The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-20 00:00:00

MAJORITY-NOES, 131.

-ATLI or SIR STAFFORD HENRY NORTHCOTE.--
4..18. venerable Baronet died on Saturday last, at the family
Cln the county of Devon, in the 89th 3 ear of his age. The
ft-eV/Jed gentleman was son of the sixth Baronet, and mar-
-11,1 'ln 1791, the daughter of Charles Baring, Esq, which
Vdie iin 1841. The deceased, who succeeded his father
h,1771 was a magistrate and deputy-lieutenant of the
oaktY of Devon, of which the first Baronet filled the office
sheriff in the second year of the reign of Charles 1., and
,isr`esented the county during the reign of Charles 11. He
48Ucceeded by his grandson, Stafford Henry Northcote, Esq.,
S cretary to the Royal Commissioners for conducting
exhibition of 1851.
ab some exceptions, commentators would be
,I;Zeh better employed in cultivating some sense for their.-
ves than in attempting to explain the nonsense of others.
Eliza Cook's Journal.

THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY COMMISSION. The
'r,2lke of Wellington, Chancellor of the University of Oxford;
am. it is stated, signified to the Board of Heads of legal opi-
ouses at
ford that if they should, in pursuance of the le
•elo '
es obtainel from certain barristers, petition the Crown
Nei
aet the commission of inquiry into the Universities, they
e to do so through the Secretary of State, instead of through
mleizielf as Chancellor.
to...TAILORING MACHINE.—We understand that Mr.
hrnach, tailor, Union-street, has forwarded to the Ex-
sn a machine for taking the measurement of indivi-
h44 for clothing. This very ingenious and useful instru-
t consists of a series of steel bands in a frame, that are,
psi
greatest ease, adapted to the human figure, and
into a posii ion that indicates its form and size to a
h.:' breadth ; and the measurement is so exact that a mis-
pitublkila. possible. Mr. Cattanach has had his instrument be-
Itoi; him for about twelve years, but has been prevented from
ten ft, by an elastic band for measurement having been pa-
,eltlas-' 800 n after he had completed his invention; so that,
At ;401 his principle be different from the patent measure,
to ,-Quid have been under the necessity of purchasing a right
'"e it from the rival patentees.—. Aberdeen Herald.
darhe Frielitar, now in Dublin, sustained much
44 -Re by fire on the night of the 15th inst., supposed to
• e originated in the mate's berth.
~CERS' AND TEA-DEALERS' BENEVOLENT PRO-
cr
bsx SOCIETY. —The fourteenth annual meeting of the
on m`k " of this institution was held at the London Tavern
onday evening, Henry Kemble, Esq., pt.esident, in the
hi;r• The report showed that the contributions of the past
,e?ceeeded those of any previous one, the annual sob.
Pitons being s 90/. 7s. ; donations 5531. 2s. ; and divi-
trtst,7,°ll stock 419. ss. ; total 1,862/. 14s. The total sum
e44nauted in pensions was 6,263/. 9s. The committee had
liolu 6001. to the capital stock of the society, which now
hp:4ls to 13, tOW. Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. The
to further stated, that John Davis, Esq., had consented
tare eeide at the annual dinner on the sth May. Certain new
relit were agreed to, having for their object the immediate
eits,`ef widows and orphans of deceased pensioners, and the
pori"ng forward votes of unsuccessful candidates. The re-
the _was unanimously adopted, and thanks behfg voted to
chairman, the meeting separated.
jn b -BIT OF RAILWAY Acconwrs.—The Bill brought
top Mr- Locke and Mr. Ewart for the audit of railway ac-
to, , and for other purposes connected with railway
ssOßatnent, has been printed. It contains 27 clauses, with
ior,tu,sele annexed descriptive of the form of account to be
04‘,` °Y railway companies. By the second clause each col:n-
-ags' la to elect five shareholders annually, to be called ho
).tqlt committee; by the third clause, at the second half-
toirrlY Meeting after the passing of the Act, the auditors then
tlaZ use ace are to retire, but may be re-elected; by the fourth
tth after second half-yearly meeting after the passing of
Act,ty
an auditor is not to be capable of being re-elected ;
sii`"e fifth clause the company, at the second half-yearly
to-Qting after the passing of the Act, are to elect two audi-
rs.
"
th iy the seventh clause, one auditor only nevi to be a
h,raholder • by the eleventh clause, on requisition of not
." than 20 shareholders holding one-twentieth of capital,
T'counts are to be 'submitted to a special auditor; by the
'itenty-seventh clause, an auditor may be removed from office
EASY ANGLIAN RAILWAY.—A special meeting of
tn holders of the new seven per cent. shares issued under
e Act of 1849, took place yesterday at the London Tavern ;
5:417 Bruce, Esq., in the chair. The chairman having
4tained the object of the meeting, moved a resolution,
t 0,4 a view of carrying out the arrangement with the credi-
liZef he company, that the whole of the seven per cent.
esvntst of stock should agree to a reduction to five per cent.,
should tbat every two 10/. shares upon which 2/. had been paid
bas consolidated into one share with 4/. paid. After
444 e discussion the resolution was carried with only three
eeutients.
W
OIiDERFUL LEAP BY A PATIENT IN FEVER.--.on
throildaY last a fever patient in the Armagh Poor-house broke
re' Ugh the hospital window, and escaped from the pre-
!ltes,• In a most extraordinary manner. By superhuman
nislon he leaped on the top of the surrounding wall, which
atii;Ore than tel feet high, where he took off his shirt—the
garment he had on—and sprang across the mill race, a
natio
Pro, eof twenty-one feet, ato the opposite bank ;he then
to o sile
ded across the country indirect line to Lougbgall—
Do. lieh place he bslonged—a distance of four miles, closely
N14,4(1 by the master and porter of the workhouse. The
Ike at which the man went was surprising; he took hedges
liter ditches flying, and never fell; he had to cross the Ul-
api,r ail Way at a place where the bank was most difficult to
rilioi,,°!teh- Near Loughgall he halted at the house of an ac-
therganee, and, after terrifying the people nearly out of
bo -11'1 aeases, told them that he was running for his life, as
lisin" just seen the doctor in the poor-house cutting up a
rep gman, and that he was next in torn, and he had to run
of ;,..,l'etY• Ihe unfortunate man was overtaken in the street
eiste:ghgall by the parties in pursuit, and, by the kind as-
:eLsaper, of the Dispensary, he was secured
I.l4QC'vered with blatkets. The patient was safely brought.
1111,1t,0 Armagh the same night, and he still rcnianas in a
dangerous state.—Ulster Gazette.
or, th aNPIHE TRUSTS.—The Committee now sitting
tho s"e eppli -ation of the various turnpike trusts throughout
It re "gdom for a renewal of th-ir local Acts, have received
ill.Dert from the Secretary of State to the effect that, it hay-
ps%sheen represented to him that considerable saving of ex-
,tti these matters might be eft:cited by preliminary
the slies, he had caused such inquiry to be instituted into
tio,:relltustances of each of the 14 trusts applying to Par-
and rut this session. In conducting the several inquiries,
4414 endeavouring to effect equitable arrangements be-
has nb °Pposing parties, Sir George Grey states " That he
each been desirous to recommend, as far as practicable in
treat ease, that a portion of the annual income of each
Art4e should be applied to the redemption of the debt at
ei4l eXisting; so that the trust may be in a better finan-
litv,..iendition annually, with a prospect of being entirely re-
elay' of its debt as eery as possible, without imposing
"dit. gen lowa burden!' upon the parishes or the public
etp.