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LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING ftirTiv
DECEMBER 30, 1842.

PRICE sd.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY.
Yesterday was, beyond all doubt, the dullest day of
the season ; the number of subscribers present were
under twenty, and the betting in keeping with the at-
tendance :-1.000 to 30 and 875 to 25 were laid against
Mr. Bell's Winesour; 1,000 to 20, twice, agst Colonel
Peel's St. Valentine ; 500 to 13 agst the Duke of Graf-
ton's Oxygen colt; 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. FAdison's Ghee-
terfield; and 2,000 to 30 agst Lord Orford's Mercy colt.

FARMER'S CLUB-HOUSE IN LONDON.—A meeting
of the Provisional Committee, formed for the purposo
of considering the propriety of establishing a Farmers'
Club-house in London, was held, pursuant ;to notiee,
on Thursday last. About 16 members of the Commit-
tee attended. There were also several gentlemen pre-
sent who took an interest in the subject, but .Who were
not members of the Committee. The chair was taken
by J. Hudson, Esq„ Castleacre, Norfolk. The object
of the meeting having been stated, a lengthened discus-
sion took place in reference to the amount of entrance
fee and annual subscription, and also as to the locality in
which a Club-house should be situated, so as to meet
the convenience of farmers visiting the metroplis, and
much useful information upon the subject was elicited.
There was not the slightest difference of opinion on
the advantages of establishing a farmer's club-house.
Some of the members were desirous of having a high
entrance fee, with a view to form a fund for erecting
a building at some future period ; 'but 'the more
general feeling appeared to be that both the
entrance fee and the subscription should. be kept
as low as possible. Resolutions were agreed upon,
and the Committee broke up. On Friday morning
another meeting was held, and two resolutions
were passed : first—" That it was highly desirable
that a club-house should be established, the members
to pay an entrance fee and an annual subscription
and, secondly—" That the provisional Committee be
requested to give their best attention to the subject,
to prepare a prospectus, and adopt such means as they
may deem best calculated to ensure the success of the
object." It is stated that the Committee will go ac-
tively to work without delay, and that it will not be
long before the prospectuses are issued.— rOrk Courant.
DEATH OF FRANCIS APCBACKEN, ESQ.=--We have
to record the death of this estimable and highly-re-
spected citizen, who had attained his 81st year. He
was the last survivor of the Belfast First Volunteer
Company, which enrolled 26th March, 1778 ; and had
been for upwards of sixty years a merchant of the
town of Belfast. Throughout his long life, his in-
tegrity and personal worth secured for hint the respect
of his fellown-townsmen.—Northern Whig,
BRIGHTON, DEC. 28.—Among our latent arrivals
are the lion. General St. John,? in Brunswick-
square; Sir David Boche, at the Bedford Hotel;
Lieutenant-General Sir Johnl Gardiner, at the New
Steyne Hotel ; General Mahon, Mrs. Admiral. Byron,
and Lieut.-Colonel Hunt, at the New Steyne Hotel ;
Mr. Urquhart, at the Albion ; Sir Cressivell Cress-
well, at the Norfolk ; the Earl of Pomfret, on a visit
to Lady Borough, in Regency' square; Mr. J. Bal-
four, M.P., on a visit to the Lady Emily Balfour, at
1131yeaemtwootHioiaisned;
Lia,doyrdpeainjedwl,Jaardey
The Earl and Countess of Beauchamp left !yesterday
for London. Viscount Dillon has also taken his de-
parture from Brunswick-square. Lady White Ridley
will quit the Norfolk Hotel to-day for • Worthing.
is among our recent arrivals in
TKheeZTarol,Nof larrowhynl.

A
JAW-ISREAKER.---There was at the wharf at
Van Buren, Arkansas, a few days ago, .1% steamboat
called " Sog-wa-ta-le ki• vo-ram-sup-hum ted-ou-
chou," which, in the " original Choctaw" means.
" Conqueror of Steam-boats.' We should think the
name was alone sufficient protection itgainst snags
and sawyers of the worst kind. Her owners needn't
go to the expellee of insurance,—Picomune.

' MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS.
FROM TEE MORNING PAPERS OF Tiils DAY.
CITY, THURSDAY EVENING.
TIMES.—Some inquiry seems to be desired into
the circumstances under which the Americans have
pressed, and the Mexican Government have assented,
to the payment of 3,000,000 dolls. as an indemnity to
American subjects for losses sustained -during the
various revolutions which have occurred in Mexico.
A correspondent from Bath states as his belief, the
these claims have been swelled enormously in amount
by expedients of the most disreputable kind, and fur-
ther, that he was informed by an American who held
one of them, that the amount of American property
so taken did not exceed 300,000 dolls,, or 1-10th of
the sum actually wrung from Mexico. This is a very
grave accusation, and on the face of it barely credible,
at all events as to the participation of the. American
Government in any such fraudulent exaction. As
the documents which relate to these claims will of
course be laid before the Congress of the United
States, any judgment upon the matter must until then
be suspended.
The highest price of white wheat of the first qua-
lity in Paris is 3211 50e. per 11 hectolitre, which is
equivalent to 495. Bd. per quarter, and the highest
quotation of white wheat of the first . quality in the
London market being 58s. per quarter, it follows
that wheat is MI per cent. dearer in London than in
Paris.

