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Horne Department. Flint, as has been stated, was tried, found
guilty, and sentenced to be punished, which we hare all heard.
His petition was sapported by wry Hon. Friend, the Aleniber for
Striped, bvt Lord Sidtiontli, after adverting to all the fares, de-
clared he saw no grounds fur interference on Me part of the Crown.
Alter my Lord thimouth's retirement, my Right lion. Friend sue.
ceerleid to his high ststion, and so fir was Mt/ Non. Friend (Mr.
Chetwynd) from being prejudiced against Flint, that be (Again re-
newed his application, presented another petition, and the prayer
of that petition was attended with success in consrytirnce cf the
colony activity of the Member joe Staford. I ask, then, hi there
any ground for imputing undue prejudice on the part of my lion.
Friend, either to the petitioner, or to any port of his family ?
(Hear, hear, from the Ministerial benches.) `{'hat right ha the
petitioner to make so groundless charge ?"

'refuse to pay the taxes, alleging that the revolution has ruined 'as acting in the spirit of an arbitrary anal 'overstrained
them ;and that they cannot place any confidence in the Govern. I
lauthotity, when, behold, he was in truth a miracle of mild-
malt, which constantly succeed each other, and which have all de- ,
cured th.m. !nest, and a model fur all visiting Magistrates !! In the
The clergy, faithful to their Ring tut their God, boldly raise their !
to the peephe not . meantime the positive facts remain unrefuted and irrefue-
voice, and with the gospel in their Mods try
!bend their knees before the idol. Pacts, besides, speak loud! able —that Mr. (*eel! ees FLINT, the petitioner, who,
enough. The following are indisputably authentic and of recent let it be all along remeinbert (1, had committed no offence
!date:—
i
Deputies from the provinces arrived in November at Mexico, te
which warranted the finding him guilty, or passing upon
form a constituent Congress. Their first resolution was to disap- him any sentence at all—who was not even connected with
prove of the declaration of war against Spain and all Its tom. ,
quences. The province of St. Louis de Potosi has declared that It ! the raltry act of Ir, p 1.4 in which the whole prosecution
would receive in its portsof Tampico, Solo la Marina, Is c. all Sr..
origivattd, was imprisoned as a felon—habited as a felon—
nish vessels that may present themselves, on paying the entrance I
duties. fed as a felon—made with them to work the tread-wheel—
The Congress likewise disapproved the hostilities against St.
who Ito labour at the fulling-mill, and to suffer every specks of
John de I llao, by the Republican Authorities of Vera Cruz,
shall be responsible for the injury sustained by that city. The degradation which could mortify his mind, or blast his
confiscation of the property of European Spaniards is declared own character a.
t he only saved himself from being put to
a:a! void.
It is added that General Nevem is marching to Mexico to sup- } the disgraceful task of breaking stones in the prison yard,
port the new ('progress. !or of returning again to the tread-wheel, by the prison
The Governor of Vera Cruz has salted for ortillery at Camped), I
to increase his means of attacking St. Jean de ['llea. This artillery 1 surgeon's pronouncing him molt to do either. Neither is
has been positively refused. It was declared to him at the Pattie it, nor can it be denied, that he was refused, by Mr. Cu T-
time that the province had nothing to do with the 10;41ilarti
Government of 31exico; and besides that it would not break off its WYND himself, permission to purchase food, or other
relations with Spain. comforts essential to his health, but was restricted impera-
The United States have lost eight vessels in consequence of the
Ire of Vera Cruz at the fort. Not being able to anchor in the tively to the gaol allowance—that the physician to his
usual place, they were exposed teen the fury of the hurricanes from ! family was denied access to him—that when he drew up a
the North, which are so terrible in those seas, and were dashed to
pieces or the rocks of Alvarado. A large English ship, with a narrative of his treatment, that he might appeal (as he had
nee Cargo, had the same fate in the river of Guaxacoala. a constitutional right to do) to those in authority for re-
The merchants of the United States have Suffi-ml soother loss in
a vessel with a very rich cargo, which was contiNceted by the Go. dress, his memorial was, in his absence, stolen from him,
vernment of St. Louis dc Potosi, for attempting to defraud the carried to Mr. Clietwend, and all pens, ink, and paper, re-11
Customs.
France has also suffered great inj jyy in its linen trade. In bored from him, that he might have no means left of again
1
It sold at the rate of nine to twelve piastres the piece of eight ells attempting to make his situation and his sufferings known !
in broad Bretagne linens, and eight piastres at lerst for the narrow.
