Star.
London, England, 1829-07-09 00:00:00

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

FORT ELIZABETH, 'Evicts 14.
Mr. Holman, the celebrated traveller, woemovements derive
additional iMerest fyom his unfortunate limiest eight, arrived bete a
few days since on Ms way to Graham's Town, for which plate he
set out on the 7th instant.

GRAHAM'S TOWN, Nancy 14.
The Cairo chief Gaika has arrived at our Commandant'•, Cul.
Somerset, with a lame retinue, on a visit. This is the coat time.
b►lieve, he has been in Graham's Town since its eatablishowni ; ho
has had frequent invitations, but appears never to base had suffi-
cient confidence till now. I am happy to say that the ioeuw
are approaching ; innumerabk flocks art now seen tullowing the
swarms of this destructive insect.

CAPE TOWN, Mama XI.
The last 'deices from Dr. Cowie state that gentlemas sad his
party to be well. They were then among the Pitman'. a people
who have been represented as tinctored with every vice, and ad lard
to the most matrons practices. The Doctor. on tie other hand,
describes them as an interesting people. extremely hospitable, and
having become familiar with their ►•bits, be ►as no bediarion in
asserting that the opinion entertained of their being a race of Olio.
deters is totally without foundation. 1)r. Coble his felt himself
perfectly secure among the various tribes be has visited, and Or
states that the circumstance of his being a white man is • p..s.puit
and a shield to bins. He purposes proceeding a. far as Port Natal,
and front thence, striaing into the interior, wid return by Latt.huo,
thus passing over a track of country of whicb•bet • very impertect
knowledge has yet been *Mali:ed.
learn from a correspondent that the present
vintage is at cast one-third less than it was last year. the pie.eut
corn crop is calculated at about 30.000 molds, le log 20,00 b melds
less than that of last year; in oats and barley, the thlictence• it
very trifling.

CLAN.WILLIA/11, 111Ance 3.
The justly-celebrated naturalist Dr. A. Smith, having Ankhed
his researches in the neighbourhood of the Verboten in this
district, has departed for the Twenty-four Riven, where we simisr.
stand he purposes remaining for a kw days.

THE AItMY.

The second Metalioo of the Coldstream Regim•nt of Goards•
was inspected yesterday morning in the Tower, by General Laud •
Hits. Commanding-in-Chief. The Bamboo merely matched past
in slow and quick tame, but did not, owing to the cur. ouiscr.bed
natiste of the ground, perform any evolutions. Culuu.l Sir Wis.
Gouts. K.C.B. Commanded the Battalion.
The following Detachments disembarked on Tuesday. at the
Leith Wharf, from on bo.rd the Royal Sovereign, 4PII route to jmii
their respective Depots, via. the second Battalion ot oath Foot, 8.. r
Portsmouth; the 94th hamar. for Punsmoutb, ma route to
Plymouth.
We are authorised to state that the report of an intention to
disband the whole of the Royal Staff Corps is without ionsidation.
Four companies have been reduced. and the men who march.
throu‘h ilaisistooe on Friday. commanded by Captain Mote. we. e
a past of the reduced comps•oes who wee, soh g Chatham to be
disposed of.—Moidelsor Aate er,:

NOV MUT. u/ ROVVVROOLR MUSA= or CAVALRY.
On Tuesday mottling dm First itegastiefit ut tat. iauards, under
the command of Colonel B. Lyra'. MP. mocked from Wind-
sor to the Barracks in the Regent's Park ; and the second Regi-
ment, under the command of Colonel the Honouratle R. P. Lys...l
marched tram the Regent's Park to Hyde Park Barrack., the
Regiment of Royal Horse Guards having marched front thence,
tintler the command of Colonel Hill, to Winciaor. lu the Jiff rent
Barracks were lift a small detachment of men until the •Regunenc.
arrived, which are to occupy them during the emu* rade,
months. The whole of the men who have arrived hien Windsor •
appear to be In excellent health; And their conipkziona are as coal-
pletely . bronzed as Ii they had been campaioing ia the if...Leto
Work!
Friday last a detachment of the Royal Staff Corps. about 12(
men, arriving in Charing, on their route trout ilythe to Chatham,
some of the men got intoxicated, and evinced so much laiiithoriluta-
deo, that the oelythlicer who commanded the detachment deemed
it necessary to scud to the Cavalry Depot, Maidstone, foe mist-
ime. Colossi Baowma, the Commandant. iiissediabeiy sent off a •
detachment of cavalry, and also west himself to restore order.-- •
This measure was effectual, and the dirisirbasee was speedily ter-
Imbued, without any unpleasant tomdlimences beyond the great • •
alarm naturally excited *smog the inhabitants of the village.—
Several of tldnefk soldiers were marched mistime's. Maid: '
stone and the whole reached Chatham' on Saturday
lare.aliresstist airemide.

Thateday laws the Ma Regimen if Fess, above 3411, etreage
arrived bare frees (Ingham, nadir die eeelessed if Ma* .well,
reefing' is dielde el Wien. Tbisliegkrer Me jeer relhaset_,,ireet
Ansi.
ladle, after lievlag bees absent treat Midis. lißesa ►t
i aro Wan .it k eeadeied et 4100 ' di Mesa eel, shut/ •
massed. die Irepoiader et die . „levies Oder died et
I steered 4165 etbw corp..—Mad