The Sun.
London, England, 1838-11-14 00:00:00

REDSCHID PASHA.

On Saturday evening Redschid Pasha, the Minister of Fo-
reign Affairs, and Extraordinary Ambassador of the Ottoman
Porte in London, arrived in Paris. Besides his three young
children, Redscl:d Pasha has with him Ali Effendi, a Coun-
cillor of Legation, Rdnuf Bey, a Secretary, and Ayoub Bey,
a Colonel of Infantry. o:‘r countryman, M. Cor, one of the
most distinguished pupils of M. de Sacy, also accompanies the
Ambassador.

Last year, about this time, Redschid Pasha passed through
Paris on his way to Constantinople, whither be was called by
Sultan Mahmoud to fill the situation of Minister of Foreign
Affairs. All diplomatists know with what ability ti: at states-
man discharged the duties of that difficult post. Unsler his
auspices several useful and important innovations were intro-
duced into the interior administration of the Ottoman eni--
pire. Turkey was infested by three scourges—monopo-
lies, the plague, and the depredations of public func-
tionaries. An administrative penal code was published
by his direction, which enacts severe penalties against
the officers of Government who, forgetting their duties,
are guilty of prevarication. A Council of State, instituted
with that view, and composed of several members, sits in
judgment on the high functionaries accused of that crime by
their superiors or by the people themselves. The cordon,
that monstrous creation of the lower empire, was abolished for
ever, and the Capidji Bashi, or bearers of lettres de cachet,
will no longer be despatched from Constantinople to poison
or murder public officers condemned without trial. Redschid
Pasha succeeded also, not however without much trouble,
in persuading Mussulman theologians that the adoption of
sanatory measures against the plague was not a violation of
the doctrines of the Koran. It required the most powerful
arguments and vast erudition to conquer the obstinacy of
those fanatics. The Tavid-ve- Quim, or Turkish Monitor,
was accordingly obliged to publish daily some remarkable
article on that great question. The Minister at last gained
his point, and a batti-sherif, issued some months hence,
denounced death against whoever should impede the exe-
cution of the vs;.?"' measures which the Turkish Government
has lately adopted, in prder to save from destruction the re-
mainder of the population of the empire. The sanatory boards,
composed of the most enlightene4 men of the country, are in-
cessantly labouring to accomplish that philanthropic work, and
have succeeded in checking the progres.s of the malady,
wherever it appeared. Let us hope that, in
e course of a
few years, the plague will have ceased to existinTurkey,"
well-as in the rest of Europe.
" In the question of monopolies, no obstacle could a.Ster
Redschid Pasha from his purpose. He represented to his So-
vereign that the system of monopolies prevented the propa-
gation of instruction, and was contrary to the welfare of hiss
people; that monopolists alone benefit thereby ; and that the
public treasury, as well as the people, were impoverished
by that anti-national system. The Council of Ministers ap-
proved the project of abolishing monopolies, which the Sui-
tors subsequently sanctioned. Not long since a law was
promulgated to that effect. Redienid Pasha afterwards noti-
fied to the Ambassadors of Foreign Powei:s that the Ottoman
Porte had suppressed all monopolies, and inv;ted the Govern-
ments of Europe to conclude new treaties of comn-lerce with
Turkey. England and several other nations have already
acquiesced in his demand. France will soon follow ti:eir
example. Among other important improvements, whieti
were the work of Redschid, we must also notice the new or-
ganization of the island of Cyprus. It is a trial which the
Turkish Government was desirous to make. The French
commercial code, which, notwithstanding its imperfections, is.
nevertheless the best in Europe, is now translating by his
directions. Redschid intends to promulgate it in Turkey,
and to appoint commercial courts, on the plan of those exist-
ing in France. Young jurisconsults are on the point of
leaving Constantinople, for the purpose of studying the dif-
ferent European systems of legislation, and forwarding the re-
sult of their observations to the Council of Material Interests,'
or Legislative Society, established likewise by Redschid
Pasha. The Minister wisely resolved on calling into that
Council Representatives of All the nations which constitute
the Ottoman empire, without heeding their political or reli-
gious creeds.

