The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-12 00:00:00

A PROMISING YOUI7-1.17.--"'
We find the following statement in the Droit :--..'A
youth, named Alfred, not yet sixteen, belonging to art
honest family of working people, having received some
little education, and calling himself a clerk, was arrested
on Friday
some timeunder the following circumstances :—During
, Alfred has been alone at Paris, in conse-
quence of his father being on a journey. Free from
paternal authority, he plunged into pleasure, and in-
curred excessive expenses. His disorderly conduct
brought down upon him the reproaches of his relatives,
but he took no notice of them, and quitted his father's
house, saying he would not receive
advice from anybody,
and that he knew how to create resources to live inde-
A little agilengalifstehr,doAcitforerainahmadedoEccdanisioonndLos
pendently.
go to the house of an E
residing in the Rue Vieille-du-Temple, fif-
teen
Edmonds,yesrs
Alfredhad attended
was
m much
hs
shitruzillelus.at the rich ls
visits
sfurniture,lt li to p r
and concluded that the doctor
and
valuables. lie according resolved 'tor7(7.bsshrinoney
order to carry his deign into effect studied thflel'i ande i'll.
habits. Having observed that Dr. Edmonds frequentlydoctor's
abstnted himself, he procured a key to open his.
went, and made preparations for effecting a Terq..
On thinking further on the matter, he came to the con-
clusion that if he murdered the Doctor, and then robbed
him, the chances of discovery would he fewer. lie ac-
cordingly determined to murder him, and for that pur-
pose procured a large awl, which he sharpened. Fearing,
however, that his energy might fail at the fatal moment,
he resolved to obtain an assistant. lie, therefore, went
on Thursday night to the well-known establishment
of Paul Niquet, which is frequented by thieves ilea
cuteasfs, among whom he hoped to find some one
to aid him in carrying out his abominable designs.
In the smoky lapis franc, he soon remarked a man
'of about 40, covered with rags, without shoes,
with a long and dirty beard, and his whole appear-
' ance betokening suffering and misery. lie accosted him,
and asked what hadid at Paris. The man replied that
not being able to obtain work at Bordeaux he had come
to Paris to seek it. " Work !" cried Alfred, " don't
think of it ; you will not find occupation anywhere, and
if you did you would not earn sufficient to live on. If
you like I will procure you resources ; yes, I will make
you have money, and that without fatigue !" And there-
upon Alfred went on to speak of the wealth of the cloo'cor,
and of the good stroke that it would be to murder him.
He proposed to his companion to do the job, said that
be would introduce him into the house, and would give
him one-fourth_ of all that he might be able to steal.
Strangulation was the means he first proposed, and he
particularly recommended to the man to take care not
to allow the victim to utter cries. He promised to dress
his accomplice in new clothes, in order that he might
enter the house without suspicion, and he spoke of the
murder as the most simple and natural thing in the world.
The stranger appeared to accept his proposition, but
said that it would be difficult to strangle the doctor
without his crying out. Altred the-reupon drew his
large awl from his pocket, and ehowed the other how he
might kill a man with it at one blow. The stranger
made no further observations, and a bargain was duly
made, and confirmed by a good supper. The next
morning Alfred led his accomplice to a barber's, and
then left him to seek some cloth.a for him When
alone the pour wretch became so ft ightened at the hor-
rible projects of the lad, that he lusted to the Marche
des Innocans, and communicated them to some servns
de ville, who took him the commissaire de police of
the quarter, to whom he told the same tale. Measures
were immediately taken to arrest Alfred, and when he
appeared with his clothes at the appointed place he was
captured. The instrument with which he had proposed
to kill Dr. Edmonds was found upon him, as was also
the key with which he intended to open the doctor's
door. The examination to which he was subjected was
not lung. He, howev.,r, made the most complete con-
fession, and detailed all the circumstances here related
with extraordinary sang froid. He manifested not the
slightest remorse, but exposed his criminal plans as if
they were perfectly regular. lie has a mild and agree-
able expression of countenance, and appears to possess
a well developed intelligence. He has been sent to the
prison of the prefecture of police.

THE LATE FATAL FIGHT AT
HEADLESS CROSS.
It will be in the recollection of our readers that on
Easter Monday a drunken fight took place near the
White Hart Inn, at Headless Cross, between a shoe-
maker, named Thomas Robinson, and a needlemaker,
named Richard Boulton, in which the latter received
a blow which knocked him down, and that he died
next day from its (fleets, es was suspected, although
the Coroner's jury returned a verdict to the effect
that he died in a fit of apoplexy, caused by exer-
tion and excessive drinking. The widow of Boul-
ton appears to have been rather dubious as to the accu-
racy of this verdict, from certain circumstances which
had since transpired ; and she accordingly ap-
plied to Mr. Gray, magistrate of Alcester,
who
ordered her to attend at the Petty Sessions, on Monday
last, at that place. After hearing the woman's state-
ment, he ordered warrants to he issued for the apprehen-
sion of William Robinson, as principal, and William
Harris, Matthias Pool, David Hill, and William Shirley,
as being eiders and abettors in the fight. Robinson,
Shirley, and Hill, were apprehended the same night by
Muncloo and Spooner, the Alcester officers; Harris was
apprehended on the following day by the Ipsley officer;
and Pool gave himself up to Mr. AlunAloo. On Wednas-
day they were brought up before Mr. Gray, and in the
course of the hearing a man named Richard Sturtley having
been implicated, he was put into the dock %long with the
other prison( rs. From the evidence now brought for-
ward the affair see.ns to have been one of the most dis-
graceful kind; fcr it appears that before the fight com-
menced Robinson said to diceast d that if they did turn,
out to fight, he (deceased) should neler come in alive.
Before the cemmencement of it e last round, having
fought for about 3411 hour and a half. one of the bystand-
ers, now in custody, said to Robinson. " Hit him under
the ar, and that wilt finish the --
," mid aecoroinely,
on the standing up' to fight, Robinson, after sr,3ing
to the diseased, ‘• This volt be the last round, for I
mean to finish you," struck him a violent blow just under
the ear. The unfortunate deceased instantly dropped
down, his mouth filed with blood, and ee never stirred
or spoke until the following, when he died. At the con-
clusion of the bearing, which lasted about six hours, the
wlk le of the prisoners were committed for trial at the
next Warwick as:iz9s. Pool, 11111. Shirley, and Sta., ley
were admitted to hail, themselves in 10C/., and two sure-
ties of 50L; but bail was refused for Robinson and Harris,
in consequenc, of the evidence adduced above.-liirming-
ham Journal.

