YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Bought with the income of the ALFRED E. PERKINS FUND THE Edinburgh History O F T H E Late REBELLION, MDCCXLV and MDCCXLVI. WITH THE MANIFESTOES 0 F T H E Pretender and his Son. ALSO The journal of the Young Chevalier's Expedition into England, as written by Himfelf. The Fourth Edition, with Additions. By Andrew Henderson. LONDON: Printed for the AUTHOR, ajid Sold by R, Grijiths in St, Paul's Chunk-Tard, 1752. P R E F A C E. THIS New Edition of the Hiftoryof the Rebellion y appears for the third Time in Public, and as all Liberty was given to every Perfon of Chara&er to difpute the Facts as narrated, to the Intent the feme might be rectified upon proper Evi dence, it is prefumed this will be no fmall Recommendation of it ; feve- ral wicked People have indeed mif- reprefented the Author, not only in his public but private Capacity, in the moft odious Manner, tho' igno rant of the Perfon they fpeak of, as well as of his Caufe; fufficient it is to him to have a good Confcience, which muft bear him up againft the Streams of Reproach^ antl the moft impetuous Torrent of Defamation. The latePrince of Wales was charmed with every Pair t -of it, but with none more than the good-natur'd Defcription of thofe concern'd in the iv PREFACE. the enterprizing Project and daring Adventure \ and the late King of Sisoeden^ who was in more Battles ,,;and more terrible Sieges } than Gbarl esltll. caus'd it to be translated and read before him. As the Young Chevalier ^ publifhed by Mr. Griffiths , is not wholly fold off, the Author hereby recommends that Perform ance^ a proper Supplement, to what is Jierein contained. THE HISTORY OF THE REBELLION, MDCCXLV and MDCCXLVI. GHARLES Edward, eldeft Son of the Preten der, was, from his Birth December 20, 1720, ho- nour'd as Prince of If ales, not only by the fugitive Britijh and Irijb Noblemen, but by the Pope and the People, of Rome. Fully convinced of" his Right, he ever flattered himfelf with the Profpedt, and embraced every Prbpofal that was made for the Recovery of his Throne. In the Year 1735, the moft likely Way for obtaining it was laid down by Simon Lord Lovat, who, upon a Difguft for be ing turned out of his Captaincy in the Ind'ependant High land Companies, and the Office of Sheriff-Principal 0/ In- vernefsy contrived the Rebellion, and by the moft dextrous Policy whetted the Minds of the Clanstznd fpirited fhem to Arms, by reprefenting the Feats of their Anceftors in Favour of the Stuart Family ; he' communicated his • Scheme to Perth, Drummond of Bochaldie, and fome q- thers, who, in the Year 1 7 40, knt John Murray ofBrough- ton with.a Petition to the French Court; who toothed theni with fair Promifes,but made Hefitation about the Method of Invafioa. Cardinal Fleury artfully fuggefted, that a Bo dy of Swedes were more likely to gain the Affections of the People than an Army of French, and therefore propofed, that the Scheme fhould be executed by them; and thus put off the Petitioners till a more ticklifli Time, when he might employ the Chevalier to Advantage. All Things, as they thought, being ready for the Invafion, and he being declared Regent of Scotland, fet out January fol lowing for Venice, in his Way to France, , full freighted with Hopes, which Were damped a little by the overturn ing of the Chaife when about half a Mile from Rome; the Superftitious about him conftrued this as a bad Omen j yet a Thirft after Power, entirely remaved^very Sufpici- on of a Difappointment ; here he continued his Corre spondence with tfie Difaffefted, and was ready to put to Sea ( t ) Sea with a Fleet of Tranfports, conduded by a French Squadron then lying at Dunkirk, when King George got Intelligence of his Scheme; arnd,upon the 15th of 'February-, imparted the Defign to both fl&ufes of Parliament, who addieffed him in the ,moft loyal Manner, promifing to Hand by him with their Lives and Fortunes, and palled an Act, making it High Treafon for the Pretender,or any of his Sons, to land in Britain, or any of the Dominions thereto belonging. Every thing was put in the beft Pof- ture for fiefeating any Attempt, whether fecret or open, and Addreffes were prefented to the King from all Parts of Britain and Ireland. He returned foon after to Rome, and informed his Father what he had done ; here he' con tinued til! the Spring of the Year 1745, when again he fet out for Paris, in a Chaife that broke down with him juft about the Place where it formerly had done ; being come hither, he was again amufed by. the Court of Ver- failles, and had a regular Correfpondence with the Chiefs xsf the Clans, who generally gave him the greateft Satif- fadion in their Anfwers, and rendered him fo confident ofSuccefs,that upon their craving a Delay1 of the Matter, he faid to Murray, that he was fo fully refolved on the -Expedition, that he would go, tbo' affifted by none; and it is oblervable, that in the memorable Year 1745* he fo precipitately, after the Battle of Fontenoy, hurried into the Scheme, that he would not fo much as wait an Anfwer from the Chieftains which Were then upon the .Road dhTuading him from his Enterprife ; for he direclly rode to Port Lazare in Britany, where, on the 3d of July, he went on board a fmall Veflel of 16 Guns, and was joined off Belleijle by the Elizabeth o( 64, who were both attacked in 47 Deg, 57 Min. N. L. 39 Leagues Weft from the Meridian of.the Lizard, by the Lion Man of Warof58 Guns. The Engagement continued 5 hours, and then bothSides were glad to parr, after' having done each other great Damage. The Elizabeth returned, but the Frigate purfued her Paffage, with the Che- valierr and feven Attendants, whom I take to be the Marquis of Tullibardin*i eldeft Brother to the Duke of Athole, who was attainted for Rebellion, 1715. Old * The Family of AthoU, have been long Lairds of iulUbarXn $ and, by marrying the Heirei's, were firft Earls, then I&argujffes, and ( 3 ) plfr Lixtiqh who. ^as in the Rebellion' fj. 15. General Mac Zfynaii, who was Lieutenant-Colonel in the Iri/b brigades.' Sir Thomas Sheridan, an Irtjh Gentleman. Co- Jonel O Su$van an Irj/bmn, bred in a Romijh College a- |>rpad> where he entred into Prieft's'Qrt^rs; (as feveral frifi and Septs Highlanders do) after which he was recom-" inended to Marefchal J^aiflebois,^ whom he was retained as dbhieftick Tutor to liisSotu ,The Marefchal,' perceiv ing in him a military Genius, encouraged his applying that Way, which he, did with fuch Success, tha;t .having attend ed his Matter in his Expedition againft Corfca, he aded as Secretary. This he did to the great Honour both of hi.rn- felf and Patron ; his Reputation, grew ; he ferv'd twp Campaigns* one in Italy, the other on the Rhine, and at tained the Regulation from the Generals of being the belt irregular Warrior in $uropt ; nor was his Knowledge in the regular much inferior to that of the wifeft Command er ;. h'e,was Diredor of the Pretender's Artillery* and Aid- duced the French King's, Obligation to favour his Expedi tion with all his Force. The Camerons met, and the1 Queftion being propofedj Whether or not join the Pre- anH now Dukes of Atbole. The Mifvroy$ were as .frequent pel-haps as any Sirname \xi "SmtUn^ ; 'were poitefiTcd of very large Territo ries in the North, fuch as Stttberiani, Jtyuvray, &c. But were out- ed of thefe by- the Catti. However, many great Families yet -re main of them. *' His 'Father pawned his very Jewels' to raife' Money for this Occafxon. JB 2 ienderf ,(4,) tender? the Majority were, of -''Opinion, ,it was rifking too much, and therefore declined, offering to confine their Chief, left he fhould engage in fo defperate an Attempt ; but he told them that it was impoffible he could dip deeper than already he had ; for, fays he, " I have correfponded, with him." Then was the Scheme agreed to. The Ca- merons fet up his Standard at Glenphillin, with this Motto in Latin, The good Caufe at loft triumphing. Numbers of thofe, who .haa been in the Plot with him, repaired thereto from the Ifles, fuch as Clanronald, &c. and feve- • ral Papifls, who lived in Jrgyle's Lands, haften to the mad Eflay. And now he marched to within a Mile, of - Fort-William, where he encamped ; here he was joined by the Stuarts of Appin under Ardjhiel, the Mac-Donalds of Glengary, Keppoch, Glenco: For the Mac-Gregors arid Athole Men had not come in yet. He' made them the largeft Promifes, was very popular among them, gave the private Men no Iefs than eight Pence per Day at firfr ; nothing was wanting to their Encouragement, for, when ¦ fome Mac-Donalds belonging to Keppoch attacked about 70 new-raifed Men of St. Clair's Regiment, whom' they took Prifoners, he gave them the Booty, viz. 50/. The Chiefs were made Colonels, &c. and his Forces were re- ¦ gimented in the Manner of regular Troops : And here it ' may not be improper to give a Sketch of the Charaders of the Perfons principally concerned in this Rebellion. And, firft, of James Drummohd, commonly called Duke of Perth, (an Honour conferred on his Grandfather, the Chancellor, by King James VII. a little before the Revolution, tho' the Patent did not pafs the Seals) was a young Man, Chief of a noble Family, which firft came from Hungary, in the Days of Malcolm Canmore, arid matched with the Royal Offfpring (Annabella Drummond, the Daughter of DrUmmond of Stobhall, being married to K. Robert HI, bore him K. James I. and fix Daughters) was gppd-na- tur'd, mild and affable; fond of a Country-life, and of Horfe^races ; at which his Horfes frequently won the Prize. He lay under great Obligations to the., Go,- vernment ; for tho' the Chancellor went to France with K. James, and his Father was in the Rebellion 17 15, yet he peaceably p'ofleft his Eftate. But, forgetful of thofe great Favours, by the Inftigation of his Mother, a Daugh ter of the Duke of Gordon's, generally look'd on as a Ro man ( 5 ) man Catholic, he fliook off his Allegiance to the mildeft of Kings, and rofe in Arms to overturn a Government, to which he certainly owed fome Gratitude; buVwhat can be expeded from a Man of the beft natural Difpofition, when educated in wrong' Principles, both with refped to civil and ecclefiaftical Affairs. John Murray of Broughton, a Man of no extraordi nary Merit, and grofjy ignorant of the Intereft of his ' Country, was frequently abroad in the Jaft 3 Years before the Pretender's landing, and on his Arrival In Ardnamur^ than he was the firft that came to him from the Low- Countries ; on which he was made his Secretary, but knew very little of his Intrigues, being Only a Subfrriber of his Declarations for Farm's Sake. Donald Cameron of Lochiel, Chief of an ancient Fa mily, was a very humane Gentleman, and had given great Proofs of his Inclination to civilize thofe of his Name, who had been odious fome time ,paft forathievifh Difpofi tion, which frequently fhewed itfelf in open Robberies. His Country is fit for Grain and Pafture; but his lazy Clan, averfe to Improvement, were always ready to em brace every Occafion of Spoil. Trials have been made by Merchants, who underftood Trade, of fettling among them, and fetting up a Fifhery ; but,, fuch of them, and their Neighbours, as got Credit, were fure to break their Truft ; at which Lochiel was truly forry ; yet for this Reproach, and their Rebellions fince the Revolution, they were never employed in the Army, Church or State. However, «s he wasallowed the Pofieffidn of his Lands, it is hard to fcreen him from the Imputation of Ingratitude towards his Benefadors. Donald Mac-Donald junior of Clanronald, a known Papift, has in South-Uifl, an Ifland of 24 Miles long, an Eftate Of about 700/. per annum,' is reckoned a very good- natured Gentleman ; but the Misfortune is, that his Clan, who Mve with himfelf, , and are Roman Catholicks, have little or no Communication with the Continent (except once.a Year, that fome Drovers tranfport their black Cat tle) which makes them utter Strangers to the civil Policy. Their Religion recommends an Abhorrence of the eccle fiaftical Conftitutipn ; no Arts or Sciences prevailing among them,' their Exercife is the Sword," and Education , the Accounts of their Sea-Fights with the Mac Leans, and their Rebellions fince the Revolution. Thefe Men B"3- ' ¦ .' are ( 6. > are generally^of a very low. Stature,, and, as in£a[kf&&% fpeak the /rj/!& Tongue, and1 defpife bur Laws $ jyft a» their Progenitor, jfflM of the l/les, \ybo iufurped i|ie Najrjaa of King, and Jhis Father Alexander,' Whbfe Eftate was forfeited for Rebellion anno 1476. Alexander Mac Dondld of Keppoch was a well-bred Gen tleman, tho' of Tmall Fortune, ah'd^ was it not for the frequent Robberies of his VaiTals, his Name would have been little known! This Man's Father being in Mac In~ tojh's Lands, which are perhaps .as good as any in the fi/'ghlands, refufed to pay the Rent to the lawful Pfoprie^ tor ; on" which Mac Intojh railed fome of. his Clan, and got a Company of Soldiers., who fet out to bring Keppoch to Juftice; but, upon hearing of their Approach, he muttered his Vaffals, and fought them at Mulroy, where the Captain was killed, and 200 rjiore, the reft being put to 'Flight", 1089. The Stuarts of Appin, ever zcalo;us-/or; the Pre^ender^ jojned the Chevalier under Stuart of Ardjhiel, a Gentle man of good- Parts, tho' mifapplie'd. The Mac Donalds of Glengary, who united under their Chieftian's fecohd Son? are rriuch like thofe of Keppoch, of a. good Size, but very poor, and addided to Theft and Robbery: If any Religion be among them, it is Popery. „ The few Mac-Donalds of Ghiico have a fmall Income,, live in a Glen about four Miles long and half a Mile broad, at. a Diftahce from Politenefs, and like many other of the Rebels,- drowned in Ignorance, were ready to en gage in the moft defperate Caufe, when a Profped of Plunder was before th'erri. L'aiuhhn Mac'-Lauchlan of Caflle-Lauchlan, had a fmall Eftate in Argylejhlre, was a very genteel Man ; but, as his Forefathers had loft their Poffeflrons for Rebellion, and by their Feuds with the Family of Argyh, he~ was eafily brought into, the Scheme. I knew fome of his Officers, Men of 0 Sullivan's Education, who attended this Ex pedition. Thjs Clan is far from being numerous, but their- Men are ftrong. I need not fpeak of the Mac-Gregofl-i who were obliged to change their Names into Drummohd, Graham, Gordon^ Murray, he- an Ad being paft againft them, in the Reign of James I. for Seditions, and Murders. They were difpofleffed of Broadaliine, took up. Arms in this and other Rebellions, judging, that in the Midft of Common ,tlopa they might be advancjed. ( 7 ) Such were the Abettors of this Tnfurredion! Thefe were the Men the young Pretender brought with him for reinftating the Brityb Ifie in their Religion, Laws and Li berties, to remove the Iricroachments made upon a free People, and fecure them in the Enjoyment of their va luable Rights ! The. Regency at London, (for the King had been abroad fip.ce May 3. V did all they could to fupprefs this Rebellion, as will afterwards appear. Sir Heclor Mac- Lean, and Bleau of Cqftkhill, who had been taken up on Sufprcion of Treafon, June 5. were fent up to London, where, they underwent a long Examination, but little could be ifrade from the decyphered Letters" about them, yet a Proclamation was publifhed over Britain 'anil Ireland, fetting 30,000 Pounds Sterling on the Head of the Pretender, Augu/l the 6th 1745 ; which when he faw, he iffued out another, fetting the like Siim on th& Head of his prefent Majefty. Some who were fufpedecj were ordered to be feized! Captain Campbel pf Invera, was fent with a Party to takp thei)uke of Perth'. Inverts went to him, took him afi'de, and after telling him his Bufinefs, Perth MdDefire Patie Murray {* Gentleman in the Company) to fpeak -with me. This the Captain did, but, in the mean Time, Perth went out by a fecret Pafiage which leads to the Kitchen, made the beft of his Way through his Park, at the very Time that the Party of the highland Watch were entring the Avenue from the other Side to feize