The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-08 00:00:00

ARGENTINE CONFEDERATION.

From the Confederate Argentine Provinces we
learn that Mr. Christie has been officially received
as " Envoy Extraordinary and Ministor Plenipo-
tentiary to the Government of the Republic." On
the 12th of June the ratifications of the treaty with
Brazil were formally exchanged, and on that occa-
sion the President, General Urquiza, wore the con-
decoration of the Grand Order of the Cross. A com-
mission of Pampa Indians had also paid a formal
visit to the President. They were entertained with
great courtesy, and expressed the most ardent de-
sire to cultivate relations of peace and amity with
the Confederation. An arrangement had been made
under which the steamer Yerba would make a
weekly trip from the Rosario to the Parana, in con-
sideration of which the company is to receive a
monthly subsidy of $l,OOO dollars from the national
government. The Congress has also authorised
the executive to carry into effect the stipulations
entered into with D. Estevan Rams and Co., for
the canalisation of the rivers Salado and Dulce.

The Senate and Chamber of Representatives have.
adopted the subjoined law, designed to force a di-
rect commerce with countries beyond the seas, by
means of differential duties on produce imported
from between the Capes :
Art. Ist. Four months from and after the promulga.
tion of this law, goods introduced into the fluvial ports
of the Confederation from places within the Capes shall
be charged import duties in the following order :-
1. Articles of merchandise subject to a specific duty
shall pay double the established rate. 2. Articles of mer-
chaudise not subject to specific duties shall on their in-
troduction be charged 30 percent. ad valorem. 3. Articles
imported directly from without the Capes, by the afore-
mentioned ports, shall continue paying the [present
daties.

Ai t. 2. The natural or manufactured products of the
Oriental Republic of the Uruguay, of that of Paraguay,
and of the fluvial possessions of Brazil situated within
the Capes, introduced directly by the aforeaid ports, are
ircluded in the preceding a►ticle.
Art 3. The natural or manuiactured articles. of the
province of Buenos Ayres, as national products, shall be
admitted duty free.

Urquizl has the power to veto the measure.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, SATURDAY MORNINI.

ENCUMBERED ESTATES COURT.-THE SADLEIRS.

A petition has been lodged ou the part of John
W. Burmester, F. S. Law, James Sadleir, and
Clement Sadleir, heirs-at-law of John Sadleir, de-
ceased, for the sale of property in the counties of
Cork and Tipperary. The estimated yearly value
is set down at 3,7881., and the encumbrances
amount to the enormous sum of 157,2981. 16s. The
petitioners in the case are Edmund Backhouse and
another. In reference to the Kingston estates In
Cork, which so mysteriously passed into the hands
of the deceased arch-swindler, the Cork Examiner
of yesterday has the subjoined statement :
" On Tuesday evening, the Rirl of Kingston, accom-
pauied by his solicitor, Mr. J. M. Cantwell, Dublin,
and Mr. Power, an English capitalist, arrived at the
KingstonlArms' Hotel, Mitchelstown, and proceeded on
the following day to visit the Castle and demesne, which
are situate about a quarter of a mile from the town.
He was received at the entrance of Mr. M. C. Bourke,
who has resided there since his lordship's departure, and
shown through t!-Ie premises, after which be returned
to town. His lordship was attended by a number of
his tenantry and former servants, who took every op-
portunity of testifying their respect and esteem for
him as a kind and generous benefactor. We have
heard that the object of his lordship's visit is to
collect all possible information relative to the manage-
meat of his estates during the long period of his
absence, with a view of sustaining the suit at present
pending in Chancery, which is expected to come to an
issue in November. The present trustee and mortgages
both of castle and estate is Mr. Thomas Joseph Eyre,
of Bath. Mr. James Sadleir, as manager of the Tipper.
ary Bank, originally held a mortgage on the castle and
demesne, hut on a recent application made by Lord
Kingston before the Master of the Rolls to have further
security given for the receiver, Mr. Nicholas Sadleir,
the official manager of the bank, consented to have Mr.
Eyre, the then mortgagee of the estate alone, declared
the mortgagee in possession of all. Mr. Eyre's claims
on foot of his mortgage and for advances, are 100,0001.,
which amount is disputed by Lord Kingston, who claims
several sets off, which, if admitted, will reduce it very
considerably. It is understood that in November a
motion is to be made in Chancery, on Lord Kingston's
behalf, to have all the accounts of the estate taken up
to the Master, and that when his decision is known, and
the entire amount of the charges fully made out, Lord
Kingston will negotiate to have them all discharged.
The present annual rental of the Michelstown estate is
about 18,000/."