A. I believe he did.
Q. It was understood by the gentlemen of the Stock Exchange, was it not, that that communication of M'Rae's was supposed to extend to my Lord Cochrane's part in the transaction?
Mr. Gurney. What was understood cannot be asked.
Mr. Serjeant Pell. I ask as to what was said at the time, was it not said that M'Rae's communication was to affect Lord Cochrane's share in the transaction?
A. I do not recollect that that was stated.
Q. I think you stated that Mr. Holloway or Mr. Lyte distinctly asserted, that this business of theirs had nothing to do with that in which Lord Cochrane was concerned?
A. He did.
Q. Do you know what was the sum that it was stated M'Rae was to be a witness for, was not it so large a sum as £10,000?
A. That sum had been stated in a letter which passed?
Q. Was it not stated in the conversation?