The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-01 00:00:00

ADULTERATION OF FOOD.

PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE (THIS DAY).
The members of this committee were to have assembled
today at one o'clock, but up to the time our report was
despatched they had not made a quoru»t, only three hon.
gentlemen being present ; and it was considered doubt-
ful whether the evidence could be proceeded with to-day.

BOW-STREET.-(TRIS DAY.)

THE CASE OF STRAHAN, PAUL, AND CO.

To-day, at 20 minutes past 12, Sir J. D. Paul, Wil-
ctin Strallan, and Robert Mealcin Bates, were placed at

;he bar of this court for the fifth time, charged with felo.

niously disposing of a large quantity of Danish bonds.
It will be in the recollection of our readers that at the
last examination it was discovered that the Danish bonds,

for the felonious disposal of which they were indicted,
were supposed to be the property of Dr. Griffith, but
upon comparing the numbers of those produced in court
and the numbers in Dr. Griffith's pass book it was dis-

covered that they did not correspond. Under these and
other circumstances it was thought advisable to adjourn
the further hearing of the case until this day.
The court was, as on all previous occasions, densely
crowded, and the excitement seemed rather to have in-

creased than otherwise.
Mr. Bodkin appeared on the part of the prosecution,
and Messrs. Ballantine and Parry for the prisoners.
Mr. Bodkin said he had hoped that, on the last occa-
sion, it would have been possible to have completed the
case to-day, but he regretted to say that such he had not
been able to accomplish. He had, however, discovered
that in the month of April, 1851, 2,0001. of Dutch
Bonds had been printed and delivered on the 16th of the
same mouth to Messrs. Strahan, and that Dr. Griffith

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had been charged with the amount, He bad been able
also to trace those bonds to the house of Messrs. Smith,

