The National Register. — London, England, 1814-06-12 00:00:00

TITE NATIONAL REGISTER. L.iry rAlitItTdE.‘TE: COURT OF KING'. BEL GUILDHALL, JUNE 8. TIME RING V. LORD COCHRANE AND OTHERS, !OA A CONSPIRACY. This morning came on the importunt trial of the Hon. Cochrane Johnstone, Lard Cochrane, M. P. Berenger, R. Butt, R. Sandon, A. DlTrae, J. Holloway, and IL L 4ht, for the busbies , of the recent fraud on the Stock Exchange. Mr. C. Johnstone and M. De Berenzer we r e in Court the latter in cust , )dv of Mr. Newman, the Keeper of Negate. The Court was unconanenly crowd' (I. Mr. Gurney ' , pew the case tor the prosecution, in a speech whirl' lasted two hours; anti a ft e r ( i rca , l l 111 the inaenitude of the offence, 4!etailed the le eeeedings of the ammo parties concerned in the Stock Exchange fraud, n the day of ilt.• hoax, as it has teen called. His marrntion of these &tiered little from the accounts alto ads before the public. lie proceeded in substance as billows,--A Committee was appointed in eme:equenee of this trend, and pursued the investigation with much industry. They soon discovered an undirplot. T!.ey eound that a second chaise had mine from Northfleet, and that the persons who personated the two French offictrs, were Mr. M'Crae, end Mr. 'Wright, a poor nary agent. They learned that MCrae lodged in Fetter-lane, and had the day before the fraud carried to his two great coats, bred with white. and had emr.'esed his landlady t' 'nuke some white coe.eiles. `lcing as:itel what they were Pee he said to take in fiats. Ott the Sunday afternonn he weet rr.wn Gravcseno, and on Monday returned. The great coat w 4 a;tered, !te burnt the cockede. The saute week he boasted of the motley he had (theueli . the week before he h..d been quite distressed,' ; and !wing interrogated as to his getting it, said it he had not vt it .9itiebody e'rc would. ilefore this, be hued applied to a Mr. Finn. anti hail offered hint 1an1.• 1 if he would personate a French efficer, hrinehe ;:ee-4 to tows.: !liis ! Air. Finn indignantly rebind. Nl'Cree. howevec picked tip from Mr. }inn, who was well acipiailited with French, sever ii phrases, whien were the identical phrases used its the bile: thrown ,nut of the eindow •of the chaise. From their inquiries he felt it inspoisibte to &g,t a• c omirefilin between I.ord Cochrane aed the C-hnsel de Boergle Ttley inquired further, and found that Mt. Cochrane Juisiis`one, and Mr Butt, formerly a. clerk in the Navy-office, were enenged is the fat ifs' to an astonishing crew ; that the purchases and saes of all three were the same ; that they seemed to act t, i h one heart add soul : hat where one letught 40010 . 1. the other+, did•the fame ; if one letup:le. 95,0001, the others felloeed the example; and that the amount of 'heir three purchases was very near a ; and that on Monday every shilling was sold. • Their principal egemt was f unit to he %Ir. Ft arn, theeigh there. were several otli..rs, particularly Mr. Rich:miser'. Flora his eei • deuce, it appeared that Mr. l-7.• I t was so anxious, that he wished It. to purchase for him 1it0,00,.:d. This tremeedoes h4late.;e, this world of stuck. he disgorged on the- Monde?. The profits to the party were altogether 10,0e01. ; but they mould have Lieen 100,u001. had the telegruplis sem kt.d as they intended. The Newspapers give some account of the publictifen, and enimehi transpiced to direct the eyes of all individuals to Lerd Cechrinee. r':. Johnstone, and Mr. ft it 'They were thus called 'Ton to otter tome vindicution of themselves. Mr. Butt threatened pri secution. but had failed to execute his threat. Mr. Cochrane Johnstone likewiat threat. rued, and likewise failed. Mr. C. Johnstone was particularlv indignant tit an assertion, Mat whereas his busiuess had before that time been transacted at another office, he had on that morning an office f , ,r Mr: Fawns in a coon close to the side door of the Stork Excl,amfe. He swore positively that he had not taken the (Ace. Pe (Mr. Gurney) after what he had seen of the evidence, was not much surt4riscd at 1.14 denial of a fact, yet he was surprised that he should deny ss:at could be proved by a witness and by Lis own letter. 