New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-16
vas ihers bn. cnaerssnd that bi' tea.y difers n
| ms,srnl poirt from TIE Aniorican.

no ms,ern.i port from tie American.
la c5dsr to .bcw the great progress which has c.-n
escird BY the,s Teaies u os1s ~ socn iic tb Con-
versio made BY Sir james Stirring st NaSa-sKi, 20
recently az October 1854:
IT, T.. y9T o, r nssa's y .h. see ' lsp. ,a Oh
snips f.,n sstsr provisions and other ucp- Of sort
sJ nay .sio.s w.i r TIE ~ 'ae ,sips from
and sr the present sni Hsscdd from and .ef ,a End
a az d., Z IA he adu..I d. 2..Ie from III, Por: Ise
wrh. 49, r,-.,-.,..
ALL, , he r-.,~d 70 enter o.he. s.a hose so-se1
ore-oirs a-ees w:aou: Permission from iae iIP.f'
Asr4 British ,hfs japanese por' shall 'on'ru 70 zoe
laws OF Isfan u hsa onsI, & Or ' sI o.
stoud y. br, ar then they TO he delivered over
to n. com;nssl' Of their ps oF td Paashsn @ r;,b
hereafter opened The sT or subjects o. any oreEn
and 70 tse enjoyment of en- equality q stssn,ssss "
Of favored nstoHss~ays exc. p'ins me sd
vsu'ases scraing the Dica snd Chine-e from -f casting
AsT g. Tbs Couvension shall be ratified and e Tafea
the Queen Britain and behalf OF hi. Hrhne-- tn-
Emperor of Jslau within twelve months from IH- f'es'A'
"Arr7 When this Convention 'hal b. rs:fed no high
Officer coming to japan .hall ate II
Snch ua- the troy magnificent convention si5ned
by the British Adn.iral and conrtersigDed by Lord
Clsrencor then our Foreign Minister; document We
should imagine standing aloDe for the sDgularity OF
IT. provisions, ana yet 50 We'll Thought oi or, nhcn
should think much more probable, so little eIan-
med fhnt Sir James Graham actually vtn'ured 70
take credi- viii Parliament for the achievement, AMI
PaIhan ent actually voted money 10 pay for the Elm
peIuI ysc', just presented To the JepaE--e GiVrrr-
me, IL toker OF gratitude tor permission 70 water
our ss of lc Itain ports ~ condition that air
officers did OF break the laws, aud that no high Office!
il future should eDdeavor TO mostly the r-stiicjn
imposed by this convention on all intercourse, dpo-
maiic or commercial. between japan and Great
Britain.
When !. is remembered that the advantages sccruing
under the above arrangement 10 the Dutch from which
We were 80 carefully TO be excluded, consisted IN
trace limited in It's extent by the japanese GJv6rn-
mept which passed eptire throu. their hnnds under
the most annoying restrictions subject TO duty
Of 35 per cent, the extraordinary advance made 10
these treaes may be the more readily appreciated.
II somewhat singular fact tnat, according 10 the
lar, sGy!ces the Duich Superintendent, Nr. D0Iker
CuItiors, had not succeeded in signing a Treaty
curdr tie Dutch those commercial advantages which
have since been granted 10 other nations.
We have been permitted 10 extract from private
iourna interesting sketch Of this Visit to Japan,
" hcf we giue below:
"On our arrival at Nangssak on the % of August,
seamed at one" INTO toe lnner anchorage, and
brought up about qDarter Of mile from the landing
place az Denim, whore remained until the 9TH,
WHEN we lei, for Siuoda the fleet consisting of Her
Majesty ships Furious, Rerihuon, Calcattn, Infexi
ble Lee and Emperor. iis Excellency and suite and
the officers of the shs vsiied the bazaars AMI made
PURCHASES, ard nte3changed visits with the Dutch
sutnoIites resident there.
