_Q._ How much did you purchase for him?
_A._ 20,000.
_Q._ On that Sat.u.r.day?
_A._ Yes, in the morning I speak of.
_Q._ What did you do with that 20,000?
_A._ I received instructions to sell it again, if I could get a quarter per cent profit.
_Q._ Did you get a profit and sell it again?
_A._ In a short time I did get three-eighths per cent profit, and consequently sold it again without waiting for instructions.
_Q._ Did you then by his instructions make any further purchase for him?
_A._ I did in the latter part of that day purchase first 20,000 and then 10,000.
_Q._ On the morning of Monday the 21st did you sell out that 30,000?
_A._ I did.
_Q._ In pursuance of instructions received on the Sat.u.r.day or on the Monday?
_A._ On the Sat.u.r.day, at the time I saw him.
_Q._ At what profit did you sell?
_A._ At three-fourths per cent profit.
_Q._ What was the price?
_A._ 28-1/4.
_Q._ Have you given the account of this to Mr. Baily?
_A._ Yes I have.
_Cross-examined by Mr. Brougham._
_Q._ You were partner with Mr. Fearn, Senior, Mr. b.u.t.ts, broker, were not you?
_A._ Yes, formerly I was.
_Q._ Did you not apply to Mr. b.u.t.t, stating that you had a wife and family, and wishing him to give you some employment.
_A._ Mr. b.u.t.t had been known to me ten or twelve years, and known to Mr.
Fearn, Senior, only as being one of my customers in the book line.
_Q._ Did you not apply to Mr. b.u.t.t yourself to ask him to serve you.
_A._ Not upon this occasion at all.
_Q._ Will you hear the question first, and then answer it. Did you never before this apply to Mr. b.u.t.t to give you some of his business?
_A._ Yes I did.
_Q._ And he did give you some of his business upon this day?
_A._ He did.
_Cross-examined by Mr. Richardson._
_Q._ Was any of the Omnium bought for Mr. b.u.t.t, paid for?
_A._ I would rather decline answering that.
_Mr. Francis Baily called again._
_Examined by Mr. Gurney._
_Q._ These gentlemen have informed us that they have furnished you with the exact statements of all the purchases and sales; have you drawn out from their statements the purchases and sales, and the daily balances of each?
_A._ I have. It may be necessary to state, Mr. Richardson has not furnished me with a written account, but I have taken it down now from his own mouth.
_Q._ Have you from that made out a general statement of the several accounts containing the daily purchases, the daily sales, and the daily balances?
_A._ I have.
_Q._ For Mr. Cochrane Johnstone, Lord Cochrane, and Mr. b.u.t.t?
_A._ Yes.
_The account was delivered in and read, as follows;--_
======================================================================General Statement of A. Cochrane Johnstone"s Omnium Account,from 8th to 21st Feb. 1814-------------------------------------------------------------------through Fearnthrough Hichens-------------------------------------------------------------------DailyDailyDailyDailyDailyDailyPurchasesSalesBalancesPurchasesSalesBalances-----------------------------------------------------------1814, Feb.810,00010,000947,00010,00047,00020,00020,0001078,000105,00020,000150,000170,00011115,00035,000100,00095,000265,00012100,000265,0001496,500100,00096,500200,000465,0001513,500110,000465,0001618,50010,000118,500200,000265,0001711,00019,500110,00050,000115,000200,0001838,000148,00050,000250,0001918,000130,000250,00021120,00010,000250,000======================================================================
======================================================================General Statement of A. Cochrane Johnstone"s Omnium Account,from 8th to 21st Feb. 1814-------------------------------------------------------------------through Smallbone.TOTALS.-------------------------------------------------------------------DailyDailyDailyDailyDailyDailyPurchasesSalesBalancesPurchasesSalesBalances------------------------------------------------------------1814, Feb.810,00010,000967,00010,00067,00010228,000105,000190,00011210,00035,000365,0001220,00020,00020,000385,0001420,00040,000316,500100,000601,5001540,00013,500615,0001640,00018,500210,000423,5001740,00061,000134,500350,0001840,00088,000438,0001940,00018,000420,0002140,000410,00010,000======================================================================
=========================================================================A. Cochrane Johnstone"sLord Cochrane"sConsol AccountOmnium Account,from 12th to 21st Feb. 1814from 14th to 21st Feb. 1814-----------------------------------------------------------------------through Fearnthrough Fearn----------------------------------------------------------------------DailyDailyDailyDailyDailyDailyPurchasesSalesBalancesPurchasesSalesBalances----------------------------------------------------------------1814, Feb.89101112100,000100,00014100,000100,000100,00015100,000100,00016100,00050,000150,00017100,00050,000100,00018100,00036,000136,00019100,00020,00017,000139,00021139,000=========================================================================