JAPAN.

Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 99, 9 October 1863, Page 3

JAPAN.

, The Straits Times of the 2 1st Jul^H says : — " The indemnity demanded frfM^H the Japanese officers Jby Colonel Ne&l^^J amounting to £1 10,000, was to be P*3^H at short specified intervals, the first ii^H stalment to be paid on 18th Maj^H That day passed without any referenc^H to the matter, but, afterwards tb^H Japanese Ministers attempted" to red^e^H negotiations without the .paymentf <^H any money. H.M s Charg'e d'Affain^H considered this as a breach of faith, *Q^H be accordingly placed .the business i^H Admiral Kuper's hands. The adniira^H notified his intention/to 1 commencehoji^M tilities in eight days, and advised thoi^H -among the foreign residents who ha^H wives and families to have them .rt^H moved. Admiral Juarez proffered h*^H co-operatioa, and undertook to defen^f the ioreign settlement. P/eparatioo^H continued until the night of the* 23rc^H 24th ultimo, when, about midnight, tb^H Japanese officers, not having access ,t^H Colonel Neale, went to - ,the Fren'c^H Minister's quarters, and informed hin^H that they were ready to, pay the mone^H as agreed upon. ,He,accordingly corai^H municated the information to H.M.'^H Charge d'AfFaires, who replied that a^J the Japanese had suffered matters to g^H so far, the whole sum must now be pai^H at once, in 440,000 Mexican ddllars,ti^^ be delivered at seven in the mpfninj^H By last advices, the money was bein^H paid in H.M:'s Legation; .At^thesain^H time the Japanese Ministers iixforme^H the different representatives prforejg^H powers that the Tycoon, then atMia&l^H had instructed them to obey the Mikado'^H orders to expel foreigners and close th^J ports. The Japanese also rc <l u este<^H that foreigners would hold their settW^H ments by their own military forces^^M proposal evidently intended to shu^H them up effectually within certain iimila^| and contract to the narrowest point thei^f intercourse with Japan. There-still reflH mains an important portion tff the re^H paration unsatisfied, and one which thfll Tycoon's Government have stated to b^H impossible for them to fulfil, namely^^ the trial and capita] punishment of M^H Richardson's murderers, who are closel j^| connected with Prince Satsuma ; an^H the payment of £25,000 to the rela-^| tives of the murdered man and to thbs^H who suffered from the outrage. Tha| British Minister has accepted the Ty^H coon's plea of inability to coerce Sat-^| suma, and has intimated his intentiot^J of taking that duty upon himself ; tti^fl Tycoon's Government have, therefore,H been advised to warn the Prince agains^^B the conseqaences of a failure to yielf^f up the murderers and pay the damagesH demanded. In event of this not beingH done, the admiral will proceed to som^H part of Satsuma' s dominions, and conv^f mence such measures of hostility as to^| rim shall seem best. Prince SatsumaH has a castle at Kagosima, near CnpeH Chikakoff, and this* the admiral majH determine to attack ; Or he may meariH to proceed to Loo-Choo Islands andH attach the revenues there which belongH to the Prince. H