[45] An account of the fatal hurricane by which Barbados suffered in 1831, published at Bridgetown, Barbados, 1831.
"Detachment 1st West India Regiment.
"Return of the men killed and wounded during the late hurricane, 15th August, 1831:
"Killed—Henry Read, private.
"Wounded—4 privates.
(Signed) "H. BROCKLASS, Lieut., 1st W.I. Regt."
CHAPTER XVII.
THE MUTINY OF THE RECRUITS AT TRINIDAD, 1837.
On April 1st, 1836, the 1st West India Regiment was increased from eight to ten companies, and recruits being obtained with difficulty, the Government commenced the injudicious practice of enrolling the slaves, disembarked from captured slavers, in the West India regiments. In September of that year the slaves from two slavers which had been captured off Grenada by H.M.S. Vestal, 112 in number, were drafted into the 1st West India Regiment. Similarly, in January, 1837, 109; on May 20th, 112; and on May 21st, 93 slaves, recently disembarked from slavers captured by H.M.S. Griffon and Harpy, were sent to the regiment. Thus, in the years 1836-7, 426 such slaves were received, 314 of them in the year 1837 alone.