The regiment marched from St. John’s for Quebec by companies, which were conveyed in the same manner as the flank companies had been, and were equally fortunate in escaping without casualties of any importance; they reached Quebec on the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 7th February.
The flank companies and Nos. 1 and 2, were detached to Three Rivers: they took part in various movements made in the disturbed districts, adjoining the river Richelieu; and were quartered in different villages in the neighbourhood.
The regiment next moved by detachments to Montreal. The head-quarters then proceeded to Kingston, but were not disembarked there, proceeding on to Toronto, where they arrived on the 4th of June. In July the head-quarters, under Lieutenant-Colonel Airey, proceeded to Amherstberg.
In December a company, consisting of one captain, two subalterns, three serjeants, and fifty rank and file, under Captain Broderick, proceeded to Sandwich, in expectation of that place being attacked by brigands from the state of Michigan, from whence it returned on the 25th of that month.
1840
The regiment remained at Amherstburg until May, 1840, when it returned in three divisions to Toronto, detaching three companies to Kingston, at which station it remained until May, 1841, when the head-quarters moved to Montreal.
1841
On the 31st May, 1841, orders having been received for the return of the regiment to England, four serjeants, nine corporals, two drummers, and two hundred and one privates, volunteered to serve permanently in North America.
At Montreal, the head-quarters were joined by the left wing on the 3rd June, 1841, and on the 20th of that month the regiment, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Airey, sailed from Quebec in the “Cornwall” transport for England, where it arrived on the 22nd July, 1841, and landed at Gosport and occupied Forton Barracks. In September, the head-quarters moved over to Portsmouth, where they remained until August, 1842, during which time the efficiency of the regiment, which had been impaired, to a certain degree, by the number of recruits which had taken the place of those who had volunteered to remain in Canada, was completely restored.