Star. — London, England, 1817-06-19 00:00:00

• . 1 - 7 OPENING OF WATERLOO BRIDGE. Yesterday being the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo, was properly filed upon for the ceremony of opening a bridge, which is nominated after that celebrated field—a field whose name, like that of Marathon, will live in history long after every other human monument of its glory will have crumbled to decay. Multitudes had been pouring ii even from the distant counties, during the last week, to witness this interesting ceremony. At an early hour yester day the town wAs all life and bustle. The noise of the hammer and the mallzt was incessant during the morning, and all was impatient for the promised spectacle. The day was a, warm•brilliant summer day, peculiarly fitted to increase th . at flow of spirits wt , ich the celebration of martial deeds must always excite. Several hundred thousand persons assembled cowar.is the river ; each bank, from Blackfriars-bridge to Westminster, appeared as if the people were wedged together in a mass. The surface of the river fr every part appeared like a fair, from the number of persons in boats and those who stood on the coal barges and lighters. The houses along the river were aiso crowded even to the chimney tops ; even the streets leading to the river were thronged with people, who remained seated in various places from ay.: o'clock in the morning till after the procession w. , s over. The terrace of Somerset-house, and every v.indow, as well as the root of that magnificent ir,g, exhibited a most cheerful assemblage of beauty and fashion. Mr. Turton, Chief Magistrate of Hat ton Garden (Ace, at the head of a party of Police, attended dulieg the day at Somerset House, where accommodation was provided for upwards of three thousand persons of distinction, who were admitted by tickets. About a quarter past two o'clock, the Duke of Wellington passed through St. James's Park in his carriage, attended by his Aides-de-Camp, an. unobserved by the multitude till he got near the Pa rade, when he was recognized by a few who ran after the carriage, but the rate at which the carriage was travelling prevented it from , being generally known who was in it. • The Prince Regent, attended by 4dmiral Sir Ed mund Nagle and Lord Forbes, the Naval cad Mi litary Aides-de-Camp in Waiting, left Carlton-house at twenty-Eve minutes past two o'clock, and pro- ceeded through the gate into the Park. The Royal carriage was immediately recognized by the throng of persons assembled, who received his Royal High ems: with every mask of respect. Both the windows of the Royal carriage were open, and the public had a full view of his Royal Highness, who was dressed Nregimentals. Sir Edmund Nagle was dressed in a aval uniform, and Lord Forbes in regimentals. The Regent's carriage proceeded without any guards till it reached the parade, where six Life Guardsmen at ached themselves to it, and conducted it to Fife house. The guard at the Wilt-yard were drawn outs to receive his Royal Highness with military honours, as v.,-ere-the Life Guards, with their colours dying. and surmounted with laurel, as emblems of victory, in commemoration of the day. They wore new pan taloons, of a dark brown mixture, with wide stripes of red cloth on each side. A party of Life Guards, under the command of General Barton. were stationed op posite the Horse Guards, to prevent any carriages en tering Whitehall, except those invited to Fife-house. The Earl of Liverpool, accompanied by his Coun tess, received the Prince Regent at the door of Fife House, aid conducted him in; they also received their other Royal Guests in a similar respectful man lier, viz. the Duke and Duchess of Y'ork. (his Royal Slighness was attended by his full Staff, Sir H. Cal 3ffert, Sit W. Gordon. Sir H. Torrens, &c.); the Dukes of Cumberland and Gloucester, with their suites. There were also present most of the Foreign Ambassadors, the Cabinet Ministers, the Lord Cham berlain, the Lord Steward, the principal Officers of State, &c. &c. The company were in regimentals, in Windsor uniforms, or in full dresses. They pro menaded for some time in the delightful gardens Which are close to the water side, and were gratified with the performance of the Duke of Gloucester's band. Soon after the anival of the Prince and his Royal relatives, the preparations began for