particularly his Cluurman (Sir C. Price), he knew not
how to ackuowleoge or repay the zeal they had map
nifested -in his cause. To his opponents he had also
to return his thanks, for the courteous expressions ofl
personal civility he had experienced from them ;
be begged to assure them, that no pains should b*
spaired by him, in the discharge of his duty, to pro-
mote among all good-will, harmony, and good hu-
mour. In the performante of bit duty he should take
the best measures in his power to suppress vice and
immorality owhatever kind, and to promote, as fir
as lay in his power, the well-being of his fellow-citi-
zens, the honour f the King, and the general good
of his Country. He repeged his thanks for the ho-
nour they had done him—(Applaure). •
Mr. Alderman THORP then came forward; Ind was
received with the wartnest,applause. Ile'said, that
he could not do justice to his own feilinss if he did,
not take this opportunity of returning his most coo,
dial thanks to the Livery for the hirour they had-clone
him, to returning him to the Court of Aldermen at
one of the persons who were, iutheir judgment, fit to
fill the office of Lord Mayor for the ensuing year. He
was proud to .find himself sirmuch in their confi-
dence, and should always repay this mark of their
attachment by a steady adherence to the preservation
of their rights. They.would ever find him.the steady
adherent to the- principles 'which had made him one
of their Representatives ; th should ever find him
the advocate. f Reform and Retrenchment, which, in,
his opinion, could alone save the Country. He re-
peated the expression of his ,th:inks for the honour
they had done him—(Applause)..'
The Hal( was then desolved by the Common Crier,
in the usual terms, and the people retired in the most
quiet and orderly manner. Fewer of the Livery at-
tended this Hall than we ever remember on any for-
mer occasion.

INQUEST ON DALTON.

MANCHESTER, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7.
The proceedings on- the Inquest commenced this'
morning. Mr. HARMER did hot attend, as he was
not professionally engaged in the case ; nor did any
other professional man appeir for the friends of the
deceased. Mr. ASHWORTH. sitid -be would not allow
any cross-examination of the witnesses. In Let, he,
himself conducted "the whole examinations, so far
as -they had not been previously written in the former
depositions. He intimated that no Gentleman what-
ever would be allowed to take notes. Mr. Astiwonut
ob!erving a respectable old Gentleman newly seated
among the Reporters, he enquired if he understood
that this was the order? The Gentleman said, " I
am not a Reporter, Sir, but merely out of curiosity'
wished to he present, and should not • have offered
myself to the notice of the Coroner. Had this not
been considered an open Court, I should personally
have tried the question. lam a Barrister, Sir."
Mr. ASIIWORTII" Oh ! I beg to assure you, that
I was not apprised of having a brother Barrister in
the roorn." The Gentleman theft handed his card;
his name, I believe, is Girdler, a very active and re-
spectable Magistrate for the County of Middlesex.
The Court then proceeded with the Inquest:
The wife of the landrord of the George and Dra
gon public-house, in Swan-street, deposed, that the
urceased e,vited in their honer on the 22d of Sep-
tember. He appeared td her, Of all thing., like a
man who was choaked; he seemed to have some-
thing in his throat.
tine or two more 'witnesses were examined, but
they stated nothing material.
John Hyde, assist int to Mr. Thornley, the-stir-,
geon, stated, hat he was called to see the deceased ;'
he found him dying, and he seemed to have some
thing in his throat Which choaked him : he took out
two small-bits of mutton, and another very large one.
He thought it large en mgh to have occasioned death
by suffocation.
Messrs. Ainsworth, Thorpe, and Thorriley;tlriee
several surgeons, 14 ha had opened and examinedihi
body, signed their names to a written statement,
which they had drawn up at the time. This state-
ment expressed that there was a bruise on the back
of the scalp, and another on the side of the deceased,
covered with a plaster--there was very great disco-
louiation on the parts of the deceased on which he
was laid—the back, the ribs, and the shoulders, were
discoloured by exudation and changes which took
place after death. On examining the• cavity of the
left breast, they found that the seventh rib had been
broken, but the broken part had not perforated the
pleura, or affected the lungs. The throat was much •
distended on the inside, but bore no marks of ex•
ternal violence. The stomach contained a good deal
of vegetable matter, but no animal food. They were
decidedly of opinion that he died of suffocation:
Harvey, constable, sworn, .that he was at the
George and Dragon on the Bth of September, when
the public-houses were cleared by the Watch and
Ward, and when the deceased was turned out. Fletcher
never struck the deceased, and no violence was done
to him. As the serjeant was putting him out of the
door, the deceased slipped and fell down the steps.
J. Henderson, a serjeant in the 31st Regiment,
deposed, that he had gone with Fletcher on the Bth, at
nine o'clock, to clear the George and Dragon. The
deceased was there, and put out, but he was not
struck by any person, nor ill-treated.
William Coles, book-keeper, to Messrs. Ebenezer
Smith and Co. iron-founders, by whom the deceased
had been employed as porter, deposed, that on the
22d day of September, the deceased was with. him
in the George and Dragon. The deceased was eat-
ing some mutton, he believed boiled mutton. He
was affected with a violent hiccough. Witness, in
consequence, desired him to leave the room. He
appeared then to be very drunk. Witness took the
knife and fork out of his hand, and led him into the
kitchen. The deceased put his hand to his head, and
seemed unwell. Witness struck him on the back, in
order, that ifhe had any thing in his throat, he might
dislodge it. He threw up something that appeared
to him like potatoes and turnips. Two minutes
afterwards witness gave him water, of which he
seemed to swallow a little. He then put his finger
down his throat, as a means of exciting him to throw
up. The deceased soon fell into his arms, and seemed
to expire, Witness left him in the hartds of the land-
lady, and went for Mr. Lee, a surgeon. Mr. Lee came,
and had a piece of whalebone to probe his throat.

