The Sun.
London, England, 1866-08-06 00:00:00

ARRIVALS AT BRIGHTON.

Phantom Sail, Thermometer, Ailesbury, Wil Agnes,
Duke, Rattle, William Pitt, Water 0 hignon,
Grace Darling, Nice, Auguste, Trocadero, Goldylocks,
Cannon Ball, Lucifer, Roden, Brimstone, Medina, Canard,
Prima Donna, Ratty, Soapstone, Caprice, Python, Knight
of the Garter, Nukuheva, Effervescence, Broomielaw,
Lord Waldegrave, Indigestion, Monitor, Lady Valentine,
Friponnier, Perdition, Cecrops, Kingmaker, Usher, Verdi,
Birkdale, Vespasian, Brother to Guerilla, and Tourmalin.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS—This DAY.
The house met to-day at 4 o'clock.
ROYAL COMMISSION.
The Royal assent was given by commission to the fol-
lowing bills :—Crown Lands, Glebe Lands (Scotland),
British Columbia, Land Tax Commissioners' Names, Mili-
tia Pay, Drainage and Improvement of Lands Act (Ire-
land), Provisional Order, New South Wales and Van Die-
men's Land Government, New Forest, Poor Relief, Courts
of Justice, Inland Revenue, Colonial Brancn Mints, Public
Works, Harbours, &c. ; Public Works, Loans (Ireland),
Carriage and Deposit of Dangerous Goods, National Gal-
lery Enlargement, Pensions, Pier and Harbour, Orders,
Confirmations, Parochial Buildings (Scotland) Act Amend-
ment, Fees to Public Departments, Parishes (Scot-
land) Act, 1844, Amendment, Rochdale Vicarage,
County Assessments, Ecclesiastical Leases (Isle of Man),
Standard of Weights, Measures, and Coinage, Dean
Forest (Wadmore and the Bearce Commons), Attorneys
and Solicitors (Ireland, 1866, Local Government Supple-
mental (No. 2), Land Drainage (No. 2), Oyster Bed
Licenses (Ireland), Oyster and Mussel Fisheries,
Thames Navigation, Foreign Jurisdiction Act Amend-
ment, East London Eastern Extension Railway, Midland
Railway (Ashby and Nuneaton, &c.), Eldham Valley Rail-
way, Halseown and Bromsgrace Branch Railway,
South-Eastern and London, Chatham, and Dover
(London, Lewes, and Brighton), Thames Purifica-
tion, Anglesea Central Railway, Bray and Enniskilling
Railway, Manchester Petty Sessions Court. About 30
other private bills also received the Royal Assent.
The Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl
of Malmesbury, and the Earl of Bradford.
Their lordships adjourned during pleasure, and resumed
at 5 o'clock.
DWELLINGS OF THE WORKING CLASSES.

In reply to the Earl of SHAFTESBURY,
The Earl of EERBY said that he had not yet received
information in reference to the disposal of a sum of money
set apart from her Majesty's Treasury for the improve-
ment of the dwellings of the working classes.
The Public Health Bill was read a second time, and the
standing orders having been suspended, it passed through
its subsequent stages.
The order for going into committee on the Paupers
(Scotland) Bill was discharged.
The report of the amendments to the Court of Session
(Scotland) Bill was brought up and agreed to.
The Turnpike Trusts Arrangement Bill, the Poor Law
Amendment Bill, and the Aberdeen Proviisonal Order
Continuation Bill passed through committee.
The Overseer of the Poor Small Parishes Bill was read
a second time.
The Inclosure (No. 2) Bill, the Public Libraries Act
Amendment Bill, the Turnpike Act Continuance Bill, and
the Local Government Supplemental Bill went through
committee.
Some other bills also passed through committee, and
others were advanced a stage.
(LEFT SITTING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—Tms EVENING.

The SPEAKER took the chair at fouro'clock.
NEW MEMBER.

Col. LINDSAY took the oaths and his seat for Abingdon

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following bills were o,7444eK9l,Amiterr---'
tish North Eastern Railway Companies, Cheshire Lines,
Imperial Gas Company (No. 3), Maidstone and Ashford
Railway, Newport Pagnell Railway (Tay Bridge)Railway,
Vale of Neath Railway (Transfer, &c.), Wrexham, Mold,
and Connah's Quay Railway ; Wrexham, Mold, and Con-
nah's Quay Railway (Extensions).

THIRD READINGS.
The following bills were read a third time and passed
-Lady Slaney's (Trust) Estate, Lloyd's Estates (Par ti
ion), Sligo and Ballaghaderreen Junction Railway.

LIMITED LIABILITY ACT.
Mr. WATKINS gave notice that early next session he
should move for a committee to inquire into the operations
of the Limited Liability Act.
LAMBETH WORKHOUSE.

Mr. OLIPHANT asked the President' of the Poor-law
Board whether the statement of Mr. Day, Master of the
Lambeth Workhouse, in explanation of charges of gross
misconduct preferred against him and Mrs. Day by Thomas
Rawley on the 6th of April, 1865, was considered satisfac-
tory ; and, if not, whether it was the intention of the Poor-
law Board to institute an official inquiry into the conduct
of the master and matron of that establishment?
Mr. G. HA.RDY said an inquiry had been instituted by
the guardians, and they had reprimanded the master, and
a report to that effect had been furnished to the Poor-law
Board. The matter had now been at rest for nearly 12
months, and ho considered it too late to re-open au in-
quiry which had occurred 12 months before he had taken
office