The Sun.
London, England, 1864-12-03 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

POVERTY AND CRIME,—Eliza Irwin, a young woman
21 years of age who was very scantily and poorly olothed
for the season of the year, was charged with wilfully
breaking three panes of glass in a building attached to
Chelsea workhouse.
Police constable, 212 D, said that he was on duty near
St. Luke's 'Workhouse, Chelsea, between 11 and 12 last
night, when the defendant came up and told him that she
had broken some glass in the new workhouse, and wanted
to be sent to prison. She said she had done so because she
could not obtain admission into the workhouse, and he
then took her into custody. -

Mr Selfe asked whether anyone was present to represent
the parish authorities.
The policeman replied there was not. The new build-
ing in which the windows had been broken had not yet
been handed over to the parish authorities, as it was not
quite finished. The building was attached to the work-
house and was to form part of it.
Mr Selfe observed that he saw by the newspapers that
this was becoming a very common offence.
Dennis, the jailor—There was a young woman here yes-
terday for the same offence, committed for seven days.
.Mr Selfe—What have you to say to this defendant ?
Defendant—They have turned me out of the workhouse,
and what am Ito do? I have got no home nor place of
shelter, and so I was glad to break the glass to finish my
wretchedness and get to prison.
Mr Selfe—Have you been in the workhouse?
Defendant—l have.
Mr Selfe—Do you belong to St. Luke's, Chelsea ?
Defendent--Yes, I do.
Mr Selfe—You say you were turned out of the
work
house ? How was that ?
Mr Simmonds, the chairman of the board, ordered me to
be turned out of the house. I had only been in a week, I
told them I had no place to go to, but they turned me out
without giving me a farthing, and what was I to do ? I
can't go about the streets without food and with no shelter.
I would rather go to prison, a great deal. I shall at any
rate be out of the streets.
Mr Selfe—l should like to see somebcdy from the parish
to hear whether the statement you have made is correct. I
shall remand you until Tuesday, and should like to have
the attendance of one of the parish officers here on that day.

DEATH OF Mr. WILLIAM LEWIS DAYTON.—We
have to record the daath of Mr. William Lewis
Dayton, the Minister of the United States of America to
the Court of the Tuileries, who expired of apoplexy on
Thursday evening. The deceased gentleman was the son
of a New Jersey farmer, and was by profession a lawyer.
Ho was born in New Jersey in 1807, and called to the ler
there in 1830. In a few years he attained high honours
and office in his native State, and afterwards chairman of
the Justiciary Committee, and one of the assistant justices
of the Supreme Court. In 1811 he was delegated to the
Senate at Washington, a position ho filled till 1847, when,
not being re-elected, he returned to his profession. His
party was the Republican ; and, in 1856, when General
Fremont contested the presidency on the same platform,
the election fell upon Mr. Buchanan, and the Democra-
tic party was in the ascendancy. Mr Dayton again retired
to the practice of his profession, till, in 1860, the Republi-
cans carried the Presidency for Mr Lincoln, from whom
he received the appointment of Minister Plenipotentiary
at the French Court.
DEATH OF SERGEANT STEPHEN.—The death of
Sergeant A. J. Stephen, for some years one of her Majesty's
Commissioners in Bankruptcy, has taken place. The learned
gentleman was well known for his " Commentaries" and
other legal works. He was 78 years of age.
DEATH OF THE REV. DR ARCLIER.—The death
of the Rev. Dr Thomas Archer, who has long been
known as one of the most eloquent of London preachers,
is announced. He belonged to the United Presbyterian
Church of Scotland, which is a separate body from both the
Established Church and the Free Church, but with scarcely
appreciable' differences in doctrine or discipline. Thirty-
three years ago Dr Archer was elected-minister of Oxend on-
street Chapel, near the Haymarket, and dining the whole
of that long period he has secured a congregation composed
of some of the most opulent and the most intelligent of his
fellow-countrymen residing in London and its neighbour-
hood. He was a man of large and liberal views, and his
death will be deeply deplored.
THE BLOCKADE RUNNER, COLONEL LAMB.--It
was currently reported in Liverpool a few weeks ago that
this steamer had been captured whilst running the blockade
into Wilmington. By the arrival at Liverpool yesterday of
the City of Baltimore, screw steamer, it appears that the
Colonel Lamb, after safely running the blockade with an
extremely valuable cargo intoWihnington,had again eluded
the vigilance of the Federal cruisers off Wilmington, and
arrived at Nassau all right, with a good cargo.
Col. and Lady Emily Kingecote left Sandringham
for town yesterday, after a visit to their Royal Highnesses
the Prince and Princees of

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