The Sun.
London, England, 1814-02-05 00:00:00

FRoat-IT FAO.:

We think it air especial duty to catition the
Public against rushing upOri the ice of the Thames,
for some days at least. 'the present state of the
moo❑ will occasion higher tides than during the
last Week, the effect of which is" now secret wrid
unobservable-; so that the Most dreadful accidenti
may be apprehended'.
The River Thamei, all yesterday was a perfect.
Dutch Fair. Kitchen fires and furnaces were Loki-
ing find bOiling in every direction-, and aninfali,
from a sheep to a rabbit, and a goose to a lark,
were turning on numberless spits. The inscriti=
tions on the several booths and lightets were va-
riously.,whimsical, one of which
.t•ar: harnotous:y
thus :--This Shop to Let.—N. 13. " It is charged
with no land-tax, or even ground-rent.
In rddition to. the arrangements which were
prepared by the wate`rmeu, &c. a complete danC'ing
TOW) has heeu established in a barge, which is
firmly frozen at a considerable: distance from the
shore. A printing press has also bee!t set at work,
the Proprietors of which have a very ready Sale fOr
watch papers, bearing inscriptions -rommermira-
tive of " The Great Frost of 1814."

The following are among the various imprei-
sions which the printers sold for a trifle. Dire of
these stainers of paper addressed the spectators in
the following terms :—" Friends, now is your
time to. Support the freedom of the preis.' Can
the press have greater liberty ? here you find it
working in the middle of the Thames, and if you
encourage us by buying our impressions; we will
keep it going iu the true spirit of liberty during
-the frost." One of the articles printed and sold
contained the following lines:—

Behold, the River Thames is frozen user,
Which lately ships of mighty burden hare;
Now different arts and paNtimes here you-seei
But printing claims the superiority.

Printed to commemorate a remarkasly severe frost, which
commeneed December 27, 1813, accompanied by an unusual
thick fog, that continued eight-days,
_and was succeeded bj►
a tremendous fall of snow, which prevented all co►nmudica-
tion with the northern and- western roads for several days,
The Thames presented a complete field of ice between Lon«
don and• Blackfriars Bridges, o►, Monday, the Bist of Ja-
nuary, 1814.—A Fair is this day (February 4, 1814,) held,
and the whole space between the two Bridges covered WWI
spectators.
The above was surmounted by the Prince Re-
gent's Feathers and. the motto Ich- Dien, entwiaea
with oak and laurel. On each side a ship, as did
embleni of trade and induAry.

Another
AnTidstihe arts which on the Thamet appear,
'To tell the wonders of this icy year, , •
Printing claims 'prior place, which, at one vieve,
Erects a monument to frost hnd yuu.
Printed on the• Myer Thames, Februury 4, in the fifty.;
fourth year of the reign of Kiug George the Third, Antio
Domin , 13t4.

Another :

' This was printed on the River Thames, on Fridafr, the 4th
of February, 1814. opposite Queeuhithe Stairs.
There were several copper-plate presses, which
rolled off several appropriate

METEOROLOGICAL JOURIV4L.

BY R. BANKS;

PHILOSOPHICAL INSTRUMENT MAKER, B+R6INI3.

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