The "Bakufu" was led by Ogasawara Nagamichi, governing in the absence of the "Shōgun" Tokugawa Iemochi who was in the Imperial capital of Kyoto. Eager to avoid trouble with European powers, Ogasawara negotiated with France and Great Britain on 2 July 1863, on board the French warship "Sémiramis", apologized and paid the indemnity to the British authorities. Participating in the settlement were the main French and British political and navy representatives of the time: Gustave Duchesne de Bellecourt the French Minister in Japan, Lieutenant-Colonel Neale the Chargé d'affaires of Great Britain, Admiral Jaurès and Admiral Kuper.