Mr. Butt?

_A._ No, I cannot say that I did.

_Q._ Have you no recollection one way or the other?

_A._ No.

_Q._ Nor is your recollection very distinct whether you gave it to one
or the other?

_A._ I have no reason to think I gave it to Mr. Butt.

_Q._ Mr. Butt frequently acted for Lord Cochrane?

_A._ Not with me.

_Lord Ellenborough._ Do you believe you gave it to Lord Cochrane?

_A._ I do, but I am not certain whether I laid it before him upon the
table, or gave it into his hand.

_Lord Ellenborough._ You presented it to him, and gave it into his
reach, so that he might take it?

_A._ Yes.

_A Juryman._ You charged him with it in account?

_A._ Yes, I did.

[_The check on Messrs. Jones, Loyd & Company, dated the 10th of February
1814, for the sum of_ L.470. 19_s._ 4_d._ _was read._]

_Edward Wharmby sworn;_

_Examined by Mr. Gurney._

_Q._ Are you clerk to Jones, Loyd & Company?

_A._ Yes.

_Q._ Look at that check [_handing it to the Witness_] did you pay that
check?

_A._ Yes, I did.

_Q._ On what day?

_A._ On the 19th of February.

_Q._ In what Bank notes did you pay it?

_A._ In one of L.200.

_Mr. Serjeant Best._ From what are you speaking.

_A._ I have a copy of the notes.

_Q._ Is the book here?

_A._ No.

_Mr. Gurney._ You were directed to bring the books with you,--you must
go and fetch them.

_Benjamin Lance sworn;_

_Examined by Mr. Gurney._

_Q._ On the 26th of February did you give that check to Mr. Butt?

_A._ Yes, I did. [_The check was handed in._]

_Mr. Gurney._ Perhaps, my Lord, I had better wait till the witness
brings the books; I am extremely sorry for the loss of time?

_Lord Ellenborough._ It will be more clear.

_Mr. Gurney._ I have a little more evidence to give under this head, if
your Lordship will allow me to give that now, the letter which I opened,
offering Mr. M'Rae's discovery.

_Mr. Joseph Fearn called again;_

_Examined by Mr. Gurney._

_Q._ Look at that letter, [_shewing a letter to the witness_,] do you
believe that to be Mr. Cochrane Johnstone's hand-writing?

_A._ I do.

_Q._ Do you believe that also to be Mr. Cochrane Johnstone's
hand-writing?

_A._ Yes, I believe that also to be the same that is dated the 18th of
April.

[_The letters were delivered in, and read as follow:_]

"To the Chairman of the Committee,
"Stock Exchange, No. 18, Great Cumberland-street,