The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-05 00:00:00

THE WEATHER AND THE PARKS.

An immense multitude of persons, including
many women, and children, with a great number of
the Coldstreams and Scots Fusilier Guards, visited
the various parks for the purpose of enjoying the
exhilarating exercise of skating or sliding. The
appearance of the various groups, mingled as they
were with a sprinkling of the fair sex, had a very
picturesque effect. The promenades of the different
parks and the carriage drives were completely
crowded with members of the nobility and gentry;
for the purpose of witnessing the scientific evolu-
tions of the persons who disported themselves upon
the ice in the various parks.
The thermometer at the Royal Humane Society's
Receiving House in Hyde Park during Thursday
night was as low as 23 deg., being 9 deg. below
freezing point. At nine a.m. it rose to 26 deg.,
being still 6 deg. below freezing point ; and at noon,
whilst the sun was shining through the fog, the
mercury only ascended to 29 deg., showing that
there were three degrees of frost overhanging the
metropolis.l At six o'clock last:evening the ther-
mometer had risen to 31 deg., an indication that
the frost was likely to break up, especially as the
barometer stood during the day at 30.24 deg.,
and the wind being N.B. Several accidents took
place, and had it not been for the active exertions
of Mr. Superintendent Williams, loss of life would
have occurred. _ _

During yesterday 7,000 sliders and skaters ven-
tured upon the frozen surface of the river, and
amongst the number eight persons had their heads
severely cut by falling upon the ice, and one gen-
tleman had the flesh torn off his fingers by falling
upon the ice in front of a skater.
At a late hour last night skating was carried on
with full vigour by torchlight on the Serpentine:
The Long Water in Kensington-gardens n a
tronised by 3,000 sliders and skaters.hiew
T cßound
many members of the Skating Club.n..en
t of any
Pond had 800 gentlemen, but no at itlgg
c James Park is
importance occurred. The ice
inand safe, but a few
pronounced to be tolerably firm
d 2,500 persons ven-
slight immersions occurred,
Revent's Park had over
tured upon the ice. The
10,000 persons on the .ice during the day. The ice
here is four inches thick.

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