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Show CAN FRANCISCO ITEMS AND JAPAUti- NWS. San Francisco, S. The steamer (., l-,r.lo brought 880 passengers and l.OiO tons of freight from New York i iii Panama. Tl.e Japan tiauttt, of July 20lh, -aye; "Too grct subject of interest , ; ifU continues to be tho Japanese ex- , pedu,on to Formosa. Tne Japanese ( nave quite eucceedrtl in the primary ub:e t of the expedition, and might retire with good grace; indeed, they have nothing else to do there, unless it be true that they think of colonix- 1 tug, and that, to ail foreigners and to many among themselves, appears nit-re lolly. The Mikado has made no public appearance during the prut mouth The Emperor pays out of his private purse the expense of a foreign doctor to attend the tnwps in Formosa. The ltlilenUive Assembly commences its sittincs in September. There is a report re-port that the Japanese have left the inland ol riaghtthttii and will go to Yeso. It has been publicly men-linm-d for some days and is not yet I'OniradieUd. The would-be assassins of I wakura, late Japanese Embassador to the foreign powers, have been decapitated. de-capitated. Tho Japanese government has appealed to the Circuit Court of California against tho adrersa decision decis-ion given by the United Suites consul, in its law suit against the Pacific Mail Steamship Company for damages to the amount of 810. 250 for a breach of contract. The shipments of tea from here continue,, to' be on a larger scale than on former seasons. In consequence of the excessive competit 00 among; buyers, prices rule too high to leave a margin of probable profit to the exporters. The Government is evidently opposed to the circulation of foreigners iu the interior, in-terior, unless they will agree to be subject to the Japanese laws. The .command of the British China squadron, squad-ron, which will Bhortly he vacant on the completion, by Vice-Admiral Sir C. F. A. Shadwell, C. B., F. R. S., of his prescribed period of service, will, it is believed, be conferred by the Admiralty Ad-miralty on Vice-Admind H. Chad. The steamer Canton was lost near Foo Chow, with a full cargo of tea. Her Majesty's couaul at Saigon has been notified that, unless provided with clean bills of health, all vessels taking cargo or passengers at Saigon will he placed in quarantine at Hongkong for eeven days. The Chi-n Chi-n ?se authorities have consented to the telegraph being erected between Pagoda Pa-goda anchorage and tho foreign settlement settle-ment of F01 Chow, and the Viceroy is desirous oi having a wire to his own yamen in the city. The Peruvian Pe-ruvian treaty seems to be very unpopular with the Chinese, who are said to have rofused to do more than come to a provisional arrangement arrange-ment until the report of the Coolie Commissioners is received." Milton S. Latham, one of the defendants de-fendants in the case of Michael Reese against the California Pacific Railway, publishes a card, to-night, denying Reese' allegations of fraud, and saying say-ing further, that all his relations with th Company were such as any business busi-ness man and banker might honorably assume. |