fficers and troops for
the uniform support he has received from the former, and for the good
conduct of the latter, during the late operations; by these means alone
have those services been accomplished which have occasioned His
Majesty's flattering marks of approbation."

Extract (No. 1) of a letter from the Right Honourable Lord Bathurst, to
His Excellency Sir John Murray:

"Downing Street, 23rd October, 1823.

"I have received your several despatches, as per margin, reciting
the series of events that had occurred from the first intimation
received by you on the 18th of August last, of a disposition towards
insurrectionary movements on the part of the slave population in
the District of Mahaica, and concluding with an account of the
general termination of the revolt, which had yielded to the prompt
and judicious measures of remonstrance and resistance offered by
you, and which you represent to have been so admirably enforced by
the civil and military authorities under your command. With respect
to those measures, I have laid them before His Majesty, and they
have received his most gracious approbation, which you will convey
to the officers, both civil and military, who have so distinguished
themselves on this occasion."

Extract (No. 2) of a letter from His Royal Highness the
Commander-in-Chief, to Sir Henry Ward, K.C.B., commanding the Windward
and Leeward Islands:

"I have received your further despatch reporting to His Lordship the
issue of this revolt, so satisfactorily and judiciously terminated
by the prompt and vigorous measures taken by Major-General Murray,
and the exemplary zeal, discipline and good conduct of the 21st
Regiment, the 1st West India Regiment, and the Militia, which
entitle officers and men to the greatest credit."

Ensign Miles, of the 1st West India Regiment, the only officer serving
with No. 8 Company under Captain Stewart, died a few days after the
termination of the rebellion, of fever produced by fatigue and exposure
in hunting down the rebel leaders.

In February, 1824, the Court of Policy passed a vote of thanks, and
conferred a gift of 200 guineas on the regiment, to be expended in the
purchase of plate, as a mark of the high estimation in which the
inhabitants of the colony held the services of Captain Stewart and his
detachment.