Q. You saw him probe his throat with a whale-
bone ?—A. I saw a piece of whalebone in his hand.
This was entered on the deposition by the Co-
roner's Clerk—" Examinant saw hint probe his
throat with a piece of whalebone."
Witness continued—Mr. Lee said, that there was
nothing •in his throat now, whatever there might
have been. He said that the deceased was dead, and
' they had better call another surgeon. Mr. Thorn-
ley's assistant afterwards came, and took pieces of
mutton out of his throat. Witness was of opinion
the deceased was suffocated. •
Mr. AsHwoßTH—You are of opinion he died of
suffocation by the mutton ?—A. I cannot say by
what he died.
This was entered on the deposition—" Suffoca-
tion," without any notice of the witness saying, that
he could not say by what.
Mr. ASIIWORTII—Did he work regularly for your
employers up to the very night of his death ?—A. Yes,
he did.
Mr. ASHWORTII (looking at the Coroner)—What
could all that procession mean ? (low Can such
means of exciting ferment be used ? (To the wit-1
ness)—Were you present at the procession A. Yes,
I was, at the head of it. I had the money front his
Benefit-club to defray the expenses of the funeral.
Mr. AIIIViORTII—fIow many, were there blithe
procession—two thousand or three thousand ?—A.
No ; five hundred or six hundred.* •
Mr. AsnwortritWhat did you hear them say as
they went along ?L—A..Noching. .
Mr. Asniwon.Aii-7-: Did you. hear theidsii that
Fletcher nsurcleseithiar?..,A: aTo ; but I•heard spec-
tators remark) thitelt- was '-titeT.tntut whom• Fletcher

• . •
had beaten... , ::. :: ••• : .1
Mr. Ammo/tilt—Dia Ton" Saki them say, tits
Fletcher Was- a•oonstable, ashoptkeePer, and.that-he,
lived at New Grassl--:A. No ; I did not: - "
Mr. AsitWOßTHallt, how what.they said, wild
you not have supposed, if .ybu'haditiloWii nothingel
the cause of his' death, that Eletcher had. murdered
him ?—A. Ter.-._ - - • - .7 •

Mr. ASIIWORTri—But yOgrkno,* was the
reverse; that he died by sufrocatiOn ?-44, That w.
my opinion ; but. the DoCtofs would know Wier,
than me. .

Here the deposition was supposed to cloiet whet(
the witness let outsotnothing of what the deteited
had told him after he had been .turped:Out of the
George and Dragon. .. .
Mr. ASHWORTH said, it was not Pridence.— ". -
A Juror expressed much desire to know what it was.
Mr. Asnwoarn explained why it was"-uo).
dente, but concluded with.saying, let it be taken, as
you, Sir, ought to be satistied.—Jprin--It
only I, but the PubEC also ought to be satisfied. --•
A similar observation "was made in.the course of
the day by several of the Jury. -
The witness then stated, that Otitlii,VM §erizl
tember, the deceased told hittlihaip...l..that..4l:-.cl fel
low Fletcher had beaten him, andgiven Nut two se-1
vere blows on the bead with his truncheori." Hz dti
-
sired the witness to feel the. lunifli—oc. -eisOnectlrY
than, which he did. He then mentioned; thaNhei
he had been turned out of the room, 4•• therrascakof
a sergeant threw him into the channel, •aild'hutt his
side. He afterwards, whenever they', %vete :mo-
tioned, kept upbraiding them. On the Saturdaysafter-
-wards, witness desired him to wheel some iron. • The
deceased said, if he did, it would kill him, and asked
1....ve L., go to gct Flamer tor 11:3 4120 • 111;111
ceased was not often drunk; he could not afford it
from his small wages. •
A Juror asked—Did he wear a white hat P—A.
Ves, he did.
Juror—Did you hear him cry, " Hunt and Li-
-berty," at Fletcher's shop ?—A. No, I did. not ; but I
often heard him cry, " Hunt and Liberty." -
Mr. A SH*ORTII-1111 rtif crowds of people ?—No;
just as he happened to be.
Mr..Asnworris then asked the constable attend-
ing. the Inquest, whether there were any more wit-
nesses in attendance?
- The .constable replied, that there were none.
A Juror reminded the Coroner, that he had handed
two names to him.