him. From this he crbfled over to' Angus, and rode through the North Country incognjto', with only one Servant, and io arrived at the Camp of the young Chevalier, On the 28th of faly, John Graham, alias Mac-Gregor, the yqunger pf Glengyle, was commit ted to the Cattle, on Sufpicion'of Treafon. His Father had been early in the JRebelliojri ; for at Daalfpider, a Place five Miles from any Houfe, he feized upon 40 Sql- djers in the Night-time. Augufl 13th, John. Mac-Leod from Holland, and on the 23d, James Rolfoof Pcwboufe, were confined to the Caftle, I leave the Reader to ima gine .the Cafe of People at that Time. Such as .knew the Highlanders, were juftly afraid ; others; who did not, laughed at the Matter, An original Letter from the Pre tender i to one of the Chieftains, was interceptetl, zpd a. Copy of one to another ; but, when read, .feme looked upon it as 3 Chimera,, to fuppofe a young' Man, with •f B 4 Perfons ( §0 Perfons could overturn a State; wfyile others anfwered, *' That for that Reafon the more was to be feared." And, indeed, this laffOpinion was juft, for he bad an In vitation from Perth, Lovat, Lochiel, Clanranal'd% Keppoch, Gfenco, Sir Alexander Mac Donald^ Sir James Stuart, and many others, too tedious here to mention. Mean Time, while all are at a Lofs what to think of the Chevalier's Attempt, or the Reports about him, an Exprefs, of Date Augufl 5. from Sit Duncan Campbell of Lochnel, with the Accounts of Eye-WitnefTes,, put his land ing beyond all Doubt. That Gentleman's Letter was tran- fmitted to the. Regency, who. had ordered Lieutenant- General Cope, Commander in Chief, of the King's For ces, in, Stolland, to difperfe the Rebels ; hut that Officer either from a natural; Incapacity, or from his Apprehen- .Jions of the Peoplehe had to deal with, very poorly exe-» cuted his Orders. Never was more Iriduftry ufed Jo mag-- nify the Numbers ' pf the Enemy than npw ; to give one Inftance : A Chairman called Mac-Lean came* to Edinburgh, and being brought befbre the Magiftrates, de clared that he faw an Army in Ardnamurchan, which oc cupied in Camp as much Ground as lies betwixt the Cal- toun and Leith, which is about a Scots Mile. That he alfo faw four or five Ships hovering upon the Coaft, and feveral Men, whbfe Drefs he particularly defcribed, land from them ; a fpecial Size was affigned their Cannon ; the Chevalier was magnified as one of the ftrongeft Men ppon the Earth ; and, in fine, nothing was omitted which might conduce to help their Caufe. Scotland before this was in perfed Peace ; few Forces were in it, and thefe but new-levied Men; for, as the Generality of the People were well-affeded, except in thofe Parts where the Rebellion broke .out, it was judged rieceflary only to keep a few for garrifoning the forts, and awing the Smugglers ; fo that thefe Infurgents laid hold of the propereft Seafpn, after the Repulfe of our Forces at Tournay, to invade a Country almoft naked and unprepared. General Cope, in Obedience to his Inftrudions, at laft iffued out his Orders, of Date Augufl 13, to the feveral Parties of the Troops to repair to their refpedive Pcfts. Arms and Ammunition were fent to the Camp at Stir ling, and to the Garrifons from the'Caftle tof Edinburgh, On the i&th Cope, accompanied by the Earl of Lowdon, and feveral Officers, kt out from Edinburgh for Stirling, W ( 9 ) to put himfelf at the Head of the Army, which confifted of about 2190 Men in ail, viz. Murray's Regiment of iFpot ; 8. Companies of Lafcellefs ; 2 of Gt^eh; ¦ 5 of Lee's; 183 of the Highland Regiment j Gardner's and Hamilton's Dragoons. .1 : ",'i On the 2 1 ft, the General marched from Stirling with the Infaqtry, and 6,field:Pieces, 2 Cohorns, and feveral covered Waggons, leaving the Horfe behind, as they •could not get Forage in the Country through which he was to pafs: So, croffing the Firth by Stirling-Bvldgc, he proceeded by the Way of Taybridge to Invernefi; where he arrived on the 29th. , Mean Time, the Chevalier, who had advanced to Coreyerriogt a Hill about 6 Miles from. •Fort-Auguftus, finding, he had nothing to oppofe him, marched forward with/the few (about 1900) which he had, and thefe very ill armed, many of them wanting Firelocks, reached the Braes of Athol on the 30th, and came next Day to Blair, the Duke of Athol's Sear, on which the Duke and feveral Fyfe Gentlemen removed to Edinburgh. ;. Had Cope attacked the Rebels now, he, in all Probability, would either have then difperfed them, or made fuch a Diver/ion with his Forces, as would have Obliged them foon to difhand ; but this Gentleman's Mis fortune was to be unacquainted with the Country (againft which he was prejudiced) and to truft the Reports which fojnuch fwelled the Numbers of his Enemies. The Pretender continued at Blair till the 3d of Septem ber, when he mov'd toward Dunkeld. That Day a De tachment of his eotred Perth, and next Day proclaimed his Father King, ,and-him Regent. In the Afternoon he entred the Town onHorfeback, amidft the Acclamations of his own Party. There his Standard was fet up. The Per fon called Duke of Perth, the Robertfons and Mac Gregors, Lord Nairn, Mercer of Aldit, Oliphant of Gajk, and all who had little to lofe, Bankrupts, Papifts, and fuch as were outlawed by Church and State, publickly reforted hither, as to an Afylum. Thefe Robertfons are Mac Donalds, be ing come from one called Robert, as Numbers of other Names, fuch as Mac Nauchtan, Mac Arthur, &c. who fpring from one Many who has. dpne fomething remarka ble, for which they adopt his Name ; they were reduced for Rebellion againft James IV. Lord Nairn is a Son of a fecond. Brother of the Duke-; of Athole's who married the Heir?fs of Nairn, He was in the Rebellion 1715, and wa? was fentence'd to die, but was pardoned. ' His Eftate k St- moft gone, as indeed is Aldids, &c. Lord George Murray", Brother to Tuliihardis^ and feveral more increafed his Number. While the 2 Armies, at the pittance of 83 Miles from each other, were preparing* the one to penetrate forward, the other to get up toaproper Station to prevent their Pro^- grefs; the Country in general was in an Amaze. On the 7 th a Detachment of the Rebels entred Dundee, and pro claimed the Pretender, fearched, the Town for Horfes, Arms and Ammunixion, and levied the Public Money. Next Day, however, the.Minifters of the Town preached a* jufual, and prayed forKing George, warmly recommend ing Loyalty to their Hearers, all without Moleftation, tho/ ibme Highlanders were prefent, A Ship with Gun-pow der on Board was feized,and carried to Perth. Some Towns Along the Coaft of Fyfe were likeways vifited by them. The Rebels, while here, ' committed various Excefies, riffled feveral Shops of what was valuable, and even the poor Labourers were not exempted from their Rapine ; the Cattle and" Grain were promifcuoufly fnatched up by the ftrolling Parties. The main Body were with the young Adventurer, who exercised them every Day. He put up in the Vifcount of StormoHt's Lodging, and once gave a Ball, at which he took a Angle Trip, and then withdrew. Cope, not caring to hazard his Forces, by returning the Way he came, fearing the Enemy would fet upon him, dif- patched Orders Southwards for Tranfports to be fent toA- berdeen to bring his Forces by Sea to^Le&h. The General decamped on the 4th, and was waited.onby feveral of the Well affeded Gentlemen, who did all in their Powerto ren der his March agreeable; yet this did not hinder hisencamp* ing amidft the ripe ftanding Corn, notwithstanding many Remonftrances to the contrary. He arrived at Aberdeen the nth, retted his Troops till the 15th, then failed for Dunbar, where he landed in the Night of the 1.7th. The Enemy having Intelligence 'of the failing of the Tranfports, and March of the Troops, fet out from Perth the nth, and forded the Forth at the Frew the 13th. Gardner's Dragoons made a Shew of oppo'fing their Paf- fage ; but one Party appeared at one Place, while the other patted over at another ; on which 'Gardner retired. They feemed to dired their Rout to Glafgow, which City they fumnjoned ; but receivingno Anfwer, they turned ( l« )? turned towards Edinburgh. &$ they; patted by Stirling^ tfrey were complimented with a few Shot from the Cattle, which they did not flay to refent, tho' fome Ballsare fakj to have lighted within 20 Yards of the young Chevalier. The .Dragoons kept about 6 fyfijes. before the Rebels, both hatting forward to Edinhurgh j where pb fooner Notice' was got of what patted, than all Precautions were taken for preferving the Place. From the Moment they left Perthxthq City had repeated Accounts of them, Numv bers of volunteers, Minifters, Advocates, Merchants and Writers, (feme pf whom, flood Centry at the Gates) not only bore Arms themfelves, -but liberally contributed by'Snbferiptian.torajfing'a 1000 Foot for his Majefty's,- " Service. 'About 18 pieces of Gannon Were brought from the Caftle, and planted' upon the Ports of the Town ; Ram* parts, Palluadoes, and Barricadoes, were ereded at the Gates and Walls. And, befides the Engineers who came from England, the worthy Mr. MacLaurin, the Arxbi-> jkedes of the, Age, contributed to fix the Batteries, ", The Banks, public Offices, and the moft valuable Ef»* feds of fome private Perfons were fecured in the Cattle, On Sunday the 14th in' the Morning* the City was alarmed, with the Approach of the Enemy; the Gates were fhut, Hamilton's Dragoons were fent for to join Gardner's at GorftorpMn 5 however, , public Worfhip be gan, as ufual, about 10 o'Clock; but at n the Bell was tolled, which the Congregations taking for a Signal of the Enemy's advancing, they Hew out of the Churches. The Magiftrates caufed the Volunteers, about 400, and Trained- Bands, about 1000, to draw up in the Lawn-Market, and p.'arliament-Clofe, where they made a very fine Appear ance, Numbers carrying a Musket who were capable of buying a Captain's Commifllon. Hamilton's Dragoons came from Lfith at an hard Trot. I faw them ride thro' the City brand ifhing their Swords; heard them huzza as they paft, which was ch'earfuHy anfwered, not only by thofe in Arms, but by the whole Crowd 5 the Horfes and Men, tho' raw and young, looked extremely Well, and any Man would have been tempted to put too much Truft in them, which I fear too .many did. They proceeded ,. to Corfiorphin, where they joined Colonel Gardner \ who. frequently declared, that had they been with him -at Stir ling, he could have ft-opped, the Enemy's Paffage. A lit— ''" tic $ I2 ); tk aftery the whole City-Guard, together with the Edi/tr burgh Regiment, marched out;' and halted on the Eaft- Side of Colt- Bridge, about a Mile from the,' City, in Ex- pedatioi*. of being joined by the Volunteers, ' who demur-. red at this;- for, as they only engaged to defend the Town, they thought they fhould- keep within it, which they did. The Lord Provoft fent Orders to thofe at the Bridge to march forward to join the Dragoons and receive Orders from the Commanders of the King's Troops. This they obeyed, and continued under Arms till Night,; They were fupplied with all Sorts of Provifions from Editt- burgb± and nothing was wanting on the Side of the Coun try People to render their Situation agreeable. At 9 o' Clock, the Dragqons retired a Mile Eaftward, and lay upon their Arms all Night, the Enemy being advanced to New-Liflon. - Next Morning, the -Highland Army continued their Rout, on whofe Approach, a Party of Dragoons potted, at Corftorphin, retired to the Main-body at Colt-Bridge, to the Eaft of which they drew up ; but all quirted that Pott about three o'Clock afternoon, on Appearance of a Party of the Rebels on Coforphin Hill. The Dragoons rode off by the North-Side of the City, and proceeded for Haddingtdn (their Baggage and Tents being carried into the Caftle) and the City-Soldiers came into the Town, where Things were in' a general Uproar, every one fet ting forth the Adions of the Day, as he favoured or dif- ' liked the Caufe. The Magiftrates and Council, in Ex- pedation of Cope's landing every Moment, aflembled in the.- Goldfmiths-ball ; a Petition was prefented from the principal Inhabitants, defiring a general Meeting fhould be called, in order to determine what was proper to be done; After fome Reafoning the Demand was granted, the Fire-Bell was rung, the moft Part of the Citizens came to the New-church Ifle, where, after formally telling the Defign of the Meeting, the Queftion was put hy the Lord Provoft, the Colonel of the new Regiment, and Member of Parliament for the City, Receive the Dragoons into the Town or not ? It was anfwered, No Dragoons. As his Lordfhip did not incline to invite them, for fear of the Confequences, fo General Guefl was averfe to fend tfcem, unlefs they were .formally called. In my humble Judgment, had either the Dragoons come in, or the Town flood out itfelf, as was the-Provoft's Opinion, the Mifchief ( *3 ) Mifchief which clofed this fatal Week would hayeheen prsjr 'vehted. The Rebels had no Cannon,, and it is known they are not fit for a Seige. Then the.Queftion was puty De fend the Totvn, or riot.- All butjtwo, fad!, Not. Upon this it was agreed to capitulate on the beft Terms that cpuld be got, and, in the mean Time, that the King's Arms fhould be returned into the Caftle. As they were about to name 'Deputies to treat with the Chevalier, a Letter was handed in, direded to.fhe%Q,rd,Provo,ft and Magiftrates, whofe Su- perfcription was, Charles Prince of Wales, &c. On men tioning thefe Words the Reader was ftopt; fo the Meeting broke up. Afterwards Deputies were fent off to the Cheva lier, who had halted a little to the Weft of Cor/iorpbin, bx\X, on receiving an Epiftle from a trufty Friend, of what was paffing, gave Orders to march. The Volunteers and Edin burgh Regiment gave their Arms into the Caftle ; a Party "of the Trained-Bands and City Regiment kept Guard all NigKt. At Gray's Mill, two' Miles Soothweft of Edinburgh, the Deputies wajted on the Pretender, who faid tolhem: «« I do not treat with Subjeds.'' The Chiefs added, " The " King's Declaration, and Prince's Manifetto," contained " *fuch Terms as every Subjed ought to accept with Joy.'' And gave them till Two o' Clock in the "Morning tore- turn a pofitive Anfwer. The Chevalier afked what was be come of the Volunteers Arms ? To which it was anfwer-r ed, They were delivered to the Cattle ; at which he was difpleafed and faid, " If any of the Town's Arms bemif- " fing I know What to do." No Anfwer coming to thp Rebels, but a farther Delay being afked which was refufed, Orders were given to Lochiel to march with his Clan un- difcovered to the Nether-Bow. The Coach which had re turned with the Deputies through the WeflrPort, was at this Time coming down the Street; and, being urgent to get out, the Porter and Centinels, notwithftanding theftrid- eft Orders not to open the Gates, allowed the fame to pafs ; the Port being opened,, the Camerons fufhed in ; pofletted themfelves'of 'it, then of the Main-Guard, making the Sol diers on Duty Prifoners, placed Centres at all the Gates and Weigh- Houfe. This fo furprized the Magiftrates and Coun cil, who had ftill been fitting, that they diredly brqke up^ There were loud Complaints of Provoft Stuart, without and within Doors ; fo that November 30th, he was taken intoCuftody of two of the King's Mefler>gers,onSufpicion of < U ) of High-Treafon, and brought to London, but has fince.