The Sun.
London, England, 1870-02-07 00:00:00

LA TV INTELLIGE.NCE—(Thzs Day).

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.:

GOAD V. RIGG.-BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.

This morning this case, which was an action for
breach of promise of marriage, was called on.
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, for the plaintiff, said
that the trial would not be proceeded with. The
plaintiff was a young lady, nineteen years of age,
the daughter of a gentleman of high rank in the
army, and the defendant was a gentleman of the
highest respectability, the member of an eminent
mercantile firm.
A verdict for £2,000 was taken.

FIRES AND GREAT LOSS OF PROPERTY.

Nine fires were returned this morning to the
Board of IVorks as having taken place in the me-
tropolitan district, of which the following were the
most i►nportant. About 3 o'clock, whilst the in-
mates were fast asleep in bed, at the Prince Arthur
Tav

ern, Greenwich-road, it was discovered that the
greater part of the building, consisting of 12 rooms,
was in flames. The constable, who first noticed
the outbreak, having succeeded in arousing Mr.
Father, the proprietor, and the other inmates, they
were happily rescued just as the vats and casks of
spirits were exploding with a fearful noise, and the
flames were feeding upon the private residence of
Mr. Kendall next door. The whole force went to
work in an admirable manner, but were unable to
master the flames until the Prince Arthur was
burned out, the roof destroyed, and the whole of
the spirits, furniture, fittings, &c., consumed. The
adjoining premises of Mr. Kendall are partially
destroyed, and the roof is burned off. The total
loss is considerable, and will fall upon the Law and
Liverpool and London and Globe Fire Offices.
A terrible explosion of gas took place in the
premises numbered 17, Pratt-street, Camden-town,
occupied by Messrs. E. Cragg, J. Williams, and
J. Standen, lodgers, which nearly riddled the
place, but fortunately no lives were lost. None of
the sufferers were insured, although their losses
were considerable.

A fire likewise happened in the premises of Mr.
W. Murray, a cabinetmaker, &c., in Arthur-street,
Goswell-street, which destroyed the lower work-
shop and took part of the roof off. It could not
be ascertained whether the sufferer was insured.
Another fire occurred in the property belonging
to Mr. Bales, a saddler and harness-maker, No.
552, Old Kent-road, and Mr. Murphy, a tailor.
A fire likewise happened in the premises of Mr.
R. Green, a chandler, No. 37, Middlesex-street,
Aldgate, which partially destroyed the first floor.
The sufferer was insured in the Sun-office. The
other fires were of minor importance.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE-IHIS DAY

CITY BErEING.—TIIIS DAY.
WATERLOO CUP.
7 to 2 agst Lord Lurgan's nomination (offered)
25 to 1 agst Mr. Blaushara's nomination (offered)
40 to 1 agst Col. Goodlake's (taken and wanted)
40 to 1 agst Mr. Hodgson's (offered)
LINCOLNSHIRE HANDICAP.
100 to 12 agst Van Amburgh (offered)
100 to 12 agst Royal Rake (taken)
100 to 7 agst Benbow (offered—take 100 to 6)
25 to 1 agst King Victor (offered)
CITY AND SUBURBAN.
1000 to 30 agst Sabinus (taken and offered)
1000 to 35 agst Miss Dayrell (offered)
200 to 6 agst Geant dos Batailles (offered)
40 to 1 agst Benbow (offered)
1600 to 20 agst Ladas (taken)
1000 to 20 agst Wheatear (offered)
LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL
100 to 9 agst The Colonel (off—take 12 to 1)
100 to 8 agst Thallassius (offered)
10 to 1 agst Doctor (off—take 14 to 1)
100 to 7 agst Q. C. (taken and offered)
1000 to 60 agst Honolulu (off—take 20 to 1)
20 to 1 agst Lymington (offered)
25 to 1 agst Costa (taken)
1000 to 30 agst Surney (offered)
40 to 1 agst Gardener (taken)
40 to 1 agst Nuage (offered)
40 to 1 agst Pearl Diver (offered)
45 to 1 agst Brick (offered, 50 to 1 taken)
1000 to 20 agst Fan (taken and offered)
1000 to 15 agst Little Rogue (taken Wilco)
1000 to 15 agst Cinna (taken and offered)
200 to 3 agst Lamb (offered)
150 to b agst. Cris'al and Lamb coupled (taken)
2000 to 100 agst Mr Brayley's lot (offered)
350 to 100 agst Colonel 1,2, 3 (offered)
sto 1 agst Doctor 1,2, 3 (offered)
CHESTER CUP.
20 to 1 agst Sabinus (offered-25 to 1 taken)
25 to 1 agst Morna (offered)
500 to 20 agst Glenfalloeh (taken and wanted)
500 to 10 agst Macgregor (offered)
TWO THOUSAND.
1000 to 30 agst Macgregor (offered)
DERBY.
1000 to 25 agst Macgregor (offered)

RACING FIXTURES-1870.
FEBRUARY.
.ncoln l5, 16 I Derby . 22, 23
17, 18 I Nswton ?5, 26

Harrow

MARCH.
Nottingham... 1, 2 I West Somerset l6, 17
Liverpool B, 9, 10 I Warwick 22, 23, 24
Pontefract 14, 15 1 Epsom 29, 30
Cambridgeshire ......14, 15 I Bromley 31 and April 1
APRIL. , .... . ....

