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LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING,

because I thought he would die easier than I thought
be would do if I killed him as I did Stephen; I wanted
the people to find the boys and bury them, if they
could, without my 'telling them where they were,
for I did not think that any one would suspect that
I had killed them; I suppo,ed they would think some
one else had done it; I hardly know what led me to kill
the boys; I cannot recall any distinct motive for doing
it, only I thought if they wore out of the way, they
could not come into possession of property to which they
had no rights. and I thought perhaps I might stand a
little better chance of getting the property; I never had
any hard feelings towards the boys themselves.
From the time of the murder till the evening of
December 29d1. I have uniformly denied all know-
ledge of it, and that I might have a better chance of
getting clear of punishment. I did not confess my
guilt to either of my counsel, but uniformly in-
sisted that I was innocent. I am very sorry than I
have brought this terrible disgrace upon my family,
and especially upon my wife, for whose sake I would 11-,
willing to sutler any infliction, and to spare her feelings
as much as possible. I have directed that this paper
shall not be made public until after my death. And
now all that remains for me to do in this world is to
commend myself to the mercy of that God, whose laws
I have so shamefully violated; 'and beg that He will
make this, my humble confession, prove the means of
effectually deterring all others from following me, in the
paths of evil.

Having carefully considered all that this paper con-
tains, I hereby declare that I have kept back nothing, nor
have I knowingly misstated anything; and by my signa-
ture, in my own name, declare this be my only confes-
sion.

Albany, Dec. 21, 1850. REUBEN A. DUNBAR.
Dunbar was born in the town of Westerlo, Albany
county, New York, in the year 1830, on the lst day of
September, and was twenty years of age in September
last. He was five and a half feet high, rather slim, and
a genteel person; when he walked he carried himself
erect and stiff. His eyes are light blue, has dark brown
hair. iliJ weight was about 1251bA.

MINISTERIA.L CRISIS.
THE SPIRIT OF THE PARISIAN PRESS.
JOURNAL DES DERATS.—It is again Lord John
Russell who is charged to form a Ministry. We should,
in fact, have been much surprised if he had renounced
the task so soon. It would appear that the sudden re-
solution which he came to the other day was caused by
personal considerations. He took it without consulting
his colleagues; several of them, Lord Lansdowne, Lord
Mints, and Lord Carlisle, were in the country, and
not at all imagining that their portfolios were being
so lightly disposed of, and those who were present
did not, it is said, show themselves very well dispised to
share in the isolated susceptibility of their illustrious,
chief. But Lord John Russell was pitiless, he would
absolutely quit—to be able to return, and in the hope of
leaving on the road some of the most embarrassing
of his colleagues. No ono can dispute the skilful
tactics and Parliamentary experience of Lord John
Russell; he has on this occasion given proo s of
these qualities in throwing the whole Cabinet into
the water in order to save himself by swim-
ming. It is in consequence of this process of elimi-
nation that we again find Lord John Russell at the head
of the Cabinet; for how long a time, God only knows.
The explanations given at the last sitting of the Eng•
lish Parliament are far from being a solution.
Lord Stanley, as we have already said, had been
sent for by her Majesty, and replied that he was not
at present prepared to form a Ministry, that is to
say, that he did not think he c suld do it without a
dissolution and new elections. Thus, we repeat, no
party is ready at this moment for fresh elections; no one
has made arrangements, and all would make sacrifices in
order to adjourn the crisis. The question now, therefore,
is to compose a Ministry which may go through the year
and until the autumn, at the fall of the leaf; a Ministry
consented to provisionally by all parties, and which will
give them time to reconnoitre their position, and make
their arrangements. This is the work which is now
being done. According to the accounts we receive from
London, if Lord Clareedon and Sir James Graham con-
sent to form a Ministry, they will be secure of the co-
operation of two parties, that of Lord John Russel and
that of Lord Stanley. It is on them that it is relied in
order to effect a momentary compromise. Although
Lord John I;ussell remains utli.nally charged with
affairs, his Ministry is dead—very dead. It he is to be
a lAlinister, he will not be the Premier. The Government
will belong either to Sir James Graham with the present
House of Commons, or to Lord Stanley with fresh
elections.

