"KING'S HOUSE, DEMERARA,
"_19th July, 1824_.

"SIR,

"I have the honour to enclose to you for the information of Captain
Stewart and the detachment of the 1st West India Regiment, which
served with so much credit to itself under his command during the
late revolt in this Colony, the accompanying resolution of the
Honourable Court of Policy, expressive of the sense entertained by
the Court of that officer's conduct, and that of the officers and
men placed under him during that distressing period.

"I have, etc.,
"JOHN MURRAY,
"Major-General.

"To Major Capadose,
"Commanding Detachment, 1st West India Regiment."

"Extract from the Minutes of the Proceedings of the Honourable Court of
Policy of the Colony and dependant Districts of Demerara and Essequibo,
at an extraordinary and adjourned meeting held at the Court House,
George Town, Demerara, on Tuesday, the 13th of January, 1824.

"The Court of Policy, feeling anxious to mark its sense of the eminent
service performed, in the late unhappy revolt, by the troops composing
the garrison, as well as by the Militia of the United Colonies, take
the opportunity afforded it by the cessation of Martial Law, to express
its highest approbation of, and to return its warmest thanks to His
Excellency the Commander-in-Chief for the able and judicious measures
adopted by him, which succeeded in putting a speedy termination to a
Revolt, in its nature most serious and alarming....

"The steady and soldierlike conduct of the detachment of the 1st West
India Regiment commanded by Captain Stewart, the Court cannot too
highly estimate; and it begs, as a testimony of its lasting regard, to
be allowed to present to the Mess, through Captain Stewart, the sum of
two hundred guineas, to be laid out in plate."

On the 25th of October, 1824, the three companies stationed at Demerara
were removed to Barbados, where they arrived on the 2nd of November.
The following brigade order was published at Demerara prior to the
embarkation of the detachment:

"The detachment of the 1st West India Regiment under Major Capadose,
will embark on board the _Sovereign_ at half-past six on