71 THE NATIONATI nEtnsTErt, on the rootlliog of Febtnaty the t‘ist, two men dressed like foreign ers, and pretended to have come it eently front the coast of France, linded near his house from a stx-oared and having called him sip, delivered to hint a note, purportiog to have been mitten by a rson of ihe name of Partridge, whom he had formerly known at Dover, requesting him to t.ke those two persons to London, who had great public neWl to communicate to Government, 'but not to iffer them to he at ativ expence ; tlmt he accordingly did order a e:atise from Dartford, and they proceeded (in the manner already +described) to Mat sh-Ga te. where they alighted : that they then went to We-Aminster Bridge, and took a boat to Whitehall, and on enter irg one of the pa , saeus of that building the two men took leave of Ltw, by saying they had no forther orcasion for his services : that he ha-, not seen or hear:l or them sinee ; that be has, however, seen Varttidge, and finds that the order sent to was a forgery. Mr. Sandom ,hatch that lie Lad no account in the Stock-Exchange ; that Le di,clainted RN knowledge of any of the parties in the plot. sled *aid that for some time he believed the report (which was circu lated) to have - been trim • 114 - Att.CCI 1S: the number. I recommended Mm to use his endeavour to get them or any other friends to exert their influence, for I had none; adding, that when the 'Formant wint to Portsmouth, 1 should be happy to rm• !rive him ; and I knew from Sir A. Cochreoe, that he would he pleased if be accomplished that object. Captain Berenger said, that not anticipating any objection on my part from the conversation he had formerly had with me, he had come away with intention to go on - board, •riad make himself useful in his military capacity; he could not go to Lord Yarmouth, or to au; other of his friends In this dress, (alluding to that which he had on) or return to his lodging., where it would excite suspicion (as he was at that time in the rules of the King's Bench) but that if I refused to let him join the ship now, he would do An at Portsmouth. Under present circumstances, however, he must use a great liberty, and request the favour of me to lend him a hat to Weal' instead of his military cap : I gave him one which was in a tr-ck roma with some things that had not been packed up, and having tried it on, his uniform appeared under his great coat ; I therefore offered hint a tila:k coat that was laying no a chair, and which I did not intend to take with me : pal up his unitUrm in tt towel, and'shortly afterward* went away in great apparent uneasiness of mind; anti having asked my leave he took the coach I came in, and which I had furgotten to die charge in the haste I was in. I do further depose, that the above conversati'm is the substance of all that passed with Captain Berenger, which, from the circumstances attending it, was strongly impressed upon my mind : that no other person in Iloilo' in was seen by me at my house. on Monday the trst of. February, though possibly other Officers may have called (as t om,y have done slice my appointment), of this however I cannot speak o r my oan I,nowledge, having been almost constatiCy from home, sr' ranging my private affairs. 1 have undewood that nom, person* have gaily d under the above circumst:oices, and have written notes in e parlour, and other. have waded there in expectation of seeing me, and then gone away ; but I most positively swear, that I never saw any person at my house resembling time description and in the dress stated in the printed advertisement of the Members of the Stock Ex: change ; I further aver, that I had no concern, directly or indirect:, rat the late imposition, awl that the above is all that I know relatiy to any person who came to my house in uniform on the 21st day of Fe bruary before alluded to.--Captain Berenger wore a grey great cOat e a green uniform, and a military cap. From the manner in which my character has been attempted to So defamed, it is indiwensahly netessitry to state that ray connection in, any way with the Funds arose from an impression s:tat in the present favourable aspect of affairs it was only necessary to hold Stuck in order to become a gainer without prejudice to any body : that I did so openly, considering it in no dee , ce improper. far less dishonourable: that I had no secret information of any kind ; and that had my expec tation Of the success of affaits been disappointed, I should have beer& the nniv sufk: er. - Further I do most solemnly swear, That the whale of the Onminm account, %%bib 1 possesscii on the !itst day of February, one thousand eight liundrcrl and fourteen, amounting to one hundred and thirty-nine thousand pounds, which brought by Mr..Fearn (I think) on the 1-2 th instant, at a premium of twenty-eight and a quarter ; that I did not holt.l on that day any other sum on account, in any ',biller Stark, di• rectly or indirectly ; and that I! had given (orders when it was bought to dispose of it oil a rise of one per cent. and it was actually