The Sun.
London, England, 1834-01-28 00:00:00

lIONKTON V. THE ATTORNET•UENERAL.

Mr. LOWNDES stated that his Lordship Lad given leave
that this cause should be mentioned again on the minutes.
Mr. Wray and himself had now agreed upon the minutes
of an order that all parties assented to. The only doubt
Mr. Wray had was as to whether the Court had directed
the costs.to be paid out of the funds.
The LORD CHANCELLOR observed that he had drawn a
distinction between the sets of costs.

Mr. LOWNDES said all parties were aware of that.
The LORD CHANCELLOR had no doubt that the costs
were to come out of the funds. He desired to see the
proposed minutes, which he would consider.

ROBERTSON V. LORD LONDONDERRY.

This came on in the shape both of a demurrer and an
appeal from an order made by his Honour the Vice•
Chancellor, dismissing Cue bill in the cause as against the
noble defendant.

Sir E. SUGDEN, MP. BEAMES, and Mr. TEMPLE, were
CD the one side, the ATTORNEY GENERAL, Mr. KNIGHT,
and a junior, on the other. A preliminary objection was
taken by Mr. Knight, but which the Court ruled would
be saved till be had the opportunity of arguing upon the
merits.

ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL V. STROUD

In this case, which we mentioned yesterday, the in-
formation was filed at the relation of certain ministers
in Lady Huntingdon's connection against the trustees
under a deed, by which certain chapels were secured to
the connection, and by the provisions of which all its
ecclesiastical concerns were to be regulated. The informa-
tion prayed that the defendants might be removed from
being trustees, that an account might be taken under the
direction of the Court of the funds which bad ceme into
their hands, and that a scheme might, under the direction
of the Court, be adopted for the future es'ablishment and
regulation of the Charity.
Mr. BICKERSTETH appeared for the information.
It appeared that the late Selina Countess Dowager
of Huntingdon, being possessed of various chapels in
various parts of England, and being addicted to works of
practical religion, bad been in the habit of appointing
ministers agreeing with her Ladyship in theological tenets,
which were a modification of the doctrines of the National
Establishment to the various chapels, retaining in herself
the power of regulating the ecclesiastical concerns of the
connexion, and removing them according to her discre-
tion. In 1790 she made her will, and divided the chapels
to ti ustees in trust to maintain them for the benefit of the
connection. Some of the chapels being freehold, her
Ladyship could not in this manner devise them for chari-
table purposes, and accordingly she gave them absolutely
to the persons named ; trusting that the Grace of God
would prompt them to use the property thus given them
far the extension of the Gospel. She further directed that
ministers might be appointed to the chapels as they might
be required, and that when any of the four devises or
trustees should die, another should be appointed by the
survivors to fill his place. The trustees continued to
supet intend and manage the affairs of the connection, re-
ceiving the rents of pews, donations, legacies, chapel
collections, &c., forming funds, and appointing and super-
seding their ministers, according to their discretion. The
connection having increase!, and its funds being consider-
able, the trustees, in 1819, in order to insure an active
ceneral co-operation throughout the fellowship, called a
general meeting of the body, which was held at Spa-
fields, at which all the ministers were present. The general
interests of the connection were canvassed, and it was
considered advisable that accounts of the funds arising
from donations, &c., should regularly be submitted for
their inspection. The trustees, however, reserved to
themselves an absolute power in directing those confer-
ences. Disagreements consequently arose between the
ministers and the trustees, the latter insisting that under
the provisions of the deed they had an absolute power to
appoint and supersede the ministers, &c., and generally to
manage the affairs of the connection. This led to various
negotiations, and ultimately to the filing of this
information, in which the relators submitted to
the Court that the trustees bad n ) right to assume
a general, irresponsible, and absolute authority over the
whole connection, and that the management of all its
affairs rested with the Ministers of the Chapels who bad
subscribed to the theological tenets of Lady Huntingdon,
and were regularly ordained according to the forms which
she had prescribed.
Mr. BICKERSTETIi when the case had gone thus far
made an application to the Court to allow it to stand over,
as he believed the parties were now willing to accede to
some compromise by which the matter would be settled
without the intervention of the Court.

His HONOUR allowed it to stand over and the case had
not been again cAlled on when our Reporter left.

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VICE CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.)