The Sun.
London, England, 1833-01-31 00:00:00

- (From the Blackbuin ,Gazeite.)
Great excitement has this week been prcdueed in
the neighbourhood of Ancoats, Manchester, by the
sudden death, on Monday of a child, James Donnelly,
the son of Phoebe Donnelly, a single woman,.of dis-
solute habits, residing in Bengal-street. She lodged
in a room there, which she took possession of about
two months ago; bringing- with her two illegitimate
children which she had borne to different fathers.
The week before last the eldest of the children was
burnt to death during the temporary absence of the
mother; and early on Monday morning last the
youngest child was taken by her into the house of
a neighbour in a lifeless state. Suspicion being en-
tertained that the infant had not died a natural death,
the mother was taken into custody, and placed in
confinement until the result of the Coroner's Inquest
was known.

On Tuesday evening, an inquisition on view of
the body was taken:before Mr. 'W: S. Rutter, Co-
roner, and a respectable Jury, at the Fleet public-
house, in Bengal-street. The first• witness examined
was Isabella Hughes. She stated that she lived in
Potter's Buildings, and that Phoebe Donnelly lived
under the same roof. On Monday morning she
brought the little boy to her cellar, and said, " I
believe that my child is dead." Examinant took
it to the fire-place, and found that the child
was quite dead. Examinant said to her,
"Oh ! dear, you have kilt this child in your
drink." She said in reply, that she did not know
at what time the child died. It was quite well on
Sunday morning. The prisoner's other child was
buried on Sunday week, and the funeral was kept
up at the Fleet public-house the same day. The
prisoner had the two children by different fathers.
The child had not been subject to fits; but she did
not think that it got much meat, or that it was pro-
perly clothed. The prisoner suckled the child her-
self.

Mrs. Crookes (a poor cadaverous-looking crea•
cure, with an infant apparently half-famished in her
arms) deposed, that a little before eight o'clock on
Monday morning, the prisoner knocked at exami-
nant's door, and requested that she would go into
Mrs. Hughes's cellar. Examinant went there, when
the prisoner said, " Oh, Mrs. Crookes, my other
child is dead !" About half-past three o'clock on
Monday morning, she heard the door of the pri-
soner's room clap to, and the child was then shriek-
ing, and crying out, " Dad, dad !" It continued to
cry for half an hour, and the mother did not seem
to be with it. Examinant was awake ail the
while; she was fearful of going to sleep, lest her
little girl should not get up in time to go to the
factory. The child was born on the 25th March
last. On Sunday afternoon, at the funeral, the
prisoner appeared to be in drink. The child had
been left by itself the greater part of Sunday, and
the mother was drinking a long while at public-
houses.

The Jury, after a short consultation, returned a
verdict of—" Died by natural disease."
....

From two to three hundred women (most of them
with infant children in their arms) had assembled in
front of the house where the inquest was held, and
presented a most pitiable appearance. They seemed
to be the wives of operative spinners and weavers,
and nearly all of them, with their apparently half-
starved children, were " clothed in rags."

THE MARKETS.

CoUNIRY CORN MAtSKEI'S DURING IHE WEEk.

Wheat. Barley. oats. Beans.
Per Quarter. 5. to 5. s. to s. s. to s. t. to s.
Abingd0n................ 62 81 31 43 22 30 38
Andover.-- 73 80 37 41
Birmingham— 56 58 40 44 24 32 52
Bridport 56 74 32 36 26 30 54
Cirencester 46 64 28 36 19 28 36 40
baringdon---...—... 54 86 36 40 26 34 46
Guildford 48 74 23 32 26 35 43
54 83 30 35 20 30 40
Hereford 66 68 44 48 52
Highworth —..... 62 80 32 42 28 34 —56
11aidenhead ....—. 56 68 34 44 22 30 36 37
M0nm0uth............ 66 70 23 32 17 32
Reading ..—. 65 70 31 47 21 27 34 42
Salisbury.... 44 54 28 34 20 23 36 54
Southampton 54 58 33 40 28 32 48
Stroud
Tewkesbury ....... 65 74 30 42 30 38 44
Uxbridge --..... 48 74 37 40 23 33 46
Wan tage 58 80 27 43 21 30 34 42
Warminster —..—. 44 58 26 no 21 27 34 46
Windsor 59 21 22 52
Worcester.--... 50 57 44 51 31 34 50
LEWES M A RKET.—Jan. 29.
White Wheat (per quarter),,..-..,X2 16 0 to £3 6 0
Red ditto 2 10 0 2 12 0
Barley 1 8 0 1 10 6
Oats, New
Pease 1:13 0 1114 0
Oil Cake. New— l2 10 0 per thousand.