CONSTITUTIONNEL.—It has been decided that
Lord John Russell is to endeavour to compose a Cabinet,
in which several friends of Sir James Graham sh,u!d
enter, Lord Aberdeen having refused to occupy any
functions. In this arrangement it would be the Grey
family which would be sacrificed to make room for
the Peelite element. Sir Charles Wood is to be
replaced as Chancellor of the Exchequer by Sir James
Graham, and Sir John Cam Hobhouse by the Duke of
Newcastle. These two changes are certain, for it is
already known that Sir John Hubhouse is, by way of re•
compense, to be raised to the peerage with the title of
Baron Broughton de G 3 fford. It is likewise almost
certain that Earl Grey, Minister of the Colonies,
will bo replaced by Mr. Sidney Herbert, the
patron of emigration ; but it is not yet known
whether Sir George Grey or Mr. Labouchere will make
room for Mr. Cardwell, whom Lord John Russell is
anxious to introduce into the Cabinet, on account of
his oratorical talent and financial knowledge. People
incline to think that it will be Mr. Labouchere who
will be sacrificed. There will then be in all four
pla&cs, two of them of the first rank, given to Peel-
ites. The difficulty is to come to an understanding on
the programme of the Ministry of fusion. Sir James
Graham exacts the presentation of a new budget,
and this, it is said, will be accorded. Li the second
place, it is said, ho requires the complete abandonment
of the measure presented against the Catholic bishoprics.
It appears that Lord John Russell, by way of conces-
sion, offers to restrict his Bill to England, leaving Ire•
land untouched by it. Several other points are pending,
but they are of secondary importance. Such is at pre-
sent the situation.

DEATH OF MR. SAKE DEER MAHOMED.
Our local obituary this week includes the name of Sake Deen
Mahomed, who expired on .aloaday last, at the patriarchal
age of 101 years. Had he lived till May, he sw,uld have been
102 Mr. Mahomed was quite a character, and contributed
not a little to the f ,me and prosperity of Brighton He was
by birth an Asiatic, and in his youth served in the army of
his native princes. With his reasons for quitting a military
life we are not acquainted; nor can we say what motives in-
duced him to bend his steps towards England; but we be-
lieve we are correct in stating that he was the first who in-
troduced the Indian medicated vapour and shampooing baths
into this country. By their agency he performed numerous
remarkable cures, which gave him a world-wide fame, and
bought patients from far and wide to put themselves
under hi, medical treatment. Mr. Mahomed was a very
kind-hearted man, most benevolently disposed, and ever
ready to as,ist the poor, as well by contributions from his
purse, as by extending to them gratuitously all the treatment
of his medical art and resources. That a man so disposed
and little conversant with " business," should, as•age grew 01
him, have encountered reverses, is not calculated to excite
surprise; but it may be a satisfaction to all who knew
this pbilantlaropist in the brilliant phases of his career, to
learn that his declining years were rendered comfortable and
cheerfel by the untiring attention and care of a worthy and
dutiful son.—Brighton Guardian.

( FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
Sake Deen Mahomed was born in the year ;749, at Patna,
the capital of Bahaz, in Ilindoostan. Blessed with a won-
derful constitution," he enjoyed uninterrupted good health
and retained possession of his faculties to the last. He died
at Brighton on the 24th February, 1851, aged 102. In
early life he held a commission in a Native Regiment
of the Honourable East India Company's Service, and
served under General Popham at the storming of the Fort of
Gwaiiar, in 1780; was also present at the battle of Ram-
maggar, and five or six other engagements in the same year,
In 178-1 he came to England, and with an introduction from
the Governor-General (Warren Hastings) to William
Pitt. Shortly after he was reduced to penury
by the failure of a banking firm at Calcutta.
In this extremity he first introduced the vapour
and shampooing baths into this country as a curative
measure in disease and as a preservator of health. Most be-
neficial results have attended this system, now carried on by
his son in Ryder-street, St. James's, and at Brighton. He
had the honour of being introduced to George the Third and
Fourth, William the Fourth, and the principal aristocracy
of this country.

