The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-29 00:00:00

MAY 29, 1847.

FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
• WHITEHALL, MAY 27, 1847.
The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Andrew
Halkett to the charge and office of First Minister of the
church and parish of Brechin, in the presbytery of Brechin
and shire of Angus, vacant by the death of the Rev. Natha-
niel Morren, late First Minister thereof.
WAR-OFFICE, MAY 28.
16th Light Dragoons—Quartermaster George Rosser to be
Paymaster, vice Williams, deceased, May 28.
7th Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant William Jesse Hoare,
from 59th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice King, who exchanges,
May 28.
30th Foot—Lieutenant Robert William Smith to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Shum, who retires ; Ensign Thomas
William Rnger Coventry to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Smith; John Dillon Ross Lewin, Gent., to be Ensign, with-
out purchase, vice Morris, appointed Quartermaster; Ensign
Timothy Morris to be Quartermaster, vice John Ward, who
retires upon half-pay, May 28.
59th Foot—Lieutenant-John King, from the 7th Foot, to
be Lieutenant, vice Iloare, who exchanges, May 28.
60th Foot—Quartermaster Sergeant Richard Power to be
Quartermaster, vice John Brannan, who retires upon half-
par, May 28.
81st Foot—Malachi Hanley, Gent., to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Colthurst, who resigns, May 28.
82d Foot—Ensign and Adjutant Henry Bruce to have the
rank of Lieutenant, April 3 ; Ensign Stanley Slater to be
Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Elliott, deceased, April 4 ;
Colour Serjeant Thomas Smith to be Ensign, vice Slater,
May 28.
Bth Foot—Brevet Major James Campbell to be Major,
without purchase, vice,,Frederick Holt Robe, who retires
upon half-pay; Lieutenant Henry John Jauncey, to be
Captain, vice Campbell ; Second Lieutenant Edward Thomas
King to be First Lieutenant, vice Jauncey ; James Tovey,
Gent. to be Second Lieutenant, vice King, May 28.
Ist West India Regiment—Sergeant Henry Ratcliffe Searle,
from the 24th Foot, to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Hurford,
who retires, May 28th.
STAFF.-Itir. Frederick Holt Robe, of the 87th Regiment
of Foot, to be Deputy-Quartermaster-General to the Troops
serving at the Mauritius, with the rank of Lieutenant-Colo-
nel in the Army, vice Major-General William Staveley,
May 28.
MEMORANDUM.—The Christian names of Ensign Gardiner,
of the 40th Foot, are Thomas George, not Thomas William,
as previously stated.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire.
Royal Regular Malitia—Thomas Gaisford the younger,
Esq., to be Captain, vice T. S. Mills, resigned, May 25.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Fifeshire.

Fife Militia.—Aleiander Bethune, the younger, Esq., to
be captain, vice A. Rutherford, deceased, May 22 ; Henry
John Graham Cowan, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Andrew
Wilkie, March, 13.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire.
The Hungerford Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry.—Alexander
Hugh Popham, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, May 10 ;
Edward Morris, Gent., to be Cornet, vice John Matthews,
resigned, May 6.
Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Westmorland and

PRICE SD.

PRICE OF SUGAR.
The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed
from the returns made in the week ending May 25,
1847, is 31s. 3/4d. cwt.

LAW IN
COURT OF CHANCERY, May 28.

THE EXETER AND CREDITON RAILWAY COMPANY V

BULLER.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
The LORD CHANCELLOR said he thought the course
taken by the Vice-Chancellor was a proper one. The
defendants asked to have the bill taken off the file, be-
cause they were, in point of fact, the corporation, and
the bill professed to be at the instance of the corpora-
tion. His Lordship felt that to be a very important
question, but from the view he took of the other part of
the case, it was not necessary to express at that moment
any opinion of whether the directors did or did not re-
present the corporation. His Lordship found from the
facts, which were not disputed, that the directors for the
time being were authorised by the provisions of the
general Act to exercise full power, subject to the control
and regulation of any general meeting specially sum-
moned for the purpose, but not so as to render invalid
any act done prior to the resolution :passed at such
general meeting. That provision formed a very im-
portant part of the consideration with respect to the
exercise of power by the executive body, for it was
quite clear that in many cases, unless the Court inter-
fered as it had in the present instance, the directors
might do acts against the wishes and interest of the
shareholders before a general meeting could be called to
restrain them. His Lordship had nothing to do with
the Great Western Company or the South-Western
Company. He only found the directors of the particulnr
company -entering into art arrangement to do an act
which was disapproved of by a body sworn to be a ma-
jority of the shareholders. His Lordship, after going
through the affidavits and commenting on the facts of
the case, concluded by repeating that he thought the
order of Vice-Chancellor right in every respect, and
he dismissed the appeal with costs.
There being a question whether the costs might not
be charged on the funds of the company,
His LORDSHIP gave the parties liberty to apply on
that point.

VICE-CHANCELLORS' COURT, May 28.
(Before Vice-Chancellor Sir KNIGHT BRUCE.)
GUINESS V. HORNBLOWER.
An injunction was moved for and obtained against
Mr. Hornblower, a printer, to restrain him from print-
ing labels similar to those used by the plaintiff, and
affixed to his bottled stout. It was stated that there
was:only one agent in London authorised by the plaintiff
to use his labels, but that George, Turner, Clapham,
without authority, had been detected using spurious
labels, and when an injunction had been obtained
against him, had given up a sheet of these spurious
labels, and the name of the defendant as the printer.