The Sun.
London, England, 1836-12-28 00:00:00

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The Portsmouth Regulator on Monday got buried at
Horndean-hill in a snow drift, and so continued for three
hours and twenty minutes, when by the assistance of nume-
rous labourers and extra horses the coach was released.
The Louth and Boston mail-bags of Monday were
brought up by the guard between six and seven o'clock on
Monday night. The guard states that the bags came to
him at Boston in a postcbaise, and the report was, that the
mail-coach, seven miles from Louth, had got off the road,
and went over into a gravel-pit. A horse was said to be
killed by the accident, and the guard severely bruised. The
bags were brought up the whole of the distance from Bos-
ton by a postchaise and four, and to effect this it was found
necessary to take cross-roads, and between Puckeridge and
Hertford to pass into the Ware road.
The Foreign mail-cart, sent out on Monday night, got no
further than Rochester, and then returned. It bad previ-
ously got fixed several times, and was successively dug out.
The guard of the Boston mail states, that going down
on Sunday night, the roads were frightful. Between Cax-
ton and Huntingdon the mail was stuck fast, and the pas-
sengers in and out, seven in number, alighted, and lent
their assistance behind till the coach had got out of the
difficulty.
From Marlborough Forest to Devizes the roads are
dreadful, and the hollows have from 12 to 16 feet depth
of snow.

The Lynn and Wells bags of Monday arrived yesterday
afternoon. The guard had left the mail-coach at Mel-
bourne, and from thence came to Ware, with the bags, on
horseback. From Ware to London he came in a post-
chaise and four. He passed the Edinburgh mail at Bun-
tingford, at half-past 10 o'clock on Tuesday morning, that
mail being unable to travel further from the great weight
of the mail bags.
Late last night it was reported that the guard of the
Brighton mail of Monday night, out, had been found dead
on his seat.

The guard of the Exeter old mail of Monday came in
about 9 o'clock last night. He brought the bags of the
Exeter by the Yeovil mail, the transfer having taken place
at Salisbury. The mail coach got fixed 16 miles on the
other side of Dorchester. From Dorchester the guard
travelled in a post-chaise and lost only 40 minutes of his
time. At one place the agent of the contractor refused to
put fresh horses to the carriage, and the guard was com-
pelled to get them from another inn, and pay the money in
advance before the mail could proceed.
The Leeds, the Liverpool, and the Exeter, by Yeovil,
which were due at 6 o'clock on Monday night, had not ar-
rived at past midnight last night.
The Yarmouth mail, which was due on Monday evening,
did not reach London till past 11 o'clock last night. We
have received by it the following letter from a correspondent
at Ipswich :

" Ipswich, Monday Night, Dec. 26.
" On Friday night we had a light fall of snow, and in the
morning the country was covered with it ; the wind had
blown from the north and north-east. On Saturday morn-
ing it went round to the west, and during the day a rapid
thaw took place ; about five o'clock the wind again changed
to the north and north-east, which set in with a sharp
frost ; this continued during the night, and was again ac-
companied by another light fall of snow, which ceased be-
fore the morning, the frost still continuing, produced ice an
inch thick. During the whole of Sunday (Christmas-day)
the wind continued in the same quarter, and everything out
of doors appeared quite congenial to the season. During
Sunday night it blew a perfect hurricane, veering from the
N. to the N.E. A heavy fall of snow commenced about six
o'clock on Monday, which in various situations drifted on
the turnpike road in ridges of 00 feet wide, by 12 and 14
feet high. On Monday morning all here were anxious to
know whether the snow had been so heavy in the interior
of the country as it had been in this town and neighbour-
hood, the streets being choked up with the fallen element.
The coaches were anxiously expected to give the looked-for
information. At the usual early hour of the morning
(9 o'clock) the Bury coach started, which, after making
its passage with difficulty as far as Claydon (four miles
out,) returned back with its passengers and luggage, finding
it impossible to proceed further from the heavy drifts of
snow which had choked up the road. The coach front
there has not arrived during the day. About 12 o'clock
a horseman reached the White Horse, to state that the
Halesworth coach (the Shannon), which passes through
Yoxford, about 22 miles from here, could not proceed.
The Shannon, from here, then proceeded to London two
hours after its usual time of starting. The Magnet and
Blue had both started at an earlier hour for the metropolis.
Up to this hour (5 o'clock) we have not heard whether
they were able to proceed, but we conclude they have, or
they would have returned before this ; each coach went
out with six horses. The Star coach, which leaves Yar-
mouth for London, passing through Yoxford, and usually
reaches here soon after twelve o'clock in the morning, has
not yet arrived, neither has anything been heard of it. Se-
veral passengers have been waiting anxiously during the
day, intending to proceed by it to London. The hour is
now too late (9 o'clock at night), and there is no chance of
its arriving here. The frost still continues, and it again be-
gins to snow fast. We give up all hope of seeing that or
the mail to-night. The bags will no doubt be sent on by
a horseman. The Bungay coach, which should have been
in at twelve o'clock, did not arrive here until past five in
the afternoon. The cold continues intense, and the snow is
still falling. The Star and Shannon have arrived here from