PROTECTIONIST MEETING.—On Wednesday a meet-
ing of the members of the Waltham Agricultural Society was
held in the Agricultural Hall, Waltham-on-the-Wolds, to
take into consideration the depressed state of agriculture.
Upwards of 300 persons were present. The chair was taken
by W. F. N. Norton, Esq., of Elton Manor, and the meeting
was addressed by Mr. G. F. Young, the Marquis of Granby,
Lord J. Manners, &c., &c., in advocacy of protection to the
agriculturists. Lord John Manners urged the farmers to
give Lord Stanley their entire confidence. If they did that
ne would succeed; if they did not be would fail. A petition
to both Houses of Parliament, founded on the third and fourth
resolutions, was adopted.

MR. RUTHERFURD, M.P.-We are happy to state
that the health of this Right Hon. Gentleman is now steadily
improving.-Edinburgh Courant.
PLYMOUTH GREAT WESTERN DOC/M-0n Monday
the half-yearly general meeting of proprietors was held at
the company's offices, Buckingham-place, Stonehouse,
Colonel H. B. Harris in the chair. It appeared from the
statement of accounts that there was a balance of revenue
brought over from the last half-year of 2181 I Is. I"d., and
that the receipts had been, harbour and pier dues, 979/. 123.
4d.; rents of house property, 100/. 128. 3d.; transfer fee,
2s. 6d. ; making a total of 1,298/. 18s. 11d. The expendi-
ture has been: establishment charges, 163/. 55. 3d.; sta-
tionery, printing, and advertising, 6/. Os. 6d. ; harbour
master's department, 91/. 135.; annuities and interest, 811/.
163. 10d.; rent charge to the duchy of Cornwall, 23/. 10s.
110 d. ; over charges during the last half-year, 13/. 163. 11d.;
leaving a balance to be carried over to the next half-year of
178/. 15s. 7d. The expenditure on capital accounts during
the past year has been as follows:-Lands, 34/. ss. sd. ;
works and plant, 3,847/. 16s. 4d. ; interest and commission,
63/. 15s. 10d.; engineering, 131/ Os. Bd.; miscellaneous,
1/. 108.; office establishment, 47/. Iss. 6d. ; stationery, print-
ing, and advertising, 165.; the total expenditure up to the
31st of Dec. had been 122,314/. Is. 3d.
WHITECHAPEL RAGGED, ADULT, AND INDUSTRIAL
gOILOOLS.-Wednesday evening the annual meeting of these
schools was held at the school-house adjoining the work-
house, Whitechapel ; the Right Hon. Lord Ashley in the
chair. The Noble Chairman, in the course of his address,
asked how it was that, in a time of cheapness like the pre-
sent, the working classes Nvere suffering privations. It had
been reported by Mr. Porter, of the Board of Trade, that
the working classes expended annually on the three articles
of gin,
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man, and the proceedings terminated.

LAW INTELLIGENCE
COURT OF CHANCE;?}, Feb. 27.
fILUNDELL V. GLAD*ToNE.

