The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-27 00:00:00

THE WEATHER AND THE PARKS.

The ornamental waters in the different parks
have again become frozen over, and skating and
sliding have been resumed.
The thermometer at the Royal Humane Society's
receiving house, in Hyde-park, on Monday night
indexed 28 deg., being 4 deg. below freezing point,
whilst the previous night the mercury stood at 27
dcg. Yesterday morning the thermometer, at 9
o'clock, was 29 deg., and at noon it stood at freez-
ing point. At 6 o'clock last evening the quicksilver
had fallen 1 deg., indicating a continuance of the
frost. The barometer yesterday morning at 9 o'clock
was 30.06 deg , but at 6 o'clock is the evening it
fell to 29.94 deg. The wind was south east. The
weather during the morning was very fine, but dur-
ing the afternlon it became cloudy, with fresh
breezes.
In St. James's Park the icemen cautioned per-
sons from venturing on the pond, and printed bills
were stuck up stating that the ice was dangerous.
A great number of persons, however, went on, and
some dozen, chiefly boys, fell
through, as well as 2
of the icemen. - .

In Kensington Gardens there was skating on the
Round Pond, and 1 or 2 persons fell through into
deep water, and had to be got out, and afterwards
sent home by the Humane Society's servants. On
the Long Water the ico was about 1i inch thick.
The Skating Club set up their tent on the bank.
On the Serpentine the ice was about the same
thickness. The Humane Society's men used great
efforts to keep people off, and several !disorderly
persons threw on the ice a quantity of bricks and
other materials collected for making a new path.
Application has been made for a few constables, to
prevent a repetition of such conduct.
In the Regent's Park some hundreds went on the
ice, and several fell in, but we are happy to state
there were no fatal accidents yesterday.

RAILWAY AND OTHER BILLS ON STAND-
ING ORDERS)

—op- -
Yesterday Mr. Smith and Mr. Frere, the ex-
amining barristers, appointed by the House of
Commons to inquire into all railway and other bills
before Parliament, met for the first time in com-
mittee-rooms 16 and 17 of the House of Commons.
Teem was the usual numerous attendance of par-
liamentary agents, solicitors, and engineers, and
the sten ping orders were declared to be complied
with in the following oases :
EAST KENT RAILWAY (WESTERN EXTENSIOOI2.-.-•
To extend the Est Sent Railway from Stro to
join the Mid Kent (Bromley) to St. Mary Cray,
with power to create new shares, not exceeding
300,000/. in amount.
BALLYMENA, BALLYMONEY, COLERAINE, AND
PORTRUSH RAILWAY, —To make a branch or junc-
tion to Coleraine, with power to lease or sell the
line to the Belfast and Ballymena Railway.
FORHARTINE AND BUCHAN RAILWAY. —For con-
struction of line.
Belfast and County Down Railway (opposition
withdrawn), Manchester, South Junction, and
Altrincham Railway (for making better provision
as to management and settling disputes) postponed
until hearing of duplicate bill.
DIIRILAJef AND CLEVELAND UNION RAILWAY.—To
make a railway to bring the coal to the iren districts,
and the iron districts to the coal. Proposed capital,
200,0001. Standing orders not complied with in
respect of defective sections and levels.
The bills of a general nature passed were the Bir-
mingham and Staffordshire Gas, Wexford Harbour
Embankment, Sculcoates and Kingston-upon-Hull
Gas, Staffordshire Potteries Gas, Vauxhall-bridge-
road, and Tramore Embankment.