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THE PRESS, JANUARY 9, 1858. 32 Golden Fleece. The Emperor, moreover, ordered a medal to be struck in his honour, of which one of gold, one of silver, and one of copper were presented to him. All the Sovereigns of Europe showered orders upon him. The Emperor of Russia conferred upon him the honorary title of a Russian fleld marshal, and sent him a marshal's baton one foot and a half long and one and a half inches in diameter, entirely of gold, with a wreath of enamelled laurel and oak leaves, and set for two inches above and below with diamonds. King Louis of Bavaria ordered his bust to be placed in the Walhalla. Vienna presented him with the freedom of the city, which was conveyed to him by a deputation at Novara. Twenty-six other cities followed the example of the capital. Venice still held out, but the news of Gorgey's submission in Hungary, and the Treaty of Peace with Sardinia concluded on the 14th of August, made the proud Quten of the Adriatic sub mit. On the 30th of August Radetzky made his solemn• ntry into the city of the Doges. From that date till within a short period of his death Radetzky held the command-in-chief in Italy. An attempt at insurrection made at Milan in February, 1853, Radetzky put down wirh a hand of iron. In his eighty-seventh year Radetzky still main tained a clear intellect. At the visit of the Emperor last year (1857) to Milan, Radetzky, then no longer able to mount his horse, tendered his resignation to his Imperial master on the plea of failing health. The Emperor acceded to his request in a most affectionate letter on the 28th of February, and Radetzky retired, after seventy-two years of active service and noble fidelity to his Sovereign. At Venice Radetzky was waiting to receive the Emperor when be landed. He was so weak that he was compelled to witness the review from a carriage, much to his annoyance. The beautiful young Empress paid the attention of a daughter to the old soldier. The Emperor presented him with four beautiful ponies and a carriage, and the last days of his life have been like a serene sunset after a stormy day. The accident which preceded his death oc cured as follows :—The Countess Wallmoden bad called to take leave of the marshal, and when she was about to leave the room he rose from his chair, and insisted upon accompanying her to the door. The countess strongly protested against his doing so, and havir.g made him resume his seat she hurried out of the room. It is presumed the gallant veteran had again risen from his seat. She was still in the ante-room when she beard a heavy fall. On return ing she found Radetzky on the floor with a broken thigh. This sad accident doubtless somewhat shortened the remaining days of the marshal. In consequence of his great age no attempt was made to set the bone, and with his mind still active Radetzky was now a prisoner on his couch. l'he universal sympathy expressed for him on this occasion is the best proof of the appreciation of his services in Ills own country, at the same time that it is the noblest tribute a people can pay to fellow citizens. A more loyal subject or a more gallant soldier never served the house of Hapsburg. In stature Radetzky was below the middle height, with broad shoulders and a clear piercing eye; he possessed that peculiar attraction attributed to Frederick the Great and to Napoleon. Among a hundred officers, though simply dressed in a grey surtout, Radetzky would command the attention of all. The statue in bronze at the Great Exhibition of 1851 is an excellent likeness of him in his eighty- sixth year. Radetzky was married in 1 7 97 to the Countess Fanny Strassoldo, by whom he had five sons and three daughters. Of these only one sin and one daughter survive him. His son is a staff officer in the Austrian service ; his daughter is married to Count Wenkheim. auction, but intrusted to governors, who were to re ceive a fixed salary from the Government, and pay into its coffers whatever revenue the pachalic pro duced. A Medjelis, or municipal council, composed partly of Mahotnedans and partly of Christians, was appointed at each of the provincial seats of Govern ment, and by them all civil and criminal law busi ness of importance was to be decided, subject only to the confirming sanction of the pacha. Christians were granted an immunity from military service, and as a set-oft' against this privilege were subjected to a moderate poll-tax. Life and property were to receive protection from the caprice or avarice of the governors, and a vast improvement was to be intro duced into the whole administrative system, both in Constantinople and the provinces. Since this im portant event Redschid Pacha has, with brief intervals, occupied most important posts in the service of the Sultan. In 1841 he was for a second time appointed representative