Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram and Dorset, Somerset, and Devon Advertiser. — 1882-06-23 (Bridport, Dorset, England)

CETEWATO'S VISIT TO ENGLAND.  The captive king in May last wrote the following touching letter to Sir Hercules Robinson, urging that his visit to England should be hastened. He says : " I will no longer believe in the word of the white men. Their promises have all been broken, and I shall * eat them no more. I shall only believe I am going to England when I am really on my way thither. At xiety like this causes death. . . . lam glad to hear that you, Sir Hercules, sympathise with me in my present heavy disappointment. I trusted Lord Kitoberley iI my shield, or • tree to lean against and protect me against my enemies, and reply on my behalf to all questions put about me. He is the great man In England, and I expect to her • good things from him. I was myself once • great king, and so was my father, and he never suffered such anxiety as Ido now. If Ina found a corpse soon, you will know 1 have died of a broken heart. The white man', house towers above the but of the black man, and the latter looks up to the former for protection. lam afraid to ear all that I wish to say now, for fear death might over site me—the heart causes • strange and sudden death, I want you, Sir H. Robinson, and the Queen also, to see these word.. Chiefs of less consequence than I was have been given their freedom, and how can yon kill me with • death like this? I want these letters to go to Eng'and, and I shall still go there, too. My visit has already been pos poned from mouth to month, and now it is again Ade& 'tely put off. On the 17th May Cetawayo wrote to the chiefs, urging them not to stir up the Zulu people in his favour ; and, writing on the same date to Sir H. Robinson and Sir H. Bulwer, he said There appears to be great agitation in Zululand just now. I think it is caused by 'John Dunn' forcing the Zulus to pay hut tax and many other fees, a strange thing to them, also because ho (John Dunn) come down ahead of the Zulu deputation and had an interview with you, Sir H. Bulwer. Consequently they (deputation) blame him for their not being received. You know ttas John Dunn was made • man by me, and a very rich man, too; but now he has acted the traitor to me. *He knows It well, and does not desire me return. Do a great thiog for me by asking the British Resident to allow the Zulus to have interviews with the Natal Government. Tell bin to meet all the influential men in the country, and then anything will go well; but, if he will not meet thei and c nsult them, Zulu matters will not go well Take hued of what I may and give it • trial, and you will find every Ling an well." Mr. Ston-Lilter, the dethroned King's custodian, wro' on the 15th Iday : "I have the honour to itiform you that Cetewayo hi most despondent at the intelligence which was communicated to him on Saturday, that his visit to Ragland ei indefinitely postponed. I have never known him so much j cted. He has been confined to his bed simca Saturday. Yesterday, in the routes of conversation, he spoke more than onoe of suicide, and added that his friends mu,t not be surprised should they at any time hear if hie sudden death. In reply, I said much to cheer him; gradually his Write seemed to improve, and he inqu red whether the re would be anything to be gained by expressing his thoughts in letters. I replied that any letteta he ::oight d.ctate to his interpreter I should be glad to forward at onceato Government, that they certainly would do no harm. He, smiling, remarked that letters are now hie only assegaia flt is band that dictating litteis is that tst way to saltine his Mud end keep him occupied-1 !WWI fe: W9olt-