The Sun.
London, England, 1833-05-29 00:00:00

of the graat institutions of the metropolis. Thia,at
least upon the part of - the -family, who might be
supposed to have the highest claim to the profits
derivable from the lusus naturce, was conjectured to
•be the case, and up to town came the father and
mother, and grandfather and grandmother, and
uncles and aunts of the twins, in order to contend
for the restitution of what they considered to be
their property. They soon ascertained that the
gentleman in possession of the bodies was involved
in pecuniary embarrassments, out of which he was
endeavouring to extricate himself by the sale of the
'remarkable kind of treasure, and they were most
anxious to know from the Lord Mayor whether his
Lordship could not adjudicate in such a case of
hardship, and restore the twins to their hands.
The LORD MAYOR begged to know who had
been so kind as to consider him qualified to act as
an intercessor or a referee on so unusual a matter ?
—The applicants had mentioned the circumstance
to a solicitor, upon whose counsel they waited upon
his Lordship. They had reason to suppose that the
curiosity was extremely valuable, for, upon inquiring
at the College of Surgeons or, Physicians, they
learned that the twins had been exhibited arid
offered for sale to the members, and that the sum
required amounted to some hundreds.
The LORD MAYOR declared that the subject hap•
pened to be at as remote (distance as possible from
his jurisdiction. He had, however, an opinion upon
the subject, to which the applicants were quite wel-
come, and that was, that as far as he could collect
from what had been stated, the party by whom the
bodies were placed in a state of preparation was the
only one who could make a legal claim, and that he,
of course, had a legal right to dispose of them. That
party, however, was in honour bound to give up
the difference between the sum he had received and
the amount of his bill, the expense of the prepara-
tion being deducted.
The applicants appeared to be much di-appointed
at this intelligence.
A very neatly-dressed old maiden lady, named
Sarah &tales, was brought up, charged by a young
gentleman, an indigo broker, under the following
circumstances, the detail of which caused some
laughhier :
The complainant, who evidently pitied the object
of his accusation, stated that the defendant had been
employed by him to take care of his house iu the
city some time ago, arid was respected by him.
She, however, took it into her head to look upon
him in a light not altogether agreeable to most
masters, for she regarded him with the eye of love.
The pour old woman fancied, too, that her love was
returned, and she at length became so great a
" bore" that he was obliged to dtspen-e with her
services altogether, as the only means of getting rid
of the painful incumbrauce of her affections. She,
immediately after her discharge, commenced a paper
war, which she soon turned into a series of hostili-
ties against his windows, and as the result of her
misplaced arid unrequited attachment began to as-
sume the appearance of serious operations, lie
thought that it was necessary to appeal to the strong
power of the law, which had no gallant preference
of the sex. She had just smashed four panes of
glass, arid he believed she meant to give him the be-
nefit of the full "light and air of hesiven."
he LORD MAYOR hoped that the complainant
had not given any encouragement to the derendant.
—(Laughter.)
The deeniant declared hat she had reason to

believe that lie preferred her to all the rest of her
sex. She confessed that she had conceived for him
a very tender regard, but she now considered him
unworthy of her affection, for after he had" thrown
a flame over her," and caught hold of her love, he
suddenly grew cold and insensible.
The LORD MAYOR thought that such conduct

was extremely disrespectfulto a lady who had so
much superiority upon the score of years.—(A
laugh.) His Lordship expressed a wish to know
the substance of the letters which the defendant
had written.

The complainant stated that the poor old lady
generally commenced her epistles in the tender way,
but tier style gradually ran into the violent and the
vindictive. She accused him of sorcery—of having
cast a charm over her—and of denying her the re-
turn of an affection which had become a portion of
her existence. But what annoyed him most was,
the smashing of his windows.
The LORD MAYOR did not think that a man was
at all to blame for not falling in love with his grand-
mother, and had no idea of censuring the complain-
ant for feeling dissatisfaction at the mischief done
to his windows because he was deaf to the voice of
love.—(Laughter.) His Lordship had no doubt
that the defendant would be improved by a day or
two's cool visit to Mr. Teague, the governor of the
Compter.

Tile complainant appeared unwilling that any
thing like severity should be exercised towar Is her,
and was assured that she should be treated with

the greatest kindness. lie had a respect for her,
he said, and could in no way account for her infa•
tuation.

The LORD MAYOR—It is indeed infatuation, and

it is odd that no age is exempt from it amongst the
lades. I remember a scene which occurred in the
presence of certain parish officers. They were sit-
ting at their wine at the workhouse one thy, and
they called the matron of the house, who was 96
years of age, before them, to solve a difficulty in
wh;ch they were placed in the course of their con-
versation. The churchwarden said to her, " You
must not suppose, my dear madam, that we mean
any offence to you, but be good enough to inform
us at what age a female drops all idea of being in
love." The matron turned her back with ineffable
scorn upon the gentlemen,and mumbled out through
her toothless jaws, " How can I answer such a
question ? Y,,u must ask somebody who is longer
in the world."—(Great laughter.)" " Now," sail
his Lordship, " I think the complainant would have
no objection to marry you after all."
Defendant—On dear, to be sure; I'd like him of
all things.—(Laughter.)
The defendant was then for a few days consigned
to the care of Mr. Teague, who had directions to
treat her very kindly, but to keep her very cool.