The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-24 00:00:00

CRYSTAL PALACE.

Yesterday was a special fete day at the Crysta
Palace on occasion of Mr. F, Strange's annual
benefit. As usual on the day on which Mr. Strange
asks the suffrages of the public, several extraordi-
nary attractions were added to those which in gene-
ral are presented to the visitors at the Palace, In
the first place, weather of summer temperature and
brilliancy had succeeded the somewhat wintry in-
fluences of Monday ; the grounds and gardens
showed to the best ads antage, and as the flowers
and trees have not yet begun to exhibit any of the
symptoms attendant on the tall of the year, the
primary step to a success was secured. In order to
compensate for the comparative shortness of the
days an hour was stolen from the morning, the
doors having been opened so early as eight
o'clock, and almost at that hour persons began to
assemble, and by eleven there was a decided crowd,
which dispersed itself about the building and
grounds, finding ample sources of amusement and
enjoyment until twelve, when the orchestral band
of the company played a selection of music, varied
by the admirable solos of the cornet-a-piston by
Mr. Levy. At one o'clock the band of the Hon-
ourable Artillery Company was brought into play
in the Handel Orchestra, and at a quarter-past that
hour the Etoile Family, who appeared at Whitsun-
tide, went through their gymnastic exercises,
while at half-past one certain gymnasts of
another description, known as the Rocky Moun-
tain Wonders, exhibited " their marvellous feats."
The special entertainments were then inter-
rupted, about a quarter before three, when
the band of the London Irish Volunteers
performed on the second terrace. At three Mr.
Coxwell made an ascent in one of his belloons, the
privilege of short flights into the air having been
previously granted to such persons as felt inclined
to trust themselves to an elevation of a few hundred
feet. Then came M. Blondin, who made what is
called his " Niagara ascent" over the fountains ; and
at four o'clock there was a display of the whole of
the great fountains and waterworks. At half-past
four the band of the Artillery Company again per-
formed in the Handel orchestra, keeping in pleasant
humour a vast crowd which had assembled in the
transept, the galleries, and every place from which
it was possible to see M. Leotard go through his
performance on the trapeze. Moro music by the
company's band and on the great organ occupied the
time till half-past six, when the entertainments of
the day were brought to a close. As is generally
the case on great fete days at the Crystal Palace,
the vast assemblage of persons of all classes and
degree, including a large per tentage of babies in
arms, was, perhaps, the most interesting feature of
the occasion. At half-past three considerably over
30,000 had entered the building, and as the trains
beyond that hour were still full to overflowing,
there could not, from first to last, have been less
than 40,000 people assembled. At five o'clock the
return to town was at its height, and at that hour
the approaches to the railway, inclusive of the long
avenue leading to the entrance staircase, were
blocked up by a more or less patient crowd awaiting
their turn for conveyance to town. A considerable
❑umber of persons judiciously left the grounds by
one of the lower exits, and made their way to the
Anerley station, which is off the Crystal Palace line
a mile or two. There special arrangements were
made for the transit of such passengers as chose
that route, and they were comfortably conveyed
homeward with far less of waiting and delay than
those who remained to take the trains at theCrystai
Palace terminus, many of whom were necessarily
detained until a late hour, although every possible
facility wai afforded for their accommodation—no
easy task under the circumstances.

REFUSAL OF ECCL ES lAST ICAL BURIAL

" We have to record," says the Sleek, " two other in-
stances of refusal of ecclesiastical burial. Pierre Jarvageon,
a contractor for earthwork, a young man of 28, lately died
at Villiers-sur-Marne. Having been rapidly carried off by
an attack of small-pox, he had no time to call in a priest to
administer the last sacraments. His relatives and friends
having been unable to persuade the cure to read the fune-
ral service, applied to the mayor of Villiers, M. Reyne, who
consented to attend the funeral, A numerous col tege fol-
lowed the body to its last resting-place, and prudently ab-
stained from all manifestations injurious to the cause of
religion, which such an act of causeless intolerance might
naturally have provoked. If the doors of the
church were closed against Pierre Jarvageon, can
it be owing to the fact that he was a Pied-
montese by birth P—A murder was committed in the night
of the 10th Sept., at Enghien-les-Bains. The victim was
a young man of 22, a coachman, who, if he had committed
any faults, has painfully expiated them. Wo have been
informed, however, that M. Mercier, the cure of the parish,
refused him the last services of the church. All the efforts
made by the municipal authorities to induce the reverend
gentleman to alter his decision having proved fruitless, the
body was accompanied to the cemetery by the deputy-
mayor, the commissary of police, the secretary of the
mairie, and the friends of the deceased. As the unfortu-
nate man had no relatives in the town, he was interred at
the expense of the commune. This funeral was rendered
still more painful to all present by the fact that the pro-
cession had to pass before the doors of the church which
were closed against it."

