_A._ I did.
_Q._ Upon what occasion?
_A._ He was sent as an express, there were two expresses that night, he went with one of them.
_Q._ To whom was that lad sent?
_A._ I think to the Port Admiral at Deal.
_Q._ Whose express was that?
_A._ It was an express I believe that Mr. Wright gave him from the gentleman who was there.
_Q._ Do you mean from that gentleman?
_A._ Yes.
_William Ions sworn._
_Examined by Mr. Gurney._
_Q._ In the month of February last were you in the service of Mr. Wright of Dover.
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ Were you up when the officer arrived there, or were you called up?
_A._ I was called up.
_Q._ Were you sent off with an express to Admiral Foley?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ Did you take to the Admiral"s the letter you received there?
_A._ Yes, I did.
_Cross-examined by Mr. Richardson._
_Q._ Who gave you the letter that you speak of?
_A._ Mr. Wright.
_Q._ He gave you some letters to carry to Admiral Foley?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ Where did he give it you?
_A._ I was at the fore-door upon the pony, and he came out to the door to me with the letter.
_Q._ To whom did you deliver it?
_A._ To the Admiral"s Servant.
_Q._ At Deal?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ What is her name?
_A._ I do not know, she took it up stairs to the Admiral directly?
_Q._ You did not see the Admiral?
_A._ I saw him that night.
_Q._ Do you mean before you left Deal?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ This letter you delivered to some servant at the door?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ And she carried it up stairs?
_A._ Yes.
_Re-examined by Mr. Gurney._
_Q._ After she had delivered it up stairs you saw the Admiral?
_A._ Yes.
_Admiral Thomas Foley sworn._
_Examined by Mr. Gurney._
_Q._ On the morning of Monday the 21st of February did you receive a letter by that boy?
_A._ A letter was brought to me that that boy brought to the house, and given to me, I was in bed.
_Mr. Park._ You did not receive it from the hand of that boy?