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London, England, 1826-10-19 00:00:00

HARDY AND ANOTHIIR V. ORM

This action was brought by Mr. Haidy, a banker at
Grantham, against Mr. Smith, a merchant in London,
to recover the halves of a number of East India Binds,
amounting to 10,9001. or the value thereof.
It appeared that the plaintiff formerly carried on the-
business of a banker, at Granthon, under the firm of
Hardy and Newcombe. The defendant, Mr. Alexander
Smith, is a Gentleman well known in the City of Lon-
don, and one question in the cause was, whether the
plaintiff or defendant should lose by the fraud of a
Broker employed by both? Mr. Hardy was in the habit
of employing Mr. James Turner Watts. His house
purchased securities, and especially India Bonds; and
Mr. Watts bad purchased for him, in August, UM.
WOOL in India Bonds. Another purchase of 50004 iu
East India Bonds was also made in July, 1825. It was
the practice of the plaintiff, whin he purchased Bonds,
to direct hint to cut the Bonds in two. One half of the
Bonds were sent down to Grantham, and the other half
remained with Mr. Watts. The plaintiff, by that pr•
rangement, thought he should not leave it in the power
lof any Agent to defraud him. When the dividends
were to be paid, the plaintiff transmitted the halves to
town. that the Broker might put them together and
receive the dividends. It happened once or twice that
Mr. Watts, the Broker, was paid the dividends, and the
halves were remitted.

Mr. Watts having failed, the plaintiffs did not receive
their halves, which had been left with him, and it was
found they had been handed over to Mr. Smith. The
defendant, it appeared, bad reposed confidence in MT.
Watts; he had placed money in his hands, and on
asking for security, Mr. Watts gave him the halves of
the plaintiffs India [bads. Under these circumstances
the plaintiff sought to recover the amount of his pro-
perty in the hands of the defendant.
Mr. CAMPBELL, for the defendant, contended that
there was no proof tbat Watts had put the plaintiff's
Bonds into Mr. Smith's hatids; but the Jury, under all
the circumstances, found a verdict for the plaintia
Nominal damages were taken. the defendant's Counsel having
consented to dive up the Bonds to the tlaintilt.

Advice: have been received from St. Pet ersburgh up
to the 2d inst. (N.S.) About 2,500 casks of tallow had
been bought at 105 rubles.
Letters have been received from Riga, dated the 254
September (sth October). Tbey state that ship room
was becoming scarce, and that the supplies of sowing
linseed were very considerable. The price of hemp seas
114 rubles ; of flax, 29 rubles ; and of tallow, 106 ru•
bles per pood. Exchange, 10 8-161.
Extract of a letter from La Guayra, August
" A few days ago we received the account, that M. Sans
tos Michelena, named as Consul-General for England,
had arrived in Curacoa, and he was to embark in a
Dutch packet. His friends here have advised bim not
to expose his person or property to the arbitrary me*•
sum of Parr.. The Dutch mail.boat leaves this day
per Curacoa."
HAIRLESS, OCTOBER 16.—Though thenumber of the
sick at Groningen appears rather to increase than to
diminish, on account of the numerous relapses, the
number of deaths from the sth to the 12th of Octoba
was, however, only 152, fewer by 26, than in the seven
preceding days. The convalescent were very liaSle to
relapse, and in that case death was generally the corral
quence ; above a third of the population was attacked;
1,500 persons had died since the Bth of June; and four
days preceding the 10th of October, 72. The accounts
(from Friesland are still very melancholy; sickness and
'death increases.