The Express.
London, England, 1864-02-05 00:00:00

FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY

CORRESPONDENCE RESPECTING
AFFAIRS IN JAPAN.

EARL RUSSELL ON THE BOMBARDMENT
OF KAGOSIMA.

This morning the above papers, 76 in number,
were issued from the parliamentary printing-office.
We extract the following despatches of Earl Russell.
The first, it will be seen, treats of the Kagoaima
affair. It is marked as an extract :

BAll. BCRILILL 10 LIZOTINAII,COLOYIL NULL
(Extract]
Foreigs•oake, Nov. 10, 1361

I have received and laid before the Queen your deepatchee
dated Yokohama, Aeiost 25 and 26. In my despatch of
r the 24th December, 1862, I directed you to obtain repara-
tion for the murder of Mr. Richaideks, and the murderousaa-
malt on a lady and twogentlemen who, with Mr. Richardson,
were riding on a nubile road open by treaty, and who drew
up on the side of the road to allow the relation and retainers
of a great (kind° to pees. For this barbarous and unpro-
voked stk.* you were directed to require from the govern-
meet of the Tycoon the payment of 100,CCY. and
an ample apology. You were further directed
to require from the Prime of &trues the execu-
tion of the actual murderers, and the payment of 25,0001.
as indemnity to the relatives of the murdered man and to
the sufferers from the murderous Ammon. With respect to
the Tycoon's government, the demo& you were Just/n(44d
to make have been complied with. The tam of 100,0001. hoe
been paid, mid a satisfactory apology hes been made by
the Tycoon's ministers. Her Majesty has been pleased, in
testimony of the patience, good temper, and firmness with
which you conducted this negotintion, to confer twin you
the Companionship of the Oider of the Bath. The &morn-
plishment of the remainder of your instructions has been
found more difficult. Ten mouths having elapsed without
the trial or even the r• met of the murderers, you
thought yourself vender the neereity to ask the
amistauce of Admral Kuper, and to proceed with him
to Kagoeima, the capital of the Prince of Satsuma.
In your letters of Atuost 1 and August 12, both delivered
on the 12th, you communicated to the tnieiveur of the Prince
of Satsuma the demands you were ipso Mita to mete. In
the answer of the minister of the Prince of Sat-nms, dated
the 13th of August, it is stated that it is just that a man
who has killed another ahoe'd be guested and punished by
death ; that if the murderers in question can be detected,
they shall be punished; and that it is not right to impede
the pump of a chief with a large body of retainers on a
public road. These answers, in edema, 3to • murder com-
mitted by the retainers of the prince in full daylight, ten
months before, upon a poison who ha I not in any way
impeded the mange of a public roe 1, show- i • fix-3 de-
termination to afford no Teems. ViceAdmr...ll{uper then
directed that three steamers belonging to the prince should be
taken and detained by way of reprisals. But before any
farther oentmunioatioa could take place, hostilities were

commenced by the Japanese, sod her Majesty's ships were
fired upon from the batteries with shot and shell—an act
which it became necessary immediately to resent. The
Simmers taken were burnt. The batteries were fired upon from
point blank range ; many guns were dismounted and various
magazines exploded. It is much to be lamented that as
the batteries were apparently situated in and about the
town, the oonsequenoe of firing with shot and shell upon
the batteries and magazines should have been to set fire to
the town, which Admiral Kuper says has been burnt. Many
innocent perms have thus unfortunately bees
injured. At the Nii time it is obvious that
if Admiral Kuper had not retained the fire of the
batteries, her Majesty's squadron would have suffered a
detest, and fresh murders of Britishaubjecte by the trashed
ineolent daimioe would have been perpetrated. Her Ma-
jesty will express, through the proper department, her ad-
miration of the gallantry of her navel forces. It is my
duty to request you to expo t o the civil Hu rants of the
crown who accompanied yore, her Majesty's approbation of
the'- coolness mad courage. Tisk. knowledge of the
Japans* language was no doubt of great value,
both to you said to the naval commander-in-chief.
For the present the situation appears to be this :—The
Yeddo governmeot, who, in the terms of the despatch of
the Prince of Satsuma's minister, "govern and direct every-
thing," have made and ratified treaties of comma= with
Great Brits,a and other European powers. These treaties
have proved very advantageous to the main body of the
apanese people, who feel the benefit, of a profitable trade
with foreigners, and wish that trade to continue. But a
powerful feudal aristocracy, finding silk and ries and other
produce dearer in the market, and their own privi-
leges lees valuable, wish to expel all foreigners,
and have obtained a decree from the Mikado to that effect.
French, American, and Dutch ships have been fired upon
with a view to accomplish this object. But the European
carioca cannot submit to be thus deprived of an intercourse
'auctioned by treaty, and very beneficial to the mass of the
Japanese people, as well as to European nations. Yon will,
therefore, cell upon the admiral in any cases whore British
persons, ships, or property are attacked, to resent Inch out-
rage. In this way security for the time may be obtained.
But I must wait for your farther accounta before complete
instruction@ can be gives as to our policy is Japan.
EAIL4 RUSSELL TO TR' LORDS COXIEBSIOYFILS OF TET

