_A._ He wanted an express horse and a man to send to the Admiral at Deal.
_Q._ Did all this pa.s.s in the pa.s.sage, or had you proceeded further?
_A._ It pa.s.sed in the pa.s.sage.
_Q._ Did he proceed into the house?
_A._ I asked him where he came from, and he told me he was the bearer of the most important dispatches that had been brought to this country for these twenty years; I asked him where he came from; he told me from France. I asked him where he landed, he told me on the Beach, and he begged of me to get a post chaise and four for him; and then I went and called Mr. Wright of the Ship Inn; after I came down from calling Mr.
Wright, he wanted pen, ink, and paper.
_Lord Ellenborough._ He went into the Ship Inn, did he?
_A._ I shewed him into a room of the Ship Inn. As soon as Mr. Wright came down stairs, Mr. Wright gave me a sheet of paper, and pen and ink, which I carried into the room. I gave it to him, and he began to write upon it.
_Q._ You saw him write upon it?
_A._ I did. He called for a bottle of Madeira, and something to eat. I asked him whether I should call the collector of the port; I told him that it was his business to see such people when they landed; he made answer to me, that his business did not lie with the collectors; then Mr. Wright came to him, and I had no more conversation with him.
_Mr. Bolland._ You say two candles were brought to you?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ Where were those candles placed?
_A._ On the table where he was writing, one on each side of him.
_Q._ Had you an opportunity from the situation of them of observing his person and face?
_A._ Yes, I think that is the person, (_pointing out Mr. De Berenger_.)
_Mr. Gurney._ I will thank Mr. De Berenger to stand up.
_Mr. Park._ Not unless his Lordship desires it he need not stand up.
_Lord Ellenborough._ He will make his election whether he will stand up or not.
_Mr. Park._ He is not to be shewn about like a wild beast as he has been.
_Mr. Bolland._ Who else was there?
_A._ A gentleman of the name of Gourley, and another of the name of Edis.
_Q._ Did you see another person there of the name of St. John?
_A._ I did not know him, they say there was such a person there.
_Q._ Was there another gentleman in the house?
_A._ Yes there was.
_Q._ Did you go away or remain with him?
_A._ I went to get the horses ready for him with all possible dispatch.
_Q._ Did you see him get into the chaise?
_A._ I saw him after he was in.
_Q._ Did any thing more pa.s.s in your presence?
_A._ No more than that he told the two postboys he would give them a Napoleon each.
_Q._ Did you observe how his head was dressed?
_A._ He had a German cap on with a gold fringe on it or silver; I did not pay that attention to it to say which, it had gold lace round the bottom part of it.
_Q._ Was it such a coat as that, (_shewing a grey coat to the witness_.)
_A._ Yes, such a color as that.
_Q._ And such a cap as that, (_shewing a fur cap to the witness_?)
_A._ Such a cap; but whether that was the cap I did not pay attention.
_Q._ Have you told his Lordship all that you saw and heard?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ Did he tell you how he got to the beach?
_A._ No, he told me he landed on the beach.
_Cross-examined by Mr. Park._
_Q._ What are you to this Ship Inn, I do not quite understand?
_A._ I live opposite.
_Q._ Are you any way connected with the Ship Inn?
_A._ Not in the least.
_Q._ How came you, hearing a knocking at Mr. Wright"s Ship Inn, particularly to get up?
_A._ I was up.
_Q._ What had you to do with the Ship Inn, that because a man is knocking at the Ship Inn door you light candles at your house and carry over?