The Express.
London, England, 1860-12-20 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.

The weather since Tuesday has been rather
severe, a sharp frost having continued during the whole
of 'Tuesday night, yeseeriLy, and today, causing the
various waters in the Parks to be frozen ever, am the
thoroughfares of the metropolis and suburbs to be moat
dangerous for traffic. Awarding to Negretti and Tarabra's
patent glass at the Royal Humane Society's receiving house,
at was down to Zi ou Tuesday night, and
last g yesterday morning
stood at 24. The rose rose ho 34 at midday, but again
rapidly fell giving every ladkation al a mations-
ties of the frost. this should be s; the waters in the
Pastas will, it is impeded, be smooch for skating and
Plans la about two days. The wpsnUna yesterday was
atm ever to • thdokusse of about half sa inch, while the
les la the Supst's -park was somewhat thicker. Prepare-
Muss are bag madeby the Royal Humane Society in the
venom Pena

IreheirdosOteraiao the northern coenties from mast to
most appealed is a cover* of snow. At Liverpool, Mae-
ceireArs, amid at Mrsillerd, in the West Riding, there was a
=deem depth of Ave or sin inches, and koomotiun was very
usaxpectedly sad inconveniently impeded. From Liverpool
to Matcheeter there woe very little variation in the depth
of the mow, which bad fallen very evenly without drittuig.
The company at the grand volunteer bia Is the Pie. Trade
Hall, Manchester, quitted their =Mega whim the street
and the house.' were already whitened by beet ; but
it is said that *me who remained latest were taken
by surprise by the change of expect which bad
been effected while they were participating in the
plenums of the ball. Mere= Manchester and Sheffield
the depth of snow es the ground gradually diruiniabed, and
iu some places south of Sheffield the ground was barely
covered. Towards the Midland district, however, there bed
son a heavier fall, appruaching to that which had taken
place iu LlllCAdhire and Yorkshire. A keen frost pre-
vailed, sod there seemed every probability that the ground
would ro.siu its merlin of snow et learnt until Christmas.
Aloug the ioutc sawed no snow fell during the day. On
Tuesday sight there was a heavy fall of snow in Leak
The weather was very cold yesterday, with a northerly
wind, and occarional Blowers during the day. The ground
in the neighbeurhood was covered with mow amend inches
thick, se that all nature preseuta a very but
seaeonable aspect.
A very severe fall QC wow was e need in the omit•
ties of IHrrbam and Northumberland = Tuesday rimming.
It was lying several inches deep is some places, and there
was an sineareare that more would fall during the sight.
The very satiatactury intelligence was received in Newosetle
and ribiehls, on Tuesday, that the greater portion of the
fleet of collier newels which railed the previous week had
arrived at °ravened, and that most of the large vends
bound on distant voyage which sailed on Friday and Satur-
day wei.: passing through the Downs. The only wreak that
has occurred la the M.Loal, which got on Haiaborough
Seeds her voyage to London.
At southiunpton there wee a very heavy fall of snow
r_deriloy. In the night ice boated down Southampton
Water in such quantities as to damage SOUL of the small
yachts sod boats elf the quay. It was not expected that
the Havre mail packet would lane Mouthamptou leave sight
owlet to the seowetorm.
A ell of scow took ',la,* in Paris and its neighbourhood
se Tuesday night and yesterday morning. Amounts from
Ham sad Bowe state the whole country round is white,
sad that the thermometer had descended considerably. At
Lyons anew has fallen heavily. The rivers, which had
rises is the emirs and south of France, hays all subsided.
Is Paris the weather is sot very cold, and the snow thaws
is the dente.

THE POSVOYEICR LONDON DIRECTORY FOR 1861.
—This largest and moat maul of all our annuals appears
this year in bulk little if at all diminished by the transfer
to the new Suburban Directory of a few of the out•
lying district& The " Post.effice Loudon Directory "
has now &opined a ouinpletensea of arrangement
which leave' room for no organic change that could
be called improvement, and all the enterprise of
the proprieton is therefore free to elintise itself in
the revoion and veriketioo of some 2,600 closely plated
penes o•mse and addressee, a task only to he moos-
Oohed by the employment of r mormous staff sad a
Lbersl, xpeoditure of money. _ _ _

Yesterday aftenigem tile Sue building lately
erected the corner of Endsllatreet. Se parochial schools
for the parish of tit. Giles's, wee formal y optimal. The
cervuouy was to have beau parforuied by load Jahn Ras•
will, but his lordship wee unavoidably gnat.