The Servian despatches presented to Parliament on Wednesday will, we
think, add considerably to Lord Stanley's reotation. The Servian demand, it will be remembered, was that the Turks should evacuate all their fortresses in the Principality, that of Belgrade included. The Porte demurred to the last demand, chiefly from a feeling of honour, and an explosion seemed immi- nent, when Lord Stanley suggested that the Sultan, without surrendering anything, might withdraw the Mussulman garrison of Belgrade, and entrust the fortress to the Servian. Prince him- self, who is his subject. The Ottoman flag would still fly, and the garrison would still be composed of subjects of the Porte. This really adroit compromise, which enables the Sultan to cede a fortress in the most dignified manner, was accepted, and the Servian question is once more postponed.
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