The Emperor of China, Toung-chi, died on the 12th January,
it is stated of small-pox. As, however, he was only attended by a Chinese physician, that is not certain. There is a dispute about the date of his birth, but it is believed that he was horn in 1856, and married his first four wives in October, 1872. He leaves no children, and the throne passes by some law of succes- sion we have never seen explained to the child of an uncle, Prince Tung, not yet five years old. We have elsewhere stated reasons for believing that the actual ruler will again be Prince Kung, or the Council which uses Prince Kung as its mouthpiece, but revolutions of the Palace have of late years not been unknown in China. Prince Kung himself had to execute two or three very magnificent magnates before he could obtain the "Regency," which he has used with such effect in restoring order within the Empire.
