Glasgow Courier. — 1864-11-17 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

THE SEALED PACKET LEFT BY MULLER. a,,, At a special meeting yesterday of the Court of Corn-liloll Council, London, Alderman Dakin brought forward 'tie matter of the sealed packet left by the convict with lae Sheriffs. It was not read. It only contained a eng statement of the case, and a reiteration of the arguin"ts nut forward in his defence, as also the explanations as to his conduct on the night of the murder. There were no new facts. The document accounted for the possession of the watch, chain, and other property, but Itt implicated nobody. A resolution was passed, referring pe statement and the letter of the Rev. H. Battiscombe, aptist minister of Blackheath, to the Jail Committee, pe to ascertain by whom that person was rmitted to have '4l interview with Muller, and to deal with such persons according to law. A letter in the Times from Dr Kappel confirms the acceurney of the repo' t which appeared in that journal °' Miiller's execution and confession. Dr Kappel says Soon after entering the cell on the last morning, I aliseked Muller again whether he was guilty of this murr• Ile denied it. I then said—' Muller, the moments ..re precious; we must turn our minds wholly to God. shall question you no more about this but my last Words to you will be, are you innocent?' remained Silent for a miuute or two, but presently exclaimed, his eyes full of tears, and clasping his arms around my neck • Do not forsake me ; stay with me to the last.' I was so struck with this that I consulted with Mr Jonas, the ? heovel•npr, whether the final question should be put in the Pln4)e nrin a g manner mitted Theor eh, the scaffold. We decided for in which this crime was cornderived fr will never be known . My own firm conviction, prisoner, the • orn the closest personal intercourse with is, that the murder was not premeditated, Fut that Muller, in want of money and yielding T2i a aUdden temptation, attacked his victim for the ',ll,idEe of robbai7, and finished in the despair of the e.. nlent by killing him either with his own hands, or by 4.his fall from the railway carriage. He was most •tila'"t m protesting his innocence when directly charged ittZanurder. Statements such as never having been aii‘eierth London Railway train he made only in aneojki te pointed questions, and it seems in order not to 101411;141d previous similar assertions. His manner, elio,140: gentle, and apparently open and truthful, was eazily to deceive experienced observers,. and the el4erful self-possession of this most remarkable 1144, eter was never more strikingly manifested than by the teneing with word, the rope round , his neck, and IN. white cap'over his face, when about to confess his v_llt at the very last moment. His last two hours 47drev_all peace and prayer. He repeated what he had lk,hue fore, 'lf I had died six months ago I should have doh-lost, now I entirely rely on God's mercy. have sta,_,e with the world, and am ready to leave it. He all recent events had at times appeared to him aolitslon or a dream, adding that he had passed in Art,Z.te through many terrible hours since his arrest in forgi'2ea• He was full of meekness and resignation; 114 f Le freely all his enemies- requested me to write to aki 4.l'ne,r that he should die a'happy and repentant man; soh „Tice in terms of affection and gratitude of the priJoha—'eials, Particularly of the Rev Mr. Davis, and Mr. resi,:, the governor. In conclusion, 1 feel constrained ti „%"etfidly to call the attention of the proper authorig,tei"e° what seems to me a cruel and crying evil in New. ler„. Again and again, on Monday morning, in those last Moments, ()Ur prayers were interrupted by the ex,:eged'ells of the multitude assembled to witness the Po4ll. eannot the condemned cells be placed in as thinn where the noise of hammering and the shout p.e me'li do not reach the ears of the miserable cul