Part 25

A. Some days after this transaction.

Q. You were in this room twice, I think you said?

A. Yes.

Q. When you first went down, you did not find your company acceptable?

A. The gentleman begged I would leave him, and I did so.

Q. Upon your oath, how long were you in the room at that time?

A. Not more than a minute.

Q. It might be less; you went immediately on his requesting you?

A. Yes, as soon as possible.

Q. The second time, you stated to my learned friend, you left the room immediately after you went in,--how long were you then?

A. I suppose a minute; I went up to the table and back again.

Q. You did not see him do any thing, but write a letter?

A. No.

Q. Had he his great coat and cap on, all the time you were with him?

A. Yes, I did not see him without them.

Q. It was a slouch cap we have heard it described?

A. No, it was not; it was a cap without any leaf at all to it.

Q. Coming over the forehead?

A. No, it fitted the head tight, but had neither a leaf or any thing else to it.

Q. What might be your business at Dover at that time?

A. I went down for the purpose of getting information.

Q. Was that for the benefit of the Irish Charitable Society?

A. No, certainly not.

Q. If it is not impertinent, for whose benefit was it?

A. One purpose was to send information to a newspaper.

Q. Another purpose, to send information to whom?

A. If any thing happened, such as the arrival of the preliminaries of a treaty of peace, which was expected, I should have come to London immediately.

Q. You would have gone to the Stock Exchange with it?