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fiLE CASE OF MR. CHARLES! FLINT'.

Copy of a resolution passed by the Magistrates at Staf•
ford, on the conduct of Ale. Chetwynd, in Mr. Flint's aim
" At a meeting of the Magistrates for the county ef
Stafford, held at the Judge's house, in Stafford, on Wed.
nesday, the itth inst.. the Right Hon. the Earl Talbot in
the Chair, the following resolution was posed:—
" "fhat the Earl Talbot be requat«l, on behalf of all
the Magistrates present, to express to George Chetwynd,'
Euj. Chairman of the Quarter Sessions of this county,
their unanimous approhatitin of his upright and impartial
conduct, relative to the prosecution and trial of Charles
Flint and others ilk A misdeineanottr.'
" TALBOT.' FRAS. TWEINLOW.
" E Mo arc stow. "G. A. Theasse.
" ST. VINCENT. " W. LEIGH.
"J. C. Teestr. " eloweerow, jam
g R. Cullen'''. " THOS. Twesteow.
"J. WROTTESILEY. "T. L. FREER.
" Titos. LISTER. " W. W. C
" J. LANE. " R. LEVETT.
CLARE. " S. (tepee.
"W. Drove. "T. H. Lures." I FALMOUTH, FEB. 4.—Arrived the PISINISH Hill, Duck, from
(From the Pottery Cazdte, Newcastle-ender-Lyme Express, and Loudon ; Comet, Moore, from Havre; and George, Davis, from
• Stalbrdshise (.rerral Advertiser.) Plymouth for Lisbon.
Jan. 31, 1824. I'LY MOUTH. FEB. 4.—No arrivals or tailings.
TO SIR JOHN WROTTESLEY, BART. M.P. FOR THE Cowes, Fes. 4.—The Volithe Nicholls, arrived here from
COUNTY OF STAFFORD. Amsterdam; lost bet name from theater) in the Downs.
ass v. CH AAAAA FLINT. PORTSMOUTH, FEM. s.—tio arrivals or sailing&
Sea—Asa freeholder of the county of Stafford, and one u_htite:e•e% res.he ite.iLliteicundrsiinenatiostedt 4 afnchors were taken
and s
of your constituents, 1 beg to address you upon this case. iLlea Isere. Oat of opt. 3 qrs. 141 K, one abet foreign
It has already in some manure appeared before the public, and one about 6 cwt., ell three unatoeked, and one of 8 cwt.
and is one in which the party defendant considers (no mat- 3qrs. 141 b., stocked. Also a cathead with a block on the outer
ter whether rightly or not) that justice has not been dealt °WA
out to him according to the laws anti constitution of his Ri'ls,'•,oll'loe•ha—Aran, rived.e ss-- !sued for the River, the hiaa
country. His intention to bring it under the consideration Lewis,rom 11■• e Cr"' nSti 510 e e fromrra ne
the River ft andhe 1 an"
of the Hoe. House of Commons had been fully and pub- with the outward-bound, the Comely, Gray, he Marseilles Pp,
liely made known, and I feel assured you could not be felled, Whited', fee Barbados;Prentiss, Glove' for Cadis
iveld.
ignorant thereof at the last General Quarter Sessions of the and the success, Perry ; and Harriet, Briggs, for L rpo
Peace for the county of Stafford, whets you and other Ma- Aint.
0 atm! nie2site..;.enived tae Older, bora 1=
flistm4l6 theta Present suthirdoid the Earl Tallest to express I hate.:7-Ww Hendrina, Move, from Roan Undoisaming,
Ito George Chetwynd, Fog. " your unanimous approbation . Block, from Bremen • Robert an Mary, Fox, from • mend I sad
of his upright and impartial conduct relative to the prose- I Desire, (auto_, from dstend.--Sailed the Jane, Avery, far Feral •
Highland Led, Vickenuan, for Bahia ; New Brumes, Cawley;
cution and trial of Charles Flint and others for a misde-
for Gibraltar • Harmtin Walk f IC • Thomas and Mary,
meanour." You bare thus prejudged a question which' Him for Hem' h„gh Loodehi"R•uh",har, for ffsiborgb Sept,
will hereafter come before you to decide upon judicially, in Hone, for Babice ; and Melly, Burrell, for Venice.
your seat as a member of the British Senate. If this con- LIVER rooL. FEB. 4.—Arrived the Hope, Heron, hem Con-
duct be correct in you, Sir John, it would be equally, nay
.isoacipeacthdielfr; Cornwall,cierau, Mwerrisonitian,ifq:LeDem,
cocrarbb,afe;:i
rave,.iaritsew
more so, in every member of the House of Commons • and
inquiry and investigation into supposed grievances, and a- 1
r; Brunsw:cskht January;ane, "rm
ge—wfou'ndirnd ;StiisAndters,r°"' new
from
plications for constitutional redress, would thereby Malaga; Margant,lll•Leller from Antigua; and Kitty, Young,
stifled in the very onset, and the party complaining de-1 Wan Africa. The Cornwall called off Barbados, and breaght
leered from appealing to those whose duty it is to hear he- deapatchcs for GovernwumenwereeTkhede
offSisterAanei.Dougua_thwait, hors.
bif,..4.0
Are they deride. It is not necessary for the purpose with Tars for time's'',
saved Balled the Klitgston May foe A ; Tyson,
which address you, that I should contend that justice for Virgins; and Ep.,'r !..Legheat.frica
was not duly administered in this ease. It is sufficient to Hoiareaue FEB. 4. u The °Llizseeta Ciewithees, front
say, that the defendant considers it was not, and that he Cardiff for Livemool, was driven on shore yesterday evening
intends to make a constitutional appeal for redries to the ,at Porthwen Creek, in Carmarthen Bay, and soon bilged. Crew
House of Commons: lie is entitled so to do, and to receive saved..
upon that appeal the unbiassed judgment of every member rosin. .—A few small boards, apparently part of
the caein furniture FEB.of a sloop, have been ieked ee; the mouth
thereof. He has • right to expect that they come to the of the harbour ; a mast with some riggirli'ir has In seen amour
decision of the question uninfluenced by party or prejudice the breakers near Getten Island, a little to the north of St. Ann's
on the one hand, or by personal favour or affection on the Held.
to
mBORDEAUX,sf J:lt.dr.--Theth Eleanor, Lambe,
oftmTeNewesses
other; and if such be his claims upon the other members
of that Hon. House, they are equally so, nay greater, upon spruogpamt'
leak egret.ttea337l7l:s le tre
rom mendous Yale
236
you. You, Sir John, are member for the county where and, being in a sinking state, was abandoned by the aew, who at..
he resides, and it is not too much to say. that he has a rived here to-day in the Harmonic, Haring, from Norsa .en The
right to make his appeal through you, and by your means dbeonentea,biliish:74,,thetafreroinetedHhavenret,hiefordayw,hown safetyieua eons
to obtain a fair and impartial inquiry into his case. How 11: during
is it, then, that he finds you have already decided upon it? mela
