The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-07 00:00:00

AFFAIR
-1A!. (3271:1TH
CONSTANTIN
g you with
a l Leval and authentic • ;
copy of the subjoined note of the
Minister of Foreign Affities of the Sublime
Porte to the
Baron de Bourqueney, the French 2Tinister
Plenipoten-
tiary, I hope that I afnird
the means ofat onee
p m
clearing up the mystery which has enveloped the late
negotiations with respect to Tunis, and in explanation of
which so many erroneous and mutilated versions have
been already given to the public. The whole drift
of the Baron de Bourqueney's communication to the
Porte upon this subject embraced two propositions, tend-
ing both of them to establish the same point—viz., the
inexpediency at the present moment of any change on
the part of the Porte in the administration of the Pacha-
lie of Tunis. Firstly, because in the unsettled state of
the Regency of Algiers, the, removal from office of Ach-
met Pacha„ the presvnt Governor of Tunis, in whose ho-
nourable intentions the French Government repered the
greatest confidence, and the appointment in his place of
:t functionary whose views and dispositions were un-
known to it, and who might possibly embroil the rela-
tions of the two countries, could not he regarded but with
great alarm and jealon3y by the French Cabinet ; and
secondly, because the duties incumbent on the Governor
of Tunis, and the tribute due to the Porte, would hence-
t;,rward receive for their fulfilment and punctual liquida-
tion an additional security in the guarantee of the French
Government ; and that, for these reasons, the dismissa
of Aeltmet Paella was equally uncalled for and inadmis-
sible. Convinced by these very powerful arguments (to
say nothing of the presence of six French ships of the
fine at Smyrna) the Secretary for Fereign Affairs, barim
Effendi, spared no pains to reassure his Excellency, the
French Minister, with respect to the pacific intentions of
the Sublime Porte, and to receive with the most grateful
achno;‘lcdgments on its behalf, the liberal offer made to
it by the French Cabinet, of exacting the due per-
formance of the duties incumbent on his vassal. It
would undoubtedly consider itself fortunate, could it ob-
tain a similar assurance and security for the revenues
and administration of every Pachalic of the empire. As
these assurances of &trim Effendi were at first conveyed
de rive voix, the Baron de Bourqueney, in order to have
some record of the result of the several conferences be
had held with the Minister, was, at his particular
request, furnished with this following: note :
TRANSLATION FROM THE TURKISH OF THE ANSWER OF
THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS-Of-THE PORTE
TO A NOTE RELATIVE TO THE REGENCY OF
" The report of a determination of the Sublime Porte,
with reference to a change in the actual form of the Go-
vernment- of Tunis, having reached the French Cabinet,
I was desired, in our last conference, by your Excellency,
to give you a fitll and explicit explanation on this Sub-
ject. It certainly cannot be denied that many reports
have been lately disseminated on this head, and his Ex-
cellency Resellid Paella having received a communication
from the Freneh Government thereon, had referred to
the Sublime -POrte.for instructions. His IniPerial Ma-
jesty's Governmeiit,-as I had bbfore the honour to de-
clare:verbally t(i'your Eicelleney, has never meditated
any change in -the present form of the Government of
Tunis, and, in thb event of Achmet Podia, the Governor
of that Pachalic, always fulfilling the duties of his
station, and paying the stipulated tribute, the Govern-
ment of his Ifighne:s engages to refrain, even as regards
the future, from all designs or projects to his prejudice, or
having for their object a change in the Administration of
that Pachalic. Iteschid Paella, I have the honour to
inform your Excellency, has been formally directed to
ratify these negotiations at Paris, and therefore I am
fully authorised to apprise your Excellency that the
Sublime Porte, as I have already intimated, has come to

no such determination on this Iliad, and that it harbours
none but such as may have for its sole end the pre-
servation of the public tranquility ; and I avail myself
of the opportunity afforded me by the transmission of
these written demonstrations, of repeating the assurance
of my high con,ideration.
(Signed)

" SARIM."

