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London, England, 1814-07-15 00:00:00

' controul; and he expressly negatives any idea ors
his own part at the time that he did not oryler-
stand what he was about. On th trial, anotlyer
view of the matter came out, not indeed Abs.°,
!lady incompatible vvith -what- his
-.Lordship had
said; but sOmewhat.startling.; with reference to
the character of the individual concerned: It
was proved Di lIERF.I:CER had assumed to biint
--self the credit- of being his Lordship's adviser.
Mr. LE MARCHANT swore that DE 33ERENGER
told him that Lord Cocs4r,Nv. had kept a'pri-
✓ vate purse for him -(DE BF.anscea), being a per
• tentage on money made in .the Funds by advice
• that he'gave." "And the Uon.Mr,MuitnAy swore
that DE BERENGER had said he had a plan in
• his head, which would put many thousands into
• the pockets of Lord COCHRANE and Mr. Cocn-
• 'LANE JOHNSTONE."' ‘` Hitherto there is nothing
extraordinary in itself : hut the must astonishing
a;s3 inc'r'edible representatlttn of all, is that which
is statcd to have been given .within thew few
days by Lord C6CHRANE' himself in the House'
of Commons."
" mentioned Mr. BUTT: says he,
• take this opportunity of stating, 'that my con-
tection with the funds arose from a convessa-
` tion with that Gentleman yin .ocrober last, when
• the progress of the Allies, and the favourable
• aspect of affairs; induced him to recommend me to
• place my-Spare money in Government Securities.
r 1 told him that I. fru} disposed e,,f it i'7l
• securities and iniand. lie then ii formed me,
✓ that I might gain, .u:ithout advancing the piinci-
pal, and offered; to conduct the business for me.'
1. lie urged this proposal, which I. then decli*ed,
• being unwillit4; to enter into speculutions'which I
• did not Undergand. Uowever, in the course of
• a few days, to my very great surprise, he hroughf
• me the sum of 4301. as .the'profit 9f a speettia-
• tiOn; which he said he had made for tie. Not
• wanting the money, I desired' bins to spot t with
• it, till he had lost it. Between that period and
r the 19th of February, the stiff.' which he had
• gained for, and placed to my account without' fee
• or reward, and without my controal, amonnted
4,200.1 have witnessed many disinterested-acts
•of Mr. BUTT'; and think him incapable of a
• dishonourable action.'

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" Nhw 1 must say, that. this tale sa
totally destitute of , all semblance of reason, and
seems to set credibility so much at defiance, that
even if it were not ip opposition to his Lordship's
first affidavit, should have no hesitation in set-
ting it down as an absolute fiction. According to
the
.affidavit that I refer to, his Lordship had a
very clear view of the benefits to be gained., and
of the causes which rendered those gains-.prOba-.
ble ; and by the evidence on the Trial, it appears
that he.was.personally.active in attending to the
business ; had a room of his own in die office of.
the partnership; and was frequently on the spot,
directingand transacting business with the broker,
Who was employed by all the three partners ; but
according to this new 'statement, it is really unfair
to suppose Lord ,COCHRAIVE bad any thing at all
to do with the matter ; he himself was under a
delusion in imagining he had ; and if the stocks
had fallen, instead of„rising,* it would, upon thiS
state Of_ the facts, have been utterly impossible,
as well as unjust, to have fixed him with-the loss;
for he says, he `.not duly declined entering into
any engagement, but declined allowing Mr. HUTT
to conduct the business for him, and that' it was
at first conducted without his knowledge, and
afterwards without his controul ! Mr. BUTT, too,
(except that virtue is its own reward) acted all the
time without .-fee or reward, and surprised his
Lordship with a gratuitous compliment of four
thousand two hundred pounds ! Well
_might his
Lordship describe -this Worthy Gentleman as dis-
interested!
ft is intrroesible to draw any othez.infertuce
from these statements,• than that they have been
fabricated from time to time, to suit the emergen-
cies of the case." •
After inquiring in,to the connection with DE
IIintENGER, a very problematical character, who
sends for Lord COCHRANE to his house, 'very ,
like a man soliciting favours,. the Author sums up
his remarks in the following manner :
" 'Here, then, we have the circumstantial proof

of conspiracy. Lord COCHRANE embarks' very
deeply in an illegal and dishonourable kind of
gambling with two other, persons ; he takes an
active part in the management ; the whole con-
cern is wound up on the 'day of the franc! ; he
an his,associates came off gainers of 10,0001. ;

the principal agent in the fraud is traCed. to his
hodse ; his Lordship lends him a cou and hat to
walk away in_.; this wan receives the hire of his
iniquity from BUTT, 011 C• of Lord CO6HRANE'S
partners, and part of this very money is traced
through Lord CocumANE's 'hands. Whatever
there may ,he of dubious or 'uncertain in this
chain of testimony,' receives,. Linust say, an in-
dubitable character from his Loru;:hip's shuffling
_and -skulking line of conduct. He has attempted
evasion and intimidation. He has .given contra-
dictory and incredible stateMents,of,fact. He has
avowed an utter laxity* priTiciple. I say there
can be no such thing as making up one'smind in
the
,cOmnion affairs of life, if these concurring
considerations do not convince u that the verdict
of the Jury against his Lordship was perfeetly
consonant to justice.
" This, however, Gentlemen, is not what you
are called to decide on. You, are to decide, whe-
ther you will force again into the Legislature,
from which he has been expelled, a-man pro-
nounced by a verdict of his country to be guilty
of an infamous fraud, and who admits bimselt to
have violated, to a great extent, the law which
pronounces stock jobbing infamous." -

Lord Hut., who, with his gallant colleague in
arms, Lord COMBiRMERE, 'has been on a visit to
Birmingham, where
,they were cheered and con-
ducted out of the town by an immense body of
the people. Before he left the Royal •Hotel, a
sword of
most exquisite workmanship was pre-
sented to hint by Mr. PHELPS, of Soho ; the hilt
of which represented an eagle destroying a ser-
pent, finely executed, and the blade was adorned
with appropriate trophies ; on presenting it, Mr.
PHELPS said, '''My 'Lord, the sword I now pre-
sent is of Birmingham manufactUre—truit to it,
and it will never tail you !" To which his Lord-
ship replied, '' Trust it tie me, Sir, and it shall
never be disgraced."