The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-24 00:00:00

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

The President, 50, C:iptan Stanley, with the flag
of Vice-Admiral Dacres, :arrived
-saluted
morning,nine o'clock, at Spithead, end saluted the f-ig of
thc Commandcr-in-ChiA Admiral Biaden Capel,
which the Victory returned.
The Rmny, Admired Cap;d's yacht, was sent (Alt
soon after to attend on Admiral ;)acre:, and the gal-
lant Admiral and his family, consisting of Mrs. J-3:.1-
grave and five Misses Dacres landed from her at the
sally port a little before one o'clock. The mail was
landed at the same time, and the Admiral and Captain
Stanley proceeded to pay their respects to the Com-
mander-in-Chid. _

The President has had a splendid passage from th
Cape, having been only 38 days under sail ; she lef
the Cape on the 6th December, remained five days a
St. Helena, and two clays at Ascension. She ex
perienced some bad weather in the channel, and of
Sunday night in a severe gale carried away her lore.

yard. -
At the Cape she left the Southampton, 50, Captain
A. Corry, with the flag of Admiral Reynolds, and
the Espiegle, all well. The latter vessel was to follow
the President to England in a few days; conse-
quently she may he hourly looked for: The Dee,
steam transport, Master-Commander Filmer ; and the
Seringapatam, coal depot, were in S:rnon's Bay. The
Eurydice, 26, was cruising in the Mozambique; and
the Brilliant was proceeding from the Mauritius to
the Mozambique. The Nimrod, 16, sailed from the
Cape, on a cruise, at the same time the President
sailed for England.
In November last the President and Eurydice, 26,
went down to the island of Mafainale, and sent their
boats up the river Angoza to remonstrate with the
Arab chief at that place concerning his engaging
deeply in the slave trade. The negotiations not being
deemed satisfactory, it was found necessary to attack
the defences, which after a rather severe engagement
of an hour and a quarter ended in the almost total de-
struction of the place. One marine of the Eurydice
was killed. The Hon. M. Keith, of the President,
was wounded, and several others severely.
The Geyser steam-sloop, Commander Brown, had
recently returned from Madagascar, where Captain
Brown had made some very interesting visits to
Boyana Bay and St. Augustine's Bay, and promoted
British interests in a very satisfactory manner at
those places.
The British Consul bad arrived at Loannah on
hoard the Dutch man-of-war Ceres, on the 6th of
November, and that ship remained in Table Bay
when the President sailed.

The frontier was all quiet. Sir Harry Smith had
proceeded up the country on some business of open.
ing a pass.

''here was no man-of-war at St. Helena; but a
prize, belonging to the Contest, arrived while the
President remained at that island. This vessel made
the fourteenth in number captured by the Contest.
The President arrived at Ascension on Christmas-
day ; the only vessel there was the Tortoise, Captain
llatton. The Penelope, Commodore Sir C. Hotham,
had sailed on the 16th of December for Prince's
Island, to join the Cyclops, where it was expected
Captain Hastings would be left in temporary charge
of the coast, and that the commodore would proceed
to England. _ _ _

Enign A. W. Castray, of the Ist West India
Regiment, has come home a passenger in the Pre-
sident.

The Myrtle steamer went out to Spithead to
bring on shore Admiral Dacre's luggage, and it was
expected that the admiral would strike his flag last
night, and that the President will be forthwith pre-
pared for paying off. We are glad to say the gallant
admiral and all his family, with Captain Stanley, are
in good health.
The President will sail this morning for Chatham
to be paid off.