The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-09 00:00:00

BANKRUPTS.

Edward Wolsey, corn merchant, Wareham, Norf)lk,
to surrender Feb. 19 and March 22, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy. Stamf ld, official assignee;
Mason, Werebam; Creo and Sor, Gray's Inn.

Henry Charles Cawston, grocer, Temple-street, Kings-
land, Feb. 21, at one, and March 19, at twelve, at the
Cow tof Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sam-
brook-court, Basinghall-street ; Morris, Stone, and
Townson, Moorgate-street-chambers, Moorgate-streor.
Thomas Cooper, eon., locksmith, Wolverhampton, Feb.
22, and March 15, at twelve, at the Birminghau4 Dis-
trict Court. Valpy, official assignee, Birmingham;
801, en, Stafford; Smith and James, Birmingham.
Arthur Ford, wider, Stokefletuing, Devonshire, Feb
19 and March 12, at eleven, at the Exeter District
Court. Ilernamanu, official assignee, Exeter; llockin,
Dartmouth; Stogdon, Exeter.
PRICE OF SUGAR.

The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from the returns made in the week ending February
5, 1850, is 275. 3 ii, (1. per cwt.

BENEFIT OF Mr. FLEXMORE.—We are glad to hear
that this excellent and agile clown takes his benefit at
the Princess's Theat!e on Tuesday next, the 19th in-
stant, on Which occasion a very attractive bill of fare is
promised, consisting of a new opera, an entirely rew
ballet, in which
,the much-admired danseuse, Mettle.
Auriol, and the amusing pantomime of King
Janie.
will.Th apebpaaellert, is the joint composition of Flexmore
and Mdlle. Auriol, and we understand will be put on
the stage in a way hitherto unsurpassed at this theatre.
No clown on the stage has become so rapidly a favourite
with the public as Flexmore, and this may be attributed
to his possession of those qualities which tit an actor for
the representation of humorous and comical parts. Ile
is, besides, a light and elegant dancer, and throws life
and spirit into the pantomime by his Terpsichorean feats.
,\'e trust he will have a bumper house on the night of
his benefit, and we are sure our expectations will Lot be
di: appointed.
LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL.—The forty-eighth an-
nual general meeting of this institution was held 3 ester-
day at the Freemasons' Tavern, the Earl of Devon in
the chair. The report stated that the removal of the
institution from St. Pancras to the elegant new building
in the Liverpool-road had occurred during the prevalence
of the severe epidemic; and yet the number ( f fever
patients had not equalled half those of the preceding
year, as the total admissions in 1848 were 1,335, and in
the past year only 653. In 1848 there had been fewer
than in 1347; and altogether a successive diminution
since 1843, when the greatest number (1,462) were re-
ceived, than during any
previous year. The cholera
had, it was supposed, partially superseded fever,
having chiefly raged among those classes usually
affected by fever. On the 27th December, 1849,
there remained in the hospital 21, and since admitted
18, of whom 12 had been discharged cured, four had
died, and 23 now remained in the hospital. Including
the previous balance of 453/. 10s. ld., the total receipts
had been 2,7541. 75. 4c1., the general expenditure 1,9461;
Is. 6d", and a balance remained of 581. 6s. 4d., after in-
vesting 750/., thereby increasing the funded stock to
3,6751. Is. sd. Of the 18,9221. 3s. received from the
Great Northern Railway Company 18,357/. ss. 9d. bad
been expended on the new premises, and the balance,
5641.75. 3d., it was unanimously resolved should be ap-
propriated to the formation of a fund, to be called the
Family Fund, to be applied as the committee might
think fit. The officers for the ensuing year were
elected, and the meeting broke up.
ROYAL PROCLAMATION AT EDINBURGH.— On
Tuesday the heralds and pursuivants of the Scotch
College of Arms assembled at the county-hall, and pro-
' ceeded to the Market-cross at 12 o'clock noon, under an
escort of the 21st Fusiliers, when the royal proclama-
tion was read by Marchmont, herald, and responded by
Kintyre, pursuivant, summoning the peers to meet at
llolyrood on Wednesday, March 13 next, to elect two
representative peers for Scotland.
RAILWAY BILLS ON STANDING ORDERS.—Yester-
day the standing orders were declared to be complied
with in the case of the Midland Great Western Rail-
way of Ireland, for deviations and extensions of time ;
in the Killarney Junction Railway ; and in the North
Staffordshire Railway Company's Bills for abandonment
f branches to Newcastle-under-Lyme, and lease of
ssßielloNfosrumbEenttse'r:sCuopmpfy.einetgYt.—he
Ashbourne branch.
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ROYAL ARTILLERY.—WOOLWICII, FED. B.—The
with intelligence
oof a fatal whole of the field batteries went into the country to-day
in heavy marching order, under the command of
constable
tnf-bitlael a arrivedceidn Anderson.et from
which I n
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occurred of
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uried On the previous
evening at that station of the North Kent Railway to
Corporal Bingham, cf the 9th battalion, who having
dropped his glove on the line, incautiously descended to
rick it up, and before he could get out e f the way was
run over by tho approaching train and killed on the spot,
it being dark at the time.
ST onus or CATS. —A young weanan residing at
Huhne, Manchester, went recently to see some fr.ood
at Macclesfield, and on her return home took a beauti-
ful black cat with her, the distance being 23 miles by
railway, After stopping three days and two nights,
pussy ment back to Macclesfield of its own accord, where
it was found as usual at the fireside. Another person
residing at Manchester was on a visit at Stockport, and
brought a cat with him to Manchester; it remained a
few days, and in the interval brought forth three very
fine kittens. It then took the kittens, one by one, to its
old home at Stockport—thus travelling to accomplish its
feat of maternal and domestic instinct a distance in all
of nearly 40 mile:.—Macclesfield Courier.