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

FRANCE.

PARIS, DEC. 23.
M. Drouyn de Lbuys has aderessed a letter to
the Mayor of Sunderland, in which he says :
" The Emperor's Government is p. rticularly
sensible of the cordial reception given in oc,,ober
last by the authorities and population of Sunder.
Land to the commander and crew of the DAnae.
Such manifestations cannot but strengthen the
bonds of friendship which so happily unite France
and England, and contribute to the development of
friendly relations."
BOURSE, Dec. 22.—The market continues inania
mate. Threes, for the Account, are unvaried at
651. 20c. Mobilier shows a sight decline, being
now at 925 f. Little doing in R Aliway Shares.
The market closed as fol;ows

Italian Loan 65 35
Do. end month 65 45
Ditto Threes —
New Mexican 50 50
Ituseiati
austrian
Spanivh Threeri., —
tioexie Debt
Deferred
Cash. Account.
843 75 .. 850
993 75 .. 935 --
878 75 .. 881 2:5
585 .. 553 75
515
492 50 .. 493 75
315 315
435 .. 435 --
505 505
370 370
435 435
190 .. 190
THE CAPE I MAIL.

41 per Cents. 93 80
00. end
3 per Cents
Do. end mouth 65 30
Credit Mobilier 932 150
Do. end month 931 25
Bank Shares 3550
Credit koncier 1200
[Oman ..

lid EL

Orleans
Northern
Lyons and neditorranean,
Southern
Western
Eastern
Sardinian
Austrian
Lorr bard
North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona

PLYMOUTH, DEC. 23.

The Union Company's steame; Saxon arrived here this
morning. Her dates are—Tahie Bay, Nov. 20 ; St.
Helena, 28th ; Ascension, Deo. 2 ; and Madeira, 16th.
She brings the mails, 70 passeDgers, and a full general
cargo. Her mails have been larded and forwarded by to-
day's mail train.

Governor Wodehouse had decided his arbitration vir.
tually in favour cf all the Free State claims. This had
occasioned great excitement, The disputed lands are very
valuable, being almirably adaptedboth for agricultural and
pastcral purposes, and had been held by the Basutos for
many years. Portions of the lands were under cultivation
by them, but on the Governor's dicision being known, the
Free State authorities issued an order to the Basutos
to clear out within one month, atd summoned the whole
of the burghers to eject them, sh)uld force be necesoary.
Moshesh had sent a civil reply to the Governor's award,
merely saying that he would cal/ a meeting et his coun-
cillors and lay the documents before them; but the Go•
vernor's message 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. Arrivals in Fable B Y had been numerous, an
business was consequently brisk.

Money continued abundant, and the harvest is expected
to reach a fair average.

Marcus, a convict, had been sentenced to a further term
of imprisonment for 9 years for forging promissory notes to
the amount of £ll,OOO.

Armstrong, a clerk in the Post-office, had been sentenced
to 6 ye ars' imprisonment for embezzling stamps to the value
of £l,BOO.

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 lost.
The copper miLing in Maryland was proceeding very
auccessfully. New fields of copped had been discovered.
The Orontes arrived out on the 6th—the Athena on the
Bth—the Rosslyn Castle and Mary, with the 10th Regiment
on board, on the 11th.