New-York daily tribune., 1863-08-28

of Col Neele, the british Charge by the payment Of
the sum demanded of the Tycoon. to wit Si4O. 600
the first instanen Of which (sl40 0O is to be paid
the lsth and the balance in six equal weekly payments
To secure the fulment of this promise written bond
was given to that effect The remainder OF the de-
mand viz: that the Prince of Satsuma should also pay
SlOOOoO and arrest and punish the nurderers OF Mr.
Richardson held In allegiance for further consuta-
tion. The Commissioners gave little hope of the rem
diton Of the men, they said they had escaped imme
diatey after the murder and all of Satsumaa attempts
to discover them had been unavaing-all of which is
probably mere subterfuge.
Here the matter rests at this moment. A present
war seems to be averted but is of TO dsgnise
the fact that ii is temporizng unwilling settlement
the part of the Japanese and that since the party in
Japan who hostile TO foreigners largely In the
ascendant and Of late have gathered force the evil day
is only ayerted. We live a smolderng Volcano,
which any day may burst out involving more or less of
us in destruction.
IT is now but too evident both from report,
and from known proclamations of the Govern
Embellishments some of which in the hands ofhe
foreign ministors-that at the very moment the Yedo
Government saying fair words and promising pro-
lection they secretly plotting the destruction OF
a orcignersnay more the very decree for our expul
sion had gone forth. and Mo was placed in power ex-
prcsly this purpose which his courage failed
him the last moment to carry ont In the first week
Of May the whole foreign population of Japan on
the threshold Of destruction; whether they have re-
moved many safe steps away from it is yet to be
strange affair has to light amid other reyela
iions On the 23d of May a rona was killedon
the spot where the lasc Secretary to the American
Legation. Mr. Hucskan. was assassina,ed 1t ad
H. n ho1
slain in quarrc growing ont Of the intended attack
the American Legation. He had opposed the attack Mt
this particular time premature which led TO breach
between him and his comrades, To street bTawl and
lis death Or other accounts say, he denounced
hy his own brother 70 the Government and aftcrwArd
assassnaicd 1t now turns that this had been
an scknop chief among the roRias Of Yedo and
had often boastcd of his having been the slayer OF Mr
Hueskcn. Yet the Government, whose officers now
confess that they knew the man and lis deeds never
had made the attempt 10 punish him.
Such is the record Of the hour. The irrcprcsshc con
1i. between old but powerful feudalsm and modern
social progress has yet at no distant day to come of Oh
these shores and mistaken II the Miaco party do
not bring on the trial
The American ship viking from Hong Kong TO Sar
Francisco with 460 China passengers. loci on tho
9Th inst. on Mecoora or Princes Island sixty miles
southeast Of SimodA An on board'wcrc saved. and
subsequently taken 10 simoda by the T. ; sloopoiSar
Wyoming. Capt MoDougal. which went TO their assist
ance where they await fresh means Of Conveyance
to their destination.
Trade owing TO the troubled state of public affair
well tie usual duuess Of this season Of The year has
been FOR time past very moderate Crops OF every
kind promise bountifu yield and only assured quiet
is wanting to rapidly advance business relations with
these islands. H.
KASAGAwA June % lsGa
had scarcely closed ny letter Of the 18th inst when
a sudden and unexpected someraul, In public affairs
took place which the delay Of the schooner Ford
enables chronicle well 10 place before your
readers copies Of two important documents
The japanese Governors the 18th instant gave
their written obligation to pay The first ins'almen' of
the H. glish demand on the 18th Tie 18th came and
pa.sed hut hrougl, with II not a. iclibu-,hcrc
hitch somewhere, and the Japanese Go,crnoIs begged
for days delay The next day came and passed but
stl no money instead thereof The Governors informed
Col Neale the British Chare. that they could no, pay
and that in giving him written promise to pay they
had exceeded the powers conhded 70 them. Cob Nealc
a., once co-cd the door To any ithcr interview on Tie
subject until the money vas paid % promised
On tie morning Of the 2Oth communication with The
British Charge being suspended the foreign Cousuls
were called 10 the Custom House 20 receive coinmun
cation from tie Governor This communication was
that orders had been received from the Tycoon ai
Miaco forbdding con plinnce with the English de
Inands In any shape compliance would plac" hs NE
in immediate peril the hands of the hostile Dnimos
The Governor further expressed regret or tie iase 20
stion he Lad been placed in BY bis broken promise to
pay but compliance now would cost Linn bis head az
well HI ttl insisted that tho Ycdo Government de-
sired 70 arrange this affair and would commit no sets 70
provoke hosiiliics, that all the native population Of
Yokohama had been enioned 10 remain quiet and pur
sue their usual avocations.
On this same day Col Ncnle communicated 10 the
British re-dcns the fnct that he lad ceased AL negoiia
tons with the japanese and had given The further con
duet Of the matter into tie hands Of Rear Admiral
Kuper commanding the feet in Ycdo EaJ-a copy Of
which notification formf one Of the Enclosures win THIS
On the following day Rear Admiral Kupcr ISSUED
notice IA copy of which forms the second ncofuTo) to
the Bitish residents that, peaceful negotiations having
failed 10 bling the japanese 10 do Justice. The trai OF
coerc,e measures that end had deyoyed upon him
pronising also that such coercion should DO com
nenced before The 2th instant Ia order 10 give the for
eign community time for the arrangement oi their
affairs
The Japnneso Go,efnors cut Of from further inter
views with the English Charge now sought the repre-
seutavos Of the other Powers FOR explanation Of their
position and purposes. They still clnimed Tor tho
Tycoon and his Government officers an earnest desire
10 adjust these dicuies but unfortunately the young
Tycoon himself was at the moment compulsorhy de
tained NJ Moco end he'd been forced 10 ssn the order
Of noncompliance with the English demands by the hos
tile chiefs about him. and whose prisoner he virtually
was They voluntarily stated that ten days ago hey
had received positive orders from the Tycoon requiring
the expulsion Of every foreigner nom japan WITHIN