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_Mr. Gurney._ This, my Lord, is an order of masonry, and this I understand a Russian order of knighthood, the order of St. Ann.
_Mr. Francis Baily sworn._
_Examined by Mr. Gurney._
_Q._ You are of the Stock Exchange?
_A._ Yes, I am.
_Q._ Were you present with Mr. Wade, when he received the parcel from Odell?
_A._ I was,--from the last witness in the box.
_Q._ Was it delivered over to Mr. Lavie?
_A._ I believe it was, it lay upon the table some time.
_Q._ Did you examine it?
_A._ I did, very minutely.
_Q._ Are the things contained in that parcel?
_A._ I believe them to be, they appear to be the same.
_Mr. Gurney (to Mr. Lavie)._ Did you receive that from Mr. Wade?
_Mr. Lavie._ I did, I took it from the Stock Exchange room.
_Q._ Mr. Wade and Mr. Baily were present?
_Mr. Lavie._ Yes, they were.
_Mr. Robert Watson Wade sworn._
_Examined by Mr. Gurney._
_Q._ You are the Secretary at the Stock Exchange?
_A._ I am.
_Q._ Did you, in company with Mr. Baily and other gentlemen, receive from Odell the bundle said to be found in the River?
_A._ I did.
_Q._ Was it given to Mr. Lavie?
_A._ It was.
_Q._ The star we understand was then in two pieces?
_A._ Yes.
_Q._ Was it afterwards sewn together?
_A._ It was, for the purpose of being exhibited.
_Simeon Kensington Solomon sworn._
_Examined by Mr. Gurney._
_Q._ I believe you are a military accoutrement maker?
_A._ Yes, I am.
_Q._ Have you a shop at Charing-Cross, and another at New-Street Covent Garden?
_A._ We have.
_Q._ On the Sat.u.r.day the 19th of February do you remember any person making a purchase of any military dress at your house?
_A._ Yes, I do.
_Q._ What dress was purchased of you?
_A._ A military great coat and foraging cap.
_Q._ What is it made of?
_A._ Dark fur.
_Q._ Was any thing on it?
_A._ It had a pale gold band.
_Q._ Have you since had a cap and a coat made exactly resembling them?
_A._ I have.
_Q._ Are these the cap and the coat you have had so made? (_shewing them to the witness._)
_A._ They are.
_Q._ Do they exactly resemble the cap and the coat you sold?
_A._ As nearly as I could possibly recollect.
