The Express.
London, England, 1851-08-15 00:00:00

The Coroner said an honest man need not be 0,4 4
speaking his mind. It he did so in rc.rectrul terror, no
would ever take offence.
. .

Walter Smith—Had worked at the M.ilaog Colliery
twelvemonths. The men had suvected the rope to
danger fur five or six weeks. fie.peehll it because it
often being spliced, and they could sti, it was lime"
places. The splices too were often .....pewint:" Ai„z)
out. It was had from top to bottom, nut vorticulArly et the
top. Ilad told the bailiff, that the r.q.e not
safe, and the men would never venture down more than foot
or five at a time.

The Coroner—Who told Mr. l'illinger of it ?
Witness-1 don't suppose there is a nem who work• ti.,
but has done it. We refused to go down more than tie...
his presence on Saturday morning, and made two g. t ~g
the cart.
The Coroner again censured the e‘induct of the m.,;
not representing their fears to the master; atter which
inquest was adjourned till to-day.

THE RIVAL SCHEMES AT

MANCHESTER.

Both the associations for promoting illucati,m,
whose headquarters arc at Manchester, are opening lin
campaign anew, and lectures and local nos,thip to
disco., the principles on which they are head lace
already taken place. Dr. Hodgson, late head-newer
of the Chorlton High School, gave a lecture at the
Town-hall on Wednesday evening in favour of the
National Public School Association's scheme, and ah:y
dissected its leading pretensions. The lecture drew a fair
attendance. The Manchester and Salford Society for ro-
meting a local scheme had also a meeting in St. Jam, s's
Church school-room, Major-street. on Wednesday creniie:,
the Very Her. the l)ean of Manchester iu the chair. %Ir.
Salter, schoolmaster, read nu interesting paper. This a•.o-
eiatioa to hold a eonrersozione towards the close ~f
the month, when Mr. Wm. Entwesle, hanker (of Lod,
Entwide, and Co.'s), is to read a japer in favour of 'the
scheme. The Bishop of Manchester is to preside, and the
Ea.l of Ellesmere is expected to take part in the proceed-
ings. The following correspondence has been issued fur
publication by the National Public School Association :

NATiONAL PLULIC SCItUUL ISriottATloN.

28, Cross-street, Manchester, August 13,

The following letter of the Rev. 11. W. Crosskey i. pub-
lished with his consent, and, with the explanatory matter
appended to it, is made public for the coerection of miwon-
ccptious which may exist respecting the principles of this
association, and to counteract the misrepresentations which
the Rev. Dr. Massie may be making in relation to it.—R. W.
SMILES, Secretary.
211, Iligloatrect LOWCA Suascx August 3, Mil.

Dear you be kind o nough to send meat
your earliest court:Menet! a few copies of the rules ;md
basis of the National Public School A•sciatiou, and al, of
its last issued address, for which I enclose stumps. Having
left Derby fora few weeks to rusticate, I chanced last night
to attend a lecture on education by the Rev. Josiah Viney,
of London, to support whom Dr. Massie (late of Manches-
ter) was present, and found it an attack on our association.
They invited discussion. lof course could not be silent,
and a very sharp discussion arose. Dr. Massie denied my
statement that local management was one of the funda-
mental principles of the National Asoh•iation, and said it
was a government system, and one of absolute and complete
centralisation! He then put it to the meeting whether,
since I haul no papers, his word was not as good as mine.
The audience was composed of some of the strictest secta-
rian, of the place, and so they passed their resolution• ; but
attention has been called to the subject, and the tracts I
wish for would be useful. I wish particularly fur state-
ments of the I.r.utis of the association, " see Mar instruction,"
" local rate," " local management." How Dr. Massie
could deny that this was u fair statement of our principles
I know nut.—Tours truly (signed) ii ENLLV W. C'uossus.t•.
The following are front the published documents of the
association:

BASII—The National Public School Association is
fumed to pr,loote the establilatnent, he law, in England
and Wales, ut a Kystem of free schools!, which, supported by
local rates, and managed by local committees, siwcially
elected for that purpose by the ratepayer*, shall impart
secular instruction only ; leaving to parents, guardians, and
religious teatlerrs the inculeatian of doctrinal religion, to
afford o; portunities for which the schools shall be closed at
rtataal truira in each week."

EXTUACTII MOM TIIE PLAN.

See. 111., chop. I.—" On or ht Pure the Ist day of October
in each year, the overseers, mayor, or chief other of every
school district in England and. Wales, containing inha-
bitants, shall call a public meeting of the ratepayers. to bo
held within twenty-vne days utter that date, fur the pur-
pose of electing a school committee, consisting of numbers
in proportion to the population."
Stet. VI., chap. G.—" The school committees shall have
power to engage and dismiss masters and teachers, and to
decide on all matters relating to the management of tho
schools, subject to the following regulations:" &r.

EXTH EXPLANAroItV NTATEMENT OF 11111
ÜBJECTd OF THE NATIoNAL YCJILIt: baltioL Atliwcll.-

TIOX."

111.-It is a legal system; that is, a system esta-
blished by law; a legal but nut a governue.nt system.
Being independent of the government, it would not bus
open to the strife and coutticts of parties, or the jobbing
'tad intrigues of the selfish. It would possess the sanction
of the legislature, and yet being managed on the principle
of local representation' it would be a system by which tho
people would educate themselves."
_ _ .

