ave knowingly
said what is not true; but this made a great noise, and persons were
sent to see Mr. De Berenger, and from some similarity of person believed
him to be the man. I do not indeed believe the account given by one of
the witnesses, Mr. St. John; he told a story the most singular, that he
being the collector of an Irish charitable society, with no other means
of livelihood, found himself at Dover searching for news, by desire of
the editor of a newspaper, and he was afterwards on coming up, sent to
Newgate to see Mr. De Berenger, who was exposed to the view of every
person who chose to look at him. Mr. De Berenger was fixed upon as the
man, and you are asked to presume that he fled, because he knew he was
the man. Gentlemen, you will take all these circumstances into your
consideration, and they will account for the mistake in the testimony
of the witnesses for the prosecution; but St. John tells you, that he
found himself by _accident_ at Westminster. I do not call that an
accident at all, for it appears that he walked down to Westminster to
see his person; he went and took a good view of his person, when he was
standing upon the floor of the court of King's Bench, pleading to his
indictment, for being in custody he must be brought into court to plead
to it; this fellow says, he was not in court, but he put his head within
the curtain, where he could see this gentleman, he heard the officer
read to him, and he says that he answered something; I do not care
whether he heard what passed, he saw sufficient to know that he was the
person in custody. I cannot, under these circumstances, believe this
fellow when he tells you, that he went by _accident_ down to
Westminster, for it appears evidently that he went by _design_. I say
there is a readiness and a desire on the part of the Stock Exchange, to
follow this up, I think, with an improper spirit.

Gentlemen, we have had this case dressed up to-day; and it has been
attempted to induce you to believe, that the transactions of the Stock
Exchange were all laudable. Gentlemen, I say they are infamous; but my
learned friend would persuade you, that all the infamy rests upon those
who deceived these poor creatures. It is very true, as his lordship
says, the circulation of a false report is not innocent, for that may
operate against you or me going fairly to buy stock; but I think there
has been an excess of zeal on this business; some of these witnesses
were carried to M