The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-13 00:00:00

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The cvgning journals have all suspended their. publi'.
cation, as well as tho morniag ones. .The.Rspeiinza;
Epoca, Obserrador, Gatolictri and Opinioa Puldica issued
notices on the 4th to- that t ffrct, and the only'political
papers now published are the Orden and Espana.' .1.14
political journals of Cadiz -Seville,. Barcelona, 80.; have
also ceased to appear. Cadiz,
the Anniston have every-
thing at present their own Way, and no sound OF op_po
sition is heard either in tho tribune or the press. The
Minister of Marine,
',General Francisco Armero, has
reigned, after a conterence.held in Ailidtid with. Senors
Mon and Fidel, who think that. matters are going toe.
far. A council of Ministers was held subsequently at
Aranjuez, at which it is -sail that. a thcree; effecting
certain alterations of nrestrictive eharacter in the 'elebi•
toral law, was adopted by the rest of the Cabinet, GO,
noral Armero dissenting from it, - and requiring his
reasons against it to be entered in the lninute. of the
meeting;•and subsequently a vicolent, scene: is: aaici to
have taken pram between hire and Senor Brave Marine.
His resignation was Oasettod on the,so, And Lieut,,
General Vigodet, now_ Captain. General' of ,the ..Cadiz
Naval Department, is _appointed in his place, General
Ezpelata acting ad nit rue in Vigodot's absence. The
decrees are dated the 3.d inst. It is: thought that other
changes will fAlor..

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. TURKEY: ".• .• : T -
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Tho Vienna journals publish a telegraphic ditrpatch.
from Trieste, which announces that an:Ottoman agent,.
SULEIMAN PACItA, arrived on . a
firmsn, conferring on the 25th lilt., at. Tunis,.
charged to present to the BEY
him the title of Viceroy and several decorations.
The Trieste Gazette of the 2d announces that 031 ER
PACLSA, Governor of Bosnia and Herzegowine who or
dered the recent rigorous measures.against the Chris-
tian populations, Ins _been 'Toned.

THE AMERICAN EXPEDITION
TO JAPAN. ,
(From the Noy York Herald.)
A.*II.INGTON, APRIL 20.
The President recently transmitted to the Senate a
n)mmunicatidt), containing official documents relative. to
the empire of JApan, tinder,:a resolution of the 4th of.
March. There documents consist of extracts from the
instructions given by the State Department to various.
sinlycnenlBto32ithetopgautbsiedrenwti,thuai,chomrerofeninciltiotno
flari°saltr jan3slnaecstioUns in the Preble; copy of an extract frein
the New York Herald, of the 3d of January, 1851, &c.,
together with instratiorts-given-to"CoMmodore
ands letter from the Prot•idelit to the Emperor of Japan,
(lite& May. 10, 1851.. The letter of the President has
alryady, been; ptkOshed. The highly importaat,hlta
of
.instructions... to Commodore Aulick has..not, however,'
been yet, given,: and will be found, below. -It displays
the object oft•the 'visits to Japan,: so far.si the President
,has 'given instructions to4he• East India squadron, and!
is,in reality, the gist of iherwhole
v 4'l.),,Paitment of. State, Washington, June 10, 1851.
moment is'tear When the last line iii the
ketiain'of oceanic =toain,tiavigation is to he formad. 7.0.03!1
China,and.theEft,letlies 4Q,Egypt,.thenen.t.brough the!'
Xtediterituiein and the Atlantic oceaq England,';
':thence again to our happy, shores and other parts of this'
great continent; from our own ports to the southern-';
most pert of the Isthmus that connects the two western,
continents, and from its Puoifio coast north and' sotith-1
wards as far as civiliz Won- has eptketad, the steamers ofi
other nations and of our own Carry intelligence, the'
wealth of the world, and thousands of travellers.

" It is the President's opinion that steps should be
taken at once to enable our enterprising merchants to
supply the last link in that great chain which unites all
Lawns of the worlo, by the early establisbment of a
line of steamers from California to China. In order to

facilitate this enterprise, it is desirable that we abou!d
obtain from the Emperor of Japan permisiion to pur-
ch,:se frem his subjects the necessary supplies of coal,
which our steamers in their out and inward voyages

may require. The well known kaloniy with Which
the Japanese Empire has for the last two centuries re-
ct,ed all overtures from other nations to open its purts
to their vessel* embarrasses ail new attempts to change

