in which he was desired to come home; then he states, he was
informed that the person who brought the note was in the dress of an
officer; and Lord Cochrane goes on to state, that imagining it was some
officer who had just come from Spain, (and probably you may know,
gentlemen, that Lord Cochrane, who is himself serving in the navy, has a
very gallant brother at this time serving in the army in Spain, and with
respect to whom, I believe I shall shew you in evidence, that he was
exceedingly ill, and was considered to be in very great danger), he
immediately connected that officer with his brother in Spain, and he
proceeded in a hackney coach to his house, hoping for some account of
his brother in Spain.

Gentlemen, it appears that the officer turned out to be Mr. De Berenger.
Lord Cochrane then gives you an account of what Mr. De Berenger
represented to be his object in coming to his lordship's house; he says
that Mr. De Berenger had previously made applications to him to take him
out to America, for the purpose of exercising his men in small arms, and
that Mr. De Berenger renewed his application that morning to him to
take him in the Tonnant, the ship to the command of which his Lordship
was then appointed, and in which he was about to sail to America.
Gentlemen, is this true? we have the evidence of Mr. Murray, a gentleman
called on the part of the prosecution; we have the evidence of another
person, of whom I cannot speak in the same terms as I do of Mr. Murray,
for I shall by and by shew you that he is entitled to no credit, who
certainly, as far as he speaks in favour of Lord Cochrane, is entitled
to consideration; but where he speaks against Lord Cochrane, as I shall
shew you, he is entitled to no consideration, for that he has vowed he
will bring on the ruin of Lord Cochrane, in consequence of the refusal
of a loan of money. We have it in evidence, that Mr. De Berenger did
expect to go to America, under the protection of Admiral Cochrane and
Lord Cochrane; the narration in the affidavit is thus confirmed by this
evidence; the affidavit then goes on to state, that Mr. De Berenger told
Lord Cochrane, that he had left the King's Bench, and come to Lord
Cochrane for the purpose of going to America. That he, Lord Cochrane,
stated to De Berenger, that it was impossible for his lordship to take
him, that his ward room was full; and further, that De Berenger being a
foreigner, his Lordship could not take him without the co