The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-22 00:00:00

THE WEATHER AND THE PARKS.

The various parks were yesterday visited by many
thousand persons. Several persons met with serious
accidents.

The thermometer at the Royal Humane Society's re-
ceiving-house, in Hyde-park, during Thursday night,
was as low as 19 degrees of Fahrenheit. At nine o'clock
yesterday morning it stood at 20, and at noo❑ it pointed
at 26. In the evening the mercury fell one degree. The
wind remained in the east.

In St. James's-park the principal portions of the or-
namental water were frozen over. The ice was still con-
sidered by the Royal Humane Society to be in an insecure
condition and extra park-keepers, together with the ice-
men, were placed at the different gates, and each per-
son on entering was warned that the ice was dangerous.
In spite, however, of the warning given, about 600 per-
sons ventured upon the ice. The park-keepers and the
icemen went to them, and told them that if they refused
to come off, they were deputed to send for a groat body
of police to assist them, and the whole of the persons
left, and no accident of any description took place in this
park.
REGIBINT'S PARK.—The thermometer in this park showed
—maximum 24, minimum 20, yesterday. About 2,000
persons went on the ice before the icemen came on duty,
when, amongst the number, was a young man named
Win. Parker, 7, Albany-street, Regent's-park. He was
skating on some newly-formed ice on the broad water,
and broke through just at the moment the icemen were
going on duty. The park-keepers immediately pushed the
Royal Humane Society's sledge to the spot, and, after
the lapse of a quarter of an hour, the nnfortuate young
man was got out, but he was past recovery, as vitality had
ceased to exist. A. great number of persons remained
upon the ice for hours, and it is to be regretted that
several fell or were tripped up by the skaters, and were so
seriously injured that they were obliged to be removed
to the society's tent. After the icemen went off duty on
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THE SERPENTINE, HYDE-PARK.-4,000 persons ven-
tured upon the river. During the morning Wm. Bol-
ton, of 7, Sussex-place, New Kensington, broke through
the frozen surface, but was extricated in a very exhausted
state. He was taken to the Royal Humane Society's
receiving-house. After some time he recovered sufficiently
to be removed to his own home. The ice on this river
is described as being very dangerous.
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The ice on the water was four inches thick, and the num-
ber of persons who ventured thereon was 1,000. A lady
named Wilday, of 7, Uxbridge-gardens, Hyde-park-
place, fell, or was tripped up on the ice, and for some
time was rendered insensible.