The Sun. — 1825-12-14 (London, England)

HORRIBLE MURDERS.—An extraordinary de• gree of alarm and indignation has been excited this week by the announcement of a most atrocious murder in the town of Hilshorough, where the Marquis of Downshire resides ; and which, with the entire neighbourhood, has always been remarkable for the exemplary and moral conduct of its inhabitants. The following are the only particulars yet known of this dreadful transaction :—On the night of Monday, the sth instant, Miss Ann Stott, of Hilsborough, a mild, amiable, and benevolent lady, was, with her servant maid, inhumanly murdered by some assassins, in her own dwelling. It appears that the doors of her house had not been opened on Tuesday, a circumstance which induced her neighbours to suppose she had gone to a meeting at Lurgan, of the Society of Friends, of which she was a member. How•ever,lon IVednesday (the market-day) her doors and gate still remained closed, and her cows, which were in the back-yard, began to low so incessantly, probably through want of food, &c., that the inhabitants became alarmed, and a boy was sent over the wall to examine the premises. By him a bloody cap was found lying in the yard, outside of the kitchen-door. Application was then promptly made to Hugh Moore, Esq., of Eglantinehouse, an active Magistrate, who was sitting in Hillsborough Court-house at the time. This gentleman came instantly to the place, with some of the police, and caused one of the windows to be forced up with a crow-bar, by which means a constable gained admission. In the kitchen a shocking spectacle presented itself—the murdered bodies of Miss Stott and her servant. The maid lay near the kitchen-door, and some of her blood was sprinkled on the threshold. Her head and arms were so bruised and disfigured, that when an inquest was held on the bodies, it was almost impossible even to conjecture with what kind of instrument the murderers had perpetrated the crime. Miss Stott's skull was beaten in at the back of the head, apparently by some square, obtuse, and ponderous implement of destruction. The assassins haring thus succeeded in the work of death, broke open a money till in the shop, and then endeavoured to force open some drawers in a room, up stairs, but it appears they did not succeed. Every other part of the house was left by them in good order, clean, neat, and perfectly undisturbed. They withdrew, we apprehend, by the rear of the house, unperceived. On Thursday, an inquest was held on the bodies of this deeply-lamented lady and her maid, when a most minute investigation into the whole circumstances connected with this melancholy and alarming event took place. The inquiry set on foot is most strict, and the Marquis of Downshire has been remarkably active in endeavouring to trace this dark, bloody, and, as yet, inexplicable transaction, to its origin. Hugh Moore and W. E. Reilly, Esqrs., the resident magistrates, have also been indefatigable in their exertions. The people of Hilsborough have most zealously co-operated with him on the occasion. In examining the premises, there were found visible marks of footsteps from the house to a pond at the foot of Miss Stott's garden. This the people quickly emptied with pails and other vessels, in hopes of finding the instrument of murder, and by its means gaming some clue to guide them to the as. sassin—but in vain. The verdict of the inquest was—" Wilful murder by some person or persons unknown."—(Belfast Chronicle.)  COURSE OF EXCHANGE, Dec. 13. Amsleidant Ditto, at Sight l2 5 Rotterdam Antwerp l9 10 Hamburgli Altona Paris,3 Day's sight Ditto Montdeatix, ditto Berlin 7 0 Fr ants Girton the Main Petelsburgh . 94 Vienn-1 lO 15 Trieste lO 13 Madrid - 361 Effective Cadiz B;lboa Rarcelona Seville Gibraltat 3l • Leghorn Gel Malta Palermo  Lisbon Oporto  SOY  Bit!oh ;lama e i ro  481  Buenos Ayres Dublin . 9} Cori' 91 pes- Cent.