This petition of appeal wad oaenecl on Wednesday,
the 1911, and the siNutnents were 'concluded to-day.
The petitioners are Lord Camovs and Lady Tempest,
the heirs.at-law of the late Mr. Blundell, of Lice
Blundell, in Lanca-hire, and they clam an estate
called Molyneux, consisting of thirry acres, and pro-
ducing 1201. a year, on the ground that there was a
failure of the devise to the use of the Roman Catho-
' lic priest of the district. By the will, dated in 1834,
Mr. Blundell gave his trustees and exeewors all his
moneys, lands, and tenements, and all his real estates,
except the hereditaments thereinafter specifically de-
vised. In a subsequent part of the will the testator
gave and devised his farm in Aughton, in the posmes-
sion of Thomas Ila,keyne, to the R-v. Thomas
Robinson, his heirs and assigns. The testator had
two farms in Aughton, and both in the possession
of Haskeyne. One of them, called " Shepherd," had
been held by the testator and his father for the
benefit of' the Roman Catholic priest for the time
being; the other, called Molyneux was now claimed
by the petitioners, on the ground that the Rev. Mr,
Robinson died before the testator, and being one of
the excepted estates, and well devised, it fell to the
heirs-at•law. The trustees opposed this claim on
the ground of uncertainty of description, which did
not place Molyneux among the excepted estates.
There were various references to the Master, and two
arguments before Lord Lyndhurst; but the matter
ultimately carve before the Vice-Chancellor Shad-
well, and his Honour held that the devise was bad
for uncertainty of description, and the farm being,
therefore, rot excepted from the property given to
the trustees, they took it fur the benefit of the cestui
que trust,
Mr. J. PARKER, Mr. MILINS, and Mr. FLEMING
were for the appeal against this order, and they ar-
gued that the excerion WAS good, because the testa-
tor had but one farm of his own in Aught on ; the
other being a farm which he bad for many years held
in trust for the benefit of the Roman Catholic priest
of Lydiate. That farm had been so appropriated
permanently in the year 1705 by Lady Anderson,
who was a nun in a foreign convent. The anpro-
priation hid been recognised by the testator and his
father, in s deed executed in 1793 ; and whwo, there-
fore, he devised the farm in Aughton, in the posses-
sion of 1-3,lskeyne, he did not and could not have in-
tended farm already devoted to the use of the
priest, h;:t the other farm, which was his own, and
within hi,; power to devise. The devise of that farm
to Robinson, placed it, therefore, among the excepted
lands; and waen the devise became void by the death
of the person intended to take, the co-heirs-at-law
became entitled. Tne appropriation of real estere to
the use of Catholic churches was no doubt invalid at
the time of the! dispositien of Lady Anderson, but the
Sid and 3d William IV., c. 115, remelted that diffi-
culty, and having a retrospective effect, it made the
gift good for the support of the priest, supposing he
had lived to take it. They cited a great number of
authorities.

Mr. BETHELL and Mr. J. CAMPBELL, contra, sup-
ported the orcbr of the Court below, end insisted OE4
the uncertainty of the &vise. They also argued that
the farms of Shepherd and of Moly neux never were
and never could be appropriated to a Roman Catholic
charity, because the penal laws rendered such a be-
quest wholly void as a gift fur superstitious uses.
Moreover, a real estate could riot hwe been conveyed
by Lady Anderson for any purpose whatever, as she
was a nun, and dead in law, at the time the con-
veyance was alleged to have been mide. If she made
the bequest by word, the Statute cf Fraud required
all such conveyances to he by deed, and the Statute
of Mortmain interposed to prevent such a gift for
charitable purposes.
Mr. PARKER replied.

Toe LORD CiIA.NCELLOR took time to consider his
judgment.

ROLLS' COURT, Feb, 27.
POTTER v. BAKER.
• The Court was again occupied with this petition,
which was heard in part yesterday. It was the peti-
tion of Mr. Seatth, the assignee of three children of
an annuitant under the will of a testator, filed in
order to take the judgment of the Court on a point
raised on the proper construction of the will. By
this will the testator bequeathed an annuity of 50/.
per year to Elisibeth Luckhurst, for her life, and
after her decease the money was to be paid to her
children as they attained the age of twenty. one, with
a provision for benefit of survivorship in respect to
those children. The money out of which such an-
nuity was to be paid was to arise out of the rent of a
public-house situate in Parliament-street, West-
minster, called the Red Lion, and which said pre
raises the executors were empowered to let on lease
for the term of 21 or 31 years, as they might think
expedient, or to sell the property. There were other
provisions in the will that all sums arising from the
sale of house, furniture, and goods should
be put into the funds, and out of the
produce of which the payment of these an-
nuities were to be provided for. There was another
annuity to a Mary Ann Wishart of 501. a year,
and upon her decease one-half of the annuity was to
he plyable to Elizabeth Luckhurst and Mary Ann
Ballad. The question arose upon the interpreta-
tion to be given to the word " money," used in
the will, by the testator, who was a publican, and had
very crudely and inartificially drawn up his will, and
whether that word created a bequest in perpetuity, or
only a life interest to the children in respect of the
annuity of .50/. granted to the mother.

