31st October 1796
Mayor: James Moore
Jury
| Thomas Dewhurst | Edward Wilson |
| John Greaves | William Borrows |
| James Hall | John Bullen |
| Robert Gornall | Charles English |
| Robert Law | John Beswick |
| John Gornall | John Clowes |
| Thomas Thornton | William Walkden |
| William Myers | John Foster |
| William Tomlinson | Richard Beswick |
| John Bostock | Henry Parker |
| Geo. Sharples | Thomas Bray |
| James Cheetham |