, [_shewing the witness the note
just produced_,] did you receive that L.40. note from any one?

_A._ From the waiter of the Bridge Inn at Sunderland.

_Q._ Did you see Mr. De Berenger about the time of the receipt of it?

_A._ I had seen him often prior to that.

_Q._ At Sunderland?

_A._ Yes.

_Q._ A waiter brought it to you?

_A._ Yes, with Major Burne's compliments.

_Q._ He brought you some message with it?

_A._ Yes, I gave him six L.5. notes for it, and ten L.1. notes.

_Q._ Bank of England notes?

_A._ No, of the Durham Bank.

_Q._ Did any thing pass between you and Mr. De Berenger afterwards, on
the subject of that note?

_A._ The waiter returned in a few minutes afterwards.

_Q._ Did any thing pass afterwards between you and Mr. De Berenger, on
the subject of that note?

_A._ Yes, he came shortly afterwards to take his leave of me.

_Lord Ellenborough._ Where did he come to?

_A._ To my house.

_Q._ What shop do you keep?

_A._ I am a druggist and agent to the Durham bank.

_Mr. Gurney._ How long had Mr. De Berenger been at Sunderland?

_A._ I had known him there from the 7th to the 21st of March. I
apologized for not being able to send more Bank of England paper in
exchange for the Durham bank notes; the waiter having been to request
that I would send him Bank of England paper, I gave him a message to Mr.
De Berenger.

_Q._ You made him an apology for not having sent him more bank paper in
exchange?

_A._ Yes.

_Q._ In exchange for the note you had at first received; for that note?

_A._ Yes.

_Q._ What did Mr. De Berenger say, on your making the apology?

_A._ I apologized for not having sent him more Bank of England paper,
and he acknowledged having received the whole of the notes I had sent
him from the waiter.

_Q._ By what name did Mr. De Berenger go there.

_A._ Major Burne; he gave me his name.

_Q._ Is that the gentleman you have been speaking of? (_pointing to De
Berenger._)

_A._ Yes.

_Cross-examined by Mr. Richardson._

_Q._ How do you know that L.40 note to be the note you received?

_A._ By a copy that I made at the time.

_Q._ Have you got that copy with you?

_A._ This is a copy of my waste book--the waste book is at Sunderland.

_Q._ You identify it by means of the copy which you have made from your
waste-book, which book you have left at Sunderland.

_A._ Yes; and also from my initials on the back of the note.

_Q._ Made at the time