The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-09 00:00:00

SP ORTM ITL EIG EXC.E.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER. MONDAY.

Dense is still in the ascendant for the Metropolitan at 3
to 1 (taken freely) ; Betts at 6 to 1, and Pretendant at 100
to 8 bad also their friends. The principal movement of the
day seemed to be speculating -on Phy,ician for the City
and Suburban. At the opening of the rooms he was
backed at S to 1, offers became rather plentiful, and all
prices were laid up to 20 to 1; he was rather quiet for a
time, then to inquirers about him 100 to 7 was the highest
offer. Thunderbolt and First Lord were supported for this
event. There were offers to take 20 to 1 about Pancake,
and 25 to 1 would have been taken against Benbow. The
Derby and Chester Cup were blanks. For the Two Thou-
sand Guineas Matador was in request, Although a point
more was obtained than could be got on Saturday, and the
highest offer against Neighbour was 9 to 1.

CITY AND SUBURBAN.
9to 1 agst Thunderbolt (taken)
10 to 1 agst First Lord (taken)
100 to 8 agst East Sheen (offered)
100 to 7 agst Physician (offered)
20 to 1 agst Gabrielle d'Estrees (taken)
20 to 1 agst Giraffe filly (taken)
20 to 1 agst Pancake (offered to tal,e)
25 to 1 agst Saweutter (taken)
25 to 1 agst Chance Shot (taken)
33 to 1 agst Merrimac (taken)
GREAT METROPOLITAN STAKES.
sto 2 agst Danae (offered, take 3to 1)
6to 1 agst Betts (faken) •
100 to 8 agst Pretendant (taken)'
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
Bto 1 agst Matador (taken )
9to 1 agst Diophantus (offered)
9to 1 agst Neighbour (offered)
14 to 1 agst Russley (wanted)
14 to 1 agst Knight of the Thistle (offered)
CHESTER CUP.
9to 1 on the field (offered)
20 to 1 agst Killigrew (offered)

YORK STEEPLECHASES.—MONDAY.
Match for 20 sous, h ft; owners to ride. One mile and a
half on the Flat.

Mr. Cooper's Little Fawn, 4 yrs
.. 1
Mr. Elmer's Vixen, aged
2
No betting, Won by three lengths.
The Great Yorkshire Handicap of 5 sous each, 2 ft, with
100 sous added. About three miles and a half. 28 subs.
Mr. IV. Brisco's Mauchline, 6 yrs, 9st slb
(G. Waddington) 1
Mr. Markey's Wee Nell, aged, 9st 51b .. (Knott) 2
Mr. Proude's St. Mark (h.-b), aged, 9st 91b .. (T. Ablett) 3

The following also ran :—Old Ben Roe (late Joe Maley),
The Dane, the Emperor, Heads or Tails, Cheery Chap,
Riga, Red Robin, and Sharper.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Heads or Tails, 4to 1 agst Mauch-
line, sto 1 st The Dane, 6to 1 agst St. Mark, 10 to 1
agst Cheery Chap.
Red Robin, with St. Mark and Mauchline, laid in front
all the way until they came to the last hurdle in the straight,
when the former fell, and his place was filled up by Wee
Nell, who, after a magnificent finish, was beaten by a head
by Mauchline. St Mark was a bad third. The pace was
very great throughout.

The York and Ainsty and the Bramham Moor Hunt Cup,
value 25 sous. About three miles and a half.
Mr. Bullock's Sir Charles (h.-b.), aged, 13st 71b (Owner) 1
Mr. Scriven's Napoleon (h.-b.), aged, 13st 31b ((.Nelson) 2
Mr. Cooper's Wildgoose, 6 yrs, 13st 31b (Owner) 3
Mr. Batty's Flatteress, aged, 13st 31b (Owner) 4
Betting-6 to 4 agst Sir Charles, 2to 1 agst Wildgoose,
3 to 1 agst Flatteress.

Sir Charles made nearly all the running, and won by two

lengths.

The Regimental Steeplechase Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with

100 added; 12st each. About three miles and a half.
Captain Jarey's The Reader, 6 yrs. (Mr. Steele) 1
Mr. Stevenson's Miss Maude, aged (Owner) 2
Captain Fletcher's Emily, aged (Owner) 3
The following also ran :—Banker (Mr. Morand), The
Unknown (Captain Wombwell), Newport (Mr. Blacker),
and Colleen Bawn (Mr. lloughton).
Betting :-3 to 1 each agst Emily and the Unknown, 4
to 1 east Reader, and 5 to 1 aget Banker.—Won by six
lengths ; and a neck divided the second and third.

