, 1875-01-27
Dcalh Of Tsai-shun, the Emperor Of
China.
A Brief Sketch Of the Life Of the
Youthful Ruler.
The Spanish Northern Army Assumes
the Offensive.
Don Carlos Slid to Bo Shooting
Officers for Treason.

HEh1A uF 1bAFbAIHs
nNpnN, Jan. 2G.-Tho Emperor Of China
died on tic 18th inst. Ills successor IL yea1a
OLD md this dispatch says 1t ID no. ccrtaiu who
will succeed tho lato Emporor.
Tile ynuthfnt monaroh whose dcmtae Ia thus
briefly csonicled WIS horn either on April d,
1855. or May 1d, 1856 according to different au-
Ills personal namo is Taai- -Shun, which il Lis
givon nnu,o md not applied to lin by
tile people. Tile family namo of tho
dynasty IL Alsingioro. Tile name Of hth roign
Tung-Chi, which means !" United Rule" THO
Emperor Ii usually callod HwanE Hhang,
or "AnRust supreme;" tho term trien Tsz,
meaning 'soil Of Heaven. refors to hiH position
father actually at tho death Of tho latter, Aug.
a. 1BGt, but hia reign dates officially from Jan.
:ln 1862. tho first day Of tho succeeding
Chinese year. Icing o. tnat timo minor,
jojntly by Two Emprcsses, rsz (siorcy},
being tho dowager or Imperial widow Of tho
late King, and the other, Egan {Pcaco} tho
boys own mothor, m Inferior wife Of his father,
1llcn-Fung rho was hluisclf but 80 years old at
tho time of l,is death, in 1884,. and was tho
fourth son Of Tao-Houang whom ho succeeded.
Tho regoncy WAS afterwards dissolved by tAe
Prince Knng, uuclo Of the youthful Eu.po1or,
who ousted tho !owager, and with tile boys
mother proclaimed now regency, which
the throne Oh Fob. 70, 1873. Tho principal
events Of hls rolgn wcrB his own marriage fow
months ago, and the attocionB maesacro Of
foreigners ut Tientstn on Juno L. 1870. Its vic
tia,s ,yero the Fronch Consul, tie Vicc-Consul,
the Interpreter OF the Froncll Legation at
poting and Lis vile, n Catholic r,ieat nino
Sisters Of Charity, French subject engaged III
trade and bis wifo, md three ltussians. Tho
French Consulate, tho Cathedral, md Tue Mis-
sionary Hospital III which tho Sisters
were engaged. .woro destroyed. and tho
upon tho victims before and aftor
their death. The local officials were banshed by
the Government, tho leaders of the massacre,
tlftacn IN number, wore execntol and fargoin-
deInnity rnid for the property destroyed, antl
for tho families Of tloso who had perished. 4
special miBBon waa also sent to Franco to do
| clare tho rogset Of the Government. The
marriage OF the young Emperor ,faa an affair of
Oriental magnillcenco. Iy tho laws of the
country the Emperor has one Empress, two Sec
| ond wiyca or Queens, and numerous concIbincR,
or lnfori0r wives. Itia succossor Is said
| to bo but 6 years old, and IN that
| laws OF China permit Tho Emperor TO choose lis
SUCCESSOR from among tho so,,s Of hia Empress
| aud Aueens. In no case, therefore, could tue
infaut referred to be lis eon-nuloBe, indeed, Oh
error has boon made as to hts ago. Taa-Cliun,
| as Emperor Of China, ruled over Tho largest
number OF subf focn OF any monarch Of the proB-
| ent day. Tho population OF China In nbout
| son. 0uO,000 people, superior oven to tho great
| British Empire OF 22e,p00, 600. Aud yet tia
.lecoase Of this important monarch is announced
| q fortnight after its occurrence In the bliet
telogrnphio dispatch which heata this notice OF
| tue event.