The Express.
London, England, 1862-09-15 00:00:00

THE LAST LETTER OP A MURDERER.

Taylor, on Saturday morning, shortly before he
was executed, wrote a letter to has wife, coiniating prised-
pally of expreerious of affection towards her, interlarded
with scriptural quotations. Shortly before his death he
made • statement to the effect that the children bad been
dead eight days, but he never gave • hat of the mode by
which they had been murdered. The following is the
later :
" Sept. 13.—Saturday, now 7 o'clock.
"My loving and beloved wife,—l rose this morning in
peace aud quiet. I feel truly peaceful, aid have no fear of
1 teel as calm as though all was in its owe course.
I have not one Deere of my whole system in the beet state
of excitement. I fad truly pleased with your letter of yes-
terday ;it was a cosec of comfort to me. May God give
you grace to carry out your good resolutions to the end of
time. Time with your dear and affectionate hnsbaod will
soon be DO tomer. I meet my fate with a calm resignation.
I sus say, by the grace of God, Thy will be done. I rose
this morning about half-past 5; dressed and washed, then
my Bible, and reed the
_Nth Psalm. 1 opened
opened
book, and that main at the first opeolog
caught my eye. I read it twice; it pee me
aoudad. Do you read it ; it is most appropriate for
us; and then after I had read it I got on my knees
and opened out my whole soul to Geld for amanitas°e for this
bard day's work, and I took you, my dear, dear mature, in
the arms of faith and prayer, with me to the throne of
grace. I felt much pleasure in praying for you. God loves
you. Do continue to pray to Him yourself. His ear is at all
times open to our prayers. He will bear you sad bins you,
and He will conduct you to heaven to join with me and our
lovely family. Oh! my dear Pet, the tears did flow pro-
fusely while I was praying for you. lam happy about you,
because you feel able to reconcile yourself with your dear
payouts. May God blots them with all the blessings of this
life, and when they have done with earth may they gather
up their beet and die in peace. And oh ! my dear Pat, may
God make you a blessing to the whole family. May you be
their pride, and lead them in the path of peace and virtue.
You, my dear, have seen • little of the world; you have bad a
short experience of life, but never one his had more, or
heavier trials to bear than you. Ours has been one continued
trial since we began life. Had it not been for that feeling
which God had implanted in our hearts, sorrow must bare
overwhelmed us. lam pleased that you and Harriet (his
sister) have begun to love each other. Yon know, my
dear, that aloe is • good creature. Sim will de you good.
Yon will feel happy in her company. You will be able to
keep up • correspondence which will be a consolatioe to both
of yon. I lave sent her a lock of my hair by the same poet,
and I herewith enclose you another lock. I had sent you one
before. Mr. Wright share. He his told me he willlook after
those things for you, end see you get all right. Ido love him.
He is • truly good man. Hs motives are good. it is not
cariosity or gain that causes him to mingle in the manner
that be does with the suffering and afflicted part of man-
kind. I believe it to be a work appointed him by his Lard
sad master, for he is so peculiarly eligible for such • work
of faith and labour of love. Godliness is profitable to all
things. May you feel it so, my deer wife, through life.
May God be your guide through life, your comfort and con-
solation in death, is my earnest prayer. I feel DO reluetawas
in leaving the world. I can leave you in the care
of my Heavenly Father ; He will are for you.
I earnestly prayed for you, and 1 fed soured
that we shall soon meet in heaven. I must
now draw to a close and leave all the world to you. I
have arching more of a worldly nature to say auto you
that I can charge my memory with just now. I leave all
with you, and may your own theeretioe direct your thoughts,
and words, and settees in tide world aright. They Lave
"hie moment placed my breakfast on the table—bread sod
butter and coos—my last breakfast. The rub has risen
bright, and pouring forth He maim nature. But will not also
the sun of righteonsoessehine oa our dark minds, and illumi-
nate them, and show you,my dear, as well as me, all thanes,
exist there, that is not in couformity with the will of God.
And may we both be enabled to root out all that may be is
our evil nature, that will permit us enjoying the *aware of
heaven to its greatest attest. I now commit you to the can
and protection of our God and father. May He guide you
through life and be with you in death. and conduct you safely
to that place which He Lath prepared knoll those who love
Him. I herewith asthma you the letter youtiad from Lordoe;
also five post stamps that I barn left of the eieven you sent
me. What can 1 more say? You think my letter short if
I do not fill up all my space. But what I say further must be
of a spiritual nature. I see you now with the eye of my
mind, in deep, deep SOITOW, and a torrent of tears flow down
thine lovely cheeks. Would that I could only wipe them
for you, but that is beyond my power. Fear not. God
will—ges, He has premised that He will—dry your tears.
I feel it. He has unbounded love, unbounded compariroo,
unbounded merry. _ Oh ! the contemplation of such •
friend. Such a God is good. It is • comfort. May His
grace be with you, and His Spirit, Hiscontforting spirit, rest
upon you, through time to all etc city, is the prayer of your
loving and affectionate husband. Now, my dearwife,farewell„
farewell, farewell, to the end of time. But may we meet
where farewell will be • monad unknown. Give my love
to . . . May God hiess you all with His fres
grams, give you all spirituel and eternal blessimp, that an
may make one happy family in Heaven. Again I bid you
all farewell, and remain, with all love, my very dear sad
affectionate wife, your loving amid affectionate husband,
" W. IL Tanta:*

DESPATCH OF AMZRICAN MAILS.—DE Saturday
the Canard (r.m.s.) Scotia was despatched from Liverpool
to New York, with mails for the United States and North
America, topther with about 180 paewngers, cargo, he.
The east Americee mail despatch teem Liverpool will be
AI Wednesday next, whoa the Limas steamer City ci
Baltimore will leave the Mersey tar New York, with meals
for the United States. The box at the Liverpool ibt•otsos
will be oyes as that dsy to the receipt of litter. until
12 o'clock noon, anal vial Cork till &30 p.m.