The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-19 00:00:00

BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-TIIESDAY:

The rooms were well attended to-day, which is to
some extent accounted for by there being no races on
during the week ; betting, however, was not charac-
terked by numerous investments, but nevertheless was
inaieative of important changes. Warlock, for the
Chester Cup, became friendless, and Bubble, for the
City and Suburban Handicap, advanced from 20 to 1
to 100 to 7, which was the highest offer at the close
—lOO to 6 would have been taken to money. For
the Two Thousand Guinea Stakes 700 to 400 was offered
against Fly-by-Night. At the commencement of busi-
ness there seemed a disposition to bet against Wink-
field for the Northamptonshire Stakes, 17 to 2 being
currently offered, but subsequently 8 to 1 to 50/. was
taken about him. The only bet we saw laid upon the
Derby was 1,000 to 15 against Bonnie Scotland. In•
other respects the following quotations will suffice :

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
Bto 1 apt Winkfield (taken)
11 to 1 agst Besika (taken)
100 to 8 aget Little Davie (taken)
100 to 8 agst Paletot (take 100 to 7)
100 to 7 agst Challow Boy (offered)
100 to 6 apt Flatterer (offered)
25 to 1 agst Fulbeck (offered)
100 to 3 aget Speed the Plough (taken).
100 to 3 apt Posthorse (offered)
EARL SPENCER'S PLATE.
10 to lon the field (offered).
METROPOLITAN STARES.
100 to 7 apt fby Alarm—Duvernay (taken)
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES,
7to 4 agst Fly-by-Night (offered)
20 to 1 aget The Prince (taken)
CHESTER CUP.
20 to 1 apt Fatalist (take 25 to 1)
40 to 1 agst Warlock (offered)
50 to 1 agst Dame Judith (wanted)
50 to 1 agst Sugar Plum (take 3,000 to 50)
1000 to 10 aget Blooming Heather (taken)
CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP.
6to 1 agst Fisherman (take 13 to 2)
9to 1 agat Boer (nominal)
100 to 7 aget Bubble (take 100 to 6 f.)
15 to 1 aget Posthorse (offered)
25 to 1 agst Pulbeck (offered)
DERBY.
1000 to 15 agst Bonnie Scotland (taken)

A fire broke out a few nights ago in the theatre of
Bourges (Cher), by which part of it was destroyed. As
no performance had taken place since the Sunday pre-
vious, the origin of the fire is attended with some alp.
tery. The fire broke out at midnight. At the very
commenceinent the flames caught the roof, and all hopes
of saving the building were abandoned. Attention was
then turned to protecting the offices of the commissariat,
the Hotel de Jacques Cmur, which serves as the Mairie
and the Palais de Justice, and which are contiguous to
the theatre. By the exertions of the firemen, all the
books in the different offices were speedily removid
the registers of the Octroi were, however, destroyed. All
that can be conjectured as to the origin of the fire is,
that some lighted coal must have been dropped in the •
room of the artistes, or that the lighted ashes from a
cigar must have fallen, and that the fire had been srnoul-
Increase in 1856.,, £soB 18 5 dering until the time when it broke out. The building
was insured for 100,000 f.—a sum far inferior to that
GREAT LIIXEMBOURG.—Tra,ffic return for
the week ondin March 16, 106 ~,„,„,„„,, £312 5 8 which would be necessary for its re-construction.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RET URN&

GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re-
tarn for the week ending March 15,156 £5,683 011
Ow-responding week last year 5,176 19 6
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