NASSAU (N. P.), Dec. 31.—The schooner Rio from Philadet.
.—that instead of promoting inquiry you have prejudged the phia to Havanuah, is wrecked near the Berry Island. The Re-
question, and joined in a vote or resolution, which could mittanee, dieter. from New York to flavannah, and the Catbsetne
Rogcrs, Griffiths, from New York to Mobile, are wracked en
only be intended to aiffe and defeat it ? Can this be satis-
factory to your constituents, or can they after this look up Ahscs•
Aer tore, DEC. 23.—Ths Sisters, Dowthwaite, from DOOM.
to you u the guardian or promoter of their interests and Tim to London, having lost her fatalism few days
sass leaving
welfare? Of this they will and I shall be greatly the former place, bore up for this Island, ran on a reef of rods
mistaken if they do not think with me, that they bad a on the south aide and bilged. Nearly halt' the cargo has has
Tight to expect better things at your hands. saved.
These observations apply solely to you, as a Member of
the ttse of Commons, having joined in a resolution of
this nature. I hare a few others to make upon yourself,
in common with the other Magistrates whose names ap-
peer thereto, having passed it in their magisterial capacity.
"No one will contend that it iv not entitled to some weight
And consideration, from the very honourable and I-tepee-t-
-attle signatures which appear thereto; but we must eat be
/al away by the opinion of any man or set of men, however
honourable and respectable they may be. It is the privies
loge of Englishmen to judge and act for themselves, and
they will do so upon the 'grunt occasion. At all events,
before they can be expected to adopt or attach much weight
to the opinion and resolutions of yourself and brother Ma-
gistrates, they will naturally ask upon what evidence or
facts it was founded. This is an ;aquiry I beg to make of
you, Sir John, and expect, in common with your consti-
tuents at large, that you will answer it freely and fully.
I am the more induced to make it, from the fact of neither
yoarseynor a, one if the Magistrates whose Names appear
to that resolution (with the exception of the Rev. John
Clare), haring been present at the trio! of the traverse in
this case. Upon what pounds, then. it will be asked, did
you form your opinion of Mr. Chetwyni's "upright and
impartial conduct?"' %Vas it front his own repre.r2ntation,
or that of the Rev. J. Clare ; or was it from the report of
the trial, as it has already appeared before the public? If
the former, and such statement was at variance with the
report, which hitherto stands uncontradicted and unim-
peached, it will be considered that the information upon
which you acted wan derived from the parties interested, and
that, according to all ordinary notions of justice, it might
have been expected that you would have heard the other
side before you finally decided thereon. But if your
)pinion and resolution was founded solely upon the report
of the trial, then the public will be enabled fully to ai pre-
ciate the weight and importance that is justly attached
thereto, and will be as capable of forming a correct opinion
upon Mr. ('hetwynd's "upright and impartial conduct" as
yourself or the other Magistrates who have already decided
upon it.
It is also fair to inquire whether the Magistrates in ge-
neral are anyways, and if so, how far connected with the
matter in question, and whether it is not possible that they
may have come forward upon the present occasion to serve
a personal friend end brother Magistrate; and whether the
opinion of an intelligi nt man, totally indifferent to all
parties) is not entitled to as much or greater weight than
that of a Magistrate whose name appears to the resolution
in eptestion under the eircumeant•es mentioned?
There are many other inquiries which might very pro-
perly be made upon the present occasion. It might be
asked, where was the necessity of the Magistrates recog-
nizing the upright and impartial conduct of Mr. Chet-
wynd, and why it was deemed necessary to blazon it forth
to the public? It might be asked, whether it would not
have been better for the Magistrates to have directed and
instituted an inquiry, rather than pursue the course
adopted? whether it would not have been store satis-
factory to the public to have denied any statement which
had appeared, if untrue; and to have controverted, and
replied to, any conclusions deduced therefrom, if not war-
ranted by the facts upon which they were founded ? and
whether a person holding a high judicial situation in the
country ought not, at all times, rather to court inquiry
into the manner in which he discharged the duties of lna
office, than clothe himself with the opinion and approbation
of a few individuals, and those, too, with whom he is in
the constant habit of acting?
I would not be misunderstood in the observation I have
now made. I distinctly disavow all intention of here
charging the Gentleman, upon whose conduct the resolu-
tion of yourself and brother Magistrates was pass.ll, with
improperly administering the justice of the country, or
with having acted unworthily in the present case ; much
less would I wish to be understood as imputing improper
tnotives to yourself, for the other high and honourable
characters who have thought it right publicly to express
their opinion upon that Gentleman's conduct. it is not
here, but elsewhere, that our views upon that part of the
case are to be stated, and we trust they will be so in a
proper constitutional form. We have hitherto abstained from
making a single comment upon this case, and are no
further concented in any thing which has appeared upon
the subject thereof than in having caused the most accurate
report of the trial, which we could possibly procure, to be
laid before the public ; and we are only induced to deviate
from the course we have hitherto pursued by this case hav-
ing been, as we think, improperly prejudged.
As the resolution of yourself and brother Magistrates
has been laid before the public, 1 trust I shall stand ex-
cused for publicly addressitr'e• you upon the present oc-
ac sion.—l have the honour to be, Sir, with great respect,
Your most obedient and humble Servant,
L'ttoteter, Feb. 4, 11324. ABRAM FLINT.

