The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-11 00:00:00

THE FROST -THE PARKS, &c,

Loss OF LI FE. —On Sunday the ice, with the single
eeption of that on the round pond, Kensington-gardens,
was in an insecure and dangerous condition, and mere-
' rous immersions took place during the day, hut through
the prompt exertions of the officers of the Royal Humane
Society, they were unattended with fatal consequences,
until a late hour in the afternoon; when three young
men, who were skating on the ornamental water in the
Regent's-park, were suddenly immersed ; and although
.every possible assistance was immediately rendered, so
long a period elapsed before they were extricated, that,
after more than one hour's application of the remedies
recommended by the Society-, two only were restored to
animation, the third case being shortly after given up as
hopeless. It appears that the ice had. been in a most
dangerous state throughout the day, notwithstanding
which many hundreds of persons persisted in venturing
upon it ; and the Report of the Superintending. Officer
sates that upwards of thirty were taken out of the water
in the space of five hours. The accident, which has
terminated so fatally, tools place shortly before five
o'clock, in the afternoon, opposite Sussex-place, at which
time it was getting dusk. As soon as the alarm was
given several officers of the Society hastened to the spot
with ice-boats, and after great exertion, three of the ice-
men being themselves immersed in the water, succeeded
in recovering two of the young men. The third sank
under the ice, and several minutes elapsed before his
body was found. It was ultimately brought up by the
drags and conveyed to the receiving-house (a tent
erected within the grounds) of the Society, where Mr.
Norton, 01l:10;er-street, _and assistants, were in attend-
ance, and used the rtio.;t unremitting exertions to restore
animation. As previously stated, in the two first cases
he was successful, but every means failed in the third—
the vital spark having fled. The deceased Was a tine
young man, apparently about twenty-five years of age,
but no card nor paper was found upon him to lead to his
identity. The body was placed in a shell and conveyed
to the workhouse to await the inquest. The names of
the younA• men who recovered were stated to be James
Wood, of Avery-street, Bloomsbury-square, and George
Demounav, of Cottage-place, Peckham. Much praise
is due to deputy superintendent Giles Barr, for his ex-
traorlinary exertions, lie having been immersed in the
water no less than four times.

The situation of Lieutenant-Governor of Que-
bec is vamnt by the death of Gen. Mikes, formerly of
the Fusilier Guards.

THE A UTITOR OF " TEMPTATION."—We
observe that a new novel, from the pen of the Author of
" Temptation," is announced to be ready for publica-
tion next week. It is called " The School for Wivi_.s."
From the peculiar nature of the former story of this
writer, much curiosity has existed to know the name of
the author, but hitherto this 'curiosity has remained un-
gratified. It is, however, certain, that it is the produc-
tion of a lady moving in the highest circles ; and we
have heard it reported, that should the present work
meet with an equally good reception (of which there can
be little doubt) it is the intention of the author to avow
herself. Thus, in all probability, we shall have to add
another distinguished name to that galaxy of female
talent which has already been rendered so brilliant by a
Burney, an Edgeworth, a Porter, a Joanna Baillie, &c.
HINTS FROM THE TAVERN WAITER'S
' BEADY RECKONEB.—" Waiter I" " Yes, sir." " What
have Ito pay ?" ‘. Pay, sir ; what have you had, sir ?"
" Chops." " Yes, sir—chops one shilling, six ; anything
(die, sir ? " " Potatoes."— " Liters two-pence, sir
that's fourteen-pence, sir—rd fourteen pence is one and
four, sir ; any bread, sir ? Yes." " Bread a penny,
sir ; and one and four -is sixteen-pence, and one is seven-
teen, and seventeen-pence is (t and seven-pence, sir ;
how many goes of brandy, sir " Two." o Two
sir,
that's fourteen-pence. One and four, sir, and one and
seven—one and one is two—four and seven is eleven,
that's two, and one is three,„ and one is three and a
penny ; anything else, sir ? ; there are four
shillings." "Four shillings, sir. Thank :you, sir. Coming
directly, sir." Waiter retires.— Peach's Almanack, 18-I
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