The Sun.
London, England, 1868-03-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCEI 24, 1868.

SHARE LISTS—This Day.
ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS.

Closing Business
Share) Railways.
Price. rbsne.
at Finial and 82 Li 83
at Caledonian lOO 82 83 801 1
at Cambrian.
- Cork and Bandon...- - - -
20 ,Corn
st Dublin & Belfast June lOO 75 77
at Dun„rerth,& Ab.Junc lOO 70 72
- 10. London, scrip Cvrti all -
leo
et Glasgow &S. Western 100 102 104
at , Great EasterntOrd.atk. 100 31 313 311 21
at Do. .E. Angl. at. No. 2 100 6 7
et (treat Northot Stiotlant, ' 100 15 6
at Great Northern lOO 104 1(5
at Do. A stock . 100 100 101 991
at Do. II stock lOO 121 125
at Do. New, is. at 25 pm 10/7, - -
at Gtti, and W. 01 Ireland 100 94 98
st Gt. Western -Originaii 100 40 48 464
at Do. 6. Val. Rail gua. 100 - -
at Du. South Wales
at Do. W. Mid.-Oxloru 100 25 30
at Do. Newport llOO 26 28
et nereford 1 100 - -
at Lancashire St lor t shirk. 100 1251 251
at London and Black:v:411; WO -
at Lon., Brigh., A. S Coastl 100 474 454 18/
at I-on., Chat., and D4Yel 100 18 ISt 14
at 1)o. Sictrop. roe. A luti 12 15
at Lon. North Wester) IOU 1143 113 115
at Lou.l k South Weston NI u b • t. 7
at 'Man., 6110., & Lincoh 100 .121 134 43
at
at 1)o. New - -
at Do. Extension all 107 118 108)
at Metropolitan District all -
10 l pc, du. do. 10 -
10 Do. and at. John's t - -
at Mid ;and
- Do. .69 Share 7 - -
at 1)o, ilirmin.. Durb% too 71 70
- did Kent . . * all - -
at Not tlt British
at Du. Ed., Pth. & Dun lOO -
at N th. Eastern-- lierwici, 100 1014 1021 114
25 1)o. Ii.N•E purchas, 16.13.1 - -
at Do. Leads ..... 100 60 41
at Do. York lOO 113 91
at Do. Carlisle ..... 100 126 132
at Do. Stock. & Darling. all 1•10 132 1304
25 Do. do. 1860-01 lB - p
at North London
st Do. do. 1166.1 5 . lO -
Do. do. 1666
10 North Staffordshire •
at N. AS. W. Junction
at Scottish Central -
Scot. N. E , Aber. stock 100 -
-
(.10. Scot, illid.mtoca lOO -
Shropshire Union 100 50 Li
st South Devon lOO 43 (5
at South E‘ir:tern
00 Staines, Wok., it Wok all P 10
at Tact Vale
10 Do.(; - -
- Vale of Nvath llOO - -
- Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - -
10 Waterloo & Whitcha i 0 - -
Wee.t Cornwall - -

COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.

Columbia, 6 Fell
cent., Dec.3l, 1572
Uart.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July
1577-81
Do. 6 p. C. Feb. & Aug
Do. 5 p. o. Mar. & Sept
Do. 5 p. o. Jan. lc July
Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed st
Cape H. Hope, 6 p.c. 1873'
Do.Apl. & Oct . 1890-1900
Do. do 1880-9 1
Do. Jan.&July, 1690-9,1
Do. 5 per cent. 15 Aprii
and 15 Oct., 1900
Ceylon, Nov. 1878, 6 p.
Do. 1872, do
Ilauritins, 6 p. o, 1873,1
Jan. and July
Do. 1878 ...
00. 1882, Mayls, Nov.
Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug
Natal grov. 6 per cent 1
N.l3.Gov.6p.o.Ja.&Julyl
N. S.W. Gov. 5 p*c.,1661)i
Do. 5 p.c. 1871 to 1871 i
Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 184
New Zealand, 6 p. cent
Do. 5 per cent....
Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c
sterling, 1875
)ueensland Gov. 6p. c
S. Aus.Gor. 6 p,0.1868-9
Do. 1878 & upwards
Vlo,Gov. p.o.jst &July
Do. do, A pril & Oct

100 101
93 1LO;
98 100
88 88
t 5 n
1t.4 108
IC9 110
107 IC9
1(15 105

100 1
VVI

03 1011
11,1 111
103 107

104 106
106 LOS
107 109
1(6 19:3

99 10
99 I'JI
98 99
95a 901

97h 98i
102 104
103 105

190
100
100
100
100
100

110 ilt

110 112

wo
st 1

BRITISH r,

'Atlantic St.Lawrenoo
Rom., Baroda, Cen. In.
gu. 5 per cunt
Do. F 61taree
Buffalo 45 Lake Huron
Do. Preference

