The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-25 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS—Tms EVENING.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack
at five o'clock.

Earl DUKL&VEN took the oaths and his seat.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following bills were road a third time and passed:
—Winchcomb and Midland Railway, Manchester, Shef-
field, and Lincolnshire Railway (Now Lines), Manches-
ter and Sheffield Railway (Livorpool Extension),
Sheffield United Gas, Manchester and Stockport Railway,
Newport Pagnall Raliway, Sheffield Water, Bristol and
North Somerset (Additional Powers), Hoylake Railway,
Whitby, Rodcar, and Middlesborough Union Railway,
Biddgellwd Railway, Brighton and Hove General Gas,
Liverpool Central Railway Station, East Gloucestershire
Railway, Belgravia and South Kensington New Road,
1 and Cannock Chase and Wolverhampton Railway.

THE MOVEMENTS OF THE ARMIES ON THE
CONTINENT.

Lord RAVENSWORTH said, seeing the noble lord at

she head of the Government in his place, I beg to ask
him whether the statement that has appeared in

:he London papers, and corroborated by a statement

in the Moniteur to the effect that the Hanoverian army had
been surrounded and had been compelled to capitulate
was correct ? I have also to ask whether the statement
with regard to the Italian army was authentic ? The
public interest on both points was intense.
Earl RUSSELL—I have only to reply to my noble
friend that the Government have received no official or
authentic information on the matters referred to.
THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS.
Earl RUSSELL, who spoke in a low tone of voice, said
her Majesty's Ministers considered that, in conse-
quence of the vote which took place in the other
house in reference to the great Ministerial mea-
sure, that they had only one course to pursue, and that
was to tender their resignation. In my capacity as Prime
Minister I had to forward that formal resignation, and I
have received an answer from her Majesty to the effect
that she hoped tho Ministry would not persist in forcing
that resignation, especially in consideration of the present
excited state of affairs on the Continent. We are to meet
her Majesty to -morrow at Windsor between 12 and 1 o'clock,
and under these circumstances I have to ask the house to
postpone the consideration of public business until to-
morrow at six o'clock.
Tho suggestion was agreed to.
Their lordships then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tats EVENING.
Tho SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock, at which hour
thoro was a large attendance of members.
MESSAGE FROM THE QUEEN.

Lord PROBY brought up the reply of the Queen to the
address of the house for a commission to inquiro into the
supply of coal; her Majesty gave her assent to the ap-
pointment of a commission.
NEW WRIT.

A new writ was ordered to issue for Hertford for the
election of a member in the place of the late Sir Mint°
Farquhar.

LONDON WORKHOUSES.
Mr. FAWCETT gave notice of his intention to put a
question to the President of the Poor Law Board as to
what steps it was proposed to take with respect to the
sanitary condition of the London workhouses.
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not, therefore, proposed to proceed with any public
business likely to occasion debate, but there was
a motion which would be made by his hon. friend, and it
was a vote on account of the revenue and packet service,
which was to enable certain payments to bo made at the
end of the month which it was desirable to provide for.
That would be the only Government business proceeded
with that night.

Mr. CHILDERS said he found he could not proceed
with his motion for the ♦ote on account without notice,
and therefore he should postpone it for the present.
The orders of the day were then disposed of, and the
house adjourned until to-morrow at six o'clock.

The feeling in the house appeared to be perfectly unex.