in a back room with some things that had not been
packed up, and having tried it on, his uniform appeared under
his great coat; I therefore offered him a black coat that was
laying on a chair, and which I did not intend to take with me.
He put up his uniform in a towel, and shortly afterwards went
away in great apparent uneasiness of mind; and having asked my
leave, he took the coach I came in, and which I had forgotten
to discharge in the haste I was in. I do further depose, that
the above conversation is the substance of all that passed
with Captain Berenger, which, from the circumstances attending
it, was strongly impressed upon my mind, that no other person
in uniform was seen by me, at my house, on Monday the 21st of
February, though possibly other officers may have called (as
many have done since my appointment;) of this, however, I
cannot speak of my own knowledge, having been almost
constantly from home, arranging my private affairs. I have
understood that many persons have called under the above
circumstances, and have written notes in the parlour, and
others have waited there in expectation of seeing me, and then
gone away, but I most positively swear that I never saw any
person at my house resembling the description, and in the
dress stated in the printed advertisement of the members of
the Stock Exchange. I further aver that I had no concern,
directly or indirectly, in the late imposition, and that the
above is all that I know relative to any person who came to my
house in uniform on the 21st day of February, before alluded
to. Captain Berenger wore a grey great coat, a green uniform
and a military cap. From the manner in which my character has
been attempted to be defamed, it is indispensibly necessary to
state that my connexion in any way with the funds, arose from
an impression that in the present favourable aspect of
affairs, it was only necessary to hold stock in order to
become a gainer without prejudice to anybody; that I did so
openly, considering it in no degree improper, far less
dishonorable; that I had no secret information of any kind,
and that had my expectation of the success of affairs been
disappointed, I should have been the only sufferer. Further, I
do most solemnly swear that the whole of the Omnium on