^eei tried and acquitted. The Parlianuni-Clofe was filled .with Rebels before Five in the Morning. They were very naked, and feveral wanted Arms, efpecialfy Firelocks, but were fup> plied by thofe of the City which fell into, their .Hands* Their Weapons, which were unfit for Ufe, were rubbed up hy the Armourers, who at this *Fime got cpnftanlEmploy- ment. Theft fet about providing Clothes*, Shoes and Li nens, of which they' were in great Want, the moft Part having nothing but a fhort old Coat of coarfe Tartan, ft Pair of Hofe, much worn , coming icarce up to their Knees j their Plaids and Bonnets in the fame Condition* The Re mainder of their Army came to Duddingjlon with the Che valier, having fetched an half Compafs about the Town for Fear of the Caflle-Ouns. He made his Entry to the Mbty through the Road that leads by St. Anthony's We% the ;Duke of Perth riding on his Right, and Lord Elcho, -who joined him the Night before, On his left Hand. They •were .all very much jaded, few but in Highland Clothes* As he' came to the Head of the Hill, upon the Road leaoV ing to the Well, he alighted and walked a little* Seyerat People now met him, fell upon their Knees, kitted his "Hand, and he received1 them in a. very popular Way. It .wais here the firft genera! Huzza wasraifed; then walking-down To St. Anne's Yards, he mounted his Horfe, (viz. a bay brown Gelding) where he received another Huzza ; ' and$ as entring the Abbey, a. third ; he difcovered a great SatisfacV tionat hts Reception, fmiling all the Tjhje* He wasa.tall flender young Man, about five Feet ten Inches high, of* ruddy Complexion, high nefed, large rolling brown Eyes, longvifaged, red-haired, but .at that Time wore, a pale Perj* wig. 'He was in Highland Habit, had a blue Safh, wrought with Gold, that came over his Shoulder j red velvet Bree ches, a green Velvet Bonnet,-with a white Cockade, and .'% Gold Lace about it. He had a Silver-hilted broad Sword", and was fhewn great Refped by his Forces. His. Speech] teemed very like that of an Iri[bman,yexy fly, and hefpoke frequently to O Sullivan and Mr. Murray. Being cpmeto Hblyroodboufe, he put up in Duke Hamilton's Lodging,. In thejnean Time, fuch as forced into the Town took care to fecure the Heralds for the enfuingProclamations. Betwixt Twelve and One o'Clock at Noon fix of them came to the Crofsin their Robes, with a- Trumpet before them. David Beatt, whofe Father had been in the Rebellion 17 15, ' and ( »5 ) and he himfelf Bankrupt, kept the Papers in his Handi and read them to the Herald- who repeated1 after him* Some of the Cldns got up to the Grofs before the He^ raids, where* -meeting with their Friends, they fainted each other; took their Guns, and, with a jocofe Air, prefented them upon the Crols to fuch of their Comrades as they obferved, to lhew their Satisfadion, as well as Alertnefs at Arms. While the Clan Cameron in three Ranks furrounded the Croft,1 Barifdale, with Mac Donald a Papift, and Taylor, at the Head pf the Canongate% were upon it, the Streets and Windows were crowded With Spectators of the unufual Scene, and the following Declarations were read amidft fome Huaza's: Which, however well underftood by the greater Number of the Byflanders, fure I am, the fortkth Man, did not know a fingle Sentence of them. His Majesty's moji gracious Be.clar$tidti. James R. fAMES VIII. by the Grace of GOD, King of -Scit- J land, England, France and Ireland, Defender qf the Faith, &e. To all Our loving Subjeds of what Degree; «r Quality foever, Greeting : Having always horn the moft conftant Attedibn to our ancient Kingdom of Scotland, -from whence We derive Our Royal Origin, and where Our Progenitors havefway- ed the Sceptre with Glory, through alonger Succettlon of Kings than any Mpnarchy, upon Earth can at this Day boaft of, We cannot but behold, with the deepeftCon-. cern the Miferies they foffer under a foreign Usurpation, and the intolerable Burdens daily added to their Yoke, which become yet more fenfible to Us, when We cenfider the conftant Zeal and Affedion the. Generality of our Sub jeds of that Our ancient Kingdom have exprelted for us on all Oecafions, and particularly when We had the Satisfadion of being Ourfelves among them. We fee a Nation fclwaysfamous for Valour, and highly efteemed by the greateft of foreign Potentates, reduced .to. the Condition of a Province, under the fpecious Pretence of an Union with a more powerful Neighbour. In confe- quenceof this pretended Union, grievous and unprecedent ed Taxes have -been laid on and levied with Severity in -'¦ 1. Spight ( ?6 ) Spight of ;aH .the Reprefentations that could he made .to the contrary ; and thefe have^ot failed to produce that Poverty and Decay of Trade, which were eafily forefeen to bethe neceflaryCpnfequencesqf fuch oppreflive Meafures. .- To prevent the juft Refentment which could not but a- rife from fuch Ufage, Our faithful Highlanders, a People always, trained up and inured, to Arms, have been deprived of them. Forts and Citadels have been built and garrifpn- ed, where no foreign InVafion could be apprehended, and a Military Government has been effedually introduced, as into a cpnquered Country. It iseafy to forefee what mutt: be the Cqnfequences of fuch violent and unprecedented Proceedings, if a timely Remedy be not put. to them ; nei ther is it lefs manifeft, that fuch a Remedy can ever be ob tained, but by Our Reftpration to the Throne of our An cestors, into whofe Royal Hearts fuch deftrudive Maxims, could never find Admittance. We think it needlefs to call to Mind how follicitous We haveeverbeen, and how often We have ventured Our Roy al Perfon to compafs this great End, which the divine Pro vidence feems now to have finifhed Us with the Means of doing effedually, by enabling Our goodSubjeds in England to fhake off the Yoke under which they have likeways felt their Share of the common Calamities. , Our former Expe- -fkhce leave us no Room to doubt of the chearful and hearty Concurrence of Our Scots Subjeds on this Occafion, to wards the perfeding the great and glorious Work : But that none may be deterred, by the Memory of paft Mifcar- riages, from returning to their Duty, and being reilored to the Happinefs they formerly enjoyed. We in this publick Manner think fit to make known Our gracious Intentions. towards all our People. We do therefore, by this Our Royal Declaration,, abfo- lutely and effedually Pardon and remit all.Treafons, and other Crimes hitherto committed againft Our Royal Fa ther, or Ourfelves ; from the Benefit of which Pardon We .except none, but fuch as fhall, after the Publication hereqf, wilfully arid' malicioufly oppofeUs, or thofe who fhall ap pear, or endeavour to appear, in Arms for Our Service. We farther Declare, That We will, with all conveni ent Speed, call a free Parliament, That, by the Advice and Affiftarice of fuch an Affembly, We may be enabled to repair the Breaches caufed by fo long an Ufurpation, to redrefs all Grievances, and to free our People from the un- fupportable C V ) fupportable Burden of the Malt-Tax, and all othet Hard* fhips and Impofitions which have been the Confluences of the pretended Union, that fo the Nation may be refc tored to that Honour, Liberty and Independency, which it formerly enjoyed. We likeways promtfe, upOh our Royal Word, to pro- red, fecure, and maintain all our Proteftant .Suhjeds in the free Exercife of their Religion^ and in the full Enjoy ment of all their Rights, Privileges and Immunities, and in the fecure Poffeflion of all Churches, Univerfities, Col leges and Schools, conformable to the LaWs of the Land. All this We fhall be ready to confirm in our firft Par liament, in which We protnife to pafs any Ad or Ads that fhall be judged nedefl'ary to fecure each private Perfon in the fullPofleffion of his Liberty and Property, to ad-- vance Trade, to relieve the Poor, and eftablifh the gene ral Welfare and Tranquility of the Nation : In all fuch Matters We are frilly refolved to ad always by the Ad vice of our Parliaments,' and to value none of our Titles fo much, as that of Common Father of out Peoplet which We fhall ever fhew Ourfelves to be, by Our con ftant Endeavours to promote the Quiet and Happinefs of all Our Subjeds. And We fhall be particularly. follicitbus to- fettle,* encourage, and maintain the Fifhery and Lin- nen-Manufadory of the Nation, which We are fenfible may be of fuch Advantage to it, and which, We hope, are Works referved for Us to accomplifh. As for thofe who fhall appear more fignally zealous for the Recovery of our juft Rights, and the Profperity of their Country, We fhall take effedual Care to reward then} ac cording to their refpedive Degrees and Merits. And We particularly promife, as aforefaid, Our full, free, and gene ral Pardon to all Officers, Soldiers and Sailors, now engag ed in the Service of the Ufutper, whether of the Sea or Land, provided that, upon the Publication hereof, and before they engage in any Fight or Battle againft our Forces, they quit the faid unjuft and unwarrantable Service, and re turn to their Duty : In which Cafe We fhall pay them all the Arrears that fhall be at that Time due to them from the Ufurper: We fhall grant to the Officers the fame Com- mifHons they fhall then bear, if not higher ; and to all Sol-> dkrs and Sailors a Gratification of a whole Year's Pay, for their Forwardnefs in promoting Qur Service. C We We farther pr-omifeand declare, that the Vaftbls of fuck as fhall, without Regard to Our prefent Declaration^ obftH nately perfift in their Rebellion, and, thereby forfeit all Pre- tenfions to Our Royal Clemencyvfhall he delivered "from all Servitude they "were formerly bound to, and fhall have Grants and Charters of their Lands t'p be held immedi ately of the Crown, provided they, upon the Publication of this Our Declaration, declare openly for Us, and join* heartily in the Caufe of their Country.- And having thus declared Our gracious Intentions fa Our loving Subjeds, We do hereby require and command them to be affifting to Us in the Recovery of our Rights, and of their own Liberties : And that all Our Subjeds, from the Age of Sixteen to Sixty, do, upon the fetting up of Our Royal Standard, immediately repair to it, or jbin-themfelves to fuch as fhall firft appear for Us in their refpedive Shires ; andalfo to feize.'the Horfes and Anns of all fufpededPer-, fons, and all Ammunition, Forage,- and whatever elfe may be necefl'a.ry for the Ufe of Our Forces. We alio ftridly command all Receivers, Cclledors, or other Perfons, who rnay be feized of any Sum or Sums of Money levied in the Name, or for the Ufe of the Ufurper, to retain fuch Sum or Sums of Money in their own Hands, till they can pay them to fome Perfon of Dittindion appear ing publickly for Us, and demanding the fame for Our Ufe and Service, whole Receipt or Receipts -fhall be a fufficient DHcha'rge for all fuch Colfedors, Receivers, or other Per fons,. their Heirs, &c. Lqftly, We do hereby require all Sheriffs of Shires, Stew- • sards of Stewartries, and their refpedive Deputies, Magi- . Urates of Royal Boroughs, and Bailies of Regalities, and all , others, to whom it may belong, to pubtifh this our Decla ration at the Market- Crofies of their refpedive Towns and Boroughs, and there to proclaim Us, under the Penalty of . being proceeded .againft according to Law, for their Ne-- g'ed of fo neceflary and important' a Duty. Given at our Court at Rome, the 23J Day of Decern-. ber 1 7 43, the Forty-third Tear of Our Reign, j. R. J A M E S. R. . WHereas We have a near Profped of being reftored to the Throne of Our Anceftors, by the good Inebriations of our Subjeds towards Us ; and whereas, on account of the prefent Situation of this Country, it will , be ( *9 ) he abfolutely iihpoffible for Us to be in Perfon at the firft Setting up, of Our Royal Standard, and even fome Time after ; We therefore efteem it for our Service, and the Good of our Kingdoms and; Dominions, to nominate and appoint, as we hereby nominate, conftitute and appoint, Qur-deareft Son Charles Prince of Jf ales', to be fole Regent of our Kingdoms of England^ Scqtland, and Ire land, and of all other Our Dominions during Our Ab- fencei - It is our Wilj and Intention, That our laid deareft Son fjiould enjoy and,exerdie all that Power and Autho rity, which, according to the ancient Conftitution of our Kingdoms, has been enjoyed and exercifed by farmer 'Re gents; Requiring all Our faithful Sujbjeds to give all due £ubmjffion_ahd Obedience to our Regent aforefaid, as im mediately reprefeh.ting Our Royal Perfon, and ading by Our Authority* And We do hereby revoke all Com- miffions of Regency granted to any Perfon or Perfons whatfoeyer. And, laftly, We hereby difpenfe with all Formalities, and other Omiffions that may, be herein con- tainedj declaring this Our Commiffion to be as firm and' valid, to all Intents and Purpdfes, as if it had patted Our Great Seals, and as if it were accqrding , tp the u'fual.Stjle and Forms. Given under .Our Sign Manual and Privy- Signet, at Our Court at Rome, the 23d Day of December J743> 'n the 43d Year of our Reign. J. R, (L. S.) Loco Sigilli. CHARLES P. R, BY Virtue and Authority qf the above Commiffion of Regency, granted unto Us by the King our Royal rFather, We are now come to execute his Majefty's Will and Pleattye, by fetting up. -His Royal Standard, andaf-, ferting his undoubted Right to the Throne of his An<- ceftors. We do therefore, in His .Majefty's Name, and purfuant to the Tenor pf his feveral Declarations, hereby grant a free5 full, and general; Pardon for all Treafons, -Rebellions, and Offences wbatfoever, committed at any Time before the Publication hereof, againft our Royal Grandfather* His Prefent Majefty and Our/elves. To the Benefit of this Pardon We fhall deem jultly intit'led all fuch of His Majefty's Subjeds, as fhall teftify their Willingnefs to ac* , cept of it, either by joining Our Forces with all conve- niefu Diligence,- by fetting up Hi's Royal Standard in other C % Places, ( 20 ) Places, by repairing for Our Service to any" Place where it fhall be fet up ; or, at leaft, by openly renouncing all pre tended Allegiance to the Ufurper, and all Obedfence to His Orders ; or to thofe of any Perfon or Perfons corn- miffioned or employed by him, or ading avowedly for him. •> ' As for thofe who fhall appear more fignally zealous for the Recovery of His Majefty's juft Rights, and the Prof- perity of their Country, We fhall take effedual Care to have them rewarded according to their refpedive Degrees and Merits ; and We particularly promife, as aforefaid,' a full, free, and general Pardon to all Officers, Soldiers, and Sailors, now engaged in the Service of the Ufurper, pro vided that upon the Publication hereof, and before they engage in any Fight or Battle againft His Majefty's Forces, they quit the faid unwarrantable Service, and return to their Duty ; fince they cannot but be fenfible, that no "Engagements, entred into with 3 foreign Ufurper, can difpence with the Allegiance they owe to their natural Sovereign. And as a further Encouragement to them to comply with their Duty and our Commands, We promife to every fuch Officer, the fame or a higher Poft in Our Service, than that which he at prefent enjoys, with full Payment of whatever Arrears may be due to him at the Time of his declaring for Us ; and to every Soldier,Trooper, and Dragoon, who fhall join Us, as well as to every Sea man and Mariner of the Fleet, who fhall declare for and ferve Us, all their Arrears, and a whole Year's Pay to be given to each of them as a Gratuity, as foon as ever the Kingdoms fhall be in a State of Tranquillity. We do hereby farther promife and declare, in His Ma jefty's Name, and by Virtue of the abovefaid Coinmiffion, That, as foon as ever that happy State is obtained, he will, by arid with the Advice of a free Parliament, wherein no Corruption, nor undue Influence whatfoever, fhall beufed to biafs the Votes of the Eledors, or Eleded, fettle, con firm, and fecure all the Rights, Ecclefiaftical and Civil, of each of His refpedive Kingdoms : His Majefty being fully refolved to maintain the Church of England asby Lawefta- blifhed, and Hkewife the Proteftant Churches of Scotland and Ireland conformable to the Laws of each refpedive Kingdom, together with a Toleration to all Proteftant Diffenters : He being utterly averfe to all Perfecution and Oppreffion whatfoever, particularly on account of Confci- -ence ( 21 ) ence and Religion.. And We Ourfelves, being perfedly convinced of the Reafonablenefs and Equity of the fame Principles, do, in cOnfequence hereof, farther promife and declare, That all His Majefty's Subjeds fhall be, by Him and Us, maintained in the full Enjoyment and Pofl'effion ¦ io'hfs 'firef ended. Parliament, and, wheipi News was barren, tr^,|ll,-?ligelled and. falfe Memoirs of Lord Dundee, Wfhorwas a^mi^jya'n Enemy to King William, gs'Qrapt to King George, w,ere continued in that Paper* till the whole were exhausted, , _;.