The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-26 00:00:00

THB WEATHER.

A rapid thaw, with a south-westerly wind, was hailed
by thousands of industrious classes in the metropolis
last Saturday morning. Labourers were at once set to
work to demolish the ice in the basins of the several
docks in the Thames in order, if possible, to get the
ships clear. The break up of the ice in the river, where
it is fast above bridge, and in the various creeks, is much
dreaded along the shores. All the shipping have hauled
in from the centre of the river, clue° in to shore, and
will in a great measure avoid
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shows that the thaw is general, and the relief which it
will give to hundreds of thousands of labourers and arti-
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upon whom the frost had enforced idleness, may be
regarded as a national benefit.
MANCHESTER, SHNDAY.—The long frost began to
break up at Manchester on Friday night under the influ-
ence of a westerly wind, which continded the whole of
Saturday. On Saturday evening there was a fall of
snow, followed by moderately heavy rain for some hours,
but this morning the wind had veered round to the east,
with a heavy fog.
SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY. —The severe weather has
been entirely broken up at Southampton. Large quan-
tities of rain fell here on Saturday night. All the snow
and a great portion of the ice have disappeared. To-day
the wind is south-west.

',moron, SUNDAY.—The unusually severe weather
with which we have been visited during the last fort-
night, in some degree moderated yesterday. The wind
suddenly shifted to the south, and a rapid thaw of the
large masses of snow followed, which continued until
about five o'clock in the afternoon, when a heavy fall of
sleet and rain took place. Later there was another fall
of snow, covering the ground to the depth of several
inches ; but in a brief period the influence of the atmos-
phere, which acted mildly, soon reduced it. The weather
here may now be said to be broken.
NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, SATCTRDAY EVENING.—A de-
cided thaw has set in, with rain, and the snow is gradu-
ally disappearing. The mayor hal issued a notice pro-
hibiting persons from crossing the Tyne on the ice—a
practice which has become dangerous.
LEEDS, FEB. 24.—A change of wind to south-west
took place this morning, accompapied by a mild breeze
and a rapid thaw, which in a few hours carried away
the snow.
DUBLIN, FEB. 24.—The thaw has returned this morn-
ing, with a prospect of finally predominating. As an
instance of the late severity of the weather, it is stated
that the famished sea-birds accepted food from persons
standing at the Liffey wall, in the same way as the
tame water-fowl in the pond of St. James's-park.

PARIS, SATURDAY.--The thaw has continued all day
yesterday at Paris and in the neighbourhood. The
roads all round the capital are in a dreadful state,
and the communications will be for some (lays
very difficult. Most of the principal thoroughfares
of Paris Lase been tolerably well cleared of the snow,
but the state of the smaller streets is terrible, from the
mixture of melted snow and mud. The thermometer re-
mains several degrees above freezing point. For three
days, previous to the commencement of the thaw, the port
of Calais presented a curious spectacle, such -as has not
been seen for the last 80 years. The severe cold had
frozen the entrance of the port, and the north-easterly
winds which have prevailed since the frost set in
drove an immense quantity of ice on the beach. The
force of the waves each day carried up and left at high
water mark large masses of ice, some of them weighing
at least 6,000 kilog. A number of persons have come
in from the country to Calais on purpose to see this
curious phenomenon.