CHARGE OF POISONING.
(Fr ..m !he Deronpoi t Indeperth nt.)
It is with coasidcraha: !egret that we hs a to detail
the particulars of a most determined and but too suo ss-
ful attempt at poisohing, which was nestle on Thursday
morning last, at a beer shop iu Petal-woke-street, knto‘n
by the sign of the Victory of China. Fortunately we
have in this neighbourhood been spared the excitement
and the pain which such transactions occasion, and
when our columns had contained the revolting particu-
lars of the endeavours of one party against the lives of
otlurs, other pLc-s have been the scene, and we have
joined, to the natural feelings those particulars have
produced, some congratulation that at least this locality
had not attained a disagreeable no:oriety, by the perpe-
tration within it of such crimes.
It appears that a young man, named Henry Humphrey
Gilbert, a clerk in her Majesty's navy (whom, father is a
messenger in the Admiral Superintendent's office), had
visited the beer shop referred to, and had remained in
company with one of the &pray. d but unfortunate
creatures who spend their rnircrable lives at the vafittus
houses of resort in that neighbourhood. On Wednesday
annigdhtonhe slept
thef thereolio with
ngm namedorning ih, Ellen
ycam Mc.
eintothMe
tap-
room
Pedler.room o f tTh eh
ihs omu seen,
hada nd
etnh
tere:,
ds atwh
ea
hmoauisien aotnn e dt
hJeo,sperpiltt
heeedoibagtaienveedn,inagri,da,nmdraissiknegd
ifnorthae
mbeodrntionghihmeseclaf.meiinhtlos
bedayl Pedler,
an whoseo m
on board
cbooraredx ihoen
rs are Majesty's
jreesst7s3,asbhliep,
cihtlaieeseebtanere:n a
"hoem.spircekPv.ionsly belonged to her Majesty's steamer
Bulldog, and seme.mmths since he was convicted before
Captain Foote and J. Ingle, Esq., at Stonehouse, of being
concerned in an extensive smuggling affair. We do not
say this with the view of raising any prejudice against;
the man, but as a simple fact, for there can be nothir,g
in a man's once being a smuggler likely to create a ,Jus-
picion against him in reference to such a serious charge
as the present.
In the taproom with the deceased were one or two
other parties, and Pedler sent one of the girls who was
by his side out on an errand, and he was than seen to
put a white powder into a glass of porter, and going over
to Mc. Mean, he said " Drink." Another girl, who saw
this, warritAl her not to drink it, as a white powc:er was•
at
t
under the grate. She then observed in
drunk,the
Subsequentlyglass;l7esesa'nd she drank some. Within
drank three or four
badyhrereidnigertoto
s
Gilbert was sick and
a girl named Kesiah Cook, 1%) uorntgerdmssup:anosri wGtaeilrls iroa eo andrae.elir he
doe
the
ee
unfortunate
cook complained of hick-
dararsy,_a_nd exhibited the ordinary symptoms of being
npeestsseaend pi; n in the abdomen. All was confusion in
the house, and she landlady charged Pedler with having
put something into the porter. This he denied, anti
horetatibmye
athneayrcboottiho became
afterwards left the house. Mr. C. Tripe was summone.d
to attend GilbsnelsrcitllsaunebodsutpihdgeudegeniNr,tili
e, at
cnoadrme
esAtloirrn.
e. Lt t%u)e•nrfa)::dtmu
eni,adaurt
es,
mtLhinatnttlem:•casdsuircgie,ll;irted to m idiom tif et. Within a short
time he exp
the ired; and the woShe had evidently bud woolen, still suffering, was
nd
4";
Le("ciakiititil‘r(.;:ud"
convey! d to
a
god
dose,s
r t lac sate,;tic.n of
On Frei;inat)i,nsui (.ect e ably better.
The man Pedler was everywhere snught after by the
police, who thought lie was more like.iy to be found
out of the town than within it. lie was, however,
taken by some watermen ho had been told his " de-
scriptions," and who are entitled to credit fitr aiding the
police) in Queen street, ou Thursday, and brought to
the station-house.
Friday, before A. B. lone, The inquest was held on
district,
port which, fter after
the the coroner for the neve
was adjourned
to
examinationwitnesses, J
of several
Thursday next, in or der to afford time for the analysis
stomach of the
deceased.
of the contents of the

The Rev. -Robert Montgomery, ALI author of
The Omnipresence of the De tv," and other poems, will
Preach at St. Matthew's Church, Brixton, on Sunday morn-
Fog next, May 16, in aid of the National Schools of that
district.
We learn from Leghorn, under date of the 28th of
April, that buyers from different parts of the interior had
visited that market, which had again given au impetus to
trade ; and good Mariazopeli wheat was then worth
equal to 6fis. per quarter, free on bowl.