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

AN OLD TRAVELLER.

London, March 26, 1847.

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 staff. 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 tribe s, I b#.g. you to aceopt my thanks, as well us
for 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 districts, is but true. It having
pleased her Majesty's Government to relieve me of the
onerous responsibilities which my duty has required me
to 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 leave the remainder of the work to
the successor whom it has pleased her Majesty to ap-
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THE GENERAL FAST.—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 religious
portion of the 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
sister,an over
and sass,for
a
Ireland.—Dublin Evening Post.
MISS lIERSCIIELL.—A letter from Hanover
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Prince and Priucess Royal. paid her a
presented her with.a magnificent arm-
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ahher;k anniversaryoe laftttN‘eheich had been embroidered by her Royal
Highness; and the Minister of Prussia, in the n of
Sovereign, remitted to her the gold medal awardedefo theis
extension of the sciences. Missllerschell is herself distin-
guishedr for astronomical researches, and particularly for the
construction of a selenographical globe iu relief of the sur-
face of the moon. Notwithstanding her advanced age and
infirmities, she still passes several hours every day in astro-
nomical labours, and not unfrequently spends the whole night
n her observatory.
MILK AN ANTIDOTE TO OXALIC ACID.—MT.
Anthony, surgeon, of Brixham, was lately called to a
young married female, about nineteen years of age,
seven months advanced in pregnancy, who bad talTn
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 afterifetvoaerrp:dinetcction
from the stomach, Mr. A. repeated the dose of milk., in
'until
quantitiesvomiting
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and andthe
pulses were
h;el
• their
natural tone. Milk being a decided antidote to fhe poi-
son, too much publicity cannot be given for the
tion of' the public.—Piymouth Journal. 'informa-