The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-23 00:00:00

TALLOW.

The tallow trade is firm to-day, and prices have improved .
New P.Y.C. is now quoted at 41s 9d to 42s per cwt. on the
spot. Town tallow rommands 41s 9d net cash. Rough
fat has advanced to 2s 2d per lb.

Particulars.

1851.

188:

1863. 1 1864. I 1865

Stock this clay.— 62 937 49.572
60s0a :0,47532 to
-60 d —sod
DPreilciveeortyYl.aes.tw"eek 1.391 1,635
Ditto from June 1 60,0 t 4 89,697
Arrivals last week 4,4C0 247
Ditto from June 1 105,877 82,78
['rice of Town .... 6.6 9d 48s Si

52.218 66.221 52.22)
14394 to 4.3,91 io 413 9d to
-30 d —a Od 4'280d
2,4 7 2,5 8 2,417
6,332 49,421 62,161
805 990 461
70,291 77.895 70,669
46s 6d 138 9d 418 3d

The Weather and the Parks.

The thick fog which enveloped the metropolis and

its suburbs during the whole of Saturday—to the
great hindrance of business, and the inconvenience
of all those whose occupations called them out of
doors—towards the evening grew more intense, un-
til at 6 o'clock all carriage locomotion became, if not
impossible, extremely dangerous, and that of pedes-
trians extremely difficult. With very few excep-
tions, the omnibuses ceased running, and the cabs
were taken home by the drivers, and to the almost
entire cessation of carriage traffic may be attributed
the absence of any fatal accident ; for, although
several casualties occurred, none have been reported
of a serious description. Here and there a solitary
cab might be dimly seen crawling stealthily along,
the driver holding a lighted link in his hand. On
the closing of the theatres the scarcity of cab
accommodation caused a considerable amount of
inconvenience, and the very few in attendance
were at a high premium, the drivers making
their own terms with those who were fortunate to
become hirers of the vehicles. In the poorer dis-
tricts of the metropolis, where the necessities of the
inhabitants compelled them to make their usual
Saturday marketings, several very ludicrous scenes
occurred ; awkward collisions took place, and a
large number of petty robberies were committed
both from the person and from the provision shops.
Soon after eleven o'clock the fog began gradually to
clear away, and the early morning set in with a hard
frost. The thermometer at Hyde-park Receiving-
house stood on Saturday morning at 25 deg., at
noon 30 deg., and at midnight 21 deg., or 9 deg.
below freezing-point.
Yesterday morning set in clear and frosty, and
the weather during the day continued fine and con-
genial for the season. In the afternoon the various
parks were crowded with people evidently attracted
there by the impression that the waters would
be frozen sufficiently strong to allow of the usual
sports on the ice. This, however, was not the
case. On the ornamental water in the Regent's-
park the ice was about half an inch in thickness,
and a few persons ventured upon it for a short time;
but two or three immersions taking place, it soon
became cleared—this practical warning appearing to
be more efficacious than the printed notices posted
about, that " the ice was in a dangerous state," or
the advice of the icemen. In Kensington-gardens,
also, a few persons ventured upon the ice, but an
immersion or two soon drove them off. The Ser-
pentine was entirely frozen over, the ice being
about half an inch thick, but no one was seen
upon it during the day, the icemen, park-
keepers, and the police on duty strictly prevent-
ing any one who attempted to do so. The
water in the St. James's-park enclosure was also
entirely frozen over, but the icemen had taken the
precaution to break the ice along the edge of the
bank, thus preventing any access to it from the
shore. At the western end of the water, however,
opposite Buckingham Palace, about 50 lads and boys
managed to land themselves on the ice, being tempted
thereto by the people bowling oranges and half-
pence on it. In the scramble for these several im-
mersions took place, but, as the water at this part
is very shallow, nothing serious occurred beyond the
ducking. This and the floundering about in the
water, in the struggle to regain the shore,
appeared to afford infinite amusement to those
who had thoughtlessly tempted the youngsters
to place themselves in so uncomfortable a
position. The ice on the water in the Vic-
toria-park was much stronger than on that in
the other parks, and a large number of persons were
there enabled to enjoy their favourite pastimes of
skating and sliding. This was also the case upon
the ponds scattered about in the suburbs of the me-
tropolis.
In anticipation of the fog of Saturday night con-
tinuing during yesterday, the managers of the river
steamboats had issued notices late in the evening
that the boats would not run on Sunday, and the
various crews had a holiday given to them. The
day turning out so different to what was expected,
great disappointment and inconvenience was ex-
perienced by that large portion of the public who
patronise the " silent highway."
The thermometer yesterday at the Receiving-
house in Hyde-park stood in the morning at 24, at
noon 30, and at six o'clock last evening at 27, with
indications of falling still lower.
This morning, although the ornamental water in
the public parks was not fiozen an inch thick, a
great many boys, and not a few men, were fool-
hardy enough to venture on the ice for
the purpose of either skating or sliding. In
the Enclosure, St. James's-park, the attendance was,
perhaps, the largest, and, although the icemen of
the Royal Humane Society did their utmost to pre-
vent persons going on the ice, at about two o'clock
there could not have been less than 300 persons

thereon.
At one time in the afternoon every bed in the

tent erected by the Royal Humane Society was
occupied, and in some instances with rather serious
cases, arising from contusions and concussions re-
ceived in addition to the dangers of immersion.
Owing to the exertions of the attendants no fatal
case occurred during the early part of the day,
although in one or two instances serious doubts were
at one time entertained.
The thermometer, at two p.m. this day, stood at
38 deg., being 6 above freezing point.