London two hours and a half after the usual time, the snow
now having drifted so heavily as to impede their journey.
The Telegraph coach, which leaves here at half-past three
in the morning, conveying the Yarmouth mail, was obliged
to have nine horses to assist it on its route on Monday
yet it is thought it will not be able to proceed.
" Tuesday morning.—The Norwich and Yarmouth mail-
coaches neither arrived last night ; the mail-bags were for-
warded by a horseman, who with some difficulty reached
here. The mails from London reached Ipswich at half-
past 5 o'clock, being two hours and a half after the
usual time ; and, although they were aware of the im-
possibility of going on, the coaches from those places not
having arrived, the coachman and guards would proceed on
their route. We have heard the Norwich mail reached
Barham, two miles beyond Claydon, and six from this
town, when it became buried in the snow, and could
proceed no further ; they were compelled to cut the
harness to pieces before the horses could be released.
There arc four coaches and several waggons buried in the
snow on the road, and the passengers are obliged to shift
as they can. The Yarmouth mail from London has not
yet been heard of ; it is supposed it has reached Sax-
mundham, and there compelled to stop.
" The snow has not been so very deep in its fall, but the
severe wind drifted it into mountains in certain situations,
and trees have been uprooted in many situations.
" Between Colchester and London the roads are not
much obstructed. From here to Stratford, about St.
Thomas's, 16 miles, the road is almost impassable.
" One o'Clock.—Neither the Norwich nor Yarmouth
bags are in. It still continues to snow, and no chance of
the roads being open for some days. The snow at Wang'
ford is 16 feetdeep."

At eight o'clock yesterday evening only two of the mail-
coaches due in London in the morning had arrived at the
General Post Office—viz., the Poole and Portsmouth.
The Edinburgh, Chester, Dover, Hastings, and Brighton*
mails, due the previous day, had not arrived ; and the
Exeter, Leeds, and Liverpool mails, which should have ar-
rived on Monday evening, as well as those due last even-
ing, were also out at eight o'clock.
In the course of the day, however, bags were received
from some of the roads by chaises and other conveyances,
and the letters, together with those that arrived the pre-
vious evening, were distributed in London by letter-carriers,
or by twopenny-post, according to circumstances.
By great exertion, it was arranged for the transmission of
the mails on nine of the principal roads out of London yes-
terday evening. In the absence of the regular guards,
some of them were intrusted to clerks and other confi-
dential persons ; and such orders were given as to secure, as
far as possible, the forwarding of the correspondence with
the least possible delay.
The labour thrown upon the whole department of the
Post-office, and particularly on the letter-carriers of the
general and twopenny post, has been most serious.

In consequence of the accumulation of snow in the imme-
diate environs of the metropolis, from the storms of Satur-
day and Sunday night, considerable difficulty was found in
the passages of the ordinary conveyances to the City. From
Thentford, on Monday morning, instead of fourteen omni-
b. usses, the usual number, only three were able to make the
journey, which were drawn by four horses each. From the
different towns in Kent, great difficulty was experienced by
the coaches, that from Westerham not making its appear:
anco until past four o'clock yesterday, although its ordi-
nary period of arrival is eleven o'clock. All the omnibusses
from Paddington, Highgate, Hampstead, Stratford, and
Hackney, were drawn by three or four horses, and several
accidents happened yesterday and Monday, many having
died on the road. On the long line of Hackney marshes
extending from Stratford to Lea-bridge, all the ave"
impassible, and in some parts, fro
were perfectly
the drift, the snow had accumulated to nearly ten feet in
height. During the course of the day several accidents
happened at the declivity on Holborn-hill from the falling
of horses, and it ought to be generally known that the best
security for
not only which
the prevention of such accidents is by fill!ng
the hoof in the interior of the shoe with soft soap,
prevents the accumulation of the snow, butby
its repulsive properties prevents the horse's foot from slip-
ping. In Plaistow-marshes the body of a drover lad, then
son of an industrious journeyman butcher, was found fools
to death on Monday morning. The town of Barnet _vic)
perfectly isolated from communication with the surround
* The Brighton bag arrived at 7 o'clock last nights 11
press, as we have already stated.