The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-11-22 00:00:00

SATURDAY, NOV. 22: '1879.

Taa LATE PRINCE ALUMAIYOU OF

ABYSSINIA.
toThe Times of 2•londay says :—" On Saturday we
orded the death of Prince Alumaiyou, son'of the
sg Theodore of Abyssinia. It occurred at
be.;ZgleY. Leed ,e where the Prince arrived at the
pieorming of October last, and where he resided with
I beeneesor Ranson:le,
of tire Yorkshire College, who had
tait„„Ll° tutat at Rugby. After Magdala had been
166c,.:,'Y title British forces on the 13th of April,
012 th:Lit Vrince left for the coast with his mother, but
4.oth of the following month the latter died on
74:-.....__lottrney of consumption, intrusting her son to the
rf. of the British Government. The Prince was
right to England under the charge of Captain
ii4e4Y. a friend of King Theodore, who took
- .t,to India. When he was nine years old
suad 400 returned to England to be educated,
WI" Placed nu& r the care of Dr. Jex-Blake,
_,ssatoaster of Cheltenham College, with whom he
w.klearwards went to Rugby, When Professor Ransome
rirrecl his appointment to the Yorkshire College the
ce went to the Military College at Sandhurst,
wherehe remained a year. A week after his arrival
4,eeds he vzas seized with a severe cold, and was
r4ound by Dr. Clifford Allbutt, a local physician, to be
%alaring from a slight attack of pleurisy, with pneu-
t. He gradually got worse, and, besides being
•nueci by several of the most eminent practitioners
district, was seen by Sir James Paget and Sir
'llll. Re was born on April 23, 1861. In person
0 wait .4
berghlyasi well-proportioned youth, about six feet

