1. The Vice-Admiral Count Bouet Willaumez, commander-in-chief of the French squadron, will give the signal to his vessels to light their fires by hoisting a yellow flag. 2. The Italian Admiral will simultaneously give the same signal. 3. The Turkish frigate will also light her fires. 4. When each of the squadrons shall be ready to start, the national flag shall be hoisted to the mainmast of the ship bearing the commander-in- chief. 5. The Turkish frigate shall do the same. 6. When the squadrons are on the point of departure, the French and Italian Admirals shall give a signal by dipping their respective flags. 7. The two allied squadrons shall then move forward, with the exception of the vessels of the commanders-in-chief. 8. The Turkish frigate shall then set sail. 9. The Admirals will start as soon as the Turkish fleet has passed them. 10. The squadrons will wait for their commanders-in-chief beyond Cape Carthage. Agreed to on board the “Solferino” in the roads of Tunis, 20th September 1864. (Signed) BOUET WILLAUMEZ. ALBINI. Soon after the departure of the fleets the Bey’s troops defeated the rebels outside Susa; a rising in Djerba was promptly put down, and the Bey’s authority re-established from Tabarca to the Tripolitan frontier. Before he quitted Tunis, Muhamed es Sadek informed Haider Effendi that recent events had convinced him that the only chance of preserving the Regency from his neighbours was to follow the advice of England and strengthen his connection with the Porte. “Assure my Imperial Master,” he said, “that I look forward to an early opportunity of placing our relations on a firm basis, and beyond the reach of cavil and dispute.” On the 4th November a lamentable accident occurred to eight officers and four men belonging to H.M.S. “Orlando.” Their boat was swamped returning from an excursion to the coast, and none of the bodies were ever recovered. Friends of the deceased often inquire for some memorial at Tunis. None was ever erected here, but a tablet near the Auberge de Castille in Malta records the date of the catastrophe and the names and rank of the victims. The Bey’s gratitude to England was almost boundless, and he addressed the following letter to the Queen, in answer to a communication from Lord Russell expressing Her Majesty’s satisfaction at the restoration of peace in the Regency. Praise be to God! To the exalted sovereign who is praised both for her virtues and their effects, which are as glorious as they surpass the power of description, the offspring of powerful sovereigns, at whose commands both sword and pen obey, our friend the Lady Victoria, Queen of Great Britain. May her reign be exalted, and may the praises of her excellences never cease to be repeated! After the salutations the most suitable to your royal rank, which is exalted above all description.