The Sun.
London, England, 1868-03-02 00:00:00

THE nET'OLOTION IN JAPAN.

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The following details of the revolution in Japan have
been received by telegraph vid San Francisco :
YOXOI-IAMA, Jan 27.
There has been a serious outbreak between the Shagoon
and the Daindos.

The Mikado had been seized by Satsuma, a powerful
noble, and the Shagoon was in his castle at Osaka, under
the protection of the fleets of his allies.
The Foreign Ministers were at Osaka and assured the
Shagoon they would not interfere in the, pending difficul-
ties.

One of the Shag,oon's palaces at Jell° was burned
down by Satsuma's men, who afterwards lost one of his
own.

There was a severe fight, and the official report give'
300 killed and wounded of Satsuma's men, and 60 of the
Government troops.
The contending parties afterwards had a naval engage-
ment in sight of Yokohama, when Satsuma's vessels
escaped.

The Mikado is a prisoner in his palace at Kista,
guarded by Satsuma's men. The Tycoonate is abolished.
Stots-baslii, the Shagoon, has had all his titles taken
from him. Ile will neither resign nor fight. He is in his
palace at Osaka.

Satsuma, Cochin, and Tosa have surrendered Osaka
with their troops.
The Tycoon's and Satsuma's troops are now fighting i.,.
the streets of Jeddo.

Satsuma's Palace was burned on the night of the 20th
of January, and 400 men were burned up in it.
The native town was on fire in four places on the night
of the 20th of January. The fire was fortunately extin•
guished, but with serious damage.
Foreigners have been ordered by their Consuls not to go
outside the settlement.

Terrible mortality exists among foreigners at Hioga,
twenty-four having died in as many days.
Everything is quiet at Osaka.
Another account says :
The advices from Yokohama, Japan, to the 25th of
January, report. that a formidable revolution had taken
place in Japan, in consequence of the opening of the new
ports to foreigners. The young Mikado was seized by the
three leading princes of the empire, Satsuma, Choisy, and
Toso, and remained a prisoner in their hands. The late
Shagoon, Stots-bashi, fled from Meako and shut himself
up in the castle at Osaka, where he placed himself under
the protection of the fleet of the foreign Powers in that
harbour. But the Ministers of the treaty Powers have
given a distinct and solemn assurance to the Japanese
that they will not in any way interfere in the struggle.
Stots-bashi was collecting forces and organising
an army, with which he would attempt to re-
cover his lost power. Meanwhile the confederated
Daimios proposed no immediate action. It was not
probable that the foreign Ministers would make any
efforts for a settlement of their relations with either
of the opposing parties until after the assembling of the
nobility of the empire in council. Meanwhile the country
was without a recognised head. Disturbances of a serious
nature had taken place in Yeddo. The inclosure of the
principal palace of the Shagoon was broken into by a mob,
and the castle and residence of the ladies of his cour4
were set on fire and destroyed on the 16th January.
The widows of former Shagoons, who lived in the
palace, were killed. It is said that the mob con-
sisted of the people of Satsuma, who were attempting to
rescue a sister of their prince, the wife of a former Shagoon.
Two days after this outrage the great palace of Prince
Satsuma, in Yeddo, was attacked and destroyed by the
Shagoon's troops, and a large amountsl the prince's pro-
perty in other parts of the city was plundered or ruined.
The officers of the Shagoon disavow any intention to
quarrel with Satsuma, but declare that they only wished
to dislodge hands of robbers who were located in the
places which were destroyed. It was reported that 140 of
Satsuma's men were killed and 1.69 wounded, and that the
troops of the Shagoon lost from 50 t GO killed and
wounded. Some of Satsumas men made their way out
of the city to a small s!:eaner belon,tl:.iuz to the Prince,
::ad steamed out into the harbour. They were followed
I)3r a war-vessel of the Shagoon, and a fight took place, in
shich the latter was worsted, and the steamer escaped.
rho ports of Hioga and Osaka were formally proclaimed
~pen to foreigners on the let of January, lint trade had
not yet commenced at either place, owing to the disturbed
condition of the country. The condition of the first
settlers at the new ports was very unpleasant. Their
!louses were of an inferior description, and provisions of
111 kinds were scarce and dear. The main settlement was
located at Kine, a miserable fishing village two miles from
ilioga. The foreign Ministers were generally censured
or selecting a site so inferior in every respect to that of
-Ile port of Hioga.