On Thursday, the 28th ult. the Royal Monmouth and Brecon militia arrived, after an absence of some years, at Monmouth; their return warmly greeted by the inhabitants; and on Saturday last the privates received their ultimate discharge. Previous to their being disembodied, Lieut.-Colonel LEWIS, (eldest son of Charles LEWIS, Esq. of St Pierre), addressed the regiment in an appropriate speech, thanking them for their soldier-like conduct, and observing, that the very few courts-martial that had been held, was the best eulogy on the discipline of the regiment. As soon as he had taken his leave, the men procured a chair, and taking the Lieut.-Colonel in their arms, seated him in it; and elevating him on their shoulders, bore him in triumph, preceded by the band of the regiment, round the town. In the course of this procession, they met the Adjutant, Surgeon, and Serjeant-Major, whom they immediately placed in chairs in the same situation, and carried them, with the Lieut.-Colonel, to the head-quarters at Avery's hotel, where they alighted amidst the cheering huzzas of an immense multitude of spectators (it being market-day), assembled on this very novel occasion. The Breconshire part of the regiment returned to their county town on Monday last, headed by their noble Colonel and officers, with colours flying; they marched into Brecon to the music of their celebrated band. After and elegant address from the Commander, extolling their conduct during the war, and expressive of his high senses of their military discipline and exemplary behaviour under his command, they were disembodied, and regaled at his expense with a plentiful dinner, in the Shire-hall. The youths of St Mary's Church exerted their abilities on the occasion, by ringing a complete peal of grandsire triples, consisting of 5040 changes, which was performed with great steadiness in three hours and 27 minutes, being the second time of its performance in Brecon. The non-commissioned officers and privates returned to their respective homes, loud in their praises of the great kindness and respect shewn them, particularly by their late noble leader. Lyn Nunn Brisbane Australia

Hi Lyn, I wonder if you have come across any ref to The 16th Queens Lancers in Brecon at the end of the Napoleonic War in your reading of The Cambrian of that time? Tom. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lyn Nunn" <lnunn@bigpond.net.au> To: <monfh@yahoogroups.com>; <MONMOUTHSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com>; <GLAMORGAN-L@rootsweb.com>; <powys@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 11:58 AM Subject: [POWYS] Return of militia The Cambrian 13 Jan 1816 > > > On Thursday, the 28th ult. the Royal Monmouth and Brecon militia arrived, > after an absence of some years, at Monmouth; their return warmly greeted > by > the inhabitants; and on Saturday last the privates received their ultimate > discharge. Previous to their being disembodied, Lieut.-Colonel LEWIS, > (eldest son of Charles LEWIS, Esq. of St Pierre), addressed the regiment > in > an appropriate speech, thanking them for their soldier-like conduct, and > observing, that the very few courts-martial that had been held, was the > best > eulogy on the discipline of the regiment. As soon as he had taken his > leave, > the men procured a chair, and taking the Lieut.-Colonel in their arms, > seated him in it; and elevating him on their shoulders, bore him in > triumph, > preceded by the band of the regiment, round the town. In the course of > this > procession, they met the Adjutant, Surgeon, and Serjeant-Major, whom they > immediately placed in chairs in the same situation, and carried them, with > the Lieut.-Colonel, to the head-quarters at Avery's hotel, where they > alighted amidst the cheering huzzas of an immense multitude of spectators > (it being market-day), assembled on this very novel occasion. > > > > The Breconshire part of the regiment returned to their county town on > Monday > last, headed by their noble Colonel and officers, with colours flying; > they > marched into Brecon to the music of their celebrated band. After and > elegant > address from the Commander, extolling their conduct during the war, and > expressive of his high senses of their military discipline and exemplary > behaviour under his command, they were disembodied, and regaled at his > expense with a plentiful dinner, in the Shire-hall. The youths of St > Mary's > Church exerted their abilities on the occasion, by ringing a complete peal > of grandsire triples, consisting of 5040 changes, which was performed with > great steadiness in three hours and 27 minutes, being the second time of > its > performance in Brecon. The non-commissioned officers and privates returned > to their respective homes, loud in their praises of the great kindness and > respect shewn them, particularly by their late noble leader. > > > > Lyn Nunn > > Brisbane > > Australia > > > > > =================== > Visit the Powys Mailing List webpage at: > www.jlb2005.plus.com/powyslist.htm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POWYS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message