The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-09-24 00:00:00

foreign intelligence.

Tin ABTSITNI/JI KITIDMOIL —Dr. Krapf, • die-
tiagoethed baptist, who ham travelled in abyminia and
knows the person of King Theodore, hm accepted an
appointment to asoompiuty the expedition to Abyteini•
In the alimony of interpreter.

DIPLOMATIC CHINGOS.— (bunt Bianarek has retired
from the dirtied*. of Foreign Affairs, but this. says the
Herald, will not bring about any changed poliey on the
part of the Prussian Government. It is reported that
the Marquis de Meatier will also shortly retire from the
°Mee of Foreign Affairs is Fromm. The difficulty is
however, to and a successor. The names of be
Lavalette and M. Droop' de. Lhoys are both mentioned:

GARIBALDI AND RONIL—" Rouse or death r jonce
more Goribadi't watchword. His admirers invited him
to occupy the fire plasm at a peace magmas. In return
he invites them to &swept a subordinate one la a war
foray. "Who mild* honour to himself," be sap, "la
him come to Rome. I invite no one, but the road is
free to all, and I only repeat, let those some who will."
He told MN dwellers by Lugo Maggiore, knowing that
on the morrow his winged words would gly down the
peninsula, that he had work to do, and that speedily.
The allotted task was to "eradicate that Deli of vipers.
the pepaay." The craft of the priests, he said, was es
bus. shop—a favourite form of Ppeeeh with bies—and
Italy mast show this fraternity that IS will no longeorr
submit to their grinding ruperstitions.
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WORDS 01 PBAOII.-111. Voa Beast, th• Austrian.
Minister, delivering • miesek st Bruno, to the stunk:l-
- and ceinerarad magnates of that plass, espremed
tile strongest faith in the eoetinuanes of trsequility,
and the preeirration of frieedly reLtions with
with whom, he Dieted, negotiations on commercial
matters bad been resumed. This announcement gave
Iminonee satisfaction, and was hailed with enthusiastic
applause. Almoot simultatraoustszhavo Rouhor,
ail
the French Minister, who w entertaisted at •
t
banquet given in his honour by the lumber of Com-
merce at Ranter, proclaiming in wrare general terms,
but in the same sense, the polio, by which his Govern-
nestle emented, and declaring that its solo object was
the uraiotenance of • bug cud lasting peace.

Pituftro'n Poottitkiffte.-41 circular from Count
Biamtralt to the P acu.?edpioivaele Polo ozProssoll
satisfaction with the 111111:04ati of UN French and
Attrition Governments that they have on Proiftta of
Intervention with the internal at:airs of Germany. The
Prussian Government will caution. to thstsin from all
attempts to minim a moral premed" over the decirions
of the Governments of South Germagq% Count Bis-
marck conelndee by saying—" We have flit:lner motives
for persisting with calmness in the attitude la that ws
sea, in the relations existing by the terms of the wUnties
between the north and south of Germany a• the ft. 41!
of conventions of alliance which we have concin4ed,lll.:
of the reform of the Zoliverein. • sore basis in law and
in fact for the independent development o 0 the national/
interest' of the German people."

