18 AUGUST 1883, Page 3

There seems to be no doubt at all that Cetewayo

is alive and recovering, and we now hear that Usibepn, after defeating Cetewayo, has in his turn been heavily defeated by the Usutus, in a pitched battle lasting two days, and accompanied by great -slaughter. The Usutus side with Cetewayo. Usibepn is said to have escaped on horseback and asked assistance of John Dunn, who refused, however, to be in any way identified with a losing cause. Cetewayo, therefore, may have returned not only to life, but to influence.