Now, I come to the next observation of identity; and I do think it is a most extraordinary one. There is a lamp, it seems, in the footpath of the terrace, five or six yards from the door. My Learned Friend, Mr. Bolland, inquired what sort of a lamp it was—whether it was a parish lamp, or a gas light? And he found by the answer, that it was the worst kind of lamp in the Metropolis—a parish lamp. Well, then, there is a dull parish lamp, five or six yards from the door, which gives a light through a large window—No, through a fan-light! and the person, whoever it is, opens the door to go out, and, as the door is opened the Lad sees that the person has a shirt on. Now, I beg to ask you, as men of sense and of experience in the world, whether it was possible for him to see whether that garment was a shirt, a shift, or a bed-gown—was it possible? Recollect, the light is not in the room—there is some light in the passage. The back of the person is towards him; and he is to tell you that it is Mr. Church, although he only saw his back! But then the next observation after the shirt, is as to the height of the person. Why, Gentlemen, nothing magnifies more than fright: nothing! We, all of us, have often heard the descriptions of persons in great fright. They always magnify the objects they see. If a person is robbed, the thief is a _monstrous tall man_! Why, Gentlemen, fright does magnify every object; and, therefore, we must make allowances for the situation in which this young man was placed at the time. He is disturbed in his sleep—the thing happens in a moment—and he sits up in his bed in a great fright—and he tells you it is Mr. Church, because of the height of the person he saw. Now if you can say that a person in that station is capable of distinguishing between a tall and a short person, I think it is a great deal too much in a case of this sort. But what has the person on his head? My Lord Ellenborough asked the question, _whether it was a man’s_ or woman’s night-cap? and he says, “I cannot tell whether it was a night-cap or a handkerchief.” And upon being asked the colour, he says, “I cannot tell.” And there does not seem to be light enough to distinguish whether it was white or coloured. From this circumstance, therefore, Gentlemen, you will judge what sort of light there was to distinguish objects.