The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-15 00:00:00

money in the charitable box of the Humane Society
on the premises. It is worthy of remark that, not-
withstanding the intense cold, Mr. Williams, of the

receiving-house, reports ten persons as having bathed
in the Serpentine yesterday morning, and thatthere
is not a morning throughout the winter, however

cold, when there are fewer than 10 to 15 bathers.
On the water in the enclosure of St.James's Park
the ice was generally very strong, and many thou-
.

sands of skaters and sliders were upon it from an aarly
hour in the morning until dusk. Numerous immer-

sions took place, and some severe injuries from falls
occurred, but none of a fatal character. The above
cases were all taken to the Humane Society's tent,

and those requiring it were promptly attended to by
Dr. M'Cann. The Humane Society have 37 ice-

men on duty in the parks during the frost, some
of whom are on duty all night, and the secretary,
Mr. L. Young, makes a daily round of all the parks
to see that the duty is properly performed. The
Battersea and Victoria-park waters, as well as the
ponds on Hampstead-heath and Clapham-common,
and the lakes at the Crystal Palace, were all largely
patronised by the lovers of skating. Great masses
of ice were yesterday floating up and down with
the tide on the Thames, and the traffic through the
bridges, especially at Blackfriars, was very dan-
gerous.
The Scotsman of yesterday says :—" The weather
in Edinburgh on Saturday was very severe. There
was a keen frost, and in addition a strong, bitter
wind prevailed. There were one or two slight falls
of snow during the forenoon, but, save at these in-
tervals, the sky was clear and by no means threat-
ening. In the afternoon, however, an unpleasant
change occurred ; the wind increased until it blew
almost a hurricane, and the snow, which was finely
pulverised, came down in blinding thickness, and
drifted in places to a depth of several inches. To-
wards 4 o'clock the storm abated, and the night was
clear though intensely cold. Sunday was a clear
frosty day, with much sunshine, but no warmth.
The barometer was steady, and during the night the
thermometer, even on the walls of a heated build-
ing, fell to about 20 deg. The lochs on Saturday
were crowded all day, and skaters and curlers, un-
deterred by the gale, enjoyed their sport with great
success.
Of the accident near Aberdeen the Scotsman says :
—"We learn by telegraph from our Aberdeen cor-
respondent that a fatal collision occurred near
Muchalls Station, on the Scottish North Eastern
Railway, about 6 o'clock on Sunday morning, be-
tween two pilot engines. One engine coming from
Aberdeen, with a snow-plough attached to it, met
another which was going north, and in the darkness
they ran into each other. Thomas Cormie, fireman,
and Alex. Anderson, foreman platelayer, were killed
instantaneously. John Guild, pilot, however, saved
himself by leaping off, when he perceived his danger
from the engine. John Methuen, the driven, had
both legs and one of his arms broken, and his in-
juries were such that he died soon afterwards. The
force of the collision was such that it knocked the
tender to pieces, and it was one of the splinters that
struck Anderson and killed him. Cormie, a native of
Markinch, leaves a wife and family, who live in
Aberdeen. Robert Petrie, the fireman, was also
much injured. Dr. Keith left Aberdeen for the scene
of the accident in a dogcart. All the injured men
were taken to Stonehaven, and were there attended
to by Dr. Keith."

EDINBURGH, Monday Night.
About 20 mail bags from the north are overdue
here. On Sunday many of the Aberdeen and Inver-
ness mails due on Friday and Saturday were received;
but there has been again a large arrear, and no
through communication has to-day taken place with
Edinburgh from places north of Blair Athol on the
Highland line and Montrose on the Aberdeen line.
The latest telegrams from the north, however, inti-
mate the reopening of the communication between
Perth and Aberdeen. The snow fall here has been
slight, and a keen frost prevails.
ABERDEEN, Monday Night.
During last night and to-day snow continued to
fall heavily at frequent intervals. Since telegram of

last evening there has been no railway communica-
tion whatever to the north or upDeeside, and traffic
in these directions has ceased. The London train of
Saturday due at Aberdeen yesterday at noon did not
arrive hero till this forenoon, 23 hours behind time.
A mail for London and the south was despatched
this afternoon, but in the evening it was reported not
to have got beyond Stonehaven, 16 miles from Aber-
deen. The weather to-night is fair and frosty.
PORTHDUILLAEN (North Wales), Jan. 12.
During a heavy gale from N.N.E. this morning
(reports the Rev. John Hughes), the smack, Cathe-
rine, of Barmouth, bound to that port from Liver-
pool, with a general cargo, anchored too far to
leeward in Porthduillaen Bay, and at low water
struck the ground, on which she for some time beat
heavily. On seeing the dangerous position of the
vessel, the Cotton Shepherd lifeboat of the National
Lifeboat Institution was at once launched. On
reaching the smack, which had parted from one of
her anchors, the master availed himself of the
assistance of the lifeboat, and some of the men

from the boat were put on board, and ultimately
the vessel and her crew were brought safely into
harbour. But for this timely aid the vessel must
have become a total wreck in a very short time,
and this is a fresh instance of the great..advantage
having a lifeboat stationed here.

in reply to signals to the National
Lif
SWANSEA, Jan. 12.
During very rough weather on the morning of
the 9th instant (says Alfred Sterry, Esq.) the life-
boaetbolaVt
o Institutionl
of distress shown by a vessel in the bay. After
verha rn p t o
w n a
s belonginglaunched
speaking several ships in the outer roadsteads the
lifeboat ultimately found a french schooner with
her ensign in the rigging. She had lost two
anchors and had her sails split. Some of the crew
of the lifeboat were put on board the vessel, and the
lifeboat also secured the services of a steamer to tow
the disabled vessel into Swansea. She was the
Jeanne d'Arc, of Nantes, bound from Swansea to
that place with coal, and she would doubtless have
been lost but for the assistance rendered by the
lifeboat.