The Sun.
London, England, 1829-11-25 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

SlR,—Having, in common with many of my pro-
fes.i• nal brethren, been invited to this interesting
xhibition at the Egyptian-lutll, perhaps the public
tray be gratified by the following account --
the boys were dressed in the garments of their
own country, and no parts of their persons exposed
save the front aspect of their living band which
connects them together, it being placed immedi-
ately below their respective breast-bones. The
juicing part presents a surface of natural and healthy
skin, and to feel it seems to include an extension
from each of the cartilages which terminate the
breast-bones. The entire band admits four fingers
to pass freely behind it, when the boys stand
shoulder to shoulder, and its width and thickness
allows the thumb to meet the fingers on the front
aspect. The vestiges of one common navel are
visible at the lower and middle part of the band.
When either of the boys was desired to cough,
it became evident to the person grasping the
band that a ruptural protuzion was forced into
the band next the individual who coughed,
and a middle shut space of more than an inch
remained of those rupture sacs. These facts are
of importance, because in the event of death to one
of the twit's, the life of the remaining brother might
he preserved by a prompt and skilful separation of
the dead individual. The pulse of the boy on the
tight side was 87 beats in a minute, that of the one
on the left 82; but as they had not before seen a
st ,p-watch, and were much agitated by observing
it: movements, it is probable that moral excitement
hid some influence on the frequency of their pulses.
Their general aspect was alike, and their teeth of
similar character; they were cheerful, apparently in
equal good health, and evidently unaccustomed to
petty restraints. There is nothing disgusting or
even indecorous in the exhibition of these curious
persons ; they do not deserve to be regarded as
monsters, since their slender union is but one of the
many instances which happen to the whole animal

creation.
If, indeed, Nature had not carefully provided
against its frequency to the human race, the occa-
rional appearance of united twins would give rise to
many legal perplexities.—Sir, your obliged servant,
Langham-place, Nov. 24. ANTHONY CARLISLE.

TUNBRIDGE WELLS.—It is stated, that the
proposed new line of road from London to Hastings
through Surrey, Tunbridge Wells, &c. will save a dis-
tance of near 15 miles less than the present line of commu-
nication ; but, if carried into effect, how far it may prove
beneficial to this our retired watering-place, appears to give
rise to Van ions opinions, which time alone can iletermine.—
Mait7st,,ne Gazette.
EXTRAORDINA IVYCIRCUMSTANCE.—About
fonr months ago, a pig belonging to a labouring man, at
the village of Stainsacre, near \VLitby, auddeoly left off
ottin; ,ti mest as usual; and since that period has been
In a very languid state, although every methe.i was used
to relieve it. On Tuesday Week it was slaughtered, and
on pening it, a corroded needle was found sticking in its
heart,--Moll Picket.

LONDON.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 95, 1829.

Our intelligent Paris Correspondent this day
resumes his observations on the trade of France,
and his communication will he read not only
with pleasure, but advantage. The NI on de r is,
that in such an enlightened country as France,
the arts should have been so long neglected—
we mean those arts so indispensable to the in-
dustrious classes of the people, but the truth is,
that the enterprise of our neighbours was more
directed to the national love of arms than to the
promotion of objects connected with civilized

Fe :

" PARIS, NOV. 22.
" I now propose, with your permission, to
resume my observations on the trade of this
country ; having at present principally in view
the internal or domestic trade, of which Paris is
the centre.

Fifty years ago the industry of France, and
especially of Paris, was chiefly directed to ob-
jects of luxury, of which a very small portion
indeed was consumed by the lower classes.
This, in a great measure, arose from the exces-
sive inequality which formerly existed in the
distribution of wealth. Happily, however, that
extreme inequality is rapidly disappearing,
through the operation of two different causes,
which acting at the two opposite extremes of the
social body, are gradually concentrating their
forces, and creating a middle class of society,
like that of England, capable of consuming a
large quantity of those objects of luxury which
were formerly reserved for the privileged few at
the upper end of the scale. A striking instance
of the change which is silently working in the
fabric of French society has fallen under my own
observation. A friend of mine, whose family
was drive► from France by the events of the
Revolution, returned to his native country about
ten or twelve years ago, with a moderate for-
tune, and with tastes and habits considerably
modified by a long residence in England, and
by extensive travels through both of the Ame-
ricas. On his arrival in Paris, he formed the
desire of purchasing a small property in the
neighbourhood of the capital, with a house and
offices of moderate dimensions, similar in point
of accommodation to the innumerable villa resi-
dences which are to be found in the environs of
London, and indeed of every considerable mer-
cantile town in England. At this period, how-
ever, the two causes to which I have alluded had
not Yet come into full operation. The law, on
the one hand, which abolished the right of pri-
mogeniture had not yet proceeded far in break-
ing down the great masses of property into mo-
derate Ind manageable portions ; and, on the
other laud, the more general diffusion of know-
ledge, wealth, and skill bad not yet raised many
individuals from the lower classes, to create a
demand for such objects as that which my friend
was in quest of. At so late a period as ten
years ago, it was with the greatest difficulty that
he could find a ready made place at all suited to
his income ; whereas, at the present moment, I
have occasion to know, that the rapidly increas-
ing demand for villa property has rather been
exceeded by the supply, as may indeed be seen
from the numerous advertisements of such pro-