The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-16 00:00:00

SHIPPING-TIM DAY, •

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LONDON, Nov. 16.—Wind this day at noon—North-
Easterly; moderate breeze and fate Weather, but a little
cloudy.
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NEWPORT, Nov. 14.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Elpis,
from Bristol for Pernambuco. Sailed—R. Lamont, for
Mauritius.
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HOLYHEAD, Nov. A-• ---.—Arrived—Thomas
Nov. 15.
Lee, from Liverpool for Vancouver's Island, towed in.
being dismasted.
Nov. 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Ber-
E.—Arrived—Alma,
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(BY MAGNETIC TELEORAPII,)
GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning.
Arrived, Nov. 15—Mermaid, from Guernsey—Gondala,
from Demerara,
Arrived, Nov. 16—Fideo, from Odessa—Forest Fairy,
from Denia.
DEAL, Wednesday Morning.
Sailed—Glenearos, for ClYna—Beltend Will, for Hong
Kong—and others, for the Westward.

about 26 years of age, bas just paid a successful visit to
A swindler of showy appearance, apparently
Boulogne. He waited on the cure of one of the parishes in
that town, and announced himself as the nephew of the
Grand Vicar of the see of Marseilles, at the same time
presenting a letter of recommendation, bearing an imitation
of the signature of that ecclesiastic, and of the seal of the
bishopric. He then requested the cure to accompany him
to a banking house of the town to obtain payment of a
cheque for 3,750 f, signed by a well-known firm at Marseilles.
The venerable priest consented, and the cash was obtained,
but both draft and letter have since proved to be only
forgeries,

SlR,—Your report in to.day's paper of the execu.
tion of Franz Muller is entirely correct, with the
one exception that the unhappy man declared he
was innocent not while, but before, the Sacrament
was being administered to him. Soon after entering
his cell on the last morning I asked Muller again
whether he was guilty of this murder. He denied
-it. I then said, " Muller, the moments are precious;
we must turn our minds wholly to God; I shall
question you no more about this, but my last words
to ycu will be Are you innocent ?' " He remained
silent far a minute or two, but presently exclaimed,
his eves full of tears, and clasping his arms round
my neck, " DJ not forsake me; stop with me to the
last." I was SO struck with this that I consulted
with Mr Jonas, the ,Governor, whether the final
question should b 3 put in the pinioning room or on
the EClffOld. We decided for the latter.
The manner iu which this crime was committed
will never be known. My own firm conviction, de-
rived from the closest prsonal intercourse with the
prisoner, is that murder was not premedi.ated ; but
that Muller, in want of money, and yielding to a
sudden temptation, attacked his victim for the sake
of robbery, and finished, in the despair of the mo-
ment, by killing him either with his own hands,
or_ by causing his fall from the railway carriage. I
recollect particularly on one occasion, when 1 repre-
sented to him the crime as likely to have taken
place in this way, he answered not, but gazed at me
intently, and impressed me at the time with the
belief of the correctness of my supposition.
I have generally observed that Muller was
most earnest in protesting his innocence when
directly charged with murder. Statements such as
having never been in a North London Railway
train he made only in answer to pointed questions,
and, it seems, in order not to contradict previous
similar assertions.

His manner—simple, gentle, and apparently open
and truthful—was such as easily to deceive even ex-
perienced observers, and the wonderful self-posses.
Sion of this most remarkable character was never
more strikingly manifested than by his fencing with
words, the rope round his neck and the white cap
over his face, when about to confess his guilt at the
very last moment.
His last two hours were all peace and prayer.
He repeated what he had said before, " If I had
died six months ego I should have been lost, but
now I entirely rely on God's mercy ; I have done
with the world and am ready to leave it.'' He
stated all recent events had at times appeared to
him like a vision or a dream, adding that he had
passed in solitude through many terrible hours since
his arrest in America. He was full of meekness
and resignation, forgave freely all his enemies, re-
quested me to write to his father that he should die
a happy and repentant man, and spoke in terms of
affection and gratitude of the prison officials, par-
ticularly of the Rev. Mr Davis and Mr Jonas, the
Governor. And I desire to conform to his sentiments
towards all the officers of the prison, and cannot
sufficiently express my admiration of the firmness,
combined with touching kindness and tenderness of
heart, with which Mr Jonas fulfilled his most try.
ing functions. It is a blessing indeed to have such
officers in such a prison.
In conclusion, I feel constrained respectfully to
call the attention of the proper authorities to what
seems to me a cruel and crying evil in Newgate.
Again and again on Monday morning in those last
solemn moments our prayers were interrupted by
the savage yells of the multitude assembled to wit-
ness the execution. Cannot the condemned cells be
placed in a position where the noise of hammering
and the shouts of the mob do not reach the ears of
the miserable culprit ?
I have the honour to be, sir, your moat obedient
servant,

LOUIS CAPEL, D D.,
Minister of the German Lutheran Church,
Alie-street, Goodman's-fields.
4, Primrose•hill-road, Nov. 15.