The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-30 00:00:00

SAN JUAN.

Mr. LAYFIELD asked what progress had been made
with reference to the settlement of the San Juan question,
and whether Government would object to producing any
correspondence that had passed between the British and
American Governments on the subject.
Lord J. RUSSELL said that communications were going
on between the respectivo Governments with reference to
the subject.
ANNEXATION OF ITALIAN STATES TO SAR-

DINIA.
PUBLIC BUSINESS.
Mr. HENNESSY moved that the house at its rising do
adjourn until Monday, and asked the Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs whether the Government had advised
her Majesty to recognise the annexation of Bologna, Tus-
*any, Modena, and Parma to the kingdom of Sardiup. ; and,
if so, whether he is prepared to state the reasons which have
induced the Government to tender such advice to her Majesty.
He availed himself of the opportunity to draw the attention
of the house to the gross neglect of Irish business which
characterised the proceedings of Government during the
present session. He called on the right hon. gentleman the
Secretary for Ireland to state what course he
intended to pursue with regard to Irish mea-
sures during the present session. He bore personal
testimony to the courtesy of the right hon. gentleman, but
that courtesy ;could not compensate for his ignorance of
Ireland and the Irish, and ho considered that he was as in-
competent to compete with the plain honest policy that
existed in that country, as the noble lord the Foreign Se-
cretary was with the policy of Vienna and Paris.
Sir G. C. LEWIS said that he did not rise to answer
the question of the hon. gentleman, but he reminded the
house of the time occupied two or three years ago.in the
consideration of Irish affairs to the exclusion of Scotch and
English business. That these affairs did not occupy so
much of the attention of hon. members was a mat-
ter of congratulation, because it indicated an improved
state of the condition of Ireland. (Hear, hear.) He
must object to the motion of the hon. member for the ad-
journment of the house until Monday, as it would be neces-
sary for hon. members to meet to-morrow in order to receive
a commission. It was not the intention of his noble friend
the Foreign Secretary to propose the resumption of the
adjourned debate on the Reform Bill this evening, but to
postpone it until after Easter. (Hear, hear.)
THE RECEIVER MASTER OF THE COURT OF

CHANCERY IN IRELAND.
Mr. WHITESIDE drew the attention of the house to
the recent appointment of Mr. Lyle, at present Receiver
Master of the Court of Chancery in Ireland to the dignity
of Lord-Lieutenant of the county of Londonderry, and to
the circumstances under which such appointment was
made. He considered the appointment, on the eve of
a general election, of a gentleman like Mr. Lyle,
who, from his antecedents and profession, was not properly
qualified for the office, was an insult to the nobility and
gentry of Londonderry. He had no objection to that gen-
tleman receiving a retiring pension for his services,
but what he objected to was the appointment of a poli-
tical partisan at such a crisis.
Mr. CARDWELL defended the appointment. There
were only two noblemen proprietors in the county of Lon-
donderry, one of whom was not resident in the county, and
the other had not yet come into possession of his property.
With regard to the commissioners of the county he thought
the selection of the gentleman in question for the office of
Lord-Lieutenant most justifiable, for he believed that he
was possessed of large personal property in that county,
that he resided there, teok a great interest in the local busi-
ness, and was generally respected. With regard tq the
statement of the hon. member (Mr. Hennessy) he
did not think that hon. member was as well informed on
the subject as he thought. Experience showed that, at the
end of the session, the house was encumbered with Irish
business, and Irish bills had to be postponed because they
could not be properly discussed or considered. He could
assure the hon. member that he would have been most
happy, and it would have been more convenient to him
(Mr. Card well) if some bills on Irish affairs could have
been introduced at an early period of the session,
but that was simply impossible in the state of gene-
ral public business. With respect to the question of
mixed education in Ireland, he had already informed
the house, that he would make a statement when
the matter came to be considered in the estimates.
With reference to the question of the poor laws in Ireland
it had already been introduced to the attention of the house,
and as related to the registration of births, deaths, and
marriages in that country a bill had been prepared, which
he was prevented from bringing forward at present, but
which he would submit to their consideration at the earliest
opportunity tint presented itself. He assured the hon.
member that there was every desire on the part of himself
and her Majesty's Government generally to afford every
facility for the consideration and settlement satisfactorily
of Irish business in the house, and that when delays oc-
curred they arose entirely from the state of public business.
Some further discussion ensued relative to the appoint-
ment of Mr. Lyle.
THE ELECTORAL CORRUPTION AT WAKE-