The Sun.
London, England, 1864-06-27 00:00:00

PRANCE AND JAPAN,

The Moniteur of yesterday contains the follow,
ing

The following arrangement has been concluded
between the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the
Ambassadors of Japan.
His Majesty the Emperor of the French and his
Majesty the Emperor of Japan, desiring to consoli•
date by marks of mutual confidence the relations of
friendship and of commerce which exist between
the two countries, have resolved to settle by common
acccrd and by special arrangement the difficulties
which have arisen between their governments since
the year 1862.

In consequence his Excellency M. Drouyn de
Lhnys, Minister Secretary of State for the Depart-
ment of Foreign Affairs of his Majesty the Emperor
of the French; and their Excellencies Ikeda Tdi-
kougo no Karel, Kawat sou Idzau no Kami, Kawada
Sagami no Kami, Ambassadors of his Majesty the
Tycoon, duly authorised to that effect, have agreed
upon the following articles

Art. 1. In reparation of the act of hostility com-
mitted in the month of July, 1863, against the ship
riien Cheng of the Imperial navy, upon which shots
were fired in the province of Nagato, the Japanese
Government undertakes to pay into the hands of
the French at Yeddo, three months after the return
of their Excellencies the ambassadors of the Tycoon
tc Japan, an indemnity of 140,000 Mexican piastres,
of which 100,000 piastres will be paid by the Go-
vernment itself, and 40,000 piastres by the authori-
ties of the province of Nagato.
Art. 2. The Japanese Government also undertake
to put an (lid, within three months after the return
to Japan of tteir Excellencies the ambassadors
of the Tycoon, to the hindrances which French
ships that wish to p,lss the strait of Simonosaki
meet with at present, and to keep that passage free
at all times by recurring, if necessary, to the em-
ployment of force, and by acting, if need be, in con-
cert with the commandment of the French naval
division.

Art. 3. It is agreed between the two Govern•
meats that in order to promote the regular develop-
ment of commercial exchange between France and
Japan, the tariff reductions recently recorded by the
Government of his Majesty the Tycoon to foreign
commerce shall be maintained in favour of the
articles imported by French merchants, or under
the French flag, during the entire duration of the
treaty concluded at Yeddo between the two coun-
tries on the 9th, October, 1858. In consequence,
while that treaty remains in force, the Japanese
customs shall admit free the following articles, in-
tended for the preparation and package of tea—tin
foil, solder, matting, rattans, oils for painting, in-
digo, gypsum, pans, and baskets. It will simply
impose a duty of 5 per cent. ad valorem upon wines
and spirits, white sugar, iron and tin, machinery
and detached pieces of machinery, linen tissues,
clocks, watches, watch chains, glass, medicines; and
a duty of 6 per cent. upon plate glass, mirrors,
porcelain, jewellery, perfumery, soaps, arms, cut-
lery, books, Engravings, and drawings.
Art. 4. This arrangement wig be considered as
forming an integral part of the treaty of the 9th
October, 1858, between France and Japan, and it
will be immediately put in execution without it
being necessary to submit it to the ratification of
the respective sovereigns.

In witness whereof the undermentioned pleni,
potentiaries have signed and sealed the present
arrangement.

Done in Paris, in duplicate, the twentieth day of
the month of June, of the year eighteen hundred
and aixty-four,

DROUYN DE LIIUYS.
IKEDA TDIKOUGO NO KAMI.
KAWATSOU IDZOU NO KAMI.
KAWADA SAGAMI NO KAMI.

In addition to the above arrangement the Japa-
nese ambassadors, charged by the Tycoon to offer
to the government of the Emperor reparation for
the attack of which a French officer (Lieutenant
Camas) was victim in Japan, have engaged to pay
as an indemnity a sum of 35,000 dollars, or 192,500 f.,
to be. Landed to the family of that officer. This
payment was immtlliately cff:cted. Trie envoys of
he Tycoon at the same time declared that their
Government would take all necessary measures for
detecting and punishing the murderers of Lieut.
Camus.

