The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-03 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF CHANCERY, AUG 2.
(Before the Lords Justices of Appeal.)
THE YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY V,

HUDSON.
The Master of the Rolls made an order on Monday
(reported in the papers of yesterday), on the motion of
the plaintiffs, that the defendant might by the first day
of Hilary Term, 1854, pay into court the sum of 54,5901.
The defendant now appealed against that order, and
asked that it might be discharged, on the ground that
the report OA which the motion was made was open to I
exception, the eight days from the date of the certificate
and the motion at the Rolls not having expired.
I Mr. Rolt and Mr. Toiler appeared in support of the
motion.
Lord Justice Knight Bruce—The order was only
made on the 30th of July, and this is the 2d of August,
and the money is not ordered to be paid in until the first
day of Hilary Term next, that is, on the 11th of
January, 1854. Surely the defendant is in a great
hurry.
Mr. Rolt—That may be, and is so ; and every man in
the commercial world would naturally be in a hurry to
discharge an order which charges him, and as Mr. Hud-
son says unjustly, with being a debtor to the amount of
54,0001. if he does not owe the money, the sooner it
is shown the better.
Lord Justice Knight Bruce—But payment is not di-
rected until January, 1854.
Mr. Rolt—That also may be, and is so. But suppose
the plaintiffs think fit to register the order, it would have
the effect of creating a charge on Mr. Hudson's property
as a debt, the whole of which may be proved to be erro-
neous.
Lord Justice Knight Bruce—l believe by the old
practice, a party could not move upon a report while it
was open to exception.
Mr. Rolt—That is exactly so, and there is no new
practice to the contrary established yet, unless it be the
new practice of abolishing all form, which seems to be
the modern notion of equity reform.
Lord Justice Knight Bruce—That there is such a
notion, and that it prevails in many quarters, is not to
be denied. In what quarters, and whether the idea is a
good one, are quite different matters. It seems to me
that the defendant had better submit to a modification
of the order of the Master of the Rolls, and pay in a
reasonable sum—say 20,0001. —without prejudice.
Mr. Rolt—But Mr. Hudson, upon exceptions in-
tended to be taken to the Master's report, considers that
by means of payments by him he shall reduce the
54,0001. to a very small sum, if not to nothing. He
therefore objects to pay anything which may seem to be
an admission of debt.
Mr. Roundell Palmer, for the plaintiff, said that he
was unwilling to agree to the modification proposed
until he had authority from his client to do so ; he now
had that authority, and was willing to be satisfied if the
20,000/. were brought into court.
Lord Justice Knight Bruce—That a very large sum
such as 50,0001. and more, may be reduced by payments
and otherwise seems reasonably likely ; but to say that
the Master has charged this gentleman with 54,590/.,
and that nothing will be found due, seems somewhat
startling ; but it may be so.
Mr. Rolt, after some further discussion, consented to
pay in the 20,000/. at the time mentioned is the order
of the Master of Rolls.
Lord Justice Knight Bruce—Then the order of the
Lords Justice will be this—" By consent and without
prejudice reduce the order of the Master of the Rolls to
20,000/., and quoad ultra let the motion on which the
order for 54,590/. was made stand over until such day
as his Honour, the Master of the Rolls shall be pleased to
appoint.
Mr. Hobhouse was counsel (with Mr. Roundell Pal-
mer) for the company.

CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY TO KILL THE
EMPEROR OF FRANCE.

Yesterday afternoon a Frenchman named Edouard
Raynaud, who looked about 35 years of age, was brought
before Mr. Jardine, at the Bow-street Police Court,
charged with having conspired, with divers others, wil-
fully to murder Louis Napoleon, the Emperor of France.
The prisoner, a sickly-looking man, of short stature,_
had just arrived from. Southampton, in the custody of
Sergeant Sanders, of the detective police, to whom a
warrant for his apprehension had been granted a
Mfew
days previously, upon the private application of r.
e
Bodkin and Mr. Reynolds the solicitor to the Treasury.
The proceedings before the magistrate occupied a few
moments only.
Mr. Jarman, on behalf of the Treasury, requested his
worship to remand the prisoner a short time upon the
information already taken, in order that the necessary
steps might be adopted to secure the attendance of the
Prince de Joinville, the principal witness for the prose-

cution.
Sergeant Sanders stated, that having traced the pri-
soner to Southampton, he commenced a search for him
in that town, and eventually took him into custody in
West-street. He explained the nature of his warrant,
and told him the particulars of the charge against him.
Witness spoke to him in the French language, as the
prisoner appeared to know nothing of English ; and he
replied, in reference to some letters which witness ex-
hibited to him, ""I wish I had never written those
letters to the Prince.
The above evidence having been explained to the pri-
soner, Mr. Jardine asked him if he wished to say any-
thing in the present stage of the inquiry
The prisoner merely replied that he was suffering from
ill-health, and trusted that he should receive medical
attention during his confinement in prison.
Sergeant Sanders stated that the prisoner bad only
lately come out of the hospital, where a portion of the
hair above his forehead had been shaved off.
The prisoner was then remanded for further examina-
tion.

It appears that the prisoner addressed two letters to
the Prince de Joinville, in the first of which he proposed
a scheme for the destruction of the Emperor's life, and
requested the Princes co-operation and assistance. In
the second letter he offered to go over to France and
accomplish the murder of Louis Napoleon, unaided, if
the Prince would give him 201.
When the sergeant first obtained a clue to the prisoner,
the latter was residing in Sherrard-place, Sherrard-street,