The news from Zululand received this week (April 25th) is
thin. We have again been defeated, with some loss, the Colonial forces making on April 8th an ineffectual attempt to storm the stronghold occupied by Moirosi, a disaffected Basuto chief, in which they lost three officers and twenty-two men killed and wounded. The Commander-in-Chief is at Durban, and the reinforcements are gathering on the Tugela for the general advance, which, however, could not be organised before May. It was reported that Cetewayo had retreated behind the Black tmvolosi, but this is not certain, as he would select some distant stronghold for the women and children of the nation. Colonel E. Wood's official account of the attack on his camp at Kambula Kop on March 29th has been published, but is so hur- riedly written as to be scarcely intelligible. The general opinion in the colony is that his column was in the greatest danger; but his cavalry pursued the enemy seven miles. This is the only attack in which rifles have been used with effect by the Zulus, and they are Martini-Henrys, captured, no doubt, at Isandlana. The danger from the Boers is stated to be diminishing, and Sir B. Frere had reached Pretoria in safety.
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