The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27, 1860.

POLICE IN7ELLI9ENCE—(This Day).

THE WEATHER AND 2'HE PARKS.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS.

BOXING DAY AND ITS RESULTS.—A large number of
cases, the usual result of Boxing Day, came before the
magistrate (Mr. Tyrwhitt) this morning, and where only
drunkeness was charged, the worthy magistrate disposed
of the cases by discharging the offenders—many of whom
pleaded the day in excuse, and bore marks of disfigurement
from fighting or falling about. In several cases the offenders
had further misconducted themselves by adding to the
lesser offence, that of assault on the police. In one case in
which four men named Crawley, Ryan, Stagden, and
Henwell, and a female named Mary Cullen, were
charged with assaulting the police, and Cullen with biting
the constable, the woman said she could not have bitten
the officer, because she hadn't a tooth in her head.
The men were fined 10s., or 14 days each, and the woman
ss. or seven days. _ .

Yesterday was another grand but at the same
time almost a fatal day to many persons who visited
the Serpentine in Hyde-park. Upsfards of 10,000
person were congregated there at one time, and
amongst the number were several members of the
Skating Club, and some of the non-commissioned
officers of the Coldstream and Scots Fusilier Guards.
The appear ante of the latter mingling with the fair
sex, and taking parts in quadrilles performed on
the ice, had a very gay effect. Several exciting
skating matches were gone through during the
day for sums of money, and at night fall lighted
flambeaux, and coloured fires were employed to con-
tinue the proceedings, and some scores of link
bearers were engaged in showing lights for the
skaters to pursue their evolutions. The ice in this
park is 31 inches in thickness, but owing to the
large number who went upon it eleven persons
were tripped and thrown down by the skaters and
their heads cut. They were taken to the Royal
Humane Society's receiving-house, and their wounds
were dressed by Mr. Superintendent Williams and
Mr. Young the secretary. Mr. John Gormoday, of
32, Kennerton-street, broke through the ice, but
was rescued and taken to the receiving-house, where ,
he had a warm bath and stimulants, and was ena-
bled to return to his home.

The other cases of assault were disposed of by the inflic-
tion of fines commensurate with the gravity of the charges,
some of them being of a very serious nature.
PICKING A POCKET AT THE GERMAN FAIR.—Ann Cook,
a middle•.aged female, was charged by Tucker, of the C
division, with picking the pocket of a female named Harriet
Jeffreys of a needlecase, and, pleading distress, was re-
manded for a week.

The Long Water in Kensington-gardens had
about 6,000 sliders and skaters upon the ice, but no
accidents occurred.

At the Round Pond, Kensington-gardens, about
2,000 persons amused themselves upon the ice, and
the banks were crowded with people drawn toge-
ther to witness the various evolutions. Serpents
and birds of nearly , every description were cut out
most finely, especially by the ladies. A boy, whilst
standing on the ice, fell down, and had his leg
broken. He was taken to St. George's Hospital,
where he at present remains in a state of great
suffering.
In St. James's-park the number of sliders and
skaters was about 4,000, and several immersions
took place during the day. Amongst the most en-
dangered were Richard Bennett, of 9, Nag's-head-
court, City ; Edwin Clarke, of 3, Tyler's-court,
Soho ; Thomas Stand, of 9, Wilson's-court, Gray's-
inn-road ; James Thompson, of 44, Gloucester-
street, Queen-square; and John Mann, of 55,
Kingsland-road. They were all attended to by
Dr. M'Cann, of Parliament-street, and were enabled
to return home.

The Regent's-park had about 10,000 people upon
the ice, and several persons were seriously injured
by having their heads cut open by being thrown
down by the skaters. The worst accidents happened
to Mr. H. Cooper, of 15, Cuthbert-hall-park ; Mr.
Frost, oilman, of Lisson-street, Lisson-grove ; Mr.
James Wall, of 26, Weymouth-street, Portland-
place; Mr. G. Read, of Kersall House, Manchester-
square; and Mr. G. Brough, of 47, Shoe-lane. The
thermometer, as registered by Negretti and Zam
bra's patent glass, during Tuesday night was 27
deg. ; at nine yesterday morning it was at 27 deg;
and at six o'clock last night it stood at 30. The
barometer during the day indexed 2954, and the
wind was north-east.

The ice in the Victoria-park, Crystal Palace,
Hampstead Ponds, Clapham-common, and other
suburbs was reported last night to be tolerably
secure, and gredt numbers went upon the frozen
surface ; but one gentleman had his head fractured
by falling on the ice in the Victoria-park.