The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-10 00:00:00

CRYS7AL PALACE.

The great national brass band contest took place
yesterday, and proved a very great success. There
were no less than 30 bands entered to compete for
the respective prizes, which consisted of musical in-
struments and various sums of money. The contest
attracted upwards of 17,000 visitors. In the prelimi-
nary competition each band was required first to
play a selection from Meyerbeer's " Robert le
Diable," arranged especially for the contest, and,
this over, each played music of its own selection.
In the preliminary trial which filled up the time
from eleven till two, a considerable degree of skill
was evinced by all the competitors, and the ap-
plause of the public was pretty generally, and cer-
tainly quite impartially, distributed.
At 3 o'clock there was a general rush towards the
centre transept and the great Handel orchestra to
hear a grand united performance of all the bands,
assisted by the buglers and drummers of her Ma-
jesty's Foot Guards. The programme was led off
by the " Coronation March" from " Le Prophete,"
in a manner which at once proved the bands to be
masters of their profession ; not a note was out of
place, and the time was perfect. In the " National
Volunteer Artillery and Rifle Corps March," the
bands, most of which belonged to the volunteer
service, were quite at home ; but they excelled
themselves in the "Rifle Gallop" which followed.
The great test of mastership was the " Hallelujah"
of Handel, and truly it was an imposing perform-
ance, when it is considered that the 30 bands were
strangers to each other, and had only had the ad-
vantage of one solitary hour of joint rehearsal.
"Rule Britannia" and " God save the Queen"
brought the united performance to a close. The
first prize of £3O and a handsome silver cup, to-
gether with a fine contre-bass in E fiat, by Distin,
were awarded to the band of the Chesterfield Rifle
Corps. The second prize of £2O, with " Chappell's
Brass Band Journal," to the band of the Black
Dyke Mills; and the third prize, of £l5, to the
Keighley Band.

FUNERAL OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.
—The remains of the late Archbishop of Canterbury will
be interred at Addington on Friday morning next. Although
the arrangements have not been finally made, we believe we
are correct in stating that the funeral will be conducted as
privately as possible, in accordance with the wishes ex-
pressed by his grace before his death. The chief mourners
will be the Rev. John Thomas, D.O L., Canon Residen-
fiery of Canterbury Cathedral, his grace's son-in-law; the
Rev. John H. Sumner, M.A., of University College, Dur-
ham, his son and chaplain ; the Bishop of Winchester, his
brother ; the Rev. J. M. Sumner, rector of ISurston ; the
Rev. C. V. H. Sumner, rector of Ringsvould,!and chaplain
in ordinary to the Queen; Dr. Travers Twiss, vicar-general
of the province ; and Mr. Felix Knyvett, his graceB secre-
tary. The pall will in all
of London; Dr. Croft, the archdeacon of Canterbury; the
Rev. John Lingham, M.A., rector of Lambeth; the Rev.
Dr. Okes, provost of King's College, Cambridge; the Rev.
Dr. Goodford, provost of Eton ; the Very Rev. Dr. Alford,
dean of Canterbury ; and the Rev. Dr. Russell, rector of
Bishopsgate. The coffins in which the Archbishop will be
interred are extremely plain, and the outer one bears merely
the names and principal designations of his grace, the year
of his consecration to the bishopric of Chester, and that of
his translation to the archbishopric of Canterbury. The
funeral service will be performed by the Rev. M. T. Farrer,
M.A., vicar of Addington.
TUE RUGBY SCHOOL SWIMMING MATCHES.--
The annual contest came off on the afternoon of Saturday
last, in the river Avon, at the junction of the river Swift.
The watermill ceased working, so as to render that part of
the river more deep. The diving part of the performances
came off first. The purses offered were £1 for the first,
and 10s. for the second best. There were nine competitors,
and the winners were Blackwell, Hart minor, Buckland,
and Moultvie, the two last being equal for the third prise.
The swimming match 500 yards (250 out, and home), was
decided by heats, two of which took place, but owing to its
being nearly " calling over time," the finale was left until
another time, probably some day during the week.

_ - -
THE NEWS FROM AMERICA.—The only key to
the actual value of the further American news yesterday is
to be found in the account of the prices of securities at
New York. The latest statement is, " Stocks inactive,"
and, as money is particularly reported to be easy, this
would seem to indicate that the battle at Bull Run, which,
according to the despatch of General Pope, resulted in the
loss of 8,000 Federals and 16,000 Confederates,' cannot, by
the operators in Wall-street, have been regarded as a sue..
cess. Usually each report of the Federal Generals has
been followed at New York by a sudden rise in prices,
which has been lost only after several days, as the more
correct accounts gradually crept into circulation, and the
present total absence of even momentary buoyancy must
therefore be considered to show either that the veracity of
General Pope is more doubted than that of any of the other
Federal commanders, or that the public have some other
cause to suspect that the position of the contending armies
is different from that which has been represented. Under
any circumstances, the tenour of the intelligence is more
unfavourable than ever to the prospect of an early settle-
ment. The statement that the Federal Government
very short of arms leads to the expectation that large zur•
ther orders will have to be sent to this side.
FATAL COLLISION ON THE CRYSTAL PALACE
noon a
RAILWAY AT LONDON-BRDGE.—Yesterday
:,Difter r. Johnvery protracted investigation took place before
t the Three
Humphreys, one of the Middlesex coroners,
at of a col-
lision Crowns Tavern, City-road, into the circumstances
lision which occurred on the sth August, the London-
bridge station, between a Crystal Palorefassenger train
et P
Coleman, aged
and a ballast train, by which Me 11
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42, lost her life. After some evidence bad been given, the
inquiry was further adjourned.
AND MUSICAL SICK
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afternoon the seventh
FUND ASSOCIATION.—Yest.ertion
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annual meeting of this agonise;
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obtained for 111 members, 54 families
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showed
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3 478 days of sickness relieved, 31.0
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xreicse,iPatjel fund payments, and an outlay of £405, leaving a
balance in the shape of profits on the year of £99 ; balance
in bank, £1,245; actual property of society, £1,364.
ANOTHER PRINCELY GIFT BY A LIVERPOOL
GENTLEMAN.—Mr. Henry 13. H. Blundell, of Liverpool,
who is at present in Canada with his regiment, has just
communicated to his agent in Liverpool his intention of
placing at the disposal of the Liverpool committee 5,000
tons of coal for the relief of the Lancashire distress. In a
monetary point of view this contribution is the most muni-
ficent yet given to the relief fund, although Liverpool has
acted nobly in the present emergency.
A letter from Lindau, of the sth in the Augsburg
Gazette, says : ' The cable intended to establish a direct
telegraphic communication between Bavaria and Switzer-
land was yesterday submerged. The total length, as already
stated, is 70,000 feet, and its weight 280 quintals. Accord-
' ing to the soundings which have been made, the greatest
depth of the Lake of Constance, where the cable will be
placed, is 300 feet."
The domestic Three per Cent debt of Chili is
2,142,225 dollars. The British debt in Chili is 12 million
dollars, seven millions of which were contracted in 1858 to
I complete the YONlftil3o and Santiago Railroad.