ABSTRACT
On 8th February, 1862, mournful tidings reached the Mgwali, of the sudden and unexpected death of “Albert the Good.” Throughout Her Majesty’s dominions, no heart was more deeply moved than that of her Kafir subject, Tiyo, the son of the Gaika councilor, Soga. Many years previously, when a stripling, Tiyo had walked from Glasgow to Dumbarton, to catch a glimpse of the Queen on her visit to the West of Scotland. He had manifested his loyalty to the English throne, when he had the honor of paying his homage to the sailor Prince. When the sorrowful news reached his station, it was as if some cruel grief had extinguished one of the lights of his own dwelling. With breathless haste he rushed up to the unfinished vestry of the church where his brother missionary lodged; and after announcing the melancholy tidings, he gave vent to a deep and genuine sorrow. The English people are not easily pleased.
