_Counsel for Lord Cochrane, The Hon. A. C. Johnstone, and R. G. Butt._
Mr. Serjeant BEST,
Mr. TOPPING,
Mr. SCARLETT,
Mr. BROUGHAM.

_Solicitors for Lord Cochrane._
Messrs. FARRER and ATKINSON.

_Solicitors for the Hon. A. C. Johnstone, and R. G. Butt._
Messrs. BRUNDRETT, WAINWRIGHT, and SPINKS.

_Counsel for R. Sandom, J. P. Holloway, and Henry Lyte._
Mr. Serjeant PELL,
Mr. C. F. WILLIAMS,
Mr. DENMAN.

_Solicitor._
Mr. YOUNG.

_Counsel for Alexander M'Rae._
Mr. ALLEY.

_Solicitor._
Mr. TWYNAM.

THE JURY.

Thomas Brown, Church-row, Aldgate. }
Henry Septimus Wollaston, Devonshire-street. }
George Spedding, Upper Thames-street. }
George Miles, Gracechurch-street. }
John Parker, Broad-street. }
Lewis Loyd, Lothbury. }
John Peter Robinson, Austin Friars. } Merchants.
John Hodgson, New Broad-street. }
Thomas Wilson Hetherington, Nicholas-lane. }
Richard Hall, Lawrence-lane. }
Richard Cheesewright, King-street. }
John Green, Suffolk-lane. }

_The Indictment was opened by Mr._ ADOLPHUS.

Mr. GURNEY.

May it please your Lordship.

Gentlemen of the Jury.

It is my duty, as Counsel for this Prosecution, to state to you the
facts which I shall have to lay before you, and to apply those facts to
the several Defendants, and to the Charges contained in the Indictment,
which has been opened by my learned Friend; and, Gentlemen, I am sure
that it is unnecessary for me to request that you will dismiss from your
minds every thing that you may have heard upon this subject before you
entered that Box. It is one of the circumstances which necessarily
attends a free press, that many cases which come under the consideration
of a Court of Justice, shall previously have undergone some public
discussion; without blame to any one, that will sometimes occur from the
nature and publicity of the case itself. It does also sometimes occur,
that they who are accused, industriously circulate matters which they
consider as useful to their defence; and even on the very eve of trial,
force them into public notice. If any thing has fallen under your
observation, either