The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-24 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY.
For the Cambridgeshire Stakes 6 to 1 was freely offered
for some time against Limosina, but towards the close it
would have been taken, and any less offer was declined.
Catch'em Alive opened at 8 to 1 (laid), but closed at 6 to 1
(taken and offered). 100 to 6 was asked for about Port
Royal. Hubert had friends at 100 to 3 ; and Gemma was
freely supported at 30 to 1. Strenuous efforts were made to
lay against outsiders, and very extraordinary prices were
offered against many of them. Closing prices
CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
6to I agst Limosina (wanted)
6to 1 agst Catchier:a Alive (taken and offered)
11 to 1 agst Carnival (taken)
14 to 1 agst Exchequer (taken and offered)

14 to 1 agst Port Royal (offered)
16 to 1 agst Borealis (offered)
20 to 1 agst Suramerside (offered)
30 to 1 agst (lemma (taken)
33 to 1 agst Jack of Hearts (offered)
33 to 1 agst Hubert (taken)
33 to 1 agst Giraffe colt (offered)
33 to 1 agst Grande Dame (offered)
40 0 1 aget Comet (Laken)
40 to 1 agst Cairncastle (taken and offered)
1 aget Birdhill (taken)
4400
toto 1 agst Tolurno (offered)

HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE-
MENTS.
October 16, at 3.10 p.m., Lincoln and Golden Drop, out
of Lincoln engagements.
October 17, at 1.13 P.M.) Umpire and Kemptown, out of
the Cambridgeshire.
October 19, at 9 a.m., Michel Grove, out of all engage-
ments; Butterfly, out of Worcester Hurdle Race.
out of the Witham Handicap, Lincoln.
October 20, at 9 a.m., Kangaroo, out of all engagements.
Fly trap,

The programme of the evening concert, in aid of
the Italian church, has been issued, and is of a very
attractive character. The concert (among the performers
miss Poole, Miss Leffler, Mr. Switt, Mr. F
d
at which there will appear_ Madame Andrea, Madame
Hereee,
and other eminent artistes) commences with a
G'Araingclue.Zaniarch, by the Italian band, followed by a very judi•
cious' selection from Donizetti, Alvars, Thomas Nicholai
Rossinni, and other eminent composers.
GREEK CHURCH IN AMERICA.---O Man-
hattan" says the Greek Church is to be started here
on a scale of magnificence never attempted by the Catholics.
It is to run opposition to the Catholic Church. Trinity
Church, in this city, obtained a grant of several hundred
acres of land in the heart of the city, in the time of Queen
Anne. Trinity is the Church of England. Trinity Church
could buy the Rothschild family with her annual income.
She spends it in supporting 1,000 churches every year in
starting
500 new churches every
year in
thetaterritories. Trinity is of account in religion in
this land. When the chief Greek priest arrived hre she
differentstes,
d
anin
adopted him, and permitted him to preach in Trinity
Church, and in her chapels of St. John's, St. Paul's, and
Trinity Chapel. This was a grand and sublime endorse-
ment of the Greek religion, and more safe than Lincoln's
endorsement of Greek fire. Every one of the Russian war
ships has a Greek chaplain on board ; they were all invited
to the Episcopal Convention that recently met in this city,
and were given front pews. It is well known that we have
on the Pacific side 10,000 Greek Church members. These
we wish to ring into the Episcopal Church. Alexander
has expressed himself willing to have the Greek Church
adopt the Church of England, and vice versa in America.
Every night the Russian padres are received at the houses
of the leading Episcopal clergymen in this city. They all
speak French. If an arrangement can be made between
these pioneer
• sof the Greek Church and the bishops of the
Episcopal Church, it will add powerfully to the strength of
the Episcopal
Church in America. The Emperor will send
over 1,000 more Greek priests to instruct the greenhorn
Episcopals in the grand ceremonials of the Greek Church,
and they will be adopted in all the Episcopal churches. It
will make a mighty change in the Christian world, and the
Catholic dignitaries may as well hang up their fiddles, for
they will be overrun by the new excitement.
GREEK FIRE.—The Charleston Harbor corre-
spondent of the New York Times says :—"A num-
ber of experiments with Greek fire have recently made by
Mr. Short, the inventor, in presence of several officers of
rank, with a view of contradicting the impression that the
shellscontaining the fire exploded prematurely, The gun was
placed in position on the beach and pointed seaward. Ten
tin tubes, each of which is 3in, ire lenghth and ;in. in diame-
ter, and filled with the material composing the Greek fire,
were then dropped in a conical shell and filled round with
powder. The first shell thrown exploded prematurely,
in consequence, it is said, of a defect in the fuss. The sells
subsequently fired had white lead placed round the fuse cap,
and, with perhaps one or two exceptions, fully accomplished
all that had been claimed for them. A dozen shells were
fired, nine of which exploded at a distance of 1,200 yards,
To show the powerful effect of the Greek fire a number of
tubes were lighted and submerged in water, where they
were allowed to remain till nearly burnt, and then taken
out, but the bright blue flame was not extinguished. Other
tubes were lighted and completely buried in most sand,
which was closely packed, and this also failed to quench the
fire. The tubes burn for a about a minute and a half. When
first ignited the fire issues from one end of the tube with. a
fierce, rushing sound, not unlike that which accompanies
the flight of a rocket, and extends the distance of a
aboutY a
but it soon sinks down to a dazzling blue flaineoute
2in. in length, losing its peculiarity of sound,
and
h
con-
tinues to burn to the end. An ignited tube in a basin of
water gives the later the appearance of boiling, It emits a
heavy sulphurous smoke in large quantities:"
titiets(;l'vn
was
on
PUGILISTS AT WATFORD.—This 0
f as great
Wednesday the focus of a
collection
f the lowest and
scoundrels as possibly ever congregated
the vilest London thieves. It appears a fight was to have
come off at Tring, whither the
men, their backers, and
patrons, started from London by an early train, but after
fighting a considerable time the fight was stopped by the
returned police; the party then by train, alighted at the
Watford Watford Station, and within a few fields fixed the ropes,
and
recommenced the light, and after fighting an hour and a
half the affair was brought to an end by one of the
men being considered dead to all " time." Tke wen
frightfully punished, bleeding from every 'wound, swoollen,
and disfigured to a fearful extentvere led from the field to
the public
• house. But for a plentiful supply of water from
the river Colne, one of the two would have left the field a
corpse. Men dressed as gentlemen, evidently supporters of
the "Ring," were there in force, bat their fearful disgust-
ing language was horrible beyond description. The fight
over, the men, their backers, and the select company went
to the public-house in the vicinity of the station. One of
the champions was conveyed in a blanket, mole dead than
alive, but after being washed was sufficiently restored to be
sent to Lucien. But for hours such blasphemy, such curs-
ing and swearing, were never before heard ; it would I,ertzar
all description,