The Express.
London, England, 1865-01-23 00:00:00

THE WEATHER AND THE TAMS.

The thick fog which s;ureloped the metropolis
and its seharhe during the whole of laterday. to
tM great Madams a bushiest and the tacos-
maim*" at all those whose oceopaticias celled them
oat et doom, towards the evaieg grew mere lateen., esti&
ist six o'clock all ear
loemnot beams If sot hopes-
*this extremely &agoras, sad that at pesteetriane very
&Meat With very few exemptions the omnibuses* owed
nee* sad the gibe were taken home by the drivers. Oa
the rilienizef the theatres the scarcity of ceb actocamode-
Um ea a ousiderable amount of incoomairrear, sod
the very few is attar/saes were at • high preemlems, the
driven making their own terms. is the poorer districts of
the metropolis, where the ausesities el the talithileate
°panelled them to =eke their armal Saturday marketing'
several Telly ludicrous eases °waned sad awkward corn.,
Mae took place, mad a large number of petty rebberiet were
committed, both from the ppm sod from the provisoes
shops. Soon after twelve o'clock the fog bops pedant
to clear away, and the early morning me us with
a hard frost. The thermometer at Hydrpark Ite-
Mein-home stood en Saturday morning at 25, at
aeon 30, sad at mideight 21, or 9 deg. below homing point.
Yesterday morales the police received laformatice at King
David-lase statics, Modwell, that three seamen had bus
mimed from Usk respective ships. It meats that they
mitered the docks late ea Saturday sundae to go as boar
and the fog being extremely deem at the time they mimed
Wok w 27 i it in summed that they by some memo milked
into the water 'ad were droweed. Much was yesterday
mode with the drags, bat the bodies had sot been dimmed.
The cap of one of the men was fouled se the quay sear the
ShadweU mimics of the docks. A fatal accidmteocurred off
the "stream of the Victoria. Docks, Plaistow, whereby& man
named Duals M'Oarthy, &bargeman, lost his life. It appears
that the deceased wee engaged in ..na Mtge, whim
be came in collisioa with a larger vessel, which memo
be boll off the vowels into the water, before mist-
moo could be rendered the body of deceased was carried away
with the tide. Several very serious oollisioos occurred is the
Mile-end read among the various vehicles travelling to and
from the metropolis, bat no fatal aceideota were reported.
Mart of the wales on the various Mee at railway were be-
hind time durieg the day sad evening, add the same re-
marks apply to foreign steamers coolies inte this port
Yesterday morning set in clear and frosty, and se outianed
during the day. In the sfterooos the various parks were
crowded with people "'Sassily attracted there by the im-
pression that the waters would be frame maifideotly strong
to allow of the usual sports cc the see. This, however,
was sot the ease. Os the ornamental waters in the Re-
pot's-park the lee was about half as inch in thickness, and
a few person@ restored lima it for a short Mat but two or
three imatersiose taking place, it soca became cleared, this
practical warning appearing to be more efflucious than the
printed mikes posted about that " the is. was in a dm-
WOW state," or the advise of the Memo. Ia Kaudegtoa-
gardens, also, a few persons ventured upoo the les, bat
as homusioo or two soon cleared them off. The Serpentine
was entirely from° over, the ice being shoat half an tech
thick, but no one wee seen apse it daring the day,
the Melee, park-keepers, and the police on duty
strictly preventing any one who attempted to do so.
The water in the St. James's-park enclosure was
also eatirely frozen over, bet the icemen had taken the pre-
, caution to break the in sway along the edge of the book,
thus preventing soy some to it from the shore. At the
1 western end of the water, however, opposite Buckingham-
palace, about 50 lads and boys managed to lad their way on
, to the ice, being tempted thereto by the people bowling
oranges and lislipsoce on to it. In the scramble for these
• several immersions took place ; but as the water at this part
• is very shallow, nothiog serious occurred beyond the duck-
a iag. This, and the floundering about in the water in the
• struggle to regain the shore, appeared to afford infinite
damusement to thou who had thus thoughtlessly tempted
g the youogsten to piece themselves is so uncomfortable a
L position. The too ea the water in the Victoria-park was
if much stresser than oo that is the other parks, end • large
I. somber of persons were there essabhd to enjoy their
4 favourite pastimes of skating and slid*. This was also the
4 CON upon the mods scattered about in the suburbs at the
g. metropolis. In anticipation of the fog of Saturday eight
Ito continuing daring yesterday, the managers of the river
km steamboats had limed notices late in the evening that the
h. boats would not run on Sunday, and the various crews bad
he a holiday given to them.
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THE Mug DEE= KoIL—Up to. Saturday even-
Mg this condemeed culprit motioned to maintain his ipso-
°woe of the crime for which he was condemned. The in-
terview between him and his wife on Wednesday is de-
scribed as very distreseing, and Kohl during it west on his
knees and prayed fervently that she might receive the pro-
tection of the Almighty after his death. When the period
arrived for the final separatioc the young women fainted,
and was conveyed in that condition from the cell, and was
some time before she recovered 000scionsnese. The wipe%
°outlaws at times to exhibit a good deal of exigtemask
and at others a good deal of religions holier, and occupies
his time in writing hymns in German. Dr. Capp]] has
visited him, but his earnest appeals to him to tell truth
have had no Whet in id eciag a coofession.
Fla! IN THE Cm.—Yesterday morning tie in-
habitants of New-street, ilistioperate, were alarmed by •
fire breaking out is • newiperected bulkily' in the occu-
pation of Messrs. Cooper and Hoes, wool warehousemen.
Upon the arrivel of the firemen some thousand bales of
wool were found to be completely enveloped in dames. The
lower floors were not occupied, but the wool in the top
warehouses continued to burn for hours, and the fir* was sot
extinguished natal soon, sad not before property Muddv at •
great ems was destroyed. The origin of Me lire at pre-
sent unknown. The property destroyed, It is undeestood,
was hinted.
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