the city every morning in a coach, I do swear, on the
morning of the 21st of February, (which day was impressed on my mind by
circumstances which afterwards occurred) I breakfasted with him at his
residence in Cumberland Street, about half past eight o'clock, and I was
put down by him (and Mr. Butt was in the coach) on Snowhill, about ten
o'clock," therefore these three gentlemen who had so much to do on that
day, were brought together, and had an opportunity of communicating
together at least at this time. They go on to the city together, after
having, it may be supposed had so much of communication together as was
necessary for the current business of the day, whatever that business
was. "I had been about three quarters of an hour at Mr. King's
manufactory, at No. 1, Cock Lane, when I received a few lines on a small
bit of paper, requesting me to come immediately to my house, the name
affixed, from being Written close to the bottom, I could not read;" that
was certainly a very pointed observation which was lately addressed to
you, by the learned counsel for the prosecution, that the name which he
says he could not read, would not in all probability have been written
at the bottom, for he had finished the note once, and when it was sent
back to him there was space enough still left for him to write something
more; for the servant says, he added something more afterwards,
therefore it was not from its being crowded at the bottom, unless it be,
that he had not signed any name till quite the last, and after he had
written the addition which Lord Cochrane mentions, "the servant told me,
it was from an army officer, and concluding that he might be an officer
from Spain, and that some accident had befallen to my brother, I
hastened back, and I found Captain De Berenger." Now certainly, his
anxiety about his brother, if true, was a very good motive for his
returning, but I addressed some questions to the witness on this
subject; I thought it very likely if that was the motive which induced
Lord Cochrane to return, that he should have disclosed that motive to
the person who brought the note, especially as he was a servant who had
been seventeen years in the family; nothing could be more natural than
to say, "Thomas, I hope there is no bad news from my brother, your old
master;" no such thing passes, but--"Well, Thomas, I will return," is
all that he says to him; he does not mention any thing about any
apprehension as to his bro