The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-26 00:00:00

711 EPSOM DIFFICULTY.

We (Si oiling Clasenejare in a to Age
that there andevery likelihood of the " " between
Mr. %add the Grand Stand Amonstien speedily
rettled—one way or tin other. In all
before our nut publicadon,the el On ;obey
Club, who are irarde ef Rpm llama in unissetion
Tang
wi Mr. A. Headi, will s i M see
unless the precedsmed bit& respedinlbr g Um Derbat
ythat
and
310:ksetithl 18G9 and 1870 is summed,- mid tie use of there-
cognised " Derby course" genenteed by lbe "pen
Grand Stand Association to in three suss upon, for
whirls the stewards are y liable to sub and every
subuelhor therein The Awards, it Night to be m
el4.4ime net " approved" of the new souse, am hu
lepreeented in as. quarters.
Bell's Life says the breach between the shareholders of
the grand stand and Mr. Mudd still exists, and despite
Mr. Clark's certificate, it has received several ciesennut.
canoes from highly authentic quarters &daring the sew
000210 to be totally unfit for racing. AC • Life is assured
that the turn at Tattenham-curare is s an saute
angle, and hopes that Mr. Dart will est the public
mind at ease by acceding to Mr. Ms teems before
Tuesday weelr, the day upon which the principal spring
entries close. It would be almost unnecessary to add that
Mr. Btudd feels himself fully justified in the position he
has taken, and it is also equally unnecessary to remark
that the sporting world entirely coincides with his policy.
" Vigilant," of the Bliortimiaa, is convinced that there is
a line of conduct which would at once rescue the autho-
rides from their embarrassments, carry out their engav-
meuts with owners of horses entm• and gratify the
üblic. This is the intervention of the Jockey Club, who
have no actual authority to interfere, but whose influence
is so great that any action on their part cannot fail to be
attended with satisfactory results

VALUABLE LIFEBOAT SERVICE.
ABERYSTWITH. Caarerxss Day.
Last night, about 8 p.m. (says Mr. John Wil-
liams), the smack Castle, of this port, bound from Kings-
ton to Aberystwitb, struck aground and became quite un-
manageable, the tremendous seas breaking completely
o‘cr her. The perilous state of the vessel and her crew
soon became evident to every one, and orders were given
to launch the Evelyn Wood lifeboat of the National Life-
oat Institution, to their help, as their cries were plainly
and ashore, and were pitiable in the extreme. The boat,
after a bard struggle with the fearful breakers, was fairly
got off, and soon made its wav to the wreck, and suc-
ceeded in getting into the lifeboat the crew, three in
number, and bringing them ashore in safety, among the
hearty cheers of some hundreds of spectators. The vessel
is now a complete wreck, and will soon be in
fragments. GI eat praise is due to the crew of the
lifeboat for their alacrity, and to others for their strenuous
exertion in aaisting to get the boat launched, which was
done with a will, and at the risk of great personal injury.
The crew and spectators are delighted with the conduct of
the lifeboat. The cost of the Aberystwith lifeboat, and of
two others, has been munificently defrayed by Mrs. B.
Wood sister-in-law of the present much-respected
Lord Chancellor, who like most members of his family, has
always been a warm friend of the National Lifeboat I.usti-
tution and a liberal contributor to its funds.

The Royal Mersey Yacht Club has presented to the
Lifeboat Institution 7d1., being the amount of the pro-
ceeds of a bull held in the Club House, Liverpool, in aid
of the great and national objects of the institution. The
committee of the society have expressed their high appre-
ciation of this substantial mark of sympathy and support
on the part of a club so capable of knowing the great
value of the lifeboat work.

