See http://www.ozemail.com.au/~clday/76foot.htm

1827

After 1827 we had, as you know, a long peace, and the 76th took its regular turn of colonial duty with the rest of the British infantry. It was quartered in Canada again, at Bermuda, in the West Indies, in Nova Scotia, in New Brunswick, in the Mediterranean, in Corfu, one of the Ionian Islands, and in Malta; and although in these years it had no war to record, its soldier-like, orderly, and valuable services are not unrecorded. Go to Halifax, there you will find in the archives of that colony a record of a most honourable address presented by the inhabitants to the 76th Regiment, on its departure from among them, thanking them for their courtesy and good conduct, and bidding God Bless them in their future career. Go to Fredericton, New Brunswick, there you will find a similar compliment paid them, and another in the West Indies, I think. Whilst at, home they were equally respected. Part of the 76th were employed in suppressing bread riots in Scotland some years ago, and they received the high praise of the General Officer Commanding for their exemplary conduct at Caithness, where they performed their duty with steadiness for the maintenance of law and order, whilst at the same time they were most merciful and considerate towards the misguided inhabitants.

1842

In South Wales too, in 1842, the 76th were employed in quelling some serious riots, partly political and partly local, and here again they performed their duty in such a manner as to elicit the strongest praises of the General in command. Colonel Smyth, when one sees the high state of the 76th at this moment, the gentleman-like-tone of the officers the active, anxious, intelligent conduct of the sergeants ; the manly bearing and admirable esprit de corps of the soldiers when one sees the splendid appearance of the regiment on parade its happy interior economy ; its quickness, steadiness, and perfection in the field ; its orderly and respectable conduct in quarters, it is impossible not to acknowledge you are an officer fully qualified to command such a corps.

1844

On the occasion of the visit of the King of France to this country (England) in October, the Regiment assisted to line the streets of Portsmouth, the grenadier company forming part of the Guard of Honour which received His Majesty and Prince Albert at the railway station.

1845

In January, Sir Robert Arbuthnot applied to the Commander-in-Chief for H.M.'s sanction that the Regiment should bear on its colours the word "Nive". This sanction was obtained, and the following notice appeared in the "London Gazette" of January 24th : "Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to permit the 76th Regiment to bear on its Regimental Colours and appointments the word "Nive" in commemoration of the gallantry displayed by the Regiment in the passage of that river in the month of December, 1813." Lieutenant-General Sir R. Arbuthnot also received a letter from the Adjutant-General, officially notifying this permission, in which he states that Colonel Wardlaw then commanding the Regiment, received a medal for his services on that occasion.

1847

In 1847, while the Regiment was stationed in Edinburgh Castle, it was divided into two battalions, one under the senior, and the other under the junior, Lieutenant-Colonel. The two battalions were again consolidated in 1850, while stationed at Corfu.

1853

In March, the Regiment left Malta, where it had been stationed since 1860 [sic 1850], for St. John, New Brunswick. The headquarter division arrived at that place on 26th April, disembarked on the 27th, and re-embarked on the same day for Fredericton. Here it was joined by the other division, when 3 companies were detached to St. John and one to Prince Edward's Island. 1854