The Sun.
London, England, 1846-12-21 00:00:00

SNOW STORM.

For several years past we have not experienced such
a snow storm as has prevailed since Thursday last. The
thaw of Tuesday and Wednesday morning cleared the
roads in the vicinity of the town, and though the snow
still lay on the hills, it was imagined that communica-
tion with the south and north would not be interrupted.
On Wednesday afternoon, however, the wind set into
the north, the streets became crusted with ice, and at
lengh snow began to fall. By Thursday morning every-
thing was covered, and with little intermission the snow
has since continued. Near 'midnight on Thursday one
or two flashes of lightning were seen during a tempo-
rary cessation of the fall. The roads in the neighbour-
hood are covered to a depth of from ten to eighteen
inches ; but on the high grounds of the Perth road, on
the east road and in Ross-shire the depth is great.
On some parts of the Perth road, particularly
about Kingussie, the wreaths are in solid banks,
perhaps twenty feet in depth. What is somewhat
remarkable, about Dalnacardoch, where in general the
worst weather is experienced, the fall of snow has been
comparatively trifling ; but to the north of Dalwhinnie
the coach is unable to travel. From Dalwhinnie, the
mail, during the latter part of the week, has been carried
on horseback, frequently as far as Moy, where it has been
met by a carriage from Inverness. To keep the road is
impossible, and of course regularity is not to be expected.
Indeed, but for considerabledaring, and ;he endurance of
great hardships by coachmen and guards, we would not
have the mails at all. To show the state of the road, we
may mention that the mail of Sunetty night, for the south,
left Aviemore about nine p.m., and did not reach Kin-
gussie—a twelve mile station—until four o'clock on the
following morning. The distance was performed on
horseback, and in crossing the drifts not a little danger
was encountered. The road to Aberdeen is in much the
same state. Betwixt Forres and Elgin communication
was difficult 'on Friday. The coach from Elgin on
Friday morning returned ; and the Elgin, Star,
and Defiance remained In Forres on Thursday night.
The north road is also deeply covered. On Thursday,
the Thurso mail was upwc,rds of two hours behind ; on
Friday, eleven hours ; on Saturday, twenty ; and the
mail which should have arrived at 20 minutes past one
on Sunslay morning, did not reach the post-office until
7 A.M. on Monday. The Aberdeen mail of Thursday
was an hour behind ; on Friday, six hours ; and the
mail which should have arrived at 7 P.M. on Saturday,
came in aboht nine on Sunday morning. There has
been no mail from Aberdeen since, and three are now
due. The Perth mail was also, of course, behind. The
detentions of the Aberdeen mail of Saturday arose
chiefly from the heavy fall to the south of Aberdeen. It
is worthy of remark, as favouring the idea of a railway
to Perth (which was thought by some persons so wild a
project) that the Highland road, on this as on former oc-
casions, is less blocked up with snow than the line by
Aberdeen. The Perth mail arrived about six o'clock
last night, but brought nothing from places to the south
of Edinburgh, so that the snow-storm has in all likeli-
hood been general.
Our ancient friend, John Maclean, the Centenarian,
says, " this is just the old weather back again. In the
first of my day, the snow-storms were mosey. in Decem-
ber, and were hea‘i, r than even this, besides being ac-
companied with extraort:ir ary keen frosts, and it would
generally be at the end of January before the ground
was stript of its white covering. During these times,
we had had to put our very water-stoups near the fire
all night, and after all they would sometimes be frozen,
and we had to.brcak the ice in the morning with the red-
hot tongs. The after-seasons, however, were grand.
Early in February, the ploughman was at work ; we
could hear him a histling at the furrow, but it was not
easy to see him, for the fine warm smoke rose up from
the ploughed land. And with regard to the summers,
the heat was so great that men at field-work gave up for
two or three hours at mid-day, and the foot-travellers
on the roads took their coats off. Near the town here,
some fields of barley were cut in the beginning of July,
and by the end of July shearing was general. If the
poor folks were but decently off, I would never like to
see December go'ng out black, as the old saying is true,
that ' a black Yule, or Christmas, makes a fat kirkyard."'
Poor John is but ill off himself in this inclement season,
and we should be glad to see our Clachnacuddin friends
remember the claims of their ancient townsman and
chronicler, who has now nearly rounded his hundredth
year, and led an irreproachable life.—lnverness Courier.

