The Express.
London, England, 1854-01-03 00:00:00

TDB WEATHER AND 2.11 E PARE&

The weather yesterday was spin inteseely cold, I
sad several thousand perseas lecke! to the various parks
sad mead themselves by either dieting err eliding upon
Ibe Armen eaten, At sae time there were about 7,00
'bean apes the Sespeatiee, menet whom wove word
=a and gentleman' hams* to the Shaft Cleh.
slang veneer is Kesselnitea-gadene there IMO else a
nwebbee of the members of the ease dab, and about 3,000
MHO persona. The be in the mad pond was demeibed by
Mr. Ihsperiatimdeat Williams as being mesa inches thick.
sad the maw of pause wise went upon it were sheet
2,000. Between 6,000 and 7,000 were upon the entantental
waters In St. Jeutse's Park, and about an equal awake ea
the ice in the Repat's Park. The kw in the miens plates
of newt averaged hose el* bade to meow lashes is thish.
noes, bet owing to the vast numbers who Soaked to the
parks on Sunday, Mr. Williams was apprehensive that the
Pm in the flapentlas would become in charged with isealeed
air, that it might blow up. Men were thensfam employed
.daring the aternisig in digging " vest WSW so as to allow
the foul air to escape from the waters, by whisk expedient
the Le may new be said to be gaits Sim and safe. To
prevent persons from skating into the apertures thus made,
loud. marked dugongs " wore pat up; but with the
eaception of • few gentlemen who fell, or were run down
by the skaters, so accident occurred either is Hydeliark
Of Kensington-gardens. A young etas, however, fell upon
a sharp piece of be, which so cut kb underlay that it
was deemed expedient to have him removed to the hospital.
The thermometer at the Royal Society's Reosiving-hoses la
Hyde-park during Sunday sight stood at 26, tad it re-
sunned at the same during the earlier part of yesterday
winning. la the middle et the day the mercury rose as
higher *as 30, and at 6 o'clock in the evening it had
fallen again to 27, beteg only • two degrees higher
than it was in the saddled the previous night. The ba-
remotes Mood at the Reseiviathesise at UAL About
1 p.m. a remiarkaldy heavy fall of mew leek plass, and
lasted fir shoat half an hoar. The banks of the Serpeetine
have been mere crowded daring the last two days than at
any period daring the Great Exhibities. Mr. Chattier,
the lestotary of the Humane &misty, and deputy espoda-
testiest. Murphy. Chitty, tad Parsons, with the numeress
innate, were, daring the day, actively employed in ems
of nay _aecaleat of importance takieg plass Is
the different polka. Shield the prevent weather
aimless to the end of the week, there la little
doubt that the Themes will be hems over. At the
present time it b hardly possible for heavy Magee to he
navigated,. and tzevalliag by mesas of the showedisidge
steamers is &beset entirely easpeaded. The roods age iss-
weediest, slippery and extraordinarily dearness. The
wile In Wing driven Irani Smithfield Market were anti-
aeally falling. Is one ease no fewer them four eses bas
longing to one drove were down at sea. ArAbse fat
on beimg driven slime Pieeatilly, slipped ea the fee, and
was so much injured as to be suable to reseed say farther
for several howl.
The example of the authorities in the Chi ea MOM,
who have sassed earthed. of and to be laid daily es the
roads sad pavements d the principal thoroughfares, might
be generally followed throughout the metropolis with
beaeticial effect.

SNOW &roams tx TIII

• IO•s wallas-

saes of splendid winter weather (says the berenrse
Orrin of Thursday), we wen visited on Woodsy night
with a heavy fall of snow, which entinsed with little inter
Rheims till Wednesday morning. The effect was Mame&
rely visible In the anger:thee of the mails, for the wea-
ther being dry and frosty, with a pretty strong north vied.
the mow was drifted to a considerable intent. The Perth
road has been pretty clear as yet, and the mail arrived yes-
terday and today only about four hears behind the regales
time. Oa the Aberdeen road the storm has been Ron seri-
ously felt. Yesterday the mail der at d a.m. did not
arrive till mess than twelve hours after the time, and then
the bags were carried on horseback from Fangs. All
the rashes plying as this rood have bra stepped. The
mail going to Aberdeen yesterday cord got n• farther than
Nairn, the Star sorb stink in the Snow st Ardour, and
the Defiance, which left here as usual tide sneezing, tuned
trek after going three miles. From Aberdeen the mail
got se far as New-mills, near Penes. RON the paid was
obliged to leave it. All trace of the read was in nary
plane lost, and it wee everywhere inspirable thr a molder-
Re succeeded, by dint of perseverance and geed renege-
Cent, in carrying the mails safely ea ►orseback to Inver-
ness. The wind wee northerly and blew strong, and the
snow eousequently drifted about very math. About 100
men are surged at varier, palate clearing the road, and It
ie hoped, If the storm der not increase, that the combos
may be able to rearm the comaraierioa is a short
time. The north mail came I. hot sight very
little behind the usual hoer ; but it brought only
the bags from Taia, from which we son later that
the Ord of Cashiers and other pairs of the North
Road an impassable. The rearm arrived about
the anal time. A corrupeneleat at Elgin writes that that
district is saffering severely from a heavy fall of now, sad
that, iA easseqweans, all modes of esanyeaes ►ave berme
inertiv in their arrival, particularly from Inverses.. In
Fors', the storm was very severe sad pretreated. Yen
are out I. all Wrestler cutting the roads ; and should it
keep fair, they will be parable its a day or two. We may
state that the asernate from ether pans of the many are
penally to the same effect. Ia the aeighbourbood of
• Kelso the maw lay Ma inches deep on Wednesday ; and at
Newish it wee more than a foot in depth.—Baisersega
coercing.

