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HASZARD'S GAZETTE. NOVEMBER 19.

T33 AJICAI IXPIDITIOI T0 JAPAN. Commodore Perry's squadron, to which public attention has been directed for some “'0 you-I , had returned from Japan. '_I‘lio result been satisfactory, althou h it has been unaccompanied by the warli a demonstration so much talked of in the American journals. The commodore pre- sented his credentials to a roper oflicer in the neighbourhood of Jcdd’o, and intimated that he would return in the spring of the year for an answer to the request of the United States Government. The followin particulars of the expedition are extracted from the China .Msil of Aug. II:—

The squadron, conaistin of the steam frigatoe Susquehanna and Idissipi, and the sloo f-war Plymouth and Saratoga, sail-

rom the harbour of Napakiang, in Loochoo, on the find of Jo y. On the morning of the Qt they made Cspe Idsu, near the southern entrance of the Bay of Yedo, end, sailing directly u the bay, anchored in the afternoon of t e town of Uraga, more than a mile beyond the former anchorage of the Morrison and Columbus. The appearance of the steamors—the first ever seen in Japanese watcrs—with the other vessels in tow, moving with all sails furled, at the rate of nine or ten knots an hour, appeared to produce considerable sensation among the Japanese, and all the trading junks, with which the bay was crowded, carefully kept out of their way.

As the vessels were comin to anchor, two shells or rockets were fire into the air from a battery about a mile distant, but apparently as e si nal, and not a token of hostility. Severn Govornmt-nt boats im- mediatel came off, and endeavoured to put on boa the vessels the usual notification to foreigners, warning them to depart. They _were not received, however, and the Depu- ty Governor of Uraga, who was the only person allowed to come on board, was notified that if the Japanese authorities endeavoured to surround the ships with the usual cordon of boats, it would lead to very serious consequences. A few boats, never- theless, lingered around the Susquehanna, but the sight of some warlike preparations satisfied them that Commodore Perry was in earnest, and they quickly ietired. Dur- ring the stay of the squadron in the bay, it was never afterwards visited by any boats, except those containing the ofiicials through whom the negotiations were carried on. The next morning Yezaimon, the Governor of Uraga, and a nobleman of the third rank, came off, and, after ascertainin the object of the visit, asked for time to despatch an cxpiess to Yedo, in order to communicate the information, and obtain instructions, how to act. During the three days which elapsed befcre the answer arrived, the Missispipi made a trip about ten miles further up the bay, finding everywhere deep sound- ings. Beyond the promontory of Uraga, a point which no foreign vessel had passed before, she discovered a large and beauti- ful bi ht, which was perfectly land-locked, and o cred the most secure and commodi- ous anchorage. She was followed at a distance by a number of Goverment boats, but none of them attempted to interfere with her, or with the cutters of the different vessels, which were sounding in advance of her. The presence of the squadron ap- peared .to cause no interruption to the inland commerce, for the bay was at all times studded with large junlts and hundreds of small craft passing to and fro.

On Tuesday, the 12th, an answer arrived from Yedo, stating that the Emperor had appointed an otiicer of the highest rank to proceed to Uraga, and receive the letter of the President of the United States; and satisfactory roofs having been given to Commodore erry, that this appointment came directly from the Imperial Govern- ment, it was arranged that the interview should take place on the morning of the ldth, We understand that the Commodore was first informed, on his arrival, that Naugaeoki was the proper point from which to negotiate with the Janpanese Government but he replied that a request to proceed thither would be an insult to his Govern- ment.

The Japanese selected the small town of Gori-hams, about three miles south of Ura-

a, for the interview. On the morning of t e 14th, the Susquehanna and Mississippi took up aposition off the town, and lay with their broadsides to the shore. The Gover- nor and Deputy Governor of Uraga, with the Commandant of the Military Forces, came otf to accompany the commodore to the landing place. Three houses had been erected by the Japanese, one of which was prepared for the interview, while the other two were a parently intended for the acco- modation o the Princes who had come from Yedo to receive the letter. The otlicers and men detailed to accompany Commodore Perry amounted to about four hundred. while the force of the Japanese was various- l estimated at ll-om five to seven thousand.

eir fo files extended around the head of the bight, for the distance of nearly a mile, and with their numbers of scarlet pennoas, and banners of various devices, presented a novel and beautiful show. The commodore was escorted with the Ameri- can colours lying, and the band playing the national "Hail Columbia," to the house ofroception. are he was received by the Prince of Iduu, first councillor of the Em- peror, who was accompanied by the Prince of lwaml. The letter ofthe President, and Commodore Perry's letter of credence were formally delivered, and an ofl_cisl receipt gives in ihturn by the two us. The interview thou terminated, as the latter vrurpmm empowered toentor ilto an ar-

