466 Bradhurn v. Royal Agricultural Society of England. 
and that therefore it was not the highest quality of manure. 
He placed the correspondence which had passed between him- 
self and Mr. Broughton — who had purchased the manure from 
Mr. Whittinghain — before the Council of the Royal Agri- 
cultural Society. I will say no more than that probably through 
some inadvertence, or possibly from a little over-zeal on the 
part of some gentleman connected with the Chemical Com- 
mittee of the Society, after that full and detailed explanation 
had been given by Mr. Bradburn, in a journal which was pub- 
lished in the month of August last year, the statement was 
substantially repeated that a sale had taken place, by the 
plaintiff, of an inferior article which liad been represented as 
a superior one. Mr. Bradburn having to live upon the good 
opinion of those who purchase from him, it became, of course, a ' 
serious matter to him that such a statement should be in the 
hands of his opponents in trade. It has injured him con- 
siderably in his business up to this time, and if the thing had 
been allowed by him to pass unnoticed it would probably have 
injured him still more. Under those circumstances it was 
absolutely necessary for him to bring this action. When the 
action was brought, a plea of justification was put upon the 
Record, alleging that the statements in the article were true. 
It must be obvious to every one who has had an opportunity of 
reading this correspondence, and who is aware of the circum- 
stances that were brought to the notice of the Council before 
this article was published, that the statement contained in it 
could not be justified, and that, if it were taken to be true, 
it could only result in almost ruin to Mr. Bradburn. After con- 
sideration, my friends who have had an opportunity of consult- 
ing tlieir clients, have taken a course which Mr. Bradburn feels 
he ought at once to acknowledge to be a right and kind course 
towards him. He has no wish or desire, in dealing with such a 
Society as the Royal Agricultural Society of England, to which 
he subscribes largely himself, and which can have no object 
but to do good to the agricultural interests of this country, to 
press litigation unduly against them ; and the result is, that my 
friend, Sir John Karslake, will state the circumstances under 
which the Royal Agricultural Society of England have taken 
this course ; and when you have heard that statement from him, 
the only thing that will remain for you to do will be to give 
such a verdict as will give Mr. Bradburn his costs. 
Sir John Karslake : May it please your Lordship — Gentle- 
men of the Jury. — My friend, Mr. James, has truly stated to 
you that, as far as the Royal Agricultural Society are concerned 
in making this publication, there was not the slightest malice 
on their part. The circumstances have been shortly and accu- 
