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

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 24, 1868,

SHARE LlST.—This Day.
03,,LNARY dIIARES AND STOCKS.

Aare, Railw3Ys' Closing ] Butanes]
Price. I done.
at and-Exeter luv 82 Li 81
st Caledonian lOO 82 63 801 1
at Cambrian.
- Cork and Bandon.- - - -
Y 0 ,Cornwall all 3 4
st Dublin & Belfast June lOO 75 77
at Dun„Perth,& Ab. June .OO 70 72
- IG. London, scrip Crr ti all - -
Do. 100 -
at Glasgow AS. Western 100 102 104
et Great Eastern, Ord.atk. 10u 31 314 31/ 21
at Do. E. Angl. at. No. 2 100 6 7
st Great North of Scotliin 100 15 6
at Great Northern lOO 1(4 1(5
at D. A stock .. 100 Wu 101 991
at Do. it stuck
st Do. New, is. at 25 pat 100 - -
at (RS, and W. 01 Ireland 100 94 96
at Gt. Western -Original 100 46 18 461 I
st Du. S. Val. itail gua. 100 - -
at Do. South Wales
at Do. W. Mid.-Oxfore WO 25 30
at Do. Newport IOU 26 28
at Do. Here:on! ..... 100 - -
at Lancashire& Yorkshire. 100 1251 '251
at London and Blackwall 100 - -
at Lou., Brigh.,./z Coast 100 171 04 ilBl I
at 1-on., Chat., and Wye/ 10,.] 18 ISti Is/
st Do. Metrop. Ex. A feu 12 15
at Lou. A North Wester: lOO lill 110 115
st Lon. A South Western 100 8 17 84
at Man., Shet., A Lineole 100 421 131 43
at Metropolitan.-- all 111 1 5 114 f
at Do. New - .7331
at Do. Exten awn all 107 ILS 1081
at Metropolitan District. all - -
10 I Do. do. do. 10 - -
10 1)u. and St. John's 'u 6 - -
at 31.10 ;and
- Do. .0 Share 7 - -
at Do, airmin.. & Duly, 100 74 76
- tint Bent . . all - -
at North British
.34
st Do. Ed., I'th., & Dun IOP - -
at IN th. Eastern-Berwics 100 1011 1021 It 4 1
25 Do. (.4.N•E purchata 16.13.4 - -
at Do. Leeds ..... 10u 60 61
at Do. York lOO 93 94
st Do. Carlisle
at Do. Stock.& Darling ail 1:i0 132 1301
15 Do. do. 1860-61 lB - P
at :North London
at Do. do. 1864 5 . lO - -
- Do. do. 1866
10 North Staffordshire
at N. &S. W. Junction
at ,Scottish Central -
- ii6oot. N. E , Aber. stoat lOO -
Scot, Mid. retook 10;.1 -
Sliropalare Union
at South Devon ioo 43 15
st 'South Eastern
40 Staires, Wok., A Wok all 0 10
at full . Vale lOO 143 145 •
10 Do. C -
V sic 01 Neath -
Waturlord & Kilkenny 100 - -
t 0 Waterloo & Whiteha I 6 - -
Wet-t Cornwall - - -

0 L 01,11A.L VliatN dIEN

T SECURITIRS.

ItlritiiU Columbia, o per
cent., Dec.3l, 1672....
lean.Gov_.6 p.c.Ja.Jc July

1877-84
Do. 6 p. o. Feb. & Aug
5 p. o. Mar. A Sept
Do. sp. o. Jun. July
1
Do. 5 p. c. Inscribed NK
Cape 6 p. 0.1873
Do.Apl.StOot 1890-I'.WO
Do. do 1680-9 u
Do. Jan..tduly,
Do. 5 per cent,. 15 Aprii

end 25 Uct., 1900.:.

les:ty lon, i510v.678, 6 p.,

1.)o. 1872,
Mauritius, 0, 187.,

.1 an.andi July ' '

Do. 1878 -
%o. 1832, Mayls, Nov. a
Do. 1845, Feb. & Aug..
Natal ,loy. 6 per cent..l
N. 8.G0y.6p.c.Ja.&.1 my
N. S.W. Gov.s pv.,185t.
Do. 5 p.c. 18;1 to 187 i,
Do. 5 p.c. 1888 to 1856,
New Zealand, 6 p. cent'
Do. 5 per cent ...
Nova Scotia Goy. 6 p. o.
sterling, 1875
Zueensland Gov. 6 p. c.
Aus.GoY. 6 p,0.18684
I Do. 1878 & upwards..
Vio,Uoy. 6 p.o. July
Do. do, A pri 1 & Oct..

190
100
100
ILO
100
100

100 1011
93 1&,0,
98 1001
86 ISB
b 5 67
1(4 106
It 9 11)
BR 109
It° 1(8

PS 10•
111
105 107

104 106
106 :06
107 104
u•

99 10
99. 101
VS 99
95i 96i

97j 9S

102 104
103 105

110 111

100 f
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ber of men to be voted for the army b? 2,758,
the garrisons of the West Indies and being half
the Mauritius,
grounding his motion both on economical aL 4 sanitary
grounds. He contended that our garrisons in ti..."so and
q
similar stations were of no military value, that their real
defence must be by sea, and he also insisted that on.
colonies should bear a greater share in the expenses of
their own defence.

Mr. CARD-WELL 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 motior, and the vote of 138,691 men was agreed to,
making up, with the sums taken alre tdy on account,
£3,378,379 pay allowances and charges.
£1,239,807 Commissariat establishment.
Several orders were advanced a stage, and the house
adjourned at 5 minutes past 1 o'clock.

HORRIBLE DISCOVERY IS DIE 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 Ns ent away. lu
half an hour 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 lie 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
on 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, in 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 durino. 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. \\Ticks. He went to Mr. Wicks, who sent
him to Mr. Reynolds, to whom he then went. Mr.
Reynolds was not at home--he was iu a public-
house. Witness told Ale. 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 11s. 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.
He 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. lie heard that the child died in the
arms of a respectable woman named Jones, who was
not, however, present.

Dr. SitupsOnsaid that he would modify 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 be 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, MARCH 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.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAucii 23.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Senbor Pedro
Affonso de Figueiredo as Vice-Consul at' Newcastle fur
his Majesty the King of Portugal and the Algarves.

WHITEHALL, MARCH 23.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Stuart
Walker, Esq., Advocate, to be one of the Board of Super-
vision for the Relief of the Poor in Scotland, in the room
of the Right Hon. Sir John M'Neill, G.C.8., resigned.
The Queen has also been pleased to appoint John Skel-
ton, Esq., advo'ate, to be secretary to the Board of Super-
vision fur the Relief of the Poor in Scotland, in the room
of Win. Stuart, Walker, E q,, resigned.

CROWN OFFICE, lki ..:_ARCIE 21.
MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT
PARLIAMENT.

Borough of Huddersfield.—Edward Aldam Leatham, of
Whitley Hall, near Huddersfield, in the county of York,
Esq., iu the room of Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Pearson
Crosland, deceased.

The newspapers are teeming with references to econo-
my in tea by co-operation. Hornistan and Co. have for 30
years co• operated through Agents to supply tea on mora
advantageous terms than by the ordinary channel; their tea
reaches the consumer in the same pure state as it leaves the
2rMfrl as it it) InCurod in packets.

(Pl-11 r-c )5 )

SUN OFFICE, 7 o'CLocK

fjPERIAL PAR LI A DIEN.'

H OLI S LORDS—THIS E VENING.
The LORD C'HANcErmo: . took his seat on the Woolsack
at five o'clock.

-NT Ess.