-;,' . •„„, .. While the 'Chevalier was in the Abbey of Holyroodhoufi, and his Jijtle Army, at Duddingjlon, General Cope was at < J)unbar, jdined, by two Regiments:pf Dragoons irnder Bri- ' gadier General, Fawkes, who had come from Eifgland to take upon, hini the Command of the Hoffe, and by feveral pf the Volunteers, who hap! engaged for the Defence of the City of Edinburgh ; as thefe Qentkmen were under Arms, jri Time of thegenpral Meeting upon the 16th, fo that they could not be prefent to controul what was then done, they now refolve to fhew their Zeal, . The Earl of tfiwtq. Lords Belh&ven, Juftice-Clerk and prummore, did all in their Power to render Cope's Expedir tipn agreeable ; they Were at confiderable Pains to get In telligence, (which that Officer was not careful -enough to procure in the North) andiriforrn himof the 'Tea}-, State of Affairs. ',"';.•" ; , On, the 17th at Night, the Forces difembarked ; a Coun-s cil of War .was held, whether to march forward and fight the Rebels, or retire till joined "by fome veteran Regi ments. The Gentlemen who were affeded in their pri vate Properties, were much more touched at the difmal Change, of feeing the Lothiansznd- Metropolis of the Na-. tion, as remarkable for their Loyalty in general, as for their fiately .Buildings, Order and Beauty of their Streets, frorn the Seat of Judges and great Men, from-a Seminary df Arts and Sciences, from the Centre of Politenefs. and Decency, become the Habitation of the Camerons, (whofe Chieftain- Lochiel was Governor of the Town) Mac-; Gregprs, -Mac-Donalds, &c. were defirous pf 'being rid of fuch Matters, and therefore urged the marching for ward r a\ ) ward to the Attacfc. Several Officers were for advancing, while others were for retiring, till farther Affiftance fhould be fent.' Cope was almoft brought into this laft Opinion on the 18th ; but next Morning (whether by Orders from above, or not) he altered his Mind. The Lords formerly named, and Gentlemen who waited on him, procured Carriages for his Baggage. The People brought their Horfes with fuch Alacrity, that their Facea and Geftures fpoke the Sincerity of their Minds: But whether from his Willingnefs to alleviate the Burden, by com municating it among many, or an Hardfhip he inclined to put on the innocent Objeds of his Averfion, I fhall not determine : But he ufed twice as. many as were . needful ; nor did he give the kaft Gratuity to the Owners. On the 19th the Drums beat to Arms; and the Troops marched to Haddington, where they encamped that Night: Next Day they proceeded Weftward, and a- bout 1 1 o'Clock of the Forenoon, halted upon a Corn field to the Weft of Seaton, opppfite to Cockeny.^ This was indeed a moft advantageous Situation ; for they had a Ditch in Front, from whence two Parks, divided by a high Dyke, floped upward ; the Sea, Cockeny, is'c. on their Flank ; a Park-dyke on their Right, at the Ends of which there were Roads lying Eaft and Weft. In fhort, , the Ground about them was all inclofed, except from the Eaft, whence they came. All Things neceflary, both for Man and florfe, were fupplied by the Country, with a Cbearfulnefs not to be defcribed, and Workmen waited nothing but Orders to enter upon the moft difficult Tafks. The Rebels, who had been joined on the 19th by the ~ Grants of Glenmorijlon, decamped about 4 o'Clock in the Morning of the 20th 5 for having early Intelligence of the Arrival of Cope's Army, they had refolved to fight him. The Pretender, at their Head, prefenting his Sword, faid, My Friends, I have flung away the Scabbard. This was anfwered with an Huzza, altho' they were faid to be in a great Pannick. He proceeded flowly towards Inve- refk, thence to Carberry-hil!, along the Brow of which the. Rebels extended themfelves, "till they efpied the Army. It was now two o'Clock, when they raifed a loud Huzza, which was readily anfwered by the King's Forces. Had Cope attacked them diredly, or advanced to EJk- water, and ftopt thera on their March to Mujfelburgh-bndge, Things < 29 ) Things might have gone otherways : Had the Puke aded at Cttlhden,zs Cope did at Proton, what wOuld-have been the Event! Both Armies continued in View of each other till betwixt 4 and 5 o'Clock, when the King's rai led fome Huzzas, which were not anfwered. Some Can non were likewife difcharged at a Party of Rebels, who had got into the Church- Yard of Tranent, but did no o- ther Harm than breaking the Arm of one of them ; at which, however, they fled in the utmoft Confufion, which Cope ought to have improved. About an Hour after, the Rebels, from their Motions, feemed to be for an Attack. They were advancing by the Road at the up per Dyke Weftward, and at the End of it were to turn Eaft and take the Troops in Flank. Had the Dragoons rode through the Pafiages, and the Foot croffed through the Park, fuch a Fire might have been given as would foon have obliged them to flee; hut inftead of this, the Lines only wheeled, and fo fronted the Weft, to receive the Enemy ; which they obferving, retired to their for mer Ground. Night now coming on, both lay upon their Arms. Cope ordered fome Fires to be made, which difcovered to the Rebels what was doing in h's Camp ; whereas in their's not one Word was heard, nor the leaft Sign feen, except a Lanthorn with a Candle, which, like a Meteor, blazed a little, and then difappeared. • Some Coehorns were thrown at them, but did no Harm. A- bout 3 in the Morning the Enemy croffed through fome Inclofures, and getting below Sedten-Haufe, they- formed, while another Body was Healing a March to prevent the Army's Efcape to Edinburgh. Now it was .almoft five o'Clock, when the Pretender addrefled his Party thus : • Follow me, Gentlemen ; by the AJJiflance of God I will this Day make you a free and happy, People. But, while march ing, Lochiel advifed him not to advance, and ordered a fmall Party to ftand about him, upon a riling Field;, to the South-weft of Seaton. Their Right Wing, confift- ing of the Regiments of Keppoch, Glengary, Clanronald and Glenco, was commanded by Perth, Lieuteriant-Gene- ral ; the Left compofed of the C'amerons, Stuarts of Ap- pin, one Body of thcMacGregors, with Glencairneg (the reft' being- with Major James Drummond) was under Lord George Murray. Their 2d Line, made up of the A thole Men, Robertfons, MacLauchlans, &c. under Lord Nairn. The few Horfe tyhich they had, about ioo, and thefe very unfit 1 30 ) . Unfit for Adion, flood as a Bpdy of Referye.V • The' firft Line crawled upon their Knees, like Hunters in Qupft qf their Prey. Some pfC^'sCen tries faw them; but whether. they believed them to be'a Hedge appearing by Means qf the Dawn, or if they were prohibited to fire on any Ac count, as they gave out, or if afraid to difcharge, fare it is the Rebels quietly advanced, and came up in the Foitp of a Wedge towards the Artillery, which, being ill guarded, upon the firing of two Shot, foon fell into their Stands. ' It was at this Time the Body of the Army had the firft general Notice of them. The Highlanders, in a declining Posture, covering their Heads and Breafts with Jheir Targets, marched/ farioufly up to the firft Line* where they gaye a iqu$ Huzza. They received fome Platoons, which fame of the Soldiers, without Orders, difcharged for their own Safety ; then, firing full in the Face of the Troop6, they threw away thejr Firelocks* fufhed upon the raw Men with Swprd apd Piftq!, and made a dreadful Havock. At the Moment they raifed the Shout, the young Horfes on the Wings, viz. Gardner's on theRight, and Hamilton's on the Left, affrighted at fuch a Noife in the Morning, fell a capering, fled oft" all at once, and disordered the Foot; yea, fome pf them, when their Riders were difmounted, ran through the Enemy to* Wards Dunbar, whither Fowkes and Lafcelles- retreated* The Rebels purfued very irregularly, firing Piftols at them; Some Officers, endeavoured to rally fome of the Foot* and give the Enemy a Fire while in this Confufion*. which had they done, the Misfortune might have been re* medied ; but as the fecqnd Line advanced it was forborn*. The Dragoons halted half a Mile from the Field, and drew up ; and could Cope have thought of returning up on the Clans, now in Diforder, he might have regained the Advantage, for the Foot had not yet furrendered : But as this either did not occur at the Time, or was judged impradicable, Cope, the Earls of Hume and Lowdon re tired with them by the Way of Channel-kirk, where they firft ftopt, with about fifteen of the Foot that followed their Rout, to Lauder, from thence the next -Day to Berr wick. The Infantry in the firft Line were miferablymafla- cred by the Rebels. Such as threw down their Arms, and. begged for Quarters upon their Knees, were inhumanly man gled ; and fuch as fled into the Inclofures were purfued and kill'd. But the great Carnage was at the Grange Park- Dyke, ( 3? ) ByJce, which wfyen the rpoor Men were climbing, they1 were maffacred, in the moft barbarous Manner ', twenty were killed by the Sword, for one who fell by a Buflet : At fell the Slaughter was ftopt by Perth and Lochiel'. In, this Battle, were flain, of the King's Troops, 360, among whqm was the brave Colonel James Gardner, (a Gentleman, who, ip the Heat of Youth, had been, turned from the moft licentious Diflblutenefs, to' .the Piety, Strid- nefs, Prudence and Wifdom of the grayeft Hairs) univer- fally lamented, efpecially as he was againft all the Motions that brought on this fatal Scene- Captain Stuart of Phifgil, of hafcelle's Regiment, Captains Bvymtr and Rogers of L?e'Sj Howel of Guife's, Bijhsp and Enfign Forbes of. Mur ray's,: About 500 were wounded, "the- reft moftly 'taken Prifoners, with 83 Officers;, feveral of whom were wound ed, particularly, Lieutenant Cofonel Whitney of Gardner'Si and Major Bowles of Hamiiton's Dragoons. The latter-af ter he had fallen, with his Horfe, which was one of the Si« that were killed upon the Field, was defperately hacked by the Boys who followed the.Rebek. This was the Fate or as many as fell, but particularly of Gardner, and: the Ma tter of Torphichen. The private Men's Heads werealrnoft cut^fbrougb, the greater Number: in the back Part ; fome had 7 or-8 Wounds. Nofes,.Hands, Arms, Legs, fcfo were proraiifcuoufly to be feen fcatter'd o'er the Field. The Dragoons icarcely loft 50, between killed, wounded and Pri foners. On the Side of the Rebels were killed 2 Captains, 1 Lieutenant, and 1 .Enfign, and about, 40 private Men; they had 80 wounded, and Rob Roy, MacGregor's Son, who then went under the Name of Captain James Druntmond. All the Cannon, {viz. 6 Pieces) two Coehorns, ail the Tents, Baggage, Equipage, &c. fell into their Hands; they fejz'd alfo the Military Cheft, containing 4000 £. Cope having fecured the reft, .partly in the Fox Man -of War, Haddington, and elfe.where, which was the only prudent/ Adion of that. Officer during his inglorious Campaign. The Highlanders plundered . fome Officers both of their Money arid Watches; their Servants were not (pared., and fome Country Gentlemen, who were not in Arms, were treated in the fame manner. I royfelf furyey-ing-' the Field, before the Dead were ftript, asked fome off the vyQunded Men what was .become of Cope ? And they all, but .efpecially the Englijb Soldiers, .fpoke-moft. djirefpedfully arid bitterly of him. After this I went to the Road- t 3* ) Road-Side, where th'e Chevalier, who by Advice of Ptrtht &c. had fent to Edinburgh' for Surgeons, was Handing. He was clad as an ordinary Captain, in a coarfe Plaid and blue Bonnet, his Boots and Knees were much dirtied ; he feemed to have fallen into a Ditch, which I was told by one of his Lifeguards he had. He was exceeding merry : Speaking of his Army, he faid twice, * My Highlandmen have loft * their Plaids' At which he laughed very heartily. When talking of the Wounded, he feemed no Way affeded. There were feven Standards taken, which when he faw, he ' faid in French, a Language he frequently fpoke in, We have miffed fome oftbem ; Then he refrefhed himfelf upon the Field, and with the utmofl Compofure eat a Piece of cold Beef, and drank a Glafs of Wine, amidft the deep and piercing Groans of the wounded and dying, who had fallen a Sa crifice to his Ambition. Next Day the poor Men were brought into Edinburgh upon Carts ; fome were put into , the Infirmary, others begged thro' the high Streets, and were generoufly fupplkd by the Inhabitants ; but no Charity was fhewn by the Rebels, fo great'was their Ha tred to a red- Coat. Such was.the Event of the Battle of Pre/ion, in which the Rebels gave out, that, with 1456 Highland Foot, without Artillery or Horfe, they had routed a" regular Ar my Of 4000 Foot and Horfe, befides Volunteers, &c. fup- pprted with Cannon, and almoft entrenched. But who ever confiders the Matter, will find the Boaft was ground- lefs ; for when Cope marched to the North, he had only about 1624 Foot, and at Pre/Ion it is not to be fuppofed he had more ; and of thefe 466 were out on Parties, viz* ioo with the Artillery,' 230 with the Baggage, 70 at Co- ' lonel Gardner's Houfe, and 66 watching at the upper Park- Dyke next to the Enemy ; there were likewife r 18 Dra goons out in the fame Manner. If this is adverted to, and that young Horfes, when fired upon in the Morning, ge. nerally reel, it will be found that 1456, (according to themfelves,) choice Highland Defperadoes, fome of whom had been in foreign Armies, did no more than furprize about 1 158 raw Foot, who were more incommoded by their own Horfe, than by their Enemies. I would not here be underftopd to detrad from the Bravery of the Clans, (a Virtue which they carry to fuch an Extreme, that it dege nerates into Madnefs) but only obferve, that it is a pecu liar ( 33") liar Weaknefs in* them to magnify every little, Inftance. . of good Fortune into a Prodigy. The Arms qf the Troops ' were referved for Recruits by the Rebels ; the Clothes and Linnens of the Officers and Soldiers were given, to Men, fome qf whom fcarce ever before had a Shirt., Colonel Gardner's Houfe was rifled of every Thing that was va luable, which had . not. been carried off. Some People about Tranent and Prefldn were ftript, by the Conquerors, of their Clothes, Shoes, Ruckles, t$c. Had the young Pretender marched to England, it is hardly to be fuppofed ^^.Cope would have carried the Confternation even to London. There were few Forces ih the Kingdom then, and thefe but new raifed'Men. However, his Cqunfels were infatuated, and by his Conduct, he ruined hirhfelf. The Prifoners were fent to Edinburgh, and confined in the Church .and Tolbooth of Canongate, where they continued till the 29th, when they were tranfpbrted to Logie-Rate in Athdle ; and their Officers, who had been liberated upon Parole, and obliged daily to prefent themfelves, were con- duded to Perth. . After the Battle the Chevalier fent off Mr. Kelly to France.' He rode Pott to Dover, where he embarked fop Dunkirk, .and fent off fome Veffels with Ar tillery, Arms, Ammunition, and Money., to Scotland; from thence he went to Paris, and kid before the French Court the glorious State of his Matter's Affairs. And now did the Chevalier's Cohriedion with France, which was only conjedured at firft, though hardly difqwned by him, fullyappears. The Pretender, the Night after the Battle, let the Mi nitters of Edinburgh knpw, that they were allowed to preach as' ufual, but not to name King George:, however, thefe had refolved, in a previous Meeting, ,not to exercife that Part of their Office under his Protedion, being determined to avoid thePradiceof theNonjurarit-Ckrgy, (who con- veened as ufual) by teftifying their Loyalty to their King, with whofe royal Protedion they were favoured on all Oc- cafions; a late Inftance whereof they had, in his gracious