The Sun.
London, England, 1828-11-05 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

. Yesterday a young man and a woman,. husband
and wife, natives of Calcutta, and neither speaking
a word of English, came to this Offiee,'..accompanied
by a Lascar of-the same nation, Who ;acted for them
as interpreter, to ask for the I!•lttgistrate's, advice in
the following case : •
The Liscur stated very intelligibly that Ms two
friends, the spplicants, "were brought over to this
country from their native place 'in lithe, in the ca-
pacity of domestic servants by a Mr. John Beecher,
a stilt•merchant, who promised to' send them back
home again to Calcutta, by the first vessel after they
should express a wish to return ; that more than
tWo. months ago, they had expressed-this_ wish, par-
ticularly as the female found herself enceinte, .and
was exceedingly desirous of giving:birth tp her off-
spring .amongst her own friends ; but to all their
entreaties to be sent home, Mr. Beecher had lent a
deaf ear, excusing himself from time to titne, under
the plea that there was no vessel to be found bound
for Calcutta, and that•he must wait' until he could
hear of one, although it was well knoWn .thaf.
wards of a hundred vessels had Sailed out there froth'
the port_ of London since the applicants first 'urged
him to send them home. Indeed, the Lascar said,
to his•own knowledge there were several, anti one
so late as last Monday morning. - The applicants
said that.they were now fearful, for they had some
reason to. think so, that Mr. Beecher was about to
desert them altogether, without either providing for
their pasitage home, or paying upwards of .200 -
rupeeS that he owed them ; and. if he should so de-
sert them, they knew not on earth what to do, as
they were total strangers, and had not a friend to
support them, with the prospect, too, of the female,
ere any great length of time, becoming a mother.
The MAGISTRATti asked, if they had not better
have applied to the Lord 'Mayor in the city. •
The I.ascar said, that they had applied to- the.
Lord Mayor, and produced to the Magistrate a letter
which had been written for them to the Lord Mayor,
stating their case; but his Lordship recotnmended
them to apply at this office,
as Mr. Beecher, with
whom they.
resides within this district. •
The MAGISTRATE said, that as faros the debt of
200 rupees went, be had no power to interfere, but
as to sending the applicants home to their own
country again, he considered that Mr. Beecher was
boundto
do so ; and, indeed. he understood that all
persons bringing natives from India. to NI; country,
were compelled to enter into a bond to return thern
again. He would, however, give the applicants. a
letter to the Directors of the East India Company

upon the subject, who would be most likely to see
justice done by them ; and that was all he could do.
The Luscar thanked the Magistrate, and said, that
he had no doubt but the East India Directors would
interfere on his Worship's application.
HATTON.G.ARDEN.
On Monday night a young man of the name of
George Saunders, a recruit in the service of the
Hoe. East India Company, was brought up by the
parish authorities.of St. Mary, Islington, complained

of for being about to leave the country, and abandon-
ing
his child to the parish. •
Mr. Ashley, relieving overseer, stated that the
child, a female of about l 4 months old, whose ma-
ternal parent is dead, was brought to their hOusit
that morning for relief, and information given them
that the father had enlisted on Wednesday last, and
in the course of a few days was to sail for India.
The person who brought the child and gave the in-
formation was sister to the deceased mother, and
was now present to corroborate the statement.
Mr. LAING ordered the office to be cleared of
strangers, and the defendant and witne,s to be taken
.out, with strict injunctions that no person should be
allowed to speak with them. After a short con-
ference with the overseer, it was understood that
the complaint was dismissed, and an order made to
I take the child into the NNorkhouse. . .