The price of flour 'of the first quality in Paris is
55f. per 159 kilogrammes, which is equivalent to
345. 6d. per 2801 b. English, and the price of the
finest flour in London being quoted at 45-s. per sack
of 28016, it follows that flour is 301 per cent. dearer
in London than in Paris.
The price of bread of the first quality in Paris is
29 cents. per kilogramme, which is equal to nearly
sd. per 41b. English weight;. and the charge of the
full-priced bakers in London being 7d. per 41b. loaf,
it follows that bread is fully 50 per cent. dearer in
London than in Paris. If the price in -London is
taken at 7d., which is charged by some bakers, the
difference is still,4o per cent. dearer in London than
in Paris.
SUN .—ln faqir of ,he warehousing system in
-America, which would be a great boon to these enraged
in the trade, we find the example of England freely
adduced on the other side of the Atlantic, while it is
said that as connected with the tariff it will be de-
servedly among the first measures which Will engage
the attention of 'Congress at the approachibil session,
having been brought to the notice of that yin the
message of the President :—" The advantages reaped
from this system in England," says one, ".have been
so many and so obvious, that it is a matter of eurprise
the merchants of America should have solong remained
without such an arrangement. The system was first
introduced at the port of London alone, by the Act
of 1803, on the most important articles of West Indtis
produce, which were admitted to be warehoused with-
out the payment of duty. The power thus imparted
was at first acted upon with the greatest citation.
The construction and situation of the warehouses in
the different ports of the kingdom were such, that it
was considered inconsistent with the interests of the
revenue to grant them the same privileges that were
extended to the London Docks. The advantages had
also not become sufficiently obvious for the merchants
to make any efforts for obtaining an extension of the
privilege. In process of time the merchants, per-
ceiving the great benefit to be derived from it have
exerted themselves from time to time." The follow•
ing is a list of the ports now enjoying the privilege,
with the dates of their obtaining it :
London
Liverpool .
12 other ports lBoslStockton
5 .• . . .. . . 1806; Shoreham
3 ..
Colchester . . lBOBl 3 other ports in.... 1821
2 ports in 1822 ... .4. ..... 1823
Poole..
5 ports in Ireland 18241, 8 ports in Ireland... 1825
What would the commerce of England now be, if
cash duties were enforced, and no bonding were
allowed ?
The English market lost none of the buoyancy
which characterised it in the earlier part of the clay,
and to the abundance of money, which on sttock is at-
tainable at to 2 per cent, may be in part attributed
the firmness both of the funded and unfunded debts,
the latter, in addition, being said to be rather scarce
to-day. Reduced Annuities were again taken by the
Government broker. Consols for the opening were
done at 93-1- to 94; Exchequer Bills touched 595. and
60s. premium ; India Bonds 50s. to 525. premium.
The Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced were
steady at 101 i to 1011. The Canada Guaranteed
Debentures improved to 14 premium. • The Foreign market was rather brisk this after-
noon, and for the new account there appeared to be
some disposition to advance the quotations. The
Spanish Account is said to be bearish. The
Five per Cent. Bonds realised 18a to L and the
Three per Cents. left off at 24 Portu-
guese Converted were at 341. for the 16th of January,
and the Three per Cents. at 24 to 241. Mexican
Stock was worth 31# to 32; Colombian 22 ; i'eruvian
19 to -1-; Buenos Ayres 25; and Brazilian ni, being
'all a shade higher. Belgian Bonds realised 101 - ;
Russian 1131; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.
52 to 53, being firmer.
Some disposition was manifested to effect sales in
Railway Shares, and this caused them to have a. less
firm appearance. The bargains this afternoon were
in Eastern Counties debentures at 21 premium, in
Great Western at 241, in the New Ditto at 133 to
13;1, in the Birmingham New at 31i, in the Northern
and Eastern Scrip at 41, to 5, and in the Paris and
Rouen at 6to premium. Brighton were 13#,'and
Blackwall 11i discount. -
In the advices by the Columbia steamer, as re-
ceived in the City this afternoon, there is nothing of
particular interest beyond what appears in another
part of The Sun, as the private letters have not yet
been delivered. The navigation was on the eve of
closing in Canada, a number of vessels having left
Quebec in company, to one or two of which accidents
had occurred.