to understand
him, being rather deaf; his cap was on while I was there." He is desired
to look round, and to point out the gentleman, and he says, "that is the
gentleman," pointing to him. "I have no doubt that is he; I had never
seen him before that night, nor since;" and yet as you saw him, looking
round, he instantly found him out among so many as there were then round
him, it is not probable that if they had not seen him before, and had
not his picture engraved upon their minds, they would have known him
again so well; and it would be very remarkable that they should all
pitch upon the same person. "I might see him perhaps for five or six
minutes; the cap was rather slouched; it had no brim to it; it was drawn
over his forehead; the round part of it was drawn over his forehead. I
was not in court when Marsh was examined." It was suggested that he
might have picked up his story from Marsh; but a man who was deaf could
not have heard him, if he had been in court.

Mr. William St. John is next called; he speaks in the same manner; it is
unnecessary to go through the whole of it. He says, "he wore a scarlet
coat with long skirts, buttoned across, with a red silk sash, grey
pantaloons, and a grey military great coat, and I think it was a
seal-skin cap;" now with that light he might very easily mistake; I
believe it is very common to have seal-skin caps for travelling.

_Mr. Gurney._ This is seal-skin, my Lord.

_Lord Ellenborough._ I did not know that; "he had, I think, a seal-skin
cap on his head, of a fawn colour," and it is a fawn colour, certainly;
"there were some ornaments on his uniform, but I do not know what they
were, something of a star on his military dress; he was talking up and
down the room in a very good pace; I asked him, whether he knew anything
of the coming of one Johnson," a messenger whom the witness expected;
"he said he knew nothing at all about him, and begged I would leave him
to himself, as he was extremely ill;" this gentleman appears too
inquisitive, and he did not seem to like him. "On my leaving the room,
he requested that they would send in paper, and pen and ink; I
immediately retired, and met the landlord, Mr. Wright, coming into the
room, I believe, with the paper, pens and ink; in a few seconds
afterwards I returned into the room, and he was writing, I did not hear
him say any thing about the paper he was writing. I left the room
immediately. I saw him again at the door in the street