The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-25 00:00:00

AN EXCELLENT CHANCE FOR THE FAIR SEX.

The following appears as a bona fide advertisement in a
Welsh paper:—" OPEN TO ALL WALES.—A handsim
young Gintlemin, whose extrame bashfilness has intuced
un to adapt thes inooshal mode of curtship, is wilful
o disposing o his hint an hart to the Savourneen dar-
lint who is of raal blud—tarnation its delicate soomitre
—plays the piane an bates the echoes o Killarney in
voice. Fortin of no considirashun, bane himself un-
kimtnin rich!—Addres to ***, Cardinganshire."
BARBARITY IN BURTON-CRESCENT.—Considerable
sensation has been excited amongst the casual visitors to
Burton-crescent by a piece of extraordinary ferocity on
the part of the authorities. It appears that the iron
posts at the corners of the streets in that neighbourhood
have long been the victims of juvenile leap-frog, and it
was feared that the constitution of the posts would not
be strong enough to prevent them from gradually wear-
ing away under the grievance. So far public feeling
would go with the authorities, who have a right to pro-
tect their posts to any reasonable extent ; but, in an
evil hour, the inhabitants have planted spikes on the
top of those posts—so that the boys, who cannot be
deterred from jumping over, are now in danger of
being impaled on the top of them. We have looked
closely- into the law of leap-frog, and searched for a
statute on street-posts, but we can find nothing to jus-
tify the frightful cruelty that has been resorted to. The
old thumb-screw was the last remnant of Saxon savage-
ness, but the ten-penny nail has never been recognised
by any of our jurists, from Coke to the " Comic
Blackstone." Even the holdfast, as an instrument of
legal torture, is about to he abolished, by doing away
with imprisonment for debt ; and we therefore call upon
the authorities of Burton-crescent to erase the spike
from their criminal code immediately.—Punch.
STEAM-BOAT LAUNCH. —On Wedriesday after-
noon a new steam-boat was launched from the building--
yard of Messrs. Heighington, Battersea-fields. She is
called the Sunbeam, and is intended for the Putney
trade, to run in conjunction with the Rainbow, Thunder,
and Lightning. As a specimen of river craft she is un-
exceptionable. Her dimensions are as follow:—Ex-
treme length, 95 feet; breadth between the paddles,
12 feet 8 inches; and depth, 7 feet. She is built on the
diagonal plan, with three " skins," or linings, the two
first at an angle of forty-five degrees, and the outer one
longitudinally, the wood used being African mahogany.
All the modern improvements have been adopted, both
in her build and internal arrangements, and it is ex-
pected that she will bent even the Rainbow, which is the
fastest low-pressure boat up the river. The Sunbeam
will be propelled by two low-pressure engines of four-
teen horse power each, and furnished with Spillar's pa-
tent boiler. A select party were present to witness the
launch.
THE NOMINATION, AT NEWTON.—We understand
that so great has been the desire to be present at the
nomination at Newton, this day, that the Railway. Co-
mpany were unable to provide carriages at all sufficient in
number to supply the demand for seats.' The disap-
pointment to the public has, therefore, been very great,
but it was unavoidable.—Liverpool Mercury of Friday.

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