The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-14 00:00:00

upon her by the affliction with which she was
visited.—(Hear, hear.)
Alderman HumrnEßY also spoke in terms of high
praise of the deceased Common Sergeant and his
widow, and the resolution was carried unanimously.
The resolution of condolence was then, upon the
motion of Alderman TuompsoN, seconded by Alder-
man HOOFER, ordered to be signed by the Town
Clerk, varnished, and transmitted forthwith to Mrs.
Mirehouse.
Adjourned.

MURDEROUS ATTACK ON A
FAMILY IN FRANCE.

The following details of a murder recently com-
mitted on a family, by name Redaud, appear in the
Courrier de Limoges:—Paulait, a landed proprietor et
St. Priest le l3etoux, in the canton of Chateupousat,
fired six shots at the Reclaud family as they were
returning in a cart fcmn Magnac Laval. Madame
Redaud, tl,e mother, and her eldest son were mor-
tally wounded; the wife of the latter is severely in-
jured, as also is M. Redaud the younger, recently
retired from the service, and married on the 11th of
February last ; his w ife, who was also in the
coach, received no damage. On the morrow of
his crime, the 3d of March, at six o'clock in
the morning, the murderer executed justice on
himself by blowing his brains out near Lussac les
Eglises, whither he had proceeded after the perpetra-
tion of his crime. Paulait, who is about 34 years of
age, was of a taciturn disposition. He was generally
considered as a well-conducted man. His fortune
consisted of 40,0001'. in landed property, and he had
received some education at the college of Magnac
Laval. He was married, but had successively lost all
his children, to the number of five or six, and
this had given him a desire to quit his native place.
With this intention he sold all his property to MM.
Redaud and Chaumoneix for a sum of 33,000 f. He
soon repented of the bargain, and the sale was can-
celled at the cost of 2,000 f., which were to have been
paid to R.I. Redaud at a certain fixed period. Pau-
lait soon after refused to pay, and an action was com-
menced, which increased Paulah's liabilities to
5,000 f. The result of this was an excessive degree
of exasperation on the part of the debtor, which for
some time he carefully disguised. On the Ist of
March Paulait met with M. Redaud at the fair of

Bellac, and asked him for Of. as a loan, which he
promised should be returned the next day at St. Sor-
nin. On the 24 of March, at eleven o'clock in the
morning, Paulait was at the inn of the Green Bull,
on the road to Magrac, when he perceived in a
char-a-bane certain persons belonging to the Redaud
family, who were going to the college in that town
to visit the young Redaud at school there. Paulait
asked the innkeeper for writing materials, and, when
he had finished a letter, asked to hob.and-knob with
him fcr the last time, no attention being paid to the
expression at the time. He then went home, cast
some bullets and slugs, and ensconced himself at a dis-
tance of two kilometers from the cross-road leading to
Dompierre. Hidden behind a holly-bush, he laid at
his feet two double-barrelled guns and two pistols.
At half-past four o'clock he heard a coach coming up
the hill at a walking pace, and having assured himself
that it contained the Redaud family, when it had
arrived within ten paces of him, he rushed out into
the middle of the road. The first two shots
struck Madame Redaud in the abdomen—she
fell ; the horse stopped, and two more shots were
fired, taking effect on the shoulder and arm of M.
Redaud, the elder. He had strength, however, to
jump down and drag himself to a distance of more
than a kilometer ; his wife alighted from the cart,
threw her arms round the assassin, and entreated him
to spare her life, and she would forgive him his
debt. The wretch threw her off, crying, "It is your
life I want, Madam !.' and a pistol was directed at her
head. She covered it with her arm, which was pierced
through, and as she was attempting to escape another
ball struck her in the loins. N. Redaud, the younger,
had been wounded in the thigh at the same time
with his mother—his wife alone escaped uninjured
from this fearful slaughter. The assassin fled in the
direction of Lussac, and arrived at the village of
Libauderic, at the house of one of his friends. His
disordered features were fearful to look upon. He
asked for a bed, and one was made up for him in an
adjoining barn, there being no room in the house.
The next day, at five o'clock in the morning, the ex-
plosion of a fire-arm was heard, and on running to the
place Paulait was found behind the barn with his
head shattered by a pistol shot. The letter written
at the inn was lying at his feet.