20 MAY 1865, Page 2

The news from the Cape is,unpleasant. The Colonial Govern- ment

wants to " locate " the Kaffir chiefs on land marked out for them after the American fashion, and the chiefs object to be located. Sandilli, most formidable of them all, refused point- blank to obey, and Krell, our Old opponent, though not quite so plainspoken, is supposed to be in communication with him. There is talk about plots, the settlers are getting alarmed and angry, and in fact the signs which precede a Kaffir war are re- appearing. If a prophet turns up in the next three months—and prophets arise among the Kaffirs in all times of excitement—Mr. Gladstone's next surplus will be a small one.