CUSTOM-HOUSE, Frs. C.
•
ratrnin Ix
Betsey, Osik (T. Marshall, broker), from Tobago.
(hcos, Ford (Walker, broker), front Salim&
CZedonia, Maims (Venue, broker). from Avulse.
Ilarriett, Taylor ( omen, broker), from 5. 3(ithaersi
Robert and Mary, Fox (Coe, broker), from (kind.
Heasta Elisabeth. Wk.( (HSU, broker), from Rotterdam.
Flora, Poortreloet (Ditto, (tom Ditto.
Wed. Verwagting, Shoring (Simon, broker), from Antwerp.
(eertruida, Ouwehand (Hofman, broker), from Rotterdam.
Hoop, Poye We Hie, broker), from Antwerp.
Triton, Decker (Ditto), from Ostend.
Trois Amer, &but (Simon, broker), from Antwerp.
Johannes Wilhelouna, Mooyekind (Baker, broker), from Rot,
edam.
Joige Hendrick, (hoot (Hall, bmker), from Rotterdam.
Jonge Gerrit, Plokker Baum, broker), from Ditto.
Jeanette Matreetta..Reckman (Bremer, broker), tram Antwerp,
Vigilantie, V. ukop (Haman, Woken, from Rotterdam.

FROM LLOYD'S LIST.