Condefcenfion to fignify his Pkafure to his Parliament, for prompting the pious Scheme of providing for the Wi dows and Children of the Minitters of the Church of Scotland, The Minitters of the Wefl-Kirk, Mr, Mac-Vicar, . and Mr. Pitcairn, being fheltered under Coyer of the Cattle Guns, prayed for KmgGeorge, as ufual, and in the ftrongeft and moil pathetic Terms, recommended Loyalty to their Hearers. D On ( 34 ) On Mpnday, the 23d, three Proclamations were iflued out ; the firft, ordering all Farmers Within five 'Miles o£ Edinburgh, to be ready, at twelve Hours Warnings to furnifh their Horfes for carrying the Baggage of the Rebeli to Berwick] upon Tweed, or the like Diftance. Another" forbidding " any outward Demonftrations of publick Joy " on Account of the late Vidory, as it had involved many " innocent People in great Calamity, arid had been obtained ' "¦ by the Effufion of the Blood of his Majefty's Subjeds, " admonifhing all true Friends to their King and Country, "; to return Thanks to God for his Goodnefs towards them, "'as he, the Pretender, did "for himfelf ; " and concludes, with a Declaration of his Protedion to thofe concerned in publick Worfhip. A third forbidding Abufes by his Army, Next Day the following Indemnity was proclaimed. CHARLES Prince of Wales, Regent of Scotland, England, France, and Ireland^ and the Dominions there unto belonging. WHEREAS we are informed, That feveral of Our Subjeds, as well Clergy as Laity, in Our ancient City of Edinburgh, and Neighbourhood thereof, did aflqciate and take up Arms againft us j and that many of them fled from their Hqufes, left they had been prefecuted, and made Examples of, as their Crimes de- merited. And whereas, we have nothing at Heart but the Good of all Our Subjeds, how much foever deluded by the Pre judice of Education or miftaken Intereft ; and being always . difpofed, as a true Father of our Country, to difplay that Mercy and Tendernefs natural to Us, and the diftirtguifhr ing Charaderiftick of our Family. We do therefore, in his Majefty's Name, hereby grant a full Pardon to the Perfons aflbciated as aforefaid, for all Treafons, Rebellions, and Offences whatfoever, commit ted by them at any Time before the Publication of thefe Prefents, whether againft Our Royal Grandfather ofhlefled Memory, his prefent Majefty, or Ourfelves, difp'enfing with the Generality hereof, and admitting the fame to be as effectual, to all Intents and" Purpofes, as if all their Names had been herein fet down. PR OVID ED always, That the Perfons aforefaid, prefent themfelves within twenty four Days after the Publication hereof, to our trufty i 35 ) trufly and beloved Counfellor John Murray of Broughtmt Efqj Our Secretary, or any one of Our Council appointed for that Purpofe, at oar Palace of Holyrood-houje, or where elfe We fhall be for the Time, with a Declaration that they ft»all live for the future as quiet and peaceable Subjeds to Us and Our Government, otherways thefe Prefents to be of no Effed to them. Given at our Palace of Holy- "road-houji, the twenty fourth Day of Stptembert and of his Majefty's Reign the forty-fifth Year, 1745. Charles P. R. By His Highnejfes Command, Jo. Murray. On the 25th, Protedion was proffered to the Banks, if they would return from the Caftle to their former Bufi- nefs; but this Promife was difregarded. There were alfo Proclamations for preventing Thefts and Robberies; which had but little Effed upon the Rebels, for, under Pretext of fearching for Arms, they would rifle Peoples Houfes, and carry off what was valuable. On the 30th, every Perfqn poffcft of Arms, Tents, Horfes, warlike Stores, taken at Prefttn, were required to return the fame under Pain of Military Execution. That fame Day the Magiftrates of all Burghs in Scotland, the Colkdprs of the Land-Tax: in all the Shires, the Colkdors and Comptrollers of Cuftoms, were ordered, by circular Letters, to repair to the Palace of Holyrood-houfe, to have the Sums to be paid by the refpedive Towns afcertained, and to bring in their Books, and what Money was due, upon Pain of Treafon, Rebellion, and Military Execution. Few obeyed, but left the Kingdom, or elfe repaired to the Caftle. The Goods in the Cuftom-Houfe of Leith, were fold for the Ufe of the young Chevalier. And feveral Demands were made upon Towns in the Country, and upon Glaf- gow ho iefs than 10,000 1, but the Sum was abated to 5.500/. Thus they proceeded without Controul, till the 25th, that fome Cannon were difcharged at them, as they were obferved "to make too near Approaches to 'the Caftle, and to hinder People from going to it. On the 29th, all Com munication between the Cattle and City was ftopt -K where upon General Guefl, then Commander qf the Forces in Scotland, who had .repaired to that Fort, wrote to Provoft Stewart, " That fince the Paffage to and from the Cattle "- -wasfhut up, he would make Ufe of Cannon to diflodge D 3 " the ,( .36 ) " the Highland Guards, he having got Orders from Court " tokeep the Avenues clear." TheLetter was fent by fome 1 Deputies to the Chevalier,' who immediately give 'them -an Anfwer in Writing, wherein he fpeaks of "our prefent ' illuftrious King, in a Mariner neither fuitable to his Ma jefty, or to one who aflumed* the Name he himfelf did. And, after aggravating the Barbarity of the Orders,- upon which |he put the worft Cbnftrudion,, he declared he would make full "Reprifals, upon the Eftates.of thofe who were Abettors of the German Government. '-..-¦ The Deputies reported the Pretender's Anfwer to the two Generals', Pteflon and Guefl, who, in Compaffion ta the City, gave a Refpite for fix.Days, till the Return of an -"Exprefs from Court. Some thought the Chevalier would have derided alfo ; but, on the contraryhe went ' Incognito, under Favour of the Night, to the Caflle-Hill, and gave ' Diredions for fixing a Battery againft the Yon:1' Lochiel " undertook the Siege from that Place, wfrile fome hot -headed People, who had joined at Edinburgh, were to en trench fhemfelves. at Livingjl'on's' Yards, to the South- ."Weft of the Garrifon, within 'Reach of her great Guns: . So from Oclob. 2d, that Orders were given from the Che valier, forbidding Communication; upon Pain of Death, be tween the Caftle and the Towri, 'there was a Blockade of "both, till the "5th, that the King's Letter came, ordering ' to fpare'the City, but to keep the Pafles.open^ till the -Relief, which was haftning, fhould arrive. As the Re- ' bel's w ere at Holyrood-houfe, _ the Packet fell into their Hands, •and, to be before the Generals, a Proclamation is ifiued out, letting forth, " That the Prince, in Confiderationof the " many Murders committed on the innocent Inhabitants, and " of the Duty of Juftice to give place to Mercy,' when the *' gcoi of a 'People'required, took off the Blockade" of the " C iifk." The Infatuation of the Rebels can fcarce be pa- 'rallcllcd ; they had' nbt fixed a'fingk-Cannon, nor had they one Batr.ering-pjece. As they pofleft themfelves of an old ruinous Houie'on the North-fide of the Caflle-Hill, next to the For , tr.ey were diflodged foon from thence by the 'great Guns. And on the 4th, Fire was fet to' the Place •,, it burnt with great Violence, but the Flames did not catch fiold of the adjacent Buildings; the Bell-Houfe fhared the Time Fate, in which Lochiel taking up his Quarters,, was "hurt by a Fall of a Stone upon his Shoulder ; 3 Men and -a berjeant tallied out upon Livingftgn's Yards, killed 3 Men^. 37- ) Men, wounded two,"' 'brought "off. the Captain and 7 Pri- foners, after fetting Fire to the Habitation to: which they' betook' themfelves; the unhappy People were buried in the', very Trench they had digged. Such however was the_ Tendernefs of- the Garrifon, that, tho' • frequent Shots - were difcharged, yet thefe were fo welFdireded, that none': of the Town's Peopk fettered during this' Blockade, ex cept twO Men who were -killed, ahd one Woman who'. Was wounded. Severalof the Rebels were (lain, particu larly as they were fcramblihg up the Rock on the North- fide, in the Night-time ; and upon the Saturday, when- the Soldiers, under Cover of the. great Guns, digged a^ Trench acrofs the Hill, feveral were woufided. Thence they fired very brifkly, but were anfwered- by theiRebels,; whom they drove from 'their Faftneffes down to Miln's-~- Court and the Weigh-^Houfe, whence they were diflodged1 Hkewife, the Wall thereof -being beat down.. As the Re- ' bels fled from the Lanfes,- -fome Soldiers advanced to them, ' at- which Time two of them were hurt, and retired, which Was the-only Lofs the Garrifon fuftairied. ¦ All Sa^- turday Afternoon there was conftant Firing'from the Fort.- The Fking ceafing upon the Sabbath, was to, the Inha-' bkants like a Calm after an- Hurricane.- On the 7th, old Gordon of Ghnbuc-ktt, and Lord Ogiluie, joined with "a- bout 400 Men* As the former had neither Power nor Ri ches, fo he could bring- none with him-, but People of- defperate Fortunes like himfelf; the latter, as he had Po'wer, '¦ fo he ufed it in the moft lavage Manner, -by threatriing- With Fire and Sword' feveral of thofe- he brought with- h-im. On the- 8th, a Proclamation was made, fetting. forth1, how acceptable Money.. Arms and Horfes, feY. would be to the Pretender, from fuch as could not-perlb- nally join him, And qn the 10th the following Declara-: tion was publifhedv- - - . -• '' CHARLES Prince of Wales, &c. Regent of the Kingdom's ^England,, Scotland, France and Ireland, and the Do minions thereunto belonging: Unto all his Majeflys Sub jects, of what Degree fever, ' Greeting', f CHARLES P.. R. . AS foon as We, conduded by the Providence of GOD, arrived in Scotland, and were joined by a Handful of Our RoyalFather's Subjects, Our firft Care wa sto make publick' his moft gracious Declaration; and, D 3 in ( 3* y in Confequence of the large Powers by him vetted in Us, in Quality of Regent, We alfo emitted Our own Mani- fe/lo, explaining and enlarging the Promifes formerly made, according as We came to be better acquainted with the Inclinations of the People of Scotland: Now that it has pleafed GOD fo far to fmik on Our Undertaking, as to make Us Matter of the ancient Kingdom of Scotland, We judged it proper, in this publick. Manner, to make mani- feft what ought to fill the Hearts of all his Majefty's Sub jeds, of what Nation or Province foever, with Comfort and Satisfadion. We therefore hereby, in his Majefty's Name, declare, That his fok Intention is to reinftate all his Subjeds in the full Enjoyment of their Religion, Laws and Liberties ; and that Our prefent Attempt is not undertaken in order to cnflave a free People, but to redrefs and remove the En croachments made upon them ; npt to impofe upon any ^Religion which they diflike, but to fecure them all the Enjoyment of thofe which are refpedively at prefent efta- hlifhed among them, either in England, Scotland or Ire land ; and if it fhall be deemed proper that any farther Se curity be given to the eftablifhed Church or Clergy, We hereby promife, in his Name, That he fhall pafs any Law that his Parliament fhall judge neceflary for that Purpofe. In Confequence of the Reditude of Our Royal Father's Intentions, We mud farther declare his Sentiments with regard to the National Debt : That it has been contraded under an unlawful Government, Nobody can difown, no more than that it is now a moft heavy Load upon the Nation ; yet, in regard that it is for the greateft Part due to thofe very Subjeds whom he promifes to proted, che- rifh and defend, He is refolved to take the Advice of his Parliament concerning it, in which He thinks He ads the part of a juft Prince, who makes the Good of His Peo ple the fok Rule of His Adions. Farfhermpre, We here in his Name deckre, That the fame Rule kid down for the Funds, fhall be followed with refped to every Law or Ad of Parliament fince the Revolution ; and, in fo far as, in a free and legal Parlia ment, they fhall be approved, He will confirm them. With refped to the pretended TJnionof the two Nations, the King cannot poffibly ratify it, fince He has had repeated Remonftrances againft it from each Kingdom ; and fince it is inconteftable, that the principal Point then in View, was ( 39 ) was the Exclufion of the Royal Family from their un doubted Right to the Crown, for. which Purpofe the grofleft Corruptions were openly ufed to bring it about. ¦But whatever may be hereafter devifed for the.joint Bene fit of both Nations, the King will moft readily.compTy with the Requeft of His Parliaments to eftablifh. . And now that We have, in his Majefty's Name, given you the moft ample Security for your Religion, Properties and Laws that the Power of a Britijh Sovereign can grant ; We hereby for Ourfelves, as Heir apparent to the Crown, ratify and confirm the fame in Our own Name, before Almighty GOD, upon the Faith of a Chriftian, and the HonOur of a Prince. Let me now expbftukte this weighty Matter with you, my Fathers Subjects, and let riie npt omit this firft pub lick Opportunity of awakning your Underftandings, and -fof difpeiling that Cloud, which the affidubus Pens "of ilk defigning Men have all along, but chiefly now, been en deavouring to eaft on the Truth. Do not the Pulpits and Congregations of the Clergy, as well as your weekly Pa mpers, ring with the dreadful Threats of Popery, Slavery, Tyranny arid arbitrary Power, which are now readyto be impofed upon you, by the formidable Powers of Franc'e and Spain ? Is not my royal Father reprefented as a Blood*- thirfty Tyrant, breathing out nothing but Deftrudion to all thofe who will not immediately embrace an odious Re ligion ? Or, have I myfelf been better ufed ? But lifteri only to the naked Truth* I, with my own Money, hired a fmall V'efiel, ill pro vided with Money, Arms or Friends ; I arrived in Scot land, attended by feven Perfons ; I publifh the King my Father's Declaration, and proclaim his Titfe, with Par don in one Hand, and iq the other Liberty of Confcience, and the moft folemn Promifes to grant whatever a free Parliarnent fhall prop'ofe for the Happinefs of a, People. I have, I confefs, the greateft Regard to adore the Good- nefs of Almighty GOD^ who has, in fo remarkable, a Manner, protected me and my fmall Afrriy through the many .Dangers to wb Difpatches of Importance from his BrothefV and Aflu- rance of Affiftance from the French King. On the 16th, one Monro, and ' another j upon Convidion of Robbery, were fhot. Lord Elch« raifed a Regiment of Life-Guards, who were clad' in Blue with Red Facings ; fuch as had no Cbarader to Me lifted in it ; there Pay was but fmall ; for though the private Men received 6d. per diem, yet the Officers were only paid the fourth Part, the Arrears being pail to the Charge of the Government, when the Peace of the Kingdom fhould ber reltored ; fome Soldiers Prifoners, likewife lifted with them, but as they did this only for prefent Sabfiftence, fo ihey embraced the firft Op portunity qf deferting. And now Forbes, Lord PitjligOi brought htm a Troop of about ioo Horfe. The Earl of Kilmarnock had alfo join ed ; as did the Mac Pherfons, who were the laft that came to him from the North, where a Storm was gathering againft him; for the Lord Loudon had repaired to Inver- nejiupen the nth of Oclober, to take upon him the Com mand of 2© independent Companies of the well affeded Clans, which the Lord Prefident of, the Seffion was irri- powered to raife for the Government's Service. And here it will be proper to give a fhort Sketch of the People whereof they were to be compofed. All to the North of Fort Augujlus, who fpeak the Irijb Language, I call the Northern, thofe to the South, the Weflern -Giant. The former are as poor, in as blind and abjed Slavery fo their Chieftians, as the latter, and in thefe Things they only agree. They generally hate each other;, hut, if in- a foreign Country, the bare (peaking; Irijh would make them Friends. The Dialed of their Language as much differs,, as that fpoke in the City of Edinburgh, from that in the remoteft Parts. The North ern are not fo quick or ingenious