Some Time after their coming here a Report was currently spread that the Regiment was to be sent to some Parts of the _West-Indies_, and broke or divided amongst the Colonies; which raised in the private Men, who believed this Report, a very great Animosity against their Officers, whom they groundlessly blamed for not informing them truly where they were to go before they carried them from their own Country; and not allowing them Time to settle their Concerns, of which some had very considerable, which they were obliged to leave in great Disorder, they thought the Interest of the Government did no ways require that they, more than any other Regiment in _Britain_ should be left ignorant of the Rout they were to take, and by that means be disappointed of an Opportunity of settling their private affairs in a manner suitable to so long an Absence; that they had been so long settled in that Country without any View of being so suddenly called from it, that it amounted to as great a Hardship on them (comparatively speaking) as it would be to the Militia of the City of _London_ to be shipped for the _Indies_ on an Hour’s Warning. The Officers took pains to allay this flame, by assuring the Men that so soon as the Review was over they would be allowed to return Home. But when the Report of their Embarkation prevailed, they were out of all Patience, and looked upon the Design of sending them to _Flanders_ only as a Blind to get them on board, in order to ship them really for the _West-Indies_. Tho’ their Officers attempted to undeceive them, yet they had been disappointed so often, and filled so long with Hopes of going Home, that they had no Credit with them. Add to this, that there was another Complaint pretended for the Ground of their Discontent, that some small Arrears were due to them, that they had all been obliged to use their own Swords, and that their Cloathing, especially their Shoes and Plaids, were remarkably deficient, these last not being worth Six-pence _per_ Yard; whereas they used to be allowed Plaids of more than double that Value. This Spirit continued after the Review, when the Discontented agreed upon _Tuesday_ Night after to meet at _Finchley Common_, where a great Number of them convened and waited till their Number increased. In this interval some of their Officers came up, and by their persuasions a great Number returned; However, about a 100 of them continued their first Resolution of returning to their own Country.