The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-27 00:00:00

THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock.

WAKEFIELD ELECTIO2V-(TRIS DAY

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
ULOSE OF THE POLL—FOUR O'CLOCK.
Ha
Smethurst
Majority for Hay --29

IMPERIAL PA BLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS—TiIIs EVENING.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack
at five o'clock.
THE ITALIAN PROCLAMATION.

The Earl of DERBY said in consequence of the an-
nouncement he received the other evening that the Govern..
ment had no knowledge of the proclamation to which he
referred, which he must confess took him somewhat by
surprise, he found it necessary to alter the terms of
his moll( n. He had furnished the noble earl with the
Italian and French newspapers, and he felt certain that he
would receive an answer which would give satisfaction to
the country. The proclamation had been issued at Le -
schara, and although it was addressed to a comman-
dant of brigade, yet it was issued by patties respon-
sible to the Government of Italy. The noble earl then
read the document in question, which set forth that no
person was to set foot within a certain territory, and that
all persons would be shot who were found in the possession
of more than one day's sustenance, and treated as
brigands. He would leave the document in all its native
atrocity, which purported to be issued by a government
elected by the general voice of the Italian people, to be dealt
with by the noble earl. He did not think it was a proper
way to restore tranquillity after a district had been
seriously disturbed. It was calculated to make the
whole district to which it referred a desert ;
and it was unheard-of cruelty to make the innocent
suffer for the guilty, and it was a disgrace to any person
wearing the garb of a soldier to have issued such a docu.
ment. The noble earl had remonstrated against the sink-
ing of stoite ships at the mouth of the harbour of Charles-
ton, but that was nothing compared to the atrocity of this
proclamation. What he wished to ask was, whether the
Government had yet received any information relative to
the guineness of the document in question from Sir James
Hudson, and whether he could state if Sir James
had expressed to the Italian Government the feeling
such a proclamation would excite in this country, and if Sir
James had not communicated the information to the cowl-
fay, whether he was prepared to ask why such had not been
done.

Earl RUSSELL said he had no official information rela

tive to the issuing of the proclamation referred to by the
noble earl. He entirely agreed with him in his condemna-
tion of such a cruel proceeding, if such had really taken
place.
[LEFT SPEAKING.]

HOUSE OF COMMONS—THIS EVENING.
The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock.
NEW MEMBERS.
Mr. BERKELEY and Mr. POWELL took the oaths and
:heir seats for Gloucester.

HULL SOUTH BRIDGE BILL. ,
This bill was read a second time.
IRISH POOR-LAW.

Petitions were presented from the inhabitants of Dublin,
and other parts of Ireland, for an amendment of the Irish
Poor Law.

NEW WRIT.

On the motion of Mr.WHITMORE, a writ was ordered
to issue for the election of a member for the city of Canter-
bury, in the room of Mr. Butler Johnstone, who had
accepted the Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds.

THE WHIPPING BILL.

In reply to Mr. HUNT,

Sir G. GREY said that it had been stated erroneously
in a return on the subject that a boy of three years had
been flogged in one of the prisons, whereas it should have
been a boy of 13 years old.

WESTMINSTER BRIDGE, &c.
Mr. HANKEY asked the First Commissioner of Works
when Westminster-bridge would be completely open for
public use, and when the houses on the south side of Bridge-
street would be removed? and whether there is any objec-
tion to a carriage entrance from the foot of Westminster-
bridge to the House of Commons?
Mr. COWPER said that judging from the present state
of the works of -Westminster-bridge there was every reason
to suppose that the bridge would be open to the public
early in May next. The houses on the south aide of the
bridge were to be pulled down as they came into the pos-
session of the Board of Works. With respect to the third
question, there could be no objection to carriages going
direct from the foot of Westminster-bridge to Palace-yari .
MEDICAL OFFICERS OF THE INDIAN AMY.
Mr. BAZLEY asked the Secretary of State for R
India
when his promise to place the medical officers of her
jesty's Indian army upon a perfect footing of
armyofequawlitoyuwldtbthe
the medical officers of her Majesty's British
carried into effect?
Sir C. WOOD repeated the answer he had given on a
previous occasion, which was to the effect that it would be
impossible to place the medical officers of the Indian army
on the same footing as those of the British army.
REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND