The Sun. — 1825-10-31 (London, England)

MURDER IN FRANCE.—We stated in our Paper on Friday, on the authority of a French Journal, that a dreadful murder had been committed on the persons of two females at Castres, in France. By the arrival of more recent papers last night, we have obtained the following detail:—The victims were an unmarried lady of the name of Sabotier, sister to the author of the Troies Skein. Litteraires, and her niece Mad. Bousseguy, with whose family the former lived. M. Bousseguy, on the 16th inst. had gone out after supper, leaving his wife and her aunt alone with his son, who had returned from a coffee-house, where lie had passed the day, to mention that he would not sup at home. In a moment after, the neighbours heard the cry of murder proceeding from M. Bousseguy's house, and hastening to it, found the two females bathed in blood—the one in the kitchen, the other at the top of the staircase. One of the persons who first came to the spot declared that he saw the son Bousseguy escape with precipitation by the door of the shop, which, though usually shut, was found open some instants after. The absent father being informed immediately of the dreadful event, cried out, in the first agony of his grief, that his son alone was capable of such a crime. Persons went immediately in search of him, and found him sitting in a coffee-house, quietly. smoking his pipe in the midst of young persons of s own age, bearing no marks of the atrocity of which public indignation accused him. When the news was announced, he still preserved his original coolness, declaring that the thing was impossible. Being then told that he was strongly suspected of being the criminal, he replied with the same indifference, " See, I have got no marks of blood." He was carried to view the dead bodies, but allowed neither sorrow nor dejection, and persisted in his denials. It has since been impossible to obtain from him any confession. In proceeding to the examination of the bodies on the following day, it was observed that each victim had been destoyed by a single blow. The mother had her lungs cut through from side to side. On 1 searching the house, it was discovered that a kitchen knife had disappeared. No cause is assigned for this atrocity. It is known only that the conduct of the young man gave great cause of uneasiness to his family, and that abusing the tenderness of his parents, whose only hope he was, he ran into expences he- 1 yond their means, and required money which they could not ' supply. The funeral of these unfortunate victims took place one the 17th, and was attended by nearly the whole population of Castres. •  On Saturday, large placards, issued from the Queen-square Police-office, by order of the 3.l.tg,iiiratex, were affixed about Westminster, • Warning manufacturers of, and dealers in, and firers off' of loyal squibs, crackers, and other similarly composed combustibles, not to indulge, if they dislike legal penalties and visitations, in their predilections, whether profitable or pleasurable, on the approaching sth of November, when Protestant youths show their horror or conspiracies, by once more consigning effigies of Guido, aim Guy Fawkes, to the flames.