o say
these persons were engaged together in a conspiracy; but, Gentlemen,
permit me to call your attention to a particular fact proved in this
case which negatives the connection of my clients in this
conspiracy;--you have two persons who are stated to have made a
confession of their guilt; one of these gentlemen appears to have felt
the impropriety of his conduct, and in a moment when he had recollected
himself, and recollected the offence of which he had been guilty, had
gone with a mind disposed to make the fullest compensation that he could
to those whom he had injured, and to state all that he knew of the
transaction; he goes and he states, that having heard that a Mr. M'Rae
was willing to give up the persons who were parties to this conspiracy,
on the payment of a large sum; he considers it improper, that the Stock
Exchange should be plundered of this large sum, by the extortion of Mr.
M'Rae; and therefore, to prevent their paying this large sum to Mr.
M'Rae, he (Holloway) goes to the Stock Exchange, and tells them all that
Mr. M'Rae could tell them; and what does he say; it would have been
enough if he had not said that Mr. Cochrane Johnstone, Lord Cochrane,
Mr. Butt and himself, were connected; but he says, in the most distinct
terms, that he knew nothing of Lord Cochrane, Mr. Johnstone, or Mr.
Butt. The way in which the case is put to you, is, that all these
parties were acting altogether; if so, one of the actors must know who
were the other persons that were engaged; and Mr. Holloway, who was an
actor, declares that he knew nothing of either Mr. Cochrane Johnstone,
Mr. Butt, or Lord Cochrane; but Lyte, who was present when Holloway made
this declaration, does not contradict; he acknowledges his own guilt,
and asks for mercy, but he does not attempt to inculpate my clients. I
ask, are you against evidence; against the evidence offered by the
prosecutors, for this evidence forms a part of the prosecutors case, to
say that these persons were connected with the conspiracy.

Gentlemen, if Mr. Holloway could, at the time he was disposed to make
confession of his own guilt, have gone the length of saying, I can prove
that Lord Cochrane is a conspirator, I can prove that Mr. Cochrane
Johnstone is a conspirator, he would not have been here to-day to
answer for his crime; he would not only have been paid, but most amply
rewarded, if he could have given any testimony by which the conviction
of my clients could have bee