The Sun.
London, England, 1847-03-29 00:00:00

he 9th.

The latest intelligence from head-quarters, some-
where near the Kei River, repre,ents tht Governor and
Colonel Somerset as active and succeseul in following
up Cabus Congo's people, and his qbstinate brother Pato.
Ills Excellency had crossed the Kei with a strong and
wcll•appoinwed force, and with a firm determination to
obtain some compensation for the losses of the colonists
and the expenses of Government.
Ills Excellency had demanded of Kreli 15,000 head
of cattle as a i.enalty for his treatment of the British,
resident agent, and for permitting the cattle carried off
from the colony to be driven into his territory, of which

is affirmed the Governor has the most ample proof.
With regard to the military movements the accounts
state that Colonel Somerset has made a further capture
in Kreli's country of 2,000 head of cattle, and that Pato
very narrowly escaped capture. This notorious chief,
with a number of his followers, got surrounded during a
thick mist, Colonel Somerset himself being so near as to
discharge a pistol at him, but unfortunately without
effect. One or two other shots were fired at him,
but still he seems to have escaped unhurt. Th‘
result of this affair is stated to be about forty of the
enemy killed, and the capture of the number of cattle
stated.
Accounts from the districts of Somerset and Graaff
Reinet state that that part of the country bad been
visited by some of the most frightful thunder-storms
ever experienced in that quarter. Much damage has
been done to the standing crops, whole corn fields being
washed away in some instances. Much loss has also
been • done to stock. One farmer, Mr. J. Malan, in
Zwager's Hoek, had 1,600 sheep washed away and
drowned. Mr. Hartzenburg, it is said, has lost nearly
all the stock he possessed, and many other farmers have
lost stock. The hail which accompanied the rain is
described as being tremendous—whole tracts of country
over which the storm passed were stripped of vegetation
—the Karoo bushes being literally pounded, and the
bark stripped off the Mimosa trees. The Sunday river
has not been known to he so full for ten years—•the
Vogel, Little, and Great Fish, and nearly all the smaller
rivers are flooded over the banks. There is a general
order, we are informed, congratulating the troops on the
probable speedy termination of their labours—the tribes
west of the Kei having been subdued, and the only re-
sisting chief having been driven with loss over that river.
It is said that the 90th, 91st, and 27th regiments will go
home immediately.
The dispatches to his Excellency the Governor, an-
nouncing his supercession, and the appointment of Sir
Henry Pottinger, reached him at Butterworth ; and a
communication has been forwarded to Port Elizabeth for
her Majesty's ship Nimrod to be in Waterloo Bay on the
14th, to receive his Excellency, who thus purposes to
avoid the fatigue consequent on the overland route.

DEATH OF SIR HENRY CARDEN, BART.—This
baronet died suddebly at, his residence, near Tersplemere,
county Tipperary, on Tuesday last. He had reached his
89th year. He leaves a numerous family, including a son,
John Carden, who succeeds to the family honours and estates
q.jvicc'S froni Riga of the 18.-t inst. quota the ex-
e :. P:.;t; : ; th'e rate la:ing 461 Far
: prevailed, which, should it I.e
prolonged, would warrant an expectation of open water by
the end of the month.