Part 174

----------- L.200 -- -- -----------

Mr. Scarlett. I observe, that in that correspondence there is mention made, besides the payment of L.250 of a loan of L.200?

A. Yes.

Q. Were you present at the passing of any money?

A. No, I was not.

Q. When did you first see that paper? (handing one to the witness.)

A. I saw it at the same time with the last receipt for L.200.

Q. What is it?

A. A note of hand for L.200.

Q. You saw that two or three days after it bears date?

A. Yes, I did.

L.200 -- -- ----------- "London, February the 26th, 1814.

"Six Months after date, I promise to pay to the Honble A. Cochrane Johnstone, the sum of two hundred pounds.

"C. R. De Berenger."

Payable at Gabl Tahourdin, Esq. No 8, King's Bench Walk, Temple.

Mr. Scarlett. With respect to those letters you received from Mr. Johnstone, do they contain your indorsement upon the back of them?

A. I think they do.

Q. Is that your handwriting upon the back of that letter? (shewing it to the witness.)

A. It is.

Q. Was it written by you at the time you received it?

A. Yes.

Lord Ellenborough. What letter is that?

A. The letter of the Baron to Mr. Johnstone, of the 22d of February.

Lord Ellenborough. You wrote it on the same day?

A. I cannot say on the same day, but within a few days; when I doubled up the papers that lay on the table, with other documents.

Mr. Scarlett. Is it your habit, when you lay letters by, to endorse the date.

A. Yes, uniformly; but not on the day of receiving them; I let them lie till they accumulate unpleasantly.

Lord Ellenborough. If a man sends you letters enclosed from other persons, do you indorse the letters sent to you inclosed; that is no part of the correspondence with you?