The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-02 00:00:00

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SECOND E.' ITIO2

ISUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 o'CLocic.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—This Day,

WORCESTER RACES-TIIIS DAY.
(lIY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
VISITORS' PLATE.

Lady Evelyn filly
Queen of Trumps (5 yrs)

Five ran.
HANDICAP PLATE.

Longbow filly
Virtuous ..

'!'en ran.

MATCH—Wean beat Lop-ear.
FLYING STAKES.

Ceiric
V4ndervelde .... ..

SLycntccu ran.

The Convict Muller,

When the Sheriffs left Muller's cell on Monday morning
after informing him that they had fixed Monday, the 14 41
of November, for his execution, he for the first time sho..ced
symptoms of his disealisfaction with the verdict of tbAury.
He once or twice said he had been convicted upon false evi-
dence, and implied that the evidence to which 1.0 referred
had been adduced by some of the witnesses for the defence.
From this moment the confidence which up to the time
of tin judge's summing up had so characterised the de-
meanour of the prisoner, seemed to take possession of him
again, and in the course of the of ernoon he expressed an
earnest desire to see Mr Beard, his solicitor. lie after-
wards passed the day principally in reading, and slept
sounder through the night than he did the two previous
nights. Yesterday Muller seemed completely re-
stored to his wonted self-composure, and he appeared lest
anxious and looked decidedly better than at any other time
since his apprehension. In the morning ho, for the second
time, expressed a wish to see Mr Beard. Z his fact was
communicated to that gentleman, who, with the utmost
readiness, and at .some personal inconvenience, sought to
gratify the wish of the wretched man. Ile proceeded to
Newgate at three o'clock in the afternoon, and was con-
ducted by Mr Jonas, the governor, to the gloomy cell in
which the prisoner, guarded night and day, is doomed to
pass the remainder of his snort existence. When the
door of his cell was opened he was seated on
the wooden bench inside. lie evidently did not
at that moment expect to see Mr Beard, so suddenly
was he struck with an expression of pleasure and surprise,
He instantly extended his hand to his welcome visitor, and
earnestly thanked him for what had beer done on his behalf.
He was attired in the same clothes in which he was tried,
his hair was carefully brushed, and he appeared otherwise
to have bestowed some pains in dressing himself. He was
allowed to pass into a strong room, where in the presence,
although not altogether in the hearing, of Mr Jonas, he
conversed with Mr Beard for about twenty minutes. Tho
purport of the prisoner's conversation did not exactly
transpire, but suffice it to say it was neither a state-
ment nor the "confession of his crime" which contem-
poraries have suggested the probability of his making. On
the contrary, it was rather a reiteration of his innocenoe,
and his persistence in the assertion that the hat found in the
carriage never belonged to him. He complained also about
the evidence of some of the witnesses, denouncing that of
one in particular as almost entirely false. He subsequently
shook hands with Mr Beard, who promised to visit him at
any time and whenever Muller wished to see him. This
afforded him evident gratification, which he acknowledged
in repeated thanks.
It is said that petitions will be signed, praying for a
commutation of the prisoner's sentence, on the ground that
if he committed the murder it was unpremeditated and an
act of momentary impulse.

LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening,

FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCT. 21.

The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Robt.
Bunch, Eq., her Majesty's Consul-General in the Island
of Cuba, to be her Majesty's Judge in the Mixed Court
established at the Havana, under the treaty of the 28th of
June, 1835. between Great Britain and Spain, for the abo-
lition of the slave trade, in the room GI Joseph T. Crawford,
Esq., deceased.