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to accept the Beylicate of Constantine, under the 

 authority of France, and in consideration of a tribute 

 guaranteed by Tunis. Taking with me this treaty, 

 concluded ad referendum, signed by the Bey and the 

 representative of France, I went with it to Marshal 

 Clauzel, the Governor- General of Algeria, who ap- 

 proved its terms. Various circumstances prevented its 

 ratification in Paris, but it none the less remained 

 on record from this date that we could not under 

 any circumstances allow the Bey of Tunis to place 

 himself under the effective dominion of Turkey or any 

 other Power, to the detriment of the security of our 

 Algerian possessions. 