_
Orin Rome Kum TIIIIOOOIO.—Few at us know'
little more of him than that be is the King of Abyssicis,
and that be and his eountry are alike very bard to get
at. It appears that his reel name is Kass ; that be
was born in Qualm, a small provime on the western
bonier. of Amhara, and claims, on his father's e:ele, to.
be descended from the Queen of Sheba, who broughl the
treasures of the once mighty kingdom of Ethiopia as el
testimony of her admiration to King Solomon sr.
Jermalem. As tradition bath it, when the Queen
returned to her native teed, she presented it with •
proof of the 'diabetic/a King Solomon had had for her
in the shape of • son, who was named Meailek. Flom
this Menilek, who eventua/ly became King of Ethiopia,
Dsdjas Hailo-Mariam, the father of Kma, trawl his
descent, and sometimes his mother is also suppmed to
be a lineal descendant of the great Jewish King. Lao's
father being dead, times went very hard with the family.
His mother got a living by the mle of home, a plant
whine beautiful flowers are supposed to be • specide
against the tapeworm—the scourge of Abyasinia ; and
Kam himself was plaited in • convent. Whilst in this
...elusion, • rebel chief invaded the sanctuary, burned
all its huts, end killed or multilated all the boys he
could And. Young Kma, In the darkness of the night,
fied to the house of a powerful uncle, and there, in the
head quarters of rebellions chiefs, he imbibed a mssion
for war. Hie uncle died, and the sons quarrelled
amongst themselves. A neighbouring ruler invaded
their province, and Kama had to flee for his life at the
heed of • hand of soldiers. The banditti, weary
of their leader's strictldiecipline, conspired against his
life; Kam however, discovered the plot, and, after fight-
ing the malcontents, with a few tree and faithful
followers, he seems to have joined another desperado and
for • time continued hi. lawless career. He wag popular
and famed all over the land. There were many ready to
flock to the standard of so fearless and courageous •
leader; and when he exchanged a freebooter's life for
the more dignided occupation of cheeking6oppreardoos
and restraining violence, he waa followed a hand of
a respectable character. The ruling powers were
alarmed; the Quem of all the provisoes west of the
Teocary determined to crush him; when her army
met his, alas I her soldiers ran away. Still bent ea
revenge, she gave him her granddaughter in marriage.
We next hear of Kam es fighting at the instame of
this Queen sgainet the Arabs near the border. Irri-
tated by her treatment after he had been severely
wounded, he turned his Inns against her, sad near
Tsehako dealt • deadly blow to the Royal forces. A.
wood engagement was equally disastrous. At the
suggestion of his father-in-law peace was made.
This was in 1853. In a couple of years alter, Kam
found himself inispereeded in his Government, and
proclaimed • traitor. Again he drew the sword, and
this time with tremendous effect. Is one struggle he
won a battle and • crown. Hie next seams was the
overthrow of the chief who had mimed his uncle's
territory. Hi, ambition grew with his power. Having
united the western provinces ander his sway, he east
• longing eye on Tyr and Shoe two powerful Mates
which had maintained their isidependense sines 1780.
On • sold raw day in February, 1886, Lass found him-
self arrayed against the choicest warriors of Tigre. His
army shrunk hack. Indignant and excited he exelabsed
" Follow me, and by this time to-morrow my
Immo will be no more I9wia, but Thexlorus, for God has
given me the kingdom. The appeal of the leader was
not in vain. After a day of fierm fighting Kam, ware
vietorms, and the next morning was crowned under the
name of Theodoraa by the Aboona &lama, the Metro-
politan of Abyssinia. Thus baptised anew. Theodore
marched southward towards the Welk Gall. asientry,
and having conquered there, he then proceeded teil-
Jessie Shoe, the last Abyssinian province to retain its
lodependenos. Having thus brought all the country
under his sway, King Theodore is said b Ifr. Stern,
the missionary now in captivity, to have back
to Gondar, where he spent the rainy ~On in redressing
the (elevenses, and in reforming the abuses of former
reigns, For • long time King Theodore had the advice
and sanstmee of an able Englishman, the lath Mr. Bell.
Since his decease the rco al character appears to have
rapidly and eonsiderably deteriorated. His rage is un-
governable, and the objects of it are decapitated at ones.
As be governs without • Parliament or • press, the
Royal will is I.w. He appears to know • good deal
about Christianity, and at one time was very anxious to
be on good terms with Europeans, but dem all he is •
barbarian, and rule. over barbarians, His people are
Ignorant, commerce is almost unknown, sod the grossest
immorality reigns everywhere. The priests are as im-
moral ma ignorant as the people. Gondar, the capital,
has forty-foor chumbee, and yet every tenth man be..
longing to the ohms* is sunk in ssoeusllty. Seth is the
land where, by the climat, from English in-
terference, King Theodore wears an uneasy mown.