of the Porte in London. He has held several times the appoint ments of Grand Vizier and Minister of Foreign Affairs. His successive Administrations have been a series of struggles to realise the Tanzimat; but it must be owned that in this he has only imperfectly succeeded. His foreign policy has been directed, above all things, to the maintenance of peace. He was not in power when Prince Menschikoff visited Constantinople ; but when the Russian envoy pre. sented to the Sultan a disgraceful convention, the sovereign appears to have felt that the time was come to make an end of the intrigues which had ezcluded his ablest servant from power ; and Redschid Pacha was again called to direct the affairs of the empire. In the spring of 1855 he again lost office, still, however, exercising an influence on the domernment. He resumed office in the middle of last year, and has died in office. Redschid Pacha WEIR European in his opinions, habits, and tastes. He knew several European languages ; he kept no Karen., and was "the husband of one wife." He was a consistent and honest Minister, and a true patriot. jortign anb oirntial 3ntelltgentt. FRANCE. The principal event of the week has been the reappearance of the Assemblie Nationale, which, under the title of the Spectateur, came out on Monday with au article entitled " Coup &cell sur la politique exterieuse." The object of the writer was to show that by the existence of a secret treaty between Austria and England, to which Prussia was not indisposed to adhere, while Russia declared her• self neutral, France was clearly placed in an isolated position among the great powers of Europe. The Pays, the Patrie, and the Constitutionnel have denied emphatically the existence of such a treaty as that alluded to by the Spectateur; but the Spectateur holds to its text, and the point in dispute has afforded the political gossips of Paris food for con. versation during the entire week. The Empress has been slightly indisposed during the week ; the Emperor has quite recovered from his recent attack of influenza. The reports of the Commissioners for the Danubian Principalities will, it is expected, be all in Paris by the end of this month. AUSTRIA. Marshal Radetzky died on the sth at Milan. According to the Deutschland, new efforts are being made to pat an end to the dissension between Naples and the Western powers. Austria in par ticular, it adds, is taking advantage of her present friendly relations with England to bring about that result. A Vienna letter, in the French Journal of Frank. fort, says : Lord Stratford de Radcliffe whilst here was the object of very special attention ; and he must take away with him a very pleasing reminiscence of Vienna. The rumour that Lord Stratford de Redcliffe will not return to his post appears only to repose on the sale of part of his furniture end of his equipages ; and from info•mation obtained from a good source, 1 believe that he has not finally left Con stantinople. He merely takes advantage of a leave of absence, and certainly intends to return to Turkey. This, at least, is what he said at the grand dinner given to him by Ash niche on the eve of his departure, as well as to the Sultan himself, at the audience which he had obtained to take leave. The reduction of the army continues to be carried out vigorously. Upwards of 50,000 men have already received their couge. The question of the navigation of the Danube occupies the attention of the Austrian journals. They give out that Austria is engaged in resisting the encroachments of France on this question, but con veniently forget that England equally insists on the river being opened to the commerce of the world. SPAIN. The contents of tho Madrid journals of the 2nd and 3rd are not of much interest. The Cronies attacks the part of the Message of the President of the United States relative to Spain, which it calls " unjust and aggressive." The semi-official Corre. spondencia Autoyrafa and the Epoca state that a telegram had been received announcing that the Emperor of the French bad conferred the Grand Gross of the Legion of Honour on the Prince of the Asturias, and was about to send a distinguished per sonage to Madrid. It appears certain that the Marquis de Pidal received several days ago the draught of the royal decree which confers on him the title of Ambassador at the Court of Rome. If it be so, it seems extraor. dinary that the Gazette has not yet published the nomination. Private letters of the Ist instant from Madrid mention that Lord Howden, whose return to his post we have already announced, had an audience of the Queen the day after his arrival, and, as a graceful compliment to the Sovereign his lordship represents, was taken by her Majesty to see the young Prince in his cradle, be being the first member of the diplo matic body who has enjoyed that honour. The question