The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-23 00:00:00

Captain STUART asked the Under Secretary for War
whether the last detachment of Guards, 1,000 strong,
left London on the 12th April with the clothes of 1854,
the new clothing due on the Ist April, 1855, not
having been issued : Whether the allowance made
to the men for wearing their own clothes will
be borne by the contractors or by the Government, from
the let of April to the date of issuing the new clothing
of 1855. Whether any steps have been taken to pro-
vide the Guards with clothing syitable to the Crimean
summer, the issue of white trousers having been lately
discontinued ?
Mr. F. PEEL replied that the question had been
asked in ignorance of the regulations in force with
respect to the Guards, which differed from those of re-
giment& of the line. In the latter case, as soon as a fresh
issue of clothing was made the old ones were discontinued;
but with the Guards the old ones were retained, so that
when the issue of the Ist April was made they would
only be used for parade and particular occasions, and the
others would be retained. With regard to the latter
part of the question, although white trousers had been
discontinued, other garments of a light description had
been selected and would shr•rtly be issued.
DIRECTORSHIP OF THE NATIONAL
GALLERY.

Lord W. GRAHAM inquired of the First Lord of
the Treasury whether Sir C. Eastlake had been ap-
pointed Director of tho National Gallery, and Wor.
num Secretary, and whether Sir C. Eastlake was appoint-
ed for five years, or for life
Lord PALMERSTON said no appointments of that
kind had yet taken place, but the matters were under
consideration.
THE GUANO ISLAND OF AYES.
Mr. HORSFALL asked the First Lord of the
Treasury whether her Majesty's Government were aware
of the fact of the Venezuelan Government, or persons in
the name of that Government, having taken possession
of the Island of Ayes, which was surveyed by the Bri-
tish Government in 1849 ;- and if so, whether it was in-
tended to take any measures for the recovery of the
Island, and for the preservation to this country of the
supply of guano, which is said to abound there ?
Lord PALMERSTON, after going into a brief stlte-
xnent of the survey of the island, said that the question
arose as to whether England had any right over the
island by virtue of its being unoccupied. The law
officers of the Crown had been consulted, and they had
decided that England bad no right whatever over it ;
but instructions had recently been forwarded to our
consul to require from the Venezuelan Government that
Great Britain should have the privilege of getting guano
equally with any other country.
THE SMYRNA. HOSPITAL.
Mr. S. HERBERT asked the Under-Secretary for
War, whether arrangements were in progress for the
removal of the hospital from Smyrna to any other place
when the summer set in ?
Mr. F. PEEL said he did not think there was any
necessity for the change. He had been informed that
the number of patients had been reduced to 480, and
that the medical staff was quite adequate to attend to
double that number.
Mr. LAYARD inquired whether the right hon. gen-
tleman had received any information to the effect that
the fever had broken out in the whole of the lower wards
of the Smyrna hospital
Mr. F. PEEL said that by a letter he had received
from Dr. Meyer, dated ith April, the general state of
the hospital was improving daily, and that the fever was
decreasing.

THE VIENNA CONFERENCE.
Mr. BRIGHT said he wished to ask the noble lord a,
the head of the Government a q uestionof which he had
not given notice, but the subject
th ofwhich was of great
importance. He understood that the noble lord
the member for London had left Vienna and
he wished to know whether, therefor
ne-
gotiations might be considered to be ate, o"
n d
and if so whether the noble lord at the head oaftheenGo-
vernment could inform the house on what day the noble
lord the member for London would make a specific
statement a 2 to the result of his mission, or
some
documentary information would be brought for-
ward showing precisely what was the difference be-
tween the terms offered by the Allies and those pro-
posed by Russia ; also what terms had been offered by
the Russian Government, in order that the house and
the country might clearlf understand on what ground
the war would in future be conducted ? (Hear, hear.)
Lord PALMERSTON—Sir, the question hich has
been asked by the hon. gentleman is of tod deep impor-
tance to be allowed to pass by without some explana-
tion. (Hear.) What may be the time at which the
_"ernment may think fit to make a more detailed state-
Vt on the subject I cannot of course now say ; but
yin won known to the house that the Engli:h and
ret,,,t. 0-
terra:" k*overnments, in concert with Austria, have de-
viliellnerdelhat the proper development of the tbird point,
to th,DZ:tried the treaties of 1840 and 1841 with respect
develo
e:utles and the Bosphorus, that the proper
• tan:e of Ittuir iathat point should be that the predomi-
k,;*andTikat ,T, the,, Black Sea should henceforth
was
virttinTnoe,
and principle laid down by Eng-
°l, Thureda; acreiapted bnecl to by Austria, and it
plenipotentiarte t'iwhen the ; Russian
onferenee met, when the
plenipotentiary.
and Russia w: -- —natant)
England, pra-a,'ee Present, ' l‘thrauce2 Austria, Turk
Turks proposed
to the Rusaf:a. tat.ria, -aettaPiTenipotentiaries Turkeys
causing the prep, ar nipotenti
iaa:a
iian:
navalt heyEfloa Black
Sea to cease, that the :recent °of athilrYaulviltiB
alternatirvceet '
should be limited b
that the Black Sea by treaty,
°r
that all ships of war
1;i:11 be alts
The Russian representative should
bed I'lll, 4°'
an:
eider this proposal. Those horeuistilre -„Z,"eudrarrOcnn ,-,.-
then another conference wag held ''
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lutely refused to accept either of the Milt dm- .'"at b‘eiracibal;
Thereupon the Conference adjournede
noble lord the member for London and thneeFdie 1.3.c1 the
ter were, I believe, to take their departure fromrun" Vienna
in the course of the present day. I should add RussiaVi--nft
made no counter proposition. (Hear, hear.) at
THE INCOME TAX.
Mit, -24ILLYARD gave notice that when the proper
. trg izrived he should move as an amendment that
- o "liiiia sth ' ''lncomes between 1001. and 1501. be re-
ergii nf-i,.. ' , the. pound, so as to relieve the smaller
441ite
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