The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-03 00:00:00

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HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Friday.
The Prince of Wales, accompanied by prince
Alfred and the Prince of Leiningen, and attended
by Lieut.-Colonel Keppel and Lieut. Haig, arrived
at the Castle from Marlborough House at 12 o'clock
to-day, to be present at the funeral of the Jate
Colonel the Hon. Sir C. B. Phipps, Keeper of her
Majesty's Privy Purse, which took place in St'
George's Chapel.

Major-General Seymour,
_Equerry in IVaitingi
attended on behalf of her Majesty, and Colonel
Purves and Colonel Tyrwhitt on behalf of their
Royal Highnesses the Duchess and the Duke of
Cambridge.

The Prince of Wales returned to London in the
afternoon.

The Princess of Wales took a carriage dri"
yesterday.

Their Serene Highnesses Prince and Princess
Hohenlohe Langenburg have arrived at Brown's
Hotel.

His Excellency Baron de Penedo has left the
Brazilian Legation, at Cavendish-square to join the
baroness and family at Paris.
Lady Julia Lockwood, Mr. and Mrs. Henri Lock-
wood, and Miss Bonar have left the Alexandra
Hotel, Hyde-park-corner, for Barcombe,
South Devon. Paignton /

Lady Macdonald Lockhart and Mr. and sirs'
Macdonald Lockhart have arrived at Farrande
Hotel from Lee Castle, near Lanark.
We have to announce the sudden death of Mr.
Spencer Compton, registrar of the Supreme Court
at Bombay, on the 15th ult. He was the eldest
son of the late Sir Herbert Compton, chief justice
of that presidency.

The Snow Storm in Scotland.

(From the Scotsman.)
The snow which had ceased falling in Edinburgh
on Wednesday afternoon, again came on early Yee'
terday morning, and continued falling for some
time. Although the wind was from the north and
north-east, the snow-storm seemed to be coming
from the south, and since Monday it had progressed
over Badcnoch, Strathspey, and Strathdearn, up to
Inverness. The fall of snow has been very consi-
derable on the high grounds, drifting in some parts
to several feet, and necessitating along the line e""
the Highland Railway the use of the snow-plough'
which, however, has worked most admirably. The
fall of snow was slight in Clackmannanshire and all
along the east coast in comparison with that exPe"
rienced farther up the country. All the trains ell,
the Highland Railway were more or less detained
by the snow-drifts, although men were engaged in
cutting the snow where it was too deep for the ope-
rations of the plough. In some of the more exposed
parts of the Highland Railway the drifts reached to
a depth of 18 or 20 feet. A correspondent who WO
travelling northwards on Wednesday, says that be
saw a man, with a shovel over his shoulder, leading
a horse laden with hay. Upon inquiry, he found
that the man was conveying the hay to his farm in
order to keep his cattle from starving. Both rose
and beast had experienced great difficulty in getting
along the road, the guide being often compelled t,°
cut a path in the turnpike road for himself and his
horse. Our correspondent adds that should the
storm which had come on so unexpectedly be of long
duration, the owners of cattle and small farmers in
the higher districts would suffer much owing to the
scarcity of fodder this spring. On Wednesday 3
goods train, which had no snow-plough attached to
it, fairly stuck on its way north, and after fruitless
attempts to push onwards, had at last to be dug out
of the drift. The snow fences, erected since the
great snow-storm in February, 1865, at the more
exposed part of the Highland Railway, have proved
of great service this winter in breaking the force
of the storm—preventing much of the snow
from drifting in upon the line. The parts where the
drifts were heaviest were at Blair-Athole and Boat
of Insch. Even with the powerful assistance of the
snow-plough, several of the trains were brought to
a standstill ; while the 12.40 a.m. train from Inver-
ness stuck in an immense drift about a mile from
Dalwhinnie station. The train which left Perth at
1.50 arrived at Dalwhinnie station, but owing to
the accident above narrated could not go on. ,
large number of workmen were despatched to assist
in digging out the train ; and after working for tSP
two hours the train was at last dragged to P.
whinnie station. Both the north and south trains
had been delayed for 3i hours. An attempt we,,_
then made to proceed on their journeys, but bot.a,
failed. The north train stuck in the snow at the
beyond Dalwhinnie, and the south train in the drillie
which had proved such a stumbling-block to the
north train a short time previous. Several iunsuc-
cessful attempts were made by the officials of bet,
trains to proceed, and it was at last decided to all"
them to remain snowed up for the night.
A
p.m. the passengers prepared to leave the traibn:u: 9
It
stay over the inclement night at Dalwhinnie.
sit
was, however, anything but a pleasant or an eat;
matter for the passengers, unprepared for such
journey, to walk through such a depth of snow to
they did not know what inconveniences. indeed
the•
many of the passengers preferred remaining in
carriages to plunging headlong through five or 5
feet of snow ; but after some persuasion on the Part
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at
of the officials, those who remained behind to tat
comfort of the snowed-up carriages, proceeded
last to pilot their way to the inn at Dalwhinnie.
A.
The whole of the passengers were lodged ill P3A.
whinnie during the night at the expense of the re
way company. Yesterday morning great and osuc-
cessful efforts were made to extricate the trains fr,
the snow, and they were at last enabled to proceed "
10.11 and 10 a.m.. respectively. The greatest depth
of snow was between Dalwhinnie and DalnasPau
and Dalwhinnie and Sturan. A Frazerburg.
correspondent says that the fall of snow in that dig
trict has reached a depth of eight or ten inches,
ee
though the showers of the beginning of the
Places
the as soon as they fell. In the country Pceo
le
the drifts and wreaths were three and four feetdeel3'
At Dunbar the snow is lying six inches deep, but 111
the country roads and along the hedges it has drifted
to a depth of three and four feet. A Galaslll'
correspondent sends a similar report. ll:

Patti has signed her engagement of three ra°ll6"e
with the St. Petersburgh Opera. She is to have £.}oo Pet
night—that is £lO,OOO for her three months' stay in

capital.
farmers may learn from Russian
American serfs
how to store their corn in safety. In Russia apa is dug©
the ground, in a well-drained place, and the sides hardeu°,
by a long exposure to fire. Before the grain is introduce);
straw is ignited in the pit to purify and dry the air.
grain is thrown in and packed close. It is said to have be
Npreewse
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rinimArestmhiiieEsraiwtesaaryi 40 years, ;without deterioration'''.
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and represents John Bull as an organ-grinder, his io)tru;
moat labelled "London Times," on which he is Pl3Y.n'i
apparently with great delight, such airs as Andy is VI
" Grant is the Boy for bewitching is
"Hail Columbia." He is in front of Uncle Sams house,
the master of which, stopping his ears with his hands 7/:
pears at the window, and thus expresses himself :—"
that old rascal ; I could bear his impudence, but his cusse
toadyism is more than I can stand."—Landed I?eviete.
TIIE LATE ABRAHAM LINCOLN.—To the Awer a
can and British admirers of that great, good, and inart)lc•t
benefactor of his country, and, we may add, the world, 1_
must be a matter of satisfaction to know that the Amerias:
Numismatic ar.d Archeological Society have complete
commemoration modal, which is certainly the finest sPec,,,
men of medalic art yet produced in America. It is in bronztic
31. inches in diameter. As only a limited number aro slru.)Co
off, we recommend an early application to be made
English Agents, Messrs. Stevens, Brothers, 17, llenriet:',
street, Covent-garden. If the price were ten guineaseria
stead of one, wo hesitate not to say hundreds w
gladly secure a memento of the late lamented Preside
entof
Dr. Jackson Bolton, a prominent PhYSiCiagjlottie
New York, died in Berlin on the 17th instant. '
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tyeenadresdsinocveehrebhisa,dwahsotlreokseysotfemp,aralysis, which finallY
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leaves a wife and son (the latter is caattteisnindignghtihsetailPitl
of Berlin).