The Express.
London, England, 1867-01-15 00:00:00

THE WEATHER AND THE PARKS.

The frost on Sunday night and yesterday was
very severe. During the whole of the night, and up to
9 o'clock yesterday morning, the thermometer outside the
Receiving-hones in Hyde-park stood at 13 deg. only, but
between the hours of 9 and 12 it had advanced to _oo deg.
It again fell in the afternoon, until at 5 o'clock last night
it wa. again down to 'a, deg., and was still failim, be-
tokening another severe night of frost. In the early
portion of yesterday morning a thick yellow fog hung
.ner the itietropolisAeing extremely dement the East-end.
Ry noon, however, the fog had pretty well cleared away,
but no portion of the day was so fine and clear as on
Sunday.
In the Regent's-park about 3,000 persons were on the
ice during the day, and a large and fashionable concourse
of epectators were present. The members of the Skating
Club, both ladies and gentlemen, mustered very strongly.
About two o'clock, at which hour there were nearly 2,000
persons on the ice, an alarm was given that some gentle-
men had fallen in. A rush took place towards the spot
from whence the cries for help came, and the consequence
was the giving way of the ire in all directions, and no fewer
than 21 persons were struggling in the water at one time.
The excitement of the spectators was intense, it being
known that the water at that spot was very deep. The
icemen promptly came to the rescue with their lines, poles,
and wicker boats, and several of them, who were provided
with cork jackets, at once jump, d into the water. In about
five minutes they had 101,000410 i in rescuing the whole of
the 21 persons from their perilous position, one only of
whom required medical assistance, but it was several
minutes before he was restored to con,ciousness. With the
• xception of injuries from falls, no other accident of im-
portance occurred in shispark during the day.
On the Long Water and Round Poml in Kensington;
gardens the ice was very fine, especially on the former,
and fully 5,000 pnsons were on them during the
day, including a large number of ladies and gentlemen of
the Skating Club, who have two spacious tents erected in
the gardens, replete with every convenience and accommo-
dation. A few immersions cud falls took place, but new
of any serious consequence.
The Serpentine was entirely frown over, but from the
Receiving-house westward the ice was not more than
half an inch ii. thickness, and the park keepers and lemma
prevented any person from going upon it, although
several persons were foolhardy enough to deal'', to do so.
At the eastern end, near the Albert-bridge, the ice was
tolerably safe, and several hundreds were upon it during
the day. About o'clock in the afternoon an elderly
gentleman named Mr. James Harrison, of 12, Portsdown-
terrace, Kilburn, had a narrow escape from drowning. He
was skating very rapidly, and the momentum carried him
over the rope laid down where the ice became dangenms.
In a second be fell through into nine feet of water ;
his shouts for help soon brought some of the icemen to the
spot, but several minutes elapsed before any effectual aid
could be rendered him, and he was at last got out in an
exhausted state, and cannel into the Receiving-house,
where he was placed in bed, and attended to by Dr.
Christian. It was not until a late hour in the evening
that he was sufficiently recovered to go home. One
of the icemen, named James Taylor, also narrowly
escaped drowning while attempting to rescue Mr. Har-
rison, having fallen through the me into deep. water. In
addition' to the above, seven cases of severe Injury from
falls were brought into the Receiving-house and attended
to. In one of these cases the skate had twisted round
the foot of the wearer, and indicted a deep incised wound
just above the ankle. The wound was dressed and the
injured gentleman went home in • cab, having previously
deposited a sum of money in the charitable box of the
Humane Society on the premises. It is worthy of re-
mark that notwithstanding the intense cold. Mr. Williams,
of the Receiving-house, reports 111 persons as having
bathed in the Serpentine yesterday morning, and that there
is not a morning throughout the winter, however cold,
but there are from 10 to 17, bathers.

