Chapter IV

The Transvaal under British Rule. Reception of the annexation?—?Major Clarke and the Volunteers?—?Effect of the annexation on credit and commerce?—?Hoisting of the Union Jack?—?Ratification of the annexation by Parliament?—?Messrs. Kruger and Jorissen's mission to England?—?Agitation against the annexation in the Cape Colony?—?Sir T. Shepstone's tour?—?Causes of the growth of discontent among the Boers?—?Return of Messrs. Jorissen and Kruger ?—?The Government dispenses with their services?—?Despatch of a second deputation to England?—?Outbreak of war with Secocœni?—?Major Clarke, R.A.?—?The Gunn of Gunn plot?—?Mission of Captain Paterson and Mr. Sergeaunt to Matabeleland?—?Its melancholy termination?—?The Isandhlwana disaster?—?Departure of Sir T. Shepstone for England?—?Another Boer meeting?—?The Pretoria Horse?—?Advance of the Boers on Pretoria?—? Arrival of Sir B. Frere at Pretoria and dispersion of the Boers?—? Arrival of Sir Garnet Wolseley?—?His proclamation?—?The Secocœni expedition?—?Proceedings of the Boers?—?Mr. Pretorius?—?Mr. Gladstone's Mid-Lothian speeches, their effect?—?Sir G. Wolseley's speech at Pretoria, its good results?—?Influx of Englishmen and cessation of agitation?—?Financial position of the country after three years of British rule?—?Letter of the Boer leaders to Mr. Courtney 87-119