Star.
London, England, 1823-01-21 00:00:00

THE WEATHER.

The thermometer, Jan. 19, at East Grinstead,
was as low as five degrees of Fahrenheit's scare.
EDINBURGH, JAN. 17.—We are now in the very
middle of winter. The earth is everywhere covered
with snow, and the aspect of nature, viewed from an
eminence, is again exceedingly beautiful.
JAN. 19.—The severity of the weather continues
unabated, and seems to be generally felt over the
country. Much snow has fallen, in consequence of
which all the mails have been more or less retarded
in their progress. The London mail due on Thurs-
day night at nine did not reach the Post Office till
five o'clock next morning; and that of last night ar-
rived only at four this morning. The mails from Car-
lisle have been equally late of arrival; that due on
Thursday evening, was brought from Mosspaul on
horseback, and arrived about mid-day yesterday.
The north mail of yesterday was also about two hours
behind its time. During last night she thermometer
was as low as 19 deg. and this morning, at eight
o'clock, it stood at 25 deg.
GLASGow, JAN. 18.— The London Mail of Tues-
day, due on Thursday, at half-past ten at night, did
not arrive in this City till six yesterday evening, being
19 hours and a half beyond the usual time. The Mail
which left London Wednesday,- due last night, arrived
this morning at half-past six. The cause of the ob-
structions of the Mail arose from the deepness of the
snow on Stanmoor, and from Carlisle to nearly the
Beatock Inn, in which distance it is from six to seven
feet deep. It is equally so between the Beatock and
Abington. The frost continues very keen; insomuch
that the Clyde, last night, was completely frozen over
above the Bridges. In the Green, Fahrenheit's ther-
mometer, this forenoon, stood at 18 degrees.
CARLISLE, JAN.lB.—The slight indications of ice,
and showers of small hail, which prevailed last week,
have since increased to a severe and settled frost, with
much snow ; which on Sunday night began to de-
scend slightly, but accumulated little before Wed-
nesday and Thursday, when a heavy fall took place,
by which the earth has been deeply covered, in many
places to the depth of two feet, and the roads so ob-
' structed, that on Thursday the London Mail was
two hours, and yesterday above five hours later than
usual. At present the snow showers have entirely sub-
sided, the hard frost continuing, with a clear and
serene sky, presenting a striking resemblance to a
Canadian Winter, without the excessive cold of that
severe climate.

Thursday morning, as the Edinburgh Mail was Mil
its way to Carlisle, the accumulation of snow near to
Mosspaul.occasioned the.horses to stumble, when the
coachman, in endeavouring to recover them, slipped ,
off the foot board, which was covered with ice, and
falling on the road, the wheels of the coach passed
over his legs; by which both auclei were dislocated.
He now lies iu Carlisle, in 4 state of much suffer-
iag, but. in a fai; way of recovery.
DURBAN!, JANUARY 18.— A heavy fall of snow,
which began during the night of Tuesday, and• con-
tinued the greater part of •Wednesday and yester-
day, has covered the face of the country for many
►miles round, to the depth of nine or ten inches.--
As the wind has blown rather tempestuously from the.
north* east, we feat thxt it may have occasioned
some danger so the shipping on this coast, and
hale' rendered the roads in many parts of the
country impassable, by the drifting of the snow.
The Edinburgh Mail, due at a quarter: before four
o'clock yesterday afternoon, had not yet arrived, and
the London Mail was Lwo hours behind its usual time
this morning.

The Thames is now frozen over in several parts.
Monday morning a Thames waterman was ob-
served floating down the river in his wherry, frozen
to death, without any person being able to
.go off
to bring the body on shore.
Manday se'nnight a poor travelling man, advanced'
in ye.us, was found dead in a hovel: on the Old
tiloyle,. near Chichester: it is supposed that he
trusted to a small blanket over his clothes to protect
him from the severity of the weather.
On the 14th inst. the body ofJohnVariners, watch,
maker, belonging to Falkirk, was fouttif drowned in
the water of Canon, into which sita lad-fallen about
KA days ptcripaily.