hat it is stated, the intention was to produce a great rise in the
Government funds of this kingdom. It appears clearly on the face of this
record that the intention was very different; in fact there are no
general Government funds belonging to the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland.

_Mr. Justice Bayley._ But there are British and Irish funds?

_Mr. Serjeant Best._ Certainly, but that is not the allegation; the
allegation is, that it was with a view to raise the funds of this
kingdom, which supposes there are general funds of Great Britain and
Ireland; whereas the funds of each are entirely distinct, and of that
your Lordships will take notice, because there are Acts of Parliament
which speak of the British and Irish funds separately. Therefore I
submit to your Lordships, it is impossible those defendants could
contemplate the mischief with which the count concludes.

_Lord Ellenborough._ In a large sense, the Irish funds are funds of this
kingdom, and so are the British; they are each a part of the resources
and means of the United Kingdom.

_Mr. Serjeant Best._ It is impossible they should have had in view the
Irish funds.

_Lord Ellenborough._ Why not? I believe the Irish funds are saleable
upon the Stock Exchange as well as the British. The interest is payable
in this country, and the great money-market is here; and I believe full
as much is done in the Irish funds here as in Ireland.

_Mr. Serjeant Best._ I am unacquainted with the fact; still I insist,
that those funds could not be called the funds of this kingdom?

_Lord Ellenborough._ I think they could not be correctly called
otherwise; they are funds of the kingdom in a large sense.

_Mr. Serjeant Best._ A very large part of the Irish funds were not
raised by the United Parliament; and they have been kept distinct ever
since the Union.

_Lord Ellenborough._ They may be distinctly arranged, and the
application of them may have been in different ways; but still they are
a part of one whole, they are a part of the stock and revenues of the
United Kingdom.

MR. PARK,

My Lords, I am counsel for Mr. De Berenger alone. The first two general
grounds of objection, my learned friend has argued very fully, and I
shall not trouble your Lordships upon them; but I confess there seems to
me to be a great deal of weight in the last objection. Your Lordship
will recollect, the beginning of this indictment states His Majesty to
be (as the Act of Parli