The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-08-04
From TIE Alta California, Of Julyl4l
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We have dates from Yokohama to April 3D.
Yokohama is in a very unsettled state. The at
| tack made the Prince of Meto's followers on tn
| Regent resulted in severe wounding, not tn
| death of the latter notice had been Issued BY
the Japanese authorities that persons should not e
out after dusk, except on very urgent business,
and in that case requested to apply to the Gus
| tom House for guard to accompany them.
Gates and palisades have been put up in every
| street, and precautions taken, seemingly for the
protection of foreigners against the followers o
the Prince of Meto, who, it is reported is in OpeI
! insurrectiOn against the Government, and averst
to Europeans being allowed to settle in the coun
| try.
The Hong Kong Press of the 25th April, which
contains late from Japan any which W.
| have says:
The intelligence from Japan continues alarming
and most unsatisfactory. There appears to be
| party in that State antagonistic to the existing
| Government, and further, that the cause of sucf
| antagonism arises entirely from the lberality o
| the Administration towards foreigners.
The retainers of one of the princes, who il
| known to be most inimical to foreigners, made ar
attempt to assassinate the Regent. They sue
| ceedng in wounding him, but it is not known
whether he is dead or not. panic is the result
| the persons of the foreign ministers not
deemed safe, and every precauton is being adopted
to prevent the foreign residents at Yokohama from
| being either assassinated or openly attacked.
There can be no doubt that commerce, conducted
on legitimate laws of trade is entirely opposed tC
the despotic institutions of the Japan Government
| and if allowed to proceed without check, must
ultimately subvert it. The tyranny and despotism
practised in Japan hardly credible and it is i'm
possible that people so intelligent and ingenious
tamely submit to it, it made aware of their de-
gradation, by being placed in contact with foreign
ers.
LORD BRoUGHAM's INSULT TO Mr.. DALLAs.-Is the
pointed insult leveed at the United States by Lord
Brougham, at the Statistical Congress on Monday,
to be made an international question? No one could
mistake the sim of the remark thrown at the head
| of Mr.. Dallas, when Lord Brougham challenged
him to notice the presence OF negro. Now, either
that fact was presumed to be offensive to Mr. Dallas
in which to draw attention to 1t was in itself
an offence; or it not supposed to be offensive,
and in that case Mr.. Dallas was suddenly and un-
courteously called upon to do penance for the
pected prejudices of his countrymen. 1t is difficult
to reconcile such act with kindness, courtesy, or
decorum. Mr.. Dallas attended at the Statistical
Congress the representative of the United States
the aggressor was member of the House of Lords;
he has been Lord Chancellor; and the attack was
made before tie Prince Consort, who was chairman
the occasion Indeed, the attention of his Royal
Highness specifically drawn to this outrage by
the person who was the immediate subject of Lord
Brougham's predicate; the gentleman in black
asked especial permission of the royal chairman to
thank Lord Brougham. All circumstances, there
fore, are of kind that would justify the govern
ment of the United States in demanding a formal
| apology, either from Lord Brougham, for his wan
ton escapade, from the presiding authorities OF
| the arena in which the outrage was perpetrated.-
| The authorities are the bound to take notice
of the occurrence, since are inclined to suppose
that Mr.. Dallas attended the Congress by invita-
tion If so, he accepted the invitation to receive
the treatment which we have described There are,
| indeed, considerations which make us neither ex-
| pect wish that the violation Of decorum should
receive any official notice. Lord Brougham is no
| longer young; he was born in IT'S; and although
he has preserved his faculties in extraordinary
degree, it would be unjust to assume that the for
| getfuness of which he guilty on Monday would
have happened four five years ago, OF perhaps
even two or three years ago. The lesson which
Henry Brougham seemed still to need would be
furnished by visit to the United States, to learn
how, under a republic, the English love of law and
justice reigns, and how a generous people would
revenge his prejudces by the heartiest of welcomes
London Chronicle, July Is.