Des Arc citizen., 1858-12-11
The British in Jeddo.
A correspondent of the London Pre-


 3d, says:
 A yacht having been sent by the Queen to the Emperor of Japan, we left Nagds- aISi with her for that place, our squadron consisting. beside her, only of the RrtrI- button and gunboat. After five days, three of which were spent in very heavy gale of wind, we arrived at Smoda. the port opened by the Americans, and where their Consul. General lives. It is to be given up, as it is utterly useless as har- Dor, too small and open, with no trade. After remaining there two days. and ln- vesling in Japanese lacquer were, which is the best in the world, we came on here (Jeddo. ) The port of Jeddo is at Kama gawa, about fifteen miles down the Gulf. Great objection has always been made to the men-ofwar coming further up; In- deed Kanagawa itself has only been open few months. The Japanese said great obstacles existed 10 ships coming to Jeddo. We, however, put 1t 10 the test. and with out the least difficulty, ran right up, and are anchored within their own men-oi- war, which we dId not know were here, and within a mile of the forts of Jeddo. The town stretches for miles round the bay. suppose it is the largest in the world, for it covers more ground than London, with two or three millions of people, which, if recollect right, Is more than the London population.
 Jeddo without exception, IS one oi the d. and good; and the castle, which includes nearly the whole centre of the town, built on a slight eminence. There are three walls, or enclosures, round this quarter. Within the inner, the Tycoon Emperor and heir apparent live.
 The houses of the princes and nobIes are palaces, and you may imagine the slze when some contain 10000 followers. They are built in regular order, forming wide streets, some forty yards broad, kept in perfect order; an immense courtyard, with trees and gardens, forms the centre of each enclosure, in the midst of which is the house of the owner; the houses containing the followers, servants, stables, &c, form this large enclosure. They are built of one uniform shape. The gate ways leading into the courtyard are ex- ceedngly handsome. of massive wood work, ornamented with lacquer and other devices.
 From the road that leads by the moat to the second wall, is one of the finest views l ever recollect seeing-on one side the Gulf of Jeddo, with the high hills rising beyond, while on the other is a portion of the great city of Jeddo, with its trees and gardens, picturesque temples and densely crowded streets, extending as far as the eye can reach toward the inte' rior. Then there is a view of the trees and green fields in the distance far away beyond thickly- built suburb But the most striking view of all is that close by the well-kept green banks of the sec ond defence, rising some seventy feet from the broad moat below, with grand old ce. dars, over hundred years of age, grow. ing from its sides. The fine timber, the lay of the ground, the water lilies in the moat, the grandeur, good order, and com pleteness of everything, equal, and in some ways far surpass anything l have ever seen in Europe, or any part of the world.
 We made an expedition into the coun- try. The cottages were surrounded with neatly clipped hedges; the private resi- dences as we'll tiled and kept as any place in England. The same completeness and finish exists in everything.
 The Botanical Gardens are very good and we'll cared for; good nurseries of young pines. cedars, Sc.