NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE French have•conquered Tunis. Their advanced columns on Thursday occupied • a railway station within six
miles of the capital; and it was expected that the city would -be occupied within the week, the movement being supported by an ironclad squadron. The French Consul, therefore, handed in to the Bey a Treaty of Ten Articles, which he required him . .to sign within five hours. The Bey, after requesting a sluut
extension of the time, signed the Treaty, only asking that Trench troops might not enter the capital. This was granted, .and the army will encamp upon the railway line ; while M. Roustan, as " Minister Resident," will exercise all power through the Bey. Up to the last moment it was doubtful whether Mahommed Sadok would yield, more especially as he had sent away his treasures ; but the great Mussulmaus of our .day have lost their political nerve, more especially since they saw Ismail Pasha sent away from Egypt like a defaulting clerk, not 'venturing to fire a single shot. The Bey had relied unreasonably upon Europe and reasonably upon the Khalif, and when both deserted him, he submitted to a fate which he will find a hard one. French "Residents" never can ,svork with native princes.
