The Sun.
London, England, 1825-08-30 00:00:00

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

Extract of a Letter from an English Traveller, now in the In-
terior, to D. P. TAYLiatt, Esq. Cape Town, Notary Public,
dated 19th May

" I remained several days at the Moravian
ae.tcleu:ent of the 'Witte Rivier, and found great pleasure by
the delay. This institution promises to be the most flourishing
cue in the colony; the natural advantages it possesses are supe-
rior to those of Guadendal itself; and although the water is
not so plentiful, there is a sufficiency, and the lack of abundance
is more than compensated by the superior fertility of the soil;
rnd •it is almost incredible what the indefatigable and truly
devoted missionaries have done, since the devastation made
here by the Caffres during the late war. They have raised the
water, by .the means of a simple hydraulic machine, to the
height of 20 feet ; and in a comparatively short period, through
their quiet and persevering industry, a wilderness has been con-
-verted into a beautiful and productive garden : they have like-
wise provided themselves against any future exigencies; the
smiths and carpenters' shops have been so erected as to serve
the purpose of a fortification, Capable of being defended against
any body of Caffres. The Hottentot children at the school
read much better than those belonging to the Boors, and pre-
sent an interesting view- of what Christian education produces.
I returned yesterday from •vislting Rethelsdorp and Port Eliza.
beth : the progress made by the children in the Sunday school
of the former is highly creditable to their teachers; but I have
no where seen such a vast expellee laid out in building,: upon
a place so little adapted fOr a missionary institution. The
.111issionaries seem to consider its sterility as an advantage ; this
is quite beyond my comprelie,tsiori. Pore Elizabeth, if the pri-
vileges of a free port are granted, will, at no very distant
period, prove an interesting and flourishing town. It contains
about.2,ooo souls, is the only English-built place in the colony,
and the whole wears a homely and British appearance. But
there is no church, and this fact tends to corroborate the charge
of foreigners, of the remissness of the English as to their reli-
pion, when theyleave the home of their fathers."

THE PLAGUE.—(Marseilles, Aug. 244)—N0
new case of plague' has manifested itself on board the brigs 14,-.
Cinq Sceurs and L'Henreuse Sabine, or in the lazaretto, thanks
to the extraordinary precautions that have been taken. The
pestilential boil which exhibited itself on a sailor belonging to
L'Henreuse Sabine, has been cauterized, and cicatrization has
taken place. The second, patient landed' from the, same vessel
is getting better of the pestilential fever with which he was at-
tacked. This fever, indeed, was not accompanied by.any swel-
ling, but all the symptoms sufficiently. indicated the nature of
the disease. The landing of the cargoes of these two vessels,
after having been thoroughly fumigAted, has not produced' any
bad consequences. When they shall all have been conveyed to
the lazaretto, the quarantine of the men will commence, and
the vessels will undergo fresh purifications, and all the precau-
tions usually adopted in such cases. The French brigs L'Es
perance and L'Eugene, from Alexandria, where each had a
man attacked by the plague, are arrived at this port. No ex.
tension of the disease has taken place. Their cargoes consist of
cotton.—{French

Immense shoals of mackarel were observed
Allying- last _week, near the mouth of the old Shoreham Har-
bour; a gore-bill, a fish which generally accompanies the
niackarel, was driven on shore and taken up alive. Had the
fishermen seined off, it is thought they might have netted up.
wards of 301.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.