MR. GLADSTONE'S BANQUET AT NEWCASTLE ON-
TYNE.—The arrangements are all but completed, and there
is no doubt that the banquet will be a most successful
gathering. The New Town Hall will not, it is feared, be
large enough to accommodate all who will wish to dine
with the illustrious statesman. Out of the 400 dinner
tickets to be disposed of, all of them are gone except about
80. The ladies' seats are filling up fast also. The aquatic
display on the day after the dinner promises to go off well.
The river commisioners have fixed upon the Gateshead
new quay as the place of embarkation, and invitations will
be sent to all the public bodies on both sides of the Tyne to
juin in the display. Nothing will be wanted but a fine day
to give eclat to the affair.—Newcastle Chronicle.

HUDDERSFIELD RIFLE CONTEST.—The shooting
was resumed yesterday, for the medals and prizes in Nos 3
and 4 companies. The following were the successful com-
petitors in Company No. 3:—Captain's silver medal, Cor-
poral Johnson, who scored 36, hits and points added;
Lieutenant's bronze medal, Sergeant Richardson, 44; for
the Ensign's prize, Colour Sergeant Learoyd and Private
Richardson, tied at 33. The tie has not yet been shot off.
In No. 4 Company, Private Webster took the Captain's
prize with a score of 34 ; Colour Sergeant Walker, the
Lieutenant's prize, and the Ensign's prize was awarded
to Private Dimelow. For the latter, Ensign Freeman him-
self shot, and tied with Dimelow, to whom, however, the
prize was awarded.

CAUTION TO YOUNG LADY TRAVELLERS. •A very
singular case of child desertion has just taken place in con-
nection with one of the cheap excursions to the metro-
polis from this city. One of these excursions returned from
London on Saturday, and among the passengers in one of
the carriages was a young lady, residing in Bristol, and an
affable middle-aged woman, with a child about six or eight
months old in her arms. The young lady spoke to " the
baby," as a matter of course, and the female, who appeared
to be baby's mother, kindly desired her to take the " inte-
resting little thing" in her arms--a request which was
promptly acceded to ; and shortly afterwards the train
stopped, and mamma got out to have "some refreshment,"
leaving the child in charge of the young lady. She did not
return, however, to the same compartment, but when the
train stopped at Swindon she was seen stepping from another
carriage, when, seeing she was recognised, she intimated
that she would be with her darling in a minute. The train
again started, and the young lady began to feel uneasy,
but she still thought that the child's mother was in an-
other part of the train. When the train arrived at Bristol
the young lady came on to the platform with the baby in
her arms, expecting to give it up to the rightful owner,
but alter all the passengers had left she found herself on-
the platform with only the baby and the railway porter*
and the truth then became apparent that the unnatural
mother had made her a present of the child. The young
woman did not know exactly what to do in the somewhat
awkward fix, but at length she took the child home with
her, and there it still remains. The parish authorities and
the police, it is said, refuse to have anything to do with it,
and thus the little stranger is fcr the time enjoying all the
luxuries of a comfortable home. Nothing whatever 110
since been heard of the mother, who has no doubt retired
long since to the obscurity from which on this singular
errand she had temporarily emerged.—Western Daily Tress.

INSIDE THE HAREM.—Nothing could be prettier
than seeing the slaves gliding noiselessly about through
the spacious apartments; there were no two dressed alike'
and their number seemed infinite. One was attired /11 a:,
Garibaldi shirt, with full white trousers ; two or three halt
gold watches and chains suspended to their girdles. Several
little episodes occurred interesting to European eyes.
Once, Tooloom Pacha came in with a letter, which he gal!
the Vice-queen, and read to or with her, leaning his headon her shoulder. He is an intelligent-looking boy, with
bright eyes, but his features are rather coarse, like
mother's. He speaks English perfectly, and without the
slightest accent. Again a tall eunuch came in with 13'
message, or bearing patterns of brocades for her highneofi'.
inspection,— Once a Week,