The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger, Sir Thomas Cochrane, commonly called Lord Cochrane, the Hon. Andrew Cochrane Johnstone, Richard Gathorne Butt, Ralph Sandom, Alexander M'Rae, John Peter Holloway, and Henry Lyte for A Conspiracy / In the Court of King's Bench, Guildhall, on Wednesday the 8th, and Thursday the 9th of June, 1814

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Q. Can you tell us, whether any and what application was made to your department for Mr. De Berenger going abroad with Lord Cochrane?

Lord Ellenborough. The terms of the application I think we cannot hear; I do not think Government secrets (when I say secrets, I mean the detail of them) ought to be stated; we cannot go further than the fact, that an application was made.

Mr. Serjeant Best. That is all we want, my lord; was any application made to the colonial department?

A. Yes; there was.

Q. By whom?

A. By Sir Alexander Cochrane.

Lord Ellenborough. All this must have been in writing, I should think?

A. Yes, it was.

Lord Ellenborough. You have laid this basis, that there had been some application, and that it had been in contemplation, that he should go out as connected with the service.

Mr. Park. That is all we wish, we want to show a connexion with the Cochranes, without this illicit connexion.