The Sun.
London, England, 1847-08-10 00:00:00

ASTITUTE OF MECHANICAL
ENGINEERS.
teeth, "AM, FRIDAY.— At the late quarterly
theAt g of the above institution, held here in the
a.eso.treemofettie Philosophical
ophical Institute, Cannon-street,
w
of the London and North-
Therli!!tail'aray Company, in the Chair, .
Goer„ n,"°vving communication was received
on o- otephenson, Es from
President of the Institute,
Whilotb new self-acting break, a beautiful model of
p4reolnpanied the paper :
e various accidents on railways arising from
conet„.
Accident and collisions (and especially the late
attent•ai
a 'Wolverton) have induced me to draw my
which n
to the construction of a self-acting break,
rim , have for several years had in view, a plan and
the :t of which I have had made, and now lay before
effeers.etlvith my description of its action and
of fr vY hen a railway train is moving at the rate
4so 41 forty to sixty miles an hour, the momentum
able _reat that it cannot be stopped in any reason.-
wstanee by the breaks at present in use, or if 44 zle-t
%gine ree break or any accident happen to the
861--..ye " to prevent its progressing, the sudden
these ses the carriages to overrun each other, and
next the engine are almost certain to be crushed.
4014 accident of this kind neither the engine-driver,
is ;tier, 0-
guard, can be prepared, and before there
lent in for any of them to put on the break at pre-
the elothissie> so as to be in the least degree effective,
1„,, on or concussion has taken place.
applies When
the engine driver shuts off the steam, ork
ri23 break on the tender, the self-acting break
attaches brought to bear upon every wheel
if 4etessarto every carriage in the train so powerfully,
bon f as to bring every wheel into the condi-
to ° a sledge. I think the train will he brought
ithiettand by this break in one-tenth of the space in
can be by the breaks at present used.
tal ;143: Plan is as follows :—I attach a couple of spi-
tiac,.,Prings to the levers of the break of every car-
t
ur and also connect them with the buffers, and if
alini,calrage requires gentle breaking (which will
the us the case when a train approaches a station),
steutelngine-driver, by shutting off a portion of the
plea aPPlying the break gently, will have corn-
tirzaand over the train, without any of those
nneasY motions which are very frequent and
gunrllvely disagreeable to passengers, and as the
powelsis frequently compelled to apply his break so
and eats J to make the wheels slide on the rail,
:eittn,ireaeesathcoensiderable amount of wear and tear on
and „„„of the wheel, by which it becomes flat-sided,
carriages uneasy, and creates a jump-
AA B°l4°ll tithe rail.
of fron,uPl3%e train of carriages moving at the rateld
oat C3O to 40 miles an hour, and a signal is held
hats or the
engine-driver to stop, the moment he
hree off
the steam, the whole of the breaks are
vheeßut in -
„„,,w instant application of sledging the
which will be more effectual than 50 men
tlaeoirg the common breaks, as the mischief is re-
aprmo!. done before the guard can be apprised of f
the
"It--
L.ll°f danger.
t
utekee Irequently necessary for the trains to be
101 l fir
at into a siding. When this is required the train
*hole have to be stopped, and in one minute the
tft; of
:the breaks can be disengaged from the buf-
Wocetsism.y
sli°wn in the model, and when the train
toth .11e.•
are again dropped into gear.
o; Plan altogether appears so simple that any.
ind I ti;•rn,ind can easily understand the whole of it ;
earriao, 'lb( the cost of putting the breaks on each
nebtva,uld not exceed more than from Si. to 101.
lailvoCJ effectual plan for increasing the safety of
travellin is, in my mind, of such vital im-
-"gane that g to the
)".t I prefer laying my scheme open
nrce c°,.ta„Klog out a patent for it; and it will be a
bee„"4„"le greatest pleasure to me to know that it
de-,Lue means of saving even one human life
-mliolualle'rection, or that it has prevented one serious
eon "GEORGE STEPHENSON."
l'astiou "quence of Mr. Stephenson's absence the in-
-IPeeild was not discussed, it being agreed that a
.salle,t.tneeting should be called to consider the
taallibeinnentrideration of Mr. Buckle's experiments on
resub,' now exciting considerable interest, was
.s° show —40.... ed• The chief object of Mr. Buckle was
esastree?at the present fan blasts were imperfect in
mod, to the
lo
and expensive in operation. He pro-
lerio4 of result of experiments extending over a
•ni auch nine Years, to have a series of fans, revolving
could way as that the blast of air thrown from one
.
adv„„.fenununicated to each. He also showed
sins b;ages of having a large inlet pipe. By these
-"lniCer estinlated that not only would the blast be
Itkiihrin with less horse-power, but it would also be
vfell pr oath„tis, improving the quality of the iron, as
• Stver '''cing
it at a cheer rate.
/v 1 arose of the members took part in a discussion
.10.. on
wa by h. a purely theoretical question as to the
vote Iv ich
• bof thank air was regulated ; and at the close a
"Pers Was given to Mr. Buckle.
~,,Prnvinsed °,14 'various engineering subjects were then
rued.
."4inu several of he members, and the meeting

