The Sun.
London, England, 1837-01-03 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL' S—YESTBIDAY.
THE DERBY.
Vie Derby prices will be found to vary in several .respects
from those quoted on the last betting day. The imprayement
in Lot d Jersey's two is decided, and the Flare-up party I, re al-
ready 0, anguine in their expectations of being enabled tt., get
eta of th eir difficulties. Lord Exeter's lot is also up, Tro.ilus
(the Groon Mantle colt) and Brother to Cactus, having masie
a marked Advance. Two bets were made about the latter, du:
first 2;0001. to .504 and the other 3,0001. to 100/ ten points
less. Dardanelles L'arely keeps his ground, and Adrian is out:
of the market. 16 to 1 was about the Phantasima colt, and'.
offers made in divers quarters to bank him at the same odds.
Another blow was struck at Defender, who will be found to
have receded four or five poilits. There can be little doubt,
however, that he will see a better day ere long. Caravan, it
will be recollected, came into the market on Thursday last, at
50 -lo 1 ; he was backed yesterday .at the same price, a declara-
tion having previously been made on thy part of his noble owner
that " unless sold previously in all proh,ability he would not go
fur the Derby." Beyond those mentiont. dno material changes
tools :place amongst the outsiders. Tht.' room was well at-
tended, and the business brisk, but, accordinj to the new prac-
tice, it did not commence till between four Sand five o'clock,
nor tern.tinate till half an hour beyond the usual tune.
11 to 2 agst Lord Jersey's lot—take 6 to 1
6 to I asst Lord Exeter's lot—offered
Bto 1 agstt Colonel Anson's Jereed—take 8 to 1
8i to 1 agst •Lord Jeriey's Bro. to Bay Middleton—tak en and
aftet•wards offered •
15 to 1 agst Captain Gardner's Phantasima colt—take 16 -N I
16 to 1 agst Mr. Sadler's Defender—taken
17 to 1 agst Mr. %Greville's Mango—offered.
IS to 1 agst Lord Bxeter's Dardanelles—take 20 to 1
22 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Flare-up—take 24 to 1
28 to I agst Lord Chesterfield's Sambo—taken
30 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Brother to Cactus—taken
33 to 1 agst Lord Lichfield's Cartoon—offered
30 to I agst Mr. L. Savilleig Lrother to Elis—offered
33 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Troilus—take 40 to 1
40 to 1 agst Mr. Bower's Lord StaZord—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Walker's Glider—oicered
50 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke s Caravan—offered
6 to 1, and afterwards 13 to 2, agst Jereed'and Flare-up—taken
6 to 1 cost Jereed and Glider—taken
375 to 100 agst Jereed, Mango, and Dardanelles—taken
3,000 to 2.30 agst Flare-up and Green Mantle—taken
t 0 to 1 each agst Clifton and Cartoon—laid in one bet
7 to 4 on Brotter to Bay Middleton agst Defender—taken
Nothing done on the Portland Handicap.

The nominations for' the Doncaster St. Leger closed yesterday.
Upwards of 22 horses were named in form up t) five o'clock, in-
cluding Brother to Bay Middle,,:on, Flare-up, Dardanelles, Troilus,
Brother to Cactus, Adrian, Defender, and Wintonian. No ac-
counts have been received from the oilier places, but there is every
reason to believe that the general entry will be very full.

THE DONCASTER ST. _LEGER.
LONDON AND NEWMARKET NOMINATIONS.
Cardinal Puff, Glider, The Prime Warden, Pupil, Dardanelles,
Adrian, Corban, Troilus, Defender, Lord Stafford, Brother to
Mahomet, Flare-up,Wintonian, Norgrove, Cartoon, c. by Emilius,
out of Grisette; Jereed, Mango, Egeria, c. by Velocipede; out of
Lunatic; Lilliputian, by Rowton ; c. by Muley, out of Young
Sweetpea ; Clifton, and f. by Redlamitc, out of Garcia.
All the Newmarket stakes have filled exceedingly well.

