The CAPE MOUNTED RIFLEMEN are intimately connected with the several interesting and important points in which the Cape of Good Hope may be viewed, in relation to the advantages accruing to Great Britain from the possession of this colony. During the whole of the services of the corps from 1806 to 1841 it has enjoyed, and frequently received, the expressed approbation of the several Commanders-in-Chief of the colony, for its conduct, discipline, and arduous exertions for the service of the Crown. Among the officers who have signalized themselves, the names of _Colonels_ John Graham and Henry Somerset; _Lieut.-Colonels_ Thomas Lyster and G. Sackville Fraser; _Major_ Robert S. Aitchison, and _Captain_ William W. Harding, deserve to be particularly mentioned; also, _Lieutenant_ and _Adjutant_ Robert Hart, who served from 1808 to 1817, when he was appointed to a responsible situation under the Colonial Government; and _Lieutenant_ and _Adjutant_ John Blakeway, who served from 1819 to 1827. Many of the present members of the corps have shared in all its arduous duties for several years. In testimony of the high sense entertained by Her Majesty Queen Victoria of the efficient services of the CAPE MOUNTED RIFLEMEN, Her Majesty has recently directed that a pair of Standards, or Guidons, shall be presented to that Corps. The First, or Royal Standard, is of crimson silk; in the centre of which are conjoined the rose, shamrock, and thistle; in a scroll beneath is the Royal motto, “_Dieu et mon droit_;” the whole surmounted by the imperial crown; the White Horse on a red ground in a compartment in the first and fourth corners, and the words “_Cape Mounted Riflemen_,” on a green ground in the second and third corners. In the middle of the Second, or Regimental Standard, is the title of the Corps encircled by the national emblems of the United Kingdom; above is the imperial crown; and in a scroll beneath the words “_Cape of Good Hope_” in the first and fourth corners the White Horse on a red ground, and in the second and third corners the rose, shamrock, and thistle; the field of this Standard is green; the ground of the four badges is crimson. So gratifying a mark of the Sovereign’s approval cannot fail to prove acceptable both to the officers and men of this useful and efficient corps, and to afford an encouragement to their future exertions and good conduct. 1841 HARRISON AND CO., PRINTERS, ST. MARTIN’S LANE. [Illustration: CAPE MOUNTED RIFLEMEN. ROYAL STANDARD. REGIMENTAL GUIDON.] FOOTNOTES: [1] Corps employed against the Cape of Good Hope, in 1806:-- 20th Lt. Drag., (det.) Royal Artill., (det.) Royal Engin., (det.) 24th Foot, 38th Foot, 59th Foot, 71st Foot, 72nd Foot, 83rd Foot, 93rd Foot, Staff Corps, (det.)