dalous
manner;--persons of the highest authority imposed upon, dresses bought,
and the whole drama got up with the greatest skill. God forbid, that I
should for one moment insinuate that it was accomplished by any of the
other defendants upon the record. I am bound to believe, from the
character of all these gentlemen, that they are not guilty; but however
this may be, still we get back to that which forms the main feature of
my defence for these three gentlemen. Are they, or are they not privy to
this scheme? Gentlemen, I was observing to you, that some prejudice must
necessarily arise in your minds; it is my case that there were two
separate plots; they are, as far as the evidence extends, two different
transactions on the same day; a prejudice, however, must arise in your
minds, because when you find both these transactions point to producing
the same effect, you would naturally be disposed to believe, that all
the persons who were concerned in both, were equally acquainted with
both. You well remember the strong disposition there was at that time,
for every person, those at least who were disposed to do unjust and
unfair things, to invent such reports as should enable them to sell
their stock at an unreal price; and I submit to you, that supposing
Holloway, Sandom and Lyte, had intended to do so, there is nothing very
singular in their doing it on the day when the other transaction took
place. I am fortified in the opinion, that the one plot is not connected
with the other, because I find another part of the evidence which
disconnects them altogether, and it is this;--from the evidence of the
broker who was called to prove the sale of stock, or the directions to
sell stock, on the 21st of February, (a person of the name of Pilliner)
it turns out that Holloway did not give him any directions to sell his
stock till the middle of the day. Now the middle of the day was the
time when the chaise drove through the City of London. If Holloway had
been connected with those who were engaged in the first plan, I think
you will be of opinion, that he would have taken advantage of the most
beneficial state of the market, and sold his stock as early as when he
found that conspiracy had produced its intended effect upon the funds,
so that, in addition to other circumstances, this also shews that
Holloway had no connexion with the other transaction.

Gentlemen, I cannot but be struck at the singularity of Mr. M'Rae's
withdrawing fr