their em barkation on board the Royal Wine. /'.t ten o'clock a party of the Horse Guards, all Waterloo men, entering the Bridge from the Strand, wish their band at their head, in gay and gallant uni form, took possession of the Bridge, after which time it resembled a camp, the horses being all drawn up in groupes, and the men walking to and fro i 4 small patties. So early as twelve o'clock the company began to assemble in the windows and balconies and on the platforms prepared for their accommodation, in the range of streets along the river, presenting a blithsenie and beautiful picture. The Strand, in the vicinity of the Bridge, was also crowded with people, atkd all the windows were studded with groupes of gaily dressed females. Scaffolds wets Avowed io oonvenient places, but we regret that they were disap pointed, as the procession moved by water, from a view of which they were excluded. There was a report, however, that the Duke of Wellington, accompanied by a body of troops, would proceed along the Strand. The watermen belonging . to the Insurance Office Establishment were in their full dresses, with their banners, fags, Ice. Several i f the boats on the Ri ver did not wish to appear deli, ient in military skill; they were accordingly mount..d with carronades, which were occasionally discharged amid loud huz zas. Bands of music enliveued ;he scene with mar tial airs, or. the Bridge and tea the water. A num. be: of elegantly dressed !males 'graced the throng in every dinctiou, and presented an interesting contrast to the sable waggoner's who guarded the different avenues to the coil wharft at the water's edge. and levied contributions on those whose curiosity induced them to ascend the coal barges, waggons, carts, &c. which were provided for their accommodation. The usual refreshments provided on those occasions, and suited to every pocket, were to be had in all directions. At three o'clock precisely his Royal Highness ens barked, whim was announced immediately by dis charges of artillery on the Bridge, and by the simul taneous hoisting on its battlements of the captive Eagles of France, the standard of Great Britain, and the ensigns of all the Allied Armies, which, glittering in the sun, gave a singular brilliancy to the scene, and forcibly recalled to wind the bloody hoot; jos which they were all alternately phrowded in the smoke of battle. The Royal Barges proceeded down she Ri ver along the Surrey aide, and passed through the centre arch of the Bridge, under two hundred and two discharges of artillery, that being the number of cannon taken at the battle of Waterloo. It then landed on the Surrey side, and ascended the Bridge stairs, where it was received by the Committee, paid the toll, and walked along the Bridge by the estern footpath, which was kept clear for the procession. Three rows of benches were erected along the Eastern footpath of the Bridge, for the accommodation of the swetators, including the subscribers• each of whom had two tickets, and ether friends and patrons of the undertaking. The procession moved along the Wes tern side. - The Regent himself headed the procession, atten ded by the Duke of York and Duke of Wellington, and other great military characters and Officers of State, preceded by a military guard of honour. After having passed the Bridge, the procession took water again on the Middlesex aide, and returned in the Royal barge to Whitehall. The Lord Mayor. is the , City barge. with the Aldermen, attended by the i barges of the several public Companies, also ap peared on the River, in compliment to this splendid memorial of British valour. On their return to Fife House they partook of a sumptuous early dinner. They retired from Fife House a little before seven o'clock. On the Regent's return, his carriage was followed by an immense con course of people, it going at a slow pace, who testi fied their attachment by loud Acclamations, and ac companied the carriage to the entrants to Carlton House from the Park. Four companies of Artillery, most of them Water loo men, arrived in the morning from Woolwich. The procession was superintended by several Na val Officers, who were very active tiering the whole of the rooming. They were in the boats of the Eat- DAM'S and &muttlens frigates, which were manned by the respective. crews of — these vessels. Each boat .had a swallow-tailed