The Sun.
London, England, 1832-10-30 00:00:00

BERKSHIRE.

READING, OCT. 29.—The revising Barristers com-
menced the revision of the lists of county voters in the
Reading district here on Saturday. The business trans-
acted by them that day was confined to the getting in the
lists from the overseers, and appointing the days on which
the different parishes would be taken by them. The Court
sat at 10 o'clock this morning, and as the first case that
was to come before Mr. Corbett was a very important
ene, involving the votes of 37 voters, who claimed to be
put en the list of freeholders in right of shares possessed
by them in the Kennett and Avon Canal Company, it was
arranged that Mr. Talbot should sit with his Learned
Brother as amicus curia in hearing it. The case, as will
be perceived, was one of great interest, not only to this
county, but to the kingdom at large.
Evidence was then produced as to the service of the
notice of objection upo❑ John Blackwell, one of the 37
voters in question, and with whose case it was agreed by
both sides to commence.

Mr. NVARREN, who appeared in support of a voter
whose claim was stated in the list in the followin? terms,
" Freehold, proportion of rates anti duties arising from the
carriage of goods, wares, merchandizes, and commodities,
on the river Kennett, in the county of Berks; and of
houses, warehouses, hinds, and hereditaments, forming the
river Kennett navigation, or connected, or used there-
with," said that the Kennett and Avon Canal Gimpany
bad been incorporated by 34 Geo. 111. c. 90, for the
purpose of making a canal from Newbury to Bath, and
that under that Act the shares in the Company were per-
tonal estate, and admissible as such. This Comp my bay-
ine! become anxious to purchase a property called the
Kennett Navigation, an Act was passed 53 Geo. 111.,
c. 119, to enable them to do so. That Act recited all
the Acts on both sides, regulating their respective pro-
perties—to wit, the Kennett and Avon Canal from Bath
to Newbury, and the river Kennet navigation from New-
bury to Reading. It enables the Compiny to purchase
the litter property for themselves, their successors, and
assigns, and it invests them with, and makes them seised
of all the rights, privileges, and franchises that had hitherto
appertained to that freehold property. Having read a
clause from the Act in question, to the effect he mentioned,
he proceeded to state that they shoal put in a freehold
conveyance, in accordance with the terms of the Act of
the river Kennett navigation property, to proprietors of
the Kennett and Avon Canal Company, and which con-
veyance, he contended, entitled the person holding such
property to the right of voting. His clients claimed to
vote in respect of the right., and liberties of the river
Kennett navigation property, which had now been brought
home and vested in them, and though the shares of the
Kennett and Avon Canal Company were expressly de-
clared by Act of Parliament to he personal property, it
was equally plain that the property of the Kennett navi-
gation, which had been absolutely conveyed t, them, were
to he deemed freehold property, carrying with it the rights
and advantages which such property possessed.
Mr. Merrirmin, the clerk of the Company, having been
then sworn and examined, stated that Mr. Blackwell was
a proprietor of 20 shares in the Kennett and Avon Canal
Gimp riv, and that as such, his proportion of the tolls and
other property, collected upon the river Kennett naviga•
tion, amounted to snore than 40t. a year. He further
stated, th:it the Company had purchased thia freehold pro-
perty from Mr. Frederick Page, in the year 1815, and
that the river K.-nuett navigati,on ran through the county
of Berks, and a great part through the parish of Alder-
marston.

Upon a cross-examination by Mr. GaecoaY, the wit-
ness stated that he did not know what was the entire
amount of tolls produced between Newbury anti Reading,
and t! at he did not know whether any portion of those
tolls were collected in the parish of Aldertnarston. He
admitted that the amnunt of tolls produced t,y the Krnnett
na%igation were blended with the eeneral mass of receipts
of the Kennett and Avon Canal Company.
In answer to a question from Mr. ViNes, the witne,s
stated, that in the case of a deceased intestate proprietor,
it was neeess.ry to take out letters of admitustration in
order to pa,s the property.
Mr. Coat:Err said, that as the case depended much
upon the construction of Act: of Patliament, and upon
authorities, he and his Learned Colle-gue would take that
evening to look into the cases referred to, and the Acts of
Parliament, and he would pronounce the decision of the
Court in the morning.

