New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-29
JAPAN.
A JAPANESE EMBASSY TO EUROPE.
From Our own Correspondent.

lno projected euUdssy tO Aui"Po i'"" w"
court Of the Tycoon assumes definite shape by
the appointment Of the principal Personages who
are to take part therein. There are four ENJOYS,
the chief of whom is Take oOochi, SanOt,ki-no-
kam and oil Of whom are Of tue Hatamoto
rank, or the same "a were the ENJOYS TO Amer
ica-the Chief himself beiog only ttuar kami.
They VIII go out in such vessel as the English
Government may place at their dispo6al but IN the
large retnue which Is 10 accompany them VIII be
officers engineers aud crew of their own country
men, to man their own vessel Oh the return voyage
lit being their purpose topurchase large steamer
while in Europe. The absolute date OF their de-
paruro is not fixed, though it will be not before the
close of summer
Nuragaki. of the late embassy to America, las
recently been made Governor OF flnkOdade. Ho
evidenced his appreciation Of foreign Institutions
the of his departure to his post oil duty 10y pur
chasing Of Consul Dorr his tilbury oud span OF gray
ponies wheTcwth TO astonish his future subjects on
the isle of YesO. His two colleagues OF the embassy
nov hold prominent positions under the Imperial
Government in the bureau Of foreign affairs.
The japanese are memOrialzng the Treaty
Powers for an extension Of the time fixed for the
opening Of the remaining ports, stipulated for IN me
treaties viz, ltdO, III 1902 and Oasaca, m icoj.
The foreign Ministers resident OF YedO have received
for transmission to their respective Governments
personal letter from the Tycoon to the head ct each
Treaty Power accompanied, moreover ly o long
dispatch from the GOrOjO, or Imperial Council, ask
ing for a delay al seven years III the opening oil
these ports, reciting at len 9Th the Iea-
sons therefor. These are chiefly their ina
bity to provide properly for so rapid an extension
OF commercial intercourse, the greatness OF the IN
noyation upon their old customs and usuages aud
the dis, tent OF the people at the great changes
already brought about particularly The enhanced
prices OF many articles OF personal consumption
with reanrd to opening YedO, the question s one
mainly OF precedent, aud ofthe pTOPrey otmaklugso
great a concession 10 people VINO VIII never Faue
the spirit with which il would be made. Inc inter.
ests OF commerce are apparently as well suDseEcd
at kanagawa, only twelve miles distant, aud where
the harbor is infinitely better. 1t Is hoped, bowcy-
er, by foreign merchants, and not without some
reason that at YrdO they would be brought IN con-
tact with better class OF native merchants, VINO
would also ; c less restricted by the Government.
Oasnca, OF which IIiogo is the port, is the great
commercial emporium OF the empire, centrally STU
ated. and to Japan what Liverpool and London are
unitedly to England, whose merchants conduct Dusl-
uess on q large and systematic scale, men who IN
fact control the trade OF Yedo and the whole en-
pire. None but the most imperative reasons, rea-
sons which do not exist except as they apply 10 any
intercourse with Japan whatsoever, should Keep
Oasaca sealed up. Nor is there any reasonable
chance of gaiu by delay, such difficulties as do exist
being not inherent ones, but growing out OF affairs
pertinent to the Tycoons position among has lendal
chiefs. Let the question be well weighed before
favor il granted; the Japanese thoroughly under
stand the value OF logged obstinacy and Il nade-nP
cyse of diplomacy; meantime let us have ia othcial
documents no more rhetorical hOutishes about
"tearnIour treaties to tHticrs rather than come
in violent collision with treaty breakers. ii such
be- even our settled purpose, let US not yentate II
before an Asatc dcsp0hsm with whom we would
live ON pacific terms, for We shall be less likely TO
preserve the peace ii We declare that we VIII run
before We fight.
A sudden fall within tho past few days OF the
great food staples bears out IN NY recent asSer.
lion that the high prices which have been complained
Of have been largely the speculative results OF the
operations Of the native merchants Rice has fallen
H. per cent, AID viii reach Il lower figure il Il be
true that large amount OF this produce Is still kept
back in the warehouses of the interior With
very large proportion Of untitled soil, largely varied
products, an industrious population, and foreign
demand for ali the excess OF production balance
of trade immensely in their favor, the farmer, Tie
aborcr, the merchant Of japan cannot be Otherwise
than benefited by foreign intercourse. The rest
IKE ucople" is rather the large unprOductlye class
of sw ord d idlers hreng ieudntoues. whose luNu-
rips of fine silks and choice teas are enhanced, not
the uorkingman's rice, pulse aud cotton. 10 the
farmer the foreigner brings hard dollars for al be
viii purchase Of tea, sin, or cereals 10 the ldieis
now Injuries and increased prices IN Old ones
Such AS chose had the opportunity few days
since of witnessing public execution. poor
wretch was burned at tue stake Tor the crme OF
nrsou. On the morning OF the execution the cr.lB.-
nal dressed in loose White cotton robe and bound
hand and foot, was placed on horseback aud parad-
ed through the principal streets OF the naive quar-
ter. He was escorted by a large posse OF ponce,
- .lrI hon far
rcd directly in front of him, were particulars Of hs
history, his crime aud its punishment The poor
fellow. reduced 10 skeleton BY long confinement
and hearing the marks Of harsh treatment, was rs
abicct un object as one might sec. IQsslng our OF
the town. he was conducted 10 bin in the cFHn
country "A lovely spot overlooking ialr heds, gar
dens innumcrablc, aud the placid bay, wberea space
of a half acres extent was lncOsed 10y ropes within
which the stake the iaggots ana tie iiTe awaited
their victim. Shortly before reaching this spot the
procession halted In a shady lane by on old deserted
temple. where, with mock humanity, the prisoner
WAS fed with better yiands than he had tasted Tor
many day, aud Piled bOuntiiuliy with rice-whisky.
On reaching the inc,osed space of the execution
ground--iB sight OF thousands nt spectators, who
tramoled down roOds OF rpening grain IN their
eaperucss-lhe criminal was dashed 10 the stake with
straw cords, which, in turn, were piasJerd With
mud to prevent their burning ptrlnaturely. Whiic
his head was thus being secured by cords passed
around bis neck, il was evident that the little lie
remaining in his cmacatcd form was Incredibly
strungcd into near insensibiliy. During oil these
preparations the victim exhibited 10 emotion, 10
interest in what was going on. The officials
appointed to superiutend the execution sal looking
on in true japanese stolcism,
1--WE are very short, let ~ stand in 'front.' sald
two back-tecthcd women 10 the pressing crowd,
who, however, yielded not. Yet the demcaEor of
the throng was free from ndencss; there seemed 10