THE PROPERTY OF RUSSIA. 
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office for Valachia. Russia still guaranteed their unmolested 
continuance in government for the due term of seven years; 
and though the security of the Porte’s even nominal dominion 
over these provinces depends almost entirely on the fidelity of 
its adherence to treaties with that power, yet Prince Caradja 
so doubted Turkish wisdom in this respect, that at the end of 
six years he seems to have conceived some dread of being pre¬ 
maturely summoned to Constantinople. The consequence to be 
anticipated, was some excuse to rid him of his head and his 
riches ; and therefore making the best possible use of both, he 
determined to lose no time in withdrawing beyond the reach of 
the Turkish arm. To this effect, he privately called some of 
the principal boyars together, and informing them he had good 
reasons for knowing that his life was in danger while he remained 
within the power of his enemies at Constantinople; he resigned 
the government into the hands of the native lords ; and imme¬ 
diately afterwards left the principality with his whole family. 
Kronstadt, in Transylvania, was his first halting-place; but he 
soon moved thence, to the quiet and perfect security of Swit¬ 
zerland. When the boyars announced his abdication to the 
Porte, they accompanied it with a petition to the Sultan, that 
“ he would no longer appoint Greeks to govern Valachia, but 
confide the administration to the members of their divan or 
council, who would engage to maintain any tributary conditions 
lie would think proper to prescribe them.” The Ottoman 
cabinet, however, did not accord with these wishes; and Prince 
Alexander Sutzo was dispatched to be their new lord. Mr. 
Wilkinson, who has so ably studied the political dispositions of 
these countries during his residence in Valachia as British 
Consul, considers this noble Greek as a prince whose enlightened 