But French merchants have just been obliged to sell a cargo of Gracious Heaven ! is all this to be defended in Parliament ?
6.800 pieces, at four piastres $ piece, low beyond all precedent, but and are we to be told, when a British subject seeks to bring
which is the deplorable resolt of the almost entire disamiearance of
the current coin, since the,word independence has caused all coffers his case, by petition, beim the House of Commons,—are
to be shut. we to be told be the Boitetron-GENERA I. that "if this
This example, and many others which we could mention, should
opes the eyes of the Governments of Europe, and convince them petition were received, nu 41(agistrate for the future would
that if Spain abandoned its possessions in America, their subjects undrrtake the duties of that arduous office?" What ! is it
would find no trade to carry on except with the Indians, who would •
sell their fetiches, and articles made of feathers, to adorn their cabi- then the doctrine of Parliament, delivered to us, in his
nets of curiosities. place, by one of the law-officers of the Crown, that no in-
The more the reconquest (hi recangitioti of the provinces be-
longing to spiel) is delayed, the more difficult will it be to restore dividual wi:l hereafter take office unless he can be permit-
them to the flourishing state in which they were when the revolts.
fed, with impunity, to abuse it ? Is it to be publicly
Mon infected them with its poisoned breath.
It is further to be observed that it is much more easy for the proclaimed that the Country Gentlemen are so degraded in
master of the house to restore order, than fur strangers, who lose, sentiment, and so debased in principle, that they
in seeking the causes of the evil, the time which the master might
have employed in remedying it. will not mulct take that line of ser•:ice which the Con-
The Constitutional Congress of Mexico (strange enough) had stitution of their country points out to them, unless
not vet been recognised or installed by the Government in the mid-
dle of November, and no preparations, on that head, were observed. they can make it availal.le, when they please, to pur-
These two enemies watch twit other. poses of party feeling or of private resentment? What
Scent ministers, in contempt of these precluded masters, them-
selves grant penuission to open the eons to the Spanish trade : confidence can the people have in their represents-
such are those of Tepei and St. Bias, in the province of I iirslabixara. fives, if this is to be the language of those at the helm ?
This is sufEcient to enable us to judge of the anarchy whirls reigns
in the mmended republic, and of the consequences which most An Well might naval officers refuse to enlist themselves in
have followed the arrival of Gen. Ne„-rette. the service of their country, without stipulating that each
A company of forty Europeans, who hail left Mexico to embark,
were attacked on hlount Rio Frio by a band of robbers, which len• shall be permitted to flog the crew at his pleasure ; or, if he
the city almost at the same time, and several were killed on both will, to sink the ship. We stated the other day, that there
Adm. These sanguinary scenes arc not rare: this is the state to
which rite inhabitants uf a country are reduced, where good order, were two leading points in tile Attorney-Generate speech
united with opulence, formerly reigned, in praise of Mr. Co z TWYN n, on which we were deeirods to
Fitz:Yell k U s 111 ARCH s.—Flve per Cent. CaDllors.
Inlf. Ink. Loan of 1823, lid. Bank Stock, I,Boof. Neapolitan rectify his statement. The one was, the alleged forbear-
Five per Cents. eq. Renee* d'Espag. 241. Royal .Paniab limns anee and humanity exercised by him towards Mr. Cit ARLE s
1321, Cni. Exchange on London—one month, XaL Mk.; three
months, 2.Sf. Stk. FLINT ; that, we think, we have pretty well disposed of.
IV* have, moreover, much yet behind, that would excite
the strongest feelings of public indignation, were we to
giveit publicity; but would willingly abstain from doing
this, at least for the present. We come now to the other
point to which we adverted. Although it was the petition
of Mr. CHARLES FLINT that was before the House, the
Attorney-General,—as was very natural to so adroit an ad-
voeate,z--was desirous of removing some unfavourable im-
pressioes which had gone forth against Mr. CHETWTND, on
the affair of Mr. A. Fit NT, a respectable attorney of Uttoxe-
ter (elder brother of the petitioner), who was indicted
for an assault, in a case in which he *as actually the person
assaulted. The case was this—be had been called, in the
course of his professional dui*, to procure the arrest of one
George Emery, when the wife rose in her wrath to attack
bim, to the utmost of her means, he being on horseback, and
Mr. Flint, in defending himself from the danger—for his
horse being very spirited, and unused to have his rider
thus encountered, was becoming unmanageable—it seems
his whip came in contact with her hand ; and this
ASSAULT was the subject of the indictment ! ! The
reader will form a shrewd • guess as to how the affair
really stood, and which party had most reason to complain
(lan assault, from the following extract, which we take
from the evidence of Me prosecutrix herself, at the trial.
