The Express.
London, England, 1865-12-19 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S.—MoNDAY.
The approach of the "festive seams" is proverbial for
scaring members from the subscription room, and this
afternoon proved no exosption to the rule. The attendance
was limited, and speculation on the Derby inactive, ooly
two or three animals being Inquired after with coy
spirit. I
The " habitats*" about Lord Lyon lot week made Ito
presence felt again te-day. Layers were in a majority,
for after eight fifties were laid, another gentleman,
who had "only • email hedgisg commission," managed
to book the same oto 1001. John Day's stable
has for some time exhibited signs of coming
into great form, and Rustic was again is force.
$ to 1 being taken so kindly, that at last 15
; to 2 was the highest offer. After 10 to 1 had been
I accepted about Student, a point less was put down to a small
li sum, but we doubt if even that price could have been ob-
tainable to money. The only feature of the afternoon
to
was the improved position of Radon, about whom ft ern
45 was booked on the quiet. 1,000 to 30 was laid five times
molest the Bribery oolt—a sitocession of investments whioh
gave occasion for unkind remarks, such. indeed, as would
bad to the belief that this colt is In the hands of certain
1 'lever mortuary artists. After 50 "fifties" bad been laid
against the Midsummer colt, 1.000 to 15 wail offered. The
remainder of the quotations will be found in the subjoined
list of elating prime :
TWO THOUSAND.
7 to 2 apt Mr. Mews'' Student (010
7 to 2 Mr. R. Ba'ton's Lord Lyon ;off;
DIRBY.
15 to S. apt Duke of Beaufort* Rustle !off. tBto 1;
8 to 1 Mr. R. guttnn's Lord Lyon (0 and oiL)
0 to 1— Mr. Marys Student (t)
1000 to 45 Lord it. Vincent's Rabin 1-
1000 to 40 Baron flothschlkrs Janitor It;
1000 to SS —. Marquis of Hastings' Bina Mend it)
30 to 1 Mr. T. R. Dawson a stabber (t)
1000 to 30 Lunt Alleabitry's cby ntocknell—Bribery (t;
1000 to 19 Si. Lupin's Manorial (t)
3000 to 4S Marquis of Exetees Knight of the Crescent It,
1000 to 12 Mr. St. George's Tom King Ai
1000 to 10 Mr. W. Day's eby SS Allsant —Doralice (t;
PLACS lINITING.
200 to 100 apt Lord Lyon ',V,
200 to 100 Rustic (t)
600 to 100 Evian (t)
MOO to 100 cby Stoarrell—Britievy ,t)
1200 to 101 cex Stockwen—liiil.timmer (t)

The subscription room will be closed until New Year'..
day.
The following was posted in the subscription room in the
course of the afternoon :
Noncit.—Tun SHIM MD INUNDATION FUND.—Those
noblemen and gentlemen who subecribed to this fund through
Mr. J. Stopheseon and Mr. J. B. Morris are informed that
in oonsequence of the central committee having returned 50
per omit. of the collection, they can receive back the propor-
tion of their subscription on application to Mr. J. Stephen-
eon, 56. Inverness-terrace, Bayswater, or at Tattersall's,
before the Ist of March next. All moneys unclaimed by
that date will be paid over to the Dentin& Benevolent
Fund.—Deoember 18,1863.'

[ Advertisanesti
THE LATE FIRE IN SAVOY.STREET, STRAND.

TO TOE EDITOR OF THE VIIIII/38.
SlR,—Considerable misconception having arisen,
from the rsyorts is the various journals, of the fire et one
of our b ea, leading to the inference that it was our
chief establishment, we shall feel greatly obliged by Maar-
ten of the accompanyisg letter, addressed to our customers
at the brooch in question, in your valuable journal, by
which it will be seen that our friends end customers will
sustain so inconvenience, and that their orders will be exe-
cuted, in the isterim, at our priacipal works, Qasen•street
and Upper Thames-street, where our powers of production
are =limited :
We are, air, your obedient servants,
JOHN KING and Co.

Savoy Printing Works. Savoy-street, Strand,
Dec. 16, 1863.
DIAZ Stis,—We regret that a fire of a destructive cha-
racter occurred this morning at the above printing works,
causing considerable damage. We are Owed, however, to
be able to inform you that it will not make soy difference
inthe execution of your esteemed orders. as we have ar-
ranged immediately to take up and firdok an work on hand,
as also all new orders which we may be favoured with, at
our extensive chief works in Queen-street and Upper
Tbammetreet, until the damage is repaired.
We beg also to motif', that we have taken offices imme-
diately adjacent, No.l, Savoy-street, where we request the
favour of your forwarding your orders u before, which will
have immediate attention.
Thanking you for past favourJOs, we are your obedient
JOHN KING and Co.
eervanta,