DROVE ROAD-THE INVEROU-

RAN STANCE.
An important point in the case now pending between
the Marquis of Breadalbane and the sheep-farmers of
the north, relative to the drove road in Argyleshire, has
been decided by the First Division of the Court of Ses-
sion in favour of the farmers. After a full hearing on
the 3d instant it was decb!ed that the defenders have a
relevant case, a right to the drove stance if they prove
possession. As this is the point on which Lord Breadal-
bane rested his case, it is very likely that he will not
insist further, but he does, the defenders must go
before a jury and prove possession, a matter on which
there can be no doubt. The Black Mount road, through
the Breadalbane estates, from King's House, by Inverou-
ran and Tyndrum, to Falkirk, has been used for:cen-
turies for cattle and sheep, and the Inverouran stance,
or station, has always been a resting-place on the jour-
ney. Inverness Courier.

THE CITY ELECTIONS.—The annual election of
members for the Court of Common Council takes place
this day, being St. Thomas's Day. The City con-
sists of twenty-seveu wards, returning 206 members;
and seven of' the former will be contested, viz. :—Bishops-
gate, Coleman- street, Cripplegate (W ithin and Without),
Farringdon Without, Purtsoken, and Cordwainers, in
the latter of which one of the candidates is of the Jewish
persuasion.
SCILLY.—About eighty logs of mahogany have been
picked up among the Islands within the last week, the
principal part near the SevenstoneF.— West Briton.

• M.
V ISIT TO THE HOT SPRINGS NEAR MONTEREY.—
MONTEREY, MEXICO, OCT. 28, 1846.—Last evening I
paid a visit to quite a notorious and fashionable place of
resort, called by the Mexicars Caliente Angus, or Hot
Springs. These sprirgs are situated about six miles
from the city, and have of late become a place of much
attraction to the American officers and soldiers, as well
as Mexican citizens. The larger of these springs is
about ten feet square, the bottom covered with a beauti-
ful limestone, about four feet deep, and surrounded by a
substantial cemented wall,of limestone. The water is abut 11
milk warm, clear as crystal, oozing from the bottom. is
i 3 one of the most splendid places in the world for bath-
ing on a small scale. The other is about one half mile
from the first, and nearer the base of the mountain.
This spring is much smaller, and remains as nature left
it. The water is actually unbearable to the touch. I
dropped an egg into it, and in four minutes it was beau-
tifully cocked. This is what I call natural cooking.
What is very strange about this spring is, that there is
no steam rising from it, not even in the morning or
evening. The water, after standing over night, is de-
cidedly the best I ever drank—it is truly delicious. If
we have not the pleasures of Saratoga, White Sulphur,
Newport, &c., we do have the enjoyment of Caliente
Augua.—New Fork Herald. _ _

Etnis.—(Extract from a private letter.)--Our old
favourite Deshayes has just died in Paris. With De-
shaycs &parts the last glories of ancient choreo-
graphic art, which began when Louis XIV. danced,
and was handed down, through Gardel and Noverre,
to Deshayes. He was himself the very prototype and
living compendium of this art, at the time when con-
ventional grace and dreamy poetry were pre.
(erred to energy of thought and execution. A more
amiable and more courteous personage, never existed
in the realms of the fantastic toe, nor was he devoid
of inventive talent; her Majesty's Theatre having been
indebted to him for Benpowsky, and several other
excellent ballets. Last season he came to visit
the beloved precincts again, and being invited to a
dinner with Taglioni, Cerito, and many of the first
of the light-heeled fraternity, all the memories
of his glories were revived, and he had so many
toasts on the subject to drink in champagne, that
he grew glorious himself afterwards; floated in clouds of
dreamy reminiscences, like the heroes of Ossian; and
instead of going to bed, strolled into the fields, and
nearly broke his neck in a pit. However, he recovered
with broken shins, and lived to die amongst his house-
hold gods in Paris, loved and esteemed by all who knew
him.

RAILWAY.

PARKER v. 510RELL.

VICE CHANCERY COURT, Dec. 19.
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND

