The Sun.
London, England, 1814-01-22 00:00:00

LEGISLATURE''OF• FRANCE:

The following. a;l7:tcdotes, vtltieh t..st on-private
authority, afford; a very plausible theory fdr the
tergiversation and inconsistency fat,!;y manifested
by ISuoNar,o-TL, amt .:he'll- very clearltr that there
is neither Law nor Constitution ip France beyond
the mere will of the. Despot.

" On the -19th tilt. BUONAPARTE made a speech
to the Senate and 'Legislative Body, which our
readers. have seen, and on the 20th-there was a
Decree directing the Legislative Body to appoint
a Committee to take into cOnsisi,tation the docu--
ments relatiVe to the negotiation that should he
laid before them. 7he Senate received a similar
compunication, and both Bodies. appointed Com-
mittees. On the. 26th, M. FONTANES, as Presi-
dent of the Committee, made 'a Report to the
Senate on the communications which had been
mode io them. At the. same• time we understand
the Legislative Budy made a Report, in. which
they declared it to bethcir opinion that the Eni-
peror should comply with the proposals of peace
.that had been made, and in very plain but respect-
ful language, they represented to the Emperor
the absolute necessity that t4ere was for .giving
op his conquests, and restoring, peace to En-
rope. BUOSAPARTE was etasperated .at'this Re-
port, and exerted all his • influence to Fe-
rvent it from receiving the a,pprobation 'of the
Legislative Body. A motion, however; was Made
to adopt and to order it to be printed—anti it
was caiTied ffi lin the arrnative,sB to 3S. Thus,
in-a minority, BUONAPARTE totaled round on.
thetegislativeßody,•anti said, that.they were.no-
Ictnger constitutional, since one-third of their
qu otiOtt to have gone out by :rotation ; al-
though, by a Senates Consultunt of the 15th NO-
velpher, it ;vas declared, that owing to the exi,
gency of the public affairs,.the D(lnities were to
continua their functions. Na matter ! Under
this pretext, he reftised to S-11...;cia.ti or publish
their report ; and can the 313 t tilt. he-adjourned
the Legislative Ilody, and directed measures to be
taken for convoking the Eleetnil Colleges. He
had the;Orudence,
_however, to act on the advice.,l
which the Legislative Body gave him.
with sent his•aceeptanee of the terms offered hitt)
by the Allies, and, he began to issue these deck-,
ration's of an altered systeni, and these very hum-
ble addresses to tiie people of France, which have
been the topic of so much animadversion and sur-
prise. In doins...this he claimed the support of.
'the'll.e.preilititative'rodv, as lie bottomed himself
op their judgment, and even on, the appointment
of the,CommisSionerS yielded to their advice."

• THE WEATHER.

A moderate fall of snow on Thursday night has
so much increased the diffietilties of travelling
that, with the exception of the Kent and "Essex
toadS, none other is passable but a few miles out
of London. The coaches on the Western Road
remain stationary at different parts. The Wind-
sor coach got through the snow at Colnbrook,-
which was sixteen feet deep, by employing about
fifty labourers on Thursday, but since that the road
there is quite impassable. Dower down at'Maiden-
head-lane, the snow has drifted to -doithle the
fornier depth ; and betwixt Twyford and Reading
it has drifted in mountains. Nothing has arrived"
from the, North-road since the Cambridge on
Thursday evening, but it is-known that the New-
castle had gone off the road into a pit'about eight
feet deep, on the preceding day, without doing
mischief to Man- or horse. With respect:respect:to the
report of the gxeter mail havin-g been lost, we be-
lieve the statement 'lb be totally \ false, There
was also a report that the Chester mail was lost,
but public anxiety is satisfied on that head, as no
accident-has occurred: The middle North-road is
impassable as near as 1-1 ighgate-hill.
y!!•.Aniong the extraordinary aspects and appear-
- ances of the present severe weather, the- state of
. :river Thames is not the least singular. Vast
quantities of pieces of floating ice, loaded gene-
rally with heaps of snow, are seen almost every
where on the surface; and being carried up and
' dol.vn• by the vide or the stream, and collected
-where the projecting banks or the bridges make a
resistance to the flow, and a support to the ac •
cumulation, sometimes forming achain of glaciers,
united-at ,one moment, at another' clashing and
Cracking and dashing in:a singular and awful man-
iher : again, when the flood beneath -is not sufli-
ciently elevated to support the mass; and when the
carrent passes strongly, the ice islands float away,
clashing and crackling as they go, rising one over
another, 'and . then receding covered with angry
foam, as the violence of the wind or wave impels :
pasiing through the arches of the bridges, the
. crash is tremendous : for near the bridges, t'oe
floating pieces collect about mid-water, or while
the current is less forcible, and range' them,
selves regularly one line upon another, the
stream forming them in 'order as it , passes,
where it makes its w'-.y in force, till the in-
creasing Confinement of the channel adds such
. violence to the conflict; that a- breaking up is
made,r-and the broken ice with. a crash, bursts
:away again, and, is carried up, or down with the
'tide' or the stream. The river has more than once
been conipletely froien across at the time of still
, water, anti some persons have walked over the ice
near Blackfriar's-bridge in the course of the week.
About that time a bard frost alwvys took place at
lOw water, and as the tide rose, it flowed over the
• ice; leaving it a solid mass about mid-deep.—We
have not- yet heard of any damage done by the
floating ice, but we think the vessels and craft in

ite ever:M.lW Rae thlo4ll znischid frrirti ;t, tty
the.cutting of cables, &C..,
It Wo appetkr that. the fall of suoni• tioniA
munced eArlkr, ha.% beso most severe, i 4 titq
Oestern anktioali.s-cvesiTim edtintiO. We htivd,
heard, that about a week Aigo very little ba
in the eastern liarts. of :Kent, and the l':e of'
Thaiiet ; there is reason to suppose, therefore,
that the sforinshas not been felt with equal sere,
rity in Holland, and on the flanks of the
as in this. country. . •
- The •letter carriers...were distched from the
Post-Office yesterday At two o'clock; With the
letters which were received In the Ickenoon,
,noti& Was given to the Merchants at Ltovp's,
-that there would not he a second delivery in the
afternoon, as the state of the roads was such 3e
to preclude.the expectation of any farther arriva.As'
of importance.