Apina•Lry.

Foreign-office, N0v.14, 1863.

Mr. Lore,—l have the honour to irform you• lordships
that I have instructed her Majesty's chargé d'sffsires in
Japan, that in say cases where British perdue, ship-, or
property are attacked, be should call upon the admiral
commanding her Majesty's naval forces in Japan to resent
such outrages ; and I have to request that the admiral may
receive such orders from your lordships re will anthodes
him to act to that effect, as far as the means at his disposal
may admit of his doing so. The Secretary of State for
War some time ago gave order for increasing her
Majesty's land forces in China by LOOS men, so that in case
of need the admiral will doubt/ems be able to obtain the
support of a body of troops from China ; and if with such
assistance a fore of SOO soldiers and marines should be
available for service on shore in Japan, the batteries which
may fire on British skips, and which are armed by the
feudal chiefs for the purpose of annoying and interrupting
foreign trade, may probably be destroyed, end security be
obtained for the peaceful commerce of nations with Japan.
Her Majesty's governmeat are especially desirous that
while British parade and property are effectually pro.
tested, no injury should be inflicted upon the Japanese
population. With this view it will be incumbent
upon the admiral or senior officer in command
on the Japanese waters to endeavour to confine hostilities
undertaken by him, as far as possible, consistently with
due protectioa to British subjects, their property, and their
commerce, to forts and batteries not surrounded by the
dwellings and places of the non-combatant inhabitants. It
is, of course, part of the duty of the °Moen in command of
the ships to return the fire of battik batteries wherever
they may be situated, bat, in planning expeditious to sta-
tions on the coast, the difference between forts placed to
disturb commerce and batteries erected for the defence of
populous towns should always he borne in mind, and the
first-mentioued of these two cisme of forts should be the
object of attack, in all eases where there is no absolute
nemesity to attack batteries of the second class.-1 am, to.,
(Signed) Bows..
Km Rum= vo IacUTENANT-OOLOJILL Mum.
Foreign-office, Jan. 11, 1864.

Sir,—l have received your despatcher of the 16th and
17th of November, the one reporting the withdrawal by the
goverument of the Tyoooo of the ord-r for the expulsion of
foreiguers, the other giving an account of your 0041111M0)011.
tioas with the agents of the Prison of &tannin, which ten
minted in an agreement that the prises should pay the
indemnity demanded of him for the sufferers on the 14th
of September, 1862, and should endeavour to the utmost
to discover the murderers of Mr. Richardson, and should
cause them, when discovered, to be executed in the proem»
of British officers as witnesses of the execution. Her
Majesty's government have received with the greatest male-
faction this intelligesoe of the termination of the preaskag
difficulties wit► Japan, and I have to convey to you their
satire approval of the conciliateey and judicious maser in
which you have conducted yourself generally in these
mattere. Her Majesty's government trust that they may
sow look forward to British intercourse with Japan
being carried on without giving occasion for future
collision. It is their outset denim that nothing should
emir to interfere wit► peaceful commerce, sad they
are prepared to snake full allowance for the peeve
Lac character of the Japanese government. In short,
the employment of meraures of coercion or retaliation amid
only be warranted, In their opinion, by the mosesity of
prompt interference for the protection of the lives sod pro-
parties of British subjects, or for the vindication of the
heroin of the British flag if assailed by wanton attacks on
the pert of the government or influential nobles. Her
Majesty's government are glad to lad that the return of

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fresh to moderate, pnerally One.
generally Bee.
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fresh to moderate,
moderate to fresh,
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fresh, Oar. One.
N.N.w. to LN.L. and Law. N. to Z. and &L,
ESE, trunk same hash, One.
snow in places.
Northern=liootlaed. Westarn=lreland, Wales, and ad-
jacencies goothern=Englialt Channel and Macy Bay. Yuan
Eastward England and liellgoiand.