' ' commodore mind, how-

evm, that, in order to give the Japanese be deliberation_ or

'4 d,lIl0,m

We me here mention that this was the‘ only instance in which Commodore Perry met any ofthe Japanese otlicisls in person. The Governor ofUraga was not received by him, as not being ofoqual rank, and all the previous and subsequent negociations with the Japanese were carried on through the oflicers of the Commodore's stall‘, and Commander Buchanan, of the Susque- hanna. - The Governor and Deputy-Governor of Uraga , with the interpreters and attendants, afler the interview, were treated to a trip in the Susquehanna, where they witnessed for the first time the performance of the steam-engine. After leaving them at Ura- ga, the squadron stood across the bay to- wards the eastern shore, and then roceeded to the point reached by the ississip i, about ten miles above Uraga. On the ol- lowing day, Commodore Perry, in the Mis- sissippi, went about ten miles beyond this- maktn a total distance of twenty miles beyon the limit of previous exploration. From the deck of the frigate a crowd of shipping was seen, seven or eight miles to the northward; and from the numbers of junlts continually going and coming, it was evident that this was the anchorage in front of the capital. The ofiicers of the Sn ue- hanna and Mississippi speak with a mi- ration of the bounty of the shores, and the rich cultivation and luxuriant vege- tation which they everywhere witnessed. The natives with whom they came in con- tact were friendly in their demeanour, and the Governor of Uraga is spoken of as a model of refinement and good breeding. The day before the departure of the squadron, the governor went on board the Susquehanna, taking with him a number of presents, consistin of articles of lacquered ware and other apanese manufactures. A suitable collection of presents was pre- pared in return, and in spite of his declara- tion that it was contrary to Japanese law, he was obliged to accept them, in order to prevent the rejection of his own. He aller- wards brought ofl' a quantity of poultry for the vessel, and received in return a large box of choice American garden seeds, his acceptance of the presents on the previous visit having to his great joy been sanctioned by his superiors. Notwithstanding the re- peated concessions which the Japanese made to the demands of Commodore Perry, they are said to have been very cordial and friendly in their intercourse, and to have taken their final leave with a show of real re ret. be squadron sailed from the Bay 03 Ye- do, on the 17th, and alter encountering a severe gale during the 2lst and 22nd, ar- rived in Loochoo on the 25th of July, and the two steam-frigates returned to Hong Kong on the evening of the 7th of August.

THE UNITED STATES AS A NAVAL POWER.

The congregation of American ships of war in the Mediterranean, simultaneously with the exploit of the United States’ com- mander in the Bay of Smyrna, and the sub- sequent coil with Austria, has not escaped notice in the European journals, and is not without significance as to the future part which the President and the Senate may possiblp see fit to enact in relation to the affairs and events of the Old World. The Knot: Zciluny of Berlin, a Conservative paper, has directed attention to their in- crease of the American force, and the pen- petual coming and going of their ships to and from Alexandria, Tangier, Ln Spenia, and other ports, till their commodore ap- pears to have a regular “Mediterranean fleet” under his command. The Knot: Zeittmg remarks that “the democrats of the New World have evidently something in contem lation, as they are not the peo- ple to send all their ships there for nought : and the language of the Americans them- selves confirms the conjecture. An otlicer of the United States navy said the other day, when the conversation turned on Gene- ral Washin ton and the non-intervention doctrines, t at he would talk difi'ercntly were he now alive-—he’d be no idle Whig, but an active Democrat.” This dictum corresponds with that of the New York Jour- nal, which recently declared that Captain Ingraham, had he but opened a bsoadside in the Austrian corvette, in the water of Smyrna, the other day, would have been the next President of the United Stater. We have been familiarized of late with this vs ue threat of intervention in European po itics from more than one section of the American press; and in the valedictory ad- dress of M. Soule, the newl -appointed minister to the court of Spain,‘t ere was a still more tangible allusion to the duty of a

a tutelrry intervene between democracy and despotism. The origin of this inclination has been ascribed to the increasin im- patience of the citizens of the nited States at seeing the continued influences of England, exercisindg, as she does, a recog- nised authorit in a justingthe interests and misunderstan in s of her uropean con- temporaries. 'l‘hcy grow weary of the never-ending allusions to “ Aristides the just,” and their fretfulnesu is nourished by contrasting their own power for interven- tion with the fadt of their ractical exclu- sion. We are not a ct er unprepared for the manifestation of this feelin ,marking, as we have done, the unprecedented and almost incredible pace of American develop-. tnent. Our readers will, no doubt be martled at the lhct that the mercantile navy of the U. S. is "at present greater than that ofthe