STATE:OFTIIn STREETS.—lmthediate attention
should be•dlrected. to the state of the stseets of
the metropolis,; ,at this rime great quantities of
snow arc accumulated in the passage-ways, and
which should be removed 'at. the expense of the
different parishes ;.vast nut-liners of labourers are
now wanting work, and it would be_ highly law.;
stable to give these poor men empJoyment, and
remove the danger which; incase of sudden thaw,
would present itself in every street in the lower'
parts of the town. it may not be unnecessary iii'
state that parishes are indict:able if any accident
happens train the bad. state of the streets.

IVIIITEITAVEN, J. 414. 13.7--The frost, which, as.
[..,we observed in our‘ !list, seemed likely to cond..

nue, has increased to severity, and is at this time
more intense than ever. All the ponds and

streams in this neighbourhood are frozen ; and
there is scarcely a Rump in the town that is not
dry. The snow, which was also mentioned 'to
have fallen in great quantities on the night of

Sunday the 9th-ihstarit, has been increased in a
very considerable degree, by • repeated' thick
showers, and the whole rendered particularly se-r
were by the high winds which prevailed during
the earlier ,part of the storm, drifting the snow
in many situations in such a manner, as to make
travelling very tedious as well as dangerous, anti
in some plats entirely blocking up the roads,
FALMOUTH.-Tke weather 'ha .been more severe,
in this country, •for the last week, than bus been
remembera fOr twenty years. Heavy falls of
Snow; succeeded by, hard frosts, have rendered ull
travelling by coaehimpraetiCable, and even on
horseback highly "dangerous. The mail-coach,
witkit started from this town for Exeter on 'r nes-

day morning, was'overturned, after having. prG,
ceetled a few,miles, -but happily no material injury
was sustained by either passengers, driver, or
guard. .With much.diflichlty. the coach was en-
abled, with the assistance of an additional pair• of
horses, to reach 'the first'stage 5, after which all
endeavours. to-- go. further were found perfectly
-Tile,lette,rs were,• however, .sent to Bod-
rniu.by.the ward on hcirsebacic. rrie Valtnouth
ald- Plymouth coach has also been prerented from
travelling by. the snow, and the passetigers have
'been obliged to remain at St. Anstell. We have
no doubt, that farther to the eastward, the yoads
are' in it wdrsKt Condition, as our last Ply-
mouth letters mention, that the stmw w,as 'then
nearly four 'feet high in several of the streets in
that town, and that all coaches for Exeter,
were unable to travel.

DunIAN, 14.—1 t is supposed that the pre-
sent fall of sow has been as heavy as any
,
known in Ireland. But as to the quantity, there
seems to be no doubt of its *being greater than
ever before experienced in the same space 'of time.
In this tespvct we can, answer that it is unpa-
ralleled for half a centnry, upon the authority of a
very intelligent gentleman in this city,who baskept a
regular diary of the weather for the last 50 years.
'The snow preceding. Monday-was so slight, as
hardly to occasion even a rem irk, and yet, in the
course of the day and night, it had descended 'so
'inconceivably thick, and rapid, as 'to bock
up all ;the roads in such a manner as to'pre:
elude the possibility of the Mail-coaches being.
able to, proceed. One indeed,, and me only;
(from Galwsy) arrived the next morning. Now!,
have ventured io leave Dublin, and it was eveit.',
Mind impracticable to send the mail on hOrse'l,
back. Thus all intercourse with the interior has
been cut'offi'and it was not until yesterday, when
an intense frost suddenly commenced, that thd
commtinication was opened. • About two o'clocll,-
, the inhabitants of this city. witnessed the gratify-
' ing sight of, several mail-bags.. arriving from the
country crn htiltehack.
The depth of show' in the streets Of Dublin al,
most exceeds credibility. rn many of the narrow
inlets, after the footways had been in* sorn4,_
measure cleared, it was more than six feet deep.
It was nearly impossible for any carriage to force
a passage, and few ventured the hazardous, at-
tempt.' Many accidents, both distressing and
fatal, occurred.
The Edinburgh mails from LondOn, of Wed-
nesday and Thursday nights, we understand, are
at Puckeridge,' Hefts, not, being able to proceed
farther, and the passedgerS_ have returned to
. town 4

METEOROLOGIC,IL JOURKIL.

IL BANKS,

PHILOSOPHICAL INSTRVMENT. MAKER STir.kNi)

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1 Thermometer. l' I Weather..
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Jan. 0° ° ° Inches ,
15 ' 25 27 30 25 29.70 Cloudy Cloudy
16 30180 82 25 .30 . Do. Do:
17 96. 24 26 21 . .80 Fair 1:0:;gy
18 81 35 36 SO .24 Snow Snow
19 'B5 34 .36 30 .20 Do. I D:,.. ,
20 32 28 33 19 .55 . Do. Do. -,
21 23 24 es 2$ .90 - Fair i Do.
.The last week has been uncommonly severe, The Ilaro•
neter varied much. Immense falls of Snow l accompanie,

meter varied much. Immense
by blowitq-wekther, and tae S'
for Passengers.

ornmonly
falls of
treats of

severe, The Raro-
,rroav ! accouipanie,i
London dangerous