Sir Garnet Wolseley has, at all events, one of the
qualities of a General. He succeeds. It was very important to defeat Secocoeni, because on his defeat depended tranquillity in the Transvaal, and he has defeated him. With great judgment, he accumulated an irresistible force, and then, on November 28th, delivered a final attack. Secocoeni's stronghold was a very strong and carefully fortified kraal, with a hill or natural citadel in the centre ; but both were stormed, most of his fighting-men killed, and lie himself driven to take refuge in a cave, where he was subsequently captured. He was immediately forwarded to Cape Town, where he will share imprisonment with Cetewayo. General Wolseley immediately dismissed his native allies, the Swazies, and led his Europeans and native soldiers back to Pretoria, where there is now confidence that the Boers will reconsider rebellion. It is stated that gold-fields of value will be opened by Secomeni's defeat, but there are ominous statements about tribes hitherto unknown which have crossed the northern frontier of the Trans- vaal, and intend to settle. There appears to be no limit to the possible immigration into the Queen's South-African colonies.
