The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-30 00:00:00

JOHN DAVIS.

Our readers will no doubt remember that we a short
time since published the case of the above-named two un-
fortunate men, who were tried at the sessions, in March
last, before Mr. Montague Baker Bere, and sentenced
to seven years' transportation, upon the single testimony
of the prosecutrix, who swore that she was robbed by
them of about 255., near Bideford, whereas the two men
were several miles distant from the scene of the alleged
robbery at the time spoken to by the witness. It will be
further remembered that the sentence under which they
which
banished from their friends, was only the result
_ e ithchemight most reasonably have been calculated would
w reward of so hasty and unfavourable a trial as
it as their lot to suffer, inasmuch as they were com-
mitted from Bideford on the Wednesday, and tried on
the following day, without: having had any time to get up
their witnesses,or ,e
them. liivrina, l Dying a professional man to defend
vices of Mr. Walter however,Fri availed themselves of the ser-
pleased to announce his unremitting
exertions in the case,
have been the
of the two men, and the 1 IYI establishing the innocence
the Home-office by that gentle:Ming letter received from
Geo 'Whitehall, May
an has been shown us :
Sir,—Secretary Sir2o, 1848.
having carefully
considered your application rignebGrey, William Davis
and John Davis, I have the satisfactionehof to acquaint you
that under all the circumstances of the case, he has felt
warranted in advising her Majesty to grant the prisoners
a free pardon.
I, am, Sir, your most obedient humble servant,
11. WADIEetNeI9 TON.
Walter Friend, Eiq., 5, North-street,
A free pardon for two men proved not to I;ave
emitted an offence for which they have been sentenced years' transportation, hereby incurring the stigma
of the highwayman, and havo been incarcerated upwards
of' two months, is indeed but a mean recompense for
their sufferings, and the grief of their relatives. Such a
case therefore as this, fully exemplifies to our minds the
great necessity for an appeal in criminal cases, as well
upon the law as upon the facts, on which a conviction
may be considered contrary to justice.—Western limes.

MANSLAUGHTER.
On Friday afternoon the inhabitants of the neigh-
bourhood of Toxteth Park, Liverpool, were much
alarmed by the report that a deliberate murder had
taken place in Simpson-street. The circumstances of
the case are these :—The person charged with the
shocking crime is a respectable butcher, named Uns-
worth, residing in Simpson-street. About noon on Fri-
day, a man named Vallamy came to the shop, and some
words took place between himself and the butcher. A
man, named John Clarke, who knew Vallamy, was pass-
ing, and succeeded, with the assistance of two other per-
sons, in getting him away from the butcher's door.
Clarke then, for some object or other which does not
appear, was in the act of going towards the butcher's
shop when the latter met him near the door, and, hav-
ing a large knife in his hand, deliberately plunged it
into the unfortunate man's right side. The deadly wea-
pon entered the man's bowels, from the effect of which
he died in a few minutes. The inquest on the body was
held on Saturday afternoon last. Mr. Blair, barrister,
appeared on behalf of the prisoner. The first wit-
ness examined was Michael Vallamy, who said that
on Friday, between twelve and one o'clock in the after-
noon, he was going along Simpson-street, and saw the
prisoner in his shop. He bid him good morning, and
said, " I did not expect that your wife would go up and
prosecute those two lads who were fighting in the street
last night." The prisoner said he could not help it.
Whilst the conversation was going on the prisoner con-
tinued in his shop, and he (the witness) outside. Just at
that moment the deceased, John Clarke, came up, and
asked him what ho was doing there. He answered no-
thing, only talking to the butcher a bit. The prisoner
then said, " There is another Irish scoundrel now."
Directly after using these words the prisoner lifted up
his knife and came outside the door. He went towards
Clarke, and drove the knife into Clarke's bowels. Clarke
cried out, " God have mercy, I'm done." The prisoner
then went back into the shop. There was no altercation
between the deceased and the prisoner at all. The pri-
soner, without any provocation, took up the knife, came
out of the shop, and stabbed the deceased in the way he
had described.

