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«Jan. 16] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 45 
; At kney, the thermometer at ten p.m. on Tuesday | to Mrs. Frost, and stated that they were exeetiy. fome Moor, by which four tae lost their lives, and two 
4 was en ; on Wednesday, = seven A.M., 28°; and at = ld, when 
7 36°, catia noon there w: ~ — of rain, which soo Three days prac the jury ret erdict, “ That the deceased were 
e afterwards to snow, re in many protest ed parts ae soc eg pecan notice that they wont _ _ | accidentally ee mi an ool ma of fire-damp.”” 
3 settle yn it lasted for four ieee d when it t ceased _ Port Art vai ur, a eeren settlement, althongh it - fom © po pec Wheats.—The —— frosts 
4 the mercury had fallen to 33°. I to have been intended as a Fa ~—— and heavy fall o} wee prove most beneficia to the 
i ry rogressed slowly, and throughout: Thursday morning the Frost Meal “Tam at a rt Arthur, a a place to which the | growing crops, s 
4 ery f and where y may | pearature take Mae. 6 Oning. to the enremely mild 
4 the coating of thick ice with which t they w bly its greatest extent. I was not, how- eee at — comme! of the year, the plant was 
4 —— been acted on by the thaw saa being a ever, sent tn ct what is called punishment. The Go- ing exhibit a sapere to econo: which - 
7 sl ict ry by melted snow. ae six ° pre -M. the ther- | vernor told us repeatedly that we were not sent to Port checked i va the — and fresh vigour we 
; met er was (33°, with the ind rth-east. ears Arthur as a punishment, but to fill certain offices. Wil- —— unfavourable harvests which we have 
q t and one o’clock | liams is a superi rintende ent in the coal-mines ; Jones fills | a perienced ay st two o r three € years, the m ospect of 
( a snow-storm ‘commenced The par was high, and situation at the bl and Bae in uekies pply r ng; 
con’ tin ued so dur ing the. elena Dhar snow covering | office , the Governor of P it h it i of course. ‘early yet t 
f several es. Inthe Parks, | Arthur. I am ree hoe asa clerk, and a hitherto the | fidence ak afew 
althou gh t — os covered by poring the ice was not | labour has not been heavy. Ia — I months ee hic seg both of which — rb veal al 
affected “i e thaw. On the River, on Thursda er- | never was better; and my spirits gta | promi 
; noon, in consequence of the unmooring of a collier, a} ing all t things—much better than I could tg bois The Weather in the Country.—The Provincial papers 
4 sheet of ice about 100 yards in — and e extendin ng anticipated.’’ state that the remar' able changes experienced in the 
i half. F Lancas ter —— the sessions the Hon. Capt. Plunkett | | metropolis have been generally felt throughout the king- 
H the fal and did a in its | was charg dom. In a letter from Bowness, Windermere, dated on 
| progress. A lighter la a with staves was dri gainst f the i turday, the writer says, ightful weather with 
if a tier of colliers on the south side of the river, and was | his duty. Defendant rg oe colle: Mr. Wilkins (for | which we were favoured towards the close of the past year 
4 stove in, and the wood dispersed about the river. ‘A e defendant) urg p ly | hasat length given way toa bitter ‘storm of frost and snow, 
q schooner was forced by the a on the bed of ice, where | when defendant had come into court, and said, ‘ “If T have | with a high and. p gf ly wind. The snow lies 
: she stuck fast. sree rae after this the ice was fora short | wronged this man I am willing to make any compensa- | unusually deep on the ground, and on Thursday morning 
tion.’’ Since his release he has joined his regiment, by | the lake was nearly frozen over.—From Shrewsbury we 
but the ice was so thick | which he was received with more than ordinary respect. | learn thai t the frost ; has been very severe ; the Severn has 
pr they — not effect. eee ‘object, and when it again | He has sort his duties, and has himself been recently | 
began to move the vessel floated with it. A brig lying at | sitting on a court-martial to see that justice was done. | with sk: its surfa Ss 
pn off Wapping was the e next t obstacle, and the ‘Strain His ‘regiment has been ordered to the ben quan If the degree of, te perati peri d this season, the ther- 
on the cable was so great th proper to deal with him with rigour, h fc d Fah ezing. 