A new-A'STLty's THEATRE.
entitled 771
Horse of the
Zleinents, ' 4rrince of Cyprus ; or the
. Wand Grecian drama and fairy legend,
of t artistical of
iind des
ts is
deserved success,
horse of the elemen
• the . was produced here last evening, withgreat
ccess. The
efficienadtlyare
eorted hippo-histrions—the Mac.ready
The scenery is beautiful, the dresses
ua .
;elle° ti. s, and the processions magnificently got p
• hie is also sonae very pretty dancing ; and though.e
pallit,llot 1
east, Barry, the inimitable, has an admiral)].
ter atiill. which he convulses the audience with laugh-
;
_Puttaing this very
~.... in drolleries. No expense has been spared in
elioT finer Worthy the old fame of Astley's, and IN _
gorgeous spectacle on the stage in.e
seeress' ate r. Batty on its great and deserved zei 'as. The Prince of Cyprus will eno a long
gn. The sc • .
ere
tdrnirable. scenes in the circle wh. h followed w
io

SURREY THEATRE.
Bucket
for one °lle has delayed his provincial engagements
.
in at week) in order to devote that time to perform
mg this theatre with the son of poor John Reeve,
11lar.rtsler to introduce the young man to the stage.
11; dg. Reeve, junior, appeared here last evening in
sto °I his Poor father's characters, viz., Marmaduke
Tpe,,agog in the Wreck Ashore, and Billy Downey in
. Unfinished Gentleman. In his person and man-
-41...°111 he greatly resembles his father. There is the
vitae rich unctious humour, the same merry, twink-
,,ll4B. eye, the same indescribable loose swing of the
~,bs for which
.poor Jack Reeve was so remarkable.
i6.1.r. Reeve, junior, sings with great effect, witness
gis " Lord Tom Noddy' (which was encored),
and dances with ease and grace. He is, however,
4...eovice in his art, and should learn it in the pro-
:lZees rather than in the miner metropolitan theatres.
'et him spend two years assiduously practising in
the provinces, and then come to London, when he
will at once assume and maintain that position which
his father so long held, and to which his own genius
50 Justly entitles him. Buckstone rendered him most
efficient support in both pieces. The house was
crowded, and Mr. Reeves's success was complete.

DR. MiNRILLz.—The Rev. Dr. 3.llNeille returned
from Ireland on Thursday, and preached yesterday, at
St. Jude's Church, to a very crowded congregation.
Contrary to general expectation, he made no allusion
whatever to the electioneering events which had occurred
in his absence, but contented himself with requesting of
his congregation to manifest patience in connection with
their love to God. At the close he informed them that
he learned with surprise, since his return, that a sum of
SOL was required to pay the salary of the Scripture
reader attached to St. Jude's, and that he had come to
the determinatian of having a collection made in the
church that morning for the purpose of raising the
%Mount of that salary. He expected to see,
by the ii
berahty with which they contributed, though
no previous
notice of the collection ha(: been given, the cordiality
With which they welcomed him home oe more
lhncceseof th
eamongst
them. The collection was made at th
ser-
mon,4 but we were unable to ascertain its exact amount.
--Liverpool Albion.
CA
THE HERRING FlSHERlES.7P—OTThAeToherrCinitgoris—h.
; ITHRESS•SHIRE.—WICR,AUG.
fish-
; progressing Glowly, but it is rather imprtowvhintgo.
ual and Saturday last the average was from
average
'puree
Tuesday, this week, the
crans each day.
WPTIS five crans • Wednesday, five-and-a-half ; and to. day
..,‘Ahursday), three'
only. The take for the season is c.on-
Zdered small at this date, although Wick (and the Caith-
eas Coast generally) is better fished than any other
'mice on the east coast of Scotland. The herrings are
of excellent quality. Fishcurers are not inclined to sell
lit present prices, and buyers are not disposed to ad-
Inalleeok1• Prices scarcely can be quoted, but are rather
p. Tuesday was Georgemas market. There
at were a number of horses and cattle offered for sale, but
exceedingly high prices. Potatoes are still looking
fealthY, with the exception of a few spots, which, in
:irraier years, would not have been spoken about. The
L„lcKing of the leaves of potatoes, which has taken place
". the corners of two or three fields in this neighbour-
is attributed by some to the frost, and others to
Rpotato disease. At all events, if the disease makes
aaPpearance this season, it will be later than last.--
hire Advertiser.
rURLIC WORSHIP IN EXETER HALL.—The large
room
7
for taa occupied for the first time, on Sunday last,
p,. 3v 'vine service. The immense hall was crowded in
,0-03 Y part. There must have been present at least
0 persons. the preacher, the Rev. Dr. Cummin
g, ,r
inwheee congregation it has been obtained, during the
Fro hed
aPoe rary close of the Scotch Church at Covent-garden,
morning and evening. SINGULAR DISCOVERIES .—We have heard that after
11,;0:e of the voters at the late borough election had taken
nl! coffee before proceeding to the poll-booth, a re-
sediment was found at the bottom of their
cups; it was no other than a golden sovereign,
substitute
" Sugar by
-(Aro/tikthose who provided the coffee.--Leicester