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the other measures requisite to render the undertaking suc-
cessful. WS led to the connection with Mr. Thomas.
Thee e, on the part of the defendant was, that the agree-
ment was a forgery, and a variety of facts was adduced to
prove it. It was admitted that the plaintiff had been em-
ployed as agent by the defendant in order to make the first
arrangements for the erection of .the building, and to super-
intend all the out-door matters connected with the e.xhibi-
tion, after it was opened ; but it was denied that he was to
be the superintendent of it, inasmuch as Mr. Langdon, who
had been in China with Mr. Dunn, and had been the curator
of it in Philadelphia, had been engaged, and had proceeded
to England with Mr. Dunn to superintend it here. And in
-order to show the extreme improbability of the agreement
ever having been given, several letters were put in, written
by the plaintiff to the defendant, after he alleged the agree-
ment had been signed and delivered over to him.
The plaintiff called several lithographers, in reply, to prove
that the signatures were in a natural hand-writing, and that
it was impossible any tracing could have taken place, as
theydid, not correspond, some of the letters being larger in
the one case :than the other, and sloped •in a different
direction.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE summed up, and said that the
-second and third pleas of the defendant, which related to the
agreement having been set aside
,by the making of another
agreement, and to it having been obtained by fraud, must
be found for the plaintiff; as no evidence had been offered in
support of them, but the first plea was the material issue,
which alleged that the agreement was a forgery. They must
take the documents into their hands, and consider whether
hi their opinion the evidence which had been given by the
witnesses called for the defendant in respect of them, was
borne out by the fact. They would also look to the circum-
stances surrounding the transaction, and determine upon the
probability or improbability of the existence of the alleged
agreement. If they thought the agreement was, as the de-
fendant imputed, a forgery, then they need not trouble them-
selves to considek the question of damages, as the defendant
would be entitled to their verdict; but if, on the contrary,
they should be of opinion that it was a genuine document,
they would then give a verdict for the plaintiff, with such
damages as they believed would compensate him for the loss
he had sustained by being discharged from the defendant's
service.

The jury retired at seven o'clock to consider their verdict,
and at ten minutes to nine returned into Court, finding for
the defendant on the first plea, and for the plaintiff .on the
second and third pleas.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
(YESTERDAY.)
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Josiah Brodwick or Broderick, a labouring man, living in
Crown-street, Soho, was charged on the police sheet with
having wounded his wife, Margaret, with a razor.
It appeared that about nine o'clock on Wednesday night
screams of murder were heard issuing from the house occu-
pied by the prisoner and his wife.' When the room was en-
tered, the prisoner was found with his arms round his wife,
who was bleeding from a severe wound on the arm. The
woman, at first, said her husband had inflicted it with ,a
razor, which was found on the floor covered with blood, but
afterwards declared she had wounded herself; because her
husband had packed up his clothes with the intention of de-
serting her.
The policeman who took the man into custody produced a
surgeon's certificate, stating that the woman was too much
injured to apnear at present. The wound extended from the
upper part of the arm to below the elbow, and some of the
muscles were completely severed.
The prisoner declared that he never injured man, woman,
or child
,in his.life. When his wife cut herself with the razor
he seized her,in order to prevent her from doing herself more
mischief.

Mr: HARBWICK ordered the prisoner to be remanded until
the wife could come forward to give her evidence.
Mr. William Wake, a young gentleman, giving his address
at the Albion Hotel, Cockspnr-street, whose very green
waistcoat, high shirt collar, and tout ensemble, indicated that
he was rather "fresh upon town," charged one Miss Caro-
line Field, of the Cornwall-road, with having abstracted from
his pocket his canary bandana.
Mr. Wake said, he went into the Haymarkett-Saloon fur
refreshment, and, having been invited into the bar by Mrs.
Harris, the proprietress of the place, he ordered a bottle of
champagne and a cigar. After smoking his weed and seeing
the bottom of his bottle, lie called for some tea. When the
tea was dispatched he prepared to leave the saloon, as it was
three, or four, or it might be five o'clock. at which time
there was only himself, the prisoner, and the waiter in the
saloon, though at one period of the night it had been toler-
ably full of ladies and gentlemen. On a sudden he missed
his handkerchief, and feeling assured it had been taken either
by the waiter or the prisoner, he complained to Mrs. Harris,
who ordered a search to be made, and the handkerchief was
found in a drawer in the kitchen: The prisoner had gone
down stairs after the handherzhief was missed, and he pre-
sumed she must have taken that opportunity of placing the
property where it had been found.
Mr. MALTBY—Were you quite sober?
Mr. Wake-Oh, dear yes. Why, I had only one glass out
of the bottle of champagne. The rest was all drank up by
the girls about me.
Mr. MALTBY—Did the prisoner have any of it ? Mr. Wake
—She had a glass with the rest.
The doorkeeper was called to prove that the prisoner had
been seen to enter the kitchen, but he declared he was too
drowsy at the time to notice anything.
The waiter was called to prove the same thing, but he de-
clared he did not think the prisoner could possibly have taken
the handkerchief, as he was close to her all the time. It had,
perhaps, been taken by some other girl, out of a lark.
Mr. Wake—l shall ask this waiter a few questions. !Now
then, you are on your oath, tell me do you think I'm made of
glass? Waiter—l don't mean to say you are.
Mr. Wake—Then, as you were on one side of me and the
girl on the other, it's impossible you could have seen her
" bone" my handkerchief, if I ain't made of glass.
Mr. MALTBY—I don't think you make out your case.
Mr. Wake—There's an evident attempt to crush the
evi-
dence—there's a plot to smuggle up the fact, but I know you'll
deal with the charge in a proper manner.
Mr. MALTBY—I dismiss the case.
Mr. Wake walked out of Court, looking very much of a
piece with his waistcoat. •

