THE "PRINCE OF WALES'S OWN."

Evening Post, Issue 148, 29 July 1865, Page 3

THE "PRINCE OF WALES'S OWN."

Til© Wilts regiment of yeomanfy ca^'ry is called the Prince of Wales's Own.^lf the following rtport (which conies from a trustworthy source) *>f their doings lately at Warminster is to be relied upon, they can hafdly expect to be allowed to bear the name any longer. They are said} to have defaced, demolished, or carried away tradesmen's signboards, and wrenched off knockers and bell-pulls. But this was a small matter. Respectable women could not walk unattended through the streets even in the day time, and at night it was a reign of terrdr. After&dark, houses of respectable tradesmen were damaged and in one case broken into"' the furniture injured, and the inmates openly insulted. Women of bad character were •tripped of their clothes, tied to poles, and dragged through the streets. In one ease, one of these unfortunates, after being subjected to considerable barbarities, was thrown into the river. It has since been reported that the poor creature has died from the effects of the brutal treatment she received,; but if that is not correct, she could hardly have escaped witheut serious injury. This is only b sample (says the report)—common decency forbids our going furthdr. Such is the feeling of general indignation throughout (jthe coUnty to wipe dvi; this idiJtirig" dispraise that, unless the officers and the rnore,jrespentabie portion of the men adopt some energetic measure for finding 'out the authors punishing them, it is proposed to memorialise the Government for the disbandment of the regiment. —HomeftNews,