of the Presidency of the Chamber of Deputies is the priccipal topic discussed in political circles. The Government is preparing a budget, in which a considerable reduction is proposed to be effected in the public expenditure, with all due regard to the requirements of the public service. The Government papers state that if any factious opposi• tion is offered at the opening of the session the Chamber of Deputies will be dissolved. RUSSIA. The Nord of Monday publishes a rescript, dated the 17th ult., addressed to the Governor-General of St. Petersburg, and signed by the Emperor Alexander, establishing a special committee in the Government of St. Petersburg, to be composed of two members from each district, elected by and from the nobles possessing property in those districts, and of two members selected by the Governor-General of St. Petersburg from among the most enlightened proprietors, the whole presided over by the Marshal of the Government noblesse, and to proceed immediately to the elaboration, for the Government of St. Petersburg, of the project already published intended to ameliorate the condition of the peasants. The Emperor Alexander (says the Nord) has adopted another measure, which will most probably be attended by the best results. Hitherto the Ministers presented their reports separately to his Mejesty, which was inconvenient in many respects; but henceforth all the Ministers are to meet once a week in council, under the presidency of the Emperor, and will discuss the questions which used to form the subject of the reports. Baron Budberg will shortly leave Berlin for London, in order to take the place of Count Crepto witch, who is about to present his letters of recall. DEATH OF REDSCHID PACHA. The Daily News of yesterday, in a telegraphic despatch from Constantinople, announced the unex pected death on Saturday (?) last, after a brief illness of three days, of Redsebid Pacha, Grand Vizier of Turkey, and one of the most eminent statesmen of that country. Itedachid Pacha was born in 1802. After serving official patrons in various subordinate capacities, he progressed to the rank of Pacha in 1834, and was made special envoy to Paris and London. He sub sequently obtained high office under Sultan Mahmoud, but the true beginning of his high career as a Minister of progress commenced with the reign of Abdul Medjid. Receiving the title of Minister of Foreign Affairs, he became practically the first Minister of the new Sultan, Abdul Medjid. The great day of Redschid Paella's life was that of the proclamation of the Tanzimat. The Tanzimat was in reality the Reform Bill of Turkey. By its regulations corruption was to cease and mal administration give place to, good government. The pr9vinces were no langur to be put up to NAPLES. Accounts from Naples, of the 2nd instant, state that shocks of earthquake were felt there almost every day. In the night between the Ist and 2nd there were two very sharp shocks, as there had been on the 28th and 29th December. Very few casualties bad occurred. A Naples letter of the 29th ult. says :—" The Criminal Court a few days ago condemned to death Domenico Luizzo, valet de chambre to the Count d'Aquila, brother of the King. for having in February last attempted to poison his Royal Highness, but on the solicitation of the Prince his life has been spared. The man was tried alone; but it is certain that others were concerned in the crime ; in fact, it appears that a plot existed for killing all the mem bers of the Rov al Family." The Marquis Gropello, the Sardinian Charge d'Affaires in Naples, had quitted on leave of absence. His departure was attributed to a political motive. TURKEY. The death of Redschid Paella is announced. Further accounts of the collision which took place between the Turkish troops and the Christian rayahs in Bosnia has been received through Mostar. Nego tiations have, however, been opened between the contending parties, and hostilities for the present have ceased. It is probable that at the approaching conferences in Paris this complicated frontier ques tion, which is so perpetually leading to collisions between the Turks and Montenegrins, will be defi nitively settled. Prince Danilo has already de- spatched by a diplomatic agent a memoir on the subject to the Western powers. Omer Pacha has arrived at Aleppo. The correctness of the statement of the Journal de Constantinople relative to the dissolution of the Wallachian Divan ad hoe on the 22nd has been authoritatively denied. On the 24th the Divan held a sitting, at which it was resolved to adjourn until the middle of January. A Paris letter in a Dresden journal says : I am happy in being able to inform you, before other journals have spoken of the matter, as to the arrangement by which the difference concerning the Principalities appears to have found • solution. The basis adopted fur