The Express.
London, England, 1864-12-23 00:00:00

THE CAPE MAIL.

PLYMOUTH, Dr.c. 23.

The Union Company's steamer Saxon arrived
here this morning. Her dates are Table Bay, 20th
November ; St. Helena, 28th ; Ascension, 2nd
December ; and Madeira, 10th. She brings the
mails, 70 passengers, and a full general cargo. Her
mails have been landed and forwarded by to-day's
mail train.
Governor Wodehonse has decided his arbitration
virtually in favour of all the Free State claims.
Tbis had occasioned great excitement. The dis-
puted lands are very valuable, being admirably
adapted both for agricultural and pastoral pur-
poses, and had been held by the Basutos for many
years. Portions of the lands were under cultiva-
tion by them, but on the governor's decision
being known, the Free State authorities
issued an immediate order to the Basuto'
to clear out within one month, and summoned the
whole of the burghers to eject them, should force
be necessary. Moshesh had sent a civil reply to
the governor's award, merely saying that
he would call a meeting of his councillors,
and lay the documents before them, but the gover-
nor's messenger was treated contemptuously,
and very disrespectful opinions of both
the Free State and the British government
were freely expressed by the Basutos, who
were greatly irritated, and war between
Moshesh and the Free State was considered imminent.
It was hoped that nothing in the recent negotiations
might involve Cape Colony in the quarrel. The
other native tribes on the frontier remained quiet.
Trade had improved during the month. Ar-
rivals in Table Bay had been nume-
rous, and business was consequently brisk.
Money continued abundant and the harvest is ex-
pected to reach a fair average.
Marcus, a convict, had been sentenced to a
further term of imprisonment for nine years, for
forging promissory notes to the amount of 11,000/.
Armstrong, a clerk in the Poet-office, had been
sentenced to six years' imprisonment fur embezzling
stamps to the value of 1,8001.
The railways are being pushed on with great
vigour.

The iron ship Pera, from Liverpool for Bombay,
had been wrecked off Madagascar, but no lives
were boat.

The copper mining in Mamaqualand was proceed-
ing very successfully. New fields of copper ore had
been discovered.

The Orontes arrival out on the 7th, the Athena
on the hill, the Roslyn CAatle and Mary, with the
10th Regiment on board, on the 11th.

LORD LYONS. —We presume that no one outside
of the circle of Southern sympathisers io New York even
feign@ to believe that Lord Lyons has retired from his
mission from any motive arising out of the relations of
the two countries. Nearly twelve months ago Lord Lyoos,
feeling the approach of the dilemma from which it is feared
he is a hopeless sufferer, asked to be relieved ; and we
learned that he thee expressed informally the wish that
some one who had become familiarised with the exhale(
crisis by a reeidenes here should be hie suoossaw. This nig.
gestion would naturally point to some late or present member
of the Legation at Washington as the probable successor.
Lord Lvo,.. personal desire was unquestionably In favour
of maintaining the same (deadly relations that character-
ised his owe incumbency as British minister. Ad It was
eaturel that he should look with special hopefulness no
the appointment of some one that had graduated swiss his
own tetchier. It has been /evaded in tolerably well
informed circles that the Hoe. William Stuart was led'.
rated in Lord Lyoes' suggestioste. Mr. Stuart Is a travelled
man. He comes of a good, snood, Scotch stock sad be is
neither a snob nor a fool. The appointment—if it should
happen
nto be made—would be highly soosptsbis.—Pero
York ow.

XXL9IBI3B FROM FAKIR.

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l'ausanar Bynum
Some astonishment has been felt at the easy
victory gained by the Archbishop of Paris over •
Roman bishop, Mgr. de S4gur, who, as a canon of
St. Denis and a resident in France, was subjected
to his jurisdiction. It seems that the delinquent
ultramontanist, who is young and rash, and pre-
sumed upon his family connexions aad protection
at Rome, wrote the archbishop such an insolent
letter as to place himself at his mercy, because the
publication of it would make it impossible for the
best friends of the writer openly to take his part.
This fact is reluctantly admitted by the France.
The new private secretary brings a notable rein-
forcement of the Corsican element to the imperial
councils. Not only is he a native of Ajaccio, but
he is related to Count Baciocchi, and he has chosen
for under-secretary M Pietri, the nephew of the
former prefect of police.

A gamekeeper of the Duke de Mirmier was shot
dead the other day by poachers, at his estate in the
Haute Saone. It is remarked that conflicts with
poachers have lately been unusually numerous.

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The Countess Danner, the morganatic wife of the
late King of Denmark, is in the south of France for
the winter.

The Progris of Lyons announces that the cotton
crisis is drawing to close in the department of the
Rhone, where considerable arrivals of the raw
material have revived that branch of industry.
Hopes are entertained that the spinning mills and
looms will now be abundantly supplied during the
winter. In the market of Villefranche the price
of cotton wove goods has considerably fallen.
The Bourse was rather buoyant towards the
close. Rents rose bc. for cash, and 10c. for
account, leaving off at 651 r. 25c. and 65fr. 30c.
Mobilier rose sfr. Railways were all lfr. or 2fr.
higher.