'On the 1st of October, sixteen companies of the Royal Regiment, commanded by Lieut.-Colonel Sir James Hackett, were reviewed, with a number of other corps, by Charles II,. on Putney Heath. ''The Coldstream, my Lord Dumbarton's, and the Admiral's Battalions, successively exercised all three by beat of drum, the military postures of pike, sword, and musket, every man dexterously discharging his duties with an exact and general readiness, to the great delight of their Majesties and Royal Highnesses, who vouchsafed, all the time of exercise, to grace the arms with their presence. The other two battalions of the Royal Regiment had not fallen short of the like performance, if illness of weather, when they just intended it, had not prevented{ the day proving wet and showery was a general impediment from proceeding at that time to any other motions customary upon the like reviews: and all decamped sooner than otherwise they would have done.''
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