The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-28 00:00:00

CLERKENWELL.

James Sturland was placed at the bar for final ex•
amination, charged by Mr. Thomas Davies, chemist
and druggist, of 13, Hereford-row, Bayswater, with
having uttered a forged bill of exchange for 3601.
The prisoner reserved his defence, and was fully
committed to Newgate for trial.
SOUTH WARK.

Thomas Caruthers, the master of the Pauline Hall
brig, and four of his seamen, and also Thomas Nichol-
son, a Custom house officer, appeared upon their re-
cognizances to answer the alleged charge of being
instrumental to the death of a young girl named Eliza
Pledge, who suddenly expired on board the above
vessel on Thursday morning last.
When the case was ealled on for re-examination on
this occasion, the magistrate (Mr. A'Reckett) was in-
formed that an inquest had been held on the body of
the deceased, and that the jury, acting upon the
evidence of the medical officer who made a post
mortent examination of the body, returned a verdict
that the deceased's death was produced in consequence
of imbibing a quantity of spirituous liquor.
The master of the Pauline Hall now said, that the
fact of the deceased's dying under such circumstances
as had been described, on board the vessel he com-
manded, was calculated to be of an injurious tendency
to him, the more particularly as his name had been
mixed up in the transaction. He, however, could
assure the magistrate that he was quite ignorant that
the deceased was on board his vessel, and knew nothing
of the circumstances till Thursday last, when he was
informed that she was dying in the forecastle, where
the men slept. He was anxious that this explanation
should appear, in order that it might be made known
that he, as master of the Pauline Hall, would not
have permitted a young woman to have remained on
board if he had been made acquainted with the fact,
but have take❑ immediate steps for her removal on
shore before she could hare had an opportunity of
drinking spirits to the excess which she must have
done in the forecastle, in the absence of all but th•
girl who accompanied her on board.
Mr. A'BECLETT said that there being no evidence
before him to implicate any of the parties present as
being concerned in the deceased's death, which it ap-
peared by the surgeon's testimony was caused by the
quantity of spiritous liquors she had drunk, he would
di: charge the recognizance of 5001. entered into by
the master of the Pauline Hall for his appearance
and that of his crew, and also the recognizance of
801. entered into at the same time by the Custom.
house officer.
The parties then retired.

The Lords of the Judicial Committee of the
Privy Council will commence their sittings on Wednes-
day, the sth December, at the Council-office, Whitehall,
for the purpose. of hearing appeals from the colonies
and elsewhere.
In many persons grief takes the form of anger.
A proud spirit, unwilling to di,play itself covered with
dust and ashes, uplifts its head with unbecoming pride,
in order to conceal that temporary humiliation.—Lliza
Cook's Journal.

DREADFUL FIRE IN NOTTlNGlum.—Yesterday
(Tuesday) morning, shortly before four o'clock, a fire
broke out in Nottingham, and in a few minutes after-
wards a long range of wooden buildings, in what is
called Lee's-close, were a mass of flames. A hovel, a
shed, a hay store-house, and a stable were entirely de-
stroyed, and other places more or less injured. At the
time the alarm was first given, about 20 pigs, several
cows, two horses, and a pony were fastened within the
burning buildings, but all were brought safely out, ex-
cept the three latter, which were burnt to death. One
of the horses was rescued twice, but such was its great
alarm that it both times broke away, and ran into
the midst of several tons of burning hay, and soon
afterwards died in great agony. The horses and pony
were (worth something less than 501., the property
2001. or 3001. It appears the fire had originated
thus .—A drunken fellow nsmetl Charles Barnes ob
tained leave to sleep in one of the buildings ; he began
to smoke, and a spark from his pipe ignited a quantity
of littt r. He was seriously burned, but fortunately
escaped with his life. None of the owners of the pro-
perty were insured, and several who followed the occu-
pation of coal higglers have lost the whole means of
their subsistence.
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