Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume VII, Number 34, 22 August 1868 — English Column. FOREIGN NEWS. [ARTICLE]

English Column.

FOREIGN NEWS.

Tbe B«rk Ccmet arrired oo the 19th. inst. brinring ?ater new"s to tbe 24. oi Aogost. Tbe U. S. Conzrtrs has iaken a retess liii Septerober 21 st. Amoog its hi?t ects, wra3 a Bit! far ihe' ; protection of the of Amenean Cit2e&s abroad. with th» amendmeot that in case of īmpri«onroent fcy any foreign Gorernmeot and refusal of surrender, the President ia to : o*e any means not amounting to acfoal war to eflect their releaw. Pa?sed by 29 too. A tremendous rainstorm occurred at Bal-j : timore Julv 24, a pomoo of the City was eo- j i tirely flooded, a number of buildings «rere un-! dermined and damaged, first floors of stores f were under water. —The damajres eannoi | eytimated at less than 53.000,000.00. | Many lives were lost.—There \rcs aiso a: great rain iti New York the ?ame dav domg mueh damage to merchandbe. A dispatch from Savaonah s-iys Je£T. Da- ; ! vis wiil soqp saii for Elpope, to be gonesev- : }eral moqths. He will w» represented in the \ ;comingtria| by hia counse!. ] l Europe Loiulon July 2Sth i A Court circular announeea that Quaen j V*ictoria wili leave England oo the oth of : August, to go first to Paris, whenee she wii! imake a tourthrough France, Germany and ; Switzeriand. She expects to return October : h\. j It is proposed to erect a monument in j VVestminster Abbev in the meinoryofLord j Brougham und Professor Farraday. ! Loxdon July 29th—Miuniohī ! The usu«ai banquet given at the eoneluj sion oi the sess-ion of Parhament to the Minj isters eame ofi* to night. j Disraeli, in the course of hisspeech touch ed upon the reiations bet\veen England and the Uniied States. He said, with regard to f | the subjects of misundersUndinff whieh had heen so mueh dwelt upon by the United States; every day leads to better feeiing. j He expressed the opinion that the soiution j was near hand, owing to rnutual gnod isense of the two great uations. j St. Peteksuurg, July 2Stii. j The Emperor Alexander has ealled n | Conference of thir(een members, to meet oo |the 10th of August, at St Petersburg, for j the purposeuf arranging the detj»ils of an ln- • ternational Convention, pled£ring all the !great Powers to abandon the use of expiosivp j builets in time r»f war. ' London, July 24th i Dates from Maeao, China, to July 12th, ,says the entire rebel army has abandoned jthe attempt to take Tientsien and marched j off in a southerly direction, | Irnportant news is received from Japnn. ; The Mikado has proclamed another edict; j against the Christians. The civ.il war still • icontinued, and the party of the Chognatum ! i [TycoonJ were gaining strength. It is re- j j porttd that Stotsbashi has an army of 200,- ī i 000, assisted bv seven vessels of war, and ■ jthat they are seriously menacing Yedo. |The natives about Osaca are throwing every ; ob3tacie to prevent foreigners front buying \ h\nd there, \\\ accordftnce with treaty stipula- ! tions. j Lonuon, July 27th. | Further advices from Japan to the 30th of i June are rcceived. Ail ihe foreign Ministers [ j had united in a protest ;igainst the revival by ! | the Mikado of decrees against the Christians.•> jThe civil war continued to rage wiih great j j violence. The troops of the Mikado were in ' • possession of ali the ports opened a by the i treaty to foreigners. i A brother of Stosdashi [late Tycoon] is at \ j the head of the revolt ogninst the Spiritual j Einperor. He had a large army and was | gradually advancing ou Yedo, where the : ! party of the Tycoon are very strong. There [ bnd heen soiue f»ghting in the vicinity of [ . Vedo, btit no decisive rt?sults. It is thought | the war between the two parties whose I respective strength aud resources appeared ■ to be so evenly b;ihnced, wou!d resuit in a ( division of thecountry into two independent! • Empires, governed by thc Mikado and the Tycoon. I