The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-27 00:00:00

NOTICES OF MOTION.

Mr. REYNOLDS gave notice that to-morrow he
should ask the First Lord of the Treasury at what period
of the present session he proposed to introduce a Bill for
the abolition of ministers' money in Ireland.
Lord NAAS gave notice, that, on the first possible
day after Easter, he should renew his motion of last year
with regard to the spirit duties.
Mr. STUART gave notice that to-morrow he should
move for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal the Act for
abbreviating Acts of Parliament.
Mr. GRANTLEY BERKELEY gave notice that on
an early day after Easter be should move that the pre-
sent differential duties imposed on all foreign grown
sugar imported for home consumption shall be conti-
nued for five years from the month of July, 1851.
COPPER COINAGE OF IRELAND.

Mr. FAGAN said the copper coinage of Ireland was
very much worn and depreciated, so much so indeed, that
in the south of Ireland the manufacturers had been com-
pelled to adopt a copper medium of their own, and ho
wished therefore to know whether it was the intention of
Government to order a new coinage 1)
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, as
he had only received notice of the Hon. Gentlemanl
question within the last half-hour he was not in a pod=
Lion to give a direct answer to it. He had never heard
before that the coinage of Ireland was in a depre-
ciated state, nor had he received any com-
plaints on the •subject. If it were tree, as
the Honourable Gentleman stated, that parties were
manufacturing money on their own account, be need only
remind him that they rendered themselves amenable to
the law.

DISTURBANCE IN THE COUNTY OF DOWN.

Mr. ROCHE wished to put a question to the Secre-
tary for Ireland with reference to an occurrence which
had lately taken .place in the county of Down.
It appeared that a gentleman residing at Banbridge hav-
ing occasion to take'proeeedings against some default.
ing tenants, took with him a sheriff, together with one
policeman and one bailiff, for the purpose of accom-
plishing his object. Ou reaching the spot the people
rose en masses ; they were all armed, and several
shots were deliberately fired. The one police-
man and the one bailiff, thinking discretion the
better part of valour, speedily eloped, leaving the gen-
tlemen and sheriff at the mercy of the people.—(A
laugh.) Now ho wished to know whether the report
which had gone abroad on the subject was correct, and
whether thr.N Right Hon. Gentleman had received any
communication relative to it from Ireland. He thought
that a process against. tenants should not be issued by
the sheriff without taking with him a sufficient
force to overawe the misguided populace?
Sir W. SOMERVILLE said ho had received a report
from the constabulary with reference to the transaction
which he believed had happened at the place alluded 'to
by the Hon. Gentleman; but these reports were gene-
rally of a confidential character. He had not yet had
time to look into the report, but if he found any part', 'of
it of a nature which he could lay before that House He
would have no objection to lay them on the table. '
IMPOSITION BY THE AMERICAN LEGISL4-
TURE OF PROTECTIVE DUTIES ON IRON:,
Mr. BOOKER asked the President of the Board, fp
Trade if the Government had received any informati4i,
and if they would lay it before the House, of the natii e
cl and extent of increase in the protective duties propos d
to be levied on the import into the United States of al
kinds of iron, and on various other articles of Britiih
produce and manufacture now exempt from duty'?
He believed a resolution had been passed by the Legis-
lative Assembly, by a majority of 127 to 54, imposing
duties on iron and other articles which had been pre-
viously exempted from duty, and as this was a subject
of great importance to the commercial community, he
hoped the Right Hon. Gentleman would have no objec-
tion to answer his question.—(Hear.)
Mr. LABOUCHERE replied that the Government
bad not received any dispatch from Sir H. Bulwer since
the 26th of February, the day on which the accounts
published in the newspapers alleged the resolution in
question to have bean passed, and therefore he was not
in possession of official information to enable him to give
an answer to the Hon. Gentleman's question.
BORNEO, SARAWAK. AND LABUAN.
Mr. HUME asked Lord Palmerston, whether Sir
James Brooke still held the appointments of her Ma-
jesty's Commissioner and Consul General to the Sultan
and independent chiefs of Borneo?
Lord PALMERSTON said he still held that appoint-
ment.

Mr, HUME also asked the Under-Secretary for the
Colonies, whether Sir James Brooke still held the ap-
pointment of Governor of Labuan)
Mr. HAWES replied in the affirmative.
Mr. HUME also asked Lord Palmerston whether he
had any official information that the President of the
United States, through Mr. Balostier, a special envoy,
had recognised Ruja Brooke as the independent Sove-
reign of Sarawak, and whether the territory of Sarawak
had ever been acknowledged as an independent State by
her Majesty's Government, or in what view the territory
of Sarawak was to be considered by British or foreign
subjects?
Lord PALMERSTONE said, it appeared from the
information he had received from Sir J. Brooke that a
proposal was made to him on the part of the President
of the United States for a treaty of commerce between
the United States and Sarawak, but that treatybawdounlodt
yet been concluded, Sir J. Brooke waiting, us he be-
lieved, until his arrival in England, wit, n he
consult her Majesty's Government on thesubject.
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With regard to the Government of Sarawak, the
Government had no knowledge of the relations existir,
between Sir James Brooke and the Sultan of Borrd,:—
but this he could state, that as far as the British, Gg.° I