The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-01 00:00:00

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Feb. 20 Arbroath and Forfar ••••••••• • • •• •• 261 164
19 Chester and Birkenhead. •• ..
1$ Dublin and Drogheda• .•• • • •••• • • • 653 630
23 Dublin and Kingstown .•••• • • • " 547 681
21 Dundee and Arbroath .•••••.• • •• • • • • 288 253
Durham and Sunderland ........ . ....
20 Edinburgh and Glasgow .•.•.•• • • • • . 3,112 2,746
21 Eastern Counties and North Eastern • • 8,010 6,376
20 East Lancasihre ............ —••• • •• 641
14 Eastern Union ...................... 424
20 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr .... • • 1,933 1,842
20 Glasgow and Greenock— ....... —.. 875 764
Gravesend and Rochester.... ........ _
20 Great Southern and Western ...... •• 1,060
21 Great Western, ti.c .. .• • ..... •••. • • • • 14,145 14,978
14 Ipswich and Bury ......
20 London and North Western, 8.7. e ..... 32,224 34,583
21 London and 111ackwa11.............. 688 689
20 London and Brighton ....... —••• • • • 4,500 4,104
London and Croydon .. .
21 London and South Western ... ...... 4,955 4,896
Manchester, Bolton, and Bury •.• • ..
20 Manchester. Leedi, and Bull Assoc.. 7,030 7,008
21 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 1,686 1,496
14 Maryport and Carlisle .. • .
20 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham •• • • 15,477 14,859
20 Newcastle and Carlisle .............. 1,883 1,660
- Newcastle and North Shields•..• •• ••
20 Newcastle and Berwick •••••• • • • • • • 491 419
. 1,3',6 1,170
20 North British .. •••••••••• .. .. •• .. 1,149
22 Paris and Rouen .•••••••••• •• • • • • •• 5,610 5,643
20 Preston and Wyre ••••••••• • • • • • • "• 530 575
312
19 Shrewsbury and Chester •••••• • • • • • •
2019 South South Dlileasvtoenrn.. 4..n.d..13.. ranches
...........• ..• ..• ... ... 51.'642394879
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673 646
22)..010 11111:(0)1.tteraan.nd.d.0.rth.. Newcastle'id'l.di..a.
n....d..... :••• •••• • • • • 64:699378 64:612106

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DISTRESS AT MALTA FROM HIGH PRICES, AND
THREATsNED FAMINs.—The avidity with which all grain
is bought up at Malta, chiefly for the wants of Great Britain, li
at prices which the poorer classes have not the means of
paying, added to the circumstance of the further exports
from Egypt having b,en stopped by Government, and those
from the Russian ports in the Black Sea by the frost, threaten
to be productive of much misery at Malta. We have seen a
letter from this island of a recent date, stating as :follows :
" Matters are coming to a very pretty pitch in this island.
There is only about one month's consumption of wheat in
the place! People in the country are starving ! ! A re-
spectable inhabitant of Gasel Zebbug states that the poor are
boiling the heads of the clover for soup i ! ! In England all
the ports are open for the introduction of grain of every
description, free of duty; the Government should follow the
same example here, and ought instantly to takeoff the duties
on pulse until the approaching harvest, otherwise the most
direful consequences must ensue."
CLOSE OF THE BOROUGH COURT OF REQUESTS.—
On Friday the Commissioners of this Court sat for the last
time, their functions being superseded by the new Small
Debts Act, which comes into operation on the 15th of March.
The offices of the court were closed on Tuesday last, with
the exception of the receipt and payment of suitors' money
and the issue of executions, which will continu llthe 10th
of March.
REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.--On Fri-
day a general reduction in the price of bread took place
throughout the metropolis, those denominated cheap bakers
selling the 41b. loaf at Bd., being a reduction of one half-
penny in the loaf. In the City and West-endthe beat bread
averages from 10id. to 11d, the 41b. loaf. Common rye or
brown bread sells at 7frd.