flag, with is Waterloo" thereon. Some of the Officers of State, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. the Members of the Board of Admi ralty, the Judges of the Admiralty, and the Mem bers of the Beard of Ordnance, embarked at the stairs of the new Ordnance Office, where Mr. Croker attended at an early hour giving orders for the procession. • The boats belonging to the Thames Police, under the superintendance of the Chief Magistrate, Captain Ritchbell, also attended, to prevent the procession from being pressed upon or impeded. The procession rowed round a boat *hid hoisted' a large white flag, and was stationed as a kind of beacon off the Temple. The Lord Mayor's barge at first headed that in which the Prince and the Duke of Wellington were, but on account of the numbers which it carried, it was advancing so slowly that Loid Exmouth gave the Royal bargemen a signal to shoot a-head of the City barge, which they did, and the latter was afterwards obliged to cut straight over •to the landing place in order to ;gain its station in the order of the procession. No serious accideet, we are happy to learn, occur red during the day. Every thing was conducted with the utmost telularity. A beautiful new banner was displayed from the' spire of St. Martin's Church, in the room of the royal standard, which was torn by the terrible storm of wind on the King's bish-day. The Foot and Lite Guards were decorated with wreaths of laurel, and in letters of leaf gold were the words Waterloo, 18th !tine. 1613." At the Sutliag.house, in the Tilt-yard, a bough of laurel with the same inscription was displayed. The gun mounted in the Park had a large sprig of laurel fixed, in the touch-hole, with the words in gilt letters, 46 Watetloo, June 18, 1813." After the Royal visitors departed from the Water loo Bridge, the populace became quite impatient to walk along the magnificent structure ; their wishes were acceded to, as no money was demanded; and in a few. minutes the place was filled by thousands of people, who rushed in from the Strand 'and from the Surrey side. So late as one o'clock this morning the 13ridge continued to be a lively promenade for all descriptions of people. The attractions which pre sented themselves on the Surrey side, encreased the number of these visitors very considerably. The. fields on each side of the new road which leads into the New Cut, were covered with innumerable booths, stalls, she ws, xhibitions, swings, roundabouts, and at the ether kinds of machinery which constitute a lair. All sorts of refreshments were sold in tents erected for the purpose, and some of Ciese were so extensive as to be sufficient each to contain two or three hun dred persons; in several of them there were small bands of music, and they were all crowded with visi tors. One would suppose that all the people of Lon don had gene to pass a festive night upon a Tot, 'which hitherto was in some manner an inaccessible swamp. Such are the wonders effected by the ex tended cultivation of the useful arts. A large space of ground s on thick some years ago a human foot had seldom trod, has within these last two dayrbien transformed into a temporary town, ant& become a vast scene of mirth and festivity. It is said that these amuseinents will be repeated here every year, in com memoration of the glorious geld of Waterloo. DESCRIPTION OF THE BRIDGE. The length of stone work, within theajmunents, is, from one river bank to the ether, 1240 feet, whose harmcnizing strait lee, runnins parallel with the river or water-line through ft, giro It that simple elegance and gra ndeur which is not equalled by any work of this deseripdon In Europe. the length, or gentle Incline of plane from St. Geoege's Fields, to obtain the,aummit of the Bridge, ts 1250 feet, and carried on partly by a astound of earth and brick gush& lb. length, from the north share, from the abutment to the Strand; la 400 feet; the read principally car. tied over on brick arches, and almost directly level with the for. mar. The total length of the Bridge, with its approaches, from the Strand to St. George's Fiekis, is 2490 feet. The span of the nine stone arches over the River, all of which are of equal di mensions, is 120 feet each. The width of the Brid ge , w i t hi n t h e balldaratits, 1; 42 feet, divided on each side by a footway of 7 feet, leaving the