, 1864-12-11
GREAT EXCITEMENT, In
GERMANY
The Muller Sensation In Berlin.

The &ar's correspondent at Berlin describes
the effect which the failure to obtain Il re-
prlcyc for the convict had upon the popu!a-
ton in that city. He says:/
"Nhc1eyer one goes, Muller is al1 the talk.
In the beer. houses and c1ftS, In the reading
ruoms and restaurants, in public places Of
assembly, in private circles and In thc streets
the conversation tuIns almost exclusively on
this one topic: The words judicial murder,
'atrocious butchefy Of m Innocent man, re
yengc for humiliation,' these and similar ex-
prcssions are In everyboiy's mouth. Ven.
geance Is vowed on England in retaliation for
Tic foul crime she Is about to commit. No
cpithct is too strong or too black 10 chsrac-
terize the base cruelty Ind criminality attri
butcd to the British Government, for deter
mining upon the death Of = man who Is now
firmly believed by most people In this coIn-
try to be completely innocent ofthe crime with
which he has been charged, and for which he
stands condemned. It Is vain, for an English
man, who has read the full reports In, tho
English papers, and who 1as observed the do.
paptxs-1 should say the account In the sing
ular number, for one and the same report has
been published by all papers here-it Is vain
for him to point out this 1act, and to argue
with very Imperfect and oue-aided materials
Is at once set down as partial and prejudic-,
ed observer, while the German journals and
public will only admit that they themselves
come TO the case WITH an impartial and u-
warned Judgment. The responsibility for this
strong feeling II the public mind In Germany
German press. In the Nonddy Gdzette q num-
bcr Of verses are publiehed, In which the mem
ory Of the notorious Macdonald case ia resus.
cltateds a1d she manner ~ IN which all Eng.
and The people rushed to bis rescue. isdencrib.
ed In indiyidous te1ma, aud in conclusion
Germany Is e1horted to rally as one man,
round Muller In the same way. The last
line Is-"Germany initiate this example.''
1t is a rather unfortunate example to appeal
ison of the proce dure Of the Prnssian Govern
mept on that occasion with that of the Brit
>ish in the Muller affair. It Will be reucm-
bered that the British residents in Bonn and
other places on the Rhine, considering that
The Prussian authorities had dealt somewhat
or and espoused the cause Of their country
man. What did the Pruss.:n authorities do
In this case. They summoned al1 these Eng
| l1enfnen before their courts. and fined and
! punished Them for daring to question Prus-
rian law, In fact the Engliah Legal Protec-
ton Society In Prussia was crushed and put
and every individual member Of It punished.
| Compare this case with that Of the German
l leral Protection Society In London, Have
the English authorities eyer intcrfarcd With
its movements In the slighest degrees Have
they initiated the example set BY the Prus-
sian authorities in the Bonn affair ~
Writing Inter In the same day, he says:
II havc been out into the town again In Or
der to see hoak things look Tbs public ex-
/ citement, as soop found, 80 far from slack
4 ening, has gone on increasing to IN intensl.
I " beyond all description. I found the read.
ng-nsoms and beerhouses into which look
ed crowded with people, all talking about
Muller, aud awaiting with the utmost lmpa-
tiepce the arrival Of the evening papers,
which where expected to contain telegram
from London respecting his fate.Such q hyer-
ish state ofagitatinn and excitement I never
saw German IN before. In one large read
ingroom where was sitting, as tho earliest
evening papers the (Nationl aud Borsea Edit
the assembled public which had been excited
" discussing the matter the moment before,
and one could almost hear. 6ve1y mars heart
beat Us the walter handed out tha papers CON
timing the momentous news. The intelli-
grnce flew like wllddrc round the hall. q He's
hanged went from mouth to mouth. A
sickening feeling seemed to oyerpower every
heart, and then followed an outburst, q howl
| OF bitterness and fury, rage AND indignation
at the perpeftatlon Of thai which ali felt to BE-
| horrible Tragedy a Judicial murder. Thought
1t prudent on my own part to retire very
speedily from the scene. In tho momcnsary
Irritation df tho pablo, should not be sur.
prteed to hear Of their committing some ex
cess in their frenzy. II some Engushman L
lynched or maltreated, Il Will be to me nc
matter Of establishment IN the least; moi
should / be at all startled to find that frcn.
zicd mob had vcntedita disp1easure by sackine
the British Legation In the Leipslger Piatz
I found on my way home that the e1cisemen
was equally wild wherever went. All man
ncr Of rumors are floating about. The King
is said TO have written an autograph lette1 t
Queen Victoria, and the case Is expected Il
be taken up automatically. The bitterness
! and animosity aGainst England at this mo
ment, N short, begggaFs description"
MULLm's ExEcU11oS M GERMANY.
. Advices from Germany report great excite
! ment on account of the execution Of Muller
! The conduct Of the British Government wa
bitterly denounced, and 1t vas. thought q
Berlin that there was danger for time ofel
: attack on the British Legation. The Germa
people. firmly believed Ii Mullcra Innocence
The frstaccouats published IN Berlin Of tn
! execution made no alluslon to Muuet's cor
} feskfon, built WAS subsequently announce
and Of course had a trauqulllstng effect. :