The Express. — 1847-06-10 (London, England)

THE PATENT RAILWAY BREAK.—We yesterday inspected a model of Mr. Lee's Patent Railway Break. The importance of such an invention is every day becoming more evident, and Mr. Lee's plan seems well calculated to secure the desired object—that of speedily arresting the course of a train in eases of danger. It provides for two classes of danger for unexpected concussion, a buffer projects from the carriage or engine, and any force coming in contact with it lets down a drag or break upon the rail, which immediately stops the carriage. Although, perhaps, this contrivance would not at once stop the whole train, and with a buffer to each carriage that might almcst be accomplished, it would prevent the occurrence of what is most to be feared in CMs of concussioa ; that is, the dreadful effects caused by the meeting of two opposite, the progrtssive and the arresting, forces, by which the carriages in the centre of a train are frequently heaved up or completely crushed. In the other case, that of foreseen danger, the conductor of the train can, by turning a handle, almost immediately arrest its course. It was stated by the inventor that on the Croydon railway a train of nineteen carriages, descending an incline at a velocity of thirty-five mile, an hour, was, by breaks to one carriage only, brought to a dead standi within fifty•fire yards. Breaks to one carriage in nine are considered to be the requisite average. THE COEN SPECULATORS AND THE POTATO PANIC —Bl.r,—lt is pretty evident that the corn epeculators are en. cismouritig, for their own selfish to create a panic in the public riond about the potato crop ; wane of the daily pagan seem inclined, from what motives the editors know Mot, to aid the epeeslathn to the utmost of their power. It is Important, therefore, that the honest part of the mom should caution the public again.* an alarm whirl. may tom out totally unfounded. Last year a circumstance came under my observation, whist; convinces me of the folly of those who condemn a crap of potatoes because it may exhibit symp. tome of the disease. Dorian last Avon, I paid a visit to • farmer in Tangibles, who had a Geld of about is sores of potatoes, which, on my scent, had begun to erldhit met umequivaml Arra of the distemper ; and my blend made up his mind to mow off the tops to plan which, just then, had been strongly recommended Id, the Gardeners' Chronick but was afterwards, es acknowledged in the same paper, found tabs for was than Bade n). Luckily, however, my friend was premiered, by ether preseingamtatiaos, from adopting that plan, and the potatoes wets loft to their fate, and when I left him, early in September, the tops were as black as if they had been burnt ; and my Mead had gime than up as a hopeless ease. When however, he awns to take them op, at the season when, Is the usual course, they would have bees rips, be found, Is his 'try great satonlahment, that the takers were eel gOirted to any Mort worth wroth:oda/. The map was ander as maws me, both in the number and aim of the magma t but the quality was goad, and on the whole my friend sooddsral that he had a good mop. Now this Seib adjoined a high mad, and no doribt many a traveller in passing sat it down in hie mtad, sad perhaps in his note-bcok, as a map irretrievably lost Let as net, then, be me hasty Ia condemn. hig this year% 'rep hew of tome partial appearstwee of the disease. At this early period the Muds may throw it of, sad recover their rigour ,• and if not, the early appearanee of the dharder at all events, • kind dispensation of Pio.Lknoe, as Mare is ample time to sow intermediate crops of other root plants in every as la which the disorder may appear virulent —A Cowman Zama.  SUICIDE ON THE SOUTH Wflantflit