Coaourst—Yes, you did. What are their names?
Juror—They. are kirk and Byrne.
Kirk was Owlrn called.—A stout tall-man entered
the room : on being asked what he knew of the death
of William Dalton ? he said, he was connected with
the Police, and he knew nothing of it. It turned out
that he was not the man. Another Kirk afterwards
came in and was sworn. He deposed, that he lived
in Back Scholes-street, and worked with Mr. Bridges,•
lime-merchant, in Piccadilly. He was in-tho-George
and Dragon with the deceased on the Bth of Septem-
ber. .He and two other men had five pints, of ale
among them, of which he gave one glassto,William.
Dalton. The deceased was smoking .a pipe.• Fletcher
came into the room, and ordered them out. He went
up to Dalton, and said, it You rascal, I see'what you
are by your white hat." He then struckii* On the
beaci, and knocked off his hat. After this, he struck
him again, and the deceased fell against the table.—:.
Witness remonstrated, upon which Fletcher struck
off his hat ; it was not a white hat. .Witness then
stretched out his hand, and held him at arms length.
The Serjeant then took hold of him, and dragged
him out of the room. He saw no more of Dalton:
When he was on the outside of the door, .a woman
brought him his hat. The soldiers their advised him
to go home, which he did. He called the next morn-
ing at the foundry to inquire after Dalton, but did
not see him. Fletcher and the Serjeant came into'
the public-house first ; the soldiers came some time
afterwards..

- Byrne was called, but was not in attendance.
Harley was recalled in consequence of Rides evi-
dence. It appe.ar,ed that he was not in the room.from
which Fletcher and the Serjeant turned out the de-
ceased; he only saw him when he was going out to-
wards the door.

. Robert Pickering, a Lance Corporal in the.3lsi
Regiment, said, he was one of the party who cleated
the George and Dragon ; he went in'• at the same
time with the Serjeant and Mr. Fletcher.; .they all
went in together ; he saw the deceased in thg;flassage;
he afterwards saw him put out. Mr. Fletcher was:in
another room when the deceased was put •ut. The
deceased was not'struck by any person ; tke Sltrjeant
did not push him at the door.
Collington,.a private in the 31st, was sworn. The.
• • Having actually counted the number in that prtpt•
can positively assert, that it ad not animism to sso.

deposition of the last witness being read to l'
said it was true, and he had nothing to add.'in,
Another soldier was then called in, but
expressing themselves satisfied, he Was
Mr. ASHWORTH addressed the Jury. r,is
case which admitted of no doubt; all the
men agreed in ascribing the death to
Even if there had been any difference 1/4, t
among them, and a reasonable doubt existed'
the cause of the death, the accused ‘‘ as c.
the benefit of that doubt, and to be acquitted,
Judges always adopted this maxim.

The CORONER asked the Jury, whether
him to read the depositions?—After
tion, a Juror requested the Asritten opinion of
medical men to be read. This was done accord.:
and the Jury then found a verdict
Suffocation."

Just as we were on the point of setdr,g
Oldham this morning, intelligence xvas recei,, •
the Iricpsest would be adjourned until to-rr,-!
The following is, I understand, the copy cf
roner's letter to Mr. HARMER

" Mr. Fc-rrand troubles Mr. ilzrrner tvtls this note,
form him that the Inquest will met this only for ,
lfose of.adjourning it until to-morrcw, at ten ec:ock, and
'ttumine any witnesses."

