The Express.
London, England, 1858-02-08 00:00:00

EXECUTION OF CHRISTIAN SATTLER.

(THIS DAY.)

Christian Battler, the Bavarian, who was con-
victed at the January session of the murder of Charles
Their, the detective (Aker, en board the Caledonia steam-
ship, was monied this morning at Nawsate.
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Our readers are aware that tie prisoner, after having com-
mitted a robbery in, this country, fled to Hamburg, and by
an arrangement with the Hamburg polite wan induced to
go on hosed the Caledonia, where Thad took him into cus-
tody and hendadied him, and on the way home he contrived
to load a pistol and shoot the am. The prisoner declared
from the come cement that he was inveigled on board the
vessel, and there appears to be very little doubt that Theirs
would have had no authority to take him at Hamburg ; end
se the dime he was charged with wee only petty larceny,
he considered that he had been harshly and illegally dealt
with, and this led to the commimion of the offence.
Since hie conviction the prisoner's conduct has been most
exemplary, end he appeared to feel a sinoere regret for hie
(rime. He also paid the greatest attention to the exhor-
tations of the Bev. Mr. Davis, the ordinary of the prison,
and appeared to be Imbued with sincere religious
notions; at his earnest request on Sunday the holy
sacrament was administered to him. He was informed on
Saturday that no hope remained for him, and he appeared
quite resigned. In the course of the day he wrote a letter to .
his father, and by this morning's poet he received one from
kis parent acknowledging the receipt of some hooka and other
trifling article,' and uprooting his regret that, on account of
his age, over seventy, he was unable to visit his son
before he left this world. The prisoner, it appeared,
served for a considerable time in the French army
in Algeria, end he afterwards belonged to the German
Legion. He never stated the reason that canoed
him to leave the French army, but there is too
much meson to believe that for a considerable time be had
taken to dishonest courses, and that he had committed essay
robberies in addition to the one which led to his untimely
sod.
Mr. Aldermea Lawrence and Mr. Allen, the sherifh, end
Mr. Millard and Mr. Parker, the andmeheriffe, arrived at the
prison about half-peat seven o'clock, and sour afterwards
they proceeded to the prisoner's cell, accompanied by Mr.
Weatherbeed, the governor, and Mr. Matthews, the bed
turakey. The prisoner the moment they entered shoot Undo
with them, end expressed his gratitude dor the kindness he
had nudged from than. lie then mid that he Mt quite d-
eigned, and he believed that he bad made his peace with d-
signed,
▪ added that since he had been shut out hem the world
Ida heart hod become in the same state an when he wee
young, and that he deeply repented of all the sins he had
committed, and hoped he should be saved. He then banded
to Mr. Parker en Italian Bible, on the front leaf of which was
written the following words
"Presented to me by the honoured lir. Parker, Shield
the City of London. Ca. Sams&
"My beloved benefactor and preteeter, Mr. Timm
Parker, humbly is prayed to accept his pukes
hem me his debtor, for, exempting my spirited father• rit
not !mow any one more worthy to be its war. By the
name of miritael father, I mean my isciseels beloved con-
dada' and guide to the foot of the cross, the RIM Dr. Davis,
the chsphott of the Newest, gaol."
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