20;
10
100 1
et

Buti.,Braut, &Goderich
5 p.c.
[Calcutta & S. E., lirn
~'ale Town & Dock, gu
Demerara, 7 p.c. per. pi
elast Bengal, gu. sdu
East Indian, gu. 5 p.o.
Do. J Extension
irand Trunkof Canada
Do. Equip. Mort, Bonde
1 charge 6 p.o
Do. lst Pref. Bonds
Do. do deferred
De. 2d Pref. Bonds
Du. do. deferred
Do. 3d Pref. stock
Do. do. deferred
Do. 4th Pref. stook

Do. do. deterred
,4t. India Pen. gut). fipm.
o. Gua. 5 per cent..
Do. New gua. 5 p. 0..
t. South of India ......

gua. 5 per cent
ll 41 per cent
Do
treat Wem. of Canada
Do. New
Do. 6p. o Bi.s. pay. 1873'
00. f do. pay. 1677-8
Madras, gua. 5 p.o
Do. 4f Lo

Do. 1.; do

Do. Path Extenwioni
Velb. Cor. 6 p. c. finds.'
Mel. 'e Hobaon's Bay..
N.l{l.(rda.6polstpf.bm ,
Dude Js Rhiik'nd,g.sp.o
elnde . , 0 I
Do. Delhi
Do. do
Do. Puniaub...•i 41
a.
f.:o.lndus st.not

ISSES,

100
100
100
all
100
100

100
1-100
IS
100
100

2 4
5j 6
43 415
10 12
4 5
2 2j
11 2
5 IP
1j 2
4 5
17 18

18 19
11
36 40
21 21
a 8
6 63
21 tt
60 70
5 7

2 3
2 24
25 27
380 400
374 424
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11 .2
61 66
1115 195
75 5)
16 19
21 23
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151 f

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971

ber of men to be voted for the army by
the garrisons of the West Indies and the _
grounding his motion both on economical.and s&.
grounds. lie contended that our garrisons in these a..
similar stations were of no military value, that their real
defence must be by sea, and ho also insisted that our
colonies should bear a greater share in the expenses of
their own defence.

758, being half
Mauritius,
*iitary

Mr. CARDWELL also spoke in favour of impressing
on the colonies that they must no longer trust entirely to
British troops for their defence. Major Anson and Capt.
Vivian spoke in favour of the motion, and
Sir J. PAKINGTON gave further explanations of the
Estimates, and to Mr. Otway he replied that these colonial
garrisons were a part of our old policy which could not bo
changed in a moment. Ultimately Mr. Otway withdrew
his motion, and the vote of 138,691 men was agreed to,
making up, with the sums taken alre idy on account,
£3,378,379 pay allowances and charges.
£1,2A,807 Commissariat establishment.
Several orders wore advanced a stage, and the house
adjourned at 5 minutes past 1 o'clock.

HORRIBLE DISCOVERY IS THE CITY.

FINDING OF THE BODIES OF INFANTS IN A

CELLAR.

INQUEST THIS DAY.

This forenoon Mr. Win. Payne, the City coroner,
held an investigation at the Crown Tavern, Red
Cross-street, Barbican, respecting the supposed
murder of a male child, and the discovery of a num-
ber of human bones, at No. 11, Hanover-court,
Milton-street, City.
_

