The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-09 00:00:00

SNOW STORM IN THE NORTH.

(From the Inverness Courier.).
The first decided brush of winter weather in this 't
was experienced on Mondajibemillosewk, when a heavy fall oerf
snowoec
occasional
i tookonal
showersplace,
completely
ienn vweiltohp iun
unusual
ul theal
Frostgrounds
succeeded,
with
d
until Thursday evening, when
severity. It snowed with very
little intermission until Mondayaml cold in
and since then
spite of of a pretty
we have had intense frost
change has taken
all dripping, and theo placerota-pose go
uws
oe-sttoeir)lsyaro breeze.nn w tsthreonh
to day ;
slip-
pers that walking on them is dangerous.
has been stopped, and out-door recreations have been work
re-
sumed. The curling club havehad two days' capital sport
sport
at their pond at Tomnahurich. In that neighbourhood
observations have been made as to the intensity of the
cold. On Monday, at 11 p.m., the thermometer stood at
20 deg. of Fahrenheit; on Tuesday morning, at 8 a.m., it
rose to 27 dog., falling at night again to 20 deg. This
night it continued bitterly cold, and at eight o'clock in the
morning the thermometer stood as low as 14 deg. Fahren-
heit.
Tho mails have all been irregular. The Defiance brought
only the Aberdeen mail on Saturday, and there was no
mail from the south on Friday night till Tuesday morn-
ing. The stoppage was chiefly south of Aberdeen, but be-
tween Forres and Elgin the Inverness mail suffered serious
impediment on the night of Saturday. There was a high
wind, and the snow was driven in a very alarming manner.
On several occasions the guard and passengers had to de-
scend and to push on the cow/ from behind. On the rail-
way beyond Aberdeen a force of 34 men wore employed
for 20 hours in cutting a passage for the railway, and the
train on Monday morning going south carried with it an
additional force of a score of men armed with spades to
clear the way. The snow was about six feet deep on the
line. The Deeside and Old Meldrum Railways expe-
rienced similar detentions.

Two deaths are reported. The first victim was a woman
named Janet Gould. She was overcome by the storm, and
had probably fallen into a ditch, near the farm of Balfif=ll,
Aberdeenshire, where she was found on Sunday morning
dead. Her husband is a poor invalid. Two men who passed
her on Saturday near the ditch declared themselves to have
been so much exhausted that they could do no more than
roll her shawl about her and put up her umbrella. They have
been examined by the authorities on the point why they did
not give information at the neighbouring farm-house, where
assistance could have easily been procured. We observe,
from the Prechin Advertiser, that a young man, named Ro-
bertson, an apprentice to a plumber in Montrose, was found
frozen to death between Friday night and Saturday morning
at the Bents near the shore. In this neighbourhood no casu-
alty has yet been reported. The Highland mail, between In •
verness and Perth, which commenced to run on the Ist
inst., has been wonderfully regular, and the North mail,
although experiencing great difficulty in forcing its way
through Borne places—the mails having been carried on
horseback from Thurso to Kintradwell—has managed to
keep pretty near its time. The latest arrival from the
north was only three hours and a half behind time.

A letter dated Naples, Nov. 22, says, Vesuvius last
night was blazing away in great force.
Anew halfpenny
renoy in Nova Scotia, which strikes us as deserving a
has been issued by the Mint for cur-
word of commendation. It is we believe, the first coin
ever issued by this Government in bronze, which is not
only harder, and therefore capable of receiving a sharper
impression, but preserves its colour better than pure cop-
per. The Queen's head is pleasing, after the Wyon
reo.lel, but the reverse is a native flower, graceful and
characteristic. A specimen has also been struck of the
which is intended to be canf.ry,d "For Arctic
Di,„"ri.js." Here again we hare sn-inng of novelty.
Thu medal an octagon, and ty)t an oval. It bears on
the obverse the head of her Majelity, with "
Victoria
Regina," and on the reverse a Ship stuck fast between
icebergs, with, on the foreground, a sledging party just
about to start, and " 1818-1855."—Athenctunr.
ANOTHER ATTEMPTED HIGHWAY ROBBERY.— On Fri-
day evening, as a young gentleman of the name of Bate-
man, residing in Islington, was on his way home, whilst
passing along the New-road he was accosted by a man
who demanded his purse ; but the gentleman, being per•
haps on his guard from having heard footsteps closely
behind him for some distance, replied to the fellow's de-
mand by dealing him a smart, unexpected blow from a
stout umbrella, which caused him to fall to the ground.
A scuffle then ensued, and the gentleman succeeded
in wresting a formidable stick from the villain's hand,
but upon some persons approaching the fellow hastily
retreated, and unfortunately effected his escape. 'lbe
police are in possession of the stick, which is 1-
r waded with lead,

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