Northampton 5, 6 I Newmarket Craven 18 to 22
West Drayton 7, 8 I Abergavenny 21, 22
Thirsk ......... 7, 8 1 Lewes . 26, 27
Kingsbury lB, 19 1 Croydon. 28, 29
Durham lB, 19 1 ~

MAY.

Newmarket Ist 5p....2 to 5
Chester. lO, to 13
Winchester lO, 11
Salisbury l2, 13
York 17, 18
Doncaster 19, 20
J 1

Harpenden 2O, 21
Bath 24, 25
Stamford 26, 27
Croydon 96, 29
Epsom 31 to June 3

Croydon 8, 9
Manchester 8,9, 10

Newton "2, 23
Hampton 01, 24

Ascot 11 to 17

Bibuiy Club 2'i

Windsor 2l, 22

Stuelttridgo...3o, and J.,17 1

LY.

Newmarket 5 to 8 I West Drayton 14, 15
Nottingham 12, 13 I Huntingdon ~..19, 20
Chelmsford l2, 13 1 Kingsbury 2l, 22
Reading 12, 13 1 Goodwood 26, 29
AUGUST.
__ _

Aldershot 7, 8 [

Brighton 2, 3 StocktC_ 17 to 19
Brighton Club 4I Oxford 18, 19
Lewes .. .., .5, 6 1 York 23 to 25
Eg I
ham 9, 10 Plymouth
Windsor ll, 12 Derby 3O, 31
Bromley l6, 17 I Weymouth 30, 31
SEPTEMBER.
Warwick 6 7 I Richmond 20, 21.
Abingdon 8, 9 I Western Meet (Ayr) 21 to 23
Doncaster 13 to 16 I Hendon 22, 23
Hampton ... 20, 21 I Newmarket let Oct. 27 to 30
OCTOBER.
Bedford 4, 5 I Newmarket 2n 0ct..10 toll
Leicester
Bromley 6, 7 I Newmarket H0t'n...24 to 29
NOVEMBER.
Liverpool 8 to 11 I Shrewsbury 14 to 18

STEEPLECHASE FIXTURES-1870.
FEBRUARY.
Birmingham 8, 9 I Harrow l7, 18
Derby ..10, II I Newton 25, 26
MARCH.
Liverpool 8,9, 10 1 Bromley 31 and April 1-
West Somerset 16, 17 Cheltenham...3l and April 1
Warwick 22 to 24

tIL.
Kinge)ury lB, 19

The text of the recent decision of Judge Shars-
wood, of Pennsylvania, as to the rights of the non-
Christians in the community, will be read with interest.
He holds that the laws and Institutions of the State are
built on "the foundation of reverence for Christianity,"
and therefore that any action of individuals which may
tend to revile,' ridicule or blaspheme the religion revealed
in the Bible is unlawful. This opinion is apropos of a
decision made by him in the Supreme Court that a charit-
able bequest to an infidel society is void.
THE ATHANASIAN CREED.—The Archbishop of
Canterbury makes it known that be has received a peti-
tion, signed by a considerable number of clergymen and
laymen, in which the petitioners state thvt they are of
opinion that the putting forth by those in authority of
some measure of relief in the use of the Athanasian Creed
would tend to promote the return to the communion of the
Church of many who aro now Separatists in England,
though they would be Conformists in America, inasmuch
as this Creed is not found in the office book of the Episcopal
Church of the United States. The petiticners desire:--
"That the Creed itself be retained, but that in the Rubric
preceding it the word 'may' be substituted for or
that some method be devised whereby certain of the clauses
commonly called damnatory' be, omitted, or receive an
authorised explanation which may be appended to the
rubric." The petition is signed, among others, by the
Very Rev. W. W. Champueys, Dean of Lichfield; Rev.
E. Venables, Canon of Lincoln ; Rev. T. Latham, Canon
of Lichfield ; Rev. W. Walsham How, Hon. Canon of St.
Asaph ; Rev. H. G. Bunsen, rector of D011iDgt011; Rev. J.
Erskine Clerke, Prebendary of Lichfield; Rev. J.
G D.
. H.
Iles, rector of St. Peter's, Wolverhampton; Rev.
Boyle, vicar of Kidderminster. The Dean of Westminster
signs the first part of the petition; the Hon. and Rev.
Canon Lyttelton signs that part in which the petitioners
Ipray for the omission of the clauses commonly called
"claanatin.".