After stating that the defendant (Mr. A. Flint) was on a
large prancing horse, she proceeds thus in her examina-
tion:—
" I went to him (her husband) to entreat him logo quietly, and
whilst speaking to him defendant came up to me on horseback, and
gave me a push, and like to have pushed me down. I was urthe
tiunily way tar advanced. I hod liked to have been down. To
save myself from falling. J laid hold ?f msg. I believe I put my
hand and cairp,ht hold of him somewhere on the shoulder. lie up
with the thick end of hit whip, which he turned in his hand, and
he hit me on the hand; I thought he had broke my fingers; I
turned round as if to go away ;lee followed me about; I picked sip
a small stick to keep the horse front me; I dropped the stick and
he kept coming on sue. I then got forwards and tried to get a
pitcluork ; could not get sip the pitchfork. Mr. Max asked me
what I was ping to do with the fork I and I told him I would let
hint, Ain't LINT, kiww what he struck and rode it, to me for."
It is of great importance that the public should be in
full possession of the case, as it exemplifies the conduct of
local Magistrates, as connected with the extraordinary sen-
tence passed upon Mr. A. FLINT. The sentence, our
readers will remember, was, " That Mr. A. FLINT be
confined in the common gaol of the county of Strafford fir Lord Granville, Ambassador from England to the Court
tint • of the Netherlands, arrived at Brussels on the Ist inst.
the space el SIX CALENDAR SIONTIIS, should pay a of Letters from Constantinople state that Lord Strangford
ONE 111: N Dan) pou NOS to the King, and be farther ins- had given great offence to the majority of the Turkish Ali-
prisoned until Mat fine be paid !!I Is it possible that Mr. nistry, by the positive tone in which he demanded, onOe
FELL could have received a literal transcript of Me charge, Itch of January, the immediate evacuation of Wallachia
and the minutes of Me evidence, and have brought his and Moldavia, but that he is in favour with the Sultan
and the Grand Vizier, wbo are both disposed to a pacific
mind conscientiously to the conclusion, that this sentence policy.
was right and lenient? We will now compare the cvi- His Danish Majesty has issued a decree relative to the
deuce above quoted of the prosecutrix herself, an interestedl
rs
land-tax, calculated to afford essential immediate relief to
the latulholde, and ultimately to raise the value of the
witness, with the disinterested evidence of Mr. DEAN.
paper currency. This tax may, in future, be paid in pa-
We will transcribe his evidence, that those who read may per, at its nominal value, or in grain. The paper is now
dgr:— ' • at a discount of 20 per cent, and consequently this provi-
" Richard Dean lives at Pipe Grange near Lichfield, on his own non effects a reduction, pro taato, in the amount of the
estate—was at Wood End Farm die beginning of February host— tax.
I went to meet Mr. Flint to point out some straw and clover which Ire are happy to find that a subscription is going on for
Walker had sold, as agent to Mr. Flint, so me. Rock, my wag.
Mr. FI iwnet ca, e. Lin 31; Flint ant ad qivawrter oifnanthe"oruisrlbeia7 the relief of the distressed colonists at the Cape; and we
31rs. Emery came in--she began to use a great deal of ill language hdo3ibyt net that
%tliie appeal to the public on behalf these 1111-
-Y
I ..11 be most liberally answered.
to Mr. Flint. dir. Flint rode about, appuently to keep out of her I e understand that Major Ormsby Gore, of Porking-
way. After he was walking his horse so seem! time* up and down, ton, Salop, intends to offer himself as a candidate for the
she picked up a stick; it appeared to nit to be a brier sue:, good count
lengths ; I am positive she struck him. Ile list not pushed or struck D"bhn Pa er
Eal
lies, or anything of the kind ; she rapped at hint as hard asshe could; • y
Pof Leikim, vacant by the death of Luke White,
•
fit had been me I should have tulleover her I am sure; it was n Monday last, James Farquhar, Esq. of Duke-street,
ioniolent Mr. Flint's horse reared up on emil. Mr. Flint's whip Westminster, was elected to serve in Parliament for the
dropped upon Mrs. Emery—he appeared to be striking the mare on Borough of Portarlingtou, in the room of David Ricardo,
the neck. There was a pitch-fork of mine near—she laid hold of
E
it; I said •• Oh, for shame, bits. Emery;" bile said, "it is all T. deceased.
