The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1862-02-15
a Coup d,E,a, IN China.

Tho Celestial Empirs"of Of China has recently
pasosi through one Of these great crises, TO
which all governments are at timos subjected.
HsuH FuNo, the seventh sovereign Of the TsNo
oc ruRE dyn,.ty, died, after having appointed
81, son a. his successor, and nominated the
Primes ot ard 40 on Others !" TO assist a ooun-
cillors in tn, administration" The new En-
psror, though ths " Sire Of ton thousand yosrs,"
was but little child, and the Dowagor Empress
srd the Mother Eu press resolved TO assume the
title OF Regents. In this they were resisted by
tbs p incs Of ! and his friends who undertook
to usurp the government, claiming the Regency
fer th.mseiveS, and virtually forging an ImPs-
rial dscfee to accomplish their purposes.
Aftsr q fashion decidedly Cainese, they at
tempted sso TO assert their authority with the
Dowsgor Empress. In the presence OF that Ia
dy. they yelled ike beasts, and 'let Il be
soen that 10 their eyos ,Lero was TO sovereign
One Su SuuN was partio uia'ly obnoxious
Though not of the imperial blood, and China
ran, ho roa;l 500 their khj, sues wLea he
pl,USi he seStod lin elf ca 'hs imperial
thror,. a-i took imperial utensils for bis own
atd Ills iu county rhs-a etiquette IL roll
giou, and Whore eV,rythrg watch tho Emperor
--or the Soli'a-y Orc, "a bo q somotines Gallo :
-bcnos By his Us, {. carofullv tsboosd, iu or
Tor to keep u tho awo with which he is ressrl.
od. lie also committed tie inprud, nee Of
abusing esct lsdy 10 ths oths' privately, ard 1t
Q hsppert that = comparison OF po'ss revealed
the i'd scrsH n of tho unlJcty 81 SHuS.
Fortunately tho Inroil l,dis, Wers women
4 spirit. "Het Majesty, the Mother Of tn.
state, ari "Ho' Mjes,y our Saint q Mother, u
formed Goa ition with rirco KuNC and tho
peacs party 'or tho overthrow Of the traitors.
They 40, fc-ih with he infant Emperor, and in
nis rsmo dscres after dcctcs Wa, Illuminated
DeFcro the Great C.ul,l the Empre',ss de-
| uNuncsd tho trAito,s, Who by an lmpofi,. Dc.
| cssb wogn removed and handed over 20 tho
| Ccuncil,Ly whom they were t-isd and condemn
| od 10 be tied 20 = cr,s and sliced gys1uAll' to
death but The Eurrosses we're moved by com.
passion. and allowed tho 'wo fret criminals, ~
mon "fesrly re'atcd 20 tho throrc, 10 stransl'
thsaselves in private the 'lorila.icus Su SHrN
sing puNli,ly declp'tAted. Upon tho happy
| Prince KUN0, TO end Of hoHors we're next con
ferred. until At last II being proposed TO max,
us ulsllnCtlOn ueTtullhrN' no SThN hih'oh "" Wv
ground, sAys tho royal oiic', and With toars in
his eyss i'm pored 10 w relieved from so great an
honor, couseuting however, without any toars
10 have his salary as Minister doubted, as az
alternative.
Tho overthrow cr the Prince Of | ard hi
tar'y is an event of importance, not 10 CHM
| alone, but to tho civilized world a. we'll. II 1
| them that tho doubo.faced dealing Of Chincs'
| sovernmsnt with foreign powors IL ascribed
Ito disluiet Of the sea coast last yoar and the
.larm of the capital, which 40 int"rtsred with
| 'radc, we're also caused wholly by tho viciou
policy of these miristoa They seom TO hav
mad tho o = I pcror completely In their bands
,bueine their power tho Empressos tell MS, un
ri from anguish Of mind, and from the cold O
rc climate, the 4" saorol person" larguished
and at last "hs ascoudod upon the dragon Il
bo guest on high"