THE DEATH OF THE PRINCE IMPERIAL. THE ZULU WAR, (BY TELEGRAPH.) Bluff, July 14.

North Otago Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2250, 15 July 1879, Page 2

THE DEATH OF THE PRINCE IMPERIAL. THE ZULU WAR, (BY TELEGRAPH.) Bluff, July 14.

The Lusitania brings Oapo now* dated 10th June : Accounts of the manner in which the Princo mot hit death are extremely conflicting. The firat ■tatement was that the Prince was accompanied by a party from General Wood's camp. After riding some distance, the party dismounted in a mealio field. When about to re-mount, the Zulua, who had crept up unobserved, fired. At the first volley the Princo fell mortally wounded. A few days bofore, the Prince, while out with a few officers, was surrounded, only escaping by putting hi 3 horse at a steep krautz. The official account of hia death atatea that on the alarm of Zulus, the reconnoitring party all mounted, but in the general fight diapersed in different directions, the Prince and two others riding into a deep donga where more of the enemy were oonoealed. There they mot their death. It is further stated that the alarm waa first given by a Kaffir who was sent to the river for water. The Prince, who commanded the party (consisting of Captain Carey, 78 regulars, 60 of Boddington's horae, and ono Kaffir), gave orders to mount, but scarcely had he spoken the words when a volley killed a trooper, so frightening the Prince's horse that he was unable to mount, though ho frequently attempted to do so. After running a great distance at the horse's side he was overtaken by some of tho s?ulus and assegaied. His body was aotually found in the donga. It has been hinted that tho body suffered mutilation, but there was not the slightest evidence. There wero several assegai wounda, and a part of the clothing was removed. A religious token round his neck was untouched, and his watch and ring were found near the spot. Capt. Carey and the troopers rode towards the camp, meeting General Wood about three miles distant. The following morning a strong cavalry patrol recovered t^e body. The occurrence took place on ground ppjrere4 by the British forpes two days before, »nd believed to be entirely deserted by the enemy. On recovering the body it "as wrapped in rugs and conveyed along the the British lines on a gun carriage, Lord Ohelmsford acting as chief mourner. The Rev. Mr Bellard, a Roman Catholic chap* lain, read the funeral service, Tho lame evening the remains were enolosed in a rough coffin and oonveyed to Maritgburg. At every village, passed through tributes of respect were paid. On the cortege entering Maritzburg, the coffin was transferred to a gun carriage. A procession of all the regulars and volunteers available was formed. After the gun carriage followed the Prince's charger, the Lieutenant-Governor of Natal, the Colonial Secretary, General Clifford, &o. The body was placed in the Catholioohapel until removed to the British man-of-war in Simon s Bay. His death has created pro-

found regret throughout tho colony. A Eortion of the festivities in honor of Sir I iartle Frere'a return to Cape Town lias t been postponed. Lord Ohemsford was < not cognisant of tho Prince having gone j with the patrol. A third statement throw* grave discredit on the gallantry of thos? whoaccompaniod the Prince Thestatetnent is that Capt. Carey, who had ohnr^e of the expedition, was mot by General Wood I galjoping back to the camp, with the ' statement that his party had boon at- ' tacked, and was evidently under the im- ' pression that the Zulu army were following them, and it was only after ho made i tho statement that he seemed to have dis- I covered that tho whole party had got i away, and that the Prince was among the • missing. He was upbraided on what was , styled nis unofficorliko conduct, and tho feoling in the camp on hearing of the occurrence >ras intense. It is stated that a volley was fired into the reconnoitring party, which startled the horses. The 'rince's an! two others' broke away, leaving the Prince and the two men on foot within thirty hands of Zulus, who rushed upon and assegaiod them. Tho others who succeeded in getting into their saddles turned and called to their comrades, but the Prince told them to fly for their lives and not to mind him. Be then ran as fast as he could, but tho throe wore soon overtaken and assegaied, the Prince having seventeen assegai wounds when his body was recovered. He had his right hand under his left shoulder with an assegai wound through it into tho ■houlder. A court of inquiry was ordered to be held regarding the circumstances of the Prince's death, and it is reportod that Capt. Carey will be court-martialed. Latest news from the Cape states that two columns of the Lancers and Dragoons visited the battle-field of Isaudulu on May the 12th, destroying all tho kraals on the road. The bodies of tho f.vllon troops wero much decomposed and unrecognisable, but the terrible tales of mutilation are not true, very few being scalped, though some were stripped of their clothing. Colonel Durnford's body was found, surrounded by tho bodies of, officers and soldiers. He was evidently assegaied, and the report that he roturnod to his tent and committed suicide is false. Forty waggons wero recovered. The bodies of the Zulu dead wero apparently thrown into a neighboring deep gully. A larger number of commissariat stores were burnt at Greytown than was reported. Dubulatnanzi and Mahiona wero assassinated by the Zulus when on their way to surrender to the British. All negotiations with Cetowayo hayo fallen through, he being unwilling to comply with the terms of unconditional surrender. Some reports stato that Cotewayo will resist to the last, and others imply that peace will shortly be concluded. It is said that the King is hkoly to surrender two field-pieces captured at Isandula as evidence of his boiia fides. Tho colonial forces mot with another reverse in Basuto land, and an attempt to storm Cetewayo's mountain failed at three points. Several of the British wore killed and wounded, and two cannon were disabled. The British troops commenced their advance on the 29th May in several columns, and at tho date of latest advices to head-quarters, the division was at Selopt river, 20 miles from Blood river, where a fort was formed. The health of the troops is better. Sir Sartle Frere was cordially received at Kimberley, where he was •worn in as Governor. Returning to Cape Town, ho was received with enthusiasm, and triumphal arches were erected.