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

REFUSAL OF ECCLESIAST 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 cottege 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, t hat 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 seeretary 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 moat successful
gathering. The New Town Hall will not, it is feared, be
large en.lugh 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 pub'ic bodies on both sides of the Tyne to
join 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 coo'
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 otl:
In No. 4 Company, Private Webster took the Captaio •
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 hit,'"
self shot, and tied with Dimelow, to whom, however, the'
prize was awarded.
I CAUTION TO YOUNG LADY TRAVELLERS. —A very'

singular case of child desertion has just taken place in oh'
nection with one of the cheap excursions to the metro'
polis from this city, One of these excursions returned foto
London on Saturday, and among the passengers in one of
the carriages was a young lady, residing in Brim], and en
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 " lot!:
resting little thing" in her arms—a request which
promptly acceded. to ; and shortly afterwards the tre'r
stopped, and mamma got nut to have "some refreshalerlt;t
leaving the child in charge of the young lady. She did n
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return, however, to the same compartment, but when ter
train train stopped at Swindon she was seen stepping from ehnt;ecl
carriage, when, seeing she was recognised, she intimate
she would be with her darling in a minute. The trs,,,
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again started, and the young lady began to feel uhee°;,
but she still thought that the child's mother was
other part of the train. When the train arrived at Br's is
the young lady came on to the platform with the baby eft
her arms, expecting to give it up to the rightful ovinoo
but after all the passengers had left she found herself ot,
. the platform with only the baby and the railway Orttegral
and the truth then became apparent that the unhe"lo- g
mother had made her a present of the child. The YO.OO
woman did not know exactly what to do in the some-with
awkward fix, but at length she took the child hall° 0,0
her, and there it still remains. The parish authoritie4u it,
the police, it is said, refuse to have anything to do Will the
and thus the little stranger is fcr the time enjoying af
luxuries of a comfortable home. Nothing whareve'tirecl
since been heard of the mother, who has no doubt recroor
long since to the obscurity from which on this onitiresP
errand she had temporarily emerged.— Western _Nag vier
INSIDE THE HAREM.—Nothing could be P,_re..ooo
than seeing the slaves gliding noiselessly about T'sliget
the spacious apartments; there were no two dress* io
and their number seemed infinite. One was ago' iod.
Garibaldi shirt, with full white trousers ; two or thrceverol
gold watches and chains suspended to their girdles• des;
little episodes occurred interesting to Europelle ga
Once, Tooloom Pacha came in with a letter, which hen
bi Des!
the Vice-queen, and read to or with her, leanhig'opWith
on her shoulder. He is an intelligent-looking lige IJ.l_.
bright eyes, but his features are rather coarse.i,ot te:
mother's. He speaks English perfectly, and With
slightest accent. Again a tall eunuch came 1/3400°
message, or bearing patterns of brocades for her ivb
inspection,— Once a Week,