carriage road 28 feet. The s,umber of brick or dry arches, on the South shore, is 40 ; and on the North, or Strand side, is 16. So that the total number of etches which have been carried over, for the completion of thii Grand Work, i s 65— f t Work which will be banded down to posterity, to sheer what a Nation like our's can do, even while carrying on an ex pensive war. The whole of the exterior of the Bridge Is exe cuted with durable Cornish moor-stone. Yesterday a man, in attempting to climb an old house in the Savoy, in order to see the procession, fell off the roof and Woke three of his ribs ; several boys fell through the roof, but 'pm not mush hurt. TIMATREL ENCI OPPR A.—A new local temporary sketch. entitled, The Braze that carrier us raft wiser, was last night produced. The tide, and the evening on which it was brought out, at once declare its scope and ob ' jeet—namely, to celebrate the opening of the Water too Bridge, and to pay some well merited compli ments to the Duke of WELLINCTON. The idea of the beginning of the sketch embraces a conversation be tween Mr. BARTLEY and Mr. Grove, in their real characters of Manager and Prompter, and proceeds with the rehearsal of a ludicrous allegorical Drama, in which theft:armies are made to personate looteith, and their partners appear as the waver which are to overwhelm them. Peter Patch, Poet, of Pimlico, the imaginary projector, is introduced as the author of the new Piece; and, as on former occasions, the Mana ger, in consequence of his raving incoherencies," drives him from the stage. This character was sup ported with much humour by Mr. W. S. CDATTER LEY. On his departure, Mr. 1. ISAACS and Mr. L. Lea sang two tolerably good songs—that of the for mer to the air of ig When Vulcan forg'd the bolts of Jove"—in praise of the Duke of WELLINGTON, with considerable effect. The curtain was then drawn lip, and disclased a very pretty view of Waterloo Bridge, with a representation of the cavalcade going across it, at the same ' ime that the boats forming the re gatta are glidin through the mimic water. nil: scene is ably executed, and the cavalcade and regalia are well managed. Miss KEI.LY then spoke an Ad dress in honour of the Duke of WrunsoroN, and the Sketch concluded with the vocal and instrumental performance of go GOD save the King."—This trifle demands a little pruning, which Mr. BARTLEY, on announcing it for repetition, stated it should receive. DRURY-LAVE.—Last night Mrs. Ansoe made t her ' first appearance an the interesting part of Ofthelia, in SIIAK 's celebrated Tragedy of Hamlet- She was very successful in the delivery of the dialogue, in which she displayed much delicacy and feeling, and warbled the melancholy airs allotted to die part with great sweetness. She received the most unbounded applause throughout. Mr. Kr.am sustained the part of /Janda with his usual excellence. THEATRICAL FRACAS IN AMERICA. A most serious riot lately took place in the Theatre at Charleston, in consequence of a dispute between Mr. HOLMAN, the Manager, and Mr. CALDWELL, late of the Manchester and Liverpool Theatres, of which the following account is given in an American Paper: •••• 6 The quarrel originated in the latter refusing to play the Duke of Radix:UN, in !fiery VIII." being .out of or beneath his general line of performances. Ile was dismissed the Theatre, and appealed to the Public, stating his being deprived of his benefit and other promised advantages, for which he bad left England. The Manager replied to him, but the Public espoused the cause of Mr. Catntveu., intima. ting by placards, that es No CALDWELL, no Play."aa- The foolish tumult which took place at the Theatre cannot well be described. Part of the audience seemed neutral in the business, and hire HOLMAN with much difficulty obtained a hearing. He declared that Mr. CALDWELL Dever should appear on those boards again. Tois enraged the whole audience— the Ladies were called on to retire, which they did, and notwithstanding Mr. CALDWELL addressed the audience from the Pit, begging they would not on his account interrupt the paformance, the work of, havoc commenced, and he was obliged to withdraw. The chandeliers, ornaments, benches, and every as sailable article but the scenes, were utterly destroyed. The City Guards were marched into the Pit, but were speedily beaten, and forced to make their escape