The National Register.
London, England, 1811-01-13 00:00:00

THE FROST.

A poor ideot, of the name of Hawkey, who has been for years
the sport of boys, in Piccadilly and St. James's-street, was dozen
t. death on Friday sennight, at Pimlico.

On Saturday se'nnight, on the arrival of the Carlisle coach in
town, two poor women, outside passengers, were frozen to
death. The coachman supposing they were asleep had not at-
tempted to disturb theft until he arrived at the Swan with two-
necks, Lad-lane, were they were found quite stiff.
The strong North-Easterly gale -and severity of the frost on
Friday and Saturday se'nnight, were unequalled during
this or any other year. Three vessels drove ashore at Yar-
mouth, and the crews were in the most pitiable situation. The
Attack gun-brig came ashore about eight o'clock on Saturday
morning, near the Jetty at Yarmouth; the crew were, with the
exception of three men high on the shrouds, down below decks,
avid the waves ran mountains high, so that no boat could live.
By means of a cask and a rope the crew were saved, but great
fears were long entertained for these poor fellows exposed to the
dashing of the waters. A .merchant vessel was also stranded,
and a collier with five hands on hoard. Capt. Manby's appara-
tus saved this crew, but in throwing the ball into the rigging, it
struck a boy on the thigh, who fell down on the deck, but was
not materially injured. Three sailors were brought ashore li-
terally incased with ice, and their lives were considered in a
very precarious situation. So inclement a night was said, by the
unfortunate sufferers, never to have been experienced at sea.
One person onboard the third vessel,having clung to the shrouds
till he lost all feeling, fell a corpse on the deck, and many of his
hones were broken. We fear to hear of similar misfortunes
slung the coast.

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THE THAW.

This beneficent change, which commenced on Thursday, has
already nearly dissipated the appearance of frost in the neigh-
bourhood of the metropolis; and the steeets and roads, which
only three days since were covered with ice and drifted snow,
now assume a Lew appearance, while the mild temperature of
the atmosphere seems, as it were, insensibly to have borne us
on easy wings from the frozen mountains of the Alps to the
more genial vales of Italy. The frost which we have experi-
enced, though of 'short duration, must be allowed to have been
ii:tense; and,; had it continued much longer, undoubtedly would
have greatly inconvenienced the merchant, and distressed the
poor, as the navigation of the Thames was nearly impeded.
Indeed, the narrowly
.contracked arches of London bridge have
for Some days past prevented the immense masses of ice from
passing through.witirthat quick succession which the tide im-
pelled them., and consequently at each ebb the whole surface of
the river, from London bridge to the Temple, has appeared
like an immoveable body of ice. On Friday morning, in pat ti-
cuLtr, the aftearance of itsvaittestrlfic to the eye of the passen-
ger; while.ste.immense number de logs 'of timber, of boats,
g, and of. bar which had been released from their places of se-
curity by.l , and which were seen strewed over the river,
might gtv 6 faint id?a of the appearance of a sea shore after
a destenctiteinstni. The river, with the flu:rand influx of the
tide, presented a; most beautiful picture of a4ea, interspersed
witlyul,endless variety- of &ging island*.

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