The Sun.
London, England, 1823-02-12 00:00:00

SCOTLAND.

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GlL.tscow..—Th6 storm shrine our lasi littie
creased in severity. On Tuesday, about two.o!elOCk;"anoW
again began to fall and continued: throughout
,the evening.
After midnight, however, and as the morning 'approaChed,
the fall increased and continued till late'last night, exceedingly
close and heavy, but abated after midnight. FortUreetely,
during the greater part of the day, the wind was very mode.
rate, so that little drifting took place, but the .quantity
of
snow fallen exceeds what fell on Sunday and Monday last.
As in the early part of the day here and perhaps in all the up-
land parts, the drift wee considerable, so the roads in our neigh,
bourhood after being nearly opened, are again chocked up More
closely than ever, and travelling is almost altogether euspend-
ed. After the drifting ceesexl, the snow: fell to a depth exceed-
ing 12 inches. To the N.W. and W. there was scarcely anyeeow
previous to yesterday. In Bute, there is none, and to the South
of Ayr there was very little. We imagine, however, that the fail
yesterday was very general, and, should a high -wind imme-
diately tollow, the drift will be excessive and the derycr ru the
sheep districts very great; indeed, they must be alreed'y :Liff7,7r-
ing, and the severity of the season is row keenly- felt by a:I tika
labouring classes being deprived of employment. Tie price el
almost es article of ire and food is advancing, from the ern
possibility of getting the markets supplied from the state ef the,
roads. At one of the principal toll bars to the entrance into this
city trout the S.W.SNI' Instead of MI. the usual collection for the day, the keeper on Monday last, only received bs. fiti. which
chews how completely connnunications with the country end.
neighbouring towns are cut off. The load of 'snow upon the
ground is prodigious,—our streets, and the roofs of houseti
are every where heaped With it to an astonishing degree. Caret
have for some days been employed in carrying away the heaps
to throw them into the river : 1 Edinburgh and': London made
remain due. The Edinburgh night mail to this city has ceased'
to be diepatched. The Commercial Traveller coach and another
from Edinburgh came in this morning with six horses each,
having been about twenty.four hours upon the road. The
road to Edinburgh is in a dreadful state. The mails can
only travel on horseback, and then have to make their way
alternately on the fields and the road as these are open,—
Four London mails remained due at Edinburgh yciaereeece morning, and no mail from Aberdeen had been received at
Edinburgh since Saturday last. The road to Ayr is completely blocked up, and it is very uncertain if the mails from this to
Greenock, dispatched on horseback, will bt able to get through.
The London mails which arrived last night, left Carlisle on
Thursday afternoon at four o'clock—got to lleattick Inn about
midnight, by which time the snow anti drift Were so great that
they durst not proceed till 9 o'clock yestertlay Morning, when,
leaving the coach,, the ()mad proceeded with the mails on horse•
back, and reached Glasgow at. the hour mentioned, having
made his way with great difficulty. Though accompanied with
good guides, they had to abandon the road repeatedly. The drift
and fall of snow yesterday along that line of road was terrible
and the snow an deep, that the inhabitants say they recollect no-
thing like it for the lait thirty years. The roads ure blocked
up in the closest manner wed one barrier of snow every where
presents itself from this-to London. , The drift and fall yester-
day, continued for 26 hours without the smallest intermission.
The guard says he never saw such wreaths on that road. A e the
road south of Carlisle to London had been cut early in the week,
as the elltiesdaY's mail was every Bement expected at Carlisle,
when the coach left on Thursday, and as homes *ere ready
to • forward it the moment it arrived, the guard, expects
that it would have reached Dottglasitill or Kirkinuithill laSt
night, and that it may reach this by two or three e'clock. The
coach from.this, on Thursday evening,. with fllO triail, for the
South, got no further than Crawford, from whence the mail
was sent forward on horseback;. 'Tint morning;, . the W,euthor
is calm and frost moderate, the atmosphere tolerably dear:
but muddy on the Southern lorizoneend threetening it Atelier
fall of snots, change, or both. The &ripe, is now brisk frant
the IVest, inclining to thaw—Barometer 29.1 sitialy.—(o44er-
,
gem, (;'ourier, Feb. 8.)
Thursday, About two o'clock, a most shocking accident hap,
petted in Gordon-street. Two slaters went upon the roof u: 4
house, there stories high, for the purpose! of clearing uwey
the snow, and while one of. them, Peter Ill'elregor. a •strengee
heavy man, (who had neglected to bind himself-With eopesy,
was throwing it over, he unfOrtunately oyerbalanced himself,
and went over the edge, and was precipitated with a dreadful ve-
locity, upon one of the spikes of the iron railings in front of the
building. Such was the force of his full, that the underpart of the
railing immediately burst in two piecet, and, shocking to relate;
the poor sufferer remained transfixed on the upper half till es•
sistance came. On his being taken otl, it was fottnd that u dread..
Ail wound had been inflicted in his right side, which leenetreted
the Abdomen, and the intestines protruded from both his beck
and side. A surgeon was at hand, who rendered what atedete
ance he could, and the man was taken to the Royal Infirmary,
where be died ut seven o'clock.—(L4do

CORN EXCHANGE, FEn. 12.
We have had but few arrivals since 51onday, anti but little
doing this morning ; the prices of all desctiptions of Grain
remain as per our last quotations. We have bad goad sales of
Corn this week in consequent e of the consumers fearing to be
out of stock.

HO lELLIGENCE.
SOUTIIWARZ, FEB P.
10.—NT01.1r a
trade is literlilly tit stand t
it is many years since we have experienced any thing like the
prevent dull time.

ANIMAL SYMPATUY.----011 the day of the groa',
thaw, a spaniel Willi observed, opposite to ThiOlk:'
Ville, floating down the Moselle on a small piece
of ice. It is not known how the poor dog got
into that situation; but he set up piteous cries.--
Having passed one of the dogs belonging to thv
decoys on the left of the Moselle, that intrepid
animal dashed into the river, soon reached the
unfortunate spaniel, and seizing 'him by the neck
swam on shore with him amidst the acclamation
of the spectators.---(Frellch Paper.)
Cnentgvonn, Fka. 10.--(Murder.)--We heat
that a pugilistic contest, on the night of Mr.
HARVEY'S treat, at Colche,ter, between two free.
men of that Borough, is likely to bring to light
" the hidden things of darkness." One of the
champions accused his opponent of having mur-
dered a Mr. Hot.; miller, of Lextlee, and
robbed him of 701. upwards of 30 pears ago.—
Both the urn) we hear, are committed. The
body of Mr. ,Ilota was found in a sack, in the
river. The, acsuser declares that tie held the
sack whilst the other put in the body. 011, rare
rt:pr mere

Early on Sunday morning, a young fellow, an
apprentice to a coach trimming manufacturel iu
Long-acre who had been out drinking all the
previous night, laid himself down in a state of
intoxication upon one of the bulk loads in tho
market house, Fleet-market, and fell asleep.
When awoke shortly afterwards by the watch.
man, he found himself nearly half undres,t 41,
having, during his nap, been robbed of his bouts
from of his legs, his hat, his neck and pockvt
handkerchiefs, and both his breeches pocket,
were cut away. The thieves had got clear off
with their booty.

LONDON JOEJIINALS.