Mr. Turner and Mr. Selwyn were counsel for the
petitioners; Mr. Roupell fur the residuary legatees;
and Mr. Lloyd for the trustees.
Lord LANGDALE took a review of the facts dis-
closed in the case, and decided that the annuities
were intended by the testator to be perpetual, and,
therefore, the legatee was to take a capital sum
equivalent in value to an annuity of 50/. per annum
absolutely. The question as to how the money
could be hest raised without pressing to a sale
would be left to the Master, who might direct its
investment.

It was suggested by Mr. LLOYD that the sale of
the property and goodwill would rui,e .5,000/, which
would be amply sufficient to cover all the cti*rges on
the property.

COURT OF BANKI?UP ICY, Feb. 27.
(Before Mr. Commissioner EVANS.)
IN RE BREWSTER AND WEST.

The bankrupts were printers in Eland court; they
di-solved partni-rbhip, Brewster being the liquidating
partner. Tic (I,bts were nut paid ; hence toe bink-
ruptoy of both the meinlyfrs of the firm. The debts
are now 4,3001. ; the assets 500/.

•
Mr. Lick:ater and Mr. Lucas opposed the certifi•
cate of Brewster. His personal Pxp-nditure during
five years had been at the rate of 1,100/. a year, and
be had contracted debts when in a state of hopeless
insolvency.
Mr. LAWRANCE contended that the case of the
bankrupt was a more favourable one than that of
Johnson, whose certificate had been granted on an
appeal to the Vice-Chancellor.

Hl3 HONOUR concurred, and granted an immediate
certificate of the second class.

The certificate of \Vest was granted as of the first
class.

SIir,:RIFFS' COURT, Feb 27.
(Before Mr. Under-Sheriff Buitufs:u.
WAUD l), SoUTHEY.
The plaintiff is a barge owner, and the defendant a
wharfiuger and lighterraan on the Thames. The action
was brought to recover the sum of 151. 14s. for the hire
of a barge.
Defendant pleaded that be was not indebted.
From the evidence it appeared that defendant's son
had previously been summoned to the. Whitechapel
3ounty Court, and he then swore that his father was
iable, and all monies were received and paid in his name,
but he now admitted that he
was a partner.
The plaintiff's agent proved that defendant hired the
barge, and that he knew nothing of the son as a partner,
and that the summons had been taken out against the
latter in error, as the clerk thought he was the party,
being always in the business.
The Learned UNDER-SHERIFF said, as the defendant
had not pleaded the partnership, the Jury. if they be.
lieved the evidence, wttuld find for the plaintlff.
Verdict for 151, 14a 10d.

COURToeoreT OF
HONLAs
iii./VAGRRAINsoDN, 11. F. STENIENSON,
Eit4I,II.,VENU E. Feb. 26.
•
Esq., and C. J. 1-lEitates, E.q )
W. Baker, of Collmgwood street, 1V hiteehapel,
was charged with removing spirits with the inten-
tion of defrauding the Crown of the duty arising
therefrom. _ _

Mr. G. Mason, the supervisor of Excise, deposed
to stopping the defendant, who was carrying a
hamper in Whitechapel, and on examining the same
found it to contain two bladders filled with illicitly-
manufactured spirits. lie thereupon took him to
the station-house, and on the follovving day before a
magistrate, by whom he was sentenced to three
months' imprisonment. Witness then went Isnd
asneadrethheedre foundtheh( a quantitymseofthe of spirits similar to whatdelPndant, situate as above,
he had seized in the street, with a number of measures,
funnels, &c.
The defendant said that he had already suffered
enough for this offence, for he was employed by a
person to carry the spirits, and he had also deposited
those that had been found in his house ; but he did
not know who the person was.
The COURT gave judgment in the full penalty
of 1001

John Donovan was charged on a similar informa-
tion as in the preceding case.
The defendant, it appeared, was apprehended by
Mr. Inspector I3renn,..ti and Sergeant Harvey, in
Chis well- ntre..>t,carryin7, a bladder containinz five. pints
. Anti LTA-
The defendant was lined is the full penalty of 1001.