The carriers from Aberchirder, Rothiemay,
Turriff, and Kith, are all well employed at present, con-
veying butter, in firkins, to this town, in order to be
shipped for London a❑d Leith, where the demand is brisk,
And where a fair profit is obtained.—Aberdeen Herald.

COURT CIRCULAR. • -;

M. DEnEL, the Netherlands Minister; M. VAN DE
WEYER, the Belgian Minister; Mr. VAIL, Charge
d'Affaires from the United States; and Baron RALAMB,
the Swedish Charge d'Affaires, transacted business yesterday
at the ( ffice of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.

The Commander of the Forces and the First Lord of the
Admiralty had interviews yesterday with Viscount CODE-
RICH, at the Colonial-office.
Viscount PALMERSTON has left town for Pansanger,
Herts, on a visit to Earl COWPER.
The Count DE FUNCHALL transacted business yesterday
at the Treasury.
Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office
from Sir ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, the Lieut.-Governor of
New Brunswick; from Sir PEREGRINE MAITLAND, the
Lieut.-Governor of Nova Scotia; from Sir BENJAMIN
D'URBAN, the Governor of British Guiana ; and from Sir
STEPHEN CHAPMAN, the Governor of Bermuda.

The SPEAKER of the House of Commons ar-
rivol at his tificial residence in Palace-yard on Saturday
morning, from his tour, in the North, accompanied by
Mrs. MANNERS SUTTON and family. The Right Hon.
Gentleman is preparing to take a final leave of his abode
in St. Stephen's Court, for his delightful retreat at Mistley
Thorn, near Manningtree. It is the intention of Mr.
MANNERS SUTTON to remain in town a fortnight before he
proceeds to Mistley. The Loan MAvoR has invited him
to a splendid banquet, to be given at the Mansion-house,
previous to his retirement from the Mlyoralty, and the
SPEAKER bas accepted the invitation. Tte Right Hon.
Gentleman, during his stay in Scotland, paid a visit to
Sir WILLIAM PURVIS HUME CAMPBELL (elder brother
to the first husband of Mrs. MANNERS SUTTON,) at March-
mont House, which was the scene of splendid hospitality,
to welcome his arrival.

Lord TENTERDEN, who has been for some
time very seriously indisposed, and who, if we may
judge by his appeatance during his sitting in Court last
week, must have I.een severely inconvenienced by the fa-
tigue of the tedious trial of the Bristol Magistrates, was
yesterday compelled to absent himself. It is proper to add,
that though his bodily illness seems to be very severe, his
mental facultl-s are evidently in no degree impaired,
either in clearness or vigour. _ _ _

Sir JOHN BECKET has been in the neighbour-
hood of Eversham, with the intention of canvassing that
borough ; but finding the electors nearly unanimously in
favour of their present Reform Members, Sir CHARLES
COCKERELL and Mr. HUDSON, he has publicly announced,
that there being no prospect of success, he would not be
justified in disturbi❑g the tranquillity of the town.
Lord and Lady HOLLAND are contempla-
ting a visit to Brighton, for the improvement of his Lord-
ship's health. We regret to hear that his Lordship has
bee❑ for some months dllicted with his old complaint the
gout, which has prevented him from attending the Cabinet
Councils since the Ministers have re-assembled, though his
Lordship ILts sufficiently recovered to be able to give seve•
ral dinner parties to his colleagues, at Holland House,
Kensington. Lord HOLLAND is now in his sixty-second
year The extensive estates belonging to the Noble B iron,
at Amptill, in Bedfordshire, are settled on Colonel Fox,
his Lordship's second son, who has been recently ap-
pointed Secretary of Legation at the Court of the King of
SARDINIA.

His Majesty the King of HOLLAND, after
the President of the First Chamber had read the Address
to him, replied, " That he received this Address with the
liveliest pleasure, particularly under existing circum-
stances, as it gave proof of an unanimity of feeling between
the Sovereign and the people, and that he acquired thereby
augmented strength to persevere in the maintenance of the
rational interests, and to wait the course of events with a
reliance on Providence."

