Magistrate, are true; and this deponent further saith, that in
addition to the several facts and circumstances stated in his
said affidavit, he deposeth as follows, (that is to say); That
he had not directly nor indirectly any concern whatever in
the formation, or any knowledge of the existence of an
intention to form the plot charged in the indictment, or any
other scheme or design for affecting the public funds. That
the sale of the pretended omnium on the twenty-first day of
February, was made in pursuance of orders given to his broker
at the time of the purchase thereof, on or about the
fourteenth of that month, to sell the same whenever a profit
of one per cent. could be realized; and that those directions
were given, and the sale thereof took place without any
knowledge, information, hint or surmise on the part of this
deponent, of any concern or attempt whatever to alter the
price of the funds; and the said sale on the twenty-first took
place entirely without this deponent's knowledge. That when
this deponent returned home from Mr. King's manufactory, on
the twenty-first of February, which he did directly after the
receipt of a note, he fully expected to have met an officer
from abroad, with intelligence of his brother, who had by
letter to this deponent received on the Friday before,
communicated his being confined to his bed, and severely
afflicted by a dangerous illness, and about whom this deponent
was extremely anxious; but this deponent found Captain De
Berenger at his house, in a grey great coat, and a green
jacket. That this deponent never saw the defendants, Ralph
Sandom, Alexander M'Rae, John Peter Holloway, and Henry Lyte,
or any or either of them, nor ever had any communication or
correspondence with them, or any or either of them, directly
or indirectly; that this deponent, in pursuance of directions
from the Admiralty, proceeded to Chatham to join his Majesty's
ship "The Tonnant," to which he had been appointed on the
eighth day of February last; that the ship was then lying at
Chatham; that previous to the eighth day of February, this
deponent applied to the Admiralty for leave of absence, which
was refused until this deponent had joined the said ship, and
had removed her down to Long Reach; that this deponent in