Mr. Ferrand will ask on an early day for a
select committee to inquire into the coast+ action, the ex-
pense, end the working of the Board of Charity C2lll-
-

On Tuesday Mr. Adderley will move "that this
house is of opinion that endowments attached to schools
for the working classes should be taken into calculation
with local cootributioes, in apportioning aid from the
treasury to any school so endowed. And that, when new
miautes of council on education are made, • statemeot in
explanation of them should be given to this house by the
Vice President, upon due notice, before they come into
operation.*
Mr. Harvey Lewis intends to move on Monday
seat—" That no railway or other bill affecting the streets
or thoroughfares of the metropolis be read • wooed time
until ten days after reports a the whole of soon bills be
laid before this house from the Board of Trade and their
engineer, sad also from the Metropolitan Board of Werke
and their eagiseer."
On Monday Sir William Fraser will ask the Vioe.
Chamberlain of her Majesty's household whether the Lord
Chamberlain will grant Boraces to theatres la which no
adequate provision is made for comps in as of firs
Mr. William Edward Forster will ask the Under
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, on Monday next,
whether it be true that the tows of Soochow in China has
been taken from the Tsepings by help of her li‘jeety's
officers employe/ b► the imperialista with the sanctum of
her Majesty's government ; whether also the imperialists
were aided by supplies from her Majesty's •reseals ; and
whether the town thea takes was delivered over to pillage
and mammas by the imperialist troops aotwitluMaading the
protest, and contrary to the pledge of the British officer la
command ; and, if so, whether any and what steps h►ve
been taken by her Majesty's government to withdraw that
assistance to the Pekin government

On Tuesday next Mr. Newdegate will move. in
the Hoar of Closnototia, for leave to introduce a bill fee the
commutation of church rates.

Mr. Locke King's bill to extend the franchise
Is rawatiee is is the list of basis/se for the 23rd.
On the 23rd Mr. Hibbert intriods to call the
ettentioa of the geese of 00011000/ to the desseralideg
effects of public amseations.
u,
sa.scrarcsx Scrums AT OSBORNE —Two lectures
on voltaic sad Meth eketrieity, n sanoanoed het week,
were delivers' by Professor Tyadall, is the ormumil•room
at Osborne. befits kw Majesty the Quoins, the royal ail-
dreo, and their talon. and about twisty ladles and war
men in attendesos. The Iseiares was, as epitome ef the
lately given by the professor at the Royal hesitance. Her
Majesty, and especially his lloyel Highness Prises T.=
exhibited great isterest is many of the mabjeote
upon ; and lacked it is probable that the yeast prises may
already be leotard anionipt than mindsets of Wean at
whom handle electricity may possibly meshy farther extols•
doe sad applioatico.—lisorriciart.
A Mostrrsa Steam Wuurrts.—A new deals
whistle (to arouse the workmen), mix fest high sad Mama
ieches in diameter, has been erected on Colt's revolver fen.
tory, is Martian!, Commotion..

LAW INTELLIGENCE
(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
(Ware the Jodie Ordinary.)
COTTRELL V. COITULL.

Dr. Wambey for Mr. Martin for the re.
spondaic.
This wen a petition filed by a person in the employ of a
trunk-maker to Oxford-street for a dissolution of his mar-
riage, on the ground of his wife's adultery with persons un-
known. The marriage was in 1854, and cohabitation lasted
seven years. There was ooe surviving child. The petitioner,
being dissatisfied with his wife's 000 duct, separated himself
from her, and made her= allowance of 8.. per week, which
he afterwards rednoed to ss. He now alleged that she had
been living the life of a prostitute.
Them were some recriminatory pleas, but no evidence
was offered in rapport of them. A witnese was, however,
called to show that the Widmer motioned to be in the
habit of visiting his wife down to 1863, and of being alone
with her in her room. . . . . .

ihecOti;tOotarT not conclude that there had been any
condonation, and granted s decree nisi.