ire
understand. that a requisition is cow in course of
through you." A man took the fork'out other hand, I don't know
memature, and will shortly be presented to the Mayor of
his name. I had bought a rick of clover, and firm of stow. has
of the latter small, fir 441. I paid it about the middle of February Winchester,- for the purpose of calling an early Meeting,
into the Lichfield hank; I am sorry I was there that morning. to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning Par-
Dlr. Flint never struck her with the bun end of his whip; 1 was liament for the abolition of time House and Irintlow Tax.—
there all the time."
Simi!ar mucilage are about to be held throughout the
It were superfluous to offer any continent. The whole country.
proceeding speaks for itself. Having illustrated this case A Court Martial has been sitting two days on board his
by the brief introductory statement, we now come to the MiQesty.e ship Queen Charlotte (whereof Admiral Sir
, dames Hawkins Whitshed, K.C.B. is President), for the
part taken by Mr. Chetwynd, in procuring, as the Attor-trial of Captain Percy Grace, of his Majesty's ship Cyrene,
racy-General affirms he did, the discharge of Mr. A. Flint on charges of taking goods out of a prize slave vessel, on
from prison, and the remission of the 1001. penalty, which the coast of Africa, and of starting the marines :old sea-
he had thus imposed. men of the sloop of war under his command, contrary to
" The House utmost be already aware," lays the Learned Advo. the orders of the service. The prosecution ended this day,
cate, that I have some knowledge of the traneactionsnow brought I, and Captain Grace will enter upon his defence on Monday
iItIOVC their notice, particularly as to those pens of silent which are
The 95th Regitnent, Col. Gue.avus Brown just raised), morning next.—Porleminith Paper of Saturday.
(
more intimately connected with the conduct of my llonourahlel
and Learned Friend, who is now the subject of sectouition. In the
~
first place, I have Ono to state, it Was t,y the desire qf y Hon. at.
t _umberland Fort, wait ordered to embark this morn-
end Learned Friend that the petition in farm:. of Mr. Abraham mg tne Moditerraticau.—Hareyshire Telegraph of Su. 1]
FINt antrArteurded (a Lord Sidmvuth, the then Secretary for the turday. 41

By a letter from Bayonne of the 2Sth ult. received yes-
terday, we learn that Ferdinand has dismissed fourteen
members of the Castilian Council, and that the French
Ambassador was suppoied to have been mainly instru-
mental to this change. These members are said to owe
their sudden disgrace to the fact of having prepared and
advocated the long-talked of Decree of Amnesty ; and so
far from this Decree making its appearance, the Spanish
D.spot has recently entered one hundred and fifty per-'
sons, known for their liberal principles, to leave the capital.
Private letters say that Ferdinand is displeased with his
Ministry, which, on several accounts, is likely ere long to
be dissolved. The provinces, in the mean time, arc loud]
agitated ; a body of persecuted Liberals have appeared in
Old Castile ; and Constitutional Proclamations continue '1
to be openly circulated in Callicia. Indeed, the state of 1
things is such, that it is considered advisable to strengthen
the French force in the Peninsula, and a speedy augmenta-
tion is spoken of. That infuriated Monk, the Trappist, so
well known for his fiery zeal during the late campaign,
has been arrest:A at Madrid, and conveyed to his convent.
This pious ecclesiastic was loud in his opposition to the
King's command that lie should return to a monastic life,
and it was at length found necessary to order a body of
troci:n to convey him front the capital, and give him into,
the care of his Superior. Merino, another ecclesiastic, who
was rccently commanded by the King to return to his
clerical duties, still keeps the field with a body of troops,
alleging as a reason for his conduct, that the King is no
in.possession of his absolute rights, but, on the contraryt
ndcr the thraldom of the French.
BAYONNE, FEB. 29.
