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London, England, 1820-10-16 00:00:00

What time did you think was necessary for
him to execute the commission ofsommunicating
with the families of the witnesses ?—Supposing
him to leave town:on the evening of the 14th, hei
would arrive at Milan on the `?oth, allowing six
days for his return, seven days would be left fOr.
the purpose of that communication.
Did Colonel-Brown iii his letter 'state the,
.date Rasielli's arrival at Milan ?—I do not
recollect-

If
.you refer to the letter and find the. date,
have you any objection to communicate it ?
None-, except a general objectiOn to the produc-
tionof a confidential correspondence.
Then do you object to state that date ?—I do
not object to that, except as it form's part of a
communication 'confidentially made to me by Col.
Brown,in consequence of my situation.
By Lord DE Cr.trvonn—Have any of the per-
sons who arrived at`Dover with Rastelli returned
toltaly ?-17:es:
Are any of theM in England ?—One man who
was injured remained till he recovered.
Wa; there not a woman among them ?L---Yes..
is that woman returned or is she in England ?
She is in England.: •
' Were any of those persons very 111 used ?
Yes, and one has never recovered ; he is deaf to
this. day.
By Lord liztkrYoN.—Did Rastelli bring over
more than one Set of witnesses to thiS country"?
Do you mean besides those who came to*Dover.
Any ?—I cannot recollect.
Can_yo,vt tell. the names, of those Ile brought
I do noirecollett them..

Cap yort by. any toea'tts ascertain their names ?
Ves4 upon referring. 4 ,
What is ;the greatest distance from Milani to
the plices.at which an of the witnesses live
whom Rnqelli brought over do nol.recollect
the names of all the witnesses.

Could Rastelli conveniently communicate with
all the.faroiliesOf
.I.ie.witnesses whom he brought
over.?—Commuuicate:COnveniently, certainly.
Lord you not knol,v that you
would lose all control over Rastelli after he left
this country
,?—y and -1 bad not any control
overlim when he,was in fi'fk country. -
Earl of LtVER.PO9I: here interposed, and ob-
served, that there cedld not be the least difficulty
in communicating to the House the nag& of the
witte-sses,,the avlaym of whose families his jour-
ney to Milan
,was, meant to allay=as well as the
dates of the letters Which Were written fot the
purpose of biinging himhack, whatever difficAlty
the witness might make, iin communicating these
facts in his character of _agent.
Lord I(O4Ni-oN,-.---Xrri I. to iiriderstrind that
•
there is an7,othei'difficalty in_your answering
these questions,Arin that which arises from your
character as agent?
Lord LALTM:RDA/Lt said, that this course of
proceeding,if persisted in, would be fatal do the
judicial inquiry in which they were engaged.,
They had called air agent to their bar, as a wit-
*s7s, who had beerithirnself instrumental to brinff-
ing •witneses to support this biTI; 'he 'begged.
only to- ask, what would be their situation, if:
froth that confidential agent a •contradietion was
extracted to the witnesses Whern he 'had himself
produced ? thought the whole of his testi-
mony shotrktbeirentoved from their minutes.-
Mr. BR orroHAS.—I understand I am to beper-
mitted to suggest some questions to' the witness.
The LoaD CHANCELZOit.—The Lords have not
yet 'done.
Mr. Powell, who had withdrawn from the Bar,
•
was called back. '

Examined by Lord DARNLEY.
. In answer to the last question, the•witnasS
has stated that Rastei and thesrest of tire wit-
nesses, are not under his directions or controul—
I beg to know under whose they 'are ?-1. can
scarcely say: under whom,
_but I conceive -them
to be under the controul of Government.
Who is the person immediately authorized by.

Governrdentto see after these witnesses ? do you
know whom ?—There are. several persons. who
reside in the place with them, Linder whose im-
mediate direCtion ihey are—wkether they. are
under their contreul or not I do not knoW.
I am not able to reconcile the answer with
the. admission .that Rastelli,.one of. the witnesses,
was sent by you to Milan. In point of fact, are
persons admitted to see the.witnesse:s, or in point
of fact refused by Mr: Pops ell's orders have
g-iven directions. that persons should be admitted
to-see. the witnesses—(A pause)—and certainly
I have given directions that strangers should be
excluded ;- I have given directions that any per-
son who might wish to see them should not be
.admitted, becauSe I thought it inconsistent.
The Earl of.. DEKUY.—Q. I understand Mr.
Powell to say; that Rastelli was not under his
controul; I :wish to know by what. authority he
sent him out.-A. I conceived if otecessa.ry that
Iliad a right to do it.
Did you send.him out on your own responsibi-
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litY, without communica!ting with any other agent
in this cause.?-:---I do not recolk'ct. • I made no
secret of it.
I do not want to knew whether it war, a secret
or not. I want to know if you sent him of your
own accord
Lord litNyON wished that the witness should
be ordered to furnish a list of the witnesses
brought over by Rastelli.
The Earl of WINtHEL9C-A.—Had you any power
to compel Rastelli to go to Milan if he had re-
- fued certainly had no power to enforce his
going, or to prevent it if he wished. I considered
him at liberty to go, 'and that I could not stop
him. I thought him under no legal restraint.
Mr. BROUGHAM.—With the permissic,n of your
Lordships, I wish to ask the witness who is
.his
employer or agent in this cause.
Some objection was made to the question.
Mr. BitOuousm.—" My Lords, I consider it
essential to the great principles of justice that
this question should be put. It is, my Lords,
important, essentially important, to enable us,
her Majesty's Counsel, to conduct the cause.
This is the -first witness that has been called who
can give us that important information which I
now seek, it is important that ste should know