The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-01 00:00:00

The Convict Muller.

Yesterday morning the Sh riffs of London, Mr Alderman
Dakin and Mr Alderman Besley, accompanied by the
Under-Sheriffs, Mr Davidson and Mr De Jersey, the Itev.
Mr Davis, the ordinary of Newgate, and Mr Jonas, the
governor, visited the convict Franz Muller in his cell, and
announced to him that Monday week, the 14th of Novem-
ber, had been fixed for his execution. The convict received
the intimation with calmness, The Sheriffs took occasion
solemnly to exhort him to make the best use he could of the
interval which remained to him to live, and he appeared to
understand the full force of the entreaty. During the inter-
view be acknowledged that he had had a fair trial, but ho
was understood to say, in effect, that the evidence in sup-
port of an alibi had done him more harm than good. Ho
spoke in broken English and in a low tone, and his remarks
on that subject left somewhat different impressions on the
minds of the deputation. By some ho was understood to
refer to the prejudice which his case had suffered by recourse
having been had to the evidence of two women of immoral
character, anc by others he was supposed to have questioned
a line of defence which, though undertaken with the best
inten4,ions, tended, in the result, to weaken his case, as it
previously stood on its merits, and was eventual), used to
strengthen that of the prosecation, lie was told by one of
;he Sneriffi i effect that but for the alibi the easel for the
prosecution would have remained partially unanswered,
uud that his counsel were justified in resorting to it if they
believed, as no doubt they did, there was anything in it, and
sifting it to the bottom. He appeared to adhere to his own
(pinion upon the point, and the profitless conversation was
Lot further conticued.

After sentence had been passed on Saturday afternoon ho
seemed hardly at first to realise the poeition in which it left
him, but on reaching his cell he gave way to a paroxyein of
grief which in one sense had the efEctof relieving him, and
by 7 o'clock in the evening he had fallen into a sound sleep,
which continued far into the night. There is masen for
believing that he slept but little if at all on.either Thursday
or Friday night, while his trial was pending, and that on
Saturday evening, after all was over, hs succumbed to sheer
exhaustion. On Friday evening, while his counsel, Mr
Sergeant Parry, was addressing the jury, he was repeatedly
overcame by his feelings, and gave way to tears which he
sought to conceal by holding down his head as he sat in the
dock. On Sunday ha attended the ordinary service in the
chapel of the prison, and yesterday he was visited by a Ger-
man clergyman from the west end of the town, understood
to b 2 of the Lutheran persuasion. At the Central Criminal
on trials for murder it is usual to remove the prisoner from
the public gaze while the jury are del:berating on their
verdict. On Saturday Muller was asked to retire while the
jury were so engaged, but he declined the proffered consi-
deration, preferring to remain in court, awaiting their re-
turn, and he sat in the dock amid the hum of conversation
in which the audience indulged while the judges and the
jury were absent from the court. He was ghastly pale,
and his solicitor, Mr Beard, spoke occasionally to him, evi-
dently with the view to sustain him in the-awful interval of
suspense. He heard with apparent fortitude his doom as
it was pronounced by Mr Baron Martin, and it was only
at its conclusion that his courage seemed to forsake him.
In a few parting words which he addressed to
the Bench in broken English he struggled hard
to conceal his emotion. He held his hand over his mouth
as he spoke, and it was difficult to hear what he said., Mr
Jonas, the governor, withdrew the hand in order that he
might be the better understood, but after that he said no•
thing more, and on leaving the dock he had the presence of
mind to turn round and bow to his counsel, as if in token of
his gratitude for their services on his behalf.
The jury who tried him were most impartially chesen—
that is, one man was taken in turn from the list for each of
the five counties which send prisoners for trial at the Cen-
tral Criminal Court, and in the end, after there had been 16
peremptory challenges on the part of the prisoner and one
on behalf of the Crown, 12 men were empanelled wholly
unknown to each other, and presenting in their general
appearance, and in the questions they occasionally put to
the witnesses, a fair representation of the intelligent middle
class of the community. They paid the most anxious atten-
tion to the whole proceedings from beginning to end, so
much so that when towards the end of the summing up,
the Lord Chief Baron put the question to them, they de-
clined to trouble him to read the evidence. They were abs
sent a quarter of an hour, and their verdict was given with
complete unanimity. A great crowd had collected for some
hours outside the Courthouse in the Old Bailey to await the
verdict, and when it was given the people separated in
great excitement. Mr Beard, the convict's solicitor, had
to be escorted along the Old Bailey into Ludgate-hill by
policemen, but whether this was to protect him from the
mere curiosity of the crowd or from any apprehended.
danger did not appear.

ELOPEMENT OF A YOUNG LADY.—A young lady
has disappeared from Mamhead, near Dawlish,
under circumstances which have greatly distressed her
parents. She is the daughter of the heads of one of the
most respectable and well-to-do families in the neighbour-
hood, is 19 years of ago, and has been an object of marked
admiration on account not only of her personal charms, but
of her fascinating manners and educational accomplish-
ments. Her tuition had been under the care of a resident
governess, and no pains had been spared to cultivate the
intellectual parts of one whose fine figure end handsome
face had rendered her the pride of the family. Oa Thurs-
day morning the w s missed from her room, and inqui: ice
were immediately set on foot to discover her whereabouts.
From what has been ascertained at the Dawlish Railway
S'ation and elsewhere, there is too much reason to believe
that this young lady has been accompanied in her flight by
a young man, only abcut 18 years of age, who has been up
to a week ago working for the f tinily as a farm labourer.
Ile was discharged last week, but was seen near the house
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Mr COBDEN had better look to his laurels, for he
is threatened by a powerful opposition. Doubtless
h 3 now considers himself safe, and laughs at any
adverse movement ; but it by no means follows that
when the day of trial comes he may not find that
he has enacted the part of the hare in the fable,
and allowed the tortoise to creep in and win the
race. It is always difficult to define the opposition
that arrays itself against one who, fora long period,
has been a popular favourite. At first a whisper of
reproof and reproach is scarcely heard, bat the
curious fooling takes root and gradually gains
ground, slow:y, surely working on to its fatal end.
At the time of th repeal of the Cura Laws there
was no man in England more highly thought of
than the hon. member for Rochdale ; but it was not
a lasting sentiment, deep in the heart of the nation,
but a temporary feeling that was evoked. He rode
on the wings of a transitory triumph and did not
reckon on a more lasting and solid foundation on
which to build his renown. It may truly be said
of Mr COBDEN that he has missed the tide in his
cif tits, which, taken at the fhod, would have led
on to fortune. He has not identified himself with
the spirit of the English people, not fully and fairly
represented their character in his dealings with
foreign nations., There has been too much of one
idea running through all his views to render him a