The Express.
London, England, 1847-06-10 00:00:00

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AITOINIBT OanwAL 77111,ZOTILII7L812TT AGAINST
CHARITY Tzuerme,—This information was filed against
the Rev. R. Brahma the elder, the Rev. R. Bingham,
the younger, and Bawd Rogers, who arc the trustees of a
charity in the towage Gosport, and against other parties.
The charity was fte the bine& of the poor of Gosport, and
was originally founded is the 17th oentury, under the will of
one Edw. Peaky ; and eisideas were made to it by subse-
quent beneigeers. The eider eft!e emit nil to have the
treater reamed, and se sigma ef the rents received by
them It dared R. Diegiy dr elder, with breaches of
tweet. ad =WU to series a amp en the property claimed
in kb gra in Plnini et ageism amain by him in pulling
detra eibeil ewe bean ben aging to the charity in
11K11; and ahe is get Mkt enter haw alleged to have been
Improvidently and illegally granted.
The Mestere( the Rolls, having regard to the mantes of
the charity property, and the probable expense of further
litigation, recommended a compromise, and he deferred his
judgment till Saturday next, with a view to enable the par-
ties to come to one.

Mice the Viec-Chancellor of Enema.
TAN EINTIIi AND CAZINTON RAILWAY COMPANY V.
BULLNR.-MOTION TO DISSOLVI AN IN7UNCTION.—
The Vice-Chancellor, in delivering judgment, said he
should certainly continue the injunction. It appeared to
him there was no clause in the act of parliament which for-
bade the shareholders in the Exeter and Creams Railway
slue changing their plan as to any mode of conducting the
affairs of the company, and there was consequently nothing
to tmovent the shareholders from coining to a resolution
which would displace any sort of claim the Exeter and
Bristol Railway Company might have for an amelgareation
with the Exeter and Crediton Railway. The shareholders,
at a general meeting, resolved that the lease to the Exeter
and Bristol Railway should not be carried out, but that an
agreement should be entered into kr the purpose of leasing
the Exeter and Crediton Railway to the Taw Vale Com-
pany. This plan was objected to by the directors, and the
bill was filed on the allegation that the directors were going
to do something which was inconsistent with the wishes of
the shareholders. It was said that the shareholders had
changed their views, but the/. ladra perfect right to
do so. It had very oftenhappened that great ex-
paws had been incurred by • changes in other
companiss._ His Honour recollected one cam in par-
ticular of this sort, and it was evident that
there might in every company be a change of schemes carried
out with the greatest propriety, that would be productive of
great expenses. It was also maid that these changes bad
been resolved upon by persons who were originally share-
holders, but it was quota clear that there was in the
act of parliament to prevent the ehsreholdore ben 'mg
of their property to any one who world purehote them, and
after thi regular steps had beim taken kr registering the
shores, the purchasers had the sum rights as if they had
been original shareholders. The next point made was, that
the •Iteree bad been purchased with money supplied by the
South Western Company, who had no right so to apply the
money. His Honour thought there was nothing whatever
to prove that this was the use. It was only stated in a
general way, but no facts were given from which
any judgment could be formed. It had been said
that the mjanction ought not to be granted to restrain
the opening of the line upon the broad gauge principle, but
he thought, if the effect of doing that which was restrained
by injunction, would be to prevent for aver the accomplish-
ment of those things which the resolutions of a majority of
the shareholders had pointed out, then the court was bound
to attend to the wishes of the majority, and, as the effect of
opening the railway upon the broad gauge would be incon-
sistent with the resolution of the shareholders, it was the
; duty of the court to keep the question open until the course
; to be
.pursued was determined upon, and to continue the in-
junction in the present form.—The motion must, therefore,
• be refused with costs.