The Express.
London, England, 1867-12-30 00:00:00

TO THZ NDITOI OF THE IX PREM.

Sig,—The directors of the Crystal Palace Com•
parry have inatructei me to address you on the subject of
some misstatements in a circular recently issued to the
proprietors by the secretary of the Lord's-day Observance
Society. The circular, which is dated the 19th inst., opens
by stating that at the meeting of the previous day " the
directors of the company resolved to seek the votes of the
proprietary of the company on the question of Sunday ad-
mission." This is inaccurate. The question was net brought
forward or supported on either aide by the directors, bat
by proprietors in the company outside the board, and the
demand for the ballot was signed by friends of the Lord's-day
Observance Society. It is the desire of the board, as a
board, to remain strictly neutral on the Sunday question ;
it is therefore inaccurate to insinuate, as the writer of this
circular does insinuate further on, that it is the desire of
the directors to " succeed in creating a demand for Sun-
day amusements" The directors are in this matter in the
bands of the proprietary, and must act according to their
wishes. I will only further notice the word "governing,"
in a paragraph on page 3of the circular, which implies
that the visitors on the so-called "free Sundays" are dis-
orderly ;if this is intended, it is not true. Whether it be
right or wrong to admit these people to the Palace on
Sunday there is no doubt of the fact that they have always
been very orderly and respectable, and that no intemper-
ance or irregularity has oecurred.—l am, &c.,
Crystal-paLsoe, Dee. G. GILOYE, Secretary.

71:ERKENWELL EXPLOSION RELIEF Ft' NO. —We
observe with pleasure that the Lord Mayor has joined
the committee of the Fund for the Relief of the Sufferers
by the Clerkenwell Explosion.
FATAL Act.thvcr.—On Boxing-night a female
named Ann Wood the wife of • warrant-offloer at Green-
wich Hospital, hail been out during the principal portion
of the day, and, meeting with some Mende, drank so freely
that she became intoxicated. She applied to the booking
clerk at the Peckham station of the South Loudon Exten-
sion Railway for a ticket to Deptford, which was refused.
She was afterwards found on the line midway between
the Pec.khani station and the Kent-road, lying across the
rails. Her right arm was nearly severed born the body,
and her left hand badly cut; and, indecil, she was so
' terribly injured that death mu it have been inetenteneoup.
She seems to have made an attempt to walk along the line,
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