The Express.
London, England, 1855-07-04 00:00:00

COAL KINKS INSPECTION BILL.

The Irmo tees rssol•ed itself into senterittes neon this
b 11, which had already bees pertly considered in 00111-
tnitto4l. .

[Left Sitting.]

THE CASE OF STRAHAN, PAUL, AND CO.

BOW-STREE f .-T HIS DAY.

The three prienners in this remarkable oue, Sir
✓. D Paul, Mr. W. Strata, and Mr. &Us, were brought
op agaia this morning, at half-put twelve, and placed at
the bit Were Mr Jardine, for further ezassiaation, upon
the various Charges preferred spinet them by Dr. Griffith.
The cm' wu eamesively crowded, as oa each previous
occasion.

Mr. Bodkin conducted the protecotion, and Messrs.
Parry and Banalities appeared for the prinnen.
Mr B Kikin said the three pnrions at the bar were re-
manded, it would be remembered, to enable the solicitor for
the pro-ecution to obtain such evidence as would =earn
the statement made by Mr. &reborn to Dr. GraMtb, relative
to the diapers!. of big eetarittes. He very much regretted
that he should be unable to produce a% much additional in-
formation as be bad expected, owto to oiSculties
bad been placed in the way of the prosecutor in emends
quarters where each a course was least expected. At pre-
sent he would mention no names, loping that such eoeduet
might be explained hereafter; but he should have to ask
fur other reman.e, and perbaps fora longer period.
The following winsome, were then ezamiaed :
Mr. Raymund Petty deposed that be was a clerk in the
borne of Geerend, Gurney. and Co. He produced a ;otter
in the handwriting, be believed, of 81e J. D. Paul, and
addressed to Mr. Young. It was as follows:

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"My dear iris:al.—Yon will greatly oblige me by raising
es much money se you era upon the securities i handed to
yen for three months, pending the purchase of an estate.
You know the peep se toe which the moo• y is required,
end also my reason for my n►me not appearing in the
matter.—Y•.ure faithfully, J. D PAUL."
Mr. John Young, of Sisedane, solicitor, deposed that in
April last I negotiated a loan wit► Overend, Gurney, anti
Co. on behalf of the banking-house of Brahmin, Paul, and
Cs. I communicated on that occasion with Sir J. D.
Pent, who wished 30,0001. to be raivd upon certain Da-
nish, Dutch, and other foreien bonds which he brought
to me for the purpose. Mr. Polly was the person whom I
afterwards saw upon the subject of the loan at °upend and
Gurney's. Sir J. Paul remained at my i.face while I went
tnere, and an my return I communicated to Sir Jelin
what had token plan*. I told him that the house declined
to ululate so much as 30.0301., but that they were willing
to7advence 27,000/. upon the securities In question. Sir
John agreed to receive this amount. There had been a
previous interview upon Vie subject on the preceding Seine.
dey, but in the abeam of one of the parties at Gurney's,
nothing was done is it till the Monday, when Mr. Pell,
and Mr. Chapman, who represented the firm of Overend
were present. I signed the borrowed note " now
produced, at the time of the transaction, having received
the authority of Sir John to accept the laser amount, of
which I had informed the firm. There we. a desire ex-
Praised that the burrower of the money should write a I
letter, and coeuequently the letter ■ddre+std to Mr. Polly
was written by Sir John Paul. The amount was then paid.
The advance was in the form of an open check on Barclay
and Co., and the amount WY paid in notes.
The site's' was net arose examined.
Mr. Wm. Boyce deposed that he was a clerk in the hones
of Overend sod Gurney, and remembi re I the advance of
the loan to Stratum, Paul, and Co. He wrote, on the
"borrowed note," en secants hot of the securities which
were depo.ited on the °evasion. They were Dutch Two-
aud-a• Ilstf and Danish Piro per Cents. He bad brought a
umple of each of the eezuritie., but not the whole of them,
although he had prepared a fall list of the whole.
Mr. John Hills, stockbroker, of 8. Bartholomew-lane,
deposed to the purchase of 30.000 Dutch fl trine of Messrs.
Steens° end Paul, ►y order of Dr. Griffith, on the 7th of
June, 1819. Tee note, showing the purchsse of hie some,
now proc.ueed, was in the hand writa‘g of Mr Pi•agerald,
to aosiesnt is the house. Other eiadar pUtthal.4 wire
made for S'rohan and Paul, but .:.tries were rot always
made in the books of witoesia home, showing on whims
behalf the purchases were mad., but only the name. of the
brokers. It did not toll rye, if a gentleman desired to put-,
ebase stock trough his tankers, that the gentleman's
nurse would appear in the negotiation; because be
(.itnes,) might be only dealing with the brokers in the
matter. When the beakers Genre." to be inserted, It
was &ire, but not otherwise. In making these purchasers
of the firm, witness or one of his clerk., usually called male
at the banking house, to restive dimities from the firm,
sometimes is verities, and sometimes verbally. At one time
he (witness) sew Sir J. Paul, and at another time one of the
other partners, es one of the clerks. The written directions
ware not always preserved. He had found two of those
directions and produced them. They were, be believed, in
the handwriting of Mr. Ban•, and ran ae follows:—" Bay
30,000 Dutch I mina, 21 p r cent , for list. Dr. GrAto,"
" Buy 1.000 Danish bond• for ditto," and so on.
Croes-e:•mined by Mr. Perry—Haew Mr. Betas as one
of the partners of the firm, but could not speak as to his
actual relation in the bunk, except in that capacity.
Mr. John Fitsgerald, employed in the tame house, gave
eorroborative evidence relative to the purchase of ttie
ageuritiee in question.
Mr. B Akin then applied for another week's remand.
Mr. Bellantine said he should not oppose this application,,
nor offer any comment upon the evidence at present.
Mr. Perry made a strong appeal te hie worship to admit!
the prisoner Bates to bail on the ground that ho aced
entirely under the other partners, almost se heed clerk,!
in the establishment.
Mr. Jardine declined to entertain the question of ball at!!
present.
The prisoners were, accordingly, remanded.

1 CITY or LONDON Eucrior.—The select corn
mitres appoiated to ascertain whether Baron Rothschild is
di•tioalifiel to sit fir rho Ci 7, on sesoast of hie Wag a
sweroseent loan orstrionsr, net this afternoon to &Wee
sa.-ir chairman sad dothrothe the amuse of raimmilsg.
CajnAL PALACL—Betas of admissions tor mix
dayseadw: inns 30.—Namber admitted, beisdhkj !wawa
bast hoiden, PM. Mania 'wired kr ~Mt
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