The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-04 00:00:00

THE MURDP;RgR SATTLEI?.

Yesterday morning a communication was received
from the Home Office to the effect that, after a care-
ful consideration of all the circumstances, no sum-
. cient ground could be seen to justify the Home Se-
cretary in auvising a commutation of the sentence.
This was immediately communicated to the culprit
by the Rev. Mr. Davis, the Ordinary of Newgate,
in the presence of the Sheriffs and the Under-
Sheriffs, and the Governor of the prison. When
the prisoner had been informed of the determina-
tion that had been arrived at, he answered, with
apparently great resignation ;---" I thank you,
gentlemen, for all the trouble you have taken on
my account. God's will be done ! I know that
not one hair of my head can pass to the ground
without His permission. I rely entirely on my
Saviour. I believe that through Him I shall be
pardoned, and go to everlasting rest. When I was
a boy, I loved my Saviour ; but I have been sepa-
rated from Him by my wicked desires, and now I
find Him to be my only hope, and I trust in His
sacrifice."

The Rev. Mr. Davis, after a few words of exhor-
tation and encouragement, said that the day fixed
for the execution, as the prisoner was aware, was
Monday next, to which the prisoner replied inmit-
diately, " To-morrow, if you like, gentleman. I
am quite ready."
As they were about to leave the cell, the prisoner
turned to Mr. Under-Sheriff Parker, and tearing a
leaf out of a copy-book in which the prisoner had
been writing, he handed it to that gentleman and
said, "Sir, I have nothing else to give you in token
of my gratitude than this piece of paper, which I
hope you will accept from a dying man." The
paper cont ►ined a very well written expression of
the prisonet's gratitude.

" THEY ARO COMING."

(Froim Punch.)

If anything could add to the horrible panic into which
Mr. Punch has been thrown, by the terrible addresses
of the French 59th and 821 Regiments, and of the
mander at Rouen, who, in consequence of the clurminesa
of the French police (" the worst in Europe," according
to the Emperor), beg to be employed " to sweep out the
den of assassins," meaning E,gland, it would be the fol-
lowing petition from the 2d Zouaves, which has just ap
peared in the Moniteur:—
"To S. M. THE EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH.
"SIRE,—Your Majesty's devoted Second Regiment
of Z,uaves approach yonr throne with profound emotion
and indignant congratulation.
"Miscreants from that murky (tenebrcuse) island,
where, amid eternal fogs, the genius of aristocratic de-
magagism unceasingly sharpens the arrows of treachery,
have airncd at your Majesty, and have fail,d. The
heart of your army bounds high (sank) at the intel-
ligence.

We implore you, Sire, to accede to the prayer which
has been offered by some of your valiant soldiers, that
they may be sent to rout out a'sassination from its haunt

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desirous to establish in British eyes a characl.er
slightly soiled (souilie) by certain incidents of the
Crimean
campaign.
-I'l,ecially, Sire, they would suggest to your Ma-
jesty's generosity to give the post of honour upon this
occasion to your respectable Marines, who, upon a
certain 24th of February, being assailed by the Russians,
did effect a masterly retreat, with ex reme speed, and
with their no de backs to the barbarians. And the
honour, Sire, shoe]. I be shared by a certain Regiment of
your Line, which upon the same occasion did imitate
your eallant Marines' tut perhaps with an increa-e
(addlhon) of speed. Your faithful Zouaves retrieved
the day, arid may therefore refer to it. •
" We take the liberty of approaching you with this
pet:tion, Sire, in order th it we may atone for our some-
what thoughtless and damaging conduct tower is those
Marines and that Regiment after the events of that
February day. We are sorry to say that we so far forgot
ourselves as to howl and hoot at any of them who
approached our quarters ; and, but for the friendly
stolidity of those impassable islanders, who were
requested to interfere, we should upon certain occasions
have finally demolished (ecrase) those unfortunate men,
whose motives for running away we may unhappily
hare misunderstood.
" \Ve pray you, Sire, therefore, to designate the
Marines and the other Regiment for sweeping out the
lair of the insular animal who protects assassination,
mode of warfare which his history and notorious
character testify to be unchangeably dear to him,
Signed, for the 2d Zouave, (Clcaeats Anglais),
" F bruary ad." " PHILIBERT, Colonel."

MARKET NE Ws.—(This Day.)

CORN EXCHANGE.

GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISII CORN
For the week ended Feb. 4, 1858, made up from the Re-
turns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in
England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter.
wuRAT BARLEY OATS RYE, BEANS PEAS
472 6d 37s ld 23s ld I 34s 10d 1 39s 5d 40s 61
THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES.

WHEAT I PARLEY I OATS RTE I BEANS rises
48s Od 36s 7d 22s 7d 32s lid i 39s 4d f 40s 4

ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.
Wheat, 92,541 ; barley, 91,438 ; oats, 15,634 ; rye, 57;
beans, 5,478 ; peas, 1,695 quarters.

MEAT MARKETS.

NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—Each kind of meat wan
in fair request, at full prices :—Beef, from 2slod to 4s 4,1;
Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d; Veal, 3s 8d to 4.s 8d ; Pork, 3s 2d
to 45 8,1 par Sibs by the carcase.
SOUTHALL, Feb. 3.—Only moderate supplies of fat
stock were on sale here to-day, and the trade generally
ruled stea ly, as follows : Beef, from 3s 4,1 to 4s 8(1;
Mutton, 4s 0,1 to 5s 2d ; Veal, 4s 01 to 4s 101; Pork,
28 Sd to 4s 6d per 81b8, to sink the offal.

RoMFORD, Feb. 3.—Our market was firm to-day, and
prices had an upward tendency: - -Beef, from 33 Od to 4s
8(1; Mutton, 33 10(1 to 5s Od ; Veal, 48 Od to 4s 6(1 ; Perk,
4s Od to 4s 4d per 81hs ; Store Pigs, ---0 to —s ; Mulch
Cows, Itl to 201 ; Lean Cows, ---/ to —1; Suckling Calves,
14s to 27s each.

The public is aware that the execution of this
prisoner, who was convicted at the last session of
the Central Criminal Court of the murder of Thain,
the detective officer, was respited from the day
originally fixed, iu order that a point of law as
to the legality of the arrest of the prisoner might
be argued before the judges, and that this point
has since been decided against the prisoner. Dur-
ing the interval that has elapsed, Sattler has con-
ducted himself in the most proper and becoming
manner, and has prepared a memorial to the Secre-
tary of State, praying in the most earnest terms
that his life might be spared ; and this memorial
was forwarded to Sir George Grey by the Under-
Sheriffs, Messrs. Millard and Parker ; but they at
the same time entreated the prisoner not to enter-
tain any hope that it would have the result he
prayed for, as every chance the law afforied him
had been given to him, and from the nature of the
crime it was not likely that the Government would
feel justified in recommending him to the mercy of
the Crown.