Michael Manion, 8, Sun-court, Milton-street, a
carpenter, deposed that on Thursday last he was
employed in making some repairs at Mr. Reynolds'
house, 11, Hanover-court. In the rear of the
house he observed that the pavement wanted to be
repaired, and he went to look for a stone for the
purpose of settling it. In the cellar, close by the
stairs, he observed a stone, some 16 inches long by
9 broad, and, thinking it would suit his purpose,
he struck it, preparatory to pulling it up. To his
surprise he heard a hollow sound. He did nothing
more then, however, but he vent away. In
half an hoar he decided to go back and lift it
up. With some tools he lifted it up and removed
it. The place was dark. He put in his hand
and placed it on something cold, which he found to
be the head of a child. He left it then and got a
light, and then saw the naked body of a child lying
ou its back. He did nothing further then. The
following day (Friday) he told his employer, who
had the contract for repairing the house, and the
police were communicated with. Witness accom-
panied a policeman to the cellar, and showed him
the child. It was then taken out of the hole. There
was something fastened round the child's waist,
and the legs were tied together. They dug down
about two feet, and found a quantity of bones.
There were legs, arms, and bits of skulls.
Dr. F. H. Simpson, police-surgeon, said he had
examined the body. There were two wounds on
the right side of the head ; there was another
wound on the left. The latter wound was nearly
three inches long. The scalp was parted from the
bone, and the skull was fractured. In his opi-
nion, the child must have been dead only a week
when it was discovered. The cause of de-
ceased's death was, iu his opinion, the extensive in-
jury to the head.
Mr. Thomas Reynolds, 11, Hanover-court, City,
deposed that he was an undertaker, and that he
had lived at his present residence for 14 years. The
cellar in question was open to all in the house on
account of the dust-bin being there. He could not
say how the body came there. The street-door
opened by a string. He put all still-born children
that he got into shells for burial, and he could show
by receipts (which he handed in) that he paid the
fees for burying such children. Since the dis-
covery had been made in the cellar the door had
been nailed up.
Sarah Kelly was then called—She said that she
was a widow, living at 50, Regent-street, Lam-
beth. She was recently absent from home, attend-
ing her daughter, Elizabeth Beckley, who was mar-
ried last year to a carman' living at 62, Long-
alley, Bishopsgate. Mrs. Beckley was confined
on Saturday fortnight. Witness was present,
and so was a doctor. It was a male child, and
was born about half-past one in the morning. It
lived till half-past six on Saturday evening. The
doctor saw the child during the day. It was con-
vulsed at times, but the doctor said, " While
there is life there is hope." It had received no
hurt during birth. Witness identified the body
found in Mr. Reynolds's cellar as that of her grand-
child. She knew the flannel. When the child died
it was laid out, and the father got an undertaker,
who came and measured it, and took it away on
Wednesday week. _ _ _

Joseph Beckly, a carman, said that he was the
father of the child. After the death he went to an
undertaker, who asked too much, and then he asked
a friend who buried his children. The friend told
him Mr, Wicks. lie went to Mr. Wicks, who sent
him to Mr. Reynolds, to whom he then went. Mr.
Reynolds was.not at home--he was in a public-
house. Witness told Mr. Reynolds that he had a
child dead that he wanted to get buried. " Do you
want to make a funeral of it ?" Mr. Reynolds
asked. Witness said, " No, lam only a poor man,
and my money aint much." " Well," said Mr.
Reynolds, " I'll do it without a funeral for lls."
On the 'Wednesday while witness was out Mr.
Reynolds took away the body in a shell. Witness
got a receipt from him as follows :—" Received of
Mr. Beckly lls. for the expenses of his child's
funeral. March 13, 1868. T. Reynolds."
Joseph Fowke, detective of the City force, said
that he went to 11, Hanover-court, and in the cel-
lar he found a hole. It appeared to have been for-
merly a sort of well bricked round and filled up.
He had it dug out, and discovered a quantity of
pieces of the skulls of children. He afterwards saw
Reynolds at Moore-lane police-station, and told him
the body of a child had been found in his cellar.
lie said he knew nothing at all about it, and that
he had not got a stillborn child to bury for the last
ten or twelve months. 'Witness eventually suc-
ceeded in getting the receipt signed by Mr. Rey-
nolds.

The Coroner asked whether the police thought
they could get evidence to alter the complexion given
to the case by the evidence of Mrs. Kelley ?
Detective Fowke said that he did not think that
was likely. He heard that the child died in the
arms of a respectable woman named Jones, who was
not, however, present. •
Dr. Simpson said that he would mod►fy his first
evidence from what he heard. It appeared that the
child had been dead longer than he supposed, and
it was just po-sible that the effusion on the head,
where the injuries had been occasioned by the
pressure and the lapse of time. Bat the broken
rib could not have been post mortem.
The Coroner asked whether the broken rib could
have been the cause of death ?

Dr. Simpson said he thought not.
Dr. Flack said that he would attribute death to
debility, or exhaustion from convulsions.

The Coroner said that it was satisfactory to find
the case so far cleared up, for at first it seemed as
if a very foul murder had been committed. The
conduct of Mr. Reynolds could not be dealt with by
the jury ; but nothing could be more reprehensible.
This case showed what facilities such a disgraceful
system would give for the disposal of murdered
children.

The jury then returned a verdict of death from
exhaustion, arising from convulsions from natural
causes.

A quantity of the bones found in the hole in the
cellar were produced, and examined by Drs. Simp-
son and Flack. They found that the remains of at
least four children were in the parcel. Some bones
of animals were amongst those of the children. It
was supposed to be useless to attempt to go into the
case of the children the portion of whose skeletons
were discovered.

LONDON GAZETTE-THIS EVENING.

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, 11ARen 6.
Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty's birthday will
be kept on Saturday, the 23d of May next.

FEB. 3.
Notice is hereby given, that the Queen will hold draw-
ing-rooms at Buckingham-palace on Wednesday, the Ist
April, and on Tuesday, the 12th May next, at three
o'clock.