Cochrane Johnstone, and, whether
the two conspiracies are not united through the means of that person,
M'Rae; his conduct itself is extraordinary; by a most remarkable offer,
on the part of Mr. Cochrane Johnstone, it is proposed that there should
be the sum of L.10,000 given to this man; a man in a low and ordinary
and desperate situation; and it is stated, that Lord Cochrane, Mr.
Cochrane Johnstone, and Mr. Butt, would give L.3,000 among them. Why
should they give that? If, indeed, they could thereby mislead and draw
away the public attention, and divert it to the pursuit and hunting down
of M'Rae, as the sole artificer and perpetrator of the fraud, and could
thereby turn aside observation and suspicion from themselves (supposing
them to be properly charged with this offence), L.3,000 would be well
paid, and cheaply employed for such a purpose. It is for you to say,
whether these letters which have been read to you, do not appear
pregnant of this contrivance and device on the part of the writer.

The first question, gentlemen, will be, was the Defendant, De Berenger,
the man who was found at Dover, about one o'clock on the morning of
Monday the 21st of February, and who proceeded through the several
stages to London, and ultimately to the mansion of Lord Cochrane
himself, and was there received with that dress, whatever it was, that
he wore; but the dress he wore, is proved by so many witnesses, that I
will not fatigue you with stating it now, because I must, by and by,
state the whole of the evidence to you.

A great deal of observation has been made about the character of
hand-writing, of what I call the Dover letter--the letter sent to
Admiral Foley; the object of sending it to him cannot be doubtful, for
it was intended that the Port Admiral should (as he would if he had
believed the report) communicate that intelligence to Government, and
which, if the day had been tolerably clear, might by telegraph have
reached this town in much less than half an hour, I believe in a quarter
of an hour; and having been sent off at this very early hour to Admiral
Foley, who was called out of bed to receive it, it would have been in
town early, and the stocks would have been up at the very moment, when
under the peremptory order before given, L.50,000 would have been sold,
as well as every other part of the stock, standing in the names of the
Defendants.

Gentlemen, there has been great stress laid upon this letter, and
whether