The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-31 00:00:00

AN OLD TRAVELLER.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

We have received the Cape Town Commercial Ad-
vertiser of Jan. 23, which contains a General Order, an-
nouncing that the Commander-in-Chief (Sir Peregrine
Maitland) having been recalled by her Majesty's Go-
vernment, the command of the frontier would devolve
on Colonel Somerset, K.H., who was hereby appointed co-
lonel on the stafE Lieutenant-Colonel Mackinnon was ap-
pointed to act as Assistant-Master-General, and Assis-
tant-General to the forces on the frontier. The
" General Order" concludes by conveying the thanks of
his Excellency to all the officers and men of every rank
and description, who had been under his command, for
their individual and collective exertions during that pe-
riod; and in taking leave of the army " ventures to con-
gratulate them on the almost immediate termination of
their labours."

An address from the merchants, traders, and other
inhabitans of Graham's Town was presented to Sir
Peregrine Maitland, expressive of their esteem and gra-
titude for the unceasing exertions of his Excellency in
subjugating the Kafir tribes; and tendering their fervent
wishes for the future happiness and continued welfare of
his Excellency and family. To this address Sir Pere-
grine made the following reply:—
" Gentlemen,—For the kind manner in which you
have spoken of my efforts to benefit the colony during
my administration of the Government, and especially of
my endeavours to rescue the frontier from the evils
which it has suffered from the recent invasion of the
Kafir tribes, I beg you to accept my thanks, as well as
ft.r the good wishes with which you follow me.
" That it has been the object of my strenuous exer-
tions for many months to procure the future peace and
security of the frontier dish iets, is but true. It having
pleastd her Majesty's Government to relieve me of the
onerous responsibilities which my duty has required, me
t) sustain for some time past, I have been called from
the task which I had imposed on myself before it has
reached that degree of completion to which I had hoped
to bring it. But I trust that enough has been already
done to lay a fair foundation for the future welfare of
the frontier, and I have the remainder of the work to
the successor whom it has pleased her Majesty to ap-
point in my room, in the full hope that he will finish it
more ably than I could have done, lisd it continued in
my hands, and will establish the peace and safety of the
eastern districts on a firm and enduring basis."

THE GENERAL PAST.—The Fast was observed in
Dublin, by all classes of Christians, with the solemnity
and humbleness of spirit, which one is not surprised,
certainly, to witness amongst a people who, however
divided in sections, are undoubtedly the most religions
portion of tho Queen's subjects. The Catholics solem-
nised the Fast on the same day with their brethren, the
Protestants of the Establishment and the Dissenters.
And we believe, on that occasion, that for once there
was a cordial unity in the prayers of all the people of
Ireland.—Dublin Evening Post.
Miss HERSCIIELL.—A. letter from Hanover. says,
Princess Royal paid her a
that on the 16th, Miss Ca.roline. Herschel), sister, and for a
with a magnificent long time assistant of the illustrious astronomer, celebrated
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MILK AN ANTIDOTE TO OXALIC ACID.—Mr.
Anthony, surgeon, of Brixham, was lately called to a
young married female, about nineteen years of age,
seven months advanced in pregnancy, who had taken
about one hundred grains of oxalic acid. He adminis-
tered milk, with a view to form a coagulum, which suc-
ceeded in the most effectual way by producing instan-
taneous vomiting, as he expected ; after every ejection
from the stomach, Mr. A. repeated the dose otl 11
quantities of a pint and sometimes half a pint, until
vomiting ceased, and the pulses were restored to their
natural tone. Milk being a decided antidote to the
poi-
son, too much publicity cannot be given for theinforma-
tion of the public.—Plymouth Journal.