The Sun.
London, England, 1870-01-20 00:00:00

INDIA AND CHINA (HEAVY) MAIL.

MALTA, Jan. 19.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Ceylon leaves at midnight for Southampton, where
she may be expected about the 29th inst.

The Nyanza, from Southampton on the Bth inst.,
arrived at six a.m., and left at noon on the 18th
inst. for Alexandria.

FRANCE.
BOURSE, Jan. 19.—Threlo'clock—The markt t
closed as follows :
ti per Cent. lO3
End of month_
3 per Cent
End of month 73 30
Credit Mobilier 207 50
Transatlantic 192 50
Credit Foncior 1752 50
Paris Gas 1650

Bank Shares 2890
Ital'an vive 9 55 05
Austrian Fives
Ottoman Loan 316
Do. Debt 44
Spanish Threes
Home Debt —
Deferred —

RAILWAYS,

Cash.
Orleans ... 970
Western
Northern ...... ll3O
Strasburg
Lyons and Mediterranean
Southern.... 605
Sardinian
Austrian BOO
Lombard slsi
North of Spain

7HE FINSBURY MURDER.

EXTRAORDINARY FRAUD.

After the account of the murder of Cecilia Ald-
ridge had been published in the papers no fewer
than 20 young women, whohad evidently read the
details, called at the scene of the tragedy and re-
presented themselves to be sisters of the murdered
young woman. This singular circumstance at-
tracted the attention of the police, and they tho-
roughly investigated every case of alleged relation-
ship with the deceased, and in each instance the
result of their inquiries clearly proved the fact
that every one of the 20 persons who claimed the
relationship had intended to commit a fraud, and
that their statements were entirely false. The
most remarkable case, perhaps, was one practised
by a young girl on Monday evening. On that day
she entered the Windmill public-house, Castle-
street, Finsbury, and after inquiring as to whether
that was the place where the inquest would be held
on the body of the murdered young woman, Cecilia
Aldridge, she stated that she was the sister of the
deceased, and she said that she was a native of
Liverpool. While she was speaking she wept
bitterly—at least, those who saw her state that she
did so—and she said that she Was not responsible
for the misfortune of her sister, or for the course of
life she had adopted. When her statement was
brought under the notice of Colonel Henderson, the
Commissioner of Police, he ordered that all the cir-
cumstances connected with it should be thoroughly
investigated ; and, in consequence of the young girl
having carefully abstained from mentioning tier
name when she called at the Windmill Tavern,
it was very difficult for the detectives who were
instructed to discover her whereabouts to ascertain
anything about her. Last night, in consequence of
information that they received, they were led to be-
lieve that she lived at No. 4, Wakefield-place, Bun-
hill-row, St. Luke's, which is situated within 200
yards of the Old-street Police-station. They at
once went there, and the following statement made
by the mother of the girl will show that the whole
story told by her daughter is false from beginning
to end. Upon being questioned, she said, "My
daughter is named Matilda Chamberlain. She is 18
years of age, and from her childhood she has given
me a great deal of trouble, for she has been given to
telling stories. On last Monday I thought she had
gone to work at her work-rooms in the City, but I
have since learnt that she did not go there, and on
Monday night she returned home. Shortly after-
wards several people stood in front of our house,
and I, not knowing what was the matter, threw up
the window, and asked them what they wanted.
I was then told by some neighbours that my daugh-
ter had said that she was the sister of the mur-
dered woman, and upon my asking her whether
she had done so, she said, Yes, I know that I
have done wrong.' -I then said to her, 'lf you
get yourself or me into any trouble about
this I will murder you,' and I felt so excited
that I felt as if I could kill her. Ever since
then she has been attacked in every way, and
the next morning when she went to her work
she was followed by a crowd of people,
who kept shouting after her, and I am deter-
mined that if I can manage it nobody shall see her
again." It may be stated that after Matilda Cham-
berlain left the Windmill public-house on Monday
evening, she cried so bitterly in the street that a
crowd gathered round her, and upon some persons
asking her what had happened she said, "I am
the sister of the girl that was murdered in Fins-
bury-square." She then went, followed by a
bodysh
e of
was her
then sister,
shown
crowd, to the St. Luke's Workhouse, and upon
being questioned by the gate-keeper she said she
wanted to see theus e.
who was lying
in the dad
into the
dead-house, and after viewing the corpse she said,
dead-house.
That is my sister." She then left, crying. She
i
was dressed in a hat and feather, a black jacket, a
blue dress, and she carried a black muff.

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