§ DR. TANNER (Cork Co., Mid)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether at the recent sitting of the Land Commission in Cork on the 3rd inst., Mr. Commissioner Wrench is correctly reported to have said, while hearing a fair rent appeal in the case of M'Grath, tenant, and Bullen, landlord, addressing the tenant—
You are a very wise man to get your grass seeds from England. If more tenants did that they would have better grass. It will pay you well to get your seeds from England;and whether intimation will be conveyed to Mr. Wrench that language such as that quoted is likely to do great mischief to the Irish seed trade?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURAs Mr. Commissioner Wrench is at present on Circuit perhaps the hon. Member will be good enough to defer this question until Thursday next.