Cos..
folk •.esPondent of Monday's Daily News also gives the
lying interesting details respecting the young prince :
jjeJaznaatsh Alumaiyou was the only legitimate
4ty4l Theodore, the Abyssinian Monarch, who died
treo gdela in 1868, on the taking of that place by our
the I),hiefe: The Prince's mother was a daughter of Oubie,
u of a district in Abyssinia called Semien.
nun
dope e WaS • Tirroworkie,' or Pure Gold. Theo.
(io
co„,°?aa Married to her by the sacramental rite of the nic , chor_,
un which is a union beyond the power of
berp,=„el. The lady was reputed to have been very
asatti`r and although young she was brave, and was
Elld have been the only person in Abyssinia that
~_ not fear the anger of Theodore. If she did not
I.`,lnr her
n husband, it was equally evident that she
ot love him, for shortly after their marriage it so
;noted that one day, as Theodore entered the tent,
;tutoz_ instead of rising as a mark of respect, remained
11'2,5, and at the same time reading a book. On
"king why she did so, the reply was, '1 am
boo, uning with a greater person than you.' The
to ..lwas the Psalms of David, David being a character
kioll2ro Theodore likened himself on account of some
"tidos between their early lives. She could not
ti.ve touched a more tender point. The Bing ordered
Wifo,°ll Blagdala, where her son was born, and
800 remained a prisoner for about seven
sori—op; ert_ls. gaining liberty with the other pH.
wnen the mountain stronghold was taken
• Napier. Her death did not take place in
at Eiktillet, one march on this side of
1-1;•
14.10, when she was being brought down with
44;heein along with our troops on their return to
186iekeY BaY. This took place on the 15th May,
-d she was buried next morning in the church
ibe'utuetlihreet. a place of some note for its sanctity,
ou et miles from Eikullet. I first saw Alumai.
alra-zy&dmeel a march or two on this side of the
of Efe was with his mother, under the charge
111%1%1;2 11"eana, The boy was brought into Mr.
the. tent by an Abyssinian attendant, and was
mu; in his native costume. His hair was partly
taelteel2 end partly plaited; while a small stream of
Zd butter was sliding down the side of his
41, resulting from the habit of the people in
by ,tt of the world of finishing their toilet
oag a lump of this or any other greasy
V,07:17°0.3 on the crown of their head. At
1 woza the 1,-
„„imy was handed over to General Mere.
Iztvg eilano 1 chanced to sit next him the first morn-
hm, reakfast, and remember the puzzle he had
Berne bread and marmalade were placed before
th„ Ile of course had no idea whether to combine
ites,:wo or eat them separately, till I volunteered and
„_ kink a lesson, On leaving Zoula he was placed
Er,,,or the charge of Captain Speedy, who brought
b-ry England. At Suez Captain Speedy took the
shop in order to get some clothes of a
thioi'v'en make. Speedy also was in need of
%kept, and the difficulty was to get garments
ler ,n,s_ert,otigh for Alumaiyou, and large enough
kip Y. who is a man standing six feet six in
111.4--ecluzga. From this shop the Prince made his
aad I.P.P,oorance in knickerbockers, a pork.pie hat,
Wheocteer boots. Speedy also had a boyish look
nut t'e name out, for he seemed as if he had grown
!Ilion."' UlB clothes ; still he had on the biggest suit the
arrr ceuld produce, Suez had learned of the
vms"iiazti. of the son of Teodorus,' and a vast crowd
_a/as in. wAiting to see them appear again. The Prince
4alePtain Speedy'e charge, and lived in the
" Ight. After a year or two the latter got
Oti PPointment in India, and he took the boy
thi:t with 1)101 to Oude. When it was considered
Cat,i.,'141701 was old enough for a public school,
Peedy acoompanied him back to Eng-
gtle4,7l4l received a present of a gold watch from the
an honorary acknowledgment of the services
to...._cenniection with his charge. The name Alumaiyou '
at7,l He who has seen the world," and it suggested
• hi:tirne when he was leaving the isolated seclusion
1:.°7111 country that the word might be prophetic.
n411,-; 't.kas been, but all speculations as to his
lance °I a future in connection with the political
es of Abyssinia are now at an end. I under-
that since he has grown up he had a strong
conotrvingsand naturally so—to see again his native
eWn " Jr: had all but entirely forgotten his
,flguage, only retaining a word or two.
ttlaw.,,;„ gave him his first lesson in eating bread and
It ohn'ileo„, oe he had not then even a word of English.
Cl' Do noted that he was not only a Prince, but
ll'Perial Prince, for his father called himself the
gof the /Kings of Ethiopia ; ' and, although there
her° pirticular moral to be pointed at, yet we cannot
beingPrj struck with the two events of an African
iii e •troPerial being struck down so early in life here
zurourope, and that BO close upon the news of a
Pee°, Prince Imperial losing his life in Africa."

In up
cub, ultion to the above, the Daily News of Wednesday
uules the following :
Bit
Seeing the interesting account published in
tia Impression of to•day of the life ef the lamented
read.," ',-.l.tunaiyou, it may not be uninteresting to your
were to add a few lines to show what his
avith—L-'413.X Theodore, eaid about him in connection
Veith r-ir!glish guardianship long before he met
m death. When I met the King at Zag,y
to ele-""°_, Dallhen, on the 25th March, 1866, he said
Illeata 'der introducing me to his eldest son, Dajjaj
Itnoth eir hakRA." Mr. Rassam, I wish this son of mine and
chila,l at ..-agdala (Dajjaj Alumaiyou) to be adopted
veuxT of the English; and when you go to your
phis:, Watt you to recommend them to the Queen,
tile tr— at, when I die, they may be looked after by
he Z-4kglish, and not be allowed to govern badly."
. 1311 the 28th of March, 1868, a fortnight before
tinle at himself, when I met him at Magdala the first
tihathte„r ,IlaY imprisonment there, he inquired
un re r,T t-'l43lai Alumaiyou had been introduced to me.
livae irt...4;ag in the negative he said to the lad, who
g near him, together with his European
lathe, -14 Alumaiyou, why do you not go to your
kissed ? Thereupon the boy approached and
thezi ~una pillow on which I was leaning. He was
Zert"wuut eight years of age. Before his mother,
iita;2l,arlr. died in my charge on our way I
down from
thalr
to her native province, she expressed a desire
ric
studies lon Alumaiyou should continue his Amba _
the /to. and a learned Abyssinian, the late keeper of
tOtor. ri archives, was appointed as his Abyssinian
nt for some reason or another the tutor was
tra,e 14yraY after Alumaiyou reached Egypt, and be
litudirereeva,ated thereafter from pursuing his Amharic
I Nine, MI Sir, your obedient servant, H. RASBABI,
ell'hOtige, Spring-grove, 17th November.