United Kingdom : and that the tonnage of the si e city of New York iswithin a

trifle equal to that ofLondon, and

Live put together. Aceordiugto the

Auto ass, their aisrsamile iaariae was,

at the ctose of the year. upwardq of whilst that 0f Gilli Bfltldl

model republic to render itfelfhencoforward w

the tonnage of New York was considerably less than that of London. At the end of I852 it exceeded l,000,fI)0 tons, whilst that ot' London was tl‘l°.'.,tll0, and that of Live ool (£34,000 tons— These are mar- velous facts; and coupli with the un- concealed ambition of the public to as- sume u “ mission" amongst the nations of the earth the knowledge of her pro- digious energy and strength, it is neither

remature nor presumptuous to infer that in the coming crisis of Europe the states- man and the fleets of thedUni:‘ed ‘States ago not likel to rest contents wit ayingt e part of yllldfl observers.—TIt¢

UNITID BTATIB.

Asiartliag scene was produced on board the Steamer Connecticut recently, by a man sup- posed to have been " rum orssy." He knelt upon the deck and remained in that attitude, as i engaged in silent prayer, for an hour. when he sprung up. drew a knife and rushed upon the passengers, cutting right and left. He was at length knocked down by a blow from the Captain with a chair, and with much difliculty secured.

A New York Sunday pa r says that of Ame- ricsa brandy the best qua ity can be bought at wholesale for forty cents a gs on. " There is s lar house up town that sells about twenty hogs ends a week, and the head of e w o. buts few years since, wuss rter in a distillery. is now livin in a splendi house on one of the avenues, an is in a fair way 0 coming a milioaaire. if he is not one already."

It is stated that a branch line of Cunard steam- shi is who put on the route and kept running all the year round between Liverpool and Port- land. Maine. This movement is designed to counteract the competition of the Canadian line, recently established to run from Liverpool to the ‘ wrence in summer and to Portland in Winter.

Frost visited New Orleans and vicinit on the

24th ult. and stopped the ravages o Yellow Fever.

CANADA.

A True Bill has been presented to the Sn- preme Court of Montreal, by the Grand Jur , against Augustus Howard and Murdoch Morri- son. for wilful murder. The indictment charged the former with having shot James Walsh, on the 9th of June last at the Gsrasai riots, and the latter with having been accessory before the fact. Mr. Morrison, who is an Advocate, ap- peared and pleaded “ Not Gmilty,” announced his readiness fol’ trial on any ds that the Court should fix and doniaaded the an argument of his bail in the mean time'—'I‘he Court put off the trial for three days, and aggreed to take bail if the Attorney General would give the Crown's consent. He declined to interfere and Mr. Morrison was committed to prison. Mr. Howard did not appear to answer to the charge against

' The next Canadian mail will probably bring reports of the interesting trial of these parties.

WEST INDIIS.

By the arrival of the Royal Mail Steam pac- lrst Osprey, we have been put in possession of Bermudian dates from the 95th ult. to“the Bad I

A correspondent of the Gazette suggests the appointment of a Commission. by that goverrimont, to ascertain the origin of Yellow fever in llermuda —wliether imported or indiginous.

Jamaica dates to the llth ult. were received. The good folks there, were full of gladnoss at the arrival of their new Governor. The Brisk from England. with Sir Henry Barkely on board. reached Kingston on the 4th alt ; and His Excel- lency was received by all parties in a very flatter- ing manner. He was sworn into ofice on the 6th ; and immediately sflerwsrds issued a Procla- mation summoning the Legislature to meet “to Business” on the ltlth. His Excellency, shortly after his inauguration, issued orders that all fees usually paid by shipping to the lsland Secretary, should be discontinued both at Kingston and the out ports. The Yellow Fever had disappeared and the health of the Island was very good.

Ar Baaunous, tlies ugsr cm of I853 reached 49,000 hogsheadu. The Yams sd been attacked by a blight ; and other ground provisions were not abundant.—The weather was very warm at Hsrbadoes. but health was excellent.

UNION 0!‘ THE COLONIES.

At the present time, when the project for uniting the British Colonies in North America. is engaging the attention of both British and Colonial Statesman the following remarks from the pen of the talented aditq of the Principal Patriot, a smart little paper published at St. Stephen's, N. 8., will be read with interest :—

This topic. a Union of the Colonies. was agita- tstod in I088. It that year. a deputation was sent from Halifax to Quebec. b Sir Colin Campbell. in order to hold conference with the Earl or Durham on Colonial atfuiru. New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island sent colleagues also, to act in conjunction with the Deputation ; and these Deputies presented Durham an address, dated Had Septr. 1880. e ' their gratification at the warm interest which the Governor-General took in the welfare of the Colonies which they represented, and the on- I‘ htened and comprehensive views of his Lordship."

