The Servian Skupshtina met on the morning of June 15th,
and the Senate and Chamber, after deciding in separate and secret Sessions on the election of the new King, met as a Convention in the ballroom of the new Palace, which was closely , surrounded by the troops. Only ten or twelve Deputies were absent, and the remainder, voting by'roll-call, unanimously proclaimed Peter I. as King of Servia. There was no discussion, and no evidence for the rumour that a sec- tion of the Convention would have preferred a Republic, for which, indeed, Servia is evidently quite unfit. A deputation was appointed to announce his election to the new King, and on the 16th a grand Te Deism was sung in the Cathedral, and the Metropolitan read an address deploring the necessity for recent events, but congratulating the country, and praising the Army for its behaviour ! The officers present, who made up half the congregation, audibly expressed their approval. The murderers, therefore, may be considered to have been pardoned by the King, applauded by the people, and blessed by the Church,—a "harmonious agreement of voices" which has hardly been seen in Europe since the massacre of St. Bartholomew.
