20 SEPTEMBER 1851, Page 2

Sir Harry Smith's despatches, published this week in the Gazette,

speak of victory in the abstract, but enumerate reverses in the de- tails. Government are no more deceived by this Napoleonic sub- terfuge than the public ; for they are sending out additional regiments to the Cape. But arms cannot restore the tranquillity of South Africa. Defeat can only keep the Caffres quiet till they feel or fancy themselves stronger. -Unless the tribes are to be ex- terminated, (a supposition not to be entertained,) the peace con- quered by additional regiments will require for its maintenance the continued presence of those regiments. A judicious and na- tional local government is what is needed in South Africa—or was needed, for it is probably now too late to save that province.