LAMPREYS to Stew.— Clean the fish, remove the cartilage which funs down the back, and season with a little clove, mace, nutmeg, pepper, and allspice ; put it into a stew-pot with strong beef-gravy, port and an equal quantity of Madeira, or sherry✪ Stewed Lampreys. Cover close : stew till tender, take out the lamprey and keep hot, while you boil up the liquor with three anchovies chopped, and some flour and butter ; strain the gravy, and add lemon juice, and mustard. Serve with sippets of bread and horse radish. Eels done in the same way are much like the lamprey. When there is spawn it must be fried and put round. LANDLORD and TENANT. — A yearly tenant must give notice to quit his premises half a year before the time of the expiration of the current year of his tenancy. If by agreement, a quarter's notice is to be sufficient, such notice must always expire with the tenancy if that is yearly. — If a landlord neglect to repair die premises according to his covenant, the tenant may main- tain an action against him ; but such neglect does not absolve the tenant from payment of the rent — A landord can legally dispose of goods taken under a distress for rent, by appraisement, with- out putting them up by auction. — A landlord may take possession of the goods of his tenant's lodger which have been distrained under distress for rent ; or he may maintain an action for pound breach. — A landlord can be compelled, according to the Small Tenement Act, to pay the poor rates, if the rent is under j£io per annum. — If a landlord agrees to make repairs, and neglects to do so, the tenant may do it, and deduct the amount from the rent. But the LAN 231 LAN tenant must give previous notice of these repairs to the landlord ; the no- tice to be signed by himself and a wit- ness.— If the landlord has to pay the rates, an agreement properly witnessed and signed, should be drawn up to that effect — The payment of the rent of a house, or building of any kind is ab- solute, if the landlord demands it ; even though the house fall down, be blown or burnt down, the tenant is bound to pay the rent ; and the tenancy can only cease by giving the proper Notice to Quit just as if the house continued in a perfect state. When the rent is paid the landlord is bound to give the tenant a receipt; — thus, Received of Mr. John Thomas, the rum of (here insert amount) for half year 1 rent due on the Pint day of May last , for the house. No, Street. £ — (Stamp) Robert Southey. Landlord's Notice to Tenant to Quit ; — Sir, I hereby give you Notice to quit the house (or workshop, warehouse, as the case may be) and appurtenances, which you as tenant, now hold of me, situate No. — , Street, on or before next. (Signed) T. C. landlord. To Mr. W. S. Notice to Quit of Tenant to Landlord: — Sir, I hereby give you notice, that on or before the— —day of next, I shall quit and deliver up possession of the house and premises (or workshop, or warehouse, as the case may be) I now bold of you, situate at in the parish of county of. Dated the -day of , 188 , Witness, Job Clark. P. R. To Mr. C. S.

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LAMPREYS to Stew.— Clean the fish, remove the cartilage which funs down the back, and season with a little clove, mace, nutmeg, pepper, and allspice ; put it into a stew-pot with strong beef-gravy, port and an equal quantity of Madeira, or sherry. Cover close : stew till tender, take out the lamprey and keep hot, while you boil up the liquor with three anchovies chopped, and some flour and butter ; strain the gravy, and add lemon juice, and mustard. Serve with sippets of bread and horse radish. Eels done in the same way are much like the lamprey. When there is spawn it must be fried and put round. LANDLORD and TENANT. — A yearly tenant must give notice to quit his premises half a year before the time of the expiration of the current year of his tenancy. If by agreement, a quarter's notice is to be sufficient, such notice must always expire with the tenancy if that is yearly. — If a landlord neglect to repair die premises according to his covenant, the tenant may main- tain an action against him ; but such neglect does not absolve the tenant from payment of the rent — A landord can legally dispose of goods taken under a distress for rent, by appraisement, with- out putting them up by auction. — A landlord may take possession of the goods of his tenant's lodger which have been distrained under distress for rent ; or he may maintain an action for pound breach. — A landlord can be compelled, according to the Small Tenement Act, to pay the poor rates, if the rent is under j£io per annum. — If a landlord agrees to make repairs, and neglects to do so, the tenant may do it, and deduct the amount from the rent. But the LAN 231 LAN tenant must give previous notice of these repairs to the landlord ; the no- tice to be signed by himself and a wit- ness.— If the landlord has to pay the rates, an agreement properly witnessed and signed, should be drawn up to that effect — The payment of the rent of a house, or building of any kind is ab- solute, if the landlord demands it ; even though the house fall down, be blown or burnt down, the tenant is bound to pay the rent ; and the tenancy can only cease by giving the proper Notice to Quit just as if the house continued in a perfect state. When the rent is paid the landlord is bound to give the tenant a receipt; — thus, Received of Mr. John Thomas, the rum of (here insert amount) for half year 1 rent due on the Pint day of May last , for the house. No, Street. £ — (Stamp) Robert Southey. Landlord's Notice to Tenant to Quit ; — Sir, I hereby give you Notice to quit the house (or workshop, warehouse, as the case may be) and appurtenances, which you as tenant, now hold of me, situate No. — , Street, on or before next. (Signed) T. C. landlord. To Mr. W. S. Notice to Quit of Tenant to Landlord: — Sir, I hereby give you notice, that on or before the— —day of next, I shall quit and deliver up possession of the house and premises (or workshop, or warehouse, as the case may be) I now bold of you, situate at in the parish of county of. Dated the -day of , 188 , Witness, Job Clark. P. R. To Mr. C. S.

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