By the accounts front Ilad7itl of the 22d, it appears that Merino
refuses to oh..y the King's orders, because, as he pretends, his Ma.
jest, is in the power of the French, and does not enjoy the plenitude
of his authority. Nothing was known of the French column that
mooched towards Segovia, or of that whi-h left Burgos about the
same thee to proceed to Owns. It is aflftmed that a party of per-
secuted Liberals has appeared in Old Castile. The Trappist had
already received orders to quit Madrid, when he presented himself
to his Majesty, and asked as the reunnl of his services that he
would grant him the superintendence of the Police of Cuenca,
with the military command of that place. The King referred him
to the Minister of War. The Minister told him he could not
agree to his desire ;- and that it was the King's pleasure that he
should return to his Convent. Then the Trappist flew into a pas-
sion with the Minister, who called him a Liberal, and a Freema-
son. fibs Excellency had hint turned out of the room, and having
immediately given an account to the King of what had passed, his
Majesty ordered a Colonel to accompany the Trappist, with
btl cavalry, and to deliver him into the hands of his Superior: thus
ends the political end military career of this warlike monk. The
ea~~rppaa of Beasieres is disbanded, and that (hooted, in his farewell
address,praises the good discipline they have always observed, and
exhorts them toreinnin faithful to their oath, and shed the last drop of
their blood ire defence of the best of Sovereigns.
_The King hasjust
removed feu men inembem of the Council of Castile, of whom only two
retire with their salaries. Eleven other councillors arealready named.
The disgrace of the 14 members conies from their having planned
or drawn up the Decree of Amnesty, which has not been published.
The French Ambassador is supposed to have a great share in this
change of the Council. One hundred and fifty persons, known foe
their liberal opinions, or for having commanded corps of militia,
have received orders from the general police immediately to leave
Madrid. All remoasteances have been in vain; they were breed
to obey. Is is said they are gas* to Old Castile. Ilia Majesty haw .
just re.cdablished theta: introduied ittl7titi, and abolished is 17st,
by which houses, mills, and machines, arc to pay .1 per cent., and
landed property 6 per cent.; the kingdom of Navarre, and the pri-
vileged provirees, only are excepted. The estates and revenues of
the clergy, excepting peartunonial estates, are not exempt. Another
decree imposes on the merchants an annual tax of ten millions of
reals. In another decree the King, considering that salt tish ts an
ankle proceeding from the maritime industry of foreigners ; that
the sonsuiliption of it prejidioes the industry and riches of his
subjects; that without burdening it with duties it may be made
more advantageous to the State than it has hitherto been ; the King
has resolved that the rude in shall he confided to a beard,
which shall have more:eines in all the poets (rein which merchants
and dealers may supply themselves, and carry on their trade in this
article as they I see hitherto done.
Two other Decrees relate to tobacco and and salt, the trade in
which continues to Ise a monopoly of the t'mwn.
On the 26d there s as a report of the dissolution of the Ministry,
winch does not Kean to be very firmly established in power. There
are various nmorts about I lallicia, whore proclanienons enatinue to
be hissed, notwithstanding all the efforts of the ministerial party.
Two squadrons of the I.lth and 14th regiments of dungeon passed
to-day through this city, to rejoin their regiments in Span. It is
still reported that our force will be augmented.

Most certainly, if this statement were true, this zealous
activity of Mr. Chetwynd, his restless, and, at Icrigth, suc-
cessful exertions on behalf of Mr. A. Flint, would have
been so jar honourable to him. But we will state THE
FACT, and if after that it turns out that there is error
a syllable ar truth in the whole of the Attorney-Gene-
ral's statement, then let his "Honourable and Learned
Friend" have the benefit of it. The result of this
indictment, and the incredible and unprecedented se-
verity of the sentence pronounced upon him, excited
a strong feeling of indignation in the county and neigh-
bourhood. The subject was taken up warmly, and
Mr. Chetwynd, in order to allay the manifest displea-
sure which the proceeding had created, intimated his rea-
diness to support any application for Mr. Flint's discharge,;
who was then in prism pursuant to his sentence. A me-
morial was drawn up, but it was objected to that it did
not state that Mr. Chetwynd had acted with impartiality!
on the judgment he had pronounced. A second memorial
was prepared, and, signed by eight gentlemen on the Com-
mission of the Peace, and by all the Gentlemen and most
respectable pc .sons of the town and neighbourhood, but who I
declined attesting his impartiality, and this admission was
therefore again omitted. From the high respectability of;
the signatures, Mr. Chetwynd could not decently decline I
to forward it. He kept it, however, b 3 him from the
30th November to the 27th of December following, before
he presented it, during which interval repeated attempts
were made to obtain a third to be drawn up with the de-
sired attestation. But the efforts for that purpose were of
no avail. It was then reluctantly forwarded, but aecom-
panied with a letter well enough calculated to defeat its
ipurpose, of which letter the following is a copy:—

Brockton Lodge, Dec. 1821.
