his broker?

_A._ Perhaps two years.

_Mr. James Steers sworn._

_Examined by Mr. Gurney._

_Q._ Are you Stock Broker to the Accountant General of the Court of
Chancery?

_A._ I am.

_Q._ Did you as broker to the Accountant General, make purchases on
Monday the 21st February?

_A._ I did.

_Q._ At what prices?

_A._ I made purchases to the amount of L15,957:10:8, at 71-5/8 per cent.

_Q._ Consols I suppose?

_A._ Yes, I have got them down in various sums.

_Q._ Was that the high price of the day, or the price at which stock
opened in the morning?

_A._ I got to my office I think about eleven o'clock, or a little
before, I took the orders from the Accountant General's office.

_Q._ At what time did you begin making your purchases?

_A._ I think from eleven to a quarter after eleven.

_Q._ Had the news then considerably raised the Stocks?

_A._ It had.

_Lord Ellenborough._ Is that all you did that day?

_A._ That is all I did that day.

_Mr. Gurney._ Did you do business for any body besides the Accountant
General on that day?

_A._ I cannot speak to any thing but what I did for the Accountant
General.

_Lord Ellenborough._ Though you cannot speak to any thing else in
precise sums, do you recollect that you did buy for any body else on
that day besides the Accountant General?

_Q._ I can speak to an entry on my books on that day, but I cannot say
whether I did the business myself. I do not recollect doing any thing
else myself besides that bargain.

_A Juryman._ At what price could you have bought that lot of Consols on
Saturday?

_A._ I can state the purchases I made on Saturday to the Court; I
purchased on Saturday the 19th for the Accountant General L6894:11:4 at
70 per Cent.

_Mr. Gurney._ I have called for Lord Cochrane's Affidavit, it is
admitted by my learned friends that notice has been given to produce it,
and it is not produced.

_Mr. John Wright sworn._

_Examined by Mr. Adolphus._

_Q._ Where do you live?

_A._ At No. 5, Panton-square.

_Q._ Do you know where Lord Cochrane lives?

_A._ At No. 13, Green-street, Grosvenor-square.

_Q._ Had you occasion to see Lord Cochrane in February or March last?

_A._ Almost every day in February and in March last.

_Q._ In the course of that time did he deliver in a paper to you?

_A._ Yes he did.

_Q._ What was it?

_A._ He delivered several papers to me.

_Q._ What was done with that? (_shewi