Our tientsin correspondent, under date of the 8th.inst., writes as follows:—I have just heard of the death of the Eastern Empress. Cause of death' not known, but it is supposed to be the result of an affection of the heart. Her death was very sudden and quite unexpected. She was only ill a few hours, and died on Friday, (the 8th inst.) As the Western Empress has long b invalid, and several times lately on the point of death, the Eastern Eupresshasalono been at the head ofatfairs, It will be interesting to note what changes her death will bring about." The Eastern Empress was the first wife of the Emperor Hien Feng, while the Western Empress was his second wife and the mother of his successor tothe Throne, T'ung-chih, who was minor at the time of his accession, in August, 1861, and the Eastern and Western Empresses were appointed Regents. Pung Chih died on the 12th of January, 1875, and on the following day Imperial decrees announced the adoption of Tsai T'ien, son of the Seventh Prince, (Prince of Ch'un, younger brother of Prince Kung) and cousin of T'ung Chih, as hair to the Throne, and three days later he was proclaimed Emperor under the title of Kwang Si. Being at the time between three and four years of age, the tio Empresses Dowager resumed their former Regency, and in reality, thou: h to what practical extent is not generally known, at least to foreigners, they have controlled the affairs of the Empire. In the present state of affairs in the capital, with Prince Kung, Prince Ch'an, H.E. Li Hung-chang, and the successful general of the Northwest, Tso 'l'sung-tang, striving for an ascendancy of power, it will, as our correspondent states, be interesting to no'e what changes the death of the Eastern Empress will bring about. We can only hope that the threatened complications will not lead to a similar coup d'étut as that which darkened the. first year of the reign of Tung-Chih, when the Princes of I and Ching, and Ssu Shu-en were put to death—the two former by means of silken cord, and the last-named by public execution, Our Peking correspondent has forwarded us the following—
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