. THE POLISH BALL.
We (Post) copy the following from the Hamburgh
Borsenhalle, of June 14, as received from that paper's
London correspondent, without, however, in the least,
guaranteeing the authenticity of the document:—
" LONDON,' JUNE 11.—The Duchess of Somerset,
whose name stood at the head of the list of ladies who
patronised the Polish Ball, which took place yesterday,
had addressed a note to Baron Brunnow, the Russian
Minister here, expressing her regrets, and the willing-
ness of the Lady Patroness to postpone the ball t) a fu-
ture day, if the Emperor should wish it. By his Im-
perial Majesty's command the Duchess received the
following reply:—

" Windsor Castle, 3une 5.
" My DEAR DITCUESS,—A thousand thanks for your
friendly communication with regard to the Charity Ball
which is to take place on Monday, the 10th instant, for
the purpose of assisting Poles in distress residing in this
country. I have not failed to lay before his Majesty
what you have been kind enough to say on the subject.
Before, however, I did so, I felt quite sure of his Ma-
jesty's intentions, and I am now extremely happy to be
authorised to communicate to you, my dear Duchess,
that the benevolent object which the ladies of the Ball
Committee have in view, cannot possibly meet with any
kind of objection. His Majesty is not personally ac-
quainted with the ladies at the head of the Committee;
but, as to the benevolent institution itself, I have only to
inform you, that in case the subscription list has not
closed yet, and an additional sum to the funds at your
disposal should be desirable,- or requisite, I have been
commanded to sign my name for any sum which you
may think proper to mention, for the fulfilment of your
benevolent intentions.—Yours, &c.
(Signed)
." BRUNNOW.
"'her Grace the Duchess of Somerset.' "

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 20.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
=Mr. M. O'CONNELL presented 49 petitions from
Ireland in favour of a repeal of the union.
SUGAR DUTIES.;
Mr. GLADSTONE said, that although the Right
Hon. Gentleman recommended his Hon. Friend (Mr.
Hume) not to discuss the question on this clause,
he could not resist the temptation of stating in very
glowing language what were the arguments against
the Bill.—(Hear, hear.) An observation had been
made about the Government shifting their ground.
He begged -to tell the Noble Lord that he was able
to give a confident denial to that statement, and the
Government were prepared to meet the Noble Lord's
objections point by point, whenever it would be con-
venient.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member for
Montrose had attributed to him (Mr. Gladstone) the
having complained of being catechised on the subject
of this Bill. He was not aware that he had made
any such complaint, but certainly he must observe,
that with respect to the sugars of France, Austria,
and Northern Germany, that, as those countries had
barely enough to supply their own wants, he did not
think it necessary to provide for any contingency aris-
ing from those quarters. The matter, however, was
entirely at the discretion of the-Government.
Mr. F. BARING said the clause gave to the Go-
vernment the power to admit sugar which they felt
satisfied was the produce of free labour. Under these
circumstances, they (the Opposition) asked the Go-
vernment to have the goodness to explain what they
meant by the produce of free labour, in order that
they might ascertain how they were likely to exer-
cise the power which was vested in them. The Right
Hon. Gentleman replied that he could not give any
definition. He thought, putting the whole subject
together, the Government ought to tell them what
were the species of sugar they intended to admit.
Mr: GLADSTONE defended the course the Go-
vernment had pursued.

