terday morning some discussion arose about a
question which Brougham put to Powell. He asked him who was his
principal, as he was an agent. The question was objected to, and
he began to defend it in an uncommonly clever speech, but was
stopped before he had spoken long. He introduced a very ingenious
quotation which was suggested to him by Spencer Perceval, who was
standing near him. Talking of the airy, unsubstantial being who
was the principal, and one of the parties in this cause, he said
he wished to meet

This shape--
If shape it could be called--that shape had none,
Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb;
Or substance might be called that shadow seemed,
For each seemed either . . .
What seemed its head
The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
_Paradise Lost_, ii. 666.

[45] [Rastelli was a witness for the Bill--not a very
important one. After his examination was over he was
allowed to leave the country. Brougham found this out,
and instantly demanded that he should be recalled for
further cross-examination, well knowing this could not
at the moment be done. This answered his purpose, and
he then turned with incredible vehemence on the other
side, and accused them of spiriting away the witness.]

[46] [In the course of the trial, in order to show that the
Queen had associated in Italy with ladies of good
character, it was stated that a Countess T----
frequented her society at Florence. On
cross-examination it came out that the Countess spoke a
provincial dialect, anything but the purest Tuscan,
whence it was implied that she was a vulgar person, and
Lord Lauderdale especially pointed out this inference,
speaking himself in very broad Scotch. Upon which
Lord ----, a member of the Opposition, said to the
witness, 'Have the goodness to state whether Countess
T---- spoke Italian with as broad an accent as the
noble Earl who has just sat down speaks with in his
native tongue.' The late Sir Henry Holland was present
when this occurred, and used to relate the anecdote.]

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