as the Weftern ; the former have not obliged the learned World much, whereas the latter have produced a Buchanan, a divine Poet, and judicious Hiftorian ; a David, and a James Gregory, arid at h^zMacLaurin; each of whom have publifhed very great Works. Of the former fomefimes warlike Me" appeared in the Field, butfuch as were raifed proved feldom an Honour to their Country; the latter alfo brought forth Men of a mar tial Genius, but, alas! their Talents ever were chiefly employed in Fends among themfelves, or Infurredion againft both their Scotijh and Britijh Sovereigns, < J , The ( u ) . . The Northern Clans copfift of the Mdc-Kenzies, S%-_ tfrerlands, Mac-Kays,'Gitms, Mathifons, Mac-Leods, Mon roes, and Grants, befides thofe in the -Rebellion. In ge neral they are either. from an Irijh, or a Gsrinan-'DefctgQU- The Mac- Kenzies are (prung from one Kenneth, who for his good Services, Anno 1263. in defeating the Danes, had the Lands- of .KjSafeMV-.affigned him ;. his Pofterity are called Mac-Kenneth, (i. e. Kenneth's Son) and noW'Mac-J^ensje. That Name foon raifed itfelf upon the Ruin of theBanes, Dingwals, Urauharts, and Mac-Leods of the Lewis. At prefent there are many civilized Families of this Name,. in the North Highlands,, tho', their Anceftors have been remarkable only for Barbarity and Rebellion, particularly in 1645, 17 15, and 17 19.. As to the Mac-Leods, they are as ancient as any Clart in the Ifles. There were two Families of this Name, that of Lewis and Harris; the latter as yet exifis, but the former was forfeited for Re bellion againft James VI. who gave their Lands to fome /^.Gentlemen; Thefe went to take Pofleffion, but, being fet; upon by them and the Mac-Kenzies ; .they were miferably flaughtered, and the Family wanting a male. Heir* Seaforth's Second Son, the Progenitor of the Earl of Cro- , marti^, married the Heirefs, and from thence is called Lord Mac-Leod'. The Mac-Leods are as loyal as any of the" Clans, having never appeared in Arms againft this Government, which may be attributed to their Lofs in the Year. 1 65 1, at Worcefler, where they were almoft in-. tirely cut off. As to the People of Sutherland, The Gunns, a Clan, whofe Chieftain has no Property, are of Dmijh Extrac tion. They never made a Figure, either in their own or any other Country; of the Mathifons, the. fame may be. kid ; The Mac-Keys are indeed of a nobler Race, being the fame with the Forbeses, defcended -of an Irijh -No bleman, who about the Year 1 300 came into Scotland, and had two Sons; the younger of whom, by a Marriage, procured the Lands of Strathie : From his great Grandfon, Y..More,. (i. e. Great) the Name cometh; they were in- ftrumental'in fuppreffing the Duffs, to whom >Strathna- vern belonged. For thefe having a Quarrel with the Murrays, brought- 1000 Men tathe Field againft them ; the Armies engaging, of the former, after, an obftinate Battle, there remained 7, of the latter 12,' defperately ! wounded :, ( 45 ) wounded : As their Misfortune rendred their. Lands-ahnqft defokte* fo the Mac Kays were poffeffed of- them., ' As to the Su'iherlands, they'are the .fame with the Catti, , who came tb Scotland in the Days'of Carbredus II. anno 76, but they of that Shire are much degenerated from the Bra very of {heir Anceftors, and far from equalling that qf the MacPherfons, . whp are of the, ftme S^qcjc : The Sutherland Militia, efpecially fthofe who' live upon the Coaft, are a- mong the very Refufe of the highland Counties ; they are as fubjed to their Lairds, (fome of whom are fcarce worth 300 Merks perann, the richeftnq.t -2000) as Negroes to their Matters. It is notorious wha't'Numbers of Slaves, were fent off to the Plantations, by MacKay , of Scouray and Company, in the Years 1728 arid 1729. Infhort, thofe People are as poor, barbarous, inhuinan, cruel arid revenge-? ful, as the wprft of the Rebels, but lefs adive ; more ftu- pidj and not at all given tp that outward Civility, which the latter, by a natural Air peculiar to themfelves, affed to fhew to Strangers who come among them. The Earls of Sutherland are certainly as ancient as any in ScoiMfid, but few of them have made a Figure in the Cabinet or Field. Their Charter of Earl is as old as 1961, when MaJcom Canmtre created the Son of ./$7«Thane qf Sutherland, (who had been beheaded by 'MdcBeth) Earl,, in Considera tion of the faithful Services he did. The Famijy, after the Interruption of the male Line, anno, 15 14, was called Gor don, and feveral of that Name are now in Sutherland; but fome time after they took up their former Sirname. In thc Year 16 16. they efpoufed trie Proteftant Caufe, apd have continued .faithful to the Government, which is greatly their Intereft. . Of the Manroks'J. fhall only obferve, that the fame Charader will fit them,, as. that I have here gi ven of the People of Sutherland. ... • As to the Grants + there is a Difpute whether they are or* Danijh, Irijh,. or Englijh Extraction* I am apt to be lieve they are" Irijh, being called in the Year 13 14* the IriJh'Scats.' As far back as"i258, one Grant was Sheriff of Invernefs, and afterwards came tb take Pofleffion.of the Lands of Strathfpey, which 'belonged to the Cummings> whom, under Pretence of fuppreffing Rebellions, they ex tirpated, by 'killing them in the Night Time, without- Rg'r "gard to Age br'Se'x,. and fince have continued Proprietors; pf their Eftates. ' - "' ' There ( 46 ) There are other Sirnames among the Northern Clans, fuel} as Maclntire, Mac Bain, MacPbail, Maclnnucater ; but as none of thefe have any landed Intereft, I pafs them, with this Obfervation, that the firft three feldom change their Names, which the latter fometimes do, into Rofe and Mac-Kenzie, and that thefe Turn-Coats, when ad vanced, prove the very Peftsof the Society of which they are Members. They affed a Profeffibn of Religion, under a Mask of which they commit the blacked Vijlaines, and with an unrelenting Revenge purfue a Stranger, at the Ex- pence of Truth, Gratitude, and every Tye binding upon Mankind. Of thefe Men the Lord Loudon and the Prefident foon excited about 2000 (o join in Defence of the Govern ment, having prevailed upon their Chieftains to come in to their Views. And now the Pretender might obferve the Spirit of the People in general breathing forth in the loyal Addreffes from the feveral Synods of Scotland to his Majefty. Mean Time, the Adventurer having got a Supply of Money, Arms, Ammunition, and warlike- Stores, from France and Spain, which were - tranfported from Stonehaven and Montr ofe, the Places of their Land ing, and ferried over at Haigens-Nook (where a Battery was ereded for fecuring the Paflage) by the Country Peo- ple, in 185 Carts, which they were compelled to bring in for that Purpofe, publifhed an Order, on the 28th, .for preparing Carriages tp cpnvey his Baggage to Berwick, pr the like Diftance. Thefe being come in, he fet out for Dalkeith on the id of November. Several, of his Detach ments marched before him, and fome, particularly a Par ty of the MacPherfons, joined him there, without halting at Edinburgh ; Lochiel was the laft whp left that City. They .flayed at Dalkeith from the ill tp the 3d of No vember. Two Corps marched from thence ; the one to wards Pennycuik, the other to Loanhead, both Places be ing in their Way to Peebles and Carlife. Thefe Detach ments efcorted their Baggage and Ammunition in about 150 Carts and Waggons, and near as many Sumpter- Horfes. He himfelf marched with the main Body on . Foot towards Lauder, where he arrived that Night, and lay in the Earl of Lauderdale' 'sLodging. Next Day hear ing that a Party of Dragoons were advancing towards him, he returned to Channel-Kirk, to bring up the reft of his, Troops; from whence coming back, he continued (47) hk Rout towards %*$'» whert. he^crofled the Tfondj and op the 6th, with yoop Men, entred England, where e-- very Thing was in Readinefs to receive him; fori from- his firft Landing, the Lords of the Regency had taken care to put the Kingdom in the beft Pofture of Defence; Mr. Trevor* the Britijh Minifler at the Hague, required the 6ooq Auxiliaries the Dutch, were obliged to furnifh Britain in cafe of an Invafion;. accordingly the States- General gave Orders for them to hold themfelves in Rea dinefs to embark; this the French Minifler remonftrated agajnft,_ and ip a Memorial, fet forth, that the fending eight of the Battalions, which defended Toumay, to the Affiftance of Great Britain, was an Infradion of the Capi tulation of that Town, and fo far detrimental to the -French) as.it enabled the National Britijh, Troops to continue to ad againft his Matter and his Allies; and'defired a fpeedy Anfwer to this Reprefentation. The States repli ed. That they were forry bis moft Chriftkn Majefty- fhould take any Umbrage at fending to England thefe Troops,, which made Part of the Garrifon of Tiurnay, fince this was no Violation of the Treaty of thatPlacej as appeared from the Words of it ; that they were oblig ed, to affift Britain, in Confequence of the mofttfbkran Engagements: that thefe Forces were by no Means to act offenfively againft France, nor in the moft remote Places on the Continent -from her Barrier, but only in Support of a Crown (with whkh they were in the ftrid- eft. Alliance) when fhaken by rebellious Subjeds, Some other Memprials were afterwards prefented, as upon the iSth, which was anfwered upon the 21ft; another upon the 6th of Oclober, which was replied to upon the 13th. — But. tho' thefe Troops adually came over, joined M. trade's Army, and. continued in England till all was over^ yet were they engaged in no Adion. Here was Demonftration that the French Court was concerned in "the Chevalier's Defign, though at his firft Arrival in Paris, January 1744, fhe pretended to have no, Knowledge of his Journey ; and when openly in the. Country, her Party in Holland fuggefted, that M. Ameht was removed and difgraced, for giving the Adventurer fuch Hopes- as drewhim there. Yea, her Minifters wen? fo far, as, to call his Enterprize a Don Quixote Expedition- at the Hague, and fome other Courts of Europe. :. , At (l48 ) .Atrjbe.dofeof the Month: Df Augufl,- his BritannTcK !- Majefty arri v'd at St. James's, He had ; fcarc'e ¦ landed 'in J Eftglsnd-j when he was-addrefs'd from all Quarters of the ¦', Kingdom. ' The Merchants and trading Part of the Ci tizens of London aflbciatedi ¦ at the Rifle of their Lives' and Fortunes, for Support of their King. "-'Men of Pro perty? of all Ranks. andOrders, crowded in with liberal Subscriptions for railing Forces, beyond Example. The - Admtrak and. Captains in the Navy agreed to levy a Re giment of Foot,- for the Pay of which' they appropriated thejr own Salaries.: .The Proprietors of the Prince Frede rick, and Duke Privateers, lent the'King their Share of the rich Prizes thefe Ships had taken, viz.- j-bo^ooo 1. The ¦ Clergy, with a becoming Zeal, formed their Hearers by ; Precepts, and excited them by their Example, to the ' Support qf the Crown, of their own Liberties^ and of the reformed Religion, Witnefs the excellent Sermons of the '¦' Bifhop of Oxford, and the Archbifhop of York^ who, in . a Meeting of the Nobility, Gentry and Clergy of. York-'} Jhire, Sept. the 24th, made a Speech, of Which I fliall here, give ari.Abftrad: " TT was fome Time, faid he (after a Jhort Introdue- *' _L tion) before it was believed (I would to God, it " had gained Credit fooner) that the Pretender's Son is in " Scotland ; has fet up his Standard there ; has gathered " .and difciplined an Army of great Force ; receives daily , " Increafe of Numbers ; is in Pbffeffion of the capital Ci- " ty there; has defeated a fmall Part of the King's Forces; " and is advancing with hafty Steps towards England. " What will be the Iffue of this rapid Progrefs, muft " be left to the Providence of God. However, what " is now incumbent upon us to do', is to make the beft " Provifion we can againft it; and every Gentleman, " I dare fay every Man in England, will think it his " Wifdom and his Intereft, to-guard againft the mifchie- - " vous Attempts of thefe wild and defperate Ruffians. « But the great Mifchief to be feared,, which ought to " alarm us exceedingly, and put us immediately on our «' Defence, is the certain Evidence, which every Day is opens more and more, that thefe Commotions in the " North are but Part of a great Plan ' concerted for our " Ruin. They have .begun under the Countenance, " and will befupported by the Forces of Frame and Spain, " our { 49 ;) ** Our old and.inveterate (and, late Experience calls uponffis !.' to add, our lavage and hlpod-thirfty) Enemies. A " Circumftance that {ho^ldflre , the Indignation of . every " honeft Mnglijhman. . " We are now blefled with the mild Adminiftratibh of " ajuftandProteftantKing, who is pffoftrict an Adherence *' to the Laws of our Country, that not an Inftance can " be pointed put, ..during hjs whole Reign, wherein he " made the leaft Attempt upon the Liberty, or Property * "or .Religion, of a firtgkjPerfon^ But if the Ambition *1 and Pride of France and Spain is, to didate to us, we *' muftfubmit.to a Man, to govern us under their hated ". and accurfed Influence, who bring? he Religion from " ' Rome, . and the Rules .and Maxims of his Government *?¦ from Paris and Madrid. ;,'...,.- . " For God's Sake, Gentlemen* kt.us confider, this Mat* " ter as becomes .us, and let no Time be loft to guard a- " gain.fl. this prodigious. Ruin. , To your .immortal Ho- ", nqur be itfpoken* youthave confider'd it;rand arenow " met together to call- in the unanimous Confent and . Af- " fiftance of this great County* AndJt will be extremely " to pur Credit; give Courage to jheFrknds of the beft " Conftitution in theWpfld. i damp the; Spirit of its Ene- "• mies at home; and be, an Inftrudion ,to thofe abroad ; '.' th at„tl)ere is ftillSpiritand Honefty .enough among ustp " ttapd up in Defence „of our common Country. This " will be the Ufe of an unanimous and. hearty Declaration " of Fidelity to our Country, and Loyalty to our King. " But the .Times, Gentlemen,, call .for. fomething more ,','. than this! Something, muft be done, as well WHEREAS we „ are certainly informed, That the Eledor of Hanover has" taken upon him to fummbn a Parlkmterit to meet at Wefimiyfler, on Tuefda} the Seventeenth of this Inftant QBobir ; We hereby warn and command all his Majefty's Leige Subjeds, whether Peers or Commoners^ to pay no Obedience tp any fuclj Summons, and not to prefume to meet or ad as. a Par liament at the Time and Place appointed, or any other j the fo doing by any Authority but that of the King our Royal Father, fince the fetting upof his Standard, and his Majefty's gracious Pardon ottered for all that is pad, be- .ing an Overt Ad of Treafon and Rebellion ; But if* notwithftanding this our Deckrarion, any Number of Per- fqns fhall prefome to meet in either HsHife* and act there as Members of a lawful Parliament, , they cannot but be fenfibk that no Right or Privilege at Parliament can avail to juftify what they fay or do, in fueh an unlawful Af- lemfaly., And for thofe of his Majefty's Subjeds of this his ancient Kingdom, of Scedand, whether Peers or Com- E 2 pioners, ( SO •moners, who fhall, contrary to thefe" bur exprefs ..Cbnr- cmands, prefume to fit or vote as aforefaid, as foon as the 'fame mail be verified to us, the Tranfgreffors fhall be pro ceeded -againft1 as Traitors and Rebels to their King- and ^Country, arid their Eftates fhall be confifcate'd for his'Ma- jetlv's Ufe, according to the Laws of the Land ;. the pre tended Union of the Kingdoms being now' at an End. Laffly, We hereby ftridly. enjoin and command all his Majefty's faithful- Subjeds, of what Rank and Degree. fo ever, to pay no Obedience or Regard to any Ad, Vote, -Ou:er, or RefolutiPn, that may be publifhed in the Name 'of both Houfes, of of either of thdm refpedively, as they •fliall' anfwer the contrary at'their Peri}. . Given at our Pa lace of Holytood-boufe, the ninth Day oiOclober,Ohe thou- -fand feven hundred and forty-five. CHARLES P.R. By His Highnefs's Command, v - J. MURRAY. The firft Thing the Parliament did after addreffing the King in the warmeft and moft aftediohate Terms, was to pafs an Ad, impowering him to fecure .and detain fuch Perfons as fhould be fufpeded of Confpiring againft his Perfon and Government. Oclober the 23d, a Motion was made in the Houfe of Comrhoris for calling Home the RemaindeV of the Britijh Forces for fuppreffinj the ¦Rebellion; but the previous Queftion being put, Whether this Vote fhould at prefent be dated ? it was carried in the Negative. At this the Difaffeded conceived great Hopes'; but' whoever confiders' a little, will find that they fwere groundlefs, for already there were in England about 36,000 regular Troops ; fo that it was anfwering France's Defign too much to call home any more. Afterwards "i ,208, 100 /. 