The news from the Cape is far from pleasant. The
Galekas, who were believed to be defeated, have returned to their lands, the Gaikas under Sandilli are unquiet, and the Pondos require watchfulness. All these tribes lie between Cape Colony and Natal, and on the north of Natal and east of the Transvaal, Cetewayo, the powerful Zulu King, is showing temper. He says a bit of the Transvaal belongs to him, and has fortified a kraal in it. On Wednesday Lord Carnarvon, in answer to a deputa- tion of persons interested in the Cape, said there was serious cause for anxiety, particularly as regarded the Zulus ; that every native trouble provoked other native troubles, and that her Majesty's Government had thought it necessary to send the 90th Regiment and a battery of Artillery from this country at once. They have also, we notice, sent twelve of the lightest steel guns, to be used by local Artillerymen. He entirely recognised the duty of this country to the colonists, and trusted the colonists would recognise their duty to themselves. The immediate danger, as we have argued elsewhere, is the policy of Cetewayo, but the permanent danger consists in the want of a powerful Government at the Cape, a Government controlling all South Africa on military and native questions, and in the want in so enormous a territory of a sufficient force of artillery. You can improvise Volunteer regiments, but not even a Colonial Government can improvise efficient light artillery.
