The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-10 00:00:00

WESTMINSTER.

A FIT CASE FOR HANWELL ASYLUM.—Elizabeth Cor-
bett, a girl of 20, who has been at this court several times
charged with creating disturbances at Chelsea Workhouse,
assaulting the porters, and doing damage, was charged this
morning with breaking six panes of glass, value 35., at the
workhouse of St. Luke's, Chelsea.
George Blandford, the porter, said that prisoner came
night at 7 o'clock, and was ad-
to the house on Friday
mitted as a casual. She went to the master's door, and
rung his bell. The master desired him to fetch a police-
man. When ho came with the policeman she went into
the hall and tried to fasten herself in. Witness opened the
door, and then she smashed six of the windows with her
hands, and was taken to the station.
In reply to Mr. Selfe, the witness said she was not con-
sidered insane by the medical officers. She behaved her-
self as long as she was allowed to have her own way.
The night porter, M‘Lachlan, said prisoner had been
threatening him several nights this week. He never
spoke to her. She discharged herself voluntarily last
Wedndesday, and had annoyed them over since.
The prisoner, whose parents are insane, and who is
herself undoubtedly mad, at times, went into a long
detail of the treatment she had experienced at the
hands of the master, matron, vnd all the officials of the
workhouse at Chelsea. She cOmplairied that on this occa-
sion she had to walk about the courtyard in the drenching
rain to avoid the horrible language of the other paupers in
the wardroom, and when she complained to the master and
asked him to interfere, he shut himself up in his room with
the matron and jeered at her through the window. When
she saw a policeman coming she preferred a night in the
police-station to being abused and assaulted by casual
paupers, and smashed the windows to be locked up. She
mow lost her temper, and having violently threatened
several persons,
Mr. Selfe sentenced her to seven days' imprisonment for
the damage.
Prisoner said she had witnesses to call, and her relatives
treated and threatened.
would employ a solicitor. She was always being ill-

Mr. Selfe ordered her at the expiration of the seven days
to find a surety in £5 to keep the peace for three months.
She was removed, threatening the master, matron, and
porter.

MUTINY ON THE HIGH SEAS.-011 Thursday
three sailors, named Whiles, liennefick, and Sharp,
were charged before the Liverpool magistrates with mutiny
on the high seas on board the barque Rosendale, from
Cardiff to South America. On the outward voyage the
prisoners and others of the crew were stated to be very
unruly, and on several occasions refused to obey orders.
At Bahia, where they wore imprisoned fora row on shore,
they were heard to express their determination to take an
early opportunity of knocking the mate's brains out. On
the homeward voyage they continued their misconduct,
and on an attempt being made to put Kennefick in irons
he resisted, the other persons helping him, and M'lnnes
laid the mate's head open with a blow from a belaying
pin. The captain was stunned with a blow from a sling
shot, administered by Sharp, and the mutineers then took
possession of the fore part of the vessel. Ths captain put
back to Pernambuco, where the prisoners were ordered by
the consul to be put in irons, and they were thus conveyed
back to Liverpool. Two other mutineers were discharged
at Pernambuco, there being no room to bring them home
in the vessel as prisoners. After hearing all the evidence
the Court ordered the prisoners to be imprisoned without
hard labour for 12 weeks.