The Sun.
London, England, 1814-01-21 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.

In this capital, the great accumulation of snow
already heaped on the ground, anti condensed by.
three or four weeks of continued frost, was on
Wednesday increased by a fresh' fall, to a -height-
hardly known in the memory of the oldest inhabi-
tants. The cold has been intensely severe, the
snow during the last fall being accompanied with
a sharp wind, and a little moisture; In many
places, where the houSes are Old; it became ne-
necessary-t644lleve the roofs by throwing off the
load collect-et-lA.IOn them and by these means the
earriage-wayS the middle of the streets • are
made of a depth hardly passable for pedestrians,
while carriage§ with 'difficulty plough their way
through the niaSs:- The water-pipes being gene-
rally frozen, it has become necessary for several
days to afford supplies by opening the plugs in
the streets, and the streams thus constantly flow.:
ing, add to the general mass of ice. An enor-
mous increase has taken place in the price of
coals, in consequence of the-river navigation and
and other means of conveyance being so greatly

impesled.
It is said the reservoir of water on the top of
Drury-lane The-fare; on Monday, overflowed,
which inundated the Wardrobe room : the loss
sustained is calculated at 1,000/.

Yesterday • the Thames, from Blackfriars to
London-bridge, at ebb tide, was completely
blocked up.
The continuation of the frost and snow has in-

duced many Coach Proprietors, particularly in the
Northern and Western roads,• not' to continue
running their coaches until a change of weather
shall take pl'aee.' In many places where the roads
'lie low, th'4 snow has drittid higher than the
coaches, which was the, case yesterday morning
as near town as Finchley Common. The snow
had drifted into the road in the course of Wednes-
day night a depth of 16 feet, and it was impass-
able at first even to oxen. On Bagshot Heath
there is a complete stoppage, and many accidents
.have occurred by vehicles getting off the road.—
. About Esher and Cobham again, the road is corm,
pletely choaked up, and if there should happen
more falling weather, conveyance must cease.
It is with great difficulty the short stages make
their way into town. Their progress is slower
than even the ordinary pace of the heaviest wag-
gon. They are preceded by men to clear the way,
and others at the' horses' beads' who lead them.
All the morning coaches, with a few excep-
tions, which left town yesterday, either stopt on
the way at a short distance, or were ohligf!d to
return.

The Trish are perhaps more expert at a heat joke
than any other people; and the following, which
may be reljekupon as a fact, is m) bad specimen
of their readiness. -After the battle of Vittoria,
the army advanced so rapidly, that it was impos-
sible to htike.bread, or even to find flour, and the
soldiers had served out to them a certain quantity
of wheat. In the course Of the day, the-Captain
of a .Compary told his men that he wanted, for a
particular service, twenty of the strongest fellows ;
• upon which a Pat stepped forward with—" phase
'your Honour, is it 20 strong fellows yon want 1?"
Sure now, a'nt we all strong as horses, for yon
know we got a good feed of corn this morning•!'..-