THE NEW PENSION LIST.
(From the Spectator.)
When the reformed system of Civil List Pensions was
settled by the Whigs, the Crown was empowered by
Parliament to create new pensions to the amount of
1,2001. in each year. We have before us a returns show-
ing how the last year's 1,200/. was disposed of There
were sixteen recipients. Here they are, in the order in
which the pensions were granted, but subject to a classi-
fication not made in the Parliamentary return.
TEACHING THE PRINCESS VICTORIA.
840, July nd Reverend Henry Barez (German) .£lOO
Signor Giuseppe Guazzaroni
(Italian)

50

John Bernard Sale, Esq. (singing) 100
Thomas Steward (writing)
Monsier Francois Grardineare
(French) _ . lOO
___

Mrs. Lucy Anderson (music)
Madame Sarah Matilda Bourdin
(dancing) ......

£650

PUBLIC SERVICES.
September 9th Henry Williams (Special Constable
in the Newport r ots)..
Thomas Walker (the same)...
Edward Morgan (the same) 2O
1841, Alare't 17th...... Peter Warren Deese, Esq. (Chief
Factor of the Hudson's Bay Com-
pany, and a daring geographical
discoverer) lOO
June 7th Elizabeth Devereux Kennedy and
Anna Maria Kennedy (daughters
of Sir Robert Kennedy, late
missary-Genet al ; a faithful public
servant for thirty.eight years, and
a sufferer in war)
- • £260
LITERATURE AND SCIENCE.
June; .... George Burges,
trrature)... • "
Th( mas Webster (LietAlfgy);.;:,;,..:c"4sl7
Bev. Thoma 4 Kidd, A. (Classical
Literature)
June 17...: ..... Benjamin Thorpe, Esq., (Anglo.
Saxon language, in addition to
a further pension of 1601 4O

£290
When rewards are given by public' bodies, they are
usually considered, errors excepted, as sonic voucher and
index of merit; the higher merit gaining the higher
reward. Jhe dispenser of the Royal favour for 1840-
1841 seems to have hit upon an ingenious converse to
that rule. If we take the 1,2001. in its three divisions,
we find that it was awarded in these proportions—
Fur teaching one -joung lady (not understood to be a
dull or troublesome pupil)
For encountering hardship 111 d danger in the public
service 260

For promoting the science and literature of the world 290
Devotion to one'... country and dei otion to mankind are
:Thom, upon a par ; but devotion to one young lady, who
has become a Queen, beats them both together in the
proportion of 65 to 55. Brave hyperborean snows and
map the arctic confines of' a continent, and you atilt
gain as much as if you impart to the Royal instep its
curve. Face insurrection, and you shall be set
down for of the pay awarded to the estimable
female who puts Thalberg at the tips of the young lady's
fingers. To extend the knowledge of the greatest hur-
-1 rature of the ancient world, is of equal price with shap-
ing the lips of the young lady aforesaid to execute the
graces which distinguish a celebrated singer at public
dinners and sacred entertainments. Such was the sacrifice
made by thwe respectable persons at the top of the list,
in accepting the very best terms for attending at Kensin-
ton Palaett, and in sr curing the best possible advertise-
ment of their merits—a kind of puff which would fetch
any money in the market—that they are to be pensioned
for life ! IVlien the young Princess's schooling was over,
we thought the bills were paid. Not at all ; the country
is called upon to throw in 6501. a-year as a makeweight
—as if fur do sake of keeping up the pay for the lad's
teaching until that for her children's tutoring shall begin.
What an invaluable secret it would be if all the owners
of " establishments for young ladies" could keep their
pupils on their bills till they should become mothers
The Duke of Wellington once praised Lord Melbourne
for his servicm'as Mentor to young loyalty ; but the
, too agreeable Viscount, it appOrs, forgot to instruct his
!'pupil in the common duty of keeping private and official
accounts- distinct and even. The huge Pravy,Purse.of
60,00 a ap ar was provided to secure. the gratification ,;
of its holder's personal feelings; the sumL set apatt,, to
satisfy what may be called the public feelinf of the
Sovereign, the desire to encourage public merit seldoni
remunerated, is not so large in proportion that one-half
of it should bear the overflowing charges of the Privy
Purse. Lord Melbourne forgot State arithmetic in his
drawing-room lectures on Constitutional law.