Mr. P. M: STEWART would confine himself strictly
:o the question before the Committee. The more this
."
was discussed the more evident were its defects—
the more clear it became that the measure was wholly
indefensible. The Right Hon. Gentleman opposite ac-
cused him of resorting to fallacy for the purpose of
making out a case of slavery against Java, but the
Right Hon. Gentleman ought to know that all the
goods that came from Java .to
the produce of
forced labour—or, if they pleased, of modified slavery.
from which there was no escape without payment of a
ransom.—(Hear, hear.) That was the real state of the
case, and he was sure that if the Right Hon. Gentleman
the President of the Board of Trade was fully aware of
the facts, he would not include Java in the category of
free-labour states. As for excluding the sugar of Brazil,
and other slave states, from British consumption, he was
aware of a recent case which proved that 'it was impos-
sible. A ship, with a large cargo of sugar, arrived at
Liverpool frcni Brazil, which was re-shipped in the Aus-
tralia and sent out to Bombay, where it was by this
time in the course of consumption by British subjects.—
(Hear, hear.)
Sir W. JAMES said that he did not know in what
way the Government intended to proceed, and until he
did so, he could not conscientiously vote with them.—
(Cheers and a laugh.) He wished to know whether he
was right in supposing that they Bill was not to be a per-
manent measure.

Sir R. FEEL had stated in the debate op Monday

.