JOTCZ r. JOU&

Dr. Spinks and Mr. Searle for the petitioner.
The respondent, Francis Joyce, weir • bookseller and
librarian at Bouthamptoo. In 18214 he married Ellen Con,
of Bath, and lived very hapOly with her till 1836, when she
was visited by Miss I marshy, • female friend, with whom
he eventually eloped. The petitioner made mineral attempts
to bring him to • sense of his duty ; and the friends of
Mims Yeerelay twice removed her from him. He had, how.
• . ever, s .ed in getting her back and had since lived with
her in Franca, where he practised as • medical man. He had
voluntarily sent the petitioner • full and formal admission
of the adultery, together with a renunciation of all chime
upon her property. The petitioner stated that the reason
why she could not present her petition sooner was simply
because her friends had only lately called her attention to
the change in the law of directs,.
Sir J. Wilde would take time to consider what was right
to be doom He should not improbably order the question
of unreasonable delay to be argued before the full court.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.)
c. PLUMS.

111 Elt

This was the sitting for order of discharge. The bank.
rapt wan the well known merchant and shipowner, of
Nioholnlane, and of Hall, of which latter place the bank-
rupt was mayor, when the adjudication took place,
about eighteen months ago. The accounts have
already appeared in detail ; end the facts were
fully brouslit before the wort at the lest sitting on au ex-
amination of the bankrupt. It then appeared that against
unsecured liabilities of 324,0001., there were meta of about
32,C.0/. The bankrupt. who had consigned largely of
mashing of war to the port of Nunn (igoorantly described
in the Times u being in the Confederate States) had had
the raidortune to have ascent of hie vessels seie.rd by
the Pedant cruisers, and taken into Federal porta
for the decision of the prise courts, on which
denims the smote available for division amongst the on-
mound creditors are to a greet extent dependent. At the
last witting the bankrupt nand his lad examination, and
to-day wee appointed far the ceder of discharge.
Mr. LIWTS2IOI) appeared for the assignees ; Mr. Bagley
and Mr. Llok.leter for creditors, and Mr. C. E. Lewis fot
the bankrupt.
Mr. Gardiner, the official assignee's clerk, read a shock
re embracing the figures given above.
report
said the assignees offered oo oppotition to
the order of discharge, the bankrupt not having brought
himself within the penal Omni of the act of ISM. Had
the law remained as it was prior to that time, the
bankrupt would clearly have been liable to a suspension of
his oendleate.

His Honour suggested that Hr. Lowrance, shored addrees
himself to the question whether the bankrupt had been
gully of rash and hazardous speculation.
Mr. Lowrance said that though the creditors were nume-
rous, so individual case of (nirvanas bad been suggested ;
the amigos" therefore, who represented a large amount al
err titan, *paid rely deal with the arse in the concrete. The
baronet bad made • =map settlement in 1038 ; the
assignees had inquired into his position at that time,
and (mud that be was solvent, with • or-
plus of 20,01 Y. —at least they were not in
• position to disprove that statement. A man
with such • surplus might properly eater into speculations,
which in another would be rash and hazardous. There were
no means of testing Mr. Remotes position between July,
1858, and the bankruptcy ; the surplus of 20,0001. might
have been increased, or it might have teen gradually dimi-
nishing. There was no ground for charging the bark' zpt
with ezoosive personal expenditure.
The Commissioner—How much is it put down at!
Mr. ClardinF-1,5C04 •,year.
The Comnr.sionor —And what where his gems profits
Mr. Lowrance feared it would be very difficult, looking at
the result, to amigo any amount as grow profits ; it would
rather be • gores lose. The only question was woollier the
bankrupt was chargeable with nib sod hazardous speada-
tie°. In the CUM of B rased and Rosenthal, which west
before the Lords Justices, it had been laid does by Lord
Justice Turner that no speculation on the pert of a
trader 000ld be rash and hazardous =lees be roe signed
goods to • desert island. (A laugh.)
His Honour observed that that ease only referred to •
single Teutons ; cod wish el deference to Lord Justine
Turns, he could not think that she reference to the desert
Weed had beet seism* employed. He wished to know if
this teaks apt bad not asharkod in specelatioas debars bin
trade of merchant and shipowner. . .

Mr. learience said it ion quite true that the bankropt
bad exported 'age quantities of munitioes of war, which,
had they succeeded in tanning the blockade, would bare
sold in the Confederate Staten at an enormous prods. as in
tact some of them had dose. Considering that the auditors
who supplied these goods were probably aware of their
destination, the cue was not so strong against
the banki apt as if he had peur.hasti the good.
on the representation that they were meant for
a trade in which there cur so risk. There were claims
spinet the Federal, Confederate, and Italian govern-
ments to the extent of 185,0CX but this item was not
carried cuts. an asset. There wee a deficiency of 288,0001. ;
and the question really wee one for the court to determine,
looking at the bankrupt's position as a merchant and ship-
owner, and at the result of tbe trading, whether he had
been guilty of rash and hazardous speculation or sot.
Mr. Gardiner here pcaistcd out to the court that the per-
sonal expenditure of the baakrapt hal bees really upwards
of 3,CC Y. a year, mid not 1,5031., as stated at the foot of
the balasossibeet.

