The Sun.
London, England, 1801-04-18 00:00:00

month with another child, which she said was a
ti'atirhi4n that she had got at the Foundling Hospi-
tal, .and it was called John- Ball, -about tour months
old: when Witness saw the child, it was nuked,
and nothing but skin and bone, being nearly dead
with:famine and cold ; that Prisoner told-her she had
g
•4`,.
ot_two suits of clothes and a yardfof diaper from
the Hospital with it, and a crown for travelling ex_
pences; that she had sold the clothes, and begged.
about with ibeAild,. nearly naked ; it appeared to
Witness almost dead with hunger, and used to cry
all 'night from want .of food; Witness used to give-it
some food she had for her own child, to preserve its
life ; Witness fregtiently desired the Prisoner not to
take the infant ottibiWthe cold, or it would certainly
die, to which the Prisoner replied, the Dsvit s cure
to it-i'' In-a few daysi Prisoner said that she would
sell it,' and try to get another from the Hospital, and
offereittheschild for a .crown, which nobody would
give ;';4tt length Witness thinking the infant would
die with hunger and. cold if the
.Prisoner took it
away, gave her 35..91d. for the-child ; and `on Mr.
'Mq•leiPs- coming home, acquainted him with the
transanion, who procured it clothes. The Prisoner
informed Witness that she had got another infant
before,
,but that she had not milk for that child and
her own, and that they Both died of want. The
-Prisoner told Witness that she had also procured
another infant from theToundling Hospital, of the
name of Michael Slain; that her sister went to Ditb-
lin with her to help her to carry it ; that she and
her sister quarrelled on the road, and laid the infant
down in thesnow ; that it died withcold,and that
they buried it in achurch-yard, and the Prisoner sold
its clothes. Witness then produced a badge, which
Prisoner had left behind her in WitneSi's house,
which appeared to be the Hospital badge of the
child Michael Slain,' which had so died•On the road
through cold. Witness said, the Prisoner was a
woman of infamous chars ter, and had no fixed
place of abode. Witness took John Ball to pre-
vent its dying with famine, and weaned her own
child to enable her to nurse it. The infant John
Ball had died also. Witness stated the blue marks
and numbers impressed on the child's arm at the
Hospital,.
Mr." Lindsay, who was again called, identiAed
the4e marks, which were entered in a book kept in
the Hospital for that purpose, and which-
corresponded With the badge which was produced.
The Prisoner evinced the most hardened and im-
,pudent demeanor deriuoer trial, but did not call
any Witness.

Lord Norbury much lamented, thzt the, circum_
stances stated. could not fully support an indictment
for Murder, ‘again3t a wretch who was clearly.
guilty of the most barbarous and inhuman condia
he had ever heard of: the oifence, he was sorry,
could. only be laid as a 14441emeanor, her guilt
.of
which there could be no doollt." The Jury instantly
found her guilty ; and Lord Norbory sentenced her
to stand three, times in the pillory; "and• a year's
is prisomnent and direeted that she should be pre.
sented by the Grand Jury as a agabond, so as, to
have her transported for life.

NAAS, q.

• The whole of yesterday .".was occupied in the
trial of three women and a lad, for the murder of
poor Protestant Woman near Athy, on ti, e 24th oc
May, 179 K 'They were clearly convitted,' and,
will lie executed in the morning.. •, •

CORK, APRIL 7.

The Grand Jury of the'County of Limerick have
liublished- a caution to all • persons within that
County,- not to keep:cash or bank notes in their
respeffive houses,
,as they are determined to oppose
in future, all applications, tending io repay the loss
of cash or bank notes, .hy robbery or burning.
Another of the villains who attacked the. house
of John Duggan, near Blarney; Wai yesieed;iyrap-
pfehended, and committed to 'jail by AldermAn
Sitaiv. This man,
.whose name is-Humphrey.Crow.
ley, had enlisted for the purpose,. no doubt, of
escaping justice, and was taKen by bii-Set9int be_
fOre Mr. Shaw, ft) be attested.: this.circumstance
led Mr, Shaw to an attentive examination of his
person, and 6ndin;,it,to answer the deiciiption he
had previously received, itntheilicitelv coilintitted
him, and 'Obtain:6B from him it full confc'ssitin of his
guilt. , Thus- to the attentive obseeVatiori of this
excellent Magistrate, to • whom the public are so
highly.. indebted, may. be attributed the probable
-deteCtion of tfle nefarious gang, of depredators who,
have so
.lung :infested ibis neigli4ur4cod. -Duggan.
is
,not dead, as has been reported, but we are sorry
to state, that little hopes
,are. entertained of his
recovery.
. On Wednesday night the„house of Mr. Savage,
far Mer- neat Farren, Sisutho *ide.. of the Lee,
waS:broke into, and robbed of eighty guineas, and
a quantity of wearing. apparel. This gang,. which
consisted of a great number, were seen returning to
this City mOuuted on seven hOrses, they had
stoliat 0:i the way : -they were an.arme,..

COUNTRY NEWS.

SA I, IS BIJ itY, Ara IL 11.

At our Cattle Market on Tuesday kit, the prices
were, from sl. to 71. a.head lower than. at any of
the lite Markets,' and the supply so great, that
considerable numbers remained unsold at a late hour
in the afternoon. ReekOning.the i•eduttion Of priCe
by weight, it aniounicd to at least three halfpence a
pound. The prices of Corn were a trifle lower as
was also the case at Devii6, on Thursday. But a
more important redulion took place at Wirminiter
on Saturday, where. Wheat fell eight shillings a
quarter.