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sr,Ql3-521-, TO 'll-1E HOAX.

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Green-street, April 27,
StA,—HaVing, I trust, giveo ample time and
opportunity to those Niiito 'lmre endeavoured to
ospurse my character, to learn from your pwn
mouth the circumstances I:khich induced von to
call upon me on the' 21st of February last, I feel
it now due to myself no longer to delay this my
earnest request„ that you, will afford me that ex-
planation.-1 beg als6 to call your attention'to a
narrative, accompanied by lettera from Colonel
Le Murchaut, Which havesappeared ,in the public
popers. I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
(Signed) COC4'RANE.
Baron de Bonnier.

King-street, westmingter, April 27th, 1814.
t4l Lpt;n,—l h.ave the hon Our of acknowledg-
ing the receipt of. Your Lordship's faVour, which
has this proinent been delivered, and 1 feel great
pleasure iO being able to assure you that cre it 'ar-
t•ived, my Voluntary confutation of Mr. Le Mar-
chant's statement had already been coMpleted and
delivered to my Solicitor, with a vie-W of "enrilloy-
ing his clerk to prepare a fair copy;' for I c6ntinue
still so indisposed as to write under every disad-
vantage : should you desire to possess it, have-the
goodness to semi to Mr. G. Tahourdin, Inner
Temple; although it Was my intention to publish
the same before any communication had taken place
with your. Lordship, it now is flinch at your• ser-
vice. I trust that similar reasons will plead my
excuse, both with you and with the other mem-
bers of your respected family, for my apparent
neglect in not addressing a Hut; or even sending
a message to either, since I have, by extraordi-
nary compuls:on, azul under still more extraor-
dinary charges, been brought to town.

,Rest assured,. my Lord,—that nothing could ex-
ceed the pain I felt, ‘vben I perceived bow cruelly,
how unfairly, iny unfortunate visit of the 2lst of
February was interpreted (which., with its object,
is to correctly detailed in your affidavit) ; but my
agony is augmented when I reflect, that acts of
generusity.and goodness towards an unfortunate
man, have been, and continue to_be, the acci-
dental cause of notch mortification to you; and to
your kind relations: a tear of increasing the ima-
ginary groundstof accusation, caused me to refrain
front addressing you, or any part of your family,
particularly as the time draws near, which must,
fix all blame upon the proper persons, and convince
the public how unjustly I have been treated.
I have the himour to remain,.
With unfeigned respect,
my Lord, BLe.
(Signed) CHARLES RANDOM DE BERENGER.

MY -LORD,—After the roofs of extraordinary
fidelity, which 1 have gisen to your 'Lordship,
after experiencing numerous hardships and dis-
tresses, by which my b'oily'a.nd Mind are alike
.ex-
hausted, and which with other severities endured,-
would not haYe been inflicted on we, • had out you
'and Mr. C. Johnstone's political principles occa-
sioned them, 1 feel jnstified in saying';' that 'all
these tortures, as well as my absolute ruin in every
sense, 1 owe to my anxiety for' you and Mr. J.'s
welfare ; for there • can be no doubt, that with
different feelings I could have avoided all these
heart-rending events.

Not like Le Ma.rehaiit di,l I offer you my assist-
ance for reward, but 1 gaveit, and my all but life
unasked", and unconditioned, even after ill-treat-,
merit, and before 1 had any communication ivith
"any body ; I. thtew myself into the, gau-to save
you, feeling for your situation, regardless of my
own: - Have not 1 done all this ?—and has any one
shown any feeling Inc me ?—No ! not even the
cheap reward of applause has been mine. . A
manly character will always claim the privilege of
sremdnstrance, and I do, for nothiitg. can awe or
prevent such a one from explanation—for tllis
reason, I have -to express my suirize at your
Lordship's indifferenee to Me, for daring toy long
and painful imprisonment, I have not. experienced
the slightest notice Irons you (for-tire formal letter.
through Air. Beckett cannot be deemed a friendly
communication), no, nOt even a verbal message,
though on other occasions your pen was not only
ready, but much too promt..; and since Tuesday
last, 1 have not seen Air. J. or heard from him..

