The Sun.
London, England, 1836-02-19 00:00:00

AQUATICS.

THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE RIVER.—The forthcoming season
will be most prolific, and will commence much sooner than usual.
The Noblemen and Gentlemen of the Leander Club are in posses-
sion of the silver sculls, resigned by Mr. Julius, the Champion of
the River. There will be several candidates for the honour.

The will of the late Mr. Bell has been proved at
Doctors' Commons, and the personalty sworn under 80,0001.
The executors are Lord Langdale, Mr. Justice Littledale, sir.
Wyatt, Mr. Spranger, and the testator's widow.
MR. SWIFT AND MRS. KELLY.—This affair has
already excited considerable interest, from its singularity and
the indefatigable perseverance displayed on both sides. Mrs.
K., far from being disheartened by her late defeat, has renewed
the attack with unabated impetuosity. On the 25th of March,
1831, a marriage was contracted, according to the Italian laws
and customs, between Mr. Wm. Swift and Miss Kelly. Her
mother, who was opposed to the match, contrived to leave
Italy with her daughter, and arrived in England. Mr. Swift
immediately brought an action against her in the Arches' Court,
which he lost ; but having carried the case before the House of
Lords, the decision of the former Court was annulled, and the
lady summoned to the conjugal residence ; to prevent which,
Mrs. Kelly left England for France, whither she carried her
daughter. Mr. Swift followed them, and on Wednesday week
he met her in Paris, and little persuasion was necessary to
induce her to repair to her husband's residence. Between eight
and nine in the evening an individual, who announced himself
as a member of the Chamber of Deputies, arrived at their
lodgings, and requested to see Mr. Swift. The latter having
refused to see him, a dispute arose between his brother, who
was the bearer of the message, and the soi-disant Deputy, who
insisted on seeing Mr. S., and added, that if that gentleman
refused, he would have both him and his wife arrested by the
gensdarmes. High words ensued on both sides, and the
altercation began to take a serious turn, when Mr. Swift, fear-
ing the consequences, opened the door of the apartment, and
demanded the purport of the stranger's intrusion, who pre-
tended that his quality of Member of Parliament authorised
his intrusion into an Englishman's house; but his menaces
making no impression on Mr. S., he took his departure,
threatening to send the parties to prison. To avoid the scandal
which such scenes might occasion, and to screen themselves
from the fury of the mother, who would not fail to make every
attempt to carry off her daughter, the young couple decided on
going into the environs, and chose St. Cloud for the place of
refuge. But the pretended Member was waiting in the street,
and attempted to arrest them, crying a la garde, on which Mr.
Swift put his hand before his mouth. During the scuffle the
lady got into the coach, and Mr. S., with the assistance of his
two brothers, succeeded in extricating himself from his anta-
gonist,
and drove off. The disappointed Member cried out in
vain to have them stopped. On their return to Paris they lived
happily together until last Saturday, when, between three and
four in the afternoon, the substitute of the Proctireor du Roi,
accompanied by the Commissaire de Police, and escorted by
police officers, arrived at the house, and carried Mrs. Swift,
although a Protestant, to the Convent des Dames St. Michel.
Her husband has protested against this strange proceeding of
the Procureur du Roi. Mrs. S. will proba'..ly remain a pri-
soner in the convent until the decision of the tribunals sets her
at liberty. —Paris Courier.
MEETING OF MIDDLESEX MAGISTRASES.—A
very numerous Court was holden yesterday at the Sessions-
house, Clerkenwell-green, for the despatch of important
county business. On the motion of Mr. Hope, Sir William
Curtis was unanimously called to the chair. Mr. M‘William
gave notice of his intention to move, at the next County Court,
to rescind the resolution of Colonel James Clitheroe, on the
Ist of November last, that Benjamin Rotch, Esq., was unani-
mously called to the chair. The minutes of the 4th, 14th,
and 28th of January last, were read. The Committee for
Accounts and for General Purposes, presented the customary
Report, which was destitute of public interest. Then Court
then adjourned for a fortnight.
WHEATEN BREAD v. OATEN.—Wheat can now
be purchased as cheap, aye, and cheaper, than either at New
York or Montreal, these blest abodes where there is hardly
either rent or taxes. The quartern loaf is now selling at 63.,
and wages being steady, all classes have now the benefit Of a
wheaten diet instead of an oaten or potato one. The baker's
oven is in great requisition, while the cottage girdle hangs Idle
'gainst the hallan so that Scotland has at length fairly out-,
grown her no longer distinctive title of the " Land of Cakes."
—Dumfries Courier.

The- Siamese Twins were born of Chinese parents
in May, 1811. They are united together by a ligatUre nearly
four inches in length, and eight in circumference, formed at
the extremity of the breast-bone of each, and extending down-
wards to the abdomen. The upper part of the ligature is a
strong cartilaginous substance; the lower part is soft and
fleshy, and contains a tube or cavity, presumed to be about an
inch and a half in circumference. On the lower edge of the
ligature, exactly in its centre, is situated the navel; that navel
is common between them. If the ligature be touched in the
middle, both are equally sensible of it; but if only half an
inch from the middle, one alone perceives it. There is
nevertheless a considerable degree of nervous sympathy be-
tween the two bodies • but it is entirely overpowered by the
operation of the mind. The flexibility of the cartilage is so
great, that the twins can readily turn either shoulders to each
other. No sooner had the King of Siam heard of the mar-
vellous connexion of Chang and Eng, than he issued imme-
diate orders for their destruction ; but on a representation be-
ing made to him, he recalled his mandate. At the age of
fourteen the united brothers procured a boat, and commenced
the business of roving merchants. A year expired. and they
gave up their trade as pedlars, and embarked in a much more
extensive., laborious, and important one—that of ducks and
eggs. In the yeaa 1829, Captain Coffin, commanding the
American trader, e Sachem, touched at Siam, and proposed
to transport the Siamese twins, who were then eighteen
years of age, to America. They arrived safely at
Boston,
and were exhibited in that town ; at the end of the year
ti ..cca 3 medical meeting took place at the
they went to England, where on the 27th of November
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