The Sun.
London, England, 1870-12-27 00:00:00

THE WEATIIER AND THE PARKS.

The frost still continues with unabated severity, and the
ice on the park waters is now generally in good condition.
Notwithstanding the foggy state of the weather on Sunday
morning the various parks were visited by an immense
concourse of people throughout the day, and several hun-
dreds of persons were upon the ice until a late hour in the
evening. On Saturday morning, at 9 a.m., the thermo-
meter at the Receiving House, Hyde-park, registered 19
degs., at noon 24, and at midnight 17, the lowest point
arrived at during the present frost. At 9 a.m. on Sunday
the glass stood at 18, at noon 19, and at 8 o'clock last
night 25, with the wind from the N.W. The following
are the official reports for Saturday and Sunday :—On
Saturday, in the Serpentine, Round Pond and Long
Water, in Kensington Gardens, about 1,500 persons
were on the ice, and eight immersions took place on
the Round Pond, the 'persons immersed being rescued
with difficulty by the icemen, three of whom were
so much exhausted that they had to be taken
to the Receiving House, where they were attended
to by Dr. Seton and Mr. Young. In the Regent's.park
there were 4,000 skaters and sliders. No immer-
sions occurred, but several persons were severely injured
from falls. In St. James's-park there were 5,000 persons
on the ice with 35 immersions, mostly boys, and there
were several cut heads, which were attended to by Dr.
Bond. On the Serpentine, Long Watei, and Round
Pond, there were 15,000 persons on the ice throughout
the day. There were no immersions, but several cases of
injury from falls. On the Serpentine, about four o'clock,
a decently dressed working man fell heavily on his head
on the ice. Ho was picked up in a state of insensibility
and taken to the lUepitEing-house, where he remains in an
unconscious state from concussion of the brain. In the
Regent's-park, where the ice is. 2i inches thick, there were
during the day ore than 18,000 persons on the ice. No
mmersions bilino,4ut heads from falls. In St. James's-
park the lye in many parts is very dangerous. There
were abkt. 12;000 skaters and sliders during the day,
with six immersions and seventeen cut heads. In the
Victoria and Battersea Parks about 10,000 persons were
upon the, ice 'in each Park, but no serious casualty is ro
ported.

The Gilbert Court Martial at Madras is still
going on. •
It is reported that Russia has ordered 1,000
American mitrailleiises.
On Christmas Day the cold was more intense than
it has been on any Christmas Day for ten years past.
Two more of the unhappy sufferers from the late
explosion at Witton have died at the General Hospital..
A third was not expected to live many hours. The total
is now fifty.
Three young girls, two of them aged fourteen and
the other fifteen, have been sent to jail at Bury for six
months for housebreaking. They carried off £l6, some of
which they spent in drink.
A military contemporary learns that the army
estimates will not be laid before Parliament in any man-
ner out of the ordinary routine, and that they will not be
of any extraordinary character.
Most unfavourable accounts continues to be re-
ceived from Peshawur. The Lahore journal states that
the 38th Regiment is suffering so terribly that it must
either be soon removed or be extinguished alteigether.
Captain T. D. Farquharson, 2nd Battalion 60th
Rifles, having passed the required examination, is
appointed aide-de-camp to Major-General Grant, C. 8.,
commanding Poona Division, with effect from 20th May
last.—Poona Observer.
Anxiety is expressed for the safety of the ship
Sunbeam, which left Quebec for Port-Glasgow sixty-five
days ago with a cargo of timber, and has not since been
heard of. She was manned by nineteen of a crew, and
commanded by Captain Weir.
A cabdriver was summoned at the Thames P6l.ic e
Court on Saturday for having neglected to disinfect fira,,
vehicle after carrying in it a person suffering from small-
pox. The defendant was convicted and fined os., the
magistrate intimating that in future the full penalty would
be inflicted.
The Duke of Norfolk and the Duchess of Noirolk
and family left Norfolk House, St. James's-square, on
Saturday for Arundel Castle. The remains of Lady
Victoria Hope-Scott have been removed to Arundel
Castle, and will be interred in the family vault of the new
chapel built by the late Duke of Norfolk.
The weather in Dublin is very severe. On Satur-

day the frost gave a somewhat serious lesson to those wlh, -
are careless in cleaning their door steps ; for a p00r,:,,,!:
woman, going up to a house door in Rutland-square,
slipped on the ice, and in falling, her face coming in
contact with the upper steps, her jaw was dislocated.
Under the heading, "A. good example to the
Anglican Church," the Morniny Post ys
sa Archbishop
Manning has signified to his clergy in the diocese of \est
minster that no midnight service is to be held this Christ-
mas. The Archbishop is understood to object to the dis-
person of young women in the middle of the night.
Mr. Richard Martin, a timber merchant, has ob-
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tamed £756 damages against the Dublin corporation, for
neglecting to clean a main sewer, in consequence of which
his extensive timber yards at Rogerson's Quay, were
flooded. Execution has been stayed, to allow of several
intricate law points involved in the case being argued on
appeal.
The following is a list of dispossemed sovereigns

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still living :—Prince Gustavus Vasa of Sweden (1809),
Comte de Chambord (1830), Duke Charles of Brunswick
(1830), Comte de Paris (1848), Duke Robert of Parma
(1859), Grand Duke Ferdinand of Tuscany (1860), Duke
Francis of Modena (1860), Francis IL, King of Naples
(1861), Duke Adolphus of Nassau (1866) King George of
Hanover (1866), Elector of Hesse (1866), Isabella, Queen
of Spain (1869), Emperor Napoleon (1870.)
• A proclamation has been made by the city magis-
trate of Tien-tsin in fafour of a Coolie monopoly at Taku.
This is directly opposed to Art. 14 of the British 'I testy.
The correspondent of the Shanghai Courier writes : The
attention of the Customs and consular authorities here has
been called to the circumstance, but as yet no action has
been taken—apparently. As the steamers will ere long
have to discharge at Taku, it will be surprising if the
season closes without trouble and loss, should the procla-
mation be permitted to be in force,