SNOW V. HOLL.--- WRITING LETTERS TO A JUDGE.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 18.
A HORSE CASE.--SPINKS V. BARDELL.
(Continued from our Saturday Morning Edition.)
The Learned JUDGE summed up the case at length.
He should ask the jury to decide two material questions
in the cause; first, whether there was such a misrepre-
sentation as to make the sale void, so that no property
would pass to the defendant; next, did the plaintiff know
the horse was unsound when he sold it. Jr Spinks con-
ducted himself fraudulently in the sale, and Bardell was
induced to purchase the horse by such fraudulent repre-
sentation, then the contract would be void, and the pro-
perty in the horse never passed to Mr. Bardell and never
was his horse.
The jury consulted together for above half an hour in
the box, but could not agree, and they at last withdrew
to consider their verdict.
The jury, at a late hour came into Court, and by their
Foreman announced—that with reference to Lord Den-
man's first question' they were of opinion that the false
renresentations alluded to therein were made by the
plaintiff; but they were not agreed that the defendant in
making the purchase of the horse was influenced there-
by; and, with refercnc to the second question, they did
not find that the plaintiff knew of the horse's unsound-
ness at the time that the sale of the horse to defendant
took place.
In effect, therefore, the verdict is for the plaintiff.
December 19.
:.*;PINKS BARBELL.
In this case, which wa; reported in our late edition of
yesterday, the verdict was entered for the plaintiff. The
finding was tantamount to a verdict for both the plaintiff
and defendant, as the jury found for the plaintiff on one
count and for the defendant on another—but the verdict
was so entered.
ELMSLIE V. BAXTER AND OTHERS.—THE MSG AND
REIGATE RAILWAY.
Mr. Crowder, Q C., was for the plaintiff, and Mr.
Sergeant Allen for the defendant
This was an action to recover 110/, being the balance
of an account for work and labour rendered by the
plaintiff to the defendants under the following circum-
stances :—The plaintiff is a civil engineer, at
present engaged under the Government upon ord-
nance surveys, and in the autumn of last year
he was engaged as the engineer of the Tring and
Reigate Railway. The defendants, Messrs. Baxter,
Dixon, and Co., were the solicitors to the company,
which was only projected six weeks before the memor-
able 30th of November, but finding they could not com-
plete the reference-books by that day, they called the aid
of the plaintiff into requisition, and he and a stiff of 12
assistants were engaged for some days before the 30th
in making eight copies; the company were, therefore,
enabled to deposit the plans by the proper time, but as
the " panic" had made speculators fearful, and money,
consequently, " tight," the project fell to the ground, in
consequence of its promoters not being able to deposit
the requisite amount. The plaintiff and his assistants
were engaged almost night and day upon the
work. The assistants were employed at the
office of the plaintiff, in Abingdon-striet, and
were boarded by him during the period. Ile
charged 2/. 2s. per day per man, a small sum the Learned
Counsel said, considering the t'me and the great diffi •
culty experienced in getting persons to perform the
work. Ile charged 1-171., but the defendants had charged
the company 4604 for the work. He had received 301.
and 40/. had been paid into court, thus reducing the
claim to 70/. The defendants denied the liability beyond
the above amount.
The defence was that the charge was exorbi ant, and
that the plaintiff had charged for the work in a bill sent
in by him to the committee of management. Even-
tually the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for 50/.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 19.
In this cause, BA.RNARD v. C 01.1.9.
Attorney-General, Mr, which wiaila part heard yesterday, the
rtin, and Mr. Cleasby ap-
peared for the plaintiff ;Mr. M. Chambers and Mr.
Bramwell for the defendant.
This was an action in which the plaintiff sought to re-
cover the sum of 457/., alleged to be due under the fol-
lowing circumstances :
It appeared that the defendant was formerly the
proprietor of the Rainbow Tavern, Fleet-street, which
was subsequently taken by Mr. Isaac Argent, who was,
prior to that, a waiter at the tavern. This person con-
a.Vi ;(j usiness of the tavern for several years, until,
• 44, he became a bankrupt The plaintiff
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LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF CHANCERY, Dec. 19.
The Lord Chancellor sat in the Old Hall, Lincoln's
Inn, to•day.
BREYNTON V. THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN

This case came before his Lordship by special per-
to day for the purp .se of discharging an order
made by his Lordship the Master of the Rolls, a few
days since, by which he dissolved an injunction obtained
ex-parte by the plaintiff restraining the London and
North-Western Railway Company from lowering the
turnpike•road at a particular part, and taking the railway
over it, and also ordered the plaintiff to pay the costs of
a motion of which he had given notice to extend the
injunction. The facts of the case out of which
this appeal from the judgment of the Master of the Rolls
arose may be thus stated :—An
.Act of Parliament
having passed for the making of a railway from Stafford
to Rugby, the railway was commenced. The name by
which it was usually denominated was the Trent Valley
Railway ; but being afterwards purchased by the Lon-
don and Birmingham Railway Company, it now goes
by the name of the London and North Western Railway.
The plaintiff, William Breynton, being in possession of
three acres of land, used for brick-making, in the pa-
rish of Armitage, on the line of the railway, the com-
pany required about a rood and thirty•eight perches
thereof for the purposes of the railway : and on the 26th
of July last they entered into au agreement with him for
the purchase thereof, and the price of the land, as well
as compensation for severance and all other damages
settled by arbitration. By the agreement the lands were
stated to be purchased by the company for the purpose
of constructing their railway according to the plans and
sections representing the manner in which it was to be
constructed. After crossing the plaintiff's ground, the
railway had to cross an old turnpike road, and then it
entered on land belonging to one William Robinson,
with whom the company had on the 30th of Jnne last
agreed for the purchase of so much of his land as they
required for 701., if they should make the road pass
under the railway, and not raise it up so as to cross the
railway on a level with it; but if they took the latter
course, he said he would not take less than 1001. The
company resolved upon sinking the road so as to pass
below the railway. By the Railway Clauses Consolida-
tion Act, no line of railway can be constructed, so as
that any road may cross it on a level with it, unless the
special Act contains an express enactment to the con-
trary. In this ease there was such a clause in the
special Act. It appeared that the plaintiff bad himself
bean desirous of having the road to pass under the rail-
way, and made affidavits to that effect. However, he
was now dissatisfied, and wished the Company to make
the road pass the railway on a level, as was origin2lly
intended. They refused, and in September last he filed
his bill for a specific performance of his agreement, and
the very next day he moved for an injunction, which was
granted, with leave to apply in four or five days. The
injunction was to restrain the Company, their agents,
servants, and workmen from lowering or excavating the
carriage road so as to interfere with or affect the plain-
tiff's land in any manner inconsistent with the provisions
of the Trent Valley Railway Act of Parliament, or the
plans or sections therein referred to, or the agreement of
the 26th of July, 1846, in the planitiff's bill mentioned.
The plaintiff having moved to extend the injunction,
the defendants moved to dissolve it; and both motions
came cn to be heard. The motion to dissolve
was heard first, inasmuch as, if it was suc-
cessful, the plaintiff would then have no locus standi.
The Master of the Rolls took lime to consider his judg-
ment, and in a few days his Lordship pronounced the
order that was now sought to be discharged.
Mr. Cooper and Mr. Cooke were for the appellant ;
and Mr. Bethel!, Mr. Follett, and Mr. Bazalgette ap
pared to support the decision of the Court below.
The LORD CHANCELLOR, without calling upon the
Counsel fur the respondents to address the Court, gave
judgment, refusing to grant the injunction, and thereby
affirming the decision of the Court below with costs.

The further arguments in this part heard appcal oc
cupied his Lordship the remainder of the morning.

The VICE-CHANCELLOR Of ENGLAND, 011 taking his
seat this morning, stated that Mr. Snow, the plaintiff in
the cause of Snow v. 1011, had occasionally favoured him
by sending affidavits of letters from Brussels. Yesterday
o❑ leaving the Court, he found a printed letter from the
same individual, in which he talked about the fraud, con-
spiracy, and corruption of the bar, and in which also a
statement was made that certain persons, among whom
he (the Vice-Chancellor) was one, were directors of a
society which was called " The Legal Insurance So-
ciety." Now, he begged to state that he had never had
anything to do with that society, but as the letter was a
libel on the bar, he thought he could not do better than
make them a present of it. His Honour then handed
the letter down to the registrar for the bar, to make such
use of it as they might think fit.
Mr. BETHELL observed that the Court would recollect
that Mr. Snow was unfortunately connected with that
wicked scheme, called " The West Middlesex Insurance
Company."

- (Before Vice• Chancellor Sir J. K. BRUCE).
WORTH V. WILSON.
This was a motion on the part of the plaintiff for the
production in Court and restoration to her custody, of
three of her infant children, who had been abducted by
the defendant, who was their maternal grandmother. It
appearM that the father and mother of these children
had, for two months before his demise, frequented a
Roman Catholic chapel, from which it seems that the
defendant, who was a Protestant, was apprehensive that
they would be brought up as Roman Catholics, and
upon the occasion of their being on a visit with her at
Hastings she removed them secretly to London, where
they now reside. A habeas corpus was granted, which
had been served upon the sersant of the defendant,
at her residence in Portland place, London, she refusing
to appear. It was contended in support of the motion,
that as there were no testamentary guardians, the Court
could not refuse the application.
It being stated on the part of the defendant, that it was
her intention to present a petition on the suit,
His HONOUR directed the case to remain over till Mon-
day, stating at the same time that he would hold those
who had the children in their possession, answerable for
their production when such was ordered by the Court.