The Sun. — 1870-01-21 (London, England)

FINSBURY 3FURDER. The unfortunate Cecilia Aldridge, who was so barbarously murdered in Finsbury last Friday night, appears to have been one of a large family. No fewer than twenty young women have represented themselves to be the sisters of the murdered woman, and all within less than a week. In every instance the police have carefully investigated the pretended relationship, which has invariably turned out to be an attempt at fraud. One young woman was an excellent imposter; she could command bitter tears at discretion, and displayed acute grief at the sight of her "sister's" body. But she, too, was found out. ller mother told the police her daughter had given her trouble from childhood through a habit of falsehood. Of course, the object in these cases is to excite substantial sympathy ; and great, indeed, must be the desire of gain which would induce a woman to claim kindred with a person such as Cecilia Aldridge seems to have been.  We have often heard used the phrase "to lie like a tombstone." An example in support of the phrase may be found in Handel's tomb in Westminster Abbey, which gives both the day and the year of his birth wrong, if the contemporary register is correct.  There is some prospect that a revival of pugilism will be attempted in the United States very shortly. Jem Mace and Tom Allen, both Englishmen, are endeavouring to get up a match for some 2,500 dollars aside and the "champion belt of America." Up to January 3rd, however, the two parties had not been able to come to an agreement, and so this great encounter yet remains in abeyance.  A telegram from Dublin states that the steamer Fairwater foundered, after collision with another vessel. The Fairwater was a very fine vessel, and when the collision occurred was on a voyage from Penarth to Cork. The crew were all saved. The barque J. Mann, which arrived at Plymouth on Monday, reports the wreck of a large vessel in about lat. 48 N, long. 63 W. Portions of wreck, cargo, and deckload were floating about. The Cornet, of Liverpool, is a total wreck at Maceio.  The appeal of the Rev. James Kelly, incumbent of St. George's Church, Liverpool, against the judgment of Lord Penzance, whereby a judicial separation was decreed on the wife's petition, was commenced to-day, before the learned Judge-Ordinary, Baron Channel, and Justice Hannen. The greater part of the sitting was occupied by the rev, respondent reading a portion of the correspondence in the case, and he had only got to four out of the nine points on which he objects to the judgment when the court adjourned.  The Pall Mall Gazette, in its notice of the death of Dr. Rowland Williams, states that only four of the writers of the "Essays and Reviews" are now alive. This, says the Globe, is a mistake. Mr. Baden Powell and Dr. Rowland Williams are dead. The other five are living, namely : Dr. Temple, Bishop of Exeter; the Rov. B. Jowett, Professor of Greek in the University of Oxford ; the Rev. 11. B. Wilson, Rector of Great Slaught on ; the Rev. Mark Pattison Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford; and Mr. C. W. Goodwin (a brother of the Bishop of Carlisle), who is one of her Majesty's Consuls abroad.  An inquiry was held yesterday at Wednesbury into the death of Ann loran, aged 70, whose death was said to have been accelerated by ill-treatment on the part of the relieving officer. The deceased woman had 2s. a week from the parish, and l.s. a week from her daughter-in-law. A fortnight ago she sent fur her parish money, being too ill to fetch it, but the officer refused to give it. She then went het self, but was refused the money. She went again later and received it, but was attacked with a fit of apoph xy in the pay room, from which site dii d. The jury returned a verdict that death proceeded flora apoplexy, caused by cold and exposure, cud added that they thought the relieving officer was culpable iu compelling the attendance of the woman, knowing her ago and illness. This verdict they desired might be laid befo.e the Board of Guardians.  FOREIGIc NOIT/r=  PRYNCE PIERRE PIONLPAIITE nt