SUPPERINGS OF SHIPWRECKED
and I
SAILORS.
DI atu Juneriesn 'papers received this week give a sad story
:
DWreck mitering.
Ode `0 an Vish steamer Enrique landed at New
eillB on the 2nd inst. two seamen, Gustav Michel,
eurvirinan, and Antonio Diaz, a Spaniard, the sole
l'ere of the American brigantine Sally, which was myelzed in the Gulf of Mexico. It appears that on
27th et October the Sally encountered a severe
and was thrown on her beam-ends. The crew
nnable to right her, and one of the masts, which
Pre'lotisly gone by the board, killed the steward.
"
4.1. e n4Ptaie, mate,
and three of the crew,got away in the
tnanlieboat, which was subsequently swamped. the occu-
left being drowned. The men Diaz and Michel were
the l°oo board the wreck, all efforts to take them n
nzt tllllg boat having proved unavailing. They remained
paiae
17 e wreck five days, the only companion of their
hurt being a cat. They suffered very much from
the g_er and thirst, and were eventually obliged to 1(11
a, ti''ati with whose blood they allayed their thirst for
but lir' On the fifth day Michel became delirious,
ter° the course of that evening, when the men con -
ing,lsthate.g Plitting a, end to their misery by drown-
•rAirique bore down and rescued them.

_
LAYING THE TOP STONE OF A
In T.
STEEPLE.
til:n,don, on Saturday, a ceremony of a kind not
l°4 In England took place at St. Mary Abbot's,
na e
.other e church of Kensington parish' w_a
whiclior?nal laying of the top stone on the steeple,
This
th s
rnonr,,lB 278 feet high, or 76 feet taller than thel
Designed by the late Gilbert Scott, the
ii4,l;e" has been built in place of one which the Queenwhen a child, and in which she was baptised.
ileiezieatotal at is nearly £50,000, of which £6,000 is yet
by ed• On Saturday the steeple was almost hidden
be, scaffolding, flags highest of all
gay with many
_Dfto zit the Royal Standard. Immediately v. fter the
Vre-"'g of a special service within the church, e
on. and Rev. Carr Glyn) began ascending
.7eln steeple for the purpose of laying the stone.
Webb,
the
ochlic'hin,,,_ g the first platform he met Mr, J. WeD°l
•
or —uthawarden, and Mr. R. Green, hon. secretary
°
44 la-13
building committee, who, on behalf of an
firoN,;';Eaotle donor, presented him with a silver
Va,,21. The Vicar thanked them and resumed his
me,, 7, which lay UP eix long perpendicular ladders.
'dd
- Prrvent ' -
o? . gt mess these were enclosed in rough
04Doen h A . ads, but the ascent was still exciting.
cie „ Q top was a small platform, from which in
wi,tt,er weather Windsor Castle had been seen, and
tutften was 7""egreat relief of some present, who were not rens
snrrotuided by substantial bulwarks, to
-
suntcaffclolc7hen a r light breeze perceptibly swayed the
_ in ion for lowering, when the vicar, having laid and
The top-stone was quickly placed in
"relied the atone, said, "To the glory of God, and in
`un figth of our L Christ.we fix the top-
Sostone
W
the °f th e spiOrd Jesus
re in the name of the Father, and of
e n and of the Holy Ghost. May the spire which
now.
~...Qmplete stand forth as an abiding witness for
th";7li uhrist through many generations, even until
0,,,,, 1.1'7 °f our Lord's return, and may it ever point
I.T' "Una upwards towards our heavenly home 1"
a eignal being given from the top of the
'win br the Waying of a flag, were at the Mae time