According to the Saigon Indépendant the doth of Hiep hea, the King of Aunam, was undoubtedly the work of the man-who poisoned him under the fol-circumstances,—The mandarins had ver accepted the Hné trouty; they submitted 10 what they could not pre it only did what they were compelled.
he King, for the most part, submitted to the influence of these, and there wore lively conflicts as to whether the action of the was to be controlled by so influence. it was to one of these conflicts, puerile in appear-auca but important in its consequences, that Miep-hea succumbed. According to ancient and solemn usage the King received no stranger otherwise than in public and oflicinl audience; generally he did not receive them at all, the Hué treaty, therefore, order to make clear to the people the supremacy of the French Resident, stipulated that he should have the it to seo the King in private when he wished, M. de Champeaux the Reaidont, availing himself of this right, requested an audience, This was not ro-fused, but it was adjourned from day to day On various idle protexts.
M. do Champeaux at last insisted, Kind to decide. The mandan him definitely to refuse the audience; the partizms of France, who were becoming more numerous, wished him to accord it. The King received 1. de Champeaux on the 27th November; the following morning he was found den din bed, poisoned.
Up to the present the mandarins have not hamed eevossuor to Hlep-hon, the government is curried on by the Coun Of Ministers under the presidency of the 1udarin in charge of th defence of Thuan. an, who Is the leader of the anti-lronch party, After the death of Hlop-hon the provisional Government denounced the treaty to the French legation, and even tried to Induce Al. de Champeaux to leave, To this he replied by bringing up suothor yon from Chuan-an, so that the for the mandarins have attempted to isola the legation and cut off communications with Thuan-ay, and land communtoation with Touron has in fact been stopped, but between Thunn-an and the legation communication la easily carried on by ti iver; Touron can now only be reached by MIN. Ericon arrived at Touron on the 28th ult, invested with full powers for the negotiation of a uew treaty.—Daily Press,
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