My Lord—l beg leave to submit to your Lordship the inclosed
memorial in favour of Mr. A. 'lint, attorney at kw, who eras con.
victed of an assault, at the last Cieneral Quarter Sessions, holden
for this county, and sentenced to six months imprisonment, and to
pay a fine of 1001., which I am induced to do more In deference
to the very resp..ctabk manorial,and in merciful consideration of the
defendant and his family, than from any dirratiffact;on al Me verdict
or the :enter:fr.

The Court was perplexed with contrary evidence, and the cam
was certainly attended with considerable doubt and perplexity, and
as the Jury, which appeared both respectable and intelligent, be.
lieved the witnesses for the prosecution, we. the Court, consisting
of four magistrates, ander as impression that those of the defendant
had committed perjury, passed the sentence, which, V that mere
not the fact, was unnecessarily revere, as to the assault charged,
which was not of a serious or aggravated nature. Though I cannot
state to yourLotdship that this impression is entirely removed from
my mind, yet as the case was certainly not without considerable dif-
ficulty, and as the defendant has already suffered nearly three
months imprisonment, and as the full execution of the sentence, as
the memorialists observe, is likely to be so ruinous to the defendant,
I beg to assure your Lordship it will give me great pleasure that
the royal mercy should be extended to the prisoner, if, wider the
circumstances of the case, your Lordship shall think it may be done
' with propriety.
The result of this application will be collected from the
following letter, witten by Mr. Chetwynd to Mr. Flint, an-
nouncing it:—
Brockton Lodge, Jan. 7, 1822.
Sir—l last night received Lord Sidmauth's reply to say appli.
cation in your behalf, which is in the following words—After ae-
knowledgmg my letter of thenth ult. :—" Having attentively coo-
sidered the statement of Mr. Flint, I cannot find in it any circum-
stances sufficient to justify me in recommending Mr. Flint to the
King at present, as a fit object of free portion."
It is very painful to me to communicate this intelligence to
you, but in my opinion the memorial, however respectably signed,
mwsot at all likely to obtain your object. My letter to his Lord-
ship was in effect, and indeed, almost verbatim, as altered by
Messrs. W. and H., snt:. you are perfectly welcome to see it.
If an interview with mt would be at all satisfactory to you, I
will call on you on Saturday mottling, or earlier, if I am alas to
stir out. Any further application must, lam convinced, come
from the magistrates who were present at your trial, and with whom
I shall most cordially join in endeavouring to procure you a free
lassdon, if upon a further deliberation, we should be dissatisfied with
the verdict, or think you have already fully expiated your offence.
1 ant, Sir, your very obedient Servant,
GEORGE CIIETWVND.

It will be unnecessary to go lino* more minute detail;
it is sufficient to add, that after many efforts had been made
by Mr. Chetwynd, to induce Mr. Flint to recognise his im-
partiality on some further application, for which purpose he
visited him personally in the prison on the 25th and 46th
January, and Mr. Flint having expressed his determination
to undergo the remainder of his imprisonment rather than
assent, /tuff Me term (f which had expired, Mr. Chetwynd
at length procured his discharge from Mr. Peel, who, in
the interval, had riceeeded Lord Sidinouth in the Home
Department. This was the zealous activity of "his Honour-
able and Learned Friend," on which the Attorney-General
was so lavish of his panegyric. We have been carried un-
avoidably to a length which presses upon more space than
we can well spare. But we consider this case u one of
such iniquitous oppression, considered in connection with
that of the brother, Mr. Charles Flint, of which we know
of no parallel in the annals of modern magistracy, that it
cannot be too deeply sifted, or placed too prominently un-
der the eye of the public.

We return, in performance of our promise, to the Par-
liamentary -defence of Mr. Currie YN D, and we entreat the
Attorney-General to receive our rtnewed assurance of high
eonrithrulion. li'e have already disposed of the accuracy
of his averment, that Mr. Charles Flint suffered onlyfive
hours' hard labour (Whitener, end that except a little inter-
' val of occupation at the spinning w'aeei," for the remainder
of his imprisonment he did nothing—he was idle!" A
statement extremely well contrived for the purpose, no
doubt, that of impressing the llouse and public with an
opinion that his " Ilanorrable and Learned Friend," the
3letnber for Raiford, had besn unjustly complained:mai:lst ,