The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-18 00:00:00

LLOYD V. LEILKOVITZ.

This was an action to recover the sum of ss. for one
quarter's rent of a houses in Nelson-square, Blackfriars-road.
The defendant pleaded that he was not indebted.
Mr. BALLANTINE, who appeared for the plaintiff, said that
this was the third time the cause had come before the Court,
:as two previous verdicts in favour cf til plaintiff had been
set aside ; the facts, however, appeared To him to be very
simple. 'lhe plaintiff was the landlord of the house for which
the rent was claimed, and the defendant, who is a Polish
gentleman, took the house on au agreement for three years,
but shortly after the expiration of the first quarter he gave
up the key, but had not paid any rent; the plaintiff had ac-
cepted the key, which however did not preclude him from
recovering the rent.
Nixon, a process server, was called and proved that be
took a key of defendant's wife, but he could not identify it;
he had tried a key in the door and it opened it, but he could
not say that the one produced was the one.
Mary Wood was ca:led, but could not speak positively to
the key. Defendant was net now in psiession.
The defendant's witnesses were called, but did not answer.

The defendant's ATTORNEY Slid :hat he had a good defence
ao the action on the merits, but o: .:ourse could not goon with
Atte ease in the abeence of his wit ti,sses.

A verdict was then given for t! c amount claimed.
From what tronspired on the 1 rovious occasion it was ex-
pected that the defence would be that plaintiff had in-
dwed the mfd in give up the key, but that the defendant
was nct be and by her act. It was also urged that the iden-
tical key was not produced.

IMPERI PA RUA M ENT.

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
'The House sat to-day shortly before Five o'clock.
ROYAL ASSENT.
The royal assent was Oven to day, by commission,
to the Consolidat, d Fund Bill, the Irh.h Loan
(8,000,0001.) Bill, the Labouring Poor (Inland) Bill,
and the Protestant Dissenters and Gvueral Lite and Fire
Insurance Company's Bill.
The Lords Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor,
the Earl of Minto, and Lord Campbell.
The Lord CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsuk
a: a few minutes after Five o'clock.
THE LAW OF SETTLEMENT.

Lord POR TMAN presented a petition from the
board of gturdians of Bradford, pra3ing their Lordships
to take into consideration the law of settlement, iu order
to repeal it and establish a national rate.

Tiie Duke of RICHMOND presented a petition from
Torrington complaining of the Poor Removal Bill, and
praying their Lordships to take into consideration the
means of establishing a system of union rating.
A NOBLE LOAD, whose name we could not learn, pre-
sented a petition from Letford against the law of settle-

EDUCATION.

Lord BROUGHAM presented a- petition from the
. congregation of Independents in Norfolk, complaining
of the Government interference with religion and educa-
. cation, by making grants.
EDINBURGH AND ABERDEEN MAIL.
Lord _ CAMPBELL rose to present a petition, to
which he begged leave to call the attention of his Noble
Friend (the Marquis of Clattricarde). It was a petition
complaining of a contemplated grievance in the alteration
of the mail hem Edinburgh to Aberdeen, and was
signedintiuenttiq many of the noblemen, gentlemen, and other
tien stataelld:ntlhmatbfiotants of the county of Fife. The peti-
iicshirer theb last ten years the mail had run
through
allnerbabcilanCtuspoafr and Perth, to the
great advantage of ' they way
was now proposed to the county; but it
mail to Perth by nay tibe route, so as to forward the
white it :could tdagioe
believe that any public
Would result tram tbia
7lbcensberry. lie did not
inconvenience and
alteration,
disappointment of a most iiltkethr.telal and respectable
body of men.
LANDLORD AND TENANT,pCtition from
BroughAane,
The NOBLE LORD also prestnted
to a
improve the re-
in Ireland for a law
latic:n between landlord and tenant.
THE WELLINGTON STATUE.
Thc Marquis, of I,OI.\TDO.NDEItRY wished to call
the attention of the House tu something that had fallen,
from the Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests
in another place, which he must say di*pla) ed
considerable. ignorance of the matter in question.
The statement had reference to the Wellington statue,
, . which was stated to be removed, and placed in another
site. The attention.of.: the Committee had been called.
fo the matter, and at a meeting of the Sub-Committee
that clay, he had been requested to state to ;he
House that. they had not come to the decision
of placing the statue in another place, but had
agreed only to tike it down. To prevent any
..!,-,-,
, mistake he was requested to read ihe following letter
~
~ f.om the Chairman of the Sub-o,:mmittee, embodying
~----•--_,,,,..._Ae Commitkea views. (The N 41e tdar_quis read the 1