1833
The regiment afterwards proceeded to Masulipatam, where it arrived on the 17th of January 1833, and while on the march the following General Order by the Right Honorable the Governor in Council was received:
"Fort Saint George,
4th December, 1832.
"The Right Honorable the Governor in Council cannot permit His Majesty's FORTY-SIXTH regiment to embark for England, without expressing his approbation of its conduct during the period which it has been employed on this establishment.
"To Colonel Campbell, C.B., Aide-de-camp to the King, the Right Honorable the Governor in Council considers himself particularly indebted, for the temper and judgment with which he has exercised the several important commands which have been entrusted to him by Government, and he attributes, in a great measure, to the example of Colonel Campbell, and the officers of His Majesty's FORTY-SIXTH regiment, the cordiality and good feeling which has at all times prevailed between the several branches of the army at stations where the regiment has been employed.
"By order of the Right Honorable
"The Governor in Council,
(Signed) "Robert Clerk,
"Secretary to Government."
Four companies of the regiment, consisting of one captain, two lieutenants, two ensigns, one assistant surgeon, thirteen serjeants, four drummers, and one hundred and sixty-seven rank and file, under the command of Captain Donald Stuart, embarked at Madras, on board the "Red Rover" on the 4th of March 1833, disembarked at Gravesend on the 25th of August 1833, and marched to Canterbury barracks, where they arrived on the 28th of August, and were consolidated with the depôt company.
The head-quarters of the regiment, consisting of two captains, four lieutenants, one paymaster, one quartermaster, one assistant surgeon, twenty-three serjeants, seven drummers, and two hundred and sixteen rank and file, under the command of Captain Robert Martin, embarked at Masulipatam on the 5th of March 1833, disembarked at Margate and Whitstable on the 6th and 7th of September, from whence they marched to Canterbury.
Colonel Archibald Campbell, C.B., being in command of the Hyderabad Subsidiary Force, was not relieved from that duty in time to proceed with the regiment, but embarked at Madras on the 18th of March 1833, and arrived at Portsmouth on the 18th of August following.