The Sun.
London, England, 1829-09-25 00:00:00

CONFESSION OF DAVID EVANS.

The following is the confession of David
Evans, who was tried and convicted of the wil-
ful murder of Hannah Davies, at the Carmar-
then Autumn Great Sessions, on the 16th day
of September, 1829 :
" This is the confession of me, David Evans►
who am justly condemned to suffer for commit;
ting a great offence against the laws of God and
man. I die in charity with all men. I forgive
all who may have offended or injured me, and I
hope that all whom I might have injured in
word, or deed, will forgive me also. I was re'
ceived by I3lannah Davies as her lover, and was ,
much attached to her. I visited her on Thurs-
day, the 11th of June last, and remained in her
company on that occasion about two hours, and
before we parted she asked me, if she were to go
to her father's house the following Saturday.
would I accompany her. I said I would, and
promised to meet her on the road near Esgar
Fynwent. I left home between nine and ten
o'clock, and took a bill-hook with me, and told
my sister that I was going to mend some gaps
in the hedges. I began my work, but before I
finished closing one gap, Hannah Davies came
and called me, and asked if I was coming. MY
answer was, that I would rather not come that
night, and gave as an excuse that my sister was
washing my stockings. She said, Come this
night, or 1 will never forgive you.' On this I
went, and we proceeded along the road to Civil-
sifigw, in the parish of Llanybyther. We then
went over the mountain, and proceeded along in
a friendly manner, until we reached the spot
where the murder was perpetrated. As we were
passing the small hollow where the body was
found, I struck her with the bill-hook, which I
had concealed under my coat, across her neck.
She did not fall to the ground on the first blow;
a second, which I immediately dealt, brought her
to the ground, but on what part of the body it
fell, I cannot exactly say, nor how many more
blows I struck, for I was bewildered, and almost
frantic, and scarcely knew what I was doing.
was instantly smitten by my conscience after
striking the first blow, and was sorry for the act,
but was urged to finish the deed for fear she
would recover, and that the attempt would be
discovered, and I suffer for it. I did not drag
her from the road to the ravine, but she fell,
should think, in that direction, from the force of
the blows. I then ran homewards as fast as I
could, and on the way dipped the bill-hook in a
pool of water to wash away the blood. I reached
home about one or two o'clock on the Sunday
morning, and got to bed very silently, where
lay about an hour. I then got up, wiped my
shoes, and put grease upon them. These were.
the shoes produced on the trial. Upon leaving
the house on Saturday, I told my sister, to pre..
vent her coming out of the house, that she !night.
not see me going with Hannah Davies, that !
would drive the cattle into the night field ; and
in order to deceive her further, I finished mend'
ing the gaps in the hedge after I got up on the
Sunday morning. I do not think my sister
heard me coming into the house, for I came in
as silently as I could, and she was in bed. There
was no blood on my clothes, and I had no ac'
complice whatever in committing this murder'
I was instigated to this dreadful act by a feeling
of jealousy ; and I earnestly implore all youn4
men to take warning by my melancholy end, and
not give way to unruly passions. I return my
t
most sincere thanks to those in whose charge
have been ever since the awful and just sentence
of the law passed against me, for the very ho'
mane and tender kindness and attention, spiritual
and temporal, which I received from them. • -
" DAVID EVANS."

This confession was delivered voluntarily, by
the prisoner in Welch, and reduced to wriii4
in English by us.
THOS. JONES, Chaplain of the 08°1'
D. A. WILLIAMS, Clerk.

DYE FROM POTATOE-FLOWERS.---Sir
SINCLAIR has ascertained, by a series of experiments COn"
ducted under his superintendance by G. PAGE and. Cl)**
dyers, Prince's-street, that permanent and beautiful CO';
lours in silk, cotton, and woollen goods may be prode°°
from the flower of the potatoe. Sir JOHN says, that th,":
colours are " equal to the finest tints procured from ri"
most valuable foreign materials, and in richness of ehl
they are likely, in some cases, to be even superior ;"
he adds, that " it is a peculiar advantage at this
discovery that the cutting off the flowers of the paid° t
not prejudicial to the plant; on the contrary, by prevell,o
ing the formation of the seed or applu there is reason 'he
believe that it will add to the weighT, and improve
quality of the root."—Caledonian Mercury.

BIRTHS.
~1 of
On the 224 inst. in St. Paul's Church-yarel, the 1.--1
the Rev. R. H. of a slaughter. VP
At Ball,Ponsonhy-ha the lady of Edw. Stanley,
of a son.

MARRIED.
At West Bolton, Captain W. Kirtley, to Marg
.
eldest daughter of the I..te George Robinson, Esq• of
foimer place.
On the 24th inst. at St. George's, Hanover-square.
tate
Cockerel], Esq. to Joanna, youngest daughter of the •
Brigadier-General Catlin Craufutd.

DIED. .asoor
On the 24th inst. Sarah, the wife of Mr. E. 111
of King-street, Cheapside. trAcloPP
On the 24th inst. Catherine, wife of William
of Kingsland-crescent, in the 41st year of her Age' viiza-
On the 22d inst. at Denmark,hill, Camberwelltr
Col-
beth Charlotte, eldest child of Henry and Elizablt.:\.
vert Smedley, of the Sanctuary, Westraitutter,

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