On the water in the inclosure of St. James's-park the
ice was generally very strong. and many thousands
of skaters and sliders were upon it from an early hoar in
the morning until dusk. Numerous immersions took
place, and some severe injuries (ruin falls occurred, but not
one of a fatal character. The shove cases were all taken
to the Humane Society's tent, and those requiring it were
promptly attended to by Dr. M`Cann.
The Humane Society have 37 icemen on duty in the
parks during the frost, some of whom are on duty all
night, andtheactiveand indefatigablesecretary, Mr. Lamb-
ton Young, makes a daily round of all the parks, to see
that the duty is properly performed.
The Battersea and Wictoria-parks waters, as well as the
ponds on Hampstead-heath and Clapham-common, and the
lakes at the Crystal Palace, were all largely patronised by
the lovers of skating.
Great masses of ice were yesterday floating up and down
with the tide in the river Thames, and the traffic through
the bridges, especially at Blaekfriars, was extremely dan-
gerous.

MORE SHIPPING DISASTERS AND LOSS OP
LIFE.

LIVERPOOL, Mownsy.

Additions still continue to be made to the already
long and melancholy list of shipping disasters caused by
the late heavy storms of wind and snow. The Glantuire,
which sailed hence a few days since, is ut Beaumaria
damaged ; the Alice Grey is reported to have been abandoned
at sea ; the Guildford, bound to Adelaide, is at Cowes,
leaky ; the Carmenita, bound from Matanzas to the
Clyde, is at Vigo. leaky ; the Australasian (as.), hence to
New York, was detained two days in Tower Bay, owing
to a heavy storm ; the Mary Ann, front Newcastle for
Dublin, was totally lost on the 9th Instant off Islay : the
crew were saved. A schooner laden with pig iron has
been towed into Holyhead ; the name of the vessel and the
face o! the crew are unknown. The Enchantress,
front Odessa for Falmouth for orders, has foundered
off Penzance. The Centel (as.), hence for Cadiz, is
ashore near Huelva. The description of the boat washed
ashore at St. Agnes answers to that of the steamer
Tiger, of this port, which left Bayonne on or shout the
4th instant. The Paolino, front the Clyde for I: rums,
could not be the name of the vessel lost off Strangford Pier,
as has been supposed. The Paolina only left the tail
of the bank on the morning of the 9th. The Harriet,
from Bari for the Mersey, was totally wrecked on the 6th
inst. 20 miles from Brindisi. 300 casks of oil have been
saved. The Scotland, from Frederickstadt for the Thames,
is a total wreck near Thisted. Part of her cargo (deals)
has been saved. The Huron, from Cardenas for New
York, was totally wrecked on the 3rd instant on Long
Island. The William Fenwick, which sailed ou Saturday
for St. John's, took the Little Bubo bank the 'same day,
but got off, and returned Leek to port last night. The fol-
lowing is the report of Captain Shaw, of the Ann, hence
for Gaboon (Africa) :—" A.t noon, Jan. 6th, Old Head of
Kinsale bearing N. sV., 35 miles, saw a ship dismsated,
and signals of distress flying. Found her to be the King.
atop, of Liverpool, for Calcutta, cargo salt, I,MI tons, in
a sinking condition, the captain killed by the falling of
mast, and several of the crew disabled. The chief mate
requests. dme to lay by him for the night, and I agreed to
do so. At 4 p.m. the signals of distress were repeated ;
again bore down upon her ; mate requested me to take
them ou board, which I did, and had them with me from
the 6th until the I Ith, when I landed them at Queens-
town." The barometer here on Sunday at 4 p.m. showed
29.54 ; at midnigat, 211,0 ; and at 4 a.m. today 29.6 d.

LIVLRPOOL, MosnLy Evvasc.

A telegram received here this evening states that the
cargo of Iron with which the ship was laden that went down
otf ritrangfonl Pier on the 9th bears the Eglincrion brand.
This will no doubt lead to the identity of the ilbfated
ship and her unfortunate crew, all of whom have perished.
A telegram, dated Alexandria, January 10, states that
the ship id:minis of Bute, bound to England with cargo of
cotton seed, was totally wrecked outside the harbour of
Alexandria. Nothing is said of the crew.