4.'. 7. d. was granted for paying 49,229 effec tive Men for the Year 1746 ; that very Day 64,360 1. 13J. Was granted' for paying the thirteen Regiments of . 10. 1745. Two in the Afternoon. For the Mayor' of Carlifle. As the Body of his Army had encamped on Brampton Muk, "eight Miles Weft from Carlifle, to wait for Gene ral Wadej his Letter would have proved but an impotent Menace, had they not marched up. He himfelf went to Warwick Cattle, in order to obferve if the King's Troops E 4 were ( 56 ) were moving towards him. Perth was left to command the Siege ; but, finding the Difficulty of the Enterprise, he repaired to the Pretender, and in a Council of' War exprefled himfelf very freely, laid open the Treachery of the French, both from Circumftances and Fads, as well as the fatal Confequences of depending upon Affiftance from the Englijh, who generally adhorred their Caufe ; yea, he even moved in Time to difband ; fome were of his Sentiments, while others were -for marehing forward : At Iaft, a middle Opinion between ,the two Extreams prevailed among them. ' The firft Placfe they had fum- moned, was. certainly to be reduced, in order to ftrike a Terror in the reft ; the Inclinations of the private Men were for Plunder, and thefe mull not be controuled. They immediately feize upon all the Horfes they can fine}.; laid hold of four Carpenters, whom they obliged, to cut Wood for Fafcines and fcaling Ladders in Corby and War wick Parks, which they greatly d'eflroyed. With thefe they approached Carlifle .upon the 13th, and next Day began to break Ground within 300 Paces of the Scots Gate, but were driven back by the continued Fire from the Batteries: However, a thick Mift coming on, they approached, and obliged the Country People, who, with their Tools and Instruments, were now in their Power, to dig a Trench towards the Englijh Gate, as the moft defencelefs. The City was attacked in three Places at once, which when the Centries faw, upon clearing up of the Sky, they were amazed, and fpreading the Confternation among the Inhabitants, thefe were (truck greatly with the Fear of a Storm, and being put to the Sword by thofe Men pf whom they had framed but too juft Notions. Here upon Numbers in their Fright leapt over the Wal], which is about 5 Foot broad, and 6 Foot high> crofs'd the Ditch, which is about five Foot broad, and generally efcaped, though fome fell into the Hands of the Enemy, The Militia being (hut up in a Town where they were much fatigued by watching for feven Nights and feven Days, and the Inhabitants aim-oft' diftracted with the Appre- henfion of a MafTacre, defired a Meeting, and the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens, conveened with the Governor of the Caftle, Col. Durand, to confult about the proper Methods in this Extremity. The Colonel was of Opi nion, that the; Place might hold out ; but he was over ruled. The Terror of the Highlanders ftorming the Town, (57 ) Town Sword in, Hand, in the Night Time, having rai fed in theft Minds a dreadful Profped of Blood, Slaughter and Rapine, it was refolved to deliver up the Place; ac cordingly, Deputies were fent to. enquire what Terms could be granted. The Anfwer' was, That the: Town fhould enjoy, her Liberties; but the Provifions and .Am munition laid up for the Militia, fhould. be delivered in the Cafe thefe were in ; yet before Agreement, a Meflage was fent to the Chevalier, then at five Miles Diftance, to inform him of their Succefs. . He anfwered, That he was not to do Things by Halves ; he. muft have both, the Caf tle and Town, or neither of them. The-Garrifon of the former were by the brave Durand almoft prevailed with to (land a Siege,; but, upon fecond Thoughts, they fhamefully deferted their Caufe; for, in one N'ght, of 400 Men only 80 remained, and fome of thefe unfit.for Adion. In the. mean Time, Perth, who was, after wards made Governor, -took Poffeffion of the Town and Caftle in the Pretender's Name, about Ten o'Clock on the 15th. Thus meerly. through., Fear, one of the ftrongeft Cities of England fell into the Hands of the Re bels, who loft only an Engineer killed, and. one Man wounded. About three Months Provifions for the Militia, and near 200 Horfes, with their Furniture, were feized, the Men' were difmifs'd upon taking an Oath, that they would not ferve againft the Family of Steuart for a Year. In the Caftle were found 1000 Stand of Arms, 100 Barrels of Powder, and a. great deal of military Stores. The Country for feveral Miles round had fecured their Money, Plate, and moft valuable Effeds, in the Caftle, which followed of Courfe. . .,.,.. The Rebels, while here, made exceffiy.e Demands.' The Cefs, Excife, and Land-tax, were exaded under the fevereft Penalties ; yea, a Contribution from the. In habitants, upon Pain of" military Execution,, was extort ed, and the private Men among them committed many Outrages,, which the Chiefs. could not prevent. Wade being attured qf .their Rout, prepared to intercept them; but the Rigour of the Seafon, their late forced Marches, and a Kind of Flux among the Troops, retar>- ded his Operations till the i6,th, that he ppt his Army, in Motion for the Relief of Carlifle, now in the Hands of the Enemy. His Defign was to decamp. at Day-break; hut, to thg Prejudice of the Expedition, by moving from the ( 5» ) the left, the Swifs Troops had the Van, and they would not ftir till loo'Clcck, The Weather now excefflvely cold, the Snow lying three Feet deep upon the Ground, and a hard Froft, were Difficulties the Army muft en counter. The Major- Generals Howard and Oglethrope, the Brigadiers Cholmondley and Mor daunt, marched at the Head of the Infantry, and at Night they arrived at Oving- ton ; but as it was obferved, that many of the kft Column might drop through exceffive Fatigue upon the Roads, which were terribly broken, and full of Ice, Major-Ge- nerals Hujke and Oglethrope, fent out Countrymen with Lights and Carts, to bring them up. In this Service they were employed till Nine the next Morning, when the Forces continued their March to Hexam. The fir ft Line entered the Town about Four in the Afternoon, and the Rear at Midnight. Here the Marfhal being informd of the Fate of Carlifle, refolved to return, and on the 2 2d arrived at Newcaflle, through Roads in a Manner impaf- fable, with an Army almoft fpent with Fatigue, though •they had only marched thirty-two Miles in fix Days. The Soldiers were lodged by the Magiftrates and Inhabi tants, jn the publick Halls, Malt-houfes, and other empty Buildings; and fuch as appeared moft difbrder'd, were fup- plied with Quarters, and proper Relrefhments in private Houfes, at the Proprietors perfonal Expence. In two Days they were revived, and on the 24th, began their March Southward in Purfuit of the Enemy, who, on the 20th, had fet out for Penrith, where they halted till -the the 22d ; then marched for Kendal, advanced to Lancaf- ter on the 24th, and reached Pre/ion on the 26, proclaim ing the Pretender as they went, amidft the Acclamations ©f his Party. Here the Chevalier, who marched on Foot, mounted on Horfeback, and furveyed the adjacent Coun try, while his Men were rigoroufly colkding the pub- lfck Money, and fhewing a Refentment againft that Place which had twice been fatal to their Caufe, viz. in 1648 and 17 15. On the 28th they proceeded to Wiggan and , Leigh. The weftern Shires were now in a Confirmation ; for as the Pretender's Counfels were only made Known to 0 Sullivan, Sheridan and Mac Donald, their Rout was not certainly known. Every Town provided (or itfelf ; the City of Cbefter, as the Key into Wales, was, by the Vigilance of the Earl of Cholmondley, put into a Pofture «f Defence> and its Bridge broke down. At Liverpool, where ( 59 ) Where, a Vffit was.expeded from them, the Inhabitant* took Care to fecure their Valuable Goods in the Ships that were 'in the Road. Thefe Precautions had fuch Effect, that they turned Eaftward to Manthefter, where they ad vanced that Afternoon ; here they beat up for Volunteers ; feme Papifts, and .Nonjurors of defperate Fortunes, like fome others they had picked up on their Rout, engaged with them ; but, to their great Difappointment, no Per fon of Rank or Diftmdjon came in. Here they formed the Mancbejfer Regiment, of whjch the unfortunate Fran cis Townley was made Colonel, and Thomas Cappoch * Quar- ter-mafter. They wore blue Cloaths, Hangers, a Plaid Safh, and white Cockade: And fliared fo much of their Mailer's Regard, as to be left at Carlifle upon his Retreat, to fall a Sacrifice to offended Juftice. On the 29th, their Body moved forward, and, about Ten in the Morning, their Cavalry entered the Town. They laid hold of the Bellman, whom they fent about to order all fuch as had publick lyfoney to bring it in. About Two in the After noon, the Pretender* at the Head of his Life-guards, came in, and in the Evening difpatch'd Orders for illuminating the Town. On the 30th, a Party of them marched to Stockport, the reft direding their Rout Weftward to Knotsford. They carried off what Hprfes they met with, and fuch as were out of the Way, their Owners were compelled to bring in. At Night they croffed the Merfey in different Places, the Cavalry ford ed it; hut the Foot and Artillery pafled over Bridges of Trees and Planks laid a-crofs, by the country . People, whom they forced to their Affiftance. They marched next toMocclesfield^ where the Pretender arrived with 5000 Men, and the Artillery about Two in the Afternpon of the ift of December. On the 2d their Van marched to Congleton, where they got Intelligence, that the main Body of the Duke's Army of 1-2,700 Men, was at Newcaffie under Line, nine Miks South- weft from them. For his Majefty had ordeled three Regiments of Hor&j two of Dragoons, and fifteen of Foot, who were after ward augmented by fome Detachments from the Foot Giiards, to march to Lantajbire to oppofe the Pragreftf of the. Enemy. Lkutenaht- General, Sir John Ligonier, fet •"This Man the Pretender made Bifhop of Girfgl* our ( ,60 ;) out from London, on the , 21 ft, to take .upon' him the Command . of thofe Troops. • Stafford was1 the Place of their, Rendezvous, being moft convenient ; for obferving the Rout of the Rebels, either to-purfue them into Wales., where, had they direded their Courfe, they would have been fhut up, or to hinder their advancing to London. But as they were marching, the Duke begg'd of his Royal Fa ther, to be 'permitted to,piit himfelf at the Head of thefe Troops : With Difficulty he obtained his Requeft, and fet out at One iri the.Morning of the 26th, and in three Days arrived at Stafford,^ between which Place and Tarn- worth, the Army was cantoned, with the Cavalry in Front. He no fooner appeared among them, than, the Hills and Vallies repeated their Huzzas, his herokk and unaffeded.Mein, hiseafy Greatnefs, and martial Counte-? nance revived them, and raifed in them a Confidence qf certain Vidory. Hearing the Eneiny defigned for Con- gleion, he. commanded that Part of the Cavalry, which was petted at NewcaflU under Line, to retreat to Stone, till the Infantry fhould come up., Here he Watched their Motions, and obferving that they were too far to the Eaft of him, the better to. intercept them in their Rout to Lon don, he .inarched his Army to the South-Eaft, along the Road from London to C'pefler, entred Coventry, upon the 6th, with all his Horfe, arid two Battallions of Foot,, ha ving ordered his other Forces to encamp upon Meridan Common, between ColeJhiU and Coventry. This Step of his Royal Highnefs effedually difconcerted the Policy of O Sullivan, who managed the March of the Rebels ; for turn which Way they' will, the Duke was alert to meet them. . ' . , , The Pretender, by his Spies, having Intelligence of the Motions of the King's Troops,' of their Alacrity under their Rqyal Leader, and their Eagernefs to fight under his . Eye, became very circumfped. He marched the Van to AJhbum, and the main Body of his Army to Leek, the better to conceal his Defigns,. and all of a fudden, turned to the Eaft for Derby, whichhe entred, on the Morning of the 4th, with four hundred. and fifty-Horfe, and two thoufand three hundred Foot; the reft of his Troops conti nued entering the Town till late at Night, when their Artillery and Baggage arrived : By which Management, they appeared more numerous than they were. .They are no fooner here, than they levied the publick Money, in the moft; C ft ) TOaft tigorojjs. Mahnfcr, and at Night,, held a Council .o£ War, whesef the grand, Queftion was, Whether to pro-; c_eed forward, or retreat I The Meeting continued feveral Hours, and broke up without coming to a Refolution. In the Afternoqn qf the next Day, ,the Council of War, in the Chevalier's Prefenqe, refumed-the Confideration of what. was properto be done;. and after a full Debate, they refolved to return * for the -North. tThey now perceived the Rafhnefs Oi their Enterprize, i finding themfclyes in a Manner furrounded by, the : Government's Troops, and; their Profped, qf being joined , by any confiderable Num bers of the, i[«^i$!, entirely cut..off, only three Perfons, joining. them in-this great Town. , They faw, too, that yhe French could^nofe were they. ever fo (incerely inclined to it, affift thpmiby.an Inyafionji the Coafts, being fo. well guarded byithe Britijh Fleet.. ,In .fhort, they had [innu merable. Reafqns., fqr turning,, back, but not one inviting Incident to tempt them forward. j ., The .Chevaljer'ss Fortune feemed , now , to have begun to frown ,up'pn 'him. Some, of the Tranfports from France had been driven back, and , others taken,, particu larly a Privateer.calkd the Soleil,. on Board of which were the Earl of Derwentwater and his Son, » about Eleven Captains, .Ten Lieutenants, and Sixty private Men. .. The. Pretender's, Adherents were at this Time expeding he would advance, and therefore, at London, they began to exert themfelves .in his Caufe ; fome of , them, upon the 8th of December, privately drppt, his Declarations at St. James's upon the Parade, while others, kfs, prudent, were, . for malicious Expreffions, &c. taken into .Cuilo- dy. They were however in high Spirits, and expeded e- yery Day the Arrival of their, Friends; but how. great was their Difappqintttient, upon hearing that they had begun to retreat. For,- _ .... ¦ > ji • • ¦ .' At Ten in the Morning of the bih of December, after feveral Feints, they began to march from Derby, with their Cavalry in. Front, and. 13 Pieces Of Cannon in the Center. Early in the Morning feveral Parties pf their Horfe, were in Motion, in the Roads about-the Town ; fome of them feeming to move to Loughbourough, while others kept " This was ftretjuonfly. infilled- on by Lord George Murray, whofe Sincerity the Rebelsftom that Day fof ward continued to i'ufpeft. ' on (6a ) en the AJhburn Side. When about a Mite from the Town> they halted upon the Hills till near Foury and then went off, their, Carriages being on full Trot, and their Foot ae* tually running; Whik here, not content with the De^- mands formerly made, under Pretence of taking up the Money, which was fubfcribed for raiting feme Foot for the Government's Ufe, they fent back stwelve Officers to re*- quire a larger Sum. This they did With peculiar Matk&of Terrorand Violence. They fent for fome Cannon* which they pointed at the Mayor's Houfe, and fome others Of the wealthieft People of the Town, threatning to lay them ia Afhes, if 19,000 /. was not immediately paid down. The Mayor compromifed the Mattet for a much lefs Sum, which was inftantly given them , on which they went off; but not without ftripplng fome People even of their Cloaths and Shoes, to make up what was wanting. This Step cf flaying fo long neat the Town, kept their Rout a perfect, Secret. But no fooner bad the Duke certain Intelligence of their Cbiiffej than he-put himfelf at the Bead of all the Horfe and Dragoons,! and a Thoufand Volunteers mounted, to Hop them till the Foot fhould come tip-: He fent every Where ExpreiTes to the Militia to intercept them.