The reception. of the. Duke of Cornwall at Cape Town
has been more thin cordial, and has been shared in by the Dutch. Qne remarkable feature in it was the appearance of more tlian- one- huridiecinativichiefs- frona all parts of South Africa, whose picturesqueness was destroyed by European clothing. in which black men always look like valets, but who expressed themselves in most loyal terms. The Duke, in reply, was perhaps less happy than wesuals merely assuring them of Queen Victoria's warm heart towards them, Which his father shared. His speeches, however, to the Colonists have been excellent,—warm recognitions of their sacrifices, and hopes that in the days to come the only struggle will be to promote good government and the wellbeing of the corn- mtueity. A shower of decorations has fallen upon the Ministers and their supporters, and on the whole the visit has done good by bringing horn& to the Colonists that there is a larger world outside South Africa which takes friendly cognisance of their loyal conduct. Perhaps the greatest diffi- culty in South Africa is the intensity of the spirit of localism, which seems to shut out from British as well as Dutch the perception of any world beyond their own horizon. South Africa seems to become to its residents the universe.