night that it might he necessary, after the 10th of. 0
vember next, when the Brazilian treaty would exPlre,,,r
take the whole subject of the sugar duties into cons
ration ; but in the present state of slavery exisrot
Cuba and Brazil, her Majesty's Government di.
.Lose
think it was advisable to encourage the sugar of those
countries. He would not pledge himself that the '-
was to be permanent. s,....sset
Lord LIOWICK thought the Right Hon. Ps's be
was wise in not pledging himself that the Bill shoal da
permanent--(Laughter)—for he thought it wt.‘srs,)
very doubtful that it would not now miscarry.--(C7t the
The Right Hon. Gentleman opposite had
Government possessed information respecting the '.!,',
of servitude in Java, from which they were able to say
duce u
that the sugar of that island was not the pre , from
slave labour. Why was that information withheld
the House ?—(Cheers.) 1 'eel.
Mr. GLADSTONE and Mr. P. M. STEWART "P alto de"
Mr. HUME wished the Right Hon. Gentleman
~eto,
said th
state
fine what free-labour sugar was, and whether
*try in whicii slavery did not exist
sugar to our markets?—(Mr. Hume then sat down, sj
ing for an answer, but nobody rising to give any)'; really
The HoN. MEMBER again ruse, and said that it.wa' is be
shameful that so important a clause as this shoal,'
bungled and slurred over in such a manner.
There was still a pause.
Mr. SHEIL rose, and said he thought the nig ought
Gentleman, the President of the Board, of Trad:_tainif
to answer the query of his Hon. Friend.
was entitled
It
whether era°
was important for the Committee to know whet"-
slavery did exist in Cochin China.
Mr. GLADSTONE said that the Government Su sre.
not in possession of sufficient information on the not
ject to say whether the sugar in Cochin-China was
raised by slave labour. „ Gen.
Mr. SHEIL said the answer of the Right tel °ll' ill
'DV
tleinan showed how necessary it was that proper. such
e oh
should be made before the House proceeded to givde It
large discretionary powers to the Board of Tr° ogee
was quite plain that Government was not in possae to
of sufficient information to enable the House to °,, o
; aid
saw ,t t
a conclusion of so much importance as that to "
were now asked to arrive at. The proposition sotigil-
oat
be carried was really one of the cardinal points 0
Bill. i a ftla
After a few words from Mr. HUME, the nlet-°hat, be
withdrawn, the Hon. ltember giving notice t report
would renew his motion on the subject when the
was brought up. .
On clause 4 being proposed, ISO'
Mr. LABOUCHERE said the questioner f
ece- In-
t st 1
cates involved in this clause was one of the atatute‘
portance. It was besides perfectly novel in leg i
legs
origin
What guarantee had they that the certificates of tts
would be faithful and correct ? They were sbotiss of
admit Chinese sugar, and to exclude the segioge
Cochin-China. But it was very well known thatono
quantities of sugar were exported from Coehindsiacee
into China. The Cochin-China augur and the
..e sae
sugar would lay in the same warehouse—then whe'bees.
the guarantee that Cochin- Chinese sugar would not r tyre
ported from China into this country? In the same 1'1:alto die
was a great deal of sugar imported from Cuba mast it
United States, and the only guarantee they hauies Os
would not come into this country through Amero phials
,
those certificates of Origin. It was very easy ' Brit
foreign affidavits. As- to the reliance on the rued'
Consul, he must say that, along with thinking itto Ih°
cient, he thought it would be very degrading f agar
officer to be obliged to look after every cargo ,°rhe el.g;
ttehtnatolfeaftffitihiaevpitosritntartndwuhniecdhdhide wnasutstationed. esullt)
to the public, for every one knewgihvoewnilliitetifillessrosntrO,f'
house oaths were valued, or thought of; in 'a— dad t"
his main objections to the Bill was, that it {en COto,
inweaken i afinddelity.
thetv commercialhule,
he vdeirdaci ty a 11.
tik t; et
Ahthicr,
vhcottlifi,,its
" the shadow of a shade" of an advantage witent a
Bill held out, and which would vanish them °„--s way
practical effect was sought to be, given, was in 117talisg
sufficient to counterbalance the disadvantages I.,,eish the
from the hostility to us from foreign powers w''
Bill would inevitably create. was an
Mr. HAMPDEN said that he believed there foal
arrib'guity in the Bill, which, as he understooeof eel"
some of his friends, would exclude the necessitti d t°
tificates of origin from the Americans. lie w- t.
call the attention of the Government to the subjeth his
Mr. GLADSTONE said he quite agreed ",lia 11.15
Right Hon. Friend opposite (Mr. Laboucherei tt serf
assertion that the question of the certificates phi ss te,
important one ; but he wholly differed frcilanot
the amount of difficulty which he apprehAenitetted 11
arise from the use of them. He freely atsrassise IZigis
this was the most important part of the Bill. -s-ti wow"
Hon. Gentleman said the power to prevent frau.,,. pis
rest solely and entirely on the certificate of origt ease.
was not the case—indeed it was very far from tin's were
Under the existing law of this country occasions of
constantly arising in which certificates were reqtt 000 f
the origin of things introduced into it. This was° of it°
the main principles of the navigation laws--ens not S
most essential characteristics. Therefore it wa its.-0°
new practice i there was no novelty whatever 10
„lost
untried experiment, but simply a duty which ,evtirge;
public officers were called upon habitually to slis,e'osal
and this was not done in every case, or even 'lot there
„
cases, by means of a special investigation. Wilen,slate"
was reason to suppose that a fraud was conte
cf4eig'
then of course the facts and circumstances were -I,tsee,
cally inquired into, but when such was not the cassrioarot
there was only the usual and ordinary examinefia the
the ship's papers. Therefore, under this Bill, old oelf
instances referred to, the proper authorities WO tastif
have to do that which they were accustomed to
..q TA'
other occasions. The Right Hon. Gentleman (OJ.r; pro;
bouchere) seemed to think that the Government' di°
posed to depend solely onoll. the certificate ;
