s corps, otherwise he must have felt the reverse of
uneasy at being seen in it by his Colonel. Does any volunteer officer go
out of a morning to make calls in his regimentals? Could so unusual a
circumstance have failed to excite remark from Lord Yarmouth? To me,
indeed, he had explained himself--he had of necessity told me his nearly
desperate state, in asking me to receive him on board my ship; but is
there any thing so very incredible in the statement that he was
unwilling to tell his whole case to every body? It may now doubtless be
perceived, that he might have had other reasons for disliking to go out
in a green dress.

Let it, however, be recollected, that my statement was, that he only
asked me for a hat in lieu of his military cap, and that the black coat
was my own voluntary offer. The idea of his applying to Lord Yarmouth,
or to any other of his friends, originated with me, and I proposed it in
consequence of his calling to my recollection the certificates he had
received from them. I then had no suspicion awake, and I believed what
he told me. In what manner the disguise was ultimately disposed of I can
only conjecture, as any one else might, from the evidence given on the
trial. He presented himself to me in a grey great coat, and a green
under coat; and if the persons whose affidavits I now tender had been
examined on the trial, and they did attend for that purpose, I do feel
persuaded that a very different impression would have been made on the
jury and the world at large, than that which they appear to entertain;
and that your Lordships might have been disposed to take an opposite
view of the case as it affected me. Those witnesses would have
corroborated the particulars of my affidavit relative to De Berenger's
dress, when I first saw him at my house, namely, a grey great coat, and
a green under coat and jacket. Unfortunately, through some mistake or
misconception, not on my part, they were left unnoticed, and, of course,
were not examined. I have now to offer their several affidavits to your
Lordships.

I would further submit to your Lordships, that my affidavit was made at
the impulse of the moment, as soon as I heard that placards had been
posted, stating that the pretended colonel Du Bourg had gone to my
house; and in the conscious rectitude of my own conduct, I not only
introduced the name of the only officer I saw at my house on the day
stated, but narrated every occurrence that took place, and a