The Sun.
London, England, 1831-07-22 00:00:00

OPENING OF LONDON BRIDGE BY THE

KING.

Yesterday the London Bridge Committee assembled at
Guildhall, for the purpose of making arrangements for the
Ist August, the day on which his Majesty is to open the
new bridge. Directions had been previously given by the
Committee, to cover a considerable part of the bridge with
an awning, and the workmen were rapidly advancing in
the necessary operations, when the Chairman and several
members of the Corporation went, at three o'clock, to judge
of the probable effect of the plan upon which the ceremony
is to be conducted.
The royal tent is to be pitched at the London side of the
bridge, near to the place on which Fishmongers' Hall
stood, and will command an unobstructed view of the whole
line of road to the Southwark side. The royal table will
be laid for about 20 persona. On the left of it, extending
to one of the entrances from Thames-street, will be laid
two tables for the noble persons who will accompany their
Majesties. One of these tables will be laid for 68 the
other for 76 individuals. A large apace will be left open
on the right of the royal tent, it being the intention of
their Majesties to disembark at the Grand Wharf on the
right of the bridge ; and the Committee having appointed
that the procession shall go forward from that spot at the
moment their Majesties land. A double row of tables will be
ranged, on each side of the wide space through which
the procession is to pass, for the accommondation of
the other visitors who are to be admitted, if we may
judge from the present appearance of the arrangements, to
the number of one thousand five hundred and sixty. The
awning which is to be placed over the long table, will
extend to the length of about 400 feet ; there are to be
three roofs to the large awning, so that the company will
be as effectually secured against had weather as if they
were to be shut up in the Guailhall, which the art of man
could never make worthy of a comparison with the scene
which will be presented on the Ist of August on London
Bridge, the river, and the surrounding neighbourhood.
Flags and colours, with emblems and devices, will wave
above the heads of the company, and cannon will be fired
at intervals. Bands of music will, in various parts of the
arena, perform during the ceremony, and everything that can
rontribute to render the spectacle delightful to the public
will be done, at least so far as the Committee may be able
to satisfy the public curiosity. The works on the bridge
are superintended by Mr. Montague, the Clerk of the Works.
The Lord Mayor bas given up the authority over the
river for the day of the ceremony to Sir Byam Martin, and
the arrangements on the water are to be under the direc-
tion of Mr. George Ledwell Taylor, the Surveyor tp the
Navy. Their Majesties are to go on board the Hop.)
barge at Whitehall, and the procession on the Thames is
to be as follows :—First advances the Trinity barge, next
the Victualling Board barite, awl then follow in order the
Navy Board barge, the Treasurer of the Navy's barge, the
Board of Ordnance barge, the Commander-in-Chief of the
Army's barge, the Admiralty barge, the Lords of the
Treasury barge, the Royal barge, the Royal Family's
barge, the barge of the Lords and others in attendance
upon his Majesty.
From Somerset-house to London Bridge, barges splen-
didly decorated will be moored on each side of the river,
and between :be barges so moored, room will be left for
the small boats, eo that immense numbers of persons will
be enabled to see the water procession, which, it is ex-
pected, will be infinitely more grand, as it will be inii•
nicely more extensive than the procession on the bridge,
The barges of all the Companies will be ranged neer the
bridge, splendidly decorated. The river will, during the
whole ceremony, present the most brilliant exhibition.
Not a vessel or boat will be seen to move in the line of
procession, with the exception of those which are to form
the procession itself. In the bargee moored alone the line
of
procession, seats are to be fixed one above another for
the accommodation of the public.
Barriers are to be fixed at Fish-street-hill, at Little East-
cheap, Graceehureb-street, in Canuon-street, in Miles's-
lane, and in Upper Thau'es.atreet.
The 7i-frames Police are to take their station on the river
to prevent accidents.
It has Pot yet been determined in what dress the
Corpo-
ration are to receive their Majesties, but it is siapp
rdtha
the Lord Mayor and Aldermen will appear in therr ro
bes,
and and the Members of the Court of Common Council in their'
gowns.
Much as had been expected from the splendid prepara-
tions at Guildhall, it is impossible that the epectaele could„
if the entertainment had taken place, been at all comparable
to that which will be displayed on the let of August.

We hear that telegraphic dispatches have beep
sent to several ports in the West and the Mediterranean,
ossible to meet the
directing cutters to sail as aoon as p
Artentise, on board of which is the Prince d
on,e Jowhere, itniviLLE,
and prevent', that frigate touching at Mah
A feared, the cholera has brokPn Galignanes
ifetscnqer.

THE REV. ROBERT TAYLOR.

ATTACK OF THE REV. ROBERT TAYLOR ON MR. WALTER,
THE KEEPER OF HORSEMONGER-LANE GAOL.

Yesterday morning, soon after the sitting Magistrate
(Mr. Chambers) had commenced the business of the day,
at Union-hall Police-office, he received information that
the Rev. Robert Taylor had, on the preceding day, at-
tempted to assassinate Mr. John Walter, the Governor of
Horsemonger-lane gaol. Upon receiving the above infor-
mation the Magistrate immediately despatched a messenger
for Mr. Walter, who attended at the office, and made the
following deposition relative to the attempted attack upon
him :—" On Wednesday morning, between ten and eleven
o'clock, as I was going round the prison, accompanied by
Benjamin Elmes, one of the turnkeys, I went into the
room occupied by Robert Taylor, under sentence of impri-
sonment for blasphemy. I said, on entering the room,
I suspect you have got some spirits here—is it so ?'
He replied, ' You have no business to ask me that ques-
tion.' Upon which I said that I should satisfy myself
whether he had or not. I then walked towards a bench
in the room, which was rather hidden by a sofa bed-
stead, and, underneath a piece of rug, or cloth of some
kind, I discovered the flat earthen bottle now produced,
which contained a quantity of brandy. The moment I
took up the bottle Taylor walked towards me and said
' You thief, that bottle and its contents are my pro-
perty, and you shall not have either.' I still retained pos-
session of the bottle, and he tried to take it away from me ;
upon which I passed it into the hands of '2,lmes, the
turnkey, and told that person to keep it. Taylor, on seeing
the bottle handed to Elmes, got into a violent rage, and he
ran to a table on which there was a knife, which he caught
up and swore he would stab me. Upon seeing him in such
a violent passion, with the weapon in his hand, I imme-
diately retreated towards the door, with my back towards
Taylor, and got out of the room." Mr. Walter added that
the door of the room is an iron grated one, and is hung on
the middle, and swings upon a pivot; he got ant of the room
at one side of the door, while Elmes withdrew on the other.
Benjamin Elmes corroborated this statement.
It appeared that the indulgences granted by the Visiting
Magistrates to Mr. Taylor are quite unusual in such cases.
In the course of the day Mr. Chambers proceeded to the
gaol where Taylor is confined, and we understand that the
latter admitted to the Magistrate that he had seised up
a knife in the moment of excitement, but ❑ot with a mur-
derous intention, and was then ready to make apology to
Mr. Walter for what bad happened. The case will be
thoroughly investigated by the Visiting Magistrates in a
few days.