The Sun. — 1857-10-12 (London, England)

ANOTRER MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR.  For several days past the City authorities have been engaged investigating an affair 'of a most mysterious character, and it is anticipated that by the publicatson of the details some means will be afforded of fixing the identity of the party, who is supposed to have come by his death in some foul way. Last week several labourers were employed in the cellar of No. 28, Aldgate, one of the old houses at that end of the City which escaped the grent fire in 1666, forming a drain from the back part of the premises to the main sewer in the street. The cellar was partly paved with stones and red brick, and a small part had two or three planks of flooring resting on two joists. On rsisi'ig these the men came upon a layer of lime, and underneath it they discovered, to their astonishment, the remains of a skeleton. The bones were in a far advanced state of decay, arising from the action of the lime. Nothing in the shape of wearing apparel could be found, except an old shoe. At first it was supposed that it was the remains of a person buried in an old monalery, on the site of which, it is alleged, the house had been built. The ward authorities immediately investigated the circumstances of the discovery, and'Mr. B. Child, of Finsbury-pavement, surgeon, was- directed to exlmine the skeleton. He did so with Mr. Gibbons, another surgeon, and on examining ti.e skull they discovered an extensive fracture, -which they were of opinion produced death. The remains were those of a male, and from the posiiiou in which they were found, the injury on the head, andother circumstances, they had no doubt the man was murdered. The skull isin possession of Mr. Child, and the ward officers have obtained a list of the occupiers of the house for the last 40 yeare, and from the inquiry which has been set on foot it isenore than probable that some clue will be obtained to unravelt he mystery which surrounds the affair.  The hopes which exist of the carpet-bag being ep-er, traced are founded upon the fact of its being acomparatively new and very 1 peculiar one, with the trade mark of a ehopke figures on the hi]nd --". Th e bag itself, though nearly new, is extremely old-fashioned with regard to form, being nea.ly three feet deep a ~ 4s. Bd." in ink and two wide ; in fact, itsgreat size andpeculiar appearance would place its identification by those who had once seen it beyond the possiblety of doubt. That this bag containing the remains was the ono which was carried on to the bridge by au elderly woman on Thursday night is distinctly established by the statement of Etberington the toll-taker. Etherington was himself formerly a constable in the A division, and remarkable for his shrewdness and caution, and this feet, coupled with the peculiar circumstances which he mentions, apparently place the accuracy of his testimony beyond a doubt. Ho states that the woman came from the MiddleseX side of the water, and paid the toll at the western tollgate. He took the toll, and saw that she had with her a brown paper parcel tied with cord ; it was, long, bulky, and apparently heavy. She had also the carpet-bag in which the remains were afterwards found, and which also seemed full and heavy. His attention was particularly directed to the woman in consequence of her turning the turnstile twice while endeavouring to get the carpet-beg through. He spoke to her about this, said that he would have to pay the money himself, and that she should have be el more careful. The woman did not reply, but looked at him steadily while he lifted up the carpet-bag for her and placed it on the top of the turnstile. She then muttered something in a very gruff voice to