CHINA. DEATH OF THE EMPEROR.
(From the Overland Trade lioport, Sept. 10.)
The all-:ihsorbing event of tne fortnight is the certain intelligence of the death of Hicn Fung, the Emperor of China, which took place on the 22d u!t, in bis palace .it Zbehol, in. Taitary, whither he retreated on the advance upon Pekin of the allied forces in September last, and where lie had since remained. The entire reign of Hien Fung has been one continued unvarying epoch of disasters to the empire — haughty rcpcllauce and perfidy marked his foreign policy ; impotence and apathy the administration of the internal affairs of the Empire.
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Otago Witness, Issue 523, 7 December 1861, Page 2
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