The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-29 00:00:00

NM Treaty between Japan and Prance,

PARIS, Jane 27.
The following is the official text of the new
treaty concluded between the French Minister for
Foreign Affairs and the Japanese Ambassadors :
The preamble states that his Majesty the
Emperor of the French and his Majesty the
Emperor of Japan, desiring to consolidate by
proofs of mutual confidence the relations of friend-
ship and commerce existing between the two
countries, have resolved to regulate, by common
agreement and special arrangement, the differences
which have arisen between :heir Governments since
1862.

The articles of the treaty follow::
" 1. In compensation for the hostile act committed
in July, 1863, against the ship Bien-Cneng, of the
Imperial navy,which was fired upon in the province
of Nagato, the Japanese Government engages to pay
into the hands of the French Minister at Jeddo,
three months after the return of their Excellencies

the Ambassadors of the Taycoon to Japan, an in-
demnity of 140,000 Mexican piastres. 100,000 of
which are to be paid by the Government, and 40,000
by the authorities of the province of Nagato.
"2. The Japanese Government further engages,
within three months following the return of their
Excellencies the Ambassadors of the Taycoon to
Japan, to raiae the impediments now encountered by
French ships desirous of passing the Straits of
Simonosaki, and to keep the passage free for ever ;
having recourse, if necessary, to the employment of
force, and, if requisite, acting in concert with the
commander of the French naval force.

" 3, It is agreed between the two Governments
that, in order to facilitate the regular development
of commercial exchange between France and Japan,
the reductions of the tariff granted in the last-men-
tioned empire by the Government of his Majesty the
Taycoon to foreign trade shall be maintained in fa■
your of articles imported by French traders, or under
the French flag, pending the entire duration of the
treaty concluded at Yeddo between the two coun-
tries on the 9th October, 1858.

"So long, therefore, as the treaty remains in
force, the Japanese Customhouse will admit free
the following articles used for the preparation and
package of tea :—Leaf lead, lead solder, rush or
straw matting, rattans, oils for painting, indigo,
gypsum, pans, and baskets. An ad valorem duty
of only o per cent. will be levied upon the import
of wines and spirits, white sugar, iron and tin
plates, machines, and detached pieces of machines,
linens, clocks, watches and watch chains, glass and
medicines, and a duty of 6 per cent. upon looking-
glasses and mirrors, porcelains, jewellery, per-
fumery, soaps, arms, cutlery, books, papers, engrav-
ings, and drawings.

"4. This arrangement is tobe considered as form 4
ing an integral part of the treaty of October 9,
1858, between Frauce and Japan, and is immedi•
ately to become valid without the necessity of its
being submitted to the ratification of the respective
sovereigns."

The signatures follow.
In addition to the above arrangement the Japanese
Ambassadors, charged by the Tycoon to offer to the
Emperor's Government compensation for the attack
of which a French officer, Lieutenant Camus,
was the victim, have engaged to pay an in-
demnity of 35,000 dollars (192,000 francs) for the
benefit of that officer's family. This pa; went has
already been made. The Ambassadors further
stated that their Government would take all neces-
sary steps to discover and punish the murderers.