NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE news from the Cape extends to 24th June, and is not very peaceful. The armistice, or rather "suspension of hosti- lities," as Sir M. Hicks-Beach called it, granted to Cetewayo, has produced nothing, as he has not sent in the two pieces of cannon demanded as evidence that he is in earnest, or ordered a Zulu regiment to lay down its arms in the British camp as proof of submission,—a condition obviously imposed in order to make peace impossible. The advance therefore continued, and by the latest advices the advance-guard, under General Newdi- gate, was at Ibabauango, within thirty-five miles of 'Ulundi, having as yet seen no Zulu enemy. It was believed that the columns would be urged forward still more rapidly, in consequence of Sir Garnet Wolseley's arrival ; and Sir Garnet, who arrived at Cape Town on 23rd June, was to start on the following day in a swift steamer for Natal, being anxious to assume command before the grand attack. He had telegraphed orders to collect the native chiefs of the colony in Pietermaritzburg, to await his coming, and intended, it was believed, to demand from them means of trans- port, and so, if necessary, advance as he did in Ashautee-land, with human beasts of burden. This plan enables him to move much more quickly than with wheeled carriages ; but it is, of course, fatal to the use of artillery, and, we suspect, will limit numbers to a dangerous degree. As yet, therefore, in spite of Sir Goblet's instructions to consider favourably any proposals from Cetewayo, peace is only a hope.