"BeloIe entering the bay at Simoda where we ar
rived Oh the 10Th, we saw volcano in feeble action
The country is pretty, but the town mean, aud not
Ik, " TO become important trading port. There "a
q breakwatcr 10 protect the anchorage ngar st the
heavy rollers that occasionally set in. \ large ba-
zsar Of lacquered ware superior Ia that at Ndngassk
felnpte many of the staff and Others To invest spare
dollars. All the articles chosen were taken 10 an
office al short distance, where some Government
officials were seated, who, asceT,ainng the price,
charged perceriage aud weighed our dollars against
their current coii-,t=ebeus-thrce OF these being
equal tu the dollar.
:" Here We met Mr.. Towpsend Harris, the Consul
General If the Ulted Stats and his secretary, Mr..
Heasken, who kindly offered his services To Lord
Eigin Interpreter, which, with bis knowledge OF
the language, were most valuable.
"On The 18th left for Jeddo, Mr. HewsSen ac-
G, mpanyirg Us, und the same day anchored abou:
five miles off the capital Of Japan. Several boats
with Government officials came Oh board very soon.
No foreign ships had before anchored so near the
town, The American and Russian ships having always
remoined about fifteen miles of. Here We ioaad
paddle-wieei steamer, given by the llntch ~ tie
Japanese Government. She had tue natiUna! Japan
esc hqg-whife, with reG ball in tue center and q
white pencon,. There were also two other vers ugly
ship-rigged vessels built by themselves gnardshipsl.
Tie boats thai came of to had the Imperial c0!rrs
white, with black frefoi leaves in the center. Sew
eral ficals Of rank visited Lord Egin aud invited
liIn ~ take up biz residence ashore where comnuni-
cation would 6e more easy, as the dstance to the sns
wee grea' and the weather sonnetimes boisterous so
Oh the 18th Lord Egn and staii eft the ships 10 tue
gupboat Lee, and ships boats, with guard OF honor,
&C. and ran as close in TO the ling place ms tDey
could where It was necessary 10 take to the ships
pirs and after little difficulty, soOn surmonntei
by mer-of.wsr's men, landed. The officials we're
the to his Loidship and suite. Chairs lnor
mon, were also in waiting and were trans poret
to ,u1 rev don ic'c. II was not sumptuous, hut it
was clean newly matted ard bedded for our reception
A Bhuddist temple and lotus pond Indicated II 10 be
the residence Of the priests dinner was sen' from
tat ,iiort IN
but euch persons allowance was furnished on sep
ara,e table.
"n'he Commissioners six in number. having had
an interview with Lord Eein a bis residence respect
ing a treaty, Eis Lordship and stan with some ON
Gers, visited the Minister fr Foreign Affairs at tue
Ell nperor's palace, wher. received IN the
presence of several official personsges Having been
requested not TO 60 into the with the same shoes
tlnt Ne then wore, put slippers over them.
Pipes sweetmeats, &C., were provided in separate
ROOM which most Of the party were invitsc leav-
ing Lord Elen in conference with the japanese Min
isior, after which We returned to our quarters.
During our stay at Jeddo made excursions into
the country several miles. The scenery charming
ard the land highly cultivated. The houses and per-
sops OF the people extremely clean; IN the villages
are bathing houses. The people exhibited much curl
ostv but no Dcivity. At spot where 4 ere l.
prtiy waterfall and stream tea and refreshments may
lie had served 10y young women who areiat from ugly;
Le pg unmarried, they exhibited set ot beautifully
white teeth and backirched eyebrows; some whiten
their faces neck and upper part %! the chest by
means Of clslk. the Appearance of the married
women with blachened teeth aid their eyebrows
moved was IN ungninly contrast TO them At an ent-r
tanuisht there was Introduced strong, irvthy tea
naoc by puvenzinga tessPoonful of u very superior
kind NJ d whipping i into "A frothy beverage but II
sss too strong t. be agreeable: the remains ol
;rner seryed swectueals, &C., we're served secoLd
Tine. tie names e the parties having been
,,lscrd on the boxes cortsinng them. The
.erysu,s who brons bt in these things esch wore
sword, made low bow placing them before
MS retired placing TIE psn.s Of their hands upon
the upper part OF their thighs. Presents of six,
LACQUER. ware proclaim, &C.. made To the dfer-
en-, persons Of the embassy sni officers Of the ships
A.. 90 ~. f,rner xrre sn,nn uieccs o, si TINT may