o appear in. If he had
appeared before me in an aid-de-camp's scarlet uniform, and with a star,
I should have been indeed surprised to see him present himself before me
in that dress."

Sir John Beresford is then called; he says, "I have seen Captain De
Berenger twice before yesterday. I never saw him write; I know of his
application to go to America, as a sharp-shooter. In the beginning of
February I paid my ship off, and met Mr. Cochrane Johnstone in town, who
told me, Sir Alexander Cochrane was very anxious he should go out in the
Tonnant, to teach the marines the rifle exercise. I went to the Horse
Guards, to ask whether any thing could be done; I was told it would be
useless to apply to the Duke of York, and told Mr. Cochrane Johnstone of
it; this was before Sir Alexander Cochrane sailed in January or
December. I met him at dinner at Mr. Cochrane Johnstone's. I was there
to meet Sir Alexander Cochrane, but he did not come."

Mr. James Stokes says, "I am a clerk of Mr. Tahourdin; I have been so
between three and four years, and during that time have frequently seen
the hand-writing of De Berenger; he has been a client of my master's,
and has been assisted very much by him. I have seen a great deal of his
writing; this is certainly not his writing, not a word of it; and the
letter 'R.' (which Lord Yarmouth had spoken to) is not at all like it."

Then they call witnesses, who at last come to swear, that captain De
Berenger slept in his own apartments on the Sunday night, the 20th of
February; of course, if he did so, he could not have been on the 21st at
Dover, at the time sworn to by the witnesses.

William Smith is called; he says, "I was servant to Mr. De Berenger, I
was so about three years and a half; I have seen him write frequently."
Then he is shewn the Dover letter, and he says "I do not believe that is
his hand-writing; the signature there, Du Bourg, I really believe is not
his hand-writing, no part of the letter; I am positively sure it is not.
He has lately lodged with a person of the name of Davidson, in Asylum
Buildings. I was with him on Sunday the 27th of February, when he went
away; I perfectly remember he was at home on Sunday the 20th; he slept
at home on the Saturday night the 19th, and went out about nine o'clock
on Sunday morning; he came in afterwards at nearly eleven o'clock, and
went out again immediately afterwards; he stayed out only about twenty
minutes, and returned again when people we