WALllll.—Carmarilms, Sunday, Jen. 1, 2 p.m.—WWI
from the north. It In snowing herd, sad the snow kiln*/
boa 16 to 18 isehee deep.

Yesterday's Oaliparti says .—There were 'rot varia-
tions is tits thermosets of Paris yostorday. At mis lo the
sondes, it seskod 11 3.lotbs Slew sae of sestierads
(11f Fakresboit) ;at half-past Neves it stood ot 6 ostlers&
below sera (17.6 rem); at 10, at only $ senders& below
sere cal Fahr.) ; as boor alter the sold iseresood to 4
below sae ('4.8 Nis.); amid as abs is the suds, with a
heavy fall of sow, the therstossettor was st centigrade
shore sees (Sent 311 of Fehr.) Ths des 15... the &Se was
so strong yesterday, that subset of penes paned ever it
• woos who was skating rowdily la Ss lave baba of
ths Tailatie, and who was remarked fee his atal sad vla
aseidistally ketookod against waystiiag aid fell
Weimar & nis had attack violently pima tis sip of
etas baste. &se possum hastened to his assistsms hat he
was sable to speak, mad he was conveyed to tko hospital
beasjeis is as simians stale.

TSB MAIL STEAM PACIMT• VALETTA AND VECTIS
whine matey the liana sail hennas Muninos sad
Malta (spa eornepaaden) still keep ay their repotatioa
et bong tli• fasten stamen is the world. Their sped is
a marvel to envy eoe: The Valetta very nently treat op
Own Malta to Kamilla' against a iron gale sad head lea
is My. four hem, the dining hang 460 sailer. The
Mena nail packet left Malta 19 boon before her, sad
Insignia Mansilla 14 bean alter her. • few days after-
twee the Taints tat free Itarerilles to Chan, a dia-
betes MU@ wily 14g bum Anot the presegen
hen Mula by Ode are wee Mr. Thulium oret his
two dinglien heat vas Chita Totehla The tosser lad
a eerateill while is bond. Sear taineineeat wee hit ea
hoard the Teases et the trekpiea mwor, Most Moshe
lady, blued Plonsee, w e bane nt the geath-
ens who was lendag at with hie alendedisek la hie
head was the melee mita,. Whoa the Valetta @trivet
at Malta ft eres Mod
the that th
as
easy Maretihetsibt
MUM fee Illsegwall have
Woe tie- MI lea ft net beta he
the Miele( mime et 11. Mistteity attest ea eleeeeise
makes eV: to do as. The ends Iheaterly Asap
et the sadtti Mienillee eat ewe
presead te take ergo of It hem that
pert, eel the Adludrelty slime see edireed la esemegs•see
tievellitirla the Reeteinee mei Melts pasta.

Moan FralA—Daring Sunday night two Area
broke oat, ma at 2, Groareaor•row, Pisan°, bolJogiag to
Kr. 6. Kemp, disisg-besas proprietor; Led the other at
Maddlostiobill, the property of Mr. W. 'app. Wafture
Mohr. The nagines ef the Loathe Dried', With of Zug-
lend dice, perish, mad the from Mews. Prase', the wit-
sows, wen son is attesisser, bat both It.. wore attonded
with a erenthrahle lon of property. The anthiroro was
I Wound is the Globs sad British Empire Mutual Piro
Mee. The eight el both Ira D saksotra.
SIAM= . PzDD AT • DWIDAII32.—A large fire
treks oat as the BM la the within wiag of the thorny,
premien holosr the ilassal Distillery, Paisley. The
forties of the Wefts in which the fre isonosonood was
ansplail as • speak these MG kila, sad also as • ditty Ern
arid Meath wartheins. The the blamed wish great bril-
liaarh sod had the Ithseeiliamiesstret with the groat
ginseity dupla, amodsell the warthouths, As damage
washl have Ms taut . The tows aghast
taw osissost by than ham the betroths. The hair with
mompsded bye estsehthost of the smithery, who were
they isitussnostel Is thiglagorder sod watthiog overobj the
shay of the @pith errft_le Wee* whisk wee as eat of
seams aastrif 4 the Wale K a somber et the bystanders,
eine al with* Ist MOB in their seedy to carry
swag se moth es thy odd of the _seedy
bud. After
weed baste eseries dr In wee at ithtget soder. The
dame b atibistds2l.lo4lllNorth British
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