An item referred to tidings dated Nagasaki, Japan 12th April received from the Dutch department of navy from the Dutch screw steam corvette Zr. Ms. Groningen reporting the events over there.(1) On 24th February was the regent for the emperor (2) on the private way of Jedo attacked and heavily wounded, according to some rumours even killed. People feared for a civil war which would be a worse case for the trade. The Groningen suffered from heavy storms and returned at Nagasaki although with little damage was her rudder broken.
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1. Screw steamship 2nd class, on stocks at F. Smit, Kinderdijk, Netherlands 1855, launched 1857, commissioned 25 May or 1 July 1857, served also in the Dutch East Indies, stricken, breaking up started at the navy yard at Amsterdam, Netherlands on 29 July 1863, dimensions 58,82 x 10,74 x 5,00 metres, 1457 tons displacement, an armament of 14 guns, a crew numbering 158 men and 250npk/700epk horsepower.
2. The emperor must be Emperor Meiji (3 November 1852-30 July 1912), which personal name was Mutsuhito.
