The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-28 00:00:00

INDIA, CHINA, AND JAPAN,

We have received by the overlatrd India mail
papers and dispatches from Calcutta to July 22 ;
Madras, July 28 ; Singapore, July 21 ; and Hong-
Kong, July 11.
The identity of the supposed Nana of Bithore
occupies the attention of the Indian press, and t,be
Englishman declares its disbelief in the existr.eace
of the notorious monster in these emphatic terras :
" Being well assured that the scoundrel has long
since learnt how it is given unto men but once to
die, and after that the judgment, we are not in-
clined to give colour to the lies of the scoundrels he
lett behind him, by sensational resurrection of his
infamous personality."
At Madras there was a perfect famine of news.
The governor of the presidency was still on his
tour in the Mofussil ; and in his absence the cow-
-unity were chiefly engaged in the consideration
and discussion of water supply, drainage, and other
questions of local, thoug'n by no means of Imperial
importance. The Athenfrum. says The city has
been experiencing very unusual weather of late,
connected, we fancy, with the earthquakes which
have been felt frequently in various parts of Hin-
dustan, as well as most disastrously across the
water to the eastward. We have generally more or
less cloudy weather, with showers of continual
occurrence, which render the temperature very
agreeable, and keep vegetation in a state pleasant
to look upon, and we rejoice to add that the ab-
normal state of the season has not, as it commonly
does, brought extra disease in its train; for our
city is remarkably free from serious epidemics at
present."

The hangman has been busy at Singapore, three
murders having been committed and the perpe-
trators of them found guilty and sentenced to the
extreme penalty of the law. A new schooner, named
the Evangeline, has been launched, to be employed
for missionary purposes in Borneo. Captain
Shcrard Osborne arrived in this port on the 10th of
July, and a couple of days after the first of his
Anglo-Chinese fleet, the China, made her appear-
ance in the waters of Singapore. There had been
an unusual number of deaths among,t the small
European community, which the Straits Ttnics
attributes, not to the climate, but to " casual
sicknesses."

CHINA AND JAPAN.

Our dates from Hong-Kong are to the 11th of
July. The Overland China Mail thus summarises
the events occurring in the interval since our last
dispatches :
"The London mail of May 26th arrived here on
the 4th inst.
" From Japan, the news of the fortnight has
been exciting, We stated in our last issue that
the indemnity demanded from the Japanese officers
by Colonel Neale, in the name of the British
Government, and amounting to £llO,OOO, was
ready to be paid. It had been agreed to take the
money at short specified intervals, the first instal-
ment to be paid on May 18. That day passed with-
out any reference being made to the matter, but on
a day afterwards the Japanese Ministers attempted
to re-open negotiations without the payment of any
money. Her Majesty's charge d'affaires very pro-
perly considered this as a breach of faith, which pre-
vented him from having any further dealings with
the native envoys, and accordingly placed the busi-
ness in Admiral Kuper's hands, after having duly
notified the circumstances to the foreign communi-
ties at Yokohama and Nagasaki. The admiral also
notified his intention to commence hostilities in
eight days, and advised thoso among the foreign
residents who had wives and families to have them
removed if they intended themselves to abide the
issue of events. Admiral Juarez proffered his co-
operation, and undertook to defend the foreign
settlement. Preparations began in earnest, and
continued until the night of the 23d and 24th ult.;
when about midnight the Japanese office's, not hav-
ing access to Colonel Neale, went to the French
Minister's quarters and sought an interview. This
being granted, they informed him they were ready
to pay the money as agreed upon. Ho accordingly
communicated the information to her Majesty's
charge d'affaires, who replied that as the Japanese
had suffered matters to go so far the whole sum
must now be paid at once, in 440,000 Mexican
dollars, to be delivered at seven in the morning.
By last advices the money was being paid into her
Majesty's Legation. At the same time the Japanese
ministers informed the different representatives of
foreign powers that the Tycoon, then at Miako, had
instructed them to obey the Mikado's orders to expel
foreigners and close the ports. The Tycoon's officers
expressed themselves willing to enter into negotia-
tions upon that subject. The various foreign mi-
nisters declined to discuss any such matter, but pro-
mised to convey the communicationsTh Japanese
made
also
their respective governments.
requested that foreigners would
heold atphaeniressetatlese-
[cents by their own military forces—a proposal
intended to shut
themertain limits, and contra
evidently
ttoutpheenffaercrtouwallesy
within
certain
narrowest
poinththereeirsitniltlerrcemouarisheswahithJa
importantp portion of the
reparation unsatisfied, and one
which the Tycoon's
u.ssy them
Government have stated to be imp
to falfil, viz., the trial and capital
P
rl
inabilityhment of
Mr. Richardson's murderers, who t are l
enleto forel
nected with Prince Satsuma, and
he payment
m
£25,000 to the relatives o,fr3t.chooomccus
plea murdered
ofto those who suffered by the outrage, The Britishnand
minister has accepted the
to coerce Satsuma, and has intimated his intention
of taking that duty upon himself ; the Tycoon's
Government have therefore been advised to warn the
Prince against the consequences of a failure to yield
up the murderers and pay the damages demanded.
In the event of this not being done, the admiral
will proceed to some part of Satsuma's dominions,
and commence such measures of hostility as to
him shall seem best. Prince Satsuma has a castle at
Kagosima, near Cape Chikakoff, and this the ad.
miral may determine to attack ; or he may mean to
proceed to the Loo Choo Islands and attach the
revenues there which belong to the Prince. It ap-
pears, therefore, that while the Government officials
have purchased immunity for themselves, a power-
ful foe yet remains in the field whom it will be
urgently necessary to bring to terms.
" An act of hostility was perpetrated on the
American steamer Pembroke, while she was lying
at anchor in the inland sea. Some Japanese Go-
vernment vessels fired upon her, and struck her in
several places. The Pembroke escaped by getting
up steam and moving off; her guns were lashed,
and
beingstiemade no attempt to use them, all hands
iibusy getting the steamer under weigh.
rco ill Ndgaßaki we learn that things are begin-
ning to look more u
peacef l although batteries have
been thrown
up which command the port and the
ex
shipping ; Whether by
thetl
known,
't'ycoon's orders or those
of Satsuma is not
" From Pekin andktihnednorthern ports there is no
ds proceeds to Pak ina CM'bISSY
news
from the
ambassadorNtheeln l
ra
is Mr. Van Der nevinlenta, t.'llli:,teCl,Yll.tdhae
Cries acting as interpreter.

At Hankow everything seems to be quiet; no
alarms have been raised for some time, nor rumours
of district marauders approaching the settlement.
Kiukiang the same immunity Prevails,
Taepings are known to be in the
neighbourhood.
letihgobubgo
urh"
Nanking has been attacked by a Centiderable
h the
ood.