such a
house would be extremely convenient to them. Upon this, Mr. Butt agreed
to give up one of the rooms he had, and allowed Mr. Fearn to take
possession of that room. Gentlemen, there is another thing which proves
that the taking of this house had nothing to do with this particular
day; you find, that Mr. Fearn not only continued to possess these rooms,
sticking up his name there, but that he liked them so well, he has since
taken the whole house, and now continues to occupy it.

Gentlemen, what is the next head of evidence pressed against Mr.
Cochrane Johnstone? It is, that Mr. Cochrane Johnstone called, and left
a letter on Saturday the 26th, at the lodgings of Mr. De Berenger.
Gentlemen, in the first place, I have to observe, that it was but very
loosely and unsatisfactorily proved, that Mr. Cochrane Johnstone was at
the house of Mr. De Berenger on that day; but I will admit it, for that
is the best way, perhaps. I never have denied, that Mr. De Berenger was
acquainted with Mr. Cochrane Johnstone; I never denied that they were in
the habit of dining together, and if they were, where was the harm of
his leaving a note at the house of Mr. De Berenger.

Gentlemen, I did expect, as there has been so much activity (an activity
by the bye that has gone beyond the proper line) in seizing the papers
of this gentleman, that we should have seen the letter that Mr.
Johnstone left at De Berenger's; but no such letter is produced, and
although the prosecutors have got possession of every paper belonging to
De Berenger, not a scrap of paper has been produced in the handwriting
of my clients; all that is proved is, that Mr. Cochrane Johnstone called
upon De Berenger, as one acquaintance would call upon another.
Gentlemen, God forbid, that because he does so, it should be conceived
that he is a party with Mr. De Berenger in this scheme, if he has been
concerned in it.

Gentlemen, the next attempt is this, and a miserable one it is; all
possible means have been had recourse to, for making it out; for not
only has Mr. Basil Cochrane's servant been subpoenaed by the Stock
Exchange, to prove who are the persons dining at his house, but the
females of this family have been subpoenaed to this place, and kept
here for the purpose of proving the same facts which might have been
admitted at any hour of the day, and not only subpoenaed, but that
subpoena sent by a person whose presence was the most insulting of any
one who could have b