over the Orchestra. They rallied with increased numbers and fixed bayonets, but this only increased to outrages—chaos ensued —the lights were extin guished—and so complete was the destruction in the interior, that the Theatre is now closed for an inde finite period." MARCHIONESS oF BUCKINGHAM': FETE. Buckingham House, in Pall-mall, was opened on Monday night, for the first time for two years, with a masked Ball. The grand hall and staircase were brilliantly illuminated, the drawing-rooms displayed extraordinary attractions, particularly the principal one, in which was suspended the most magnificent ch i mdeliers, perhaps, in the United Kingdom, deco- 1 retesl with ornaments in quite a issvw://e style. The walls of this apartment are ornamented with birds, painted in umbra' colours, on a silver ground; the' ball-room has pilasters of arabesque in silver, in which are introduced different views of Stowe-house and Gardens, which are pleasantly executed ; they are enriched with gold mouldings. escallop shells, and laurel leaves, at the angles. The bow-room, fitted up with scarlet flock, led to the third drawing-room ; a continuation of the same line of decorations as the last, and enriched with architectural ornaments, re presenting the Four Seasons. Lord livor.LLE's.rooms (three in number) are fitted up in a similar style.— On the above night the whole were illuminated. The company exceeded SOO persons of the first class, including the Dukes of GLOCCIZTFR and WEL LINGTON. The masks were rot so numerous as at Mrs. BoEmeleir beieg a fancy ball. The tables were amply sup/Allay/4h the choicest refreshments. The PRINCE REGENT sent an apology by Sir BINJAWIN BtoostELELD. At four o'clock the party brae up. Sunday last, Lord DI:NCANNON give a grand din ner to a large patty, among whom were, Mr. Pox- SONBY, Mr. TIERNEY, Lord MILTON, Sir SAMUEL Rosammt, Mr. Tessa, Dr. Psnwatonr, Lord RAN CLIFFS, and General MATHEW. Early yesterday morning the premises of Mr. BE.ss, ironmonger, in John -street, West, Mary-la-bonne, were broken open, and robbed of /SO in Bank notes, a silver watch, some plate, wearia4 apparel, &c. CRUELTY OF Two BROSHERS.--On the 11th ult. at Castle Dawson, county of Derry, Ireland, two brothers quarrelled at a cock-fight about bets, a her. one of the brothers, being a great deal stronger than the ether, knocked him down repeatedly. The weaker then swore be would shoot his leg off, but would not kill him ; loaded a fowling-piece, and fired at h:s brother's leg, which shattered it to pieces, leaving it only hanging by a slip of the skin, which the sufferer cut off with his knife ; the loss of blood occasioned his death in a few minutes. The murderer, after stripping his brother of his neckcloth and oche, part: of his MAI jag tijpaccl s effected hi: escape. BAST INDIA HOUSE. A Qnarto.rly General Court of Proprietors of Fiq India Stock was yesterday held, which wo. special. for the putp2se of cohtirm;ng a i7' of a former Court. granting to C.l;•.teia C Earle, late of the Company's 11L LI • • Chatham, a pension of 16300 per Bann n , a: for layiog before the Courr the draft cf a I!. : • • in progress through the iir;;ty! of C,,mrivin , , r fording relief to the cwners of :et tain ships in ..•• Company's service. The minutes of the last Cann baying been r?!!. The Chairman (J. Bees, Esq.) props-zee to,ot • Court should agrre to a rrsola i n of the , Directors, Fling the dividend ! the halt pm r,.. • meacing on !h.- s'h cf Lotto!) , last, and en:t.r, the sth of Jaiy ne7t, at .5.1 per cent, which : Tied in the afErmative. On the motion of the Cpartstan, Vt. they mat voted un the Committee of Bye L , the place of Thom•ts Levi,, Etc'. deceased. The CHAIl!IA,:: v t brnttgr,t under the , the Court, t: e resolution 'or Framing ColemAr. Earle, late of the Mahar? •'. ham, a pension of AO.* pve annum, v. a moved should be confirmed. Th.. motion was agrees.' to after a few from Mr. Hume, on the sub jec t •.! the ie. the Company's pension list, and :. • . z! of a tee wild, brong'st in .CFO, l .` ' • Inept :, being di,posyci of with.ssit kor•?.. , Proprietors. Mr. Parrisotg, in answer to 0 .• ;. Mr Hume, stated, that the :object had been for a considaahle time under • , (ion of the Court of Directors, who w.... lay before the Proprietor; a itepost et the . which it was appropria!t.d. Mr. How,iaTil pres.mite..l the R.aport of the C mittee of recomatend.ng several ALt.t. tions therein. The Report was or!ered to be print*ti, and t e Court appointed Thursday, o.le of Jai, fo: it into consideration. Tho CHAIRMAN then laid !