TUE SERIOUS AOCIDZNT IN Till GRAY'S-INN-
IOAD.—)Ir. Henry Casper Heintz, who was seriously in-
jured on Thweday afternoon in the Gray's-inn-road,
owing to • collision between the omnibus in which he
wu seated and a railway van, has been removed from
the Royal Free H tal to his resident, Southwood Lodge,
itioipsec. • • the severe nature of the in-
juries received by the unfortunate gentleman, he is gro-
g favourably. The driver, whose name is James
Duval, wu brought up at the Clerkcewell Polioe-court on
Thursday, charged with furious driving, and remanded,
bail being refused.
SOUTH LORtioN WORKINO-CLASSEN INDUSTRIAL
Ituntiraor, 1869.—Ths first general committee meeting of
this undertaking was held on Wednesday evening, at the
Board-rouns, Lambeth-baths. The Rev. R. Berry in the
(Id!. John leas, Fee-, QC., M.P., one of the vice-
presidents, was also present. After the routine badness
had been gone through, Mr. Locke inquired as to the
establishment of a guarantee fund, the holding of district
meet and as to the general prospects of ths exhibition.
In y, one of the Honorary Secretaries (Mr. Murphy)
undoubtedly some few meetings would be held
in different localities of the south early in the year; but it
had been thought unnecessary to ask any gentlemen
become guarantors this time, as the two previous exhibi-
tions had both returned a handsome profit for prima, and
the prospects of neither of them were as encouraging as
these of the present one at so early a stage. In reply to
another question, Mr. Murphy said that nearly, one
hundred woiting-men's exhibitions had been :Ad tiled
the first one in the Lambeth-baths in 1864, and that he
had supplied rules and other information to about seventy
of them. The exhibitions at Glasgow and Birmingham
had, he believed, nalised the largest pecuniary profit.
ENOINEERING PROJECTS FOR UNITING LIVER-
POOL 4UfD BIZIENIZEAD.--Sinoe the project of tunneling
the Mersey, explained by Sir Charles Fox at • meeting
held in Liverpool the other day, has been before the
public, Mr. J. Patterson, the president of the Liverpool
Chamber of Commerce, has received a communication
from Mr. Grainger (ono of the former members of the
Chamber, but now residing in London), broaching a
scheme for increasing the deck accommodation and
bridging the Mersey by utilising the existing
forming, in fact, Wands of docks and warehouser an
using the red sandstone which forms indisputably the
bed of the river as foundations for the warehouses and for
abutments of bridges. He contends that the naviga-
tion would not be interfered with, as tidal bridges might
be used, while the scour of the river would be quick-
ened, and the water at the dock sills deepened.
EVASION OF THE PA.CTORY ACT.—At the Salford
Town-hall, on Wednesday, Joseph Fletcher was charged
by Yr. Cols, inspeotor of factories, with neglecting to
mod his son, Joseph Fletcher, to shod whilst employed
in a cotton &day, the boy being under the age of 13
years. Mr. Cole dated that the ease showed • peculiar,
but not 11110010111014 system of fraud. On the 9th
November he visited the mill, where the boy was eta-
Lloyed as • full-tiger, and being stack with
os:tiraci°llgro tgirth which was aPPaaprodrualca ant which
made it appear that he was nearly fifteen
years of apt, h
resat.
Cole) wee induced to make
inquiries. The was that he ascertained that
the defendant had bad two children of the same name
—one born in Yank 186 i, and the boy
_in question
who was born in Deedialed 1114. This led his to see
that a fraud which wee dlea readied in the factory dis-
tricts was predicable be. namely, that the child born
in 1864 having fief, ember beingborn was registered
fender the sane Sams,and the aaernddffatte of birth of the
t-ligne mud le in work for the other as a all-
timer when under ageobta. This proved to be the case,f the
child bona in 1864 having died at the age of
nine nisathe, and the oartifloste of its birth having
beim need as he had said. Mr. Ashton, manager for
Mesta Scales, said it was the mother who prodeced
the adllcate to him, and upon his remerkiag that the
lad was very small for his age, she said, Tu. we used
to keep a shop and aell tobacco ; and he took the toUieu,
and chewed it, and that kept him from growing.
(Laughter.) The witness also proved that the- boy Ead
not been attending school ; thatlis was a " full-tinter,"
who had obtained work by bringing a false certificate.
Mr. Cole represented that he did not pun for.l4.lSt
penalty ; and as the defendant was a roan
paralytic, Mr. Trafford inflicted a penalty of VIC-a
casts only. Hs, however, told Ida that for uttering the
false certificate of birth he was liable to be sent to penal
servitude.