Mr. HARNIER acknowledged the receipt of
FERnAND'S polite note, expressing however his •
that no reason was assigned tor such an " extrzt,
nary proceeding." And well mit,,ht Mr. Ilaym
denominate. this an extraordinary proceeding; fr
appears impossible to imagine any reason to iest:f
while it has the effect of creating considerable;
barrassment and expense to all tho,e who are I
'cerned in endeavouring to elicit the truth lye%
'nteresting occasion. flee carriages were hired,
the witnesses,: with Messrs. DesteoN and HAVI
were prepared to set off, at the moment this tern.,
nication was received.-This is no less than the seve.
adjtourtirhetit that has taken place since the sun:
ing of the 4nry upon- this Inquest.
'The expedient to silence Messrs. HARMER
ISM .at the 'lnquest, -and so to protect'
cross-examination. tie witnesses adduced on ,
of. the .Yeomen and Magistrates of .Manchester,
I inrhappy to find, been totally defeated by a '
Which was received last night from the .fits:
Jdhic LeFs :

- Wednesday Fe: nint.
. _ .
A circumstance has Occurred here which I
narrate exactly as thefacts have come to my'
ledge. It needs no comment or observation to
it painfully interesting. This morning the fi..
Mesirs. HARDIER and tlEstsciu received the ft
ing letter : •
GeNti.cmtw—A state appairum to human nature
ethillitesl this night at Oldham:—the grave of the deceased:
Lees, the subject of the present -Inquest, bath been owned
the atittect purpose of letting 111 x. Ferrand, the Coroner, I
:chip( the body, butithink jor a very different purpose.
object in writing to yotrat this time, is to inform you, that
Lees, the father if the-deceased, by whose hist:-
, pow write, is very anxious that ',Su should continue v.
worthyexectiops.with upahating vigilante. It is rxrpt
. two—tgrgeons areintauendattce Hadley's, the A:
Whether you think it necessary to attend with
,friend, .1 leave to your own judgment.
" I am, Gentlemen (for Robert Lees)...
, Your's, most respectfully,
STAN "Y MA'
■ Oldham; Wednesday Morning, Four o'clock_
." To Messrs. Hat••••••• end Denison.
4 P. S. YOil "11,..1.h0pe, make it convenient
early as posi:itle. _
In'cOnsequeseee g ?the'. abate litter, I
Oldham, as soon breakfasted,
result, and inquire into-the particulars
going statement. It :appears' that yesterda:
rand had given secret- have th(
Lees opened, that hentight have a view
The friends of Lees obtained information
sign, notwithstanding the in whi
hoped to conceal it, and set a watch at .thi
frustrate it. About midnight the Sexton,
sort, with three men, came into the cliurch
began to remove the earth which covered
of Lees. They had proceeded as far as
when the persons watching stepped forty
seized them, which threw them into great
Being questioned ar to their authority for
the Sexton said, that Mellor, the constab)
ham, had given him orders. The broths
the deceased, Mr. Stanley Mayhall, was tht
and arrived just as the Coroner was em
church-yard. Mr. Mayhall expressed a
the father should be sent for ; 'but the
plied, " If the father comes we can't see
hall told him it was a " bad job ;" but ht
sist on seeing the body... This was about I
in.the morning. The Coroner was wen.
church-yard by Mellor the constable. Th
ordered the Sexton to take off the coffin
c. 01611 was still lying in the grave, and t
.obeyed the Coroner by striking it, and f
lid open with his shovel. The lid was thr
'4fficieritly to enable the Coroner to
•cOrpse, as far as to the breast. He ah
diately exclaimed, " Shut it up, shut it up
'tired from the ground. The occasion of
:rver's'going thus to view. the body, aro,.(
Harmer's having • charged him with not
it, to which charge the Coroner declined t
The fact is, he had-not then seen the hod)
Went at this solemn hour Of night, in order
Oft and: unoliserveit, ;alit tiok• •with
testify, in.case ofneceseity,lis having seen
The affair Ifas cauiiii a pitidigiotii sensation
neighbourhood. The 'general opinioa is,
bOdy was to have been ilisperseclotm some 0
ner. The inhabitantrellOdhentwill'ilot
that it was intended to tafe'beery burnt
say an extra9rdinar yAarge,lrre,w,as:li
or'
occasio*.at a.faooosy havabt. •
In the course of this mbtiiing thefollob
was keitiy.ed.by Messrs..ilarovr itncl,llenism.
`Robert Lees, the-father of.the_deceased,
them to contintfe;t4.•adt- before tM Inqui
behalf: -

--.Juncrtvassob—AeOpt. my keg -thgAS. fat your
dons on my behalf on the present Inquest ; and in r

.of last nigheibecitiretites-I'hdiie ugalu to request
'use every diligence, as mj- Pnifeisional Friends, in
,Pinceolnp before the Inquest-n-1: nd.as the business
:bands I. wish you still to conduct it. I feel confident.'
John died In consequence -of thi wounai and bruiled
ll:Uln OA-of .Aniut- hat,- a Iklanclicatcr, '

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this note, •1*
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at .the grave 9
ton, John Jack.
urch-yird, and
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it as the coat
forward, and
great
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astable of 01d.
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as then sent fc:,
as entering t:.;
:da wish- th:1;
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see it." A!;-•
ut he would in.
pout two o'clect
ittended to eie
The Coroner
:offin lid. :The
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