sold on an average at twentyloine and a half premium, though on the day of the fraud it might have been disposed of at thirty-three and a half. I further swear that the above is the oily Stock v. hich I sold of any kind on the 21st day of February, except two thottsand pounds in money which I had occasion for; the profit on winch was about ten pounds. Further T do solemnly depose, That I had no conrivetion or dealing with any one, save as atoove-mentioned, and that I did not at anif time, directly c,r ecily, by myself, or by any other, take or pro cure any cHire or apartment fur any Broker or other person for the transaction of Sb'ck affdirs. COCHRANE, Sworn at my house in Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn-field , ., in the comity of Middlesex, the 11th day of March, 1814, before me, A. GRAHAM. Canvas.ing in tl►e City of Westminster has already com menced in expectation of a vacancy in its representation. It is said that two Swedish vessels have,, in defiance of the late treaty between the Courts of Stockholm and Co penhagen, been captured by the Morwegiatn, and con ducted into one of their poits, w4erc the crews ir4Ye kW) vut under etrmtl LORD COCHRANE'S DECLARATION. liming obtained leave of absence to come to. town, in conse. quenee cif beandatons paragraphs In the public papers; and in con sequence of having learnt that hand-bilis had been affixed in the sheets, in which, t haw? slinre seen, it is asserted that a persun came to my house at No. 13, Grceiv,treet, on the :21,4 day of Fehrnmy. in open day, and in the dress which he hail committ( d * frand. I feel it due to my , rll to make the follow inv. Deposition, that the Public may hnow , the tenth relative to the oily person seen by me in Military Uniform at my Lonv on that day. 13, Green4ircet, March 11. 18 COCHRANE. No. 15, Grcen-street, Groserm,r-squarc, March It, P 14.• 1, Sir Thomas Cochrane, commolf.y called Lord floc . vane, liar • lug been sppointad by the Lords Commis-inners of the Admiralty to active service (at the request, I believe, of Sir Alexander Coeh me). when I bad no expectation of being called on, I obtained leave of absence to settle my private affairs previa'', to quitting this country, and chietily . With a view to lodge a specification to a pa tent relative to a discovery for increasing the inteosity of light Thar in pnrsnanee of my daily practice of snparioteuding work that was exernting fOr me, and knowing that my 'Lucie, Mr. Cochrane Johustone, went to the City every morning in a coach, I do swear, on the morning of the 21st of Feb nary, which day was invia- , seel on my mind, b.: circumstances which afterwards occurred - .reaktamed w;: ti • int .it his rt•sidt-nee in Cumbertmd street, aliaot ItalraPst eight o'c pck, and I was put down by him (and Mr. Butt vie- in tea' roach) 0.) ~ 11 ahont tea o'clock. Th•it 1 Lad been about three (platters of an hem. at Mr. King's mititwartory, at No. 1, Cock-lane, w:ten I received a few lines on a SUVA p per, rt vesting me to come immediately to ni ••nn„e wane affixed from Beim; v:t it ten claw to the bottom, I Could e. t re-ad : the servant told me it was an army officer, and 'concluding that in' might be an officer from Spain, and that some - ciecident had befallen to my brother, I hastened back, and t found . Captain Revenger, who in great seeming uneaainess made many ;opolyaies for the 'freedom he had 'used, %Oki) notlii! , g bat the dis iresseit state of his mind, arising front difficalties, could have in vactil him to do. all his prospects, lie said, bad tailed, and his last hope had yanimlied. of obtaining an appointment in America. lie was mpleasantl. circumstanced, on account of a cum which he 'cat:' l 1:!:t v.'s . , and it he' could, that others would fall on him for rat.),:i. tie had-no hope of beoetiting his creditors in his pre. Viciit situation, or of assisting himself. That if I would take hint • with me, he would immediately go On board and exercise the sharp- Moot( rs (wine!' idea Sir A. CoOr;atie I knew had approved of.) That he hail left his lod , ings. and prepared !intact( in the best way his means allowed. Ile ha l brought the sword with hint which had liters hi- father's and to that and to Sir Alexander he would trust for obtaining an honourable appointment. felt very dneasy at the distress lee was - 01, and knout iii hint to be a man of great t shot and science, I told h;:a would do every thing in my rwer to relieve him ; but as to his gong inonediArly to the Ton mint, with atiy cpEnto..o . t tc himself, it was cF,lte impossible. Aly cabin Was without torn;ture : I had mu even a servant oil board. Ile said he wouPE willingly mess log wlivre, I told him that the ward-room was alread) crowded, and besides, I could nee with propriety take him, he being a foreigner, without leave from the Admiralty. Ha seemed grcalls htirt aCtiOs, and recalled to lily recollection certificates which he hail ford,erty shewn me from persims in Official situations ; Lord yarruouth,licierid Jcukinson, and Mr. Reeves, I think s were amongst