§ MR. A. F. EGERTONI wish, Sir, to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Whether he has received any confirmation of the report which appears in the evening papers with regard to the surrender of General M'Clellan with a large force?
§ MR. LAYARDSir, in reply to the hon. Gentleman's Question I beg to state that no information confirming the report that appears in the late editions of the evening papers has been received at the Foreign Office.