The Solon, from Oporto, arrived at Pernambuco, and was taw
posatenion of.
The Comets, from Pernambuco to Mang was madly wrecked
near Macao ; part of the cargo saved nt a damaged state.
The Whim, Mason, was dnven tan thore at Riga daring a gale
11th ult. Cargo discharging.
The Jonge Blida, Becket, from Rotterdam to Newry, put beet
ZO,n ult., leaky, having been run foul of °tithe North Foreland, by
the Pactolus, P.dford, from Hamburgh.
The James, ireemars,arrtved in ties RiverlYom St. Jdttn,N.s.,
fell is with, abt.ut itith ult., a brig of about 2410 teas, from New.
foundland to Oporto, with her decks swept of bulwarks, boats,
anchors, &e., blowing a gale; could net anstrrain her tune.
AlaivED—At Demerara, the Halyards, _y from the Clyde;
Orion, White, from Liverpool ; Cato,Sadler, from Cott ; Leona,
born ; and London, Somereall, from London. At Cushaven,
Britannia. Edmonds, from London ; and Germania, Hanson,
from the Havannali. At Trieste, Albion, —, from Rio Janeiro.
At Malta, Ocean, Kidd, front Rio Janeiro. At Mogadore, Union,
Navarro, from Gibraltar. At Genoa, Genoa packet, Patterson,
from London. At Gibraltar, Pallas, Emmett, from Penzance. At
Bilboa, Dove, Rooms; Brothers, Kingstone; and Fairy Queen,
Seaton, from London ; Superb, Beck, from Bristol • Dickens,
Procter, from laverpool ; and Pallas' Le Gras, from 'Newfound-
land. At Nantes, Juliana, Muller, from London • and Amphi-
trite, —, from Bourbon. At Pernambuco' Norval, Leslie, from
Liverpool. At Havre, Africnne, Jallant. from Buenos Ayres;
Clarissa Ann, Rogers, front Charleston; Hannibal, from Guade-
loupe; Seneca, tiardin front Newcastle; Bonne Ilenriette, ;
mid Matilda, Collins, from London.
VESSELS SPOKEN WITIL—COPASit, from Liverpool for Charles-
ton 17th ult., lat. 33. long. 52. X and 3d inn. dr Holyhead,
passed a vessel of about 100 eons, supposed to be a sloop, dismast-
ed, steering to the Eastward by the Cornwall, Morrison, arrived at
Liverpool.

It is rumoured in certain quarters that the Marquis
iVellesley will shortly retire from the Lord Lieuteticitcy
of Ireland ; and the Duke of Buckingham is spoken of as
his successor.—fri%li Times.

The Marquis ef Tl:elitield, we are happy to beer, is
quite recovered from late severe indisposition.
It is said that 1)r. Bethel, the Dean of Chichester, who
was tutor of the Duke of Northumberland, is to be the
new English Bishop.
Mr. Curtels, M.P. is collecting information, preparatory
to asking some relief from Parliament for the distressed
hop-planters.
The office of Receiver-General in the different Revenue
Departments in Inland is to be dispensed with, and all
remittances made to the Bank of Ireland.
There is a curious report in circulation relative to one
of our exceedingly well-managed departments. A certain
clerk, whose name, " for obvious reasons," we omit, had a
salary of 1301. a year—and he has contrived to walk off, to
the enjoyment of his "otiwn," with 130,0001. So uys
rumour. At any rate there has been a wondertid, a
never-heard-of saving of honest earnings in this case, and
it occurred in the office that exceeded all others in efficiency,
economy, regularity, &e. &c. &c.—Dablia Paper.
The following gentlemen were yesterday called to te.,e.
Degree of Barrister-at-Law by the Honourable Society
of Lincoln's Inn:—

Melmoth Walters, Esq., W. Mervin= Bytbewood, Esq., Tbo.
mas Flower Ellis, Esq., John Hunter Homey, Esq., Alex. Mac-
duff Baster, Esq., James Bunce Curling, Esq., and Henry Han.
dell. E.
Sia FREDERICE FLOOD, BART.—We lament to state.
that this distinguished character is no more. At six o'clock
on Sunday evening, the Ist instant, terminates' the long
and useful life of this worthy Baronet, not more knownknown
than lamented. Bir Frederick Flood was Cust,..t nob/-
foram of the county of Wexford, which county he repre-
sented in the Imperial Parliament, as long as h. found it
convenient, at his advanced period of life, to engage in tie,'
arduous duties of a Statesman. He also sat in the Irish
House of t'ommons during three successive Parliamem,.
In each House he maintained that dignity and itillcp,n,f-
enc.. of character which he was so remarkable for in every
station Errant";
/11•D•mr l'Avaxarei.—Serious disappointment has lout
occasioned by the sudden indisposition of Madame ('ets-
lani, which prevented her from fulfilling her engagement
at the Concert last night (Tuesday 3d inst.). Many re-.
apectable families drove into town from the surrounding
neighbourhood, it being impossible for Mr. Wilson, not-
withstanding his utmost exertions, to inform them in suf-
ficient time to prevent the inconvenience thus occasioned.
It is hoped that a few days will recover Madame Catalani
from the effects of a violent cold under which she at pre-
sent labours, when she will be enabled to fulfil her engaf e...
here as well as in London. IVe are authorised to state,
that the conductors of the King's Theatre have offered
Madame ('aulaiii a clear half of the receipts of the house
for every night of her performance during the ---
These conditions Madame Catalani has just accept
has been erroneously stated in the pipets, that 3/
ton had offered Madame Catalani two thousand