no such thing, but mother general precautions °seed'
The Right Hon. Gentleman also stated that ne which
ficate of origin had heretofore been required, wit 0)00
foreigners had any thing to do. He (Mr. Gla red 1°
knew not whether his Right Hon. Friend refereigets
foreigners holding official situations, or to f 9: _traits,
carrying on and usually engaged in mercantil., ,!..t)t be
If he referred to the former, of course it wool(' not
to
required ; if to the latter, he (Mr. Gladstone)
"13'1%00
say it was not a novel feature in the Bill. As iti)ish mar"
carried on business in English ports, so did Engissust, of
chants in foreign ports ; and their signaturesr of the
necessity, be oftentimes taken in various Inattessrg?e
highest importance. But his Right Hon. Friend deceive,
that where there was a strong interest to vaise•
a certificate of origin would be of no Iliad
He did not agree in that with 11 retolrlta
Honourable Friend ; and, further, he In° ss .L°
him of the Coffee Bill of his own friend, nfivest td°,
Monteagle, in the year 1835, where the indll,e; Foller
fraud was no less than five halfpence in tihtit tic!t
where a certificate of origin was required , peyer ) t
which arrangement he (Mr. Gladstone) ba%a, 11e.,,,
heard that fraud had been successfully Oractlislent er'
him assure his Right Hon. Friend that frau' tt. VI
rations could not be carried on without exPens' , wit.,
had not merely the liabilities of detection to e°P„ ll'
but the absolute burden of heavy disbursemeelas'all
must 0
commit fraud in these matters, a vessel fraud, 11,..
second voyage in order to give effect to that artiese
if
look at the expense which this incurred to thesfificate.l tf
gaged in it ! Why, even without these ceie afraid f
f
origin, he (Mr. Gladstone) should be very lte psoele to
tria or imposition? but then he thought the
~, right of
England had a right to require them—ba
otiotioliboa
require every precaution against the intl. they. 'his
slave-grown sugar, after the heavy sacri6eeies. .1° the
made to suppress slavery in their own colon
an tta to ity
opinion the fears of'the Right Hon. Gentleman `crucial
Consuls being unpleasantly mixed up with tided• di
lof individuals would turn out wholly llnibli Thes•sa
him look at the real difficulty in such a case" hia-C"i i
f COC tea—
was ficulty was to be satisfied that the sugar 0- port Po s'r
not exported from China. Why, ci.t.: exp- to.
one knew what articles were imported, w"-ra boundt.rfa;
where they came from, whence they we the wmtt ily
These were matters of daily conversation °cold easti, of
and any man of ordinary common sense isseds 11,i'rly
ascertain what was going on in respect to "a pecinth
a fragile, and light, and portable, but of ,eallog : in
bulky and heavy character. If they were L:
_O5 0- in
things that could be carried about in their 7 ohorechts.
their pockets—with spirits, that could be 111 talk ef ear
kegs, then they might, with some reastoeni'd,„ paelilgnov
ficulties ; but with large, heavy, anbcier
few;
otli,7nodulaac:roto
such as sugar was stowed away
anticipate the slightest practical difficultY:t the w 0,..
the transhipping of these packages, what juice or obsearee
be about to let it take place without not
_ust be of
lion? It could net be done in the dark—ttiu
and ills 110
in the daylight, and it required much laStated thaottla
hands. The Right Hon. Gentlemen had, sugar ':vo, of
thought the attempt to exclude slave-t;
be inoperative, and he believed that to be tsliseoqpial'ri!'iolio-e
the whole commercial world. Now, for by utho ow
was of a decidedly opposite opinion, and b tile
he should abide. dons tssse,
Mr. HAWES said there could be 11,0 there
transhipment would be unprofitable, and soghe thoen;-_,
should they clog it with a differential duty
f ''
failed to 0 Itao.
the Right Hon. Gentleman had entirely _,tatio
bush his own case, and he hoped this tell .
fraud would not meet the sanction of the .1:1,41°Iltss;on• 6:,,11;'
Lord PALMERSTON thought the 111
d really cuetsascd i
tleman's oigument on this question
btheecagursoeuhnner
sonnid wthhaicththethiasdvmaueatasugree!teasieenifaaStoi'aesn3isso-sataiotiod°
the British market would not be a sum
to induce persons to commit fraud.
the measure proceed on the assumption
be a very great advantage in such eat with..ira,
Government made that advantage an arginternal an'ieu
as a'e bee°
He must assume, however, that theren7
not haveliiitio
to
r fraud, l a n
otherwiseG o vern m e
theser
guards
taerr(ii. ns
wt.: li
to
0 be:f :optitdoe
iitroduced ; but he held those
mercs-a e
ptioa;ndtimlthiasatstillut:h:er:venu l:tiblic100
difficulty.Leastthat on fie
A n upon
tion of a party interestee, a the cestificattiirit ists
British consul was required, Cods, it
gf such duties to
ss 01
he se certificatesA l
that
w was needed
Isovtaasi.ntehde
mustprotest against the entrusting o
•al art
to plat ,•. sse -
to act as a judge of foreigners in such
rotect Brit's.
Ili rod
ags,;_r_idesaliolidt .15
consuls.
e n, i
thlliti was np
roovi part
eof the duty o. fts
f he wero 11 ijust
he believed they were telling himn antics,
to chants.tell IV
foreignershatw residingoti lc b e h his
here positionhu
falsehood?
las
hear.) Why, if he made secret e c
British merchants. s
f creatT"
and through him on
would exert themselves to revenge
' what would tend t-, so-
theniselirga7 ssertor
to diminish their efficiency.—(Hear. is, sr, con,
ethrneneinsg,
Gentleman them o
f re
1, t. t
treated the Right Hon. Gen
fo elan mere-al! thit
anodn
IBverrintisthhuscodnostunlgs the. certa,ienstYr.lo
lir::
,himself with the certificate of the
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Cabe
sehood? -icxie
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The CHANCELLOR of the E.XUI-I.r.
thait bl
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stht aotsieleeftTiet:
cuitous route, the expense thus .
otherwise woo I l
owrhoatthehrisslßavi
to render fraud less probable thanlieth
the
consul wa
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so, nn. Friendg ar
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Why
a c0p,,,,,
csEssarily exposed to odium. 13t
ells: ,iti 1 ;I:tel 1 e:11