The Express.
London, England, 1867-01-15 00:00:00

TATTERSALL'S.-MONDAY.

What with the scanty attendance and the indisposition
to speculate., the afternoon narrowly escaped proving a
blank ; and had it not been for sonic two or three com-
missions, the bookmakers would have bad it all to them-
*elves, and there would have been nothing but a aeries of
offers to quote. As it was, the Two Thousand Guineas
turned out a dead letter, the offers against Plaudit, Her-
mit, and Grand Cross finding no backers, although each
of them would have been sapporte4 at a shade of odds
over those offered. For t e Derby 700 to 100 was
taken about The Rake, in one bet, and there
is no question that he continues as firm in
the market as any horse could do. A commissioner
wanting to baek D'Estournel was offered 10 to 1, which he
declined, another speculator at the same moment offering
to accept 1000 to 100. The longest odds offered against
Plaudit were 10 to 1, and although he was not invested
upon for either the event or the Two Thousand Guineas,
there wax no hostility manifested against him, but on the
other baud an evident determination not to lay any price
in excess of that at which he has been backed on previous
occasions. In the early part of the day he would have
been supported at the clubs at 9 to '1 for " The Guineas,"
and 11 to 1 for the Derby, the tone of the market thus
confirming the information from reliable sources, that the
home is going on well, and that the recent symptoms of •
demonstration against him were either the effect of a certain
line of diplomacy,or hasty conclusions founded ongroundlesa
reports. The odds of 14 to 1 were offered against Hermit
for the Derby, and at two points more Mr. Chaplin's colt
would have found a suppmter, but no blow was struck.
Grand Cross was backed at 1000 to 40, and a few smaller
transactions were effected at the same rate of odds.
Vauban was also entrusted with a "pony" at 40 to 1. The
Priest presented the old difficulty to layers and takers,
the former refusing to exceed 5.; to and the latter still
holding out for their price 1000 to 15. There were offers
against some other outsiders which were not responded to,
and another dull afternoon came to a premature close. The
quotations were as follows:

TWO THOUnAND OYINEAS.
♦to 1 apt Major Elwon's Plaudit Cott
oto 1 Mr. Out,lin's Hermit „off. t 100 to 15)
13 to 1 Lord Exuter's Grand Cross ,off, tlsto 1)
DERRY.
700 to 100 apt Mr. Pryor's The Rake t!
10 to 1 Mr. aarile's IYRatournel !off, t 1050 to 100)

10 to 1 - Plaudit 'off,
14 to 1 Mr. Chaplin's Hermit ;off. tl6to I)
1000 to 40 Lord Itunfhley us Grand Cross t)
1000 to 30 Duke of Newcastle's Julius 'off,
40 to 1 Duke of Beaufort's Vauban ,t,
55 to 1 Mr. A. Wlll4lOlllll The Priest off, t 1000 to 15:
66 to 1 Duke of Hamilton'. Arrou 'off,
. _

1000 to 10 Mr. A. Hostbcote's Ilipsylikte (011

&ntberdttp intelligence.

CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 14.
Ms REGIUS PROF6BBON.sHIP OF GREEK.—The
Vioe-Chanoellor has given notice that the Regius Prides•
sorship of Greek has become vacant by the resignation of
the Rev. William Hepworth Thompson, M.A., Master of
Trinity College. The Vice-Chancellor further gives notice
that candidates for such vacant professorship are to attend
in poison before the electors on Tuesday, the sth day of
February next, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, in the Law
schools. The Regius Professor of Greek is to be chosen and
appointed by the council of the Senate.
VACANT ERQUIRE BEDELLSHIP.—Mr. W. H. Haunt,
M.A. of St. John's College, is about to • the office of
Esquire Bedell, to which he was recently elected. There
are, at present, two candidates to supply the vacancy, viz.,
Mr. John Dunn, M.A., of St. John's College, Private
Tutor of nearly 20 years standing in the University, and
Mr. T. Webster, KA., Law Lecturer and late Fellow of
Trinity College.