The Express.
London, England, 1860-12-27 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY IV EKING, DECEMBER 27, 1860.

-.THE WEATHER AND, PIS PAW

Yesterday upwards of
Hamam% wanes, sad
children were congregated uponbeen assias of the
Serpentine at one time, and wenuist se manlier were
emend members of the SksUscillse Sad non-oommiesiotrad
°Mows of the Coldstream and Moth Puffier Guards. The
of the latter %iie:ifth the fair sax, and
ssru"ps:tia in quadrille* se the ice, had a vary
treeugzict. Several exciting matches were gum
during the day for rums of money, and at nightfall
lighted flambeaux and coloured Ins were employed to
enliven the proceedings, and some wens of torch-bearers
were engaged in showing lights for the skaters to parse.
their evolution.. The ice In this park is 31 inches in thick-
ness, but owing to the Wry numbers who were upon it 11
persons were tripred and thrown down by the skaters, and
their heads cut. They were taken to the Royal Hwang
Society's receiving-house, sad that wounds were dread by
Mr. Superintendent Williams sad Mr. Young, the secretary.
Mr. John Cormoday, of 32, Kennarton-street, broke through
the ioe, but was rescued, and taken to the receiving-house,
where he had • warm bath and stimulants, and wan enabled
to return to his home. The Longwater in Kensington-
prides' had about 6,000 sliders and akatem upon the ice,
but no accidents occurred. On the Round Pond, Noosing-
tot-gardens, about 2,000 rooms slimed themselves, and
the banks were crowded with a large number of persons,
drawn together to witness the various evolutions. Ser-
pents and nude of nearly every deswiption were well cut
out, especially by the Lam A boy whilst on the
ice fell down, and had his leg broken. He was taken
to St. George's Hospital, when be at present remains in a
state of great suffering. In Si. James's-park the number of
sliders and skaters was about 000, and several immer-
sions took place during the day. Amonget the man
serious were :—Richard Bennett, of 9, Nag's Head-court,
City ; Edwin Clarke, of 3, TyWe.court, Soho ; Thos. Steed,
of 9, Wilson's-court, Gray's-inn-rod; James Thompson, of
44, Gloucester-street, Queen-square ; and John Mann, of
55, Eingsland-road. They were all attended to by Dr.
BiTmm, of Parliament-street, and were enabled to return
horns. The Regent's-park had about 10,000 upon the
and several persons were sereoualy injured by having their
heads cut open by being thrown down by skaters. The
worst accidents happppeened to Mr. H. Cooper, of Cuthbert-
hall-park ; Mr. Thom,. Frostennaa, of Lissou-strest,
Lisson-grove ; Mr. James Wall, of Weymouth-stint, Port-
land-place ; Mr. Geo. Read. of Kendall-house, Manchester
square ; and Mr. Geo. Brown, of 47, Shoe-lace. The ther-
mometer during Tuesday night was 27 der.; at 9 o'clock
yesterday morning it was at 27 degs., and at 6 o'clock
last night it stood at 30 degs. The barometer during
the day indexed 29.54, and the wind was north-east. The
ice in the Victoria-park, Crystal Panes, Hampstead-ponds,
Clapham-common, and other annuli* was reported lest
night to be tokrabl) secure, and great numbers went upon
the frozen surface, but one gentleman had his head frac-
tured by Wing on the ice at the Victoria-park.

Lab islttilisaut.
COURT OF QUEEN'S BBNCH.—Dsc. 26.

ailliage at Nisi Fria after Afiehaehttlil Term, is Loudon.
(Before the Lord Chief Juetioe sad Special Juries.)
lITOIES AND OTHERS L. THE EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY

COMPANY.

The trial of this case was resumed this morning at twelve
o'clock, and the wart was occupied all day with boor*
further evidence ow behalf of the comoauy. As, barowroc.
only two more witormas are to be called, it me, be hoped
that the came will be precluded tomorrow (Ws day) at •
ressoaably early how.