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TIIE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING', MAY 17, 1867.

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THEATRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE.
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. le. B. Chatterton.
THIS ii.VENDTG, THAT RASCAL JACK. Messrs. J.
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THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET,
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'rats EVENING, DEAD' AS A POST. 3lessre. Comp-
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Atter which, A WILD GO. )SE. Me4srg. Sothern, Buck-
stone, Rogers. Gordon, White, Vincent, Weather3by, &c. ;
,tsctames Burke, Ii ill, Chippendale, Laws, Sidney, ttc.
To conclude with FAMILY JARS. Mr. Compton.
Commence at Seven.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
New Management.
Sole Lessee, Mr. B. Webster; Manager, Mr. 11. Wigan.
T IS EVENING, THE BEST WAY. Messrs. Clayton
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After which, THE LIAR. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Mathews.
Followed by PATT,AI VERSUS C LAT E'ER. Mr. Chas.
Mathewti.

To conclude with OLY3IPIC G &MM. Messrs. H. J.
Montavue, G. Vincent. D. Murray ; Mesdames E. Warren, G.
Moore, Sheridan, Harris, N. Harris, St. Heury, aud Roselle.
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ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.-
Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Fechter.
TEAS EVENING, at 7, BAMBOOZLING.
Atter which, at 8, T /LE DUKE'S MOTTO. Mr. Pechter;
Ile-srs. Jordan, Emery, Price, Widdicombe, litzpatrick.
Evan', Dalton, New bound, Anderson, Reynolds, Vivian,
Bennett; Misses Ilenrade, Elsworthy, Grattan, and Carlotta
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C. Verner; Charlatan, 3liaa Page ; and Cleopatra, Miaa
Glyn.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.
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TILTS EVIC,I LNG, a new Musical Drama, GAKIBALDI
IN SICILY. Miss Roden, Miss Eadly ritt ; Messrs. It.
Phillips, J. G. Taylor, and Ashley.
Amer which, TIENRY DUNBAR. Messrs H. Neville, It.
Phillips. Ashley, J. G. Taylor, Stepheneon, C. J. Smith, It.
Romer ; Miss Kate Terry, aliss M. Pitt, and Miss A. Seaman.
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ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
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Messrs. Neville, Belmore, Blake, Garden,Vollaire ; Mesdames
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LONDON, FL. fl D.-I F, .11:1 I 17, 1867.

AVe should think that Mr. GLADSTONE was well

satisfied with the result of last night's debate in the
House of Commons on the Na'ional Debt Bill, the
scond reading of which was carried by a majority
of 124. The general feeling of the House was
fairly proved by this decision, and a tribute was
paid to the CHANCELLORS of the EXCHEQUER past
and present, the one for organising the plans which
the other has carried out. While the merit of de-
vising this scheme rests with Mr. GLADSTONE, Mr.
Disßaul may fairly lay claim to the merit of ap-
preciating the ability of his predecessor in office, and
of haying shown that he allowed no jealousy or rivalry

the right hon. gentleman his success in this his great
project of finance ; and we hope that the result will
put him into better spirits, and into a more equable
frame of mind on the subject of reform. Mr.
SHERIDAN'S amendment was a vexatious one in this
way, that his idea was a good one, namely, that of
reducing the insurance on fire, but a good thing
may be done in a wrong manner, and it must not
be supposed by those most interested in the matter
that there is any notion on the part of the House
that no necessity exists for the said reduction being
carried out, but that the opportunity was not a
suitable one for carrying out the principle it had
before affirmed. To reduce the National Debt
has always been a great object with the most
eminent financiers, and there is no real reason
to be found against employing the terminable annui-
ties for that purpose. Though much cannot be done
this year, something is possible, and it is a step in
advance. The Chancellor of the Exchequer made
out a very good case last night in honour of the
principle of " terminable annuities," which, he
said, had greatly contributed to the carrying out
of the French Treaty, and the House evidently
concurred in all the right hon. gentleman said on
the subject.