THE LORD MAYOR'S SHOW.—The civic
pageant is to he revived on the 9th of November i❑ all its
former splendour. Last year the procession was wofully
curtailed on account of the high sate of party feeling at
the moment; and the year before that there was no at-
tempt at a procession. On the present occasion the
Saddlers' Company have incurred considerable expense
in preparations to eive eclat to the show, Sir PETER
LAURIE being the first Liveryman of that body who Las
b,en elected to the highest civic honours. It is now
finally settled that the procession shall move from Guild-
hall along Cheapside, down Aldersgate.streer, along Lone.
lane, round Smithfield, down Giltspur-street, Skinner.
street, and Farringdon.street, to Blacklriar's-bridge. The
show upon the water is also expected to he very brilliant.
For the first time one of the mounted bands of the Life
Guards will form a part of the procession.
MONUMENT TO SIR WALTER SCOTT.—
A correspondent of the Inverness Courier suggests the
idea of a very excellent monument to the memory of Sir
WALTER SCOTT, for the north of Scotland, and one which
will be easily accomplished. He proposes that the Heri-
tors should purchase a copy of his work, (published in 50
or 60 vole.) for every par ish, to be kept at the parish
school, for the perusal of the scholars and others. The
idea deserves attention.—Scotsman. _ _

SIR WALTER SCOTT.—The Hon. Mrs.
NORTON we understand has paid a tribute to the memory
of Sir WALTER SCOTT, in a poem which is to appear in
the forthcoming number of the Court Magazine.
The Commissioners of Stamps have signified
their intention to lay informations against stationers and
other tradesmen who sell silver pencil cases, and other
articles of that description, without hariirg taken out the
usual license, the annual expense of which is 21.
Miss KEMBLE has written to her friends
here, confirming her great success, and that of her father,
in America, in consequence of which Air. KEMBLE has
decided upon remaining two years there—passing one i❑
the northern, and one in the southern States.—Edin-
burgh Evening Courant.
We mentioned last week PowEtt's forthcom-
ing play of Quentin Durward, re,Tirding which, from the
dramatic nature of the plot, and the talent of the adapter
of it to the stage, we have a right to anticipate very fa-
vourably. A serious impediment has, however, been
thrown in the way of the performance of it at Drury-lane,
by the rejection of the part of Louis XL by MACREADY
he insists that, under his articles as " first tragedian," he
cannot be called upon to sustain a character which has
nothing tragic about it. This decision has occasioned
some confusion in the theatre. and COOrElt has been called
upon to fill 51AcaEAny's place ; but Captain PoLnit.i.
openly avows his intention of inflicting the usual fine (501.
we understand), upon MACREADY, the payment of which
the " first tragedian" will probably resist. Captain POL..
HILL has so far the staff in his own hands, that he was
able to withhold MACREADY'S week's salary, 301., due on
Saturday, and we learn that he did accordingly refuse to
pay it. The result may be an action at law, or MAC
READY' may throw up his engagement. Possibly both
these events will occur, arid they are both threatened.
Observer.
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Letters from Odessa to the 4th inst. state
that place to be perfectly healthy. The accounts from
Constantinople mention that the plague was on the in.
crease there, and its ravages had extended to the quarter of
the Jews, the Chief of the Synagogue having fallen a vic-
tim to its attack. The Turkish physicians have also de-
clared that some cases of cholera had made their appea,
ance. Wheat maintained its price at Odessa, although
the market was doll. The stock consisted of 325,000
t•chetwerts of tine, and 40,000 of inferior. There were
also 13,000 quarters of Barley, 6,000 of oats, and 26,000
of other grain.
The St. George, 120, now constructing in
this Dock-yard, on the principle of the altered Caledonia,
will he launched in Juno next. The Nile, 92, which is
budding alter the model of the Britannia. but with one
deck le-s, will he ready for launching in April. A new
brig, to he called the Ringdove, is ordered to be con-
structed at this rrd, on G.ptain SYMONDS' principle, on
the model of the Snake.—Devonport Telegraph.
By the John Stewart, arrived off Plymouth,
from Demerara, letters to the Ist ult. have been received,
by which it appears that the Court of Policy, acting on
behalf of the colonists, had refused to receive a sum of
10,000/. offered by Government, on condition of their
adopting the Order in Council of November last. The
financial representatives had also declined giving their
s,nction to the levying of the taxes proposed by the Go-
vernor and President, unless admitted freely and without
restriction to the doe rerfortnance of their duties as origi-
nally settled, viz., by the mernipts select.d on the part of
the colonists, deliberating, in the first instance, along with
the Governor and the Government Members, on the pro-
prietyof raising the sum alleged by the Governor to be
requisite This, on the occasion in question, was stated
to he about 60,000/. In consequence of this determina.-
tion
referred,notaxes whatever
the col
hatrverocnial
can he anti the subject is
again

- NEW GOLD A French traveller has
discovered a rich mine of gold in the mountains that run
along the Isthmus of Suez. He conveyed nine chests of
the ore to Cairo, some of which rendered one-fifth of pure
metal. The most productive of the mines of Peru do not
afford a larger proportion. But the mountains sup, ly no
water or fuel, without which it will be absolutely impos-
sible to work the mines. This was the cause of the aban-
donment of the emerald mines,

N
'ARRIAGE OF TU MARQUIS OF ABER.-
CORN AND LAD LOUISA RUSSELL.

FOCHABERS, OCT. 26.

Yesterday was a busy and important day at Gordon
Castle, the marriage of the Marquis of Abercorn with
the beautiful and amiable Lady Louisa Russell, which
has for some time past excited so much interest in the
fashionable world, and which has been so often referred to
in the public Journals, being then and there celebrated.
For some days past Gordon Castle has been all bustle and
animation in preparing for the auspicious event, and
every day this week numerous distinguished personages
Ii ive arrived at that princely mansion. On Monday his
Grace the Duke of Bedford, with several of his friends,
arrived, and the Duchess, the bride, and bridegroom on
Tuesday. On Wednesday the Castle was thronged with
noble visitors. The marriage ceremony took place yes-
terday, at two o'clock in the afternoon, the Rev. Mr.
Cole officiating on the occasion, and immediitely after
the conclusion of the ceremony the happy pair set off for
Hontly Lodge. The trosseau of the bride was of the
richest description. The wedding-dress was of Chantilly
blonde "d colonnes," and lined with white satin. The
head-dress was a scarf of Chantilly blonde of the same
design as the dress.
The day being exceedingly fine, strangers poured
into Fochabers from all parts of the surrounding coun-
try, anxious to witness the public rejoicings on the
occasion. So early as one o'clock in the morning the
rejoicings commenced. At that hour a large tire was
kindled in the street of Fochabers, and in due time a
fine large ox was roasted. When the nroce-s of roasting
was completed the populace had the r x,with mother roasted
in a different place, served up for dinner, of which
they very heartily partook. When the marriage cere-
mony was concluded cannons were fired to announce it,
and the immense multitude, assembled on the spacious
green fronting the Castle, responded to the report of the
cannons by three loud cheers; while all the workmen it,
the employment of his Grace ranged themselves in regular
order, headtd by the overseers of their several depart-
ments, all dressed in their best apparel, and wearing
white favours in their hats. Preceded by an excellent
band of music, part of which consisted of three bagpipers,
they then marched in regular procession to the bridge of
Sp y, the band playing all the while the appropriate Scotch
tune of Woo'd and married and a'. Having reached the
bridge, which is now pass ible for foot passengers, they
paraded backwards and forwards till four o'clock, when
they sat down to an excellent dinner prepared for the occa-
sion, and which was served upon tables extending from
one end of the splendid bridge to the other. The spectacle
of so many people sitting down to dinner on the bridge,
with the majestic Spey rolling beneath them, and such
magnificent scenery on either hand, was one of the roost
striking which can well be imagined ; and the effect was
greatly heightened by the surpassing fineness of the day.
When the large party lead seated themselves for dinner his
Grace and a number of his distinguished friends from the
Castle arrived at the bridge, and were received with
every demonstration of joy and respect.
The rejoicings of the day were concluded by a ball in
the evening, which was kept up with great spirit till early
this morning, making fully twenty-four hours, during
which many of the inhabitants of Fochabers and its vicinity
were engaged in rejoicings and festivities on this happy
occasion.