The Selling Stakes of 1 soy. each, with 15 added, for all

ages; 12 st each. About two miles.
Mr. Gray's Riga, aged, lOst 71b (Snowden) 1
Mr. Jewison's The Nun, aged, list (Oxendale) 2
Mr. Bullock's Sir Charles, aged, lOst 71b (Ablett) 3
The following also ran :—Little Wonder, Pompey, Wad-
Charity, Batman, Risk, Courtier, and Cucumber.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Risk, 4to 1 each agst Pompey and
The Nun, and 6to 1 agst any other. Charity came in first,
but was disqualified, in consequence of having lost weight
The winner was sold for 23 guineas.
The Hunters' Steeplechase Sweepstakes of 3 sovs each
with 20 added, for hunters; four year olds, lOst; five, Ils
31b; six and aged, 12st. About three miles and a half.
Mr. Simpson's Red Robin, 6 yrs, 12st (Mr. W. Simpson) 1
Mr. Drinkrow's Croton Oil, aged, 12st (Mr. R. Walker) 2
Sir G. 0. Wombell's Emigrant, aged, 125 t.... (Owner) 3
The following also r :—Pickpocket, Jenny Longlegs,
Fanny, Jack in the Green, Rose Fagon, and Toby.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Red Robin, 3to 1 each agst Emi-
grant and Croton Oil, and sto 1 agst any other. Won by
two lengths. There was a neck between Croton Oil and
Emigrant.

SLIIP ON FIRE IN TEE LONDON

DOCKS.

Early yesterday morning a fire broke out on
board the American ship Hortense, Captain Barnes,
which was lying on the north side of the jetty in
the western basin of the London Docks. The ship
had completed her loading on Saturday evening for
Port Philip, and was to have been hauled out of the
clock in the course of yesterday morning to proceed.
on her voyage, when about a quarter-past six
o'clock smoke was observed spurting through the
seams of the forehatch, and on the mate taking off
the hatch he was met by a dense volume of smoke
of a most sulphurous character, which nearly ren-
dered him insensible. Recovering himself, be pro-
cured a bucket of water and threw it down the
hold in the hopethat the fire would be extinguished
in its infancy. A momentary glance, however, suf-
ficed to convince him that the whole place was in a
blaze. Soon afterwards the flames shot up through
the hatch, and rose nearly half way up the fore-
rigging, threatening the destruction of the ship and
placing many others, which were lying near at the
jetty, in great peril. The dock police and firemen
by this time had been apprised of the outbreak,
and the land and floating-engines were at once
brought near the burning vessel, and the most
vigorous efforts were made to check the fire. A
large quantity of water was pumped into the
cargo in the forehold, and after the most active
exertions on the part of the firemen and police, the
fire was subdued, but not until much damage was
done to the cargo and the forward part of the ship.
The sulphurous fumes which arose from the
burning mass excited some suspicion as to the real
character of the cargo, and the captain admitted.
that a quantity of lucifers and congreves and fasces
had been shipped as cargo in the vessel. This led.
to inquiries, and the dock police ascertained that in
the course of Friday and Saturday upwards of 116
cases of these inflammable articles had been received
on board and stowed. As soon as the flames were
extinguished, the cargo in the hold which had.
escaped entire destruction was got up and put
overboard into a lighter, when the very dangerous
character of the shipment was still further dis-
closed. Many of the wooden cases had simply a
tin lining, the solder of which would be quickly
acted upon by heat, the fusees and matches being
packed in the usual way in the ordinary thin paste-
board boxes.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—THIS DAY.
Amsterdam

Ditto
Rotterdam — 12 0 12 04
Antwerp
Brussels — 25 574 25 62}
liaraturgh
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles — 25 671 2.5 721
Frankfort on Maine — 119 1191
Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh — 331
Berlin —
Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan

48 48}
48 , 48to
26 15 26
25 87t
25 821 25 87i
25 82k
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117391- 117
1
11752 5117
2
1 62t 53

Genoa
Naples
Palermo
Me55ina..........
Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
New York _-
per oz.ES 17 *• ..
9
Foreign Gold in Bara (Standard)•...
Mexican Dollars
:
Silver in Bars (Standard) .......... ~ 0 ID 0
South American Doublons ....... .. „ os, 0 0

EXTRAORDINARY.---011 Satur-
ath Quarter Sessions, the wife c,f a war-
rantof H-61. • Castor, lying at North Shields,
officer
Emma Madden, and George Madden, her !son, were
d Emin._ . . .
name
Satur-
day, a yi I,
aOtUtShEeBPRoEr At
Portsmouth s
under the following circumstances 7.- -The pri-
soners, uP
who occupy a respectable position in life , rented a
iisfsrelu Grafton-street, Portsmouth, next tow hi ch another
warrant officer, named. Andrews, resided. The. latter, being
appointed by the Government to a ship on the 'coast of Ire-
land, removed threre, and his house, next to M.r a. Madden's,
was consequentiy closed. In the meantime 3 Irs. Madden
and her son broke into the house belonging. to Mr. An
drews, and completely stripped it of furniture, books, lit':
valuables. She sent a portion of the goods to . her hilts
_,i_u.
who delivered them to the police. The robbery
hw'
covereq, traced to the prisoners, and they
wet
erisor Lars, said
appre-
hended. The Recorder, in sentencing
it was the word case he had to deal with
tut le. The
dthurese,:p.;g:th e session,
and sentenced them to four years' penal_ Ad.
~... tote
female prisoner fell down in a ting- "4
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