1835
The head-quarters marched on the 30th of January 1835, from Newry for Belfast, where they arrived on the 2nd of February. While stationed at Belfast, the regiment furnished several detachments to aid the civil power.
1836
The regiment, under the command of Colonel Archibald Campbell, C.B., marched from Belfast for Enniskillen on the 16th of May 1836, and was again ordered to furnish detachments in aid of the civil power. In October following, the regiment marched from Enniskillen for Dublin.
1837
Orders having been received to hold the FORTY-SIXTH regiment in readiness for foreign service, it was formed into six service and four depôt companies. The service companies, under the command of Colonel Archibald Campbell, C.B., proceeded to Cork in September 1837, and the head-quarters embarked at the Cove of Cork, on the 26th of that month, on board the "Prince Regent" transport. The remaining three companies, under the command of Major Robert Garrett, embarked on the 5th of October on board the "Arab" transport; the former arrived at Gibraltar on the 18th of October, and the latter in November.
1838
On the 6th of April 1838, Lieut.-General Sir John Keane, K.C.B., was removed from the sixty-eighth to the Colonelcy of the FORTY-SIXTH regiment, in succession to General Henry Wynyard, deceased.
In June 1838, the depôt companies embarked at Kinsale for England, and arrived at Plymouth on the 27th of that month.
1839