Payne, and Smith, where they were standing in the
name of a gentleman named Sykes. From this gentle-
man they learned that he had received them from a
gentleman named Beattie, who it was supposed received
them from the prisoners at the bar. On inquiry,
however, it was unfortunately found that Mr. Beattie
was abroad and would not be in England until
early in September. This being a material link in the
chain, which could not be obtained until that gentle-
man's arrival, he had no other alternative than to ask
for another remand. He would to-day call witnesses to
prove that the house of Strahan and Co. received the
March dividends due on those bonds for Dr. Griffith,
and also that the September dividend on the same bonds
had been paid into the house of Smith, Payne, Smith,
and Co., to the account of Mr. Sykes ; at the same time
that the pass-book of Dr. Griffith showed that he had
been duly credited for both amounts.
The first witness called was Mr. John Hill, of the firm
of Sims and Hill, No. 3, Bartholomew-lane, who said
that on the 10th of April, 1851, he made the purchase of
2,0001. Danish bonds for Dr. Griffith. He did not know
how the instruction to purchase arrived. The numbers
of the Danish Bonds he then purchased were two bonds,
4001. each, Nos. 426, 573 ; two bonds, 3001. each, Nos.
793, 794; and six bonds, 1001. each, Nos. 657, 659, to
663 inclusive. The cost of these bonds was 2,0371. 10s.
Übe bonds were delivered on the 16th of April, and on
that day Dr. Griffith was charged with the purchase in
he books of the bank.
Mr. W. Shudden, clerk in the house of Smyth, Payne,
and Co. bankers, Cornhill, produced four Danish Bonds
1001. each. The numbers were 659, 660, 661, 662,
And they were deposited on account of Mr. John Sykes,
i customer of the house, to receive the dividend on the
bonds held by them. In September, according to his
hook, the dividends on those bonds were received on
the part of Mr. Sykes.
Mr. Frederick Savory, a clerk to Messrs. Hambro and
Co., stated they were agents for paying the dividends on
Danish stock. In March, 1854, the dividends on
six 1001. bonds, of the numbers of 657, 659, to 663,
Inclusive, were paid to Messrs. Strahan. The bonds
;)laced in his hands, numbered 659, 660, 661, 662,
were four of those bonds. On the September following
,he dividends on 659, 660, 661, 662, were paid to Smith,
Payne, and Co., on behalf of Sykes. He paid the last
dividend into the Bank of Smith and Co. himself.
He did not pay the first. When bankers apply for divi-
.lends they leave a list. (He produced the list left by
Strahan in March.) He did not know in whose hand-
writing it was, but he supposed it was written by one of
Strahan's clerks. In the March of this year the dividends
were paid to Smith, Payne, and Co. for the same party.
\lr. Edward Nixon Binney, a clerk in the house of Dal-
glass and Co., Great St. Helen's, Australian merchant,
4aid in March, 1854, he was a clerk to Messrs. Hombre',
,f Broad-street. He paid the dividends clue in March,
1854, on the four bonds 657, 659, 660, 661, 662,663, to
Messrs. Strahan, bankers in the Strand. The amount
paid was 141. lls. 3d. on six bonds.
Mr. Bodkin said this would close the case, as far as
regards the dates of the bonds, but he had further evi-
lence with respect to one. He therefore proposed to
call another witness.
Mr. C. Peppercorn said he was one of the parties who
purchased the Dutch bond, numbered 3,348. Tlse
draught note produced was in his hand-writing, and
amounted to 9631. In September, 1853, this firm was
employed to raise money on Dutch bonds for Messrs.
Strahan, to the amount of 10,0001. The bonds sent
were Dutch, for one thousand florins each. He raised
the money at two houses. One was Levy and Co. They
advanced 5,0001., Mr. Soady advanced the other 5,0001..
and the money was handed over to Messrs. Strahan.
Amongst these bonds was one numbered 3,348.
Mr. Bodkin said this was as far as he proposed to go
to-day.
Mr. Ballantine said as it was impossible to close the
unfortunate affair earlier than the Ist of September, he
begged to apply either that bail be taken or to commit
the prisoners to Newgate, in order to put him in a posi-
tion to apply to a judge, should that course be adopted.
Mr. Parry, on the part of Bates, said there did not
appear to him to be one scintilla of evidence against
him. With all due respect, he thought that, according
to Jarvis's Act, the magistrate was compelled to take
bail. The act was 11 and 12 Via., c. 42, s. 23, and in
his opinion there was no alternative for the magistrate
but to admit them to bail. 'Ho thought it exceedingly
hard that the parties should be kept in prison until one
of the witnesses arrived in this country from abroad.
He did not think that because this case had excited a
great deal of interest these parties should be kept.
Mr. Bodkin said, by the magistrate committing ,the
prisoners for trial, the ends of justice would be utterly
lefeated, as the prosecution would thereby be prevented
from calling further witnesses, and would in tact close
the case. He did not think that the prisoners at the bar
had anything to complain of, as the delay was in a great
measure caused by the inaccuracy of the state-
ments they had themselves made. With respect to the
expediency of accepting bail, he left that entirely in the
hands of the magistrates.
Mr. Jardine said he most certainly should not com-
mit the prisoner for trial, as the prosecutor had in-
formed him fresh evidence was in the course of being
obtained. He thought that if he admitted the prisoners
to bail, it would be such as would hardly be worth the
accepting. The case itself was involved in such
difficulty that it became imperative on him
to act with the greatest caution. However, as there
had been no objection on the part of the prosecution, he
would admit the prisoners to bail, on their giving the
following surities, namely, themselves to the amount of
6,0001. each, and also two sureties for each prisoner, for
the sum of 3,0001. each, making, in the whole, bail to
the amount of 36,0001. The prisoners are to appear at
this court every week for a renewal of their sureties,
and to give twenty-four hours notice previous to in-
quiry into the substantiality of the proposed sureties.
I The prisoners then left the bar.
He

LivEnrooL, Tuesday.—The Cunard screw steamer
Lebanon, Captain Cook, sailed this forenoon for New
York, with a few cabin passengers, and a large cargo on
board.
THE RIOT AND MI7RDER AT HAMLEIIERE.—Yesterday
morning Mr. C. J. Woods, the coroner for West Surrey,
held an inquest on the body of Mr. W. Donaldson, an
inspector of the Surrey County Constabulary, who lost
his life during the affray at Haslemere on the night of
Saturday last. The coroner, after the examination of
several witnesses, suggested that the inquiry should be
adjourned, in order to have the persons taken into cus-
tody before the Court. The jury being of the same
opinion, the inquest was adjourned for eight days. Mr.
Superintendent Parr was appointed to prosecute the
prisoners, and a subscription was opened for the benefit
n.
of the widow and five children of the unfortunate
speCtOr.