The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-12 00:00:00

BETTING AT MANCHESTER, FRIDAY.

It is impossible to convey a correct idea of the business
absolutely done. The ebbs and flows in the betting are as
exciting as the performance of the animals in a race. As an
instance, 20 to 1 was offered against Bally Edmund, which
meeting with no response, the offers were increased, until
200 to 5 was offered ; in the course of a few minutes 20 to 1
was taken freely, and he finished at 100 to 6 (taken). The
quotations will ,r.:ive the prices at the close of the rooms, and
that will probably be the best indication of the business
done.—Closing prices :

CESAREWITCH STAKES.
9to 1 agst Asteroid (taken)
10 to 1 agst Schism (taken and offered)
12 to 1 agst La Vapour (taken)
12 to 1 agst Calpo (taken)
13 to 1 agst Rapparee (taken)
14 to 1 agst Ivanhoff (taken)
16 to ,1 agst Bally Edmond (taken)
16 to 1 agst Paste (taken)
25 to 1 agst Snapdragon (taken and offered)
25 to 1 agst Squire Percy (offered)
25 to 1 agst Makeless filly (taken)
33 to 1 agst Claire (taken)
33 to 1 agst Petra (taken and offered)
40 to 1 agst Evenhand (taken and offered)
40 to 1 agst Rocket (taken)
50 to 1 agst Stampedo (taken)
50 to 1 agst Snapshot (offered)
50 to 1 agst Light (taken)
50 to 1 agst The Rock (taken)
66 to 1 agst Emulous gelding (taken)
100 to 1 agst Fisherman (taken)
CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
9to 1 agst Henham Lass (taken)
40 to 1 agst Doefoot (taken)
50 to 1 agst Sawcutter (taken)
60 to 1 agst Tom Bowline (taken)
THE DERBY.
300 to 10 agst Old Calabar (taken)
1000 to 40 agst Athleta (taken)

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.--YESTERDAY.
Amsterdam if' Short. 11 18i 11 19
Ditto
Rotterdam — 12 1 12 1/
Antwerp
Brussels — 25 65 25 75

R =burgh
Paris
Ditto
Marseilles — 25 65
_ _ _

13 101
25 35
25 671
25 70

Frankfort on Maine
Vienna
Trieste
Petersburgh
Berlin
Madrid
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan

119 k
14 15
14 20
32i

119 a.
14 25
14 25
32a

48
48
25 0
25 80
25 80
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118 k
118±
52
524

48
48
25 85
25 85
25 85

Genoa
Naples
Palermo
Messina
Lisbon
Oporto
Rio Janeiro
New York •• ••
Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard)....per oz. £3 17 9
Mexican Dollars ,,,.. 0 4 11
Silver in Bars (Standard) 0 5 0
South American Doubloons

39
118
118
52
52i

THE BOURBONS IN AMERICA.—A letter from
New York says :—The reception of the Comte de Paris
and the Duc de Chartres into the Federal army will pro-
bably create considerable interest in Europe. Their
object in offering their services to the Washington Govern-
ment is sufficiently obvious. They are naturally anxious
to obtain some sort of military reputation, if it is merely the
credit of having been under fire, so that if the turn of the
wheel of fortune should at any time afford the Orleans
branch an opportunity of asserting their claims to the
French Throne, their representative will not labour under
the imputation of being &pain.
THE POTATO CROP.—A mercantile man has just
arrived from the west of Ireland, where he has a large
vested interest, and report s the almost total failure of the
potato crop in Roscommon and adjacent districts. The
cereals are promising, and such as have been reaped will
nearly compensate the landholders for what might other-
wise be a fearful loss to them, and consequently entail much
misery and privation.

RIBBON OUTRAGE.—The fell spirit of Ribbonism
has again began to manifest its influence in the county
Meath. On Sunday night the house of a man named
"Jack the Slave," who resides near Athboy, was attacked
by an armed party, who fired in through the doors and
windows, completely destroying them, and would have
murdered the man if it had not providentially happened
that a party of constabulary came up at the time.
We are glad to be able to add that nearly the whole
gang have been captured owing to the activity of the cai-
stabulary.

ACCIDENT ON THE RlVER.—Yesterday afternoon,
at four o'clock, a barge, deeply laden with paving stones,
was proceeding up the river, and when nearly opposite
Blackwall Pier the surf arising from the progress of the
City of London steam vessel caused her to fill rapidly with
water, and she went down head foremost, the crew having
barely time to escape by jumping on to some small boats
which were fortunately near.