The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-27 00:00:00

OATH OF SUPREMACY.

Mr. MOFFAT f presented a petition from several
inhabitants of Darlington against the proposed repeal
of the law regarding the oath of supremacy. The peti.
tioneri were of opinion that the abrogation of the oath
would endanger the crown of her Majesty.
Mr. CALLAGHAN presented a petition from Cork,
complaining of the unequal pressure of the present sys-
tem of rating, and praying that a general system of
taxation be substituted instead.
EDUCATION.
Mr. HINDLEY gave notice, that on Monday next he
would ask the Noble L,,rd the First Lord of the
Treasury what he intended should be the amount of the
grant for education this year? and, secondly, whether
he intended to bring specially under the notice of the
llouse the minute of Council on Education, laid on the
table the sth of February, or only incidentally to allude
to it while in Committee of Supply?
MESSAGE FRONI THE LORDS—ROYAL
ASSENT.

Mr. Pulman, the Deputy Usher of the Black Rod,
appeared at the bar, and summoned the House to attend
!he H ouse of Lords, in order to hear the Royal Assent
given to several Bills (for which see Lords' report).
The Speaker, accompanied by several Members, then
withdrew.
The SPEAKER, on his return, informed the llouse
that her ,laiesty by commission had given the royal
assent to the Destitute Persons (Ireland) Bill and some
other Bills.

IRELAND.
Sir R. H. INGLIS, seeing his Right Hon. Friend
the Secretary for Ireland in his place, begu,ed
to ask him in what form tne grant of 50,0001.
was to be made to the landlords of Ireland; for at the time
it was before the House the Right Hon. Gentleman said
it would not be made in money? He begged to ask him
also what use had been made, or might be made, of the
seed which had been granted by the Government to the
farmers in Ireland, what prospects there were that it
would alleviate the condition of Ireland, and prevent a
continuance of the present miseries over next year?
Mr. LABOUCIIERE said he was sorry he could give
no definite and distinct answer to the Lion. Baronet's
questions. But he was sure that the House would not
be of opinion that the cultivation of the soil depended at
all on the small grant of seed which had been made by
the Government. It could not be for a moment sup-
posed that the Government, by any grant, could
supersede the necessity (of private exertion. As to the
prospects of the soil being cultivated, although he could
give no definite answer to the Hon. Baronet, still he was
glad to say that there was a larger extent of land laid
out for wheat this year than in any previous year ;
at the same time, in other parts of Ireland,
there were districts which, he feared, would
remain uncultivated during the coming year.
Much, however, depended on the next six weeks whether
exertions were taken in time to remedy the evil which
it was not yet too late to avert. lie implored the upper
and middle classes to do all in their power to bring about
this desirable object, and he was in hope that Ireland
would yet recover herself beyond their anticipations.
Mr. P. SCROM had understood that, where the land.
lord had neglected to supply seed to the tenant,
some power should be given to those who supplied such
on credit to enforce a first hen upon the growing crops,
so that the produce should not all go to the credit of the
landlord. If that were the cise, he believed that a large
supply would be given, on the faith of repayment from
the growing crops.
Mr. LABOUCHERE said that no such measure was
in contemplation.