The brief discussion which took place last evening
respecting the system of recruiting adopted for our
army was very suggestive, and will we hope lead to
some practical and much-needed improvements.
On the motion for going into a committee of supply
on the army supplementary estimate, Mr. WHIT-
BREAD took occasion to lay some of the grievances
of the recruit before the house, and there was very
little difference of opinion respecting the pressing
necessity for a thorough change in the sys-
tem. Mr. WHITBREAD objected very strongly
to the systematic deceit practised on the
recruits. The first thing to be done, he said, was
to get over the idea on the part of the men, that
they were engaged on false pretences. Sergeant
GODDARD, who gave his evidence before the com-
mission, admitted that he had himself enlisted under
the belief that there would be no deduction from
the shilling a day, but as a recruiting sergeant he
had himself deceived others in the same manner.
Those who are acquainted with the working of the
present system have given it as their opinion that the
general unwillingness to enlist is mainly due to the
feeling of the men that they are swindled out of their
pay for necessaries. The soldiers who were ex-
amined before the Commission did not complain
of insufficient pay, but they complained loudly of
these stoppages, and said plainly that recruits had
been so much humbugged that the recruiting ser-
geant was no longer believed. Mr. WHITBREAD
condemned the system as prejudicial to recruiting,
unjust to the soldier, and injurious to the service;
and he asked what would be thought of a manu-
facturer who persuaded people to enter his service
by gross misrepresentation, more especially if
the parties deceived could be legally compelled to
submit against their will ? " They must get rid,"
said the hon. gentleman " of the painful undercur-
rent of feeling that it was right or politic to trick
men into the service, trusting to legal powers to
hold them in the service against their will." Why
should not the QUEEN'S service, he asked, be con-
ducted on the ordinary principles of honesty and
fair play.

The whole of this branch of the subject is very
fully and ably discussed in Sir CHARLES
TREVELYAN'S pamphlet on the purchase sys-
tem,* and he condemns our present mode
of recruiting in toto. The evidence of
men of all grades in the service is strongly
opposed to the recruiting system as it stands, both
on principle and practice. So bad is the system in
its effects on the men that commanding officers are
averse to sending their best men on recruiting
parties that they may not be corrupted. " The
recruiting sergeant," says Sir CHARLES, " being
lodged in the lowest houses in a town, where they
meet only with the worst characters, become de-
praved; and even good non-commissioned officers,
after having been employed on the recruit-
ing service, frequently return to their
regiments dissipated in habits and appearance
and greatly in debt." "What, therefore," he asks,
" must be the effect upon raw recruits who have
just entered upon a new line of life, and 'come
under the influence of more experienced associates?"
In another place he declares that we are open to
the reproach of tainting our soldiers at the outset
of their career with that vice which is the cause of
most of the crimes of the army. SIR CIIARLES is
not alone in his strong opinions on the sub-
ject. Mr. GODLEY, the former Assistant
Under Secretary of War, declared his belief
that the system was essentially evil, based on
falsehood and fraud, and tending directly to infinite
immorality. No one, he said, could observe the
scenes that take place at the taverns frequented by
the recruiting-sergeant at the bead-quarters of a
militia regiment, when the volunteers for the Line
are called for, without shame and disgust that such
proceedings should form part of the recognised ma-
chinery of the British military service. " I believe,"
said this gentleman in the memorandum he ap-
pended to the Report of the Commission, " that
a fearful responsibility lies upon a Govern-
ment which deliberately scatters such tempta-
tions among the poorest and most helpless
classes of its people, and which, for its own political
ends, takes advantage of their weaknesses and feeds
their vices." The Duke of CAMBRIDGE thought it
would be impossible to improve the system without
a thorough change, though his Royal Highness
fully concurred in the opinion of its attendant evils.
Mr. GODLEY, in his evidence before the Commission,
attributed the necessity of using such discreditable
means of recruiting to the unpopularity of the
service, and said, very truly, that no other
employers of labour bad to tie ribbons round
their hats and go to public houses to look
for labourers to put up with boys when they want
men. " The men go after the employers, not the
employers after the men." The same view was, in
fact, taken by Colonel GRAHAM, Inspector of the
London Recruiting District, who stated that in the
police force the case was very different. No one
thought of hunting through public-houses for men
since they came forward and tried to get into the
police. Many advantages are enjoyed by the
soldier, but there is no question that the mis-
chievous system of stoppages, professing to give a
shilling where really the men only get one-third of
the sum in actual cash, has a very bad effect. It
would be very much better to state fairly what

the sum was, and to endeavour to get a better
class of men to enlist. If a fair amount of wages
were paid, flogging done away with, pensions of
sufficient amount allowed for old age or invalidism,
there is no reason why the army should not
compete successfully with other spheres of labour.
Every discharged soldier who goes back, old
and broken down, to starve on sixpence or eight-
pence a day in his native village, is a standing warn-

