Part 122

A. I had a very high opinion of him as being acquainted with that science.

Q. He had been a Captain for a considerable number of years in the Duke of Cumberland's Corps of Sharp Shooters?

A. Adjutant I understand.

Q. You considered him as a man of science and skill in that department?

A. I did.

Q. Do you not know that he was making preparations at that time in order to go to America if he should be successful in procuring the appointment he was soliciting?

A. Not making preparations, those I know nothing of.

Q. That it was his anxious wish and desire to go you heard from him?

A. Yes.

Re-examined by Mr. Bolland.

Q. Did the Stock Exchange apply to you, or did you go to them to give information.

A. The Stock Exchange applied to me and sent me a subpoena.

Q. Was the application made to you after Lord Cochrane's publication, or before?

A. After Lord Cochrane's publication. The information that I gave to the two gentlemen, Captain Taylor and Lieutenant Wright was prior to Lord Cochrane's affidavit, or its ever being mentioned in my hearing that Mr. De Berenger was implicated in this business.

The Honorable Alexander Murray sworn.

Examined by Mr. Bolland.

Q. You are in His Majesty's service as an officer?

A. Not at present.

Q. I believe you have the misfortune at present to be in the King's Bench.

A. I am.

Q. In the rules?

A. In the inside.

Q. Are you acquainted with Captain De Berenger, and how long have you been so.

A. About a year and a half I have been.

Q. Who introduced you to Captain De Berenger?

A. Mr. Tahourdin, who was my solicitor, and likewise the solicitor of Mr. De Berenger.

Q. In consequence of that introduction did a considerable intimacy take place between you and the captain?

A. There did.