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Title: Narrative of the expedition of an American squadron to the China seas and Japan
Year: 1857 (1850s)
Authors: Perry, Matthew Calbraith, 1794-1858 Hawks, Francis L. (Francis Lister), 1798-1866
Subjects: United States Naval Expedition to Japan (1852-1854)
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and company (etc., etc.)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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een deposed. It was difficult to ascer-tain with certainty the causes of thisdegradation; but it was not to bedoubted that, if true, it was in somemode connected with the presence ofour ships at Napha, and probably resulted from the admission of the Com-modore and his suite into the royal residence at Shui. It was not a pleasantreflection to the officers that they should have been, however innocently, thecause of the poor old mans degradation; and it seemed hard to understandwhy their visit should have led to more serious consequences than thoseproduced by that of the officers of H. B. M. ship Sphynx to the same place.At first, it was rumored that the old regent had been obliged to perform thehara-Jciri, or disembowelling operation; but the painful feelings producedby this intelligence were happily relieved by the sight of the old man in hishouse at Shui, by two of the officers of the Susquehanna. Dr. Bettelheim(who did not seem to feel any pity for the degraded dignitary) stated that
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ENTERTAINMENT TO THE LEW CHEWANS. 247 he would probably be banished, with his family, to one of the smallerislands. The Commodore, who was quite satisfied with the conciliatory measuresthat had been pursued during his absence, now renewed his invitation to theregent and treasurer to dine on board the Susquehanna, on Tuesday, the 28thof June, offering to send boats for them. This invitation was accepted;and the Commodore had reason to doubt the whole story of the old regentsdegradation, from the fact that the new regent, Shang Hung Hiun, a mem-ber of the family of his predecessor, and a much younger man, did nothesitate to accept an invitation to the dinner, but went even further in hiscourtesies and attentions than the old regent had ever done. As far as hecould ascertain the facts, the Commodore believed that the old man hadvoluntarily resigned in favor of the young one. On the appointed day of the feast, three of the ships boats were sentofi to the creek at Tumai to bring on board t

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