Part 8

Q. Did any thing more pass in your presence?

A. No more than that he told the two postboys he would give them a Napoleon each.

Q. Did you observe how his head was dressed?

A. He had a German cap on with a gold fringe on it or silver; I did not pay that attention to it to say which, it had gold lace round the bottom part of it.

Q. Was it such a coat as that, (shewing a grey coat to the witness.)

A. Yes, such a color as that.

Q. And such a cap as that, (shewing a fur cap to the witness?)

A. Such a cap; but whether that was the cap I did not pay attention.

Q. Have you told his Lordship all that you saw and heard?

A. Yes.

Q. Did he tell you how he got to the beach?

A. No, he told me he landed on the beach.

Cross-examined by Mr. Park.

Q. What are you to this Ship Inn, I do not quite understand?

A. I live opposite.

Q. Are you any way connected with the Ship Inn?

A. Not in the least.

Q. How came you, hearing a knocking at Mr. Wright's Ship Inn, particularly to get up?

A. I was up.

Q. What had you to do with the Ship Inn, that because a man is knocking at the Ship Inn door you light candles at your house and carry over?

A. I went across to see who the gentleman was.

Q. Merely curiosity?

A. Mere curiosity.

Q. And from the same spirit of curiosity you lit two candles and brought them over to the Ship Inn?

A. I told a person to bring them over.

Q. Was it very beautiful moonlight that night?

A. No it was not moonlight.

Q. Was there any moon that night; had there been that night at all?