The Express.
London, England, 1863-01-03 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3, 1863.

swords apparently made out of iron hoops which
were scattered so plentifullysbout the Taku Forts,
we should meet arms scarcely, if anything, infe-
rior to those employed by our own soldiers. In-
stead of a population regulated by its own imme-
diate local interests, unwarlike in its habit., and
ready to trade with the invader, we should find
one vast camp of men, among whom fortitude is
the highest virtue, who visit the craven in their
ranks with • swift doom, and who would effec-
tually prevent trade by driving back all the in-
habitants from spots which might be occupied by
the foreigner.
Certainly it is very objectionable that the
Japanese should refuse to enter the comity of na-
tions ; but it is no new thing for them to resist
the demand. Many centuries have elapsed since
the great Kurats Klux, "who did a pleasure-
" dome decree," sent a message to them—" Al-
" ready philosophers desire to see all mankind one
" famay : I am determined to carry out this
" principle, even though I should have to do so
"by force of arms." The Japanese, however,
steadily refused to see the matter in this light,
and when he tried force, the warrior who had con-
quere.i China found it would have been much
better for him to have left them alone. Early in
the seventeenth century the English were the first
to withdraw from Japan, and so avoided the dis-
asters which there soon after befel the Dutch and
Portuguese. If our present position can only be
maintained by force of arms it is more than likely
that England will do as it has done before, and
retire in a dignified manner, leaving to more im-
pulsive nations the teak of going to war for a most
dubious prospective trade, and perhaps: of finally
retiring for more cogent remorse.
At the same time it is worthy of consideration
whether the footing we have alre►dy obtained in
Japan might rot be turned to good account in •
quiet way. Why should Englishmen there be on
a footing different from that on which they stand
in other countries f It is worth while trying
whether Japan might not be slowly but really
" opened up " by foreigners, who would learn the
language of the nation, adapt themselves to its
manners, and not set themselves more above its
laws than they do over those of many other
nations which are not a whit superior to it.

The Australian Company's ship City of Sydney
has been totally lost at Cape Green.
The shipments of gold since the departure of the
last mail &Mount to 121,250 ozs.
Tiede has decidedly improved.
001(1110.0fAL LNTELLIGENCE.
CANTON, Nov. 30.
Tea firm. Total export to date, 72,500,0001ba.
Exchange on London, 4s. TO.

SHANGHAE, Nov. 23.

Tea and silk firm. Settlements of ;ilk daring
the past fortnight, 3,000 bales. Total export to
date, 51,260 bales. Exchange on London, be.
CALCUTTA, Dmc.ls.
Imports rising, freights firm.
BOMBAY, Dac.l6.

Cotton piece goods and mule twist lower. Five-
and-a-Half per Cent. government 'comities, 1121.

JUBAL, JAM. 1, 7.46 P.M.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
with the above mails has passed here en route for
Suez.

BOMBAY AND MAURITIUS MAILS.

The following telegram has been received at Mr.
Renter's office from the Peninsular and Oriental
Steam Navigation Company :
MARSEILLES, JAN. 2.
The Euzine, with the above mails, arrived here
this morning at 9 p.m.
The mails leave for London by the 10.30 p.m.