I heal you say, our mental distress is too great
to think of any body .hut ourselves. So was mine,
When 1. was dragged to -London and daily tor-
turedi but 1 thought of every body but Myself--
even after 1 had discovered, that owing to the
breach of a sacred promise, 1 hail been branded.
with infamy, as' a man who had absconded front
bail, to fix his friends with a debt ;--t Veri. after
perceivivg the unfair motives,of your Lorilship's
ill-judged., and to me ruinous aflidavit---even
ter learning in court the designing, and to-
wards me, cruel words, which you •have utter-
ed, to induce the world to think the the basest
of villains. Had youE Lordship been 'acquit-
ted, you must - have _ expected that 1 should se-,
riously require a-ri explanation of this singular de-
portment; perhaps for such'reasons, you retrain,
ed from -communicating : but is the measure of
-self-Consideration not filled by you now, and what,
shall prevent me from emuptyiog it ? If 1 do not,
I must perish in body, mind, character, and
prospects.—That I have forborne, after very ag-
gravating events, cannot be denied, and your
anxiety and distress of mind •I pity ; but I too
all in distress of mind, without those soothing.
resources that you have ; thank God, I re=
main still a man ; I only think of my misfor-
tunes with a- view to a remedy.—Dreadlitt as
you both are situated, fate is not so cruel to-'-
wards you as. it is to me, for with your-, means
you_can live any• where, but my want of means
forces me to seek a living, which every where
will be opp6sed by-iny debts, and by the disgrace
• I:suffer under; certainly on your account, What
is your intention-as to me ?—how:do fat mean w-
heal my wounds, if healed they ever can he
These are natural and justifiable questions, which
'demand a speedy repll', for reasons of justice as
well as4rudence.—l ant determined not tolose
moment, for niy mind I rnilst make-up, or perish
in every sense ;
_perpetual imprisonment tilone is
a..promptcE sittlicient to claim my exertion, 4'l.
did not feel gratitude for the fidelity' of those,
who, endeavouring to serve me, have brought
•ditlicultieii 6n theniselve—if I cannot reward
them, protect , thein I will to the utmost of tny

power, ,for misfortunes shall never blunt my gra-
.tittule or,..my , .
Expecting your Lordship's early reply, r have
the, honour to hey my Lord, you• Lordship's most
obedient humble servant, •
(Signed). • C.R. pa BERENGEft.
Sunday, June the Pith, 1814. .

I.IIY LORD,--I lilve the honour of reminding
you that my letter presscd, fur a reply, and yet f
am not favoured with sitcli.., I-feel very good
grounds froni what I lia.e just learnt to complain,
and I hastily say, my Lord, that, you. as ,well as
others, no matter if to England or elsewhere, are
in honour boUnd to act differently by use.

remain, my -Lord,
(Signed) C. R. DI; I3ERENGER.
June 15th, 1014.

King's Bench, O. ig im to, July sdoBl4.
'LORl),—Although it could scarcely be ex-
pected that I 'should'addres's your Lordship agaip,
after the extraordinary manner with which you
sought to defend, yourself at iny cost, even in di-,
rect opposition to what must be the conviction 00
your mind, I do so once more, froM an impulse
Which has marked my conduct throtfghout, and
which most decidedly varies from the above de-'
scribed.-,-Instead of seeking to injure any one,'l
cannot even recontile the idea of taking any mea-
sure to serve myself, which may tend to the pre-
judice of others; and I consider that all those who
more or less share misfortunes in which 1 am in-
are in some degree entitled to be' consulted
as to the propriety of a-step, by'which their Own
interest may be:affected. I therefore beg leave
to inform your Lordship, that certain measures
will be taken in the House of Commons of Mon-
day next, which' will benefit us " both, if we act
fairly towards each other, tkey will, indeed, cori-
fer infinitely more benefit on yon than on Inc ; on
the contrary, I have to assure you, Lint -should
either of us endeavour to sacrifice the other,. ruin
tc; the tinfair pleader is certain, and which may,
perhaps, extend to both.
Once more, therefore, I raise my warning voice,
and I point to the ill-judged- measures avd the
ruinous result in argument to prove, that in a last
effort it is policy to abandon'modes of proceeding
which from an unjust iinpidse, froniatfungenerous
endeavour of self-preservation, have, brought our
misfortunes Cr) the very last chance of remedy.
I therefore. frankly ask your Lwdship, whether
any step which I may honourably resort to (midi
have given strong proofs. that others-I am incapa-
ble of; even when. under the most distressing pres.-
'sure) will he thwarted by'yotir intended plan of
operation ? The latter I do not ask to know ; the
former 1 have no hesitation to communicate in a
way consistent with caution and the. present situa-
tion of things.
If my , present or fornier language should not
be deemed acceptable, I beg to remind your Lord-
ship that I the privilege of a misanthrope,
who has just cause for being so, and Who, with-
out intention .to, off id, is sufficiently manly to
nicer any consequences if SO he should do,---aud
while this subject is before rne, I must aprize
von, that I have received anon),mons letters from
persons stating themselves to be your friends;
containing offers of providing far me. lam not
to be bought with money, but for acts of kindness
I have often sacrificed myself. .Anonymous let-
ters I despise, and should your Lordship know
the writers, I heg leave to assure them through
you; that 1 shall affix any future similar conmia-
nication, if without a name, to the chapel door
here,. with my comments attached.
- 1 have the honour to be, my Lord, &c.
Oigned) C. R. DE BERENGER.