Misty nisfhls ; the proposals made by that gem
a thousand guineas fur six performances.—Liverpool
of Tuesday last.

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LA IV INTELLIGENCE.

I'OrRT OF CHANCERY, FamAY, FEB. G.

IN 111 T MATTER OF M °unwire riGc TERNII, A

uttw•vic.
Mr. Src.nr vt begged to state, that when he addressed the Court
• few days ago. he made a mistake in saying the tioliritor now act-
ing or behalf of Sir Oregory as Mr. Kirby, who had neither
4irknown to that gentleman nor his family, until he tendered his
less on theyrerent occasion. Inconsequence of midi a misfc-
erheneation, the gentleman who Is redly acting tor sir Gregory
sa felt aggrieved, and the Learned Ccrunsel having now been up.
pdaed of his mistake, was most anxious thus openly to acknow.
fledge that mistake (as he always felt very trilling to do on such
occasions), and to amte, that Sir Gregory's present solicitor is a
most respectable gentleman t Mr. Itinna, of the firm of Orchard,
Triston, and BMus, '(tray's Inn), and his been for a contiderable
time the confidential Solielior ed, the lunatic's mother, who intro-
dueed hint on this unfortunate nenuilbn to her son, aa the moat like-
ly person to protect him and his interests.
Mr. Hutt '; r, who wax not in Court at the tithe the misrepresem
tuition was med.% felt astonished that his lietirnsd Friend could
have held in far mistaken, because the very letters Mt. Sugden read
at the same instant, dearly showed what the fdct war.

114 se: reosTit.
This was a cane in which Mr. Agar made an application to have
two professtioral gentlemen struck off the lions, whom 114.1
Head has represented 'to be most respectable gentlemen, and Mr.
Agar touloy wished to know when his Lordship would permit C to
COMB WI I,
His LOnDIITIIe observed, when thin wax first mentioned, he
agreed to take the papers home ro read, which he bad dune. and
midd only new say, that he observed it was purposed, three On/m-
-iff on a side were retained ; but he could not possibly permit the
ease. %mere these circumstances, to take precedence of others, be.
vaunt if it VIM to be argued as some cases hive lately been argued,
it might bet a fortnict,and •.hereby do griasr iisjuatisie to other
seiton but if the eenebetey cause, which in appointed to be
Nest argued is the ouse of Lords, allowc,l him one day to him.
self, between the last day of term and the first seal, he would de.
vole that day to headng the matter of Frosts, prtii;ided the
parties consented to have It argued by one Counsel on each aide.
Mr. HEALD opposed the idea of his Lordnhip devoting his hull.
days to hearing any cane whatever ; he thought it for the intere.t of
the public that he should not. His clients were quits, willing to
have it argue.' by one counsel.
The case th •n stood over for Mr. Agst's clients to eonnider
whether they would consent to the same thing, and to name their
soutodl.
Hie Lordship then desired a peat-beard motion to be proceeded
in. Alec which he would take

CONST O. HARRIS.
His Ix/ant:tit pmeeeded to give judgment. in Oil: own after
twelve o'clock, and he applied himself principally in detailing
trout the documents the tams of the netlec of motion, the prayer
wt tlw bill, sod the ellegiktoaa is the hilt, the terms of the dtr,l
of 1812, the terms of the deed of 1112.1, and then, a little to fore
me, his Lordship felt too fatigued to finish the arcummts it ots
neemeary foe him to apply himself to, which, di'mided into these
lteed•-Bnt, liow the matter would hare stood In 1812 -reausily,
how it woad have stood between 1812 mind !MN—thirdly, how it
woitkl have stood immediately arm the execution of the deed of
/811—and ?earthly, Whet has happened since thy execution of that
sited, and the day an `Mai this motion wat made, to vary ot not
to wary the state of the matter at the time .'.ter deed was executttl ;
sod which his liordship will dnish to-morrow morning.