One hundred years ago
We are at last fairly out of the Transvaal. The last soldier has crossed Laing's Nek, and the great meeting of Boers, at which it was feared that the Convention might be repudiated, has passed off in silence. A new question, however, is arising in Zululand. The thirteen chiefs in that territory are con- stantly quarrelling, and it is believed in Natal that the British Government, to put a stop to bloodshed, intends to restore Cetewayo, after he has visited England, and satisfied himself as to British power. The inhabitants of Natal are, therefore, passing strong resolutions against the restoration, and John Dunn, the English Zulu chief who claims the highest place in Zululand, says he shall not permit Cetewayo to land.
Spectator, 31 December 1881
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