The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-16 00:00:00

TURKEY AND SERVIA.

L )rd DERBY said that as he saw that there was a notice
on the parr relative to the question brtwoon the Porte
and Servia, he .thought that ho could save, all trouble
in the matter by laying upon the table of their
lordships' honAti the particulars of the arrangement which
had been mid() between the Porte and Servia. The Pore
hail consented to make over to the Servians the privileges
which they required, and that the Servian flag should in
future be respected, and that the Ottoman Government
would in future do away with the distinction between
them and the Servians —that in future they should enjoy
the same privileges. In a telegram received this day it
was stated that three Servians had been elected members
of the Legislative Assembly, and that other important
appointments had been made. The greatest enthusiasm
with regard to the -arrangements prevailed in Servia.

(Rear, hear.)
Lord RUSSELL was very much gratified to hear of
these concessions, and considered that it would be the in-
troduction to still greater advantages. (Hear, hear.)
Lord DERBY, i❑ reply, stated that this would involve
no loss of suzerainty of the Porte.
The subject then dropped.
THE QUESTION OF REFORM.

Lord GREY having presented a petition on this sub-
ject, said there were many anomalies which it was neces-
sary on the introduction of any bill to take special
notice of. The Universities ought to be properly repre-
sented; and particular regard ought to be had to the fact
that members of the legal profession should have the op-
portunity of sending to Parliament those persons whom
they thought most competent to perform functions of the
law officers of the Crown. Another point was the'present
system in great municipal constituencies. In the petition
before their lordships there was a clause relative to tho ad-
mission of the educated class to the franchise. Now he
thought that there ought to be special constituencies
to meet that necessity. There was a point against which,
in granting an extension of tho franchise, it was most
important to guard against, that was tho giving an exten-
sion without, at the same time, giving a propOnderance.
The persons who were to be enfranchised wore so
much alike in their relation of life that any
measure must include the whole number, which con-
stitute a very prominent class. Now there were two objec-
tions. On the one hand they might be sacrificing those
who were local ; then, on the other, they might be doing
an injustice to the other. It was perfectly apparent that
the present period was one of crisis, and that the question
between the employer and employed was becoming of
most vital importance, and it was necessary that some
step in the direction of an adjustment in these matters
should take place. He (Lord Grey) believed that so
divided were the people of the country into the two parties
of Tory and Liberal that it would be found that the mem-
bers who were elected under an extension of the franchise
would be much the same as they were now. He had no
sympathy with that measure, which would involve penal
prescription upon those who voted under the influence of a
bribe. He believed that there would always be a class
of such venal partisans who would gradually spread such
a system.

The houso then went into committee upon tho Traffic
Regulation (Metropolis) Bill, in the provisions of which
Lord BELMORE introduced .several modifications. _

Lord SHAFTESBURY made an appeal on behalf of the
"sandwiches," or perambulating boardrnen, who would be
prohibited if the bill passed, in which he was supported by