Another Eastern question has crept into light—a Turco-Tu- nisian question.
Some quarrel has been going on for several months between the feeble Sultan and a contumacious Bey at Tunis ; and' rance and England, if hints in the Continental papers are to be credited, both pant to give " advice " to the Sultan and his rebel vassal, backed by a couple of fleets. The Turco-Tunisian question, however, is a more flourishing question than that of Egypt —it reaches a maturer stage at an earlier period : France and Eng- land, instead of waiting to interfere before they begin to quarrel about the mode of interference, or the right to interfere at all, as they did in the case of Egypt, are settling that question between themselves first ; so that 'the Turco-Tunisian question may serve its chief use, in setting France and England by the oars, though it should never reach a practical existence. Diplomatists are thus independent of any premature settlement, like that which the un- grateful Sultan and Pasha of Egypt have effected, in utter disre- gard of French or British mortification at seeing such a world of diplomacy frustrated : England and France can just as well quarrel about what they might do, or might have done, in Tunis, whether that new question be settled or not. Meanwhile, the French Cabi- net Council have opportunities of writing a few notes, and Sir JOHN OMMANEY may perhaps get a 6hot at some ill-contrived forts or scampering Arabs. What a pity M. TRIERS is not in the midst of the sport !—if, indeed, it be not the dream of some of his faithful servants, dozing away his time in compulsory idleness.
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