YAWNING.—Among the singular superstitions IA
the Egyptians is one which renders yawning particularly ob.-
noxious, they believing that the devil is apt to leap into a^
gaping mouth.
The confectioners have commenced laying in their
stock of ice for the summer, and are likely to have a suffi-
cient supply of thick ice of good quality so as to preclude
the necessity of importing it from the Baltic., whici: has been
the case for some years past.
At the commencement of January, in 1814, the
snow laid so deep in the West, particularly as to prevent
travelling, and the severity of the frost was noticed in every
part of England. The thermometer, exposed to a north-
eastern aspect, stood nineteen degrees below the freezing
point, and in Ireland the winter was nearly as severe.
EDUCATION.—Our competitors have not been un-
mindful of the various excellent establishments for the in-
,struction of youth in our neighbourhood. The Western
Times and West of England Conservative, though widely
opposed in politics, have " joined issue" in commendation of
Mr. T. M. Burt's exertions, and of his able coadjutor, Mr.
E. C. Brown ; both journals pointing out, in very forcible
terms, the excellent mode of tuition—the superior domestic
arrangements—the kind treatment—and the enforcement of
moral and religious duties, which has for a series of years
. characterised Windsor House Establishment. We have
also seen specimens of the oil paintings referred to by our
contemporary, and cannot withhold our tribute of admira-
tion from Master Drake, and sincerely hope that should he
make the art his profession, he will not suffer the unmerited
neglect that in his native country attended his talented
parent. We will on this occasion come nearer home than
our contemporary, and state that we have had children
educated at this Establishment, and that we feel it not only
a pleasure, but a grateful task, to add our humble meed of
praise to the general marks of approbation so deservedly
' bestowed, by the public press, on Mr. Burt's indefatigable
zeal and sterling talent.—Devonport Independent.
BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY.—This is the right sort
of companion for Old January ; it is full of fun and revelry,
and its merry humour sets the blood spinning with a healthy
alertness that defies even the present stubborn frost. And
no wonder, when we think of the Club of choice spirits who,
to use the old tobacconist's legend, " are united in one
cause." " Boz" is the President ; and seated around the
table, we find Theodore Hook, Fenimore, Cooper (author
of "The Pilot"), Father Prout, .Dr. Magginn, Samuel
Lover, Haynes Bayley, and the celebrated authors of
" Headlong Hall," " Stories of Waterloo," " Rattlin the
Reefer," " Hajji Babi," &c. These are the men to make a
" Miscellany" worthy of the best days of glorious John
Dryden, and his publisher, honest old Jacob Tonson.
Owing to the numbers of people, and the largeness
of the traffic in some of the streets, a thaw often appears
to have commenced, when, in fact, little or no actual change
in the state of the atmosphere has taken place.
Since the commencement of the present snow storm,
which has been accompanied by a strong north-easterly
gale, a complete embargo has been put upon the shipping
in Leith. The steamers which should have sailed for Lon-
don on Saturday, are still detained, owing to the boisterous
state of the weather ; a number of vessels for other ports,
are also waiting for a change of weather.
Some of our London contemporaries have been\
complaining of the length of time occupied by the sessions
at the Central Criminal Court, since the Prisoners Coun-
sel Bill has been in operation ; things are managed better
in this happy county, for a Just-ass of the Peace (of com-
mitting notoriety) has adopted the expedient of sending
parties to take their trial. without hearing evidence, a mode
which, however illegal, must at least save him a vast deal
of time and trouble.—Liecestershire Mercury.
THE LORDS or OLD.--_A Bill embodying. a plan
for enabling the labouring poor to provide support for them-
selves in sickness and old age, by small weekly savings from
their wages, was introduced by Mr. Dowdeswell, and ap-
proved by the House of Commons, in 1773 ; but it met
with the same fate as another Bill framed by the Commons
in 1789, and founded on tables computed, at the request
of a Committee, by Dr. Price. The Lords rejected both
bills ; and thus deprived the labouring poor of the guidance
of a legislative act in the formation of friendly societies for
half a century.—M'Cullock's Statistics.
Yesterday afternoon, between three and four o'clock,
as Mrs. Jane Milton, a lady of property, residing in the
Camberwell-road, was proceeding with her livery servant in
a gig along Camden-town towards home, the horse, which
was a high-spirited one, took fright at some boys who were
snowballing each other, and plunging suddenly to, the off-
side, slipped down and broke one of the shafts. ,By the
violence of the shock the unfortunate lady was precipitated
from her seat to the ground, and was so much injured about
the head and body as to render her recovery extremely
doubtful. The servant, by jumping down, escaped with
only a trifling bruise.