No. 12 in 10, King's Beach, 11th July, 1614.
MY Lot:o,-1 have written several letters to
your Lordship, all of which remain unanswored.
Were they not sufficiently explicit to stimulate a
r,eply, or was it nwre-expedient. to pass in silence
manly truths, which neither denial or artifice
could defeat ? `l. he weight of the latterinfiuenPe
1 fully perceive—so_much so, that 1 freely acquit
you of-want of "politeness. -It is possible that I
-may hereafter be told, that your Lordship acted
tirus from misprision:—l will even expose myself .
once more to its practice,—because,- I am con-
scious that such I do not -deserve, and that, if I.
did, it cannot be at your hands. Should you, my
Lord, thinkotherWise, let the world have all my
letters, this of course inckded, and I. shall be sa-
tisfied, provided the original dates are not unwar-
rantably altered, for such proceeding, would be
nearly related to forgery.
Having attentively: perused your Speech in The
Chaimpian;-and. also The Indepens!eat Whig, which
'in a pethetic manner calls oil me to give a state;.
ment of facts, I thought it consistent, previously,
to trouble .your Lordship with this. •It may be
said, that in it, 1 have taken great liberties,—
may be so, but are you not my example ? long
have you been guilty of that practice, -for you
have used my name and me, ivithout my consent,
whenever it appeared to you conveliient,-,-1 bore
It,--but since you now endeavour to implicate
my friends, a final but pertinent • rerndnstrance
becomes -a ditty ;—for, such I ant perfectly qua-
lified, for although your rank in life is high, I
cannot forget that I an) as nobly bred and born
as yourself, and I feel, that the present stain
upon my honour is not indelible. If .a repug-
nance against heaping fals,ehoOd on falsehood,
if horror at stepping- from error into vice,—from
vice into eritne,—from crime into untruly invok-
ing the Omnipotent,—if shrinking with 'sincere
abhorrence, and shuddering at such practice in
. othe:rS, are proof's' of unsuborned honour,—/ pos-
sess these symptoms !—and you, my Lord, hafe
excited them, in a degree not to be mistaken, for
your sttbdolous defence has proVed .to me, that,
true nobility can only recover from the tarnish of
error by an acknowledgment of its guilt, pal ticti-
lady if.kesorted to at a moment, ivhen tin view to
no mean endeavour to evade punishment,
can be ascribed to such determination,and especially
if the party clearly p:•rceives, that %vithout -such
avowal and contrition; many weak or innocent I'i-et.-
sons are likely to bit involved, if not ruined, not even
noticing a duty which ought to animate every breast,
inear} a (Wire to prevent public disturaance, by
a timely disclosure, which alone can ,counteract
wrung impressions, disseminated amidst, and re-
ceived by; die c(numutiity and which, to. cherish
./11t0 beueral uaishief, nay.' even discontent, in my

humble. °viol-cm, is a public wrong- of the, first
magnutifie., very,littke short of murder, for may
,not the ioss•cit- mans* lives follow such proceed-
ings ?