1 3 ;•esi,oisly to the fraud, he had called on Mr. Harris respecting the him ~f a ti cuse , and afterwards wrote to him to kw's, if he would sell the House. murli for his denial. ,Lord Cochrane was caned upon to ar.?. ,, tillt for his vi sitor; and how did he do it ? He chose to make an afdi.i it. (1-l e ,e b"; read the affidavit.) "Lord Cochrane had complained that ho had not been called open by the Stock Exchnnge : would that lie heti : it vuold have been curious to see the power,of the linos in co t on.t.itaore with vellich he would have uttered his strange asserlicals. Whit ! A man entiged in a tremendous stock-aecount, and ihte7ested al.() nt w invention, suffers himself to be hurried home by a :rt;v: fr in a person whose signature he cannot read ; arid then goes and holds extraordinary conversation with him. De flerenger t.anteit t•• Ins dress. • For what reason ? Why could he not go to in the sanie dress in which lie visited Lord Cochrane ? His goir , bac!: to his lodgings in that dress would excite suspicion. 1m.1e.:.!! Was not his g oine from them in tacit a dress more likely to excite aiir:n than his return in it? De glerenger wished to change his dress, because, in fact, ••• Tv ", rni 1- wwwwwwir- - he koew it was unsafe. and might lead to detection. :Lord Coehrsnito then, by los ossa acciaitv, assisted him with means to itb.eini. Lord Cochrane then assert . d, that the tieifintsi limenger wa ) sgia : Ti o l u : it weld+) be proved to have te e n scarlet. Lord Cochrane II ou g ht it a favourable cit eumstance Ilea he h a d sold his stock at a small iro fit tf-e contrary, H ahing could be stronger against him. Tf he and his co adjutors had believed, the news, would they have sold at that prat( ? would they 'Jot have ta-ai'ed till Uranium rose higleir, when it was so reasonehle to expect that it must rise ? they could' not have s witholit a monstrous ! .ss, unkss some favourable circumstance oc curred. 'I herefore, as fast as the news operated, the sale was directed to R , . on : orders was issued every moment, and in the hurry one sold 10, 0 4`01. loss, tha whet '.'4,0( 1 01, more than was held. it was felt, h o w. ever, that little was done '1 the defence rested here. There was ii, man who woull regatti their assertions, if it could be sliewn that Berenger and De Bowel) were the same. They therefore set up au vhbi. and published two more voluntary affidavits of the servants of De Bt retiorw. The tact the patty thought De liertnger was out of the kirydom they - wort' therefore hold Ind vapoured. Mr. Rua tvas very tirkria fur his in. a...sr the Stock Exchange, with perfe c t justiee, said, that V Cy • to diposit the money in the hands of trust'-es to the i n vra : . ;li ation, and to be disposed of atter that evetit. Mi. Bat:, hu lever, was elainorotis, •‘ Walt a bit," they said, ' 4 wail. for vetir own Iteamar and eharaciar." 111 r. Batt, however, had different senti.a :tits : his ft g w Popidos ine rittilat, at plando rosi sinoi! at: numilos conteteplor ill arts. While, tem ewer, M.