three together.
_Q._ You mean Mr. Cochrane Johnstone, Lord Cochrane, and Mr. Butt?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ When you did business for Lord Cochrane, did you in all instances
take orders from him or from any person for him?
_A._ Sometimes from him, and sometimes from Mr. Butt.
_Q._ After you had acted for him upon the orders of Mr. Butt, did he
recognize those orders?
_A._ Always.
_Q._ From the 12th till the 19th, did you make various purchases and
sales for them?
_A._ I did.
_Q._ On the evening of the 19th, what balance had he in his hand; Lord
Cochrane's transactions I believe were only in omnium?
_A._ No.
_Q._ The amount was L139,000, was it not?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ That is to say, that he had that balance of omnium?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ What balance of omnium had Mr. Cochrane Johnstone on that day?
_A._ L120,000.
_Q._ One hundred and twenty, or one hundred and thirty thousand?
_A._ I have not drawn out the balance here.
_Q._ What was Mr. Cochrane Johnstone's consol account on that day?
_A._ L100,000.
_Q._ How much had Mr. Butt of omnium at the same time?
_A._ I think about L160,000.
_Q._ Is not the omnium L130,000.
_A._ I should think more than that; I believe it was L154,000.
_Q._ How much his consols?
_A._ L168,000.
_Q._ On the morning of the 21st of February, did you sell them all?
_A._ I did.
_Q._ Omnium and consols and all?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ On the morning of Monday the 21st, did you remove to any other
office than that you had before occupied?
_A._ Yes, I did.
_Q._ Where was that office?
_A._ No. 5, in Shorter's Court.
_Q._ Is that close to the side door of the Stock Exchange?
_A._ Yes, it is.
_Q._ How many rooms were there?
_A._ Three.
_Q._ Had you one?
_A._ I had one and a small closet; Mr. Butt had another up stairs with
Mr. Johnstone and my Lord Cochrane, and the ground floor was occupied by
Mr. Lance.
_Q._ Was he a clerk of yours, or employed by them?
_A._ He was employed by them.
_Q._ Had you taken that office, or had it been taken for you?
_A._ Mr. Johnstone had taken his with one room or two rooms, I am not
sure which.
_Q._ Had the office been taken for you, or had you yourself gone and
taken it?
_A._ They had taken those two rooms, I believe, without intending to
take any more; but as I was not pleasantly situated, and was rather too
far from business, I wished to have an office there, if they could
procure it; sev
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