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Of this indulg-ence^ some few manifested a disposition to 

 avail themselves ; but the result of their deliberations being- 

 referred to their vrourvSj without whose gentle acquiescence 

 nothing" of consequence may be undertaken^ the heroines 

 peremptorily declined to retrace their steps^ until summary 

 veng-eance should have been wreaked upon the head of 

 the merciless Ding-aan, for the blood he had so wantonly 

 spilled. 



Maritz's force amounted at this period to six hundred and 

 fifty men capable of bearing* arms ; their women^ children^ 

 and followers^ exceeding* three thousand five hundred. With 

 three hundred mounted whites^ and four pieces of lig-ht 

 ordnance, he proposed to have marched against Ding*aan in 

 the beginning- of June, advancing* direct upon the capital^ 

 and taking* fifty wag'g'ons with which to form an entrench- 

 ment for security during* the nig'ht. But his unexpected 

 demise, whilst it deprived the emig-rants of the most energ-etic 

 of their leaders, put a stop for a time to the projected cam- 

 paign • and Landmann, who was elected generalissimo in his 

 room, succeeded in convincing them of the wisdom of sus- 



and ample investigation shall, upon proper representation be instituted ; and 

 either such redress afforded as it is in His Excellency's power to afford, or such 

 representation made to Her Majesty's Government as the respective cases shall 

 injustice demand. 



" But His Excellency also warns all those who have already emigrated, or 

 may still be disposed to emigrate, as a duty he owes to His Sovereign, and to 

 them as Her Majesty's subjects, that their emigration into the interior cannot 

 absolve them from their allegiance as British subjects, and their responsibility 

 as such to the laws in force in the Colony, and the Courts administering the 

 same. 



" His Excellency moreover assures them that, whenever the preservation 

 of the peace and prosperity of the Colony, and the bordering tribes, shall ap- 

 pear to him to require that military possession be taken of the Sea Port called 

 Natal, he will be prepared, and is determined to do so, in Her Majesty's 

 name." 



By Command of His Excellency the Governor. 

 (Signed) H. HUDSON,— Acting Secretary to Government. 



