Mr. Scarlett. There is a reference in that letter to an assignment of some property that De Berenger had?

A. Yes.

Q. Was such an assignment prepared at your office?

A. It was; it was an assignment from Mr. De Berenger to Colonel Kennedy.

Q. What was the subject of the assignment?

A. It was an assignment of a share of a patent.

Mr. Gurney. We are getting so very wide of evidence, that I must object, which I am very loth to do.

Mr. Scarlett. There was something referred to, that might be a security to Mr. Johnstone.

Lord Ellenborough. That refers to something which is the real thing; that is all you can prove by this witness.

A. Yes, it does, my Lord.