Hi Honour said the bankrupt aught to be calla on to
explain ibis discrepancy 111 in cries of rub speculation or
gambling the ersonot ist Personal expenditure was always an
=poi WA consideration: . . .

Mr. Lawrence said that the larger item included many
expenses of the firm, which could not properly be included
under the head of personal expedditurs. Through this pro.
Lotted inquiry the bankrupt had given the assignees all the
as istime an his power.
The bankrupt, azamiurd by Mr. Bagley, stated that Lb
liability was kat confined to Hull. He began lib se a
railcar boy, became master of • ship, and then maw
sad merchant. He had begun as • merchant; he used
to carry ha owe goods. lie had had • furnished house is
Loudon for the last twelve months ; bed lived is Hereford.
road end Wegbourne-grove, Bayswater. Had only Ulm
• house in town at the UM of his basin entry. Before that
time he lived at Hull, and ease up to town oece • week.
Ha I had an office in Loaded also. 1855. Every expense
iodine wee entered in his hooks. He was debited ia
different ledgers with 4,3001.. sad 13,0001. as penmanl expos.
altars. This included 1,1501. as premiums on life pollens,
some of which were included ia his wife's settlement, omega
and bones (which had been given up), 8001. This expenditure
exteedr t over font years.
Hr. Gardiner explaised that out of 18,0001. debited to
the bankrupt in four years, ha had sped 12,4001. Oil
himself or his owe purposes.
Examination existioned—Had not made say lodence4heen
sines Deeember, 1858, but knew his position. Up to 1880
he was in partnership with lfr.Colemaa, his I rotherdn-lawr
who had one-fourth of the busbies. When he retired aai
estimate of their position was made, end witness
Mr. Coleman outßeconsidered that the concern we=
flourishing. He lad took stock within three mouths of the
failure ; the particabus were in one of his books ; could not
r) which. The resell showed a large balance is his favour
taking credit for 130,0,.)1. due on bills which had bees re;
tuned.
Mr. Lawrence mid the assign.. had never seen QM
stook-taking ow had Mr. Beene, the so3ouotant.
Mr. C. B. Lewis said he was prepared to show, on the se-
dude as they stood, that the bankrupt's position, three
months before the failure, 7iras. seed!s. he described.

Bankrept, further agai;cined—Did mot bean to mortgage
ships, as woe se he crianiceneed beams& Had dose as toe
the last two years. Has bed large trumetioss is the pur-
chase of ships with Messrs. ()reread, Gurney, and
Company. is all Mims tirensactioos part gamma
was in eseh, and bills were gime, with mora
gages oa the vessels se eiscurity. He accepted tine,
and gave mortgages ou the ships as security. One
traasection was the purchase of 7 steamers, in Mg 1861,
for 88,000 i. For those he ace. pled the drafts of 'blame.
Barker, by arrespimeet with Messrs. Overeed, who sever
drew bills tbemselvea. He did not give 'maimed' oil the
freighte, scaly on the ships themselves. Afterwards,
I. coasegosece of the ammo in premiums of is-
manse from 15 to 60 per mot, be was
obliged to borrow money to effect insurances. He borrowed
of Berm Gamey, sad gave them security oe the freights.
The edemas is the rate of reserance was swiss to a orgies
y Presideet Lisools that vesesle appcoachiog the blockaded
goods should be warned off; bat no ware* was ease, and
the mewls ware matured. Through the course taken by
Berl Rumen, they hat bad to pay 30 per cent. matriume en
vessels booed for a British poet is Bermuda is April, 1862,
be purchased three vowels, leeleding the Merrimac, from
Messrs. °reread, for 55,0001., given 10,0001. in cash and
a moarettggaaggee oa the vessels and cargoes ; but they had 'Moe
:rrederad their elan to the produce of the goods. there
leg =iambi ia the agreement. The estate vreald bacelit
by time to the attest of about 8,0301. Smith sad Co.,
heehaw. of Hell, iberaciatedlo.oook worth of bills for hlm
June er July, 1863, for which be gave them
arearity ea eery sad to the Omfederate gsvermasidi
for 22,00/. Some of the vendors of those goods were still
crclitors on his estate. Could not tell how low it was