The latest news from the Cape is grave, but not,
that we see, alarming. The Boer immigrants into Zululand, with the con- sent of the Government of Pretoria, have declared Cetewayo's son, Dinizula, King of all Zululand outside the Reserve. He- will be supported by Usibepu and Oham, and, it is believed, by the general body of Zulus ; but his policy will be peace. He- has made certain agreements with Pretoria, and will be, in certain respects, a vassal of the Government of the Transvaa,/, which, it must be remembered, is eager to reach the sea through his territory. We do not see that the arrangement is objectionable. If the Transvaal Republic is to exist at all,. the most convenient place for it is directly across our border, right between our territories and the vast crowds of blacks always pressing down from the North. It is better the Boers should peaceably control the Zulus than that constant war should reproduce the old situation,—the Dutch crying to England for help, and then refusing to pay the price.
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