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self, should be laid betort their tordshin ra
case of such peculiar importance, I the.
The LORD CHANCELTUR said, that I ct
House thought proper to divide, • " sioni
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toany Elaption tending to compel th • had
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ifid474l cohimly catilittr, ha Nouel
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.Brown's letters ? If the House agreed to slicig
principle as that contended fol', what man ruit,
senses would think of answering arty letter wr
ten by Mr. Powell ?—(Hear, hear!)
Lord REDESDALE said, . the second moti°ll6.Poi
peared to him to be recommending a bad mtglied,
doing the thing proposed in the first, and ca'cii
lated •to destroy every chance of jtrstice•
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their Lordships did not Mean to abide 13%4
oath of Mr. Powell they ought not to have
him. 5
Earl GREY, so fast. from thinking the Ineasureid
proposed unjust, was convinced that justice c°ll,o.
not be done without the adoption of one or otud;
of them. His object, in agreeing to the atnenb,
went was, to obviate as far as possible the
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jections upon the • other side. Their Lordsbilt
would look to the case. On the 21st of August
an order was issued by that House, that the wit
nesse's in' this case should attend, de (lie in diellt
and the Noble Lord opposite (Liverpool) I'd%
pledged himself that the order should ,be Otto
effectual. . It was afterwards found necessary
ce
call upon one of those witnesses to give eviden,•o
upon a subject of great importance in the inv'ir
tigation, and their Lordships found that the
agent had acted in .contempt, in defiance of af,
order, and sent the witness out of the Coull'C't‘
In the course of the decision upon this subie, a
c;
it had been stated by a High Authority. in tt,c
House, that the in done to her Majesty's c'ltl.e.
by the departure of the witnesses was irreparavhi
How, then, if their Lordships meant to preset,
their character as the highest Tribunal in the
dom, could they think of pursuing any eoro',
until they had sifted that extraordinary circol
stance to the bottom? Mr. Powell had be
called to state his reasons for having sauctiolle
the departure of the witness ; and, without uleale
ing any disrespect whatever to that Gentleto3ll4
the explanation was by no means satisfactory.
then became absolutely necessary that the c° 5
respondence should be produced., Ali that
required of the Committee was, to examine OP;
correspondelce, and to report such parts of it it.
the House related to the mission of RasteiVe/•:
consistently with the interests of the public.
would, with the view of more effectually lrrjDar
ing the lionse to an effectual a.greement till
this subject, propose that Mr. Powell slw`i
produce .such parts of the correspondence I'4';
tween him and Colonel Browne as related to
mission of Rastelli to Milan ; and he should Pe
submit a second motion, that the correspondeoc..
be referred to a Secret Committee, to report
,gip;
the parts of the correspondence alluded to. 'lt
examination to this effect was indispensable. to
.would be absurd to leave it to Mr. Powell a
make what extracts he pleased, indeed it w°ll,'
be a complete mockery to have any thing l'r",,
duced before the Committee but the originals', t
Lord LIVERPOOL said, if the Noble Earl 01°1
copies of such parts of the Correspondence as re,
lated to Rastelli, he would have no objection tL
the motion, but he must object to the prod°c;
tion of the originals, which might contain notteo
not relating to Rastelli. The Secret Committc
would then take rfieans to have those copies cl°ll

verified.
Earl GREY said, he should agree to the stic,
! gestioi, as he was to obviate all
ties that might be raised' to the investigatio%,
truth. The Noble Lord then moved his afnenhe
meat to'that effect—for the production of t- •
sealed copies, and the appointment of the C°lll-:
mittee.
Lord LIMERICK said, he should divide III:
House against the proposition, as his objecti°ll
remained unaltered.
Lord MANVERS thought- the character of t,lll
House compromised, by the absence of Raste' ;
and the circumstance that such absence WB'
satisfactorily accounted for. He would give
support to :anything that was calculated to ebli
date this most mysterious transaction.,—(llol•)
Lord "SOMERS said, that nothing could tOreg,
effectually tend to destroy the confidence lie
tween agents and principals than the niotion 13,1
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fore the House, if carried into effect. II if not know how any man could be at ease, "r 5,
were in the constant fear of having his lette
exhibited to the public.
Lord MANVERS said, it was necessary, Pfy
Mr. Powell's character, to have the nlYsten,
cleared. Of two evils the least should be chief,.
and that certainly was the production of the C°
respondence. to
Earl HAREwoon Said he was the last rnagl,,
authorise the violation of confidence, betweelor
principal and an agent; but under the partilo
circumstances of this case, their Lordshirs,..ucLloo
nothing to do, but to insist upon the prod,,
of the parts of the correspondence alluded °tile
There was in the transaction something ul)°,11 the
face which 'required the House should siirit ro,
ease to the bottom. He trusted that the
mittee would not exceed the authority with wt
they were invested, and was convinced that the
ends of justice would be best answered by

motion just proposed.
Lord lIARDWICKE concurred in the prop e•
tion, that a full investigation should take Pla'be,
Lord GREY contended, that the confidence ea
tween principal and agent would not be viel3nbie
by the production of these papers. The :this
Earl continued. If their Lord,hips though' the
inquiry ought not to be prosecuted, the? Jo"
whole of these proceedings should terminaleoe
stantaneously, and if their Lordships 01°Iva
'edged an act of injustice had been 001311:1tbef
which they could not remedy, and into whic," ifte
could not inquire, he would then move Woe
mediate termination of these proceedingg'mod'
Noble Earl concluded by moving, as anB: ute
ment, or rather an addition to the Irninet. to
tion, that the Secret Committee have PoW