On Monday news was received that a body of raiders
about eleven strong, under the command of Ferreira—a Boer who fought against us in the war—had entered the north-west corner of the Cape near the German border, had attacked a police post, and were forcing the farmers to join them in their predatory operations. Since then the Cape police have been vigorously hunting the raiders, but as yet they have only succeeded in capturing four men, three Dutchmen and a Hottentot, who had become detached from the main body. Among these prisoners is Ferreira's brother. The incident is one of no political importance, and it is believed that the whole body will very soon be accounted for. It remains to be said that the Boer leaders in the Transvaal and the Cape have behaved with the utmost correctness and have given no encouragement whatever to the outbreak. Unhappily, one policeman has been killed in the attempts to run down the freebooters.
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