The Express.
London, England, 1866-10-15 00:00:00

JAPAN.

From the Japan Herald we learn that war has
commenced between the Tycoon and Choabiu. The
following particulars are given :
On Saturday, the 4th August, intelligence had reached
Yokohama from Glace, to the effect that in three engage-
ments the troops of the Tycoon had prevailed against those
of Choshiu. The scene of action was Oshimangoori, in the
province of Soowo, one of the two provinces composing the
estate of Mori. The troops engaged on the ride of the Ty-
coon were 5,000 or 6,000 men, under command of Mats-
dein' Okino-kami, and some infantry and artillery (about
1,2001 drilled in the European style. It appears that
Simanosaki was occupied by the Tycoon's troops before
the war began. Subsequent advises oon6rm this news,
and add :—The Tycoon's troops occupy Oosima, and Cho-
shin's forces have made an attack on the aide of the
Straits. They were, however, repulsed, but not before
they had destroyed wend towns. In the operations
Magda last two ships.
Later intelligence in the same paper is as
follows :
News has arrived that a body of the Tycoon's forces
under saaldbara and Ikanomono hes been at

The event of the month has been the arrival of the
new Governor, his Excellency SirJ. T. Manners-Sut-
ton which took place on the 13th August. The
vessel did not arrive until late in the evening, and
consequently there was not such an attendance of
the public as would otherwise have been the case.
His Excellency was received by the acting gover-
nor, General Carey, and the ministry, and imme-
diately proceeded to the vice-regal residence at
Toorak. Ou the Wednesday following his Excel-
lency was sworn in, in the presence of a vast con-
course of people, and formally assumed the govern-
ment of the colony, his first official act being to
prorogue parliament until the 2nd of October.
Shortly afterwards his Excellency held a levee at
the Exhibition Building, which was more nume-
rously attended than any which has taken place for
some years past. " Indeed his Excellency's wel-
come to the colony (says the Age) has been of the
warmest kind, all classes having vied with each
other in their demonstrations of loyalty."
At the half-yearly general meeting of the pre-
prietors of the Bank of Victoria, the directors
reported that the net profits for the past year, ex-
clusive of bad or doubtful debts, amounted to
36,675/., which, with the balance of undivided
profits left over, made 39,0&1. The directors
recommended that in the present state of the
money market caution should be exercised, and on
that account fixed the dividend for the half-year at
ten per cent. per annum.
The first number of an original serial tale has
been published at Melbourne. It is entitled The
Beresforcis of Ellalong.
NEW SOUTH WALES.

Parliament was opened on the 24th July by his
Excellency the Governor in person. The speech
was brief, and the measures which the govern-
ment proposed to introduce included most of those
mentioned some time ago as being then in course
of preparation. The addresses adopted by both
houses in reply to the opening speech contained
congratulatory clauses that no new taxation would
be necessary to meet the expenditure for the en-
suing year, and the Legislative Council expressed a
hope that at no distant date consistently with the
maintenance of the public credit, the additional
taxation imposed a short time ago for a special
I object might be dispensed with.