SCOTLAND.
The Glasgow Citizen mentions a rumour in a somewhat influential quarter that Lord Palmerston has lien spoken of as a willing and probable candidate for that city.
The Paisley Town-Council have recently introduced a secret system of voting. Each member writes his vote on a slip of paper, which is handed to the clerk, and after being recorded destroyed. [Town-Coun- cillors have no right to vote in secret ; like Members of the House of Commons, they represent constituents ; who are entitled to know their every representative act.]
We learn that the principal iron-founders of Glasgow have commenced paying their workmen on Wednesday at two o'clock instead of Saturday, and that the expectations of the humane and patriotic masters have been more than realized. The workmen returned after dinner, almost in every instance, leaving their wages behind them with their families; who have now leisure and daylight to seek for the cheapest markets, and spend the money to the best advantage.—Glasgow Herald.
The Edinburgh new slaughterhouses will be ready at Whitsuntide; after which time no cattle can be slaughtered elsewhere within the bounds of-the Police, or a mile beyond them.
The storm in the North of Scotland appears to have completely closed the roads over a large district. It was not till last Saturday that they blew at Dundee what had happened at Inverness on the Wednesday, and what had happened further beyond for eight or nine days previously. The Inverness Courier states, that at Inverness on Wednesday, no coach had been on the road since the preceding Thursday. The Courier said—" The wreaths of snow appear to have been tremendous. That which effectually prevented the further passage of the coach from Perth to Inverness was at least thirty feet deep, and the whole country was buried under a mass of snow of great depth. The passengers returned to Perth, whence some proceeded by the mail-train of Sunday morning. It was then blowing a heavy gale with drifting snow, and very few ventured to travel by the trani. In the course of the journey, from the depth of the snow, it was found necessary to abandon the carriages, and the mails and the few pas- sengers were placed in the tender of the engine which, by returning occa- sionally to gather impetus, and then charging through accumulations of drift, succeeded in forcing a passage to Aberdeen on Sunday afternoon, after a very severe struggle. All the mails of Thursday Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, were carried back to Perth to be despatched by way of Aberdeen. The snow on the Highland road all along from Daviot, near Inverness, to Blair Atholl, is believed to be about six feet in depth ; a mass which it will be impossible to cut so as to permit the passage of horses or wheeled vehicles. We need not, therefore, expect to see the Highland road open until a thaw comes. The roads :are now passable for light vehicles along the Aberdeen road as far as Fochabers, and a strong force has been set to work to open the line all the way to Aberdeen. An attempt was made on Wednesday night to get the coach through; it left Inverness at half-past five, drawn by six horses and carried the mails for England and the South generally. The North road was open today for light carriages as far as Golsree, and it is ex- pected that a coach will get through tomorrow as far as Tain. The men are busily engaged in cutting the road."
In Caithness the fall has been severe. "Near Carr Bridge some of the wreaths over which the horses were ridden were fully sixteen feet in depth, but the snow was quite hard. Between Carr Bridge and Aviemore there was comparatively little snow ; but between Aviemore and Kingussie it was found very heavy, increasing near the latter village."
Many fatal incidents are chronicled. Menzies of Strathbrann came on Friday to Crief, to visit a son and transact business. The son remonstrated with his father against returning that day, in consequence of the severity of the storm ; but without effect. He set off for home, and his son ac- companied him a mile above Gilmerton. As, however, he did not make his aPpearance at night, his family were alarmed, and next day a search was made for him. A bundle was found about the middle of the Sma' Glen, which was recognized as his. This made the parties persevere in their search; which they did all that day and the next, (Saturday,) but with no success. On'Sunday they renewed their exertions, with a number of men and their dogs ; and, after a considerable amount of labour, his body was discovered by a dog, in a deep wreath of snow, near the Bridge of Newton." "At Killin, on the morning of Friday, Alexander Cameron shepherd to Mr. //Tee, Glenlocay, was found dead in the sheep-fank. Cameron, had been at a late- wake all the night of Wednesday ; from which he went to the hill on Thurs- day morning, intending to return to the funeral but in attempting to drive Ills flock to a place of safety, he had fallen a victim to the severity of the storm. His faithful collies remained two days beside the dead body." "From fifty to sixty fine sheep, belonging to the Dowager Duchess of Gor- don, were smothered in the snow on Friday night, on a turnip field, on the farm of Tullich, in Morthich."
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