The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1808-04-05 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL, Arai, R.

Oa Tuesday last, the Laslyecity Quarter-Sessions
were opened in the Town 14611, by a short but
very neat address et 41131 the DEPUTY RECORDER,
who, after sonic forcible remarks on the extreme
and increasing depravity of the lower class of fe-
males in this town, proceeded to congratulate the
Court sad Jury on the favourable change that had
been graciously made by His Majesty in the Mu-
nicipal Police of Liverpool. As it was formerly
constituted, each Magistrate continued in office no
longer than live years after his Mayoralty ; in COD-
sequence of which, the number of Magistrates wes
so small, that the multifarious business of the town
could with difficulty be proceeded in. lie was
happy to state, that the mode now adopted would
remove the ineonvenience—Every one on whom
• the dignity of the Mayoralty devolved, would now
become a Magistrate for lite, by which means the
public business would be less onerous to individuals,
and conductiel with greater advantage to the pub-
lic. He informed them also, that tearful of hay-
ing only one Coroner, by which much inconveni-
ence had been suffered, four were now appointed,
so that the town of Liverpool was now probably in •
better condition, with respect to its Magisterial
Officers, than any other in the kingdom. He added
several other obiervatioris, which we are sorry our
limits will net permit us to hired.
Trial,/ RICHARD JONSII, for Shop•fifling,
This trial excited an unusual degree of public
interest, *OM the nature nod number of the Pri-
soner's offences, the decency rifling appearance and
former situation in life, and the respectability of
sonic of his connections. Tbe Court MAP more
crowded, at an early hour, than we ever remembered
it on any former occasion, so that much ineon-
. ventence and uneasiness was suffered by those ttho
where in an unfavourable situation. The indict-
uzeuts messiest the Prisoner were three, viz.

The lint, for stetting two haw-pots, and other articles of
earthen. are, the property af Samuel Morthisigtuts %IA Co.
proprietors of the Ilercelasurain Pottery.
The aerosol, fw elealteir a "'omit) of sane spoons, tits
property of Mr. Thome Winstonlay.
1 Ise third, Ow blearusg two pioces of Ibsen cloth, the pr.
pull of Mr. Janice Waltlwrw.
'1 he Prisoner being called upon to plead to the
first intlietment, answered, that he was so extreme-
ly ill. and his head was so bad, that if he must lw
put upon hie trial, ha mast plead Getitty, a% he wag
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not competeut, emasidernig his state of health, to
attend to any defence he had to make.—This be-
ing considerisl by the Court as s plea of Not 4silty ;
such plea was reeenrle'l aeconlingly.
On heing asked, in the usual wanner, if he had
nhjectinns to make to any of the Jury he replied,
his eye-sight was so bid, he could not distinguish
them:"

311 r. 'nuncios Buxton, Fulesui an at the Hercula-
neum Pottery, proved theeouveyanue of the goods
from the Herculaneum Pottery, and his 'indict;
thew in a trunk at the Prisoner's Wirings. lit•

was ably to identify the goods on al:COUlit of thy
peculiarity ("Idle usanufayiure. lie diet% ar 11, in

eompa'7 with a =gable. mulled the Bonn of
Captui■ Sherwowd, where they fouall sate flower
which had been taken Loin the smile wale-

Mr. Richard Mansfield, a proprietor and sales-
mini in the emict:6l, deposed to the same. facts ;
and on beim; asked the names of his pacers in
the lh•reulitneitut Pottery, he mention, d a der of
Partnership, of the date of the 12th of Nei-collie:,
on which Mr. STA t3Tr.ut.r, the Pristwer's
advocate, said, that as this deed had been thus
inentio.wil, the prosecution could not be sunorted
without the production of it, and the proof of the
siguatuie of every parther. As this could nut )w
dune, ti:. COVRT directcd the Jury to acquit the
Prisoner n,i the firtii. indictment.
The Prisoner was then ariaßuell on the second
indictinent, to which he pleutled—Nor
Mr. Thomas IViristaillq proved, that lie missed
the spoons inent• NI in the indictment ou the loth
last, from a room called the Gothic-
room, in Markle-street, where they wore expo..ol,
nr,Nic.ii to on intended sale. That he saw the
Prisoner in the loons the same day, who looked at
the plate, and observed that it had his :the Ps i-
solier's), cypher, and that the crest was hike.
That he marked the plate with ink, according to
the eutulrive of and diet one of the spoons
still the mark upon it.
-Mr. Rowe, constable, deposed, that being

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sirett by the 143 t witness to *eurch the rii..otier'll
trustiol, ut hi. ludu:ings, he futtud 6., spwc“, iu
question, which u crc immediately claimed by Mr.