Sir Bartle Frere was on Thursday entertained at a dinner
given by persons interested in South Africa, and the dinner was at- tended by Lord Carnarvon, Lord Salisbury, Lord Kimberley, Mr. Goschen, and a host of Indian and Colonial notabilities. The object of the speakers was, of course, to praise the new Governer of the Cape, and it was done well, Lord Salisbury in particular making a graceful allusion to the loss he and India were sustaining by the new appointment, and both he and Lord Carnarvon mention- ing that Sir Bartle's special fitness was his experience in dealing with native races, with whom, as the Colonial Secretary said, he "had a strong social sympathy." The Dutch will not like that, but it was true, and was, we presume, the real reason for the selection of a man who has not always succeeded. The marked feature of the evening, however, was the entire approval accorded by both parties, and by both Englishmen and Colonists, to Lord Carnarvon's policy of Federation. That seems to have passed on this side of the water out of the region of debate.
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