* As they were now upon the Return, they plundered AJhburn-, after extorting a great Sum of Mbney under Pain of mili tary Execution ; nay 'twas faid, fome went fo far, as to murder People upon the High-road, for refilling tOcomply with what was out of their Power to grant. They alfo carried off all the Hprfes they cotild lay their Hands' on. This was the Beginning of their Retreat, which they managed With all their Skill ; for their Motions were as' quick as uncertain, and their Defigns intricate1 and dark. Toprovide then againft all Events, the Places which they were fuppofed to have an Eye on, were put in a Pollute Of Defence. The Duke of Richmond, the Earkof Chol mondley and Warrington, the Lord Gower, and the Mar quis Of Granby, repaired to Chefter, to flop their advan-* cing into Wales\ the Liverpool' Battalion of 700 Meri was ordered to take Poft at Warrington ; thefe picked up • Wade who was flowly marching Southward after the Rebels, heating of their Retreat, returned hlml'ejf to Nerowfile, alter de taching Oglethorpe with 1000 Horfe in PurL'uit of them. about ( 6S ) about 16 Straggkrs who were fent to different Goals. A looo new-raifed Foot Were difpatched loHemtofllei to pre vent the Rebels coming there* or if they came, to keep them in Play till the Troops mould come up. And as their • Return difpkited their own Soldiers, fo it encouraged the. Country People ; for, on the 8th of Dtiahber, thofe a-* bout Msnchefl&i to the Number of i iooo rofe, armed with SytheSj Hedge%akes, itc. in order to fight them j but as this Refolution might "be attended with the Lofs of many Lives,, whatever might be the Succefs, they were prevailed with to give it up, and refer the Enemy to a more able Avenger, who was now in full Ptarfuit of them. His febyal Highnefs had fent Exprefles to the Magif trates of the Towns thro' which they were to pafs, W feize ail Stragglers, to harrafs them in their March, and fpofl the Roads, while he himfelf was at their Heels with his Cavalry* and his Foot mounted on Horfes fupplied by the Country People. On the 8th, the Enemy was at Ma- ¦clesjreld, and the next Day moved to MancheJier, wherd the Peopfe were fo prudent as to conceal their bed Effedsi atid retire from the Place, judging that what formerly they had extorted wou'd not fatisfy, but that now, -upon their Difappointment, theit Demands would be largeri And fo they were j for the Rebels levied there about i 6,000/. in Cafh, and committed 13,000 Damages. On the 10th, they marched to Wiggan, and on the 1 ith, to Pre/Ion, where they halted the 12th. On the 10th, they made the longeft march during this Chafe, viz. 20 Mrle$ and arrived at Lancajler, where they halted the 14th. But . having Intelligence that the Troops were ftill gaining Ground of them,- they continue their Flight, with, the greateft Precipitation. On the 10th, about 11 o'Clock in the Night, the Duke arrived at Macclesfield from Litchfield, with two Regiments of Dragoons, having marched about forty Miles in two Days, thro' terrible Roads, by Utoxeter, and Cheadk; the Foot entered at Twelve, being provided with Horfes by the Gerittemen of Stafford/hire. After re- pofirig1 himfelf a little, he gave Orders for a March about Four in the Morning, and fet out for Manchtfler, which the Enemy on the News of his Approach had quitted with the utmoft Conflifion ; he entered the Town u'ron the 1 2th, amidft the repeated Acdamations of a Peopfe who poured out their Bleffings upon him'; the Town was illu minated, the Bells were fet a Ringing, -Bonfires were pre> pared, < *4 ) paredj andin fhort;- every other Dernonftratlpn of Joy was obferved. By Three the next Morning, he was again in Motion; the Van arrived, at. Preflon 'the 13th,' about -four Hours after the Rebels had quitted that Place 5. the firft who entered the Town were the Georgia Rangers, fopn after, a Party of 'Kingflon^sHorfe, cpmmandedby Colonel Mor- daunt, and the Captains, , Lord Byron, and .Lord Robert Mannors. 'Twas here the. Dukes Army joined the , De tachment under General Oglethorp, who came in like- wife with a Party- of ithe; Duke of Montague's and M. Wade's Regiments of Horfe, and St. George's Dragoons. Thefe Troops had marched from Doncafler without a Halt, and in three Days made about a 100 meafured Miles, over Snow and Ice, : in order either tp come up with the Enemy, . or join the Duke, by whom thtat March was lite rally parallelled. A Captain called Mackenzie, was here ta7 ken Prifoner, with two private Men. TheRangers were immediately fent after the Enemy, who had. halted at Lan- cafler upon the-i4th, till the whole of thek Troops fhould come up. They were in Sight "of them that Day, - and' greatly alarmed the Enemy. About 10 o'Clock in the Fore noon, a hundred Horfe, among whom was Perth, reach ed Kendal; the Country People being there at a Market, mobbed their Rear, and as they were turning toward the Bridge of the Town, one of' the Rebels was killed by a Musket fired out of a Window ; whereupon the Town's People clofed in and took two more Prifoners. But fome Shot being fired by the Rebels, which killed a Shoernaker and an Oftler, the People difpers'd. Perth pofted, to Shop, where he arrived upon the 16th. Upon the 15th, their main Body entered Kendal, where hearing that one of their Hufiars was (lain, they breathed nothing but Revenge ; the Cefs and publick Money were demanded under the fe^ vereft military Execution; the Magiftrates, with great Difficulty, could pacify their Chiefs, by reprefenting, that the Inhabitants were innocent of what was laid to their Charge, and that in a publick Market the Offenders were unknown ; as Lochiel czme at kit to underftand the Mat ter, the Contributions were abated, yet a great Sum was levied, and as they were departing out pf the Place, their lad Rank plundered fome Houfes,- and robbed feveral People of their Shoes. On the 16th, their main Body marched for Shap, but the Rear Guard halted at a Farm four Miles from Kendal, to prepare fmall Carts, for car rying ( «5 ) rying their Amrfitffiitibn, which could not "be got forward over fteep HU-Is, and through broker* Roads, upon their four wheeled Waggons, that were mottly broken. Next Night; they arrived at Shap, while the Bulk of the Rebels marched to Penrith, where in the Evening they were joined by the Rear Guard. . The Rebels being continually alarmed by the Approach of thd Light Horfe, fent a Party through Lord Lofijdalfs Parks at Lswiher\" Where they took a Running-Footman belonging to his Royal Highnefs,- and a Gentleman of the Gourlty, from whom they were informed that the Duka Was- within a Mik of them, with about Four thouftfRd Horfe and Dragoons, befides Light- Hoffe and Militia. Hereupon they immediately abandon Lowther-hall, arid re- folve to make a Standi Accordingly Lord George Mtir- r-ajv who always-cOmmanded the Rear- Guard, took Pof- feifion -of a Village- called Clifton:, a! iMile 'to the North of- Lord Lonfdale?s< Seat,' upon the Highway to, and two Miles (hort of Penrith. He ordered Colonel John Stuart* to the Bottom of the Muir, to the South of the Village, with his Regiment, as alfo Clmie Mac-perfon with his Battalion, while the Mac Donalds rof Keppoch ftbod at a little TJiftance to wait the Event. They fortified them felves behind three Hedges and a Ditch. It was now about an Hour after Sun-fet, when the Duke appeared upon the open Muir, after a March of ten Houre. He diredly ordered threehundred Dragoons to diftnount, and march for ward to attackthe Enemy. They advanced to the' very Brink of the Ditch, when, the Rebels fired from behind th& Hedges, and killed fome few ; which being obferved, the Troops, after1 firing- fome Platoons, which were not without Succek^ Were Ordered to retire fome few Paces. The Entemy takings tfhis for the Beginning of their Flight, croffed the Ditch with incredible Swiftriefe, and rufhed on With Piftol and Sword in Hand. The Dragoons, who had drawn their Swords, were now ready to pay them home in their own Coin. The Shouts begin, the Gain ing of Swords is heard ; fome of the Rebel's Swords break ing upon the SteelCaps,- which the Cavalry commonly wear, they draw their Daggers,: and fight with great Obr ftinacy ; as fome of them in the Dark were feparated from F their * Commonly caU*d &«)>,., beraufe of the Rednefs of his Hair, ( 66 > their main Body, and had wounded fome Officers* they inhumanly cut them when down, crying, No Quarter ! Murder them. Thus they continued for about, an Hour* when obferving the Refolution of the Forces, they return with as much Precipitation a-crofs the Ditch as at firft they came on, and with full Speed carry the Confterna- tion to Penrith,, where the main Body of their Army, with the Artillery and Baggage, was arrived. Such was the Skirmifh at Clifton, in which about 12 of the Dra goons where killed, and 24 Wounded, among whom Col. Honeywood, Capt. Eqfl, and two Cornets. Of the Rebels were (lain about 20 Men, . and 70 taken Pri- , foriers, among whom Captain George Hamilton of Red- houfe, a Gentleman who had fpent his Subftance with riotous Living : he was very ftrong and agile, but there. meeting his Equals, he was much wounded by an Huflar, and has fince been tried, convided, and executed. As the. Rebels who had not advanced, carried off thofe of their. killed and. wounded on the other Side of the Ditch, tbeirf Number could % not he known ; they gave out that they: only ioft.12 Men who run up the Muir; but whether to- believe his Royal Highnefs, who wrote to his Majefty that 70 of them were taken Prifoners, befides thofe killed and wounded, .or to credit them, mutt be left to the. Judgment of the impartial ; the only Thing the Rebels had to boaft of was, that they took fome Broad-fwords- from, the Dragoons, but upon Enquiry I find that thefe, only amounted to feven. Being driven from the Village, and come to Penrith, a Council of War was held, where Roy Stuart was for marching back, and furprifing the Troops in the Night Time, or by Day-break next Morning; but Lord George- Murray was not for diminifhing. their Forces by Skirmifhes, but for purfuing their Rout and joining Ld. John Drummond, who had landed from Dunkirk with 600 Men at Montrofe, and was afterwards joined by a- Body of defperate Perfons,. under Lord Lewis Gordon, a third Brother of Geerge Duke of Gordon, the Frazers, under the Matter of Lovat, Farquha'rfons, fome MackenzUs, and Mackintojhes, in ail- about Three thoufand Men; his Opinion prevailed. Next Day their whole Army marched for Carlifle, where they arrived at Night. His Royal Highriefs not being able to purfue his Advantage, at Clifton, on the 18th, through Grounds covered with Snow, Roads broken with Ice, and Darknefs, which was the greateft Difficulty, refted his ( # ) his TroOps there that Night, in the Morning he fet out, arid with hk, whole Force entred Penrith, where feveral Houfes and Shops had been broke open by the Rebels, vaft Quan tities of Goods carried off, or thrqwn into the Streets, fooil'd and deftroy'd: From hence he began his March on the- 2 ill for Carlifle, which he reached about One p'Clock. But the Enemy had abandoned the Place after changing their Garrifon, and leaving in it about Four hundred Men, confiding of the Englijh that joined them, and fome Scots under" the Command of John Hamilton, the Duke of Gordon's Fadof, with a proper Train of Artillery. About Two o'Clock the Rebels came up to Langton, where they croffed the EJk, which was then about Four Foot deep. The Cavalry entered the Water with the Huffars in the Front; and the Pretender in the Center, with a Boy belonging to Keppoch behind him : as he was palling two People being like to give Way, he imme diately feized'upon their Hair, and cried out in Irijh, Coaer, Coaer, Help-, Help ; till they were relieved. The Infantry marched into the River with Lord George Mur ray at their Head, kept hold of each other, and fo ar rived on the oiher Side. Perth, being better mounted than the reft, croffed the Water feveral, Times op Horfe- backj and brought off a Perfon with him every Time he Went. No foonfer are they here than judging them felves out of Danger, they feparated, one Party of 4000 marched to Annan with the Pretender, and the other of 4,500 to Ecchlefecan, where they reded. Lord Elcho was fent with 500 Horfe to Dumfries, where he levied the Excife, and impofed On the Town a Contribution of 2000/. in Specie, 1000 Pair of Shoes, feized nine Cafks of Gun-powder, all Arms publick and private, Horfes, Horfe-Furniture, Boots, &t. and being in Want of Ne- ceflarks, the Rebels dripped many People of their Cloaths and Shoes. Near 1 roo/. in Cafh was inftantly paid. Pro ved: Crqfbie, and Mr. Walter Riddel were carried off as Hoftages till the Remainder fhould be remitted, and for' the- Security of their Stragglers if they fhould co ne that Way ; They ordered the Town's People ta lend their Baggage after them. In- fhort, their Refentment againft this Place for its Loyalty was prodigious ; Outrages of the worft Kind were committed againft the Inhabitants, the Houfes were plundered, private People were robbed,* and upon Complaint, they were only told, that they might F 2 be ( 68 ) •be glad their Town was not laid in Afhes, confidering they had entered into an Affociation againft their Caufe, and had feized their Waggons as above. The Damage dqne by thefe Exceffes was computed at 4000/: That committed in the Country much greater. Next Day thq Pretender, the French Ambaflador, Perth, L"Ch\iel, Clan* rancfld, Glengary, Keppoch, &c. went by the Way of tl)is pillaged Town, while Lord Tullibardjn^ Lord George Murray, Lords Ogilvie and Nairn took the Moffat Road. The main Body continued at Dumfries till the 2,3d, when they marched Weftward, being informed that General Gue't defigned to hold out the City of Edinburgh^ againft them till the Arrival qf the Troops. As there were no other Towns to fleece till they reached Glafgow, fo they with all poffible Diligence advanced there. The. "^an.. en tered that City upon the 25th, and the Body 0/ their Ar my with the Pretender next Evening. VLere they made-va'ft t)emands, as a Punifhment for that Town's attachment to the Government. The Duke of Cumberland having chas'd them out of. England, judged it proper in the next place, to reducq Carlifle: accordingly the Town was furrounded op all fides, at a Mile's diftance. The Garrifon fired upon all wnq., came in View. Mr. Townley, to whom the Chevalier had given a C°mmiffion for railing a Regiment of Horfe, being Commandant of, the Place, caufed the Gun? to. %e mounted upon the Walls, the Houfes within Reach of the Batteries to be burnt, and feveral Chevauz, de Prize. tp be made and fix'd at the Gates, and Entrances of the City, to prevent the Approach of the Horfe : He was' even for making Sallies upOn the King's Troops, but all bis Councils were oppofed. As his Royal Highnefs perceived that it might coft fome Lives to take the City by Affault, without Artillery, pro per for a Siege, he fent to Whitehaven, for fome Batter ing-pieces, with which he was fupplied by the 25th. No, fponer are thefe come up, than they began to ered Bat teries, notwithftanding a continued Fire from the Walk. ,On the.2.8th, one of fix Pieces was finiihed, from which they played upon