A newer arrival front the Cape of Good Hope announces
the safety of Captain SMITH'S detachment at Natal, and its relief by Colonel CLOETE : who had arrived with large reinforcements, had routed the rebel Emigrants in the immediate neighbourhood of the harbour, and was preparing to follow up his successes. To the last, the history of Captain Stitt-Ill's proceedings was calculated to throw discredit on the Government authorities, though his gallantry had covered himself with honour. The small force traversed a wild country,. and took up a position in the hostile settlement ; which with difficulty it made good for four weeks against constant attacks by a large and fierce body of enemies. Colonel CLOETE'S overwhelming success with a larger force, sent in a quick and easy way by sea, proves how gratuitously the earlier disasters have been incurred. Had such a force as Colonel CLOETE'S been sent at once, the Boers might have comprehended that the vacillating policy has been abandoned : as it was, the best means were taken to spoil the effect of CLOETE'S victory, by first sending SMITH to be beaten.
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