The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-10 00:00:00

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

We have received further advices from the Cape to the
11th of March inclusive. We extract the following sad
intelligence from the Zuid Africuan of that date :
`• (Communicated).—We have just received the fol-
lowing must painful intelligence :—Admiral Dacres' only
son, Commander James Richard nacres, of her Majes-
ty's sloop Nimrod, and Lieutenant George J. Loch of
the same vessel, went lately on shore, at Quilimane, in
the Mozambique, where they unfortunately remained
during the night, sleeping with the windows of their
bedroom open. The following morning they returned on
board, apparently quite well, but twelve hours after-
wards were both seized with that dangerous malady the
coast fever, which in the course of a few days terminated
fatally ; thus depriving the service of two most amiable,
excellent, promising young officers, and plunging their
families in the deepest affliction. The Nimrod may be
daily expected in SirnOn's Bay, Lieut. Russ M. Fiend
+►sting commander.-10th March, 1848.' "
The popularity of Sir Larry Smith is, if anything, on
the increase.

Thy• Ga.:Me of the 9th of March contains a number
of ordinances, proclamations, and notices connectod with
the public service and general improvement of tLe co
lony, every one of which may be considered a step in
the right direction. The subject of the first is the orga-
nisation of a Government for the safety of the emigrant
Boers and native tribes beyond the Orange River ; and
the whole being among the first Lasts of the new Go-
vernment, from which a notion may be formed of the
general character of the policy about to be pursued.
A Government notice announces that henceforth two
sessions of the Legislative Council will be held annually.
The intelligence from the frontier by the last post was
simply that everything was quiet in public, and active in
private. The new system in Kafirland was maturing ra-
pidly, and gives the greatest satisfaction.
Two vessels have been wrecked the Lady Leith,
without a cargo, in Algoa Bay, and the iron schooner
Chanticleer, in crossing the bar at Kowie river. No
lives were lost. The following notice has been issued:—
" NOTICE TO MARINERS.

" Colonial-office, 6th March, 1848.
" A letter having been received by the Secretary to
Government, from Captain Lloyd, R.N., Resident Ma-
gistrate of Port Elizabeth, relating to the wreck of the
brig Lady Leith, in which the loss of that vessel is at-
tributed to the passing between the Roman Rock and the
shore; and as it appears that Mr. Salmond, who sent to
the assistance of the Lady Leith, is of opinion that the
Roman Rock forms part of a reef extending from the
land, and spreading to a considerable distance in that
neighbourhood:
" It is strongly recommended to commanders of vessels
not to pass between the Roman Rock and the shore, or
to hug the land in that neighbourhood, until a proper
survey shall have been held of such reef, and the rocks
in the vicinity.
" By command of his Excellency the Administrator
of the Government,
(Signed) "JOHN MONTAGU,
" Secretary to Government."

[ADVERTISEMENT.]—A Desperate Wound in the
Thigh Cured by Holloway's Ointmentand Pills.—Extract
of a Letter from Mr. J. S. Munday, farmer, residing at
Kennington near Oxford dated March 31,1848. To Pro-
fessor Holloway:—Sir, Having received a wonderful
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I feel it my duty to acknowledge the speedy and extra-
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ment, 244. Strand, London.
DESTRUCTION OF A CANE FACTORY.—Yesterday. 0
afternoon, about one o'clock, the factory.belongautigthte
Mr. P. Phillips, cane-dresser and dyer,
situate
rear of 3 and 4, Foster-street, Bishop gad through
natewas dis-
covered to be on fire. The flames originated through
and
the overheat of a stove used for dry in trade,
owing to the hainamable character or
ottshpeacistonuesk
but few minutes elapsed before not subdued until
the
building
became wrapped in flames,
whichwere
The damage done is very
it was totally destroy,— rhiiiips was not ipsurcil
serious, and unfortunately ur
tor a single penny.
moment, no debtor under the
At the present sody
a circumstanceat the Ipswich county gaol,
sheriff's writ,
is
thatin hascu not occurred but once before for
fifty years.—'l--
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