The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-10-04 00:00:00

NEWS FROM THE CAPE.

The Warwick Castle, Captain Webster, arrived at
Plymouth on Tuesday evening, with a file of the Cape
papers to the 9th, She brings a large number of pas-
sengers, among whom are Lieutenant Jenkyns, so
conspicuous for his bravery at the battle of Ulundi,
Lieutenant Jenkyns was shot in the jaw as the
order was given to the cavalry to charge. He had
his jaw bound up, and in the most gallent manner
charged with his regiment (the 17th Lancers),
Lieutenant Jenkyns's mother (the Countess of
Lovelace) was on a visit to Admiral Farquhar at
Devonport, and the gallant young officer, who is
rapidly recovering from his wound, was landed in
Admiral Farquhar's yacht.
Cetywayo embarked at Port Durnford for Capetown
on the 4th. He will be detained at the Castle until
such time as orders are received from England for hie
ultimate disposal. The chief topic at the Cape is
what shall be done with him, aud there are many
who favour his being sent to Robbin Island. This,
however, is hardly likely to be his fate.
The delonial Secretary had laid before the House a
communication from his Excellency the Governor
on the subject of the disp ,sal of Cetywayo, toeether
with a minute of Ministers thereupon. His Excel-
lency mentioLed therein that Cetywayo was ready
for embarkation at Port Durnford, but that the
steamer upon which he was to be placed would not
leave until the Cape Government had intimated
their consent to take charge of the prisoner. The
Ministers in their minute expressed their willing-
ness to do so provided sufficient warrants were issued
by the High Commissioner in Zululand, and by the
High Commissioner in this colony. This was followed
by the embarkation of Cetywayo, who at the date of
the despatch of the steamer had arrived at Simou'e
Town, where he was detained at the Castle.
In Natal there was much discontent because Cety-
wayo was not taken through the colony so as to con-
vince the "Friendly Zulus" that the great disturber
of the peace in Zululand was a prisoner of war. It was
asserted that except he was seen the natives would not
believe in his capture, and this was followed by the
circulation of a story that it was not Cetywayo that
was captured, but a brother of Sirayo's. All this angry
excitement, however, was of no avail.
The Natal Mercury says the High Commissioner
will have no easy task to discharge in deciding what
to do with Cetywayo :—"What we would wish to do
is, we doubt not, that which every man of local expe-
rience would presume to be the wisest and best policy,
namely, to place him where he can do no mischief.
We are not aware of any part of Natal, the Transvaal,
or Zululand itself, where he could be kept without
danger to the political quietude of South Africa. Like
Napoleon at Elba he would be too near the abode of
his people to be maintained in any of these territories
without 'a living laager of redcoats.' The simplest
and most humane course to follow would be to find a
home for the captive either near Cape Town, at St.
Helena, at Mauritius, or some other transmarine abid-
ing place, where he might be left in full enjoyment of
his domestic blisses."