CETEWAYO IN PRISON.
A correspondent, in a commnnication to the “ Daily News,” encloses a letter from a gentleman who accompanied the sons of the Prince of Wales on their recent visit to Cetewayo. In his account of the visit this gentleman writes “ With the two young princes he was more direct. After the usual formal courtesies and exchange of photographs, the two boys expressed a wish to see Cetevvayo’s wives. ‘ Stay, ray children,’ said the ex-King, with a dignified wave of the hand, l I have a word to say. Do you see that picture ?’ pointing to a print of the Queen. ‘ X think much when X look on that. You are grandsons of that lady. I wish you to give her a message from me. I have been, long down here ; no one has told me what wrong I have committed, nor given me an opportunity of answering for my conduct, Ido not know that I ever committed any wrong against the English. Yet they have taken me prisoner, and keep me here and give me no reasons. Tell your grandmother this, and say that when this war is over (the war in the Transvaal) I would ask her to let me visit England.’ ”
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2602, 23 July 1881, Page 2
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205CETEWAYO IN PRISON. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2602, 23 July 1881, Page 2
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