The Sun.
London, England, 1827-01-04 00:00:00

IRON CHAIN BRIDGE.

The Suspension-bridge thrown over the Thames at Hammer-
smith, is daily visited by the admirers of mechanism. A chain-
bridge so near the metropolis is a novelty, and during fine dry
weather the works are attractive.

The advantages to be derived from this Bridge in the saving of
distance, will be a direct passage from Hammersmith to Barnes,
East Sheen, and other parts of Surrey, without going over Ful-
ham and Kew Bridges.
The intended road by the Suspension-bridge leads out of
Church-street, Hammersmith.

FAITHLESS SALLY BROWN.---AN OLD BALLAD.
(From Hood's Mims and Odditees. ),
Young Ben he was a nice young man,
A carpenter by trade;
And he fell in lore with Sally Brown,
That was a lady's maid.
But as they fetch'd a walk one day,
They met a jibes-gang crew ;
And Sally she did faint away,
Whilst Ben he was brought to.
The Boatswain swore with wicked words,
Enough to shock a saint,
That though she did seem is a fit,
'Twas nothing but a feint.

" Come, girl," said he, " hold up your head,
He'll be as good 89 me ;
For when your swain is in our boat,
A boatswain he will be."

So when they'd made their game of her,
And taken off her elf,
She roused, and found she only was
A coming to herself.

" And is he gone, and is he gone ?"
She cried, and wept outright :
" Then I will to the water side,
And see him out of sight:"
A waterman came up to her,—
" Now, young woman," said he,
" If you weep on so, you will make
Eye-water in the sea."
" Alas ! they've taken my beau, Ben,
To sail with old Benbow;"
And her woe began to run afresh,
As if she had said Gee woe!
Says he, " they've only taken him
To the Tender ship, you see ;"
" The Tender-ship," cried Sally Brown,
" What a hard ship that must be !
"0 ! would I were a, mermaid now,
For then I'd follow him ;
But, Oh ! I'm not a fialfrivoman,
And an I cannot swim.

" Alas ! I was not born beneath
"rhe Virgin and the Scales,'
So I must curse my cruel stars,
And walk about in Wales."
Now Ben had sail'd to many a place
That's underneath the world ;
But in two years the ship came home,
And all the sails were furl'd.
But when he call'd on Sally Brown,
To see how she went on,
He found she'd got another Ben,
Whose Christian-name was John.
" 0 Sally Brown, 0 Sally Brown,
How could you serve me so,
I've met with many a breeze before,
But never such a blow !"
Then reading on his 'bacco box,
He heaved a heavy sigh,
And then began to eye his pipe,
And then to pipe his eye.
And then he tried to sing " All's Well,"
But could not, though he tried ;
His head was turn'd, and so he chew'd
Hie pigtail till he died.
His death, which happen'd in his birth,
At forty-odd befell:
They went and told the sexton, and
The sexton toll'd the bell.

Mr. CANNING.—A Paris letter in the Literary
Gazette, dated 22d December, says " the English have risen five
hundred per cent. in French estimation within these three days.
The Honourable Sir Canning, as Mr. C. is called here, has ef-
fected- this revolution subito ; half-a-dosen authors have an-
nounced literary new-year's gifts to the public on Mr. Canning's
speech and proposal to send a British army into Portugal. Sir
Caneinge is on every one's lip ; all look to him for the restora-
tion oforder in the Peninsula, and the liberty of Greece."
A CANDID ACKNOWLEDGMENT.--A farmer re-
cently received a polite note from a neighbour, (whose children
were going on a visit a short distance,) requesting the loan of an
ass for a few days. Being unable to decipher his friend's hiero-
glyphics, and wishing to conceal his ignorance from the servant,
the farmer hastily returned for answer--" Very well, tell your
master I'll wait upon him myself presently."

FIRES.—The Limerick Chronicle, and the Drog-
heda Journal, mention two great fires that occurred in their re-
spective neighbourhoods a few days since. As neither, however,
were attended with loss of lives, and in no respect differed from
other fires (except in the circumstance of their being an immediate
supply of water), we refrain from entering into further particulars.

ACCIDENTS FROM FIRE ARMS.— Lately, a
dreadful accident occurred at the Rev. Mr. Wilkinson's, who
keeps an extensive school in Aldenham. It seems to have been a
practice with the senior boys to amuse themselves with fire-
arms, by firing at a mark with ball. On the present occasion
one of them, about 17 years old, was showing his dexterity, when
unfortunately, the ball lodged in the back of another pupil, the
son of Dr. Pideock, of Watford. Mr. Foot, of Edgeware, and
Mr. Ward, of Watford, were both sent for on the instant, and a
messenger was despatched to London for Sir Astley Cooper.
Every attempt, however, to extract the ball has hitherto proved
fruitless ; but we understand great hopes are still entertained of
his life being saved. The young gentleman who wag the acci-
dental cause of his school-fellow's sufferings, is in great distress of
mind from the unfortunate occurrence. It is somewhat remark-
able, that about two months since, as Dr. Pidcock was passing
the school, on hearing the report of fire-arms, he called, and
pointed out the impropriety of such dangerous weapons being
allowed in hands so inexperienced, and Mr. Wilkinson immediately
prohibited their use in the school ; though, as the melancholy
catastrophe proves, they had still been used without his know-
lea son of Thomas Haworth, Esq. of
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few days pvly,
the
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whilst amusing himself with
a powder flask, by making trains, &c., a spark accidentally com-
, municated with its contents, the explosion of which seriously in-
jured his face and hand ; he is, however, likely to do well with the
loss of a thumb.—Essex Herald.

A considerable quantity of snow must have fallen in
some parts of the country on Tuesday night, for the tops of the
Western coaches were completely covered, when they came into
town yesterday morning.