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Under these circumstances, no other course was left open to Mr Germain than to lay an information against the Policemen for assault, and which has accordingly been done, and the case shall be heard in a few days before the magistrates in town, when the whole affair will be canvassed. It must then be explained why, in the instance of a mere agent of an absent part pwner, the Collector of Customs thought proper to remove the Captain appointed by the managing owner, and appoint as Captain a man 'serving under articles to another Captain'. If these ascertions be true, we must certainly say that the legality of the proceedings appear very questionable. Upon the official interference it is not our province to offer an opinion. We may enquire, however, if the lay Adviser of the crown has sanctioned the very decided steps taken in this affair? From the Police also, and the parties by whose orders acted, a stern reckoning will be required. To drag a number of men from their natural home on board their employer's vessel, and in turning them adrift, without one shilling of their wages being paid to them, and therefore without the slightest means of support, for no other reason than they were faithful to their master appears to us as much an outrage upon the laws of the country as it certainly is upon those of humanity and religion.
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