I "Tbe,parchase System ihthe British Army. By sir C.
4 TrOTOI,I4 Lagrgaill.

ing against the army ; and so long as, in spite of
our lavish expenditure, we allow the soldier just
reason to complain of standing grievances, we need
not be surprised that we are forced to entrap men
instead of waiting for them to enlist in their sober
senses. The feeling of the House last night was
strongly in favour of Mr. WHITBREAD'S arguments,
and the first part of his resolution, " that the terms
of the service should be fully explained to
all recruits before enlisting," was agreed to without
a dissentient. His proposal for the establishMent
of training schools as a means of securing recruits
was postponed for subsequent consideration. Mr.
WHITBREAD, like Sir CHARLES TREVELYAN, would
rather have seen a change in the system of stop-
pages than an actual addition to the pay of the
soldier. However, as Sir C. RUSSELL observed,
the extra 2d. per day had been promised, and faith
should be kept with the soldier. At all events
something was gained by the discussion, and the
resolution will, we hope, do good.

Congress has fortified the position of the English
Ministry, and all parties are pleased to acknowledge
the high intelligence displayed by Lord Stanley,
who presided over the Congress, in a manner as
enlightened as impartial. The attitude assumed by
this statesman was as conformable to the dignity of
England as to her material interests. A real,
moral, and material union has exist3d between the
subjects of the Emperor and those of Queen Vic-
toria since the treaty of commerce of 1860, and no
nation profits more than England b: the guarantees
which contribute to strengthen tie peace of the
Continent.

" Both Liberals and Conservatives, therefore,
approved of the initiative taken by the Cabinet,
and the part it played in foreign policy was not
unconnected with the success it has just obtained in
the discussion of Parliamentary Reform.

" It is generally believed that this success is the
presage of the definitive triumph oF, Reform, which
now becomes a compromise betw,en the various
opinions represented in Parliament. The Ministry
understood that without a system of mutual con-
cession any result was impracticable, and that the
Tory party could not maintain itself in power with-
out giving such satisfaction to prblic opinion as
was considered indispensable. Thus, during the
course of the discussion, it abstained as much as pos-
sible, in order to leave to Parliament the greater
responsibility. The
splaiprpt
oosfedtdheanigneirtiafrtoivme aanttdemthpetsraeBtpotai
tation and ex-
ternal pressure, which for an instant caused alarm in
consequence of the Reform demonstration
of the 6th of May, was not realised. But
the state of things of which these fears
were the symptoms rendered a prompt solution of
the difficulty still more desirable.

The official and semi-official journals of the Con-
tinent are still very busy in commenting upon the
Treaty signed in London. The Constitutionnel con-
tains an article, signed by PAULIN LIMAYRAC, which
says that France has always protected the weaker
States, especially small neighbouring ones, and en-
deavours to make out that the " determining motive
of her policy bas been questions relating to their in-
terests." One of the consequences of the Treaty is
to restore the Dutch Government and the King,
Grand Duke, to their sovereign rights over
Luxemburg and Limburg, which the effect
of the Treaties of 1815 had been in some measure
to alienate. It is so far fortunate, no doubt, if
these gains may be counted as among the solid
advantages of the recent Treaty, and it has certainly
enjoyed more immunity from criticism and hostile
comments than any other compact of late times.
The very flattering reception which the French
journals, as a whole, accorded to the Treaty, does
not appear to have been shared by the Legislative
Body, which did not approve of the policy which
so nearly occasioned war. Notwithstanding this,
there is more ground for rejoicing on the
part of France than on that of Prussia.
As a writer in the Presse forcibly puts it, the satis-
faction of the latter is negative, but that of the
former is positive. France is not now compelled
to reflect upon the consequences that may
ensue from the near vicinity of a foreign camp and
a foreign fortress ; and, on the other hand, Prussia
has sustained a decided loss, since she has:maintained
a garrison in Luxemburg for the last fifty years.
Count BISMARCK has certainly made a mistake
in this matter, however ingeniously he and his
friends and followers may seek to make the best
of it.

