The Ottoman Parliament was prorogued on the 28th inst., and
no day has been fixed for its next Session, though the President, in com- municating the Sultan's message, intimated that an extra Session might be called, " to deliberate upon a satisfactory subject,"— presumably peace. As there is no especial reason for the pro- rogation, it seems clear that the Court dreads the Chamber, as a rallying-point for the disaffected, and is disposed towards some course which the Deputies would disapprove. The Chamber during its Session has heard many unexpectedly frank speeches, has passed many resolutions condemning peculation and waste, and has tried to punish one or two guilty officers, but there is no proof that it has attained any substantial end whatever. It cer- tainly has done nothing to relieve the oppression of the Christians.
