The Times London, Middlesex, England July 11, 1870 IRELAND (From Our Own Correspondent) Dublin, July 2. In a cause heard before Justice Keogh, in the Common Pleas, Mr. Dudley Persse, of Galway, sued Mr. Malcolmson, of Carlow, for 760l., rent alleged to be due for certain lands of which the defendant was a tenant at a rent of 2l. 5s. per acre. By the terms of the agreement between the parties the defendant was allowed 17 acres of meadow land each year for stock, but the hay was to be consumed upon it and not removed under a penalty of 3l. a ton. He was not to break or till any of the lands then in grass under a penalty of 20l. an acre, and was to keep the works and fences in good repair, while the plaintiff reserved to himself all royalties, the rights of shooting, and of cutting timber, and to have a house on the lands for his herd. The defendant did not dispute the agreement as to the acreage rent, but contended that it was not to include plantation, or land shadowed by plantation, and he lodged 170l. in court as sufficient to meet the just claim of the plaintiff. An unsuccessful attempt was made to effect an arrangement of the case, and the defendant expressed his willingness to compromise it, but on the part of the plaintiff it was declined. It was stated that the lands were infested with rabbits, that a considerable portion was rendered useless by plantations, and that in the cutting down of trees by the servants of the plaintiff breaches were made through which the defendant's cattle trespassed upon the plaintiff's land and that the defendant was then summoned and fined at the suit of the plaintiff. It also appeared that a writ was served on the 4th of May for rent due on the 1st. This proceeding Mr. Justice Keogh characterized as sharp practice. It was alleged by the defendant that a regular survey of the lands had been made and the rent fixed before the letting, and the Judge left it to the jury to say whether this was so. The jury found for the defendant, with 6d. costs. Execution was respited, Mr. Serjeant Armstrong relying upon the terms of the agreement as giving the plaintiff a legal right. Cathy Joynt Labath Ireland Old News http://www.IrelandOldNews.com/