The conclusion we are authorised to draw from
this Treaty is that it has been effected by the
agency of various means, and chiefly brought to a
successful conclusion by the dexterous management
of Lord STANLEY, but we cannot believe that a
better understanding has been come to between
Berlin and Paris. On the contrary, they are more
cool than before, and all their cordiality is on the
surface. It is easy to imagine that the Berlin Go-
vernment must feel mortified at the turn things
have taken, and it must have been wormwood to
them to hear the Minister for Foreign Affairs in
Paris talking about sparing the " just suscepti-
bilities" of Prussia, and so on. Prussia has lost
ground i❑ the opinion of those who had an intimate
opportunity of witnessing her policy at the Con-
ference ; and, on the other hand, France appears to
have gone up in the scale, for she displayed a
moderation that was surprising under the
circumstances of the case, and considering the
demeanour of her rival. I❑ nothing may
the London Conference be said to have effected
more than in having shown Prussia that she was
acting in direct opposition to the feeling of Europe
by her perversity and grasping efforts. To have
done this is something very material for the promo-
tion of European peace and the cause of justice to
smaller States, which was so much imperilled by
the encroachments of that ruthless Power which
ruined Denmark, sacrificed the Elbe Duchies, and
monopolised the North German States. The semi-
officialProvincialCorrespondenz may talk glibly about
Germany being relieved from the most pressing
cause for anxiety, and add the comforting assurance
that the policy of peace will be " confirmed and
consecrated anew by the visit of the King of
PRUSSIA to the Emperor of theFßENcit," but there
is no depth in this assertion, and if peace is estab-
lished it certainly does not rest upon the basis of a
good understanding between France and Prussia,
for there is no real unity between them, and the
entente cordiale has been maintained by other means
than the sympathy which springs from mutual con-
fidence or a similarity of policy in important
matters.

"Italy, admitted to the Conference of London,
has to congratulate herself at seeing Europe recog-
nise the importance of the new destinies of the Pen-
insula, in which she is called upon to take a part,
with a view to the general balance of power. The
financial question, the solution of which is expected
with legitimate impatience is the point with which
public opinion in Italy is chiefly occupied. Victor
Emmanuel has been received with great enthusiasm
at Venice. Venice will soon again become a port
of the first class, in a commercial as well as a mili-
tary point of view, and the Government will acquire
the glory of restoring the splendour of its ancient
days to the Queen city of the Adriatic."
A private telegram from Pesth announces that
the Emperor of Austria has sanctioned the law of
immunity in favour of the members of the Diet of
Croatia. If, in spite of this consent, the Diet of
Croatia should persist in its attitude of resistance,
the Coronation of the King of Hungary will take
place, even if the Diet of Croatia should not be re-
presented at it.

The Paris papers are again filled with articles
expressive of satisfaction at the Treaty, and with
the course adopted by the Conference. There are,
however, some insignificant exceptions which hardly
deserve notice. The Etendard, for example, affects
to see disagreeable complications in the substance
which may yet disturb the maintenance of peace.
"In the situation brought about by the London
Treaty," says the Journal des Debats, " the friends
of each of the two Governments may easily
feel congratulated at its success, and its
adversaries reproach it for a check." The
Gazette de l'Allemagne du Nord seems to
doubt whether the Conference has brought about a
durable peace. It depends upon whether the stip-
ulations will be strictly carried out. The most
certain sign of peace is that France has suspended
her armaments.

In the French park of the Exhibition there is now
installed an object which is rather attractive, the fat
ox which figured during the Carnival procession
this year. The animal, la Lune, has been very skil-
fully stuffed by M. Deyrollejan, the naturalist, and
looks like life. It is a gigantic specimen. The
horns are gilt, as on the day of sacrifice, and the
head is ornamented with garlands. In another part
of the Exhibition are some splendid stuffed horses,
which you must almost touch before you find out
that they are not alive.
In a sort of shed are some machines which will,
no doubt, have their value if we should by chance
have any continuance of hot weather this summer.
The hope of this has vanished for the present, as to-
day it has been wet and cold like winter. The
machines in question, with the aid of chemical pro-
cess, furnish ice almost instantaneously, and there is
a vast store of decanters filled with ice, some em-
bedded in a mass of ice.

A well known publisher and editor, M. Gustave
Barba, has just died in his 63d year.

BANS OF FRANCE.

PARIS, May 16.

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PARIS, Thursday Evening.
A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon
at the Tuileries. The Emperor presided, and •the
Empress was present.

The following appreciation of the state of affairs
by the evening Moniteur is worth attention :
"In five days, and in three sittings, the Pleni-
potentiaries assembled at the Foreign-office have
found the means of solving amicably one of the
most grave and important questions which could be
submitted to diplomacy. It is long since Europe
has known a Conference which, instead of following
out war and sanctioning its results, has succeeded
in preventing it and preserving the benefits of peace
for the Continent.

Total
May 9.
Cash in hand and in C. fr. c
790,984,467 04
Branch banks
:IE, D:f8:1123
1:59,4°i:0;007.
9071 6
380.
761
Commercial bills °Ter-
due
10,88,),182. 22:77 :
56 54 61 : 23
04 37
_6O
AD de.: uabnnrct Commercialeaend;c ohnn billsbodat enyi k)eosts deposit dis-
counted,

. ..
bullion
Do. branch banks 7,927,600 70,52,400
Do. on French Public
Securities 13,263,930 13,210,600
Do. by branch banks 8,093,900 8,044,900
Do. on railway shares
and debentures
D. branch banks 26,723,730 26,814,430
Do. on Credit Fancier

" France has to congratulate herself upon seeing
the same Powers who iu 1815 were actuated by
feelings of hostility against her, overthrowing the
monuments of defiance of another age. Luxem-
bourg is about to cease to be a fortified city. The
Grand Duke, whose independence was restricted
under the regime of the ancient Germanic Confede-
ration, will hereafter resume the exercise of his
rights of entire Sovereignty. The Powers who
signed the treaty, with the exception of Belgium,
which is itself a neutral country, have placed under
their collective guarantee the principle of the neu-
trality of the Grand Duchy. The essential point
of the discussion was to prevent Prussia, under the
new conditions in which she was placed by Euro-
pean changes, from preserving beyond her limits a
military establishment which was for us an offensive
position. This great object has been attained by
France without employing any other means than
moderation and justice.
" All the Governments who took part in the de-
liberations afforded valuable proofs of their equitable
sentiments and their impartiality. France has the
consciousness of having facilitated their task by the
political disinterestedness which formed the rule of
her resolutions.

Everything now permits us to hope that nothing
will trouble the developmuut of the universal Ex-
hibition, the result of which increases each day and
attracts to Paris an extraordinary number of
princes and crowned heads. (The Moniteur then
enumerates those Royal personages whom I have
already mentioned, including the Prince of Wales
and his brother, Prince Alfred.) The personal re-
lations established between the Sovereigns form a
security for peace, and cannot fail to exercise useful
influence upon the interests of general civilisation,
to promote the progress of which has always been
the predominant occupation of the Emperor and his
Government.

By.eobnuratdinosn,che,a .
June 10, 833,600 855,000
Do
Do. to the State (*don- 727,650 713,950
1857)
_ 60,000,000 60,000,000 --

014 12,980,750 14

"Tho happy issue of tho doliborationo of the

LATEST , INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, May 17.

An Imperial decree has been published this morn-
ing appointing Prince Auersperg president of the
Upper House, and Dr. Giskras to the same post in
the Lower House of the Reichsrath.

ITALY.

FLORENCE, May 17.

In yesterday's sitting of the Italian Parliament
Signor Massari having asked the Government to
lay the papers relative to the London Conference
before the House, the Minister for Foreign Affairs
said that the papers would be communicated to the
House after the ratifications of the treaty had been
exchanged. He also stated that the report that the
admission of Italy to the Conference had been made
dependent on the fulfilment of certain conditions
was untrue.