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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1814. 



Mr. Tahoiirdin, solicitor to Be- 

 renger, was called to prove that 

 Mr. Cochrane Johnstone had em- 

 ployed Beren'^er to make a plan 

 i'or a projected building in some 

 premises belonging to him, and had 

 paid him money for it. Two re- 

 ceipts were produced for such pay- 

 ments, signed by Berenger, the 

 last, for 200/. dated Feb. 2(), 1814. 

 This witness also absolutely denied 

 the letter sent to Admiral Foley, at 

 Deal, to be the hand-writing of 

 Berenger. The Earl of Yarmouth 

 spoke to Berenger's having been 

 adjutant of the corps of Cumber- 

 land's sharp shooters, and thought 

 the letter to admiral Foley very un- 

 like his usual writing. Two other 

 persons alsa deposed to their belief 

 that this letter was not of his 

 writing. 



A series of evidence was then 

 brought to prove an alibi with re- 

 spect to Berenger. The first of 

 the witnesses were W. Smith and 

 his wife, who were his servants, 

 and who swore to his sleeeping at 

 home on <he night of Feb. 20th. 

 Then follows! an hostler of some 

 livery stables at Chelsea, who swore 

 to Berenger's bting there on the 

 eveniH^ of the 20th. Other de- 

 positions were made to the same 

 effect, which it is not material to 

 enumerate, since from the rank 

 and character of the persons no 

 regard seems to have been 

 y)aid to their testimony. Here 

 the «ase for the defendants termi- 

 nated. 



Lord EHenborough summed up 

 the evidence with great minute- 

 ness, making various observations 

 on different parts. He particularly 

 dwelt upon the evidence of the 

 identity of the person taking a 

 -chaise from Dover, and traced to 



Lord Cochrane's house, with Be-* 

 renger; and of the disguise he 

 wore, and the colour of his uiii^ 

 form, which he seemed to think 

 proved in such a manner that 

 no doubt could remain; and 

 from these circumstances, and 

 his subsequent change of appa- 

 rel, he drew a strong inference 

 of Lord Cochrane's privity to 

 the plot. 



The Jury retired at ten minutes 

 after six in the evening, and re- 

 turned at twenty minutes before 

 nine with a verdict, finding all the 

 defendants Guilti/. 



Of the subsequent proceedings 

 relative to Lord Cochrane's appli- 

 cation for a new trial, and a mo- 

 tion in arrest of judgment, some 

 account will be found in our report 

 of the parliamentary debates re- 

 specting Lord Cochrane. It is suf- 

 ficient here to mention that these 

 attempts were void of effect, and 

 that on June 21 all the persons 

 charged, with the exception of 

 Mr. Cochrane Johnstone, who had 

 absconded, were called up to re- 

 ceive sentence. This was pro- 

 nounced by Mr. Justice Le Blanc, 

 and was to the following effect: — 

 Lord Cochrane, and R. Gathorne 

 Butt were condemned to pay to 

 the king a fine of a thousand 

 pounds each, and J. P. Holloway 

 of five hundred; and these three, 

 together with De Berenger, San- 

 don, and Lyte, were sentenced to 

 imprisonment in the Marshalseu 

 for twelve calendar months. Fur-? 

 ther. Lord Cochrane, De Beren- 

 ger, and Butt, were to stand on 

 the pillory for one hour before the 

 Royal Exchange once during their 

 imprisonment. This last part of 

 their punishment was afterwards 

 remitted. 



