red in, and read as follows:--_

"Sir,--I called again upon you to know if you have Powers to
sell the house, part of which I have taken, as I find there
are several persons in the house at present, which is rather
awkward, and makes it too public.

"If you have powers to sell I will immediately treat with you;
have the goodness therefore to leave the terms with your
clerk, or send them to me at No. 18, Great Cumberland-street.
I will however call again this day before I return to the West
end of the town.

I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
(Signed) A. COCHRANE JOHNSTONE."

_(Addressed) Mr. Addis._

_Cross-examined by Mr. Serjeant Best._

_Q._ I believe he took the first room for Mr. Butt expressly?

_A._ Yes; and gave me a reference to him at Mr. Fearn's, who then lived
in Cornhill.

_Q._ And the next time he came he said he wanted it for Mr. Fearn?

_A._ No; he said then he wanted it for Mr. Butt.

_Q._ And the third time he said he wanted it for Mr. Fearn?

_A._ Yes.

_Q._ Mr. Fearn has now the whole.

_A._ Yes.

_Mr. James Pilliner, sworn._

_Examined by Mr. Gurney._

_Q._ Are you a Stock Broker?

_A._ Yes.

_Q._ Prior to the 21st of February had you made any purchases for the
Defendant Holloway, in Stock or Omnium?

_A._ I had, in both.

_Q._ How much of either was he possessed of before business began on
Monday the 21st of February?

_A._ L20,000 Omnium and L20,000 Consols.

_Q._ Did you sell that out on that Monday?

_A._ I sold L20,000 Omnium and L14,000 Consols.

_Mr. Serjeant Pell._ Does your Lordship think, in consequence of what
you have suggested already, that the Witness is bound to answer to the
nature of the stock?

_Lord Ellenborough._ I am not apprized whether it is a real sum or not
at present.

_Mr. Serjeant Pell._ The reason I now interpose is, that if this should
turn out to be a transaction which was not real, the Witness would not
be bound to answer any question respecting it, because it may tend to
criminate himself, and involve him in penalties. The mere circumstance
of his having sold stock at all that day, supposing it not real stock,
would warrant him in declining to answer these questions.

_Lord Ellenborough._ Whether he sold any thing is a link in the chain,
or else you might exclude all the transactions of the day, because they
might ultimately connect with the vic