-Jefore the Court the Re port of a Committee of Or: I{o.ise of Clmmona t he Claim-. of the Ship Owners, h d been rt• f u ned to them, and the draft of a Bill fouided :hereon. The Report and the 1311 :eq., :'nd a pw;;- tracted discucsion took place, iu conierv:one of .ii Hyatt: having proposed a resohnion condemn.tory of the Bill, and calling on the Directors M ("pl.? it. Mr. 1-It;ges proposition '.as sill:ported by Mr. 11. KINNAIRD, and opposed by Messrs. br.vx:—..s, ar.d GRANT (the Director). It ..c.sr mately negatived, the mover and b only supporters of it. If ERTroISD Mr. KM:AIRD give notice, ilw of an event whirl: had taken place at this 4' subsequently to the discussion, he -11 , ‘ , early opportunity of movirp. that su'h • be taken as would procure the rem: of ..1- ot the Act of Parliament which rendered '- tory on parents to send their children to the i,..,: India College. LAI INTALLIGENCE. COURT OF KINC'S RENCFI, JUNE IR. Tttt KtNG WILLIAM 1101 it. This morning the above named detendant, aga . nct whom the late Attorney General, Sir GA R. sow, filed three criminal informations for bla:pliev:y during the last Term, at which time be tefu:ad plead, was brought up again, and as he maniteste4 similar obstinacy, he was told by the officer of the Court, that unless he thought fit to plead now, .044 , - ment would be entered up against him, and he would 'be brought tip for sentence in a short time. Upro this intimation he thought fit to rsl , !ad, aile?:ng at the same time that he did so by force and Lord ELLES:IIOROUGH told him he was not for:, a to plead ; he might plead or let it alone. if lie thought fit, but unless he did, lie wcold remand hint immediately, as the public time coold not be cen.a med by any altercation with Lint. The defendant then pleaded Nct Guilty, and statA that as be had pleaded, he hoped the Ci,utt wwild now allow him to have copies of the inkrralt:or.s. Lord ELLENBOROUGH-..." Yon will have Yli chit would be allowed to every other defendant by the law of :he land." The detendr.nt" May I go to the Crown Oirae. and take copies of the information ?" Mr. Justice BAILEY—is No, you carnet be ea to do that ?" The defendant. —g• els case I stand in 'IT right, and I trotest acainst Cl?proceeciin7 of t!..: ,"..- terney General as illegal Am' unconsuithional " Lord Er I IINBOROUG11..." Well, protest ; ar.t go about your busioess." 'lle defendant was nor.- informed that he wovid 6 tr;ed at the Sittings after this Tom at Go:14:41', and was conveyed out of Court in custody. SPORIV %s. - - PeOr.SrRIAxIScI ON NVO/I%llll'ollo 5C:1122`1.--Esta . : rested ... Tiii , selay night at ten o'clock, liarive gone 48 milts and .t nu, ter that .1a). Baker rested to a qu:ster past ten the care ivy, havitig accomi•lGhed 48 miles and a half. b><'•.rr s-- t.•' yesterday Inerniog at six, haying dun to go but eight miler IT aceiuni.it4i his extraordinary task of MC., n:d wh'.ch he aces...• plashed at seven minutes past or.:, 64.nithar, I.ls opponent b f Gi:.o miles and three quarters. Eaton suctinued to travel un, as?. e 1.,. accompanied by Baker two miles and alts. . Faton ocorapht his itoito miles ten minutes before four. All the noted 7cdrettoes were on the ground to witness the final drterir :nation o..•ti.st gri contest. pet!..strians and their respective friends nf:erl'4.7 repaired to the Mitre Tavern, where a grand datner sir . I r..- Tided ou the occasion. Cetcurr.— l'he grand Cricket Match betrnet: C.• — ' • England, which began on Tuesday the loth warn•, not be played out on account of the weather, sv Tuesday in favour of Engiand. --- • • SVARKV. F.SGr./..:•D• 16: :amity - 111 let !nr:: - dit:o - 168 fki ditto - I 1 Er.gland won by five wickets. Bets at stvtlng CaMC 6 to 9 o:. Poiland ; the: wires 6 to 4 or' burr,:v. PIO Ch OF SIOCKS YES l'Eal./.1 V. Bash Stock, CAI f Lneg Ann.. I r r . .. r le. 3 per Ct. led. 73ii I India linndi •vi ... S per Ct. Cons shut I Errh. BEI, (;!;.•!.) I. 4 per QOM Pli%ii Cons. frr Av... ; :' . • ! 5 per C. Nary shut I ottety 'I ickr•• ,' I I HIGH WATLit 'TO MORROW AT LONP9CN P`i Mornieg - 41 ro‘::. Afternoon • 4 ..... _ _ CNDON : rtiute4 itbn!Se4 by : z • • E1..;:,-1,2,;1(