"'Sec. V.—lt is a puputir system. It is popular because
it originates with the people, receives the support of the
people, and will, whet' established, be under tit, control of
the people on the representative principle. • • • • • •
In the ratepayers lies the election of the elicit committees,
who levy, raise, and expend the rates; establish and govern
the sehuols ; engage and dismiss teach, rS, mot elect the
county boards front whom the ratepayers iu committee re-
ceive cowls; l, aid, and cooperation."

ANOTIIER FKIGIFITUL RAILWAY At 'CIDENT.—
LIVERPOOL, TRUIARDAY, APOI7.T 11. -- Last night,
on the East Lancashire Railway, an alarming occur-
rence took place at the Church viaduct, near Howard-
street, Liverpool. About half.put twelve at night a
goods train, in charge of an engine-driver, and finnan,
the tame of the former being Ilese!tine, and brother of the
station-master in Titheburn-street, was approaching Liver-
pool at the usual speed, when, owing to some exceedingly
culpable negligence in some quarter nr other, the engine,
with several waggons, was precipitated down a fissure,
caused by the removal of part of a bridge, awl literally
dashed to fragments. From the particulars which our re-
porter has peen enabled to gather on the spot, the facts op-
' pear to be these: A bridge at the Church station, crossing tho
puNic highway, has been esindefuned as too low Mr the Or-
dinary turnpike road traffic, and the contractors have been,
for some days, engaged in raising it. By what means they
were about to make the archway higher without disturbing
the level of the rails we have been unable to ascertain;
however, on Ileseltine proceeding on his outward journey
that day, both lines of rails were perfect, and no notice or
indication of anything being wrong transpired until the
train he was driving, consisting of 20 loaded ..1..!Z0n.‘, was
within about 50 yards of toe viaduct, when they pi recived a
white light, held by a man on the line. doe to the bridge.
Before the driver could shut off the steam and reverse his
engine, the train was on the bridge, when it was found that
one line of rails had been removed, the masonry work taken
away, and the remainder not sufficiently supported by
diagonal or skew braces to resist the action of any heavy
train. But in this case the train was actually on the line,
part of which had been removed ; and thj iingine, with
waggon after waggon, came thickly thundering on to their
inevitable destruction. Down the frightful cavity rushed
the engine and many of the waggons; the fireman
espied the danger in time enough to scramble over
the fifth or sixth van, and thus escapeddeath. The
driver has been dreadfully injured, and lies in a vtry
precarious state.

CORONER'S INQI7EST.—CACTION TO CIIEMIsTS—
DEATH OF A YOUNG LADY FROM LAUDANUN.—Late on
Wednesday night, Mr. W. Payne, the coroner, commenced
an investigation at the Primrose Brewery Tap, Primrose-
street, Bishopegate-street, City, as to the death of Miss
Phcebe Fanny Saville, aged 24 year., who, it was alleged,
had died front the incautious administration of laudanum.
Mr. J. F. Saville, sen., a comedian, said the deceased was
his daughter, and for the last sixteen years had been std.-
tering from an affection of the spine. Deecasist had been
under the care of Dr. Rainsgill. of St. Helen's-place,
Dishopsgate. On Sunday last deceased seemed restless,
and complained of being unable to sleep. Wituess accord-
ingly waged upon Mt. French, a chemist, the Golden Key,
Nortonlgate, and asked fur a composing draught, which
compound was made up in a small phial. The mixture
was handed to Mrs. Farley residing in the same house,
who gave the deceased only halt the quantity prescribed as
it was considered too powerful. On the following morning
the deceased was found dead in her bed by her attendant,
although on the Sunday she appeared more elle, !gal than
usual. her death was nut anticipated. Winn, had
no knowledge of the cause of her death.—Emma
Farley having proved giving the deceased the mixture and
finding her dead, Mr. French was called and examined by
the Coroner; he stated that the compound was made up
from the Pharmacopeia, and only contained fifteen drops of
laudanum, or three parts of a grain of opium, with distilled
water, lite. lie had prescribed a similar quantity many
times to a child seven years, and to a man lOr years of age.
The deceased laboured under spasm, or irritation of the
bowels. He had prepared it himself, and was quite positive
there was no more than fifteen drops of laudanum in the
/ mixture. Dr. ltamsgill said the deceased had been suffer-
' ing from a twisting of the spine, and disease of the heat
and liver. Ile should not have given the deceased such a
draught, for it was certainly prejudicial, fur it would send
her to sleep to wake no more. It was a very incautious
thing for Mr. French to prescribe opium nt such a case.
The Coroner remarked on the evidence, when the jury
returned an open verdict, " That the deceased had taken
a draught containing laudanum which was prejudicial to
her state of health, but whether she died from natural
causes, or whether her death was accelerated by the lau-
danum, they bodied sufficient proof."
LIVERPOOL DOCK Comirmit:.—At the meeting
of the new dock committee yesterday, Mr. C. Turner eras
elected chairman, and Mr. Francis Shawl deputy chairman.
In our report yesterday we gave the names of Mr. Charles
Saunders and Mr. Wye Williams, as having teen eleetedo
on a revision of the voting list, however, Mr. W. Nicol
was found to have 366 votes and Mr. John Lockett
while Mr. Charles Saunders had 312 and Mr. Wye 4.'1"
limas 337. The two latter, therefore, lost their election.