The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-11 00:00:00

JANUARY

18?

hawker, was further examined on a charge of stab-
bing George Batchelor, a horse-keeper, and inflicting
five dangerous wounds on his neck and right cheek,
with a shoemaker's dressing knife.'
In this case it appeared that the prisoner was
living in a state of adultery with the wife of the
prosecutor, and the parties having met on the night
of Friday week, a fight ensued, during which the
prisoner was seen to have inflicted five wounds on k
the prosecutor with a shoemaker's dressing knifo. _
The prisoner was committed for trial ; but the sur-
geon who attended the prosecutor not being in BA
is
rhntii
attendance, he will be brought up again on a future coven,
d Derby
ay.
Grand.

u pr. Ct. 10 Gt,.-pr.ct.,
THE MURDERER CHRISTIAN SATTLER. Grand Union 100 Is. Gd
Kennt & Avn 40 Gs.
&Livrp 100 251.
iter..•. 'OO, 6/.
:r &Nth 83 17.55.
ltiorogh 143 701.
4fleld. 100 21. 10s.
...... 100 161.
... 100

The sheriffs have appointed the execution of this Leicesi
culprit for Monday, the 18th of January, this being LoagLeicsthi
rather earlier than usual in such cases. The exe-
cntion will take place at Newgate, as, although the .N'eath
death of the officer and the committal of the pri- Oxfor
senor took place in the county of Surrey, the exe-
cution, under the terms of the sentence, will take
place at the gaol where the culprit was confined at
the time of his conviction.
The culprit, for a considerable period after his
confinement in Newgate, expressed his entire dis-
belief in all revealed religion ; and although, at the
request of the sheriffs and ordinary, he read por-
tions of the Old and New Testament, he stated
that so far from what he found there altering his
opinions, it only confirmed him in them. On
Christmas-day, however, he expressed a desire to
be present at the service in the shapel, and since
then he has bean present on every occasion, and like-
wise appears desirous to converse with the Rev. Mr.
Davis, the ordinary, and there appears reason
to believe that his deistical notions are passing
away. The prisoner appears to have received a
very geed education, but, according to his own
statement, he was a spoiled child, and allowed to
do almost as ho pleased, without any control being
exercised over him, during his youth, and this had
its natural effect in leading him into idle and disso-
lute habits. Upon the formation of the British
German Legion, during the Crimean war, he re-
solved to come to this country, and he enlisted in
that legion, and on acenuat of his superior acquire-
ments he was employed as clerk in the regiment,
but was subsequently discharged. Since that time
he has not had any regular employment, but
has bed~ wandering about the country, subsist-
ing by-begging, and it is tes be feared that in more
than one instance he resorted to dishonest practices,
and for one of the acts of that description he was,
as stated at the trial, sentenced to four months'
imprisonment iu the gaol of Wisbeach. During
the past week the prisoner has received a letter
from his father, in which he exhorts him to
endeavour to reconcile himself to his Maker for his
awful crime, and also, among other mat ters, informs
him that several of his comrades who had left the
same place to join the Legion, had returned home
with a considerable sum of money, and exhorts him
to consider how different his position would have
been if he had followed honest and moral.courses.
The prisoner continues to persist in asserting
that the officer was shot by accident, although he
at the same time admits that he harboured an in-
tention to take his life from the moment that he
was taken on board the Caledonia to be brought to
England, and Thain had placed the handcuffs upon
him. He says, however, that after Thein had left
him in the afternoon of the 20th November he con-
trived to get possession of his pistol and load it,
but his intention at that time was to destroy him-
himself. The officer, however, came in at the
moment he was about to discharge it, and while he
was sitting upon a folding stool in the cabin a struggle
took place and he was nearly overpowered, and in
making a violent effort to release himself, the pistol
went of, and shot the deceased, but he declares this
was accidentally done. The nature of the wound
and the condition of the clothes of the deceased
would to some extent confirm the statement of the
prisoner, but the dying declaration of the unfor-
tunate deceased and the exclamations of the pri;
soner after the fatal occurrence, would tend to show
conclusively that it is not the truth, and there can
be no doubt that it was a deliberate and determined
act of murder on the part of the prisoner.
Although the prisoner has been constantly in-
formed by the authorities of the gaol that there is
not the slightest probability of his receiving any
commutation of the sentence, he still appears to
entertain an idea that the capital punishment will
not be carried out, and it is said that he has drawn
up a long and remarkably well-written memorial to
the Secretary of State, asking for mercy on the
grounds above referred to. He appears to have no
friends or connections whatever in this country, and
he bas not been visited by any oge since he has been
in Newgate.

PRICES OF SHARES.

From the Official List.
PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAT AND FRIDAY EVENINt,
• LONDON, FRIDAY, JAN, 8, 1858.
CANALS,

••:; Dividend
Names of V, Dividend Price.
Companies. A per
------ -- Companies. Names of
.o! Alifim. Pr':
co Annum.
X X
Ashtn &Oldb 93 71. p. et. Peak Forest. 75 51. Os.
Birmingham 40 4/: Regent's.. •. 30 17s. 15%
Coventry.. • • 100, 111. 190 Rochdale.... 85
Derby .. •• • • 100 6/. 15s. Stftrd &Wor, 140 281.
GrandJunctn 100 21. pr. et. 47 I Stoarbridge.. i4B 12/. 10s.
Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 61. pr, et. Severn and 1
Grand Union 100 79. Gd Wye Rail. j 28 11. 16s.
Kcnnt & Avn 40 Gs. 61% Warwick & I 21. 24
Leeds &Livrp 100 251. 501 Birming. j 100
Leicester .. 'OO, 61. IWarwick &1 21' 9
Leicstr &Nth 83 11.55. 13 Napton.. j 100
Loughtiorogh 143 701. Worcstr & j
t ~, lOs. 18%
Macclesfield. 100 21. 10s. Birming. '
Heath •.•• 100 161. Wilts & Brlu 7s. Od.
Oxford.. •• .. 100 106