e noble Earl, in a destatch to Lord Glsnelg, dated Sept.lBlB, stated that the Deputies were “ impressed with the necomity of a general usion of the Provinces. utheir Connexion

res points. via : “ a union of all the um-ices Provinces ;" “ retrenchment sad econo- :’ is the public expenditure ; " and, " a protection induotr ’ This "address" also declared that by u '° l"e_deral union oftheother North American Colonies with Canada. the foundation would be laid for "makiugthe country a great nation, on a solid and enduring basis." Now, to toss. the subject has assumed as im t ' gtasd ably4ou- Jhoouruuls is ovssootiu and New Brunswick ttlr tiveauddsi tssdvseuiua u.."i:'£.iu-- as the _,drst soust towards " British Celeuial autieuultty writ ." True. the Canadian I‘ or snahmsysotviuw thh ems withjflxeu bleed do—hu they re f: the meet ‘r enjoy I hlumq pvotostngs ; and that lu w uslmssetheprespsrltysftheoosutrysudcoleuim y will be equal partial to.

B1‘. JOIN AND BHIDIAC RAILWAY Aesrrespoudeat f sbudlus has been good enough ui funish :s with particulars o the on at hot pbes,

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A tram-road has been built from Scovil‘s wharf. in Shediuc harbour, to the workshops of the contractors, a distance of about halfa mile ; this trata-road is for the more easy transport of materials. On the wharf there are new front 800 to 900 tons of iron rail, and about 60 tons of pile points, with a pile-driver, and a very lar usntit of iron in bars, screws. bolts an op es. in the store there is harness for 30 horses. but this is solar and clumsy that it is doubtlhl ifit will be o any use. In the workshops there are the wheels and bodies for 30 carts, and [00 whoelborrows, which are bein fitted up; but this is slow work, owing to the ocarouity of work-teen. In short, the contractors have abundance of everélthi? but workmen and labourers, and those ey o_ not expect to get until next spring. MoI!l_lll1|9n the will do all that can be done this winter. yi no others when the ma on at Shediac.

{he o‘t:a‘s.truction of the first section of the railway from the terminus at Ca Brule to the Dorohoater road. mwma 8 and 4 mllos,) hasbeua let out to an ntr-actors, several of whom have arrived from England, where they lmve for many rs bud em oyment in that capacity under ossrs. Peto, tts and Brassey. On this section there are about 90 men employ- ed in grubbin and trenohin , and two stone culverts are iag built, w ich employ 30 masons. _

The bridge over the Scadouo river will be a lar and somewhat expensive work: it falls wi n the lirst section from Cspe Brule. On soundin the bed of Sosdouc (which is_ broad but she ow.) with searching trons, it was found that where there was only 4 feet of water, there was below no less than 18 feet of so t sand and mud. The rosdwa of the Bridge will be 35 feet above the our to of the water, and consequently piles of pitch pins, 55 feet in length, will be required. There will be 16 nbuunents, 35 feet above water, besides what is benefih; the approach on the Point Brule side will be built solid for more than it quarter of a mile. 70 feet wide at the ground, and 18 feet at the top ; 25 feet in perpendicular hei ht at the water side, running off to nothin landward. On Dcrohestor side the spproac will not be so heavy. The culverts and ullets (of which there is no small number) wi be of stone, as also of the abuineats. About ten teams are now drawing stone from the quarry on the Scsdoue, to the several points where it will be required. Only eight quarry men are at work; but the stone is so easil raised that the teams are kept full etuployod’.

That portion of the St. John and hediac rail- way between tho Bend and Gulf, according to the contract, must be opened for trafic beloro the lat day of July next ; and although the con- tractors have not been able to procure on the spot the amount of labour thety. fully anticipa- md at the time of signing contract, t there is ever reason to expect this_ portion of the work wi be completed at the tune agreed upon.-—Nno Br-u ' .

THE RAILWAY IN NOVA SCOTIA.

Among the various rumours new afloat. respecting the Railway. there is one which has found its way into the New Bauaswick papers. stating that the llou. Bsmuol Cunard has tendered proposals to the British Govorumeat.for the construction of our portion of the trunk line. The following paragraph respecting the subject appears in the Jtme lroasroiclcor :-

“ We intimated lately that another party. not con- noetod with Railway undertakings in America, had been in correspondence with llur Majesty's Govern- ment with reference to the construction of the Hull- fax and Quebec Railway. We believe we are cor- root in stating. that the party in question is the Hon. Samuel Cunard. Of the nature of the proposition made by Mr. Cunard, no announcement has yet been made; but if sanctioned b . . Government, it will no doubt be submitted to the Colonial Gcvem- meets for consideration without) delay-"