Having solemnly, declared, "that rime i never
knew," I now., add,.that crime I never know !
Erred I:hare, even greatly:but if,l allowed myself
the. modes of.delence just mentioned, should be
cciminal ,bcyonil doubt...if-lad, my case: not beew
connected with yours, my .thus.reprobating your
proceedings
.would be. impertinent, but as I am
unfortunately so linked, I cannot bide from you,
that lam shocked beyond deScription; not at being
convicted with
.yo.ur, Lordship, but at• being sus-
pec,ted of, and unless 1 take a decisi,4e.step, per-
haps.irrevoceibly dra:ivii into a species of defence.
which is repugnant to my notions of religion and
honour, but which by
flopt;ing, you have d
iuto a wariiitsig .I;cacim to. my ,principles,
1;r thereby you have created an anxiety even
greater than your Lordship's,: to separate: inyself
from you for eve?, both in regard to defence and
acquaintance.

Before we parr, I must claim
.tbe,right of, un-
deceiving you as to my character, acts; and, mo-
tives ; from your deportment it is. clear, that no
one ever mistook these _ more-than. your. Lordship
has in my .case; 'Frail man Malt act wrong front.
principle, of course from mistaken principle-, and
some philosophers maintain, that the error so
committed is praise-worthy.. I' have erred from
mistaken principle, I will not however be so bold
to claim applause, although I way consider-
ation. I feel entitled to deny your perspi-
cuity, for by your subsequent acts you have
distinctly proved your belief/that I first erred•
from want of principle, for you seem to 'ex-
pect, that I,shall tamely lend myself to any and
every phrenetic step you may think proper to
take. Have the goodness to draw the fine be-
tween what I have done,—What I was prevailed
on to efrect,---,what in the hour of painful capti-,
vity I generously resolved on for your salvation,
and perfectly uninfluenced,-Land what it would
appear you and yours now expect I should stig-
matize myself with,—and you- will soon perceive,
how unfit I ant for acts of ingrallitmle or baseness,
—you will .be obliged to confess, that, though
doomed to a disgraceful punishment, I am too
noble to deserve or receive it,---;you will admit,
that you have misunderstood my character alto-
gether.-7-Here are details, which neither words or
oaths can shake or deny. The solicitude' which,
in endeavours to bring me forward, was displayed
by Mr. Cochrane JOliastone, and shortly after by
Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane, excited in my
eirthusiastic breast sensations of the invest gyati-
tude ;—I readily acknowledge them,
,and I -even
assured the latter, teat to hazard toy life to serve
would to me afford a pleasure ; of, course
meant in an honourable way.—Shortly after Mr.
Cochrane Johnstone made, me a stock-jobbing'
proposal, of which 1 can adduce proofs;--I star-
tled, I demurred,—he seemed displeased, whilst
in a tone of voice which shamed me, he recalled
my professionS" to thy Mind, lie next reasop,
ed pertinaciously that impositions of that sort
were deemed excusable—that they were daily
practised—that, in fact, they formed .a war of
cunning in the money marke:,, void of disgrace ;
and., closing, he, told Me his plans.
In consenting to apart, and in promising. to
show bow the rest could, aMended, be carried into
effect, I certainly erred greatly, for I smothered
the scruples which ,exemplary education had, till
then, planted immutably in my breast. Still, in-
Stead of crime, I committyd no more than an -en-
thusiastic but mad act of gratitude ;—I weakly
.persuaded myself', that if. I denied' what hail art-
fully been, palliated, that I should be an ungrate-
ful hypocrite, and I allowyd mistaken .principles,
which can only be understood by enthusiasts, to
influence my consent to
,a deed, which;to just
to the, projector, never before had been deemed a
Crinte, and by which I sought to "save my imagined
benefactor from impending ruin the only condi.-
tiOn I coupled with my consent was, that it should
remain a profound secret, and without exception.
Vice would have bargained for its *ages; I was
drily eager:to run hazards, in 'order to shew my
readiness to serve.

Not a little was I surprixed to-perceive shortly
after, that both your 'Lordship and Mr. Butt had
been made acquainted with it, and when I re-
proached Mr. Cochrane John-stone with his bleach
of promise, he laughed—treated it lightly—and
said that neither of you would divulge, as you
were to be benefited thereby. Would to God Is
had then folkiwed the monitory, reflection, which
told rue, that a man who breaks. his word is no.
longer trust-worthy As I hare to lainent the
neglect of that salutary whisper, Y will not, repels
my folly, by dismissing a similav warning, for the
spirit of a beloved parent now l'e.-assures me, not
only that it is neYer too late to abandon error, but
that immoral endeavours to exculpate lilySeif from
its consequences, will hurry me into an abyss Of
incessant agony and disgrace,
.‘vhilSt such mica-.
yours .must imperceptibly annihilate those 'guar-
dian precepts, which prevent our aban-
doned and infamous.