Several other witnesses were examined, and the jury,
after some deliberation, returned a verdict of man-
slaughter against the prisoner. •

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Principal contents of the Observer, May 28th :
Upwards of three folio columns of her Majesty's birth-
day, drawing-room, and illuminations; two columns and
a-half of the Great Free-labour Meeting at the London
Tavern, on Saturday; Marylebone and St. Pancras.
vestry meetings, near two columns; Convocation of the
Clergy, intended Address on Monday to the Queen, near
a column; a column and a half of Births, Marriages,
and Deaths; about one hundred useful advertisements;
and twenty-five columns of Foreign and Domestic
News. The extensive publication of the Observer corn
mences at six o'clock on Sunday mornings. Monday's
edition, best for the country and abroad, at four o'clock
on Monday afternoon
PENINSULAR MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY
NIGIIT.—The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation
Company's ship Iberia, C. F. Burney, Commander, has
just arrived from the Italian ports. Her dates are :
Genoa, May 16 ; Leghorn, May 15 ; Civita Vecchia,
May 14; and Gibraltar, May 22. The Hiberia brings
forty first and sixteen second-class passengers, and the
following on freight-7 packages on specie, value 5,1001.
sterling; 78 packages of Italian works of art, 4 cases of
alabaster, 1 case of asphaltum, 6 cases of corals, 2 cases
of paste, 20 pipes, 10 jars, and 10 half-jars of oil, 19
bales of silk, 200 half-chests of oil, 20 cases of cheese, 2
casks of wine, 17 barrels of dates, 6 hogsheads of wax,
10 cases of leeches, and 36 packages of sundries. On
the 3d of May on the outward voyage, in lat. 40 40 N.,
and long. 10 14 W., the Iberia passed a wreck, dis-
masted, apparently a barque with figure-head of a wo-
man, sides painted blue, and two bow timber ports. On
the 24th of May, at noon, in lat. 40.8 N., and long. 9.56
W., passed a steamer with two white funnels, supposed
to be the Hindostan, steering southward. From Cadiz
we learn that a number of Spanish troops had been dis-
patched to Seville, to prevent further outbreaks. The
Cadiz Comercios announces, that on the night of the
16th certain individuals attempted to excite several
groups of vagabonds collected on the old Alameda
of Seville, but they failed, owing to their not being
joined by any respectable part of the population. In
the meantime the Duke de Montpensier again embarked
on board a Spanish war-steamer for protection, but re-
landed in the morning. Besides the Captain-General of
Seville, General Montero had likewise marched out of
Huelva with a pretty considerable force in pursuit of the
insurgents, but had not succeeded in overtaking them.
The rebels were supposed to be in much more consider-
able numbers than the Seville accounts represented; they
consisted of nearly 1,000 men and 400 horses, and had
marched past Huelva in excellent order, supposed to be
on their way to the Estremadura. A Spanish war-
steamer, filled with troops, passed Gibraltar on the 18th
instant, bound for Seville ; and the Teodsso steamer was
employed in the conveyance of troops from Cadiz to Se-
ville- Commercial matters in Gibraltar were dull. Ex-
change on London, at 90 days' date, 47i ; on Paris, 5.t
f
30c.; Marseilles, sf. 32c. ; Genoa, sf. 30e. ; at
eight
days' days' sight on Madrid,4f. dis.; Cadia and Malaga,
Seville and Barcelona, dis. ; Alicante, If din. ' _
Bar-
celona, dis. ; Spanish pillared dollars, 2 24
cent. premium. Freights to London andon
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ppeerr
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things as are to be seen on the Theme..
almost all old favourites of the public, and many of them
are of the number of those who have been compelled to
go somewhat far a-field from the fact of the theatres at
which they acquired their reputation being converted
into exhibitions of foreign mountebanks. The great at-
traction of the evening was the ascent .of. Lieutenant
Gale in his bal'Oo-u. The ascent took place a little after
seven o'clock, andiwits- a'very fine one. He was accom-
panied by two: ladies and. three gentlemen. The balloon
took a direction towaede Greenwich, crossing ,the river a
little belowßattersea-bridge, and continuing in sight for
a comparatively letrig time, owing to the clearness of the
evening. The illuminating of the trees and walks of the
gardens were very brilliant and arranged in excellent
taste; the fire-works, &c., were on a scale of more than
usual magnitude, and some of the pyrotechnic devices
were exceedingly clever.