The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-28 00:00:00

THE SIAMESE TWINS.

The Paris Illustration publishes a portrait (or portraits)
of the Siamese twins, who are about to entrust themselves
to the celebrated surgeon M. N6laton with a view to being
separated. The twins are simply and quietly dressed in
costumes of identical pattern and colour—dark morning
coat, dark trousers, plaid waistcoat. It appears from
a memoir which accompanies the drawing that the two
brothers, one of whom is named Chang, the other Eng,
are fifty-four years old, and that they were only
four when they were taken from their native land and
brought to Europe, whence, after they had been exhibited
for some years (with great advantage to themselves and
others), they proceeded to the United States. Here,
after a certain time, they bought land, made the
acquaintance of "two charming sisters," who consented to
marry them, settled on their estate, begot nine children
each, and lived together in great happiness until the
American civil war broke out. Then Chang declared him-
self a Unionist, Eng a Secessionist, and the quarrels
between them became so violent that the twins were at
one time on the point of fighting a duel. So, at least, says
the author of the article in the Illustration, who writes
with the air of a man enjoying special sources of informa•
tion.

Seven thousand four hundred and seventy-one
persons have been added to the constituency at Bristol by
the new Reform Bill.

The third of the railway porters who were burned
by an explosion of petroleum at Foaty station, Queens-
town, some days ago, has died, after much agony.
A new London evening paper is announced to
appear on Thursday next, to be called the Evening Mercury.
It will be published at one halfpenny, and will be (so says
the prospectus) a first-class newspaper and literary journal.
MURDER AT CHESTERFIELD. A sad affair
occurred in the neighbourhood of Chesterfield on Saturday
night. A man was found in the garden of Mr. Alderman
Drabble, Hasland, near that town, and the coachman, a
man named Kilk, suspecting that he had been stealing
potatoes, seized him, with the intention of giving him into
custody. The suspected thief stabbed Kilk, who died in
a few minutes. The murderer has not yet been appre-
hended.

FALL OF A WINCII.--TwO MEN KILLED.—An
accident has occurred at Manley, at the works of the
West Cheshire. Railway, by the breaking of a beam and
the falling of a large winch. Three men were severely
injured, one of them dying almost immediately, another
on the following morning, and the third now lying at the
Chester Infirmary. The inquest on the deceased persons
was held on Thursday, and a verdict of accidental
death returned.

Among the many " Congresses" that met in
the course of this month all over the Continent, there is
one which deserves especial notice, viz., the Congress of
the Deaf and Dumb that held its meetings in Berlin. The
principal object of their discussion was the desirableness of
finding a substitute for their present " finger language."
The meetings went off very pleasantly, and after the day's
work the members used to congregate at some social
" Bierhalle" for a pleasant, though inaudible chat.

COPPER ORE SALE.—At the Swansea ticketing
on Tuesday 1,682 tons of copper ore were sold, which
realised £19,190 75., being an average of £ll Bs. 2d. per
ton. The averages on the whole sale were as follows :
Average produce, 16i per cent. ; price per unit of produce,
13s. 7d. ; price per ton of 21 cwt. dry weight, £ll Bs. 2d. ;
standard, £Bl 11s. ; standard calculated for 9 per cent.
produce, £9O 13s. At the previous sale 2,862 tons were
sold, and the average standard for 9 per cent. 'pro-
duce was £92 4s. 6d., and the average price per ton
£9 ss. Bd.

Dean Ramsay, in his " Pulpit Table Talk,"
relates a story of Robert Hall. One of the members of
his flock, a presumptuous and pompous man, took Hall to
task for not preaching more frequently or more fully on
predestination. Hall, the most moderate and cautious of
men on this awful question, was very indignant, and,
looking steadfastly at his censor, said : " Sir, I see you
are predestined to be an ass, and, what is more, I see that
you are determined to make your calling and election
sure."

THE LAST OF THE " DAY'' NEWSPAPER.--At
length the creditors of the Day, a newspaper which was
started in the session of 1867, with the idea of promoting
" Constitutional Liberalism," are to be paid in full. When
the paper stopped, on the 6th of May last year, a promise
was made on the part of Earls Grosvenor and Lichfield
and Lord Elcho, that all the bond fide creditors should
be paid 20s. in the pound. This has now been done,
minus the small dividend which had been previously de-
clared.

THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.—A telegram re-
ceived from Edinburgh brings the news that an interim
interdict has been granted against the Caledonian Rail-
way, at the instance of Mr. Glen, of Glasgow, prohibiting
the directors from payment of the ordinary dividend for
the half year ending July last, from carrying any sum
to the next half-year's revenue, and from applying to
the dividend money raised under certain Acts. Thus,
on the motion of Mr. Glen, 1112 Caledonian will for
a second time be embarrassed with regard to its
dividend.

PROCEEDINGS AGAINST OVERSEERS.—Proceeding.,
have been taken against four of the overseers of Leeds, on
the ground that they were disqualified by certain circum-
stances for their posts, and the case was beard before the
justices at the town hall, on Friday. It was alleged
against three of them—Messrs. Thomas Greenwood, James
Thomas Fleck, and Thomas Carvell—that since their
appointment they had removed their residences beyond
three miles from the boundary of the borough ; and against
Mr. J. D. Woodcock that he had not, when he was
appointed, been rated to the relief of the poor at a rateable
value of £3O. The justices found the cases against Messrs.
Greenwood and Carvell not proved, but decided against
Messrs. Fleck and Woodcock, and declared their appoint-
ments vacant.

The native papers in India aro warmly discussing the
advantages of the appointment of one of her Majesty's
sons as perpetual Viceroy of India. One of the journals
argues that as the Queen's eldest son claims the title of
Prince of Wales, so her Majesty's second should claim
the title Viceroy of Hind. The objection that the
Governor-General of India requires experience and
merit of the first order could be easily overcome by
fair argument, and if, in the experience of Indian
affairs, patronage and favour are combined with
prejudice, it is better not to possess any experience at all.
The remedy for such inexperience in any Viceroy of Hind
can be found in many ways ; but if innate good qualities
are not to be found in a viceroy it would be difficult to
supply them. " One good thing would arise out of the
nppointmettt of a prince to rule in India : all the inhabi-
tants of the country would turn to him with loving hearts,
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