" These are certainly novel achievements, well worthy of
a statesman. Redschid was able to realize all these innova-
tions during the eleven menths he held the office of President
of the Council of Sultan Mahmoud."—Journal des Debats.

EFFECTIVE FORCE OF THE REJS-

SIAN ARMY.

The Russian army consists at present of the following
corps:—The Imperial Guard, composed of six divisions,
three cavalry and three infantry. Of these there are twelve
cavalry and twelve infantry regiments, one battalion of
sappers, one of marines, one of chasseurs, one of veterans,
four of horse-artillery, and twelve of foot-artillery. The
Grenadier corps is composed of one division of light cavalry,.
consisting of four regiments; of three divisions of infantry,
made up of twelve regiments ; of two batteries of horse-
artillery, and fifteen of foot-artillery. The Regiments of the
Guard consist of seven squadrons of cavalry, and three batta-
lions of infantry. The six Corps of the Line are composed
each of one division of light cavalry, made up of four regi-
ments ; of three divisions of infantry, each of four regiments,
two of a regiment of four active battalions: in all twelve
regiments, besides two batteries of horse-artillery, and two
of foot-artillery ; the total of the six Corps of the Line con-
sists of twenty_four regiments of light cavalry, seventy-two
of infantry, twelve, batteries of horse artillery, and ninety of
foot-artillery. Of the third corps of Cavalry of Reserve,
each corps has two divisions, and each division four re-
giments; making a total of twenty-four regiments, and
twelve batteries of horse-artillery. The two Reserve
Corps of the Line are formed each of three divisions,
and each division is composed of twenty_four battalions.
The Corps of the Caucasus consists of one regiment of
dragoons, three divisions of infantry, and sixteen batte-
ries of foot artillery. The Corps of Orembourg is formed
of one division of infantry of sixteen battalions, and the
same number of batteries ; the Corps of Siberia of one di-
vision of infantry; the Corps of Finland of the same. The
troops of the interior consist of ten battalions of sappers,
fifty battalions of home militia, and one division of horse
artillery, composed of nine batteries. Of Cossacks there
are stationed in different countrie. one hundred and forty-
six regiments. The Russian territory has been militarily
divided into two parts ; the first, consisting of the distant
provinces, thinly peopled, has been condemned as a recruit-
ing district, it
_furnishes no men to the army ; the other,
formed out of the centre of the empire, of thickly inhabited
tracts, supplies the country with all its soldiers. From this
arrangement it results that the army is recruited out of
population of forty millions of natives, and that the limits
of the territory within which this recruitment takes place
are not too distinctly removed from each other to admit
of an expeditious formation or renovation of a military
force. The army arising out of the above-mentioned copu-
lation has been organised into regiments of six battalions ;
a seventh skeleton battalion is always stationed in the
recruiting districts, to receive and discipline young sol-
diers, and afterwards to hand them over to the reservee
battalions. Four battalions of each regiment beleng_toth
active force of the country. Four regiments, that sixteen
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/a/Ilarmont's Travels.

On Monday afternoon an altercation
who were repairing the outside of the
Barley Mow public-house,
in Duke-street, Grosvenor-square,
took place
among some workmen
whenliquor, one
attempted f them, who was evidently under the influence of
to ascend the ladder. He had not proceeded
far, when his foot slipped, and he came down with great vio-
lence. On being picked up he appeared to be in a state of
insensibility, and be was immediately conveyed to Middlesex
o
Hospital, where he now lies in a very dangerous state.
On Wednesday evening, a seaman going aboard the
Sovereign steam- ship, in Leith harbour, missed his footing on
the plank, and was precipitated into the water. His cries were
heard, but as the water was swollen with the rains, and the
tide receding, it was impossible to render assistance. He was
one of the crew, and has left a wife and family in Aberdeen...,
Edinburgh Courant.