The modes .of recent defence unhappily cherish-
et! by your Lordship, have placed you on she very
brink of that dreadful abyss, and the contempla-
tion of your perilous situation has at once roused
my ,horror 'and my determination. True, it,is a
singular instartee---still have you conferred -an in-
finite benefit on me

Mistaken was the principle which caused me to
commit the, act that saved you. Mr. Cochrane
iolnistone, and Mr. Butt, from unavoidablepecu-
,,,
niary ruin, for I did so from gratitude, without any
condition w.hatere,r. Bikt thitt gratitncle cannot be
continued to heap infamy on me. :The same
takt.a deter mined me to resist the most
tmpving offers—to refuse every tender of forgive-
ness; coupled With a-condition requiring a di,cn-
v'ery of facts,: which must. have ruined your fame
for ever : I held my word sacred-----I eVen: went
beyond my dissolved promise, f(*kr
,you cannot
have forgotten thatel told you, that *o lung only
as you three were honoul'ahle in concealing my
name, I was determined to stand or tail with
you :-kept ary word even after you had bi:t ray,
ed the ! !

It, was again a tn:staken principle which, caused
tny,endeavours to save yoitr reputation, though you,
had sacrificed mine, because I cherished sufficient
geperosity .to do gout! jot coAsido:lbit.

height of the rin'nacle of Well-earni4 glory from
which you would be precipitated,—to btear in mind
the" impaired -state,of health of,Miss Johnstone,
wh'ch ransed me to fear that 'llc-gteatncs of her
sens-,hilitv and...grief would' baffle all medical aid,
and hasten her dissolotionl—and, lastly, to consi-
der the unhappy results and'inort;fications to Mr.
johnstone, and to'the-natlatit Admiral.
may have erred in persisting to refuse a dis-
'covery, 'but my corise.ience tells me that my •Ino-
lives were as noble as benevolent, and they-‘lTre
strengthened by, the ill-judged proceedings of the
power, whieh; by exercising; all its rigonr, sought
to wring by extraordinary insults that from' a
panly brea,t, xvhich an 'appeal to my honour
alone cottld liaee'balnn on try lip. Artr
nation at such pitiful et arts steeled my virtuous
*resolution, and 1 would sooner have faced deyttli
thanyielded to what I must ever deein undeserved
acts of cruelty. Jill theti,'l hoped that- the whole
matter would come to some arrangement, wi;lront
judicial de&sion I—often Aid the thought occur,
that, an artless, and entire disclosure ought to take
; and asfoften the ;ideas above ,stat-etl, bat
especially the fear that the world 'would ascribe
toy acknowledgments. to sinister and inerecnary
:views, or to cowardice, caused me to shudder at

