ommanded by Lord
Yarmouth, and the proper dress of Mr. De Berenger, as a member of that
corps, was a green uniform; my Lord Cochrane had often seen Mr. De
Berenger in this green uniform. His lordship, when he made his
affidavit, recollected the circumstance of Mr. De Berenger's being
dressed in a military uniform, but there being nothing to fix on his
lordship's mind the colour of the uniform, the sort of dress in which he
had been accustomed to see Mr. De Berenger presented itself to his
lordship's mind, as the dress De Berenger wore when his lordship saw him
last. Gentlemen, I have now made all the observations that have occurred
to me on this affidavit; I cannot, however, take my leave of it, without
again intreating you to consider the circumstances under which it was
made; remember Mr. Wright's evidence, and say if any thing can more
strongly evince Lord Cochrane's consciousness of his innocence, than
the publication of this affidavit. Gentlemen, you have been told, and
truly told that Lord Cochrane is a public character. From the high
station in which he was born, and the still higher place in the eyes of
his countrymen to which his public services have raised him, his
lordship may, without indulging any blameable vanity, one day expect to
fill one of the proudest situations in the country.

Is a man so circumstanced likely to commit so sordid a crime as that
with which he is charged? No prospect of gain could hold out any
temptation to Lord Cochrane to put in hazard what he now possesses.

The public character which you have been reminded he possesses, would of
itself repel such a charge as that which is made against him, though it
were supported by much stronger evidence than has been offered in
support of this indictment.

Gentlemen, I come now to the case of Mr. Cochrane Johnstone; and with
respect to him, I find that the charge is attempted to be made out
against him upon these grounds; first of all, that he was a very great
speculator in the funds. Gentlemen, I charge again upon the Stock
Exchange the same unfair mode of proceeding, with respect to Mr.
Cochrane Johnstone, which they pursued in the case of Lord Cochrane:
with respect to Mr. Cochrane Johnstone, they take up the case, I think,
on the 8th, but my learned friend applied his observations principally
to the 12th of February. Now, gentlemen, so far from that being a fair
statement of the transaction, it appears most clearly, that Mr. Cochrane
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