Police.
The Times, 1824-07-26T00:00:00

MANsIol;-51ousr.-The lfanmion-house was on Friday night conmpletely besieged by nearly half a hundred Lascars, who, vrith their Serang, insisted upon seeing- the Lord Alayor at half past 11 o'clock, and declared that they were afraid to go an board their shiip. on accountof the ferocious ioniluct of their Cantain. The Lord MIayor found it necessar-. to send thenm all to the Compter until Sa- turday morning, when Captain Garrick, against whom they comrn plained, appeared, at the request of his L rdship. to confront his aecusers. Captain Campbell acted as intcrpreter to the Serang, who solemaly stated the complaint, whichi wvas in substance as follows :_ That Captain Garrick had, at the Isle of France., acted with the greatest crue lty towards the I,ascars who composed his crew, that he ? had beaten them with thick ropes and whips, and that after their I departurefrom the island, for this country, he ha(l treateld them withn still greater rigour, hiaving constantly "started" them on the voyage. But the complaint upon which they laid most emphasis was, that the Captain liad withhield their pay from them. The interpretcr told the Lord Mayor that he suspected there was no ground whatever for complaint, and that itt fact the charge of cruelty resolved itielf inito nolthing more than the cMarge of prevent- ing teo lascars from spending their money dissolutely, in order to do which it was absolutely necessary to keep it out of their reach. The Serang said, he had spoken to the rest of the men upon the subject, and they all abhorred the id,a of gning on board. For his ovn part, he would rathier be hanged in England titan ftll under the hands of the Captain at sea. The in'croreter said, he had had a zireat de-l of expetience of the chatacter of the native., and was cot- vinced that it was positively necessary to inflict some pu nishment upon thetti in order to induce thetn to woVk. Cap- tain ;Garrick said, that at the Isle of France he had ;;dvtncect some money to the Serang, who immediately afterwards ditap- peared, andi refused to return to the ship, after having encou. raged the me?l to do the sa.ne thi?g, ntntil the Police laid hands- Lupon hiz he (ttte defcndans) had(l .ivdn his bond tor 2,jOO. to the East Indtla Compa?ny as a security fe. the re!urn of the crew, aud if he gave them their demands, the fairness of which he at once ad- mitted, le should never bc able to fulfil his engazement. The mo- tnent ttey arived, a number of extortioners and dissolute females got routd them,, and encouraged them to make a hard push for their money. The Serati, whose obstinaev was most cxtraordinarv, lcd the way in the business, atud had collected money from thc men, in order to defray all the expenses of the holding out against ithe Com- pany. As soon as the ship slioald fall down to Gravesend, he (the Captain) shouid give each man two montlhs in atdvatice; but for his own sake, as well as for thct men's, lie should not give thiem a half- penny tuntil tihatt time. Ile was convinced that if the Serasug were to lead. the way, the men would follow without hesitation. The LORD MlAYon.-Have you ever given these mett any more than the necessary correction ? Captain Garrick said. he certainly never hiad. The Serang, intleed, had flogged a osan because tte poor fellow would not consent to oppose the return to India utntil their pay should be fostheoming. lie (the Captain) would promise nevex to take notice of this complaint, if they consented to return. The Serang swore he would sooner die wlhere he was, than move an inch with the Captain. The LJORD M1Avon said, that it would be hlis duty to compel the 5erng to go, if he persevered in his re- fusal. The Seraug then sadt tat ff they all gottheir money, they wvould all go on board immedtatcly. The former reasons were as- signed for not complying with the request by the Captain. The Loan MAYOR said hc was convinced that the detention of the pay was the cause of the desertion, and the Serang at lkngth consented to go, upon the promise of the Captain not to visit any pu- nishmetit upon them when he should have them more completely in his power. Before the complainants left the Mlansion-house. his Lordship earnestly requested that the Captain would retain no harsh recollection of what had just taken place, and that he woould exercise his power mildly. BoW-sTREVET.On Saturday, Xichael Afoore, latc acting purser of His iMlajesty's ship Liverpool, was brought up for re-ex- amination, charged with having sent in forged and fraudulent do. cuments te the Victualling-office, with intent to defraud his AEa. jesty the King. Ile had been remanded from Wednesday last, on purpose togive him an opportunity of procuring legal advice; but he had nobhdy in attendatice, and he accounted' for it by saying that he hadngot the means of procuring the assistance of any person. In reply to the charge, he complained of having had so ntany *luties im- posed upon him whilst on board the Liverpool; ard was at the samee time oO harassed and driven about by the officers, ihat he could do nothinig properly. The accounts in question, he said, were tnadc up whilst he was thus harassed, and therefore it was not wonderful if they were not exactly correct. the Magistrate told him, however this mright be, there was quite sufficient evidence to warrant his commitment, and he was accord- ingly committed to Newgate for trial at the ensuing sessions. It is a singd.lar fact, that this unhappy man has persisted in making that claim gon the Victualling-office for which he is now about to be tried for his life, though he was repeatedly told what would be the consequence. POLJCIE.