Werneth Ward MR. WILLIAM JONES MR. THOMAS LIVESEY MR. JOHN SCHOFIELD	Mumps Ward MR. ABRAHAM CLEGG MR. JAMES COLLINGE MR. JOHN EARNSHAW
Westwood Ward MR. DANIEL NEWTON MR. WILLIAM WRIGLEY MR. JOHN WILD	St. James' Ward MR. JOHN PLATT MR. JOSIAH RADCLIFFE MR. GEORGE SEVILL
Clarksfield Ward MR. JOHN COLLINGE MR. GEORGE LEECH MR. JOSEPH KERSHAW	Waterhead mill Ward MR. ELKANAH MOSS MR. ABRAHAM MILNE MR. ABRAHAM LEACH

The Council met for the first time on the following day, Friday, the 3rd of August, and elected William Jones, Esq., Mayor. The following gentlemen were also appointed Aldermen for the different wards :--

MR. RICHARD SHIERS MR. RICHARD REDFERN MR. JOSEPH JONES JUN. MR. WILLIAM SKELLORN

MR JAMES LEES MR. JAMES COLLINGE MR. ALEX TAYLOR MR. ELKANAH MOSS

It will be seen that only two of these gentlemen - Mr. James Collinge and Mr. Elkanah Moss were selected from the Council. and vacancies being thereby caused in Mumps and Waterhead mill wards, new elections followed, when Mr. Edward Abbott Wright and Mr. Asa Lees were returned for the respective wards.

William Jones, Esq., was re-appointed Mayor at the next election, and filled the office until Nov., 1850. He was succeeded by James Collinge, Esq., who held. the office during the years 1851 and 1852. James Lees, Esq., was the third Mayor of the borough, his period

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