The Sun. — 1864-09-22 (London, England)

THE MURDER OF MR. BRIGGS.  It has been decided that the prisoner Muller shall be present on Monday morning next, at the adjourned coroner's inquest. Mr Humphreys forwarded an application to Sir George Grey, to the effect that it was desirable Muller should be brought up before the jury, in order that his identity might be established to their satisfaction. This appli4, cation being remitted to Sir Richard Mayne, the Chief Commissioner, after consulting the detective inspectors who have charge of the case, reported his approval of the recommendation to Sir G. Grey, whoissued the necessary order. The prisoner will be taken direct from the Town Hall, Hackney, where the inquest is sitting, to the Bow-street Police-court, where the magisterial examination will be resumed. After his examination at Bow-street on Monday last, when removed to the cell, Muller inveighed bitterly against the evidence which had been given by Matthews respecting the hat which was found in the railway carriage. The prisoner stigmatised the evidence given about this hat as false, saying there was not one word of truth in it; that Matthews knew he (Muller) had worn out the hat bought for him at Walker's long ago, and that the rim on one side was broken ; that the evidence had been given out of spite because he (Muller) had threatened to give a relation of Matthews's into custody for theft some time ago, Concerning the identification of the hat found in Muller's trunk on board the Victoria, and which is supposed to have belonged to the murdered gentleman, some farther evidence is likely to be forthcoming. One of the shopmen of Mr Digance, the hatter, has, it appears, a distinct remembrance of selling the hat to Mr Briggs, who, at the time, because it did not fit him, had a peculiar alteration made in the lining, which the shopman can identify. It was, more. over, a practice in the shop to mark on the inner side of the leath,,,r lining the date whon the article was purchased, which may afford an additional clue. The following is a copy of the letter which was handed to Muller in New York by an agent of the " Society for the Legal Protection of Germans in London •"  New York, Aug., 1864. Mr Francis Muller, on board the Victoria—I have been instructed by the llon. Secretary of the Society for the Legal Protection of Germans inLondon, to communicate to you that the said society have taken your case into their hands, and have appointed Mr Thomas Beard, solicitor, of No. 19, Basinghall-strect, in London, to act in your behalf, You may address yourself, as soon as you arrive in En g. land, to the President of the abov e- named society, 0. Lasker, of No. 2, Tower Royal, Cannon-street, Loudon B.C. In the meantime. it may be advisable for you not to, make any communication whatove:r to the cut ofhorities or to private individuals, without previous adva solicitor, Up to my latest advises from London, the German Society still consider you to be innocent of the edam you are accused of, and have resolved, in case no further advises should alter their opinion, to save no trouble or expense to prove your boring not guilty, if this is the case. Aww. GANS,