the exclusive policy of thet, country.
" The inter gists of commerce, and even those of. hu-
manity, demand; however, that we ehould make another.
:appeal to the Savereign of that country, in -risking" hinal
to sell to our steatners---not the manufactures of his ar-
tisana,,er the results of the toil of his;husbandmen--hetl
a gift of Ptovide;nce, depciaited by the Creator of
ali
things in the depths of the Japanese Islands for the be-1
uefit of the human:LWllP -
"-By ehe,Presitleut'e directiond; now transmit to you-e
_letter to the;Emperor of Japan (withe an open eoPy),Il
which you arcto carry to &ldo; hie ',tit:vital; in your)
flag-ship, accoinpanied by as many, of the vessels of the
squadron under your command as may conveniently be
emPloYal in this stittice.- -A Chinese translation of
Itlis letter will bo fuenishtd to you by the United States'
Legation at Canton:, And tent to; ydur .atiChoage, at
~Tfoug---lieng or Macao. •
At one of the latter
with a national vessel, detached yeti will probably meet
by the commodore e:e,
t)1
the sauedron inAhe Pacific (as you will perceive by the
:enclosed copy of a correspondence between this and the'
navy department) to carry to you: a number of Alpe.
wreeked Japanese mariners who were some time ago
picked up at tee by the barque Auckland. These ineri
you will take with you to Jedde, and deliver them Over
to the offi'eere of the Emperor,, giving thene,
tbr9ugh your interpreter, the assurance that the Atriet
ricen‘(stivernment will nailer fail to treat with kind,
nese any of .the natives of Japan whom misfortune reaY
bring to- our shores, and that. it expects similar treat
ment of such of its own citizens who mly be driven.o4
the coasts of Japan. •
"'The letter of the President to the ErnprOr of
Japan you will deliver to such of his high officers as he
May eppoint for the purPose of receiving it. To the,
yin vein ekplain the mein object of your visit.
,“Minersl coal is so abundant in Japan that the
vernmentofthat country, can have no reasonable objecttO
to supplying our steamers, at fair prices, with that great
nee( ss iry ot commerce. One of the eastern ports of ..Niplion
would be the most desirable place for this purpose. Shoultl
however, the Government of Japan persist in following out;
its system of exclusiveness, you might, perhaps, induce!
,hem to consent to the transportation of the coal by their
own vessels to asneighisouring island, easy of eccees,i
where the steamers could tnpplytheir wants, avoiding
OW the necessity of an intercourse with any .large nu` aPi
ber of the people of the country.
"It is considered important that you should avail
youreelf of every occasion to impress upon those Japaneo
officers with whom you will be brought.in contabt, that
the Government of the United States does not posaesi
any power over the religion of its own -citizens, and that
there is, therefore, no cause ea apprehend that it will
intefere with.the religion of-ether countries. • !!
" The President, although fully aware of the great
reludtance hitherto shown by the Japanese Governtnent
to enter into treaty stipulations with any foreign nation
—a feeling whichit is sincerely wished that you may bq
table to overcome—has thought, it proper, in anticipation
of _this latter favourable,cmattngency, to, invest you with
full power to negotiate and sign a treaty of amity and
'commerce- between the United States and the empire of
Japan. - •
"I- transmit, herewith; the 'Act of the 'President;
clothirtg you with that power, as also copies of the
treaty between the United States and China with Siam
and the Mtiscat, which'may to a certain extent bo of use
to you as precedents, , It, is, important that on
should Declare to our vessels the right , to` cuter
ono or ;more of the -ports of- Japan, and . there .tta
dispose of their cargoes either by sale .or by .barter;
without- being subjected to extravagant port charges
and even more important is it that the Government-of
Japan should bind itself to protect Amerioan sailors Orin
property which might be on their shores. The second
stigriurtr:iaecteleecdohisf our treaty with Muscat and the fifth article.
of the treaty with Siam embrace thoseethloloehuji?eicacut:tbro
Every treaty has to be subjected to the Senate for
ratiftestion of
,140,nr,th,do,iffia_ecs.xueyithoienans,garojeteoafwothaere.. In consideration the
ntacefte.coetbietwethen theujetewt:aporooupnotarcide to fix the
epee'
foresee would be prudent, should pal
urn, respectfully,ryatniuti;lotbi4ealnisanatt atehrrvaeenYt77'l'
:Tbhn 'H Amick,
Thai
eso`>se found i:teeet,:stWirieen:_sTen,
etleanladh6re:e
inote from the Mitister' of Aliti
4t
Iretheriandi
a.etee.Qxoteluadaikinlairtt:r of publie notoriety that'
!` Note Verbal iv- "nshitthn.) • '•
foreign vessels ae
mineit o2f; that
that,E pi if sruee.
h. Ivtes,vvsealas, lealseilveroeuritahant bes3;:thaeeut?prosioulvixietrohnui
al
Ewhaotreeri,
oref wood
danf
rby f u
es:0:170es):
tratei°clmeree
provisions, with a view of asking for such e
granted
to them on request.,
"For fear, however, lest this determination, •P rm -pe
as it bas been by feelings of humanity, shouldgi)ve-rtis '
to tang false interpretation, the 'Government of Japan:
has solicited that of the Netherlara:s to inform the other
Powers that the above-mentioned resolution does not
infringe upon or otherwise imply any Modification ivhat-f
ever, of thil system of separation and exclusion .which
was adopted more than two, eentur:es ago by the Jae
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