The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-19 00:00:00

R AJAH BROOKE.

Mr. DRUMMOND wished to ask the First Lord o,
the Treasury, whether he would lay on the table of the
house the report of the commissioners appointed to try
Sir James Brooke for acts for which Sir James had pre-
viGusly received the approbation of the Government,
and had been rewarded with honours by the Crown ;
and, at the same time, a copy of the secret instructions
sent out by the Earl of Clarendon to tie commissioners
who were selected by order of her Majesty's Ministers
to act as the judges of Sir James Brooke ?
Lord PALMERSTON said the report of the Com-
missioners had not yet been received, and therefore it
could not be laid upon the table. No secret instructions
had been sent out:
THE WOUNDED IN THE CRIMEA.

Mr. WATSON wished to ask the Prime Minister,
or the Under Secretary of the War Department, what
measures had been taken or were in progress for the
removal of the convalescents, or the patients capable
of removal, in the hospitals at Scutari or in the Crimea,
to England or to some of our Mediterranean colonies,
for the perfect restoration of their health ?
Lord PALMERSTON raid a commission was sent
out by the Duke of Newcastle to inquire into the condi-
tion of the hospitals, and to recommend such changes as
they might think right and proper, and to report them
not merely to the Government at horn., but to Lord
Raglan. Lord Raglan was requested to act upon those
recommendations without delay. It wac, tts. 1.4..
tion of bin no to friond nF. the head of the War
Department to make arrangements for a periodical ser-
vice between Constantinople and the Crimea can the one
hand and England on the other. On the arrival home
of such invalids as might be in a condition to be trans-
ported by sea, arrangements would be made for their re-
ception in proper and suitable hospitals.
BONDS ON BRITISH TRADE IN CHINA.

In answer to a question from Mr. HORSFALL,
Lord PALMERSTON said that with regard to the
question whether instructions had been sent out to her
Majesty's Superintendent of Trade in China to cancel
the bonds taken on British trade at Shanghae between
the 9th February and 12th July, 1854, Sir John Bow-
ring had been instructed to inquire into the circumstances
under which those bonds were given, and to make a full
report upon the matter, and /also other matters
in suspense, to her Majesty's Government for its
consideration. Relative to the second point, as to whe-
ther instructions have been given, or intended to be
given, to her Majesty's Superintendent of Trade in
China to interdict the interference of the Consular Courts
in China in reference to all the bands and securities taken
on British trade since the expulsion of the Imperial Cus-
toms authorities from Shanghae by the insurgents in 1853.
Sir John Bowring had been informed that no proceed-
ings could be taken in the common law courts with re-
gard to these bonds ; but he had been instructed to
cancel them and return them to the parties by
whom they were given. With regard to
bonds subsequently given, the decision upon them
must be suspended until the report he had men-
tioned should be received on the matter generally.
As to the third point in the question, it must depend on
the circumstances of the case, whether decision was
given on the spot, or whether reference must be made
to Government at home ; but in any question at issue
involving interpretation of treaties, reference ought to
be made to the Government at home. With reference
to the last point raised, instructions had been forwarded
to Sir John Bowring, to urge on the Chinese Govern-
ment the:?ropriety of levying duties with perfect impar-
tiality between nation and nation.

SUPPLY OF CLOTHING TO THE ARMY.
In reply to Mr. NaWDIGATE,
Mr. F. PEEL stated that the War Department was
in communication with the Horse Guards as to the best
description of summer clothing to be sent out to the
troops in the East. The War Department had given
orders to supply 3,000 tents, which were nearly ready.