-. BIM was the , vapoering, a ssdrrailt had heen "'"ed w'a'r=s' Ber; Leer : he , wos allawed the pro iii ge to stay hi the kinetions. hot net eut of it wiliont le:ive. li. ttas apprehended at L-ith, and 0 ; en Ittie:cht towards L'.ndon ; t was I . •ntilied at Dart• ford and else.. here I v every person who had set a Ilie oiteinal transae. tine : above all, tie w;ot identified h\- c7V I c..l),,rtolit person whose name W 3 ` , SnI0 01 ' ,11 S• it .ww.! , l be remenittered tliat a fisherman had picked up it the rater a scarlet airiforis ((• at in pieces,) with a Slit!. Mr. Solonices, I: 4 * Charing-cross, had set n 110 s, i.ad identified it : had sold on the Saturday I,re;:e.'ins , the fr:tt.l to a eentleman who -Was very iberal io ie".vnient. • Stilotentis., sehtat le. saw De 13rrenger, at once ktiev• him to be !,he person to h had sold the uniform, as before de:cribed. What became tine' thase voluntary ' 46l ‘ l "'itg rif al'bi ? If men thus re,orteli to Les tor their defeeer, what was the ieferenee ) Becanse they feh that t. tth a end(' lead to convictiou and wichrci An ward it off. perhaps tea.a;ed friends wmild say, 4' lifiW eao De L'otren.ter be c.in-ected 'Pit i t Lord Cochrane.", Would De tenger be • o;:t. a fitil rs ta g. d'rectly to hist house, i' be not had Lan associated with him ? This defence. went on n wrong assumption, that •se who act wickedly act rationally, and provide for all events. "l'he tact was, that in toe hurt!, a,f tin: conspiracy, they forgot to setile wilt re ll'srencer should co on bid arrival, and lw was afraid to go to his F own house. .lie ther.tfore 'went to Lord C o e wane's, where he re ceived a dress. Ile wis familiar wish L rd Cochralar, awl boasted of it. 't.",''hat w e ld. ;.erotic d o , w e n em pl o ys(' a matt for such pur• Poses a' Dc Betenger ? hey would pay Lilo) and Itt hint go. They ~ did so :he paid, and niiits his lodgings. being well paid in notes, fn: which 'totes 1 e has sliewn an extraordinary attachment. • No wea rier, for tiary afro:ded the most dao ring proofs against him. Mr. 'fa. hreirtlin and Mr. C. Johnstone were sureties for Mr. DV Berenger tar .104101. Mr. D.. Beren...er had elle ded them, and y"t Mr. T..huard;ii telzave it all, :.nd now defended him. Among the memoranda of I) Berenvr were found certain important farts. It appeared that De Ilt• reitger tr , is to have a per een;ag,e %ankh amote.ted to ; k: coill.l trace different notes'to the aniteint ef nearly 4001. to De Bereegar a great liumbur of those marked. fis name were found upon his ; person and one note of .in!. which' ~s paid to Lord C-chrane at the same time that the otter ti .it's Lad have elven to Butt, c,, !.l preyed to have been given by Lead •one to his coal merrhant. The stints together in - ide lip .1:01. etoii i any one chaiht andel . 1 1 sae' eveumstances that they were oe rewardsof his criminal services? '; lie held nearly foront to state, t‘ ,t .A 5 r..seurce Mr. ( . Johnstone had •sritt-it to tl,e Coonnittee.of t!ra. Stock Exchange statmg that Crar was rea , iy tr. eent'ess for a r•"' ,'rd ot 1,03001: that be, and Lord C. and Mr. Butt. were st ilhng to advance a 'thou sand each i• V the Eyetiange would advaine the rest. To this strange pro- Pusitirra no answer •as tenoned. Mr, C. Johnstone complained of it this, arid th=en wrote anot:esr letter. Ile must make one observation 11 on ttiii ec ol ,(1 letter : Mr. C. Jel.rnstone called 'his matter a hoax ; that a eretleman of accused of a fraud. instead of the usual s‘-nsile ity of honour, culls the matter a j o ke, tie should like to kni"l. It 'ecru :;v:'s rivet , le fraud in tt e vocahrtlary ill the hon. gentleman ; with him, perhap , it woald that taking money undor false pretences was a mere par Of the intacinati.ai. and cheating with loaded I dice an ineoious excrtiou of art. Mr. G. Johnston moat have thcu6hl