let go 13 or 14 fathoms of chain, whi i If the court will call u him A strong wind. from the south-east pre A 
away, and enabled the ice to pass it. “At  London-bridge pay a — or to make compensation to the eae which was followed in the evening id a storm of snow 
the ice was divided by the piers of the will most readily submit to whatever the court may | On Monday, a still} fi hich, added t 
further mischief. Although the thaw — rain have in | think fit to impose. The chairman, after considerable de- | the slippery state of the roads, oned some oma 
some measure quantity of ice, there still | liberation, then called upon Capt. Plunkett, and said, ‘* The | in the arrival of the — = Halifax o on Sunday morn- 
remain vast fields of it in various of the river.— | sentence of this court is, that you be imprisoned in acl ing a strong wind from north-west brought with it a 
The frost and snow in the neighbourhood of London dale eee of Correction for two months.’’? The sen! heavy fall of snow, which. gen asite: during the whole 
have caused very serious distress among the lower orders. | is said to have € produced a considerable sensation am ssa of that day and Monday. On preapsiaidg there was a 
Many labourers of all classes, especially gardeners and | the bystanders. heavy fall in the neighbourhood of the . The conse- 
agriculturists generally, are out of LG apred and have to Kent.—The Hoo Union—Thei inquiry into the conduc t o retard 
combat the severity of the w eather oi from | of Mills, th travelling, a: the mail a: SRBC eae ay et ah 
the loss of wages, ae ee in the decisi f the m tes that the case should be pine kowtacul ettuesimmstions mek icenetbeetiartet 
etings for the rie of the ken t for trial at the ones assizes. Mr. Mills h with six horses. It is said that four years have elapsed 
the metropolis an yal parishes. in the | ordered to enter into his own recognizances in 50/., i great a fall of was experienced in this 
parish of Tottenham pian attention has been displayed | find two sureties of 25/. each, to appear and take his rie ; country in the same length of time. Accounts from 
in this caer emer pire of the inhabitants has Carli. L cary! writ Considerable various quarters describe the drifts as being of from 
been convened, at the uest of clergy and the excitement has been manifested a in Carlisle by the exami- three yards in depth, according to oe 
pte eee eg pis pe a to ee amount of 1811. stood charged with stealing | | ae Hull, on Wednesday a the snow bene, $0 
have — iperigtes which have been si nce increased to five sovereigns and some va valuables with _which he fall 
ne: arly of le tte 2 fall +} 
pars be ner Seat about 700 families to a young woman of whom he was the Tore: It seems, bifant can ale the ae on Texel el ground b 
sack of coals each, upon the pt the money, but had f. e streets the early part of 
small payment of ls. ; id the ne of relief has a| answers, purporting ‘to come from the female, acknow- | the morning were almost impassable, and the outskirts 
discretionary power vested in it to give away such other | ledging the e receipt of it. Hetes beveeemersiet tes tite OS ke io remain so. pis to 
articles as may appear necessary. Ashton.—Investi are the rincipal Foe a carts have been con- 
Trades’ Union Combinations and p ae murders recently tineally poss rae peg it away, so that locomotion is 
Brobincial Netvs. committed in this neighbourhood, and it is now stated | p! Jt, Mgnns free. fro 
Bi Sess eae i eae : that the perpetrator (oF perpetrators) of Sie Beueles of 
ee ecay ere Benjamin Cooper has been discov Thirteen indivi- | i 
choly Joss, during a-violent snow-storm, of the steamer dmitted to bail, | ning 
Thames, on her voyage from Dublin to London, on the as in 100/., and two sureties of 50/. each. Four 
rocks of the Scilly Islands, and all on board, consi of | hin baak been n liberated on bail have been again 
scm 60°to 7 rsons, drowned, with the exception aie a gs into custody fal murder, and con- 
ady passenger, two ste es, man. is i examina 
the vessel was discovered by the islanders, their boats ap caf wes Plect, age a has st a reward 
aground, but with great efforts they succeeded in launch-| of 100/. ar the Roa gins of the murd of Garland 
“S a whale- boat t through the breakers, and getting ; her Yor, named J: Hallett, a labourer, and 
seven or ight om other persons, were regis from Tock to | which has 
pe the females being first hoisted therein, and unfortu- 
nately, Sages cna, ernie ge Fulford, last week. When they had proceeded as far as 
placed there, the boat broke adrift, and drove off the land. an | co. 
eae was perceived by a sailing-boat, which took her in ee on wie _ 1, Mears Sharp ath On ee 
tow, and succeeded, wi tha tee in wind leona elnost said, ‘* Stand back, poet ee oe brains out! ’’ at the | has 
~~ in safety. _ By this time | ind i d almost m his i allett not 
a hurricane, ib doing peasigggo Peg n= 1 
The oe a formed a head, surgeon ediatel 
a aes mn of the crew ot bigs k nea i ‘emples * Cf waeiins Semen y 
Poon peed are and all ao 8 3 examination has taken 
a matery grave, sputusseenpeome F one mani, before the magistrates. stated, that he 
who was ular rock, where he re- | first struck by the man, and that he fired in self-defence, 
mained. the following d y, when he was rescued. but the comrades of give a different version of 
essel became a complete the remainder of the | story. He also stated, that he i 
the wentced.._ It is stated by the surviving seaman, that | him because he had before been annoyed on the road. He 
weather being owt te rekon with showers of | was commi ork Castle, his trial 
Snow, t oning, mistaki es 1 Pe 
e St. Agnes’ (S Islands) light for that of the Long-| taken for his appearance. _ ; Ee 
oe \ eee the Col ibewidden rock. Northampton.— Bank Robbery.—Messrs. Whitworth | Manchester and Leeds 
5 pede f th sl lowing circumstances. 
7 (the young man who had robbed them of 800 in gold) 
and his brother, sent one of the : 
who traced them to Shooter’s-hill, i an hence to Bowes station. 
France 
ae fr aap 
| then pid 20/9 the captain | and 
toe weanes of Bact Sey. th to Boulogne. 
of | The officer proceeded no Soke ton 
ae his life, after 
he circumstance of ; 
rter being driven on shore, Cae Barres whi 
bived to beat out ; he dra ank a little, and sod salfened the 
to escape. a ee nm 
er the psioberhe ad had o y been married. ey 
stol.—On Mon aie + Clecctn meeting was held in| 
Social ’ Room, for purpose of hearing an address | officer 
from the son of Mr. Frost,—of agreeing to tition to | 
the ¢ Queen for a remission of the sentefice p x 
prisoners,—and also for making a subscription towards | p 
the Return fund. The principal interest of 
derived fr ; r. 
his 
