Star.
London, England, 1826-09-07 00:00:00

TOWN HALL.

A poor Negro, the victim of that cruel Nonrge, the sea scurvy,
was brought up by the street-keeper for exposing hia person. The
lower jaw and the hands of this miserable man were eaten away.
The Alderman compassionately sent him to the Parish officers,
since which he has been protected by the Society for the Relief
of Foreigners.
THAMES POLICE.

ALUM= Saocnno Cauetay.—Sansoel Hawkins, Captain of the
ship Jane, a Jamaica trader, was brought up on a warrant, by
Blebby, the °Aker, charged with several acts of the most tatheara-
of cruelty towards Thomas Due, a boy of eleven years of age, on
board the ship on her voyage home.
Thomas Doe, being sworn, stated that he is engaged in board
the Jane, and that he went oat to Jamaica with the prisoner at the
bar, during which voyage he had been treated with great severity ;
but that on his voyage home, about three weeks ago, he suffered the
most creel treatment; he said that one day the Captain ordered
him to go up and grease the mast, which he did; but while aloft
the grease•bucket fell from him, and the Captain, on his coming
below, gave him lit doaen of lashes.

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Mr. BALLMITYNS asked hint whether the Captain stripped
hint.—The boy said he was stripped of every thing except his
shirt, sad after he had Bogged him, be sent him up again to
grease the mast, and oe he coming down be again Bogged him;
he then stowed himself away in the hold, and be was there for
two days; on the Captain discovering him, he put an iron collar
round his neck, to which was fastened a chain, vreighing cwt. and
which he made him drag from one end of the ship to the other.
—He then stowed himself away again in the hold, and on being
discovered a second time, the Captain gave hint sis dozen more,
and made him drag the iron chain, which was suspended as before,
around the deck; he then knocked him down, and trampled upon
him; he again went below out of his way, and the Captain got
him again; he then tied his hands and feet, and shut hint up in a
cupboard, where be remained three days without any covering, nor
was he permitted to make use of his hands to eat his food ; it was
one of the boys who used to feed him.
The iron collar, which was put round the boy's neck, as well ai
the whipcord lashes with which the boy had been flogged, were here
produced, and excited strong feelings of horror.
W. Bernsfer, the mate of the vessel, corroborated the boy's
evidence.

Surgeon Robert Hells, of Limehouse, stated, that about ten
days ago, he examined the boy, and found several marks of severe
laceration on his back; his wrists were ulcerated, evidently front
the pressure of a ligature; the sinews of his knees were contractcd,
the abdomen was hard, his health generally impaired—he was de-
bilitated and feverish. _

Mr. ast.i.surrant asked the prisoner what be had to say for him-
self?—The prisoner said, that he was really taken so unawares
from his home, that he had not the benefit of having Counsel, or
getting evidence, and hoped it would be adjourned fut a few days.
Mr. BaLantarig said, the question of whether he was guilty or
not, was not to be tried there ; bit he must say, that hom the
evidence which was produced, a more atrocious act he never had
the misfortune to hear. lie woold require furty-eight hour:
notice of bail; and the bail be should require was tw•o wilt:tics tit
£5O each.

At liavannah the physicians immediately apply ice
to every part of the body of persons attacked by the yellow fever.
It has very generally succeeded.
Last week, a helpless uld woman, in the parish of
Crudest, daring the temporary absence of she family with which she
lived, had her clothes kindled, and although her situation errs sons
discovered, the poor wonsau was so muds scorched that she only
survived the accident a few hours. The unfortunate sufferer w•rs
in ber 90th year, of the name of Urquhart, and had a narrow escape
from a like death is December last, when her bed was rem wed.
and partly caught fire in consequence of au attempt to blow up :he
house by gunpowder.