men, I say so much for the
affidavit of Lord Cochrane, which is a vital part of this subject, and
upon which, I observe with great regret; but if I forbore the
observations, I should desert the duty which I owe the public.
Gentlemen, there is indeed but little more for me to trouble you with, I
think; but there was an observation made by my learned friend, which is
very important; they cross-examined Mr. Wright, whom I put up to prove
the affidavit, by asking him, whether Lord Cochrane did not at the time
he put that affidavit into his hands, observe, that now he had furnished
the Stock Exchange Committee with the name of Mr. De Berenger, if he was
the person who practised this fraud. Gentlemen, Mr. Serjeant Best
laboured this point with you in the course of his address to you, and
labored it with great ability; but my learned friend did not advert to
one circumstance respecting that affidavit, which disposes of all his
observations in an instant. _When_ did Lord Cochrane furnish the name of
De Berenger to the Committee of the Stock Exchange? _On the 11th of
March_; Mr. De Berenger having quitted London on the 27th of February,
twelve days before; and when my Lord Cochrane had no more doubt that he
was out of the country, than that he was himself in existence; he was
gone to the north, not gone to the south, to Portsmouth, to go on board
the Tonnant; he had been gone twelve days, twice as long as was
necessary to find his way to Amsterdam; it was believed he was safe
there, and when it was thought he was quite safe, Lord Cochrane was
extremely ready to furnish the Stock Exchange Committee with the name of
the party, and so to get credit for his candour. "What can a man do
more? I have given you the name of the party, only find him, and you
will see whether he is Du Bourg, or not;" he did not expect that he
would be found; he was, however, found, and the intentions of these
parties were frustrated.

I come now, gentlemen, to another part of the case, which would have
excited my astonishment, if it had not been for the management and
machinery that I had seen in this case; still I could hardly have
expected to have met with that which we have had to-day in evidence, I
mean the mode which has been resorted to, of accounting for the bank
notes which were found in the letter-case of De Berenger, and those that
were paid away by him. Gentlemen, the Defendants knew this part of our
case; in truth, there is no surprize upon the