The Ina'ipendance Beige says that the Japanese
ambassadors were to have visited England, Holland,
and Switzerland, but that, owing to political modi
fications in their government, they hastily concluded
their negotiations with France, in order to return
home at once. It is said, however, that another
embassy is to be sent to Europe at the commence-
ment of next year.
Courtesy of the Orleans Family.

A statement appeared some days back in the
London Weekly Register (a Roman Catholic paper)
to the effect that Bishop Grant, who was the cele-
brant at the marriage of the Count de Paris, had
been treated by the family with great discourtesy.
That statement, which was copied into the Monde
of Paris, and commented upon in the same spirit,
produced a certain sensation both among Legitimists
and Orleanists. Finding that the article of the
London paper was reproduced in a French journal,
which did not express uny doubt of its accuracy,
General Count Dumas has addressed the following
letter to the Monde :

Sir,—lf the Abbe Guelle, Chaplain to the Queen Marie
A delaiae, were not detained in attendance on the Duke de
Montpensier, who has been dangerously ill, he would have
given a contradiction to the misstatements in the W eekly
Register, which you copied into your paper of yesterday.
In his absence I feel bound to do so, as I am the person
who was charged by her Majesty with the arrange-
ments for the marriage of the Count de Paris. You say
that the Catholic Bishop of Southwark, who performed the
marriage ceremony, had reason to complain of the treat-
ment he received. I deny this in the most distinct manner,
and, to corroborate my denial, I refer you to Monseigneur
Grant himself. He will tell you with what respect and
affection he has been treated on every occasion by the Queen,
and by every member of the family. As for the facts on
which you faund that strange assertion, there is not a single
one which is not absolutely contrary to the truth.
In the hospitality offered to the guests at Claremont there
was no distinction to make between Catholic children
and Protestant, for the simple reason that the Royal
Family had not invited children, " to add,' as you express
it, " to the splendour of the ceremony," and consequently,
some could not have been cared for and others neglected,
The Protestant Dean of St. Paul's had not to say grace
at the table of the Ro) al guests, as he was not present, not
having been included in the number of English personages
invited.

If Monseigneur Grant did not take part in the repast
which followed the nuptial benediction, the reason is, that
he preferred, as he did last year, on the occasion of the
marriage of the Duke de Chartres, and in conformity to
ecclesiastical usage, not coming to Claremont for a marriage
feast. But Monseigneur Grant, as well as all the priests
who assisted him, was received by the Abbe Guelle in the
name of th- Queen, and a collation was specially prepared
for him, at his own convenience, and in the place and at
the hour which he himself had fixed upon.
And as for what you say, Sir, with respect to the anti-
Catholic tendencies of the House of Orleans, I again refer
you to the venerable Bishop of Southwark, He, lam con-
vinced, will tell you that there is not a Catholic family in
his diocess who performs all the duties of our religion with
more exactness and piety than all the members of toe
Orleans family,

I rely on your impartiality, Sir, for the insertion of the
present letter in your next number; and I pray you zo
receive the assurance of my distinguished consideration.

General Count C. DC'HAS.

PEErARATIONS FOR WAR.—Orders have been
received at the Stores at Pimlico, and the Arsenal at Wool-
wich, to prepare, and hold in readiness for immediate use,
the neceasary articles of clothing and, warlike equipment
for a force of 30,000 men.-- United Service Gazette.
THE WATERWITCH,—It is stated that the Water-
witch, caDturecl by the Confederates in Oesabaw Sound on
the 3d June, be, arrived at Savannah.
INSIDE A MEWS IN LoNDoN.—I arrived at the
mews in question at the appointed time. It
was situated in a very quiet and respectable neighbour-
hood, and was in itself a very orderly-looking place.
Why do grooms take such pride in the windows of their
sleeping-rooms ? Every other window that I looited
at was fenced in with a mimic five-barred gate, and
palings painted white and the five-barred gate green. No
doubt, these are but expressions of the country taste of the
country bred lads who come up to town to seek their for-
tunes, and sink down into the cunning grooms one meets
with at the corners of streets in May Fair, plotting treason
against their masters with the eorirehandler,—Once a
IFeek,