The Sun.
London, England, 1827-10-01 00:00:00

Canterbury and Dover, at Half-past Two.
Carlisle and Edinburgh, through Garstang, a Quarter
before Five.
' Derby; through 'Northampton and Leicester, a Quarter
before Five; •
Edinburgh and Glasgow, through Kendal and Damfries,
a Quarter before-Five.
Manchester, through Derby and
fore
Five.Buxton, a Quarter be-
- Nottingham, through Loughborough, a Quarter before
Five.
Bristol and Bath, through Chi ppenhatn, at Halt -Past Four'
Milford Haven and Tenby, through
Bwansea, at Half-.
past Four.
Taunton, through Cross and Bridgewater, at Half-past
Four.
Windsor and Eton, at Two.
through Coleshill and Lichfield; a Three.
Liverpool,
Norwich, through Colchester and Ipswich, at naif_past
Derby, through
Leicester and Northampton, a Quarter
before Six.
Edinburgh and Glasgow, through Carlisle, a Quarter
before Six.
Manchester, through Leek and Macclesfield, at Six and
seven.
Nottingham, through Leicester, at Six.and Seven.
Vtrmingham and Coventry, through Steny Stratford, a
44lixter.befori Six.

HoIA-L-4;l;nd Shrewsbury, a Quarter before Six.
I%lanchniter, through Leek and Macclesfield, a Quaiter
before Seven.
Canterbury; and Dover, at Seven.
N.B. POST COACHES to every City and Manufac-
turing Town in the Kingdom. Bath and Bristol New
Caravan every Afternoon, at a Quarter before Six.
W. WATERHOUSE and SON, Proprietors.
ter The Proprietors of the above Carriages will not be
lttountable for any Parcel or Package whatever, nor for
.Z.Passenger'fi Luggage above the value of Five Pounds,
el!tke same be entered and paid for aecordingly at the
'i:111e delivery of any such Parcel, Package, er Pal-
Luggage; to them or their Agents.

in the neighbourhood of London, the operations
were watched withintense
to the
interest,
spot and thousands
t s avidr
very
Of persons were attracted
natural feeling of curiosity.
The bridge consists of one fixture pier on each
using shore, and two stone towers from the bed
of the river. The chains which sustain the
bridge are eight in number, composed of wrought
iron bars five inches deep, and one inch thick,
four of these chains have six bars in each chain,
and four have only three bars, making in the total
thirty-six chains. These chains are retained by
the fixture piers, and from thence suspended on
roller-frames fixed in the stone toWers, forming a
curviture in the centre of about 20 feet Versed
sine. The suspension towers are of the TllBll
order, formingri.feet e an archway across the road of 14,
ih
road-way is attached to the chains
by means of vertical bars, and is formed of strong
timbers consisting •of .cross beams, which are
covered with longitudinal and cross planking,
coated with gravel and sharp river sand. '
The stone towers'are supported by piles—that,
on the Surrey side by 256,- and on the Middle...,
sex side by 246.
. . .
The dimensions of the' Bridge are as folloW :
Tl4e extent of Water-way between the Suspension Ft. In.
Towers in the River is. ........
•
The distances between these "and '. 'Piers on shore are, on the Middlesex 'side ".the...... 142 1 I
On the Surrey -side .. ... . . ... ...... . . .145 6
Rath Shore. Pier is is length. forty-fiVe. feet,.
lea; .
ing a clear water-way. of .. . . ..... • -••
• The Suspension Towers above die level of
read-way ....... .. .. ..... .. .. . . ....
Thickness of the Towers above the road-way. .. . . Ott 0
0
The road, way is slightly curved upwards, and,
elevated above high water
The extreme length from the back of the Piers
on shore
The Chains stretchin .822 6
g from the shore' Piers Stip-
port a road-way of 6BB ' 8
• The road-way of the Menai bridge is 553 feet,
conseqUently the chains of the Hammersmith
bridge support a road-way exceeding that of
the Menai bridge by ....
The approaches on both Sides are provided
with octagonal lodges, with appropriate lamps
.„
and parapet wall's, terminating with stone pmats,
surmounted with an ornamental cap.
There is a path on each side of the road-way,
for foot passengers, which is guarded by a light
and elegant" fencing.
Captain Brown was.the contractor for the iron