.he thought, as if at, poison.
The day for trial now aaproach.ed. Mr. John,
stone proposed several modes of proceeding,...vhic'a
I rejected, anti though toy conscience now. tells
vie, that mygreatest 'error is the motif' of my de-
fence, I can with truth appeal to the Almighty,
tint
.perjtry was einployed against and',that
-I never desired any one, of my witnesses to say
nuy thing littt,‘ hat was truth ; Os also, that I-did
not employ others to suborn them ; if they.erred,
it was from'Calses which can_be:'.explained mach
better' than the world ran surmise, 'for they be•
-neve(' what they asserted.
Flow has your -Lord,'aipes-ii.mattl avid returned
the faithful and forbearing services I have ren-
dered to y`on By receiving every thing I could
da to serve, yon--tly making no return whatever,
not -even the cheap reWard of thanks,—and, by
ladle:gine in endeavours teeming with:the blackest
and most cruel ingratitude, Which even during, the
trial burst forth ; for you them'; as well as since,
have artfully
,and eagerly sohg,ht to persuade- the
:varlet, that I was the basest of villains, and o,at
Tdesiguedly had gone-to your house with a deter-
mivation to ruia -your fame, by untruly 'fixiag pal'-
tieipution on yon, who, forsooth, were, in the
whole traasacticia, the most innocent and injured
man breathing. ' •
Did your. Lordship really suppose me so
so indifferent, tn my character, as to imagine
that 1 shoUld.permit you with impunity to stamp,
we with an act more' infamous than the most
cowardly assassination Yon know that cow-
ardice at least does not belong to the list of my
faults, and 1 will convince you-of it by reproach-
ing you to the last, clay qt my existence with this
.unnianly art, and for which you may expect to
-atOnc,to inC sooner or later. how twiny- persons
,would have revenged themselves; and fairly too,
by disclosing to ',the world, that by the, whole
irial and sentence, you, my Lord, arc the least
injured.---4 mean by comparison with the extent
to which trie) had carried :his error. Still
I scorned revenge, a.nd 'kept ,the naioful se-
cret,' •though all respect for you harLcteased.
I letermined to Trial--the Seutence---
so receive all my pimishmentr-m,l, as after
all these events no unmanly,' no sinister Motive,
could be_asiteihed to my disclosure, to do so, dis-
tinctly iind truly in every respect.; not because
alba tt,that the sentence is deserved; or that. the
..Ftry found a proper verdict, or that tint Judge
acted as he onbt—not because I feel that I have
beet) guilty of a critic; which has justly been vi-
'sited on tile, hat because.' any convinced that I have
erred, ind that an 'acknowledgment of that error
must prove more virtnems as a spontaneous atone-
:Mew ,- than 1111e.receipt thissev-arta aid'
tive paniSzn
.ment could possibly hea.oe; and
.further; because I think it the duty.of every honest
subject to complain' only,- when, an' of, what he
really has bcenwrouged in „but never to allow false
grievances,or pretended innoccace • to mature the
ptthiic marnor into discoittent, pethaps'violence,
by which much blood Might be. stied, and.manv
sleluded persons be de'n •of life. 'When
formed my resoltitiim, I' did not anticipate the
latter events--brit since, ,perceiving the steps' you
have taken, I . have reasons to fe,ar :them even
speedily ; it therefore becomes Me. to wash my
hands' of what, may happen, and 'I have deter-
mined to take, proper measures inituediatelV,- and
that you may not think them clandestine, I now
communicate them. . .
That yaw Lordship may be convinced that I
have reasons to gnard against being flaked to you
Aiereafter, when your mis-stn tewents. will be dis-
covered, and which will, take place some time
'with or without my diselohre, I will state them
bri!efly—and I. trust, alt ougli I have erred, I may
skill claim a tenacitY nut to be. suspected of aiding,
in your pan of, defence.
When. I 'read your ill-judged Affidavit, I was
divided between astonishment at the 'weaknes*S of
that step, and' the harlihoMi• with Which- von
swore, even unasked.- I was angry at your di-
vulging •my liatne, after yoursolenni promise, hut
surprised I Was not ; for after such an oath, I
could not imagine tlnit a
,promise wind(' bind
you. When, shortly after, I saw the Allidayits
of your servants and others, I felt -great regret,
mixed' With disgust, that I' bad hastily and
improperly connected myself with a 'person who
cold(' stoop ;t,s-k servants to SWetft falsely.—
: When I fonna that Mr. Cochrane Johnstone had
pledged his honour to hislauoecnce in the Honse,
I was startled—hut tonal more' so, when lie tOld
rite i'fiat he 116yed Ili it the prosecutors would enter
a Nolte Pruseffai against in order to make -me'
wituess, iii wbich case I coald "swear through
thick and thin." I told him, with a mien which
did not SeeM to be aCceptlible, that such 'a pro=
wonlA be the Most fatal that possibly
e-on.1;1 happen to the catt-q; for, instead' of.
swearing through thick amt.-dila," that I cer-
, t a inly should tell. the }whale :trutls--qmd that I
40 tile same if ever he examined
before the Lionse, on lily honour, as that pledge
was as s.tered with me as my with.
Co:zhediie;l4loNfonesavined perfectlygloemy
and disappointed. -and 'my cAnsetioent reflections
were direeled to cautidd, for in
.every stage I per-

ceivcd, that ticsigning lierson3; i''l';l7.6..ig OnCC P.re.
vailed on another to. err, are not- cmiteut t ili they
have 'lnflict! him on to a criminal level with
theta :elves, •itt le-ast to become a pitiable victifil
of their avaricious plots. .'Often did 1 think Of
(llSeng:o mys-clf from such at) ,association, by-
"Y"`7l":4' the transaction, Imt as often sliti tlae
reaction, that the world would out ascribe such'
act to the pure? motive• of repcutatiCe,-' but to
m(!anness, avarice, or treacirerv, prevented me;---
I therefore resolved to do so, only.after
,I hail
borne • me fall share 'of every Atangt-r,—of
punishinent, 'which I conceived would Out fail
to prove,. that fily_inotive;so4ltimatwl!,,,, executed,
were'consisteth'und_ honourable. .That have al-.
ready sofit‘i•cti much more than either of the whet.
three (for I cannot allow , the lour perso(ts last
ruvritioni!;l in the intlictMent to bear U.SlialT in the
cal;Tlation, not inowing any thing .of aem)
cannot
_be, divuted.,--that in the eyeirt of success,
yoli three. would have cleared a very large *(,ml
of money, where. the person who not only ran
all the risk in its .execution, hut who • a!si save!
you three f.ann ruin, wouid have re-
ceived but a scantly renintier:-itHu, is also from
your present conduct placed beyond' the poSsibiiii-
ty.-of -doubt : all this your Lord Ship's good. tin 7-
(l(rStallding OltiSt have poi.lite,4l out to yon;—knit
where was its exyrcise,_when you dcterminid to.
sdre.yoursclf by (la sturnly-encle-tvour,s to brkinn him
with. the greatest of all inf,nnv, who mit only tin-
conditionally fuel- -saved you, but wh(),
betrayed and neglected bv you, Continued fitit,h-
..ful-to his 'promise, ' reiecting pardon; and pro-
spects of an ample furtaue, no door;
lie could- havif. securcd•? 1 say whin hecaine
Of tl:at understanding, for xvhich ',oil :mi-
. tient sifter illtlitug you: a:ki jos-
lice to.: taken rying that goodness
of he=ir ; .vith it, foi- :vhich, niilnuT,h, 1 never
witnesskE it, .1 used .formerly to heat, you
Certaipty, to that act, neirhe.r. the ole,i,or
the
other could possibly. -be Pro.y and perhaps a
callous substance-, Must have orcupiett ,t
ile
.space s° t.arelllll ""1- 1":""
, • ,
amw prevent yoUr teen",...::ail tnat you. (night, at
uty. Jim remonstrance, though. certainly rketther
this substance, tior any t .iag, else, shall pc, vent
me from openly reproadling you IX altd
lily
ruin, for 1. faker by your pantie conduct, 4,ltui
by the ,private infaurous Gitcrs whic,h recently
lmvc been to me, that I muse immediately
decare myself to Lie world, as Otif‘vise I suit!l
he in imminent dang-er of-being coOmtnied, or at
least suspected. of participating -in such acts. Can
you wonder that I shout,' hink it time
,to step
the -injuries you are overwhelming me with ?, 141
addition to those already 'stated, hove not you anti
Mr. Cochrane Johnstone degradett•me ill the eves
of the world, by unanimously committing a,. vile
breach, of .promise au'd'confidelice, by hurtling lay
letter, w Isich pointed out to my seeprities the pro-
vision. which I had made tor their protuclion ?
:illust 1 not shudder with horror and dread
when I.perceive that you, soletunly, but un-
necessarily and wantonly, invoke the Almighty
God :in support of the- untruths that you
•liase advanced"? if you, my Lord,.. do n-tt
believe hi a, Supreme Being (which .is the
onily•excuse Which tan be °tiered, and a horrible
-one it is),, allow others, who think otherwise, to
feel an atye,at b;ing conntfcted with yon.—.l have
_compoisively been 'way of some falsehoods. in
this defence, but l used even tin.,,e sparil,gly, and
viitiL.iin ill grace 5.--71 certaini.Y courplaiiien,and
-still cor,rinue so. to do, of the false e vidence, of
the untairtie:is iwirich was empinyed at the tria.l
against rue ; 'but where, but lit your own asser-,
Lion, will your _Lordship brick the portmanteA
.which contained my Orange of (I,ess where the
letter of the 17th of Februar), which you quoted
1 so -improperly and fool-hardy in the House, for
no visible purpoSe, but' that of throwing a .suspi-
don upon Mr. Tabourdin, whom !jou know tos
'perfectly innocent of the whole transaction ?
Perhaps this" king" letter, emanating from my certainly,
" perturbed mind,': will also he " perfectly,ooloteiiigioie "
pe
to you ; but I can explain ea,lly to the pnbl:c mind, whieh
now you are beating, fur election and other purposes, into
*nue a=ct v;hich I will not hear my share of bhime iii ; and
which, should it, oi,:ing to my silence, cause blood to be spilt,
would lay Macy on my conscience; for, believe me Or not, I
have one, altliough I was concerned:in a plan which you were
perfectly acquainted with, and t:o which you eagerly contri-
tinted share of 'emienees, -although you now call .God
to proof your total iporaneeOf it. I agree.
with )oor Lorilship,that neither of.us viewed it as a "crinie,'''
and I cannot rel.:made myself, even now, it merits
that }rush_ appellatioti or the puni;hme::t protaninced.—
But what name should give to the de/fence, which, particu-
larl•ysince that sentence, you have re'sorted to ? -What gro,tud
have your friends to suppose me The base villain who can con-.
sent to declare a certain great Personage, tai hough
perfet i.
innocent, as the real projector of, and reaper of theliarvesl
occasioned, by this plc ? The moment I received the infamotis
and cowardly an,oponns letter, declaring itself to proceed
from your friends, and requiring' inc to comniit that 'vile act,
for which at Icandsome provisien for life was held alit; that.
moment I indignantly wrote,-out Lordsfdp word, that if such
letters Were repeated, that I would' nail them, with my coot=
inents,, to the .chapel door. /t May be imssible.that von do
not know t authors ;in that onse it is strangethat you should
enpress no .desi re to kninv its contents; it is more so, that the •
writer 4ltould ',pejo writc to yOn---,and it is still more 50
that, a few days after my refusal, and which 1 sent to you, my
Lord, that a person in garb. loofa, :and ciloite of language,
resembling a Gentleman, should ve,rhally dare, to otter me
a •11CgOCiatiOP, prOliliSing me a •fortune, provided. I would ha
scoundrel sunicient to acknowledge myself Cot imel De 'Bourg,
t'oiplo,yed LerdNarmontli, to the double purpose of raising
the funds, and ruining your fault'.—My rage at such on in-
sult, my indignation at being- thought capable of nograteltilly'
and cowardly stabbing,Lorrl '.-;Crinoutli, who ibis cud,,lveured
to serve me,' alone enabled this wretch 'to make his oiit, in
which he was 'nimble. If ever I meet him,. he shall not escape
again ; and if your Lordship does not know lido, it wilt be well
to advise yn'ir friends never again to otrer me so dnring 411
It has finaqconfirmed inypersuasion,that vice proceet.k.to the
most horrid crime, step by step ;-that the world thinks SO—for
what else, but my having he.en guilty of an error can cause it
to think me fit for so villainous. all act? To _prei•ent such
calculations in future, :and also to separate my3ol from all the
horrible consequenceS, which my imagination, depicts to me,
as composing the tram of your delenet, I find, it necessary
now, insteak'. of ' hereafter, to make the public avowal Before
am, my Lord, your Lorlship'ennost obedient
humble servant;

C. It. DE BLIINGER.

P. S. I have to request the return of the Diontr;eus sabre,
and belt, which yon persnaded Inc' to leave At your 'house on
the '2 Tst of Fettruar\---tit belonged to a relative, which .maltes'
it valuable—so moat so, that no -price would purchase it of
113 C. As I mhst not hai-e it. here, your Lordship will have the
go,rdness either to gold it. to Mr. Tabour:lin, or to say .when
and where my servant shall call for it,- for i seriously desire
its return. •
To
Lord Cochrane. &c: &c. tic.

LOVA COi\IEERNIEIE (Ole Cheshire'' Hero) par-
took of';a grand entertainment provilled for hint
oh Weduesdaylast, by • his patriotic neighbours
Nutwich. There was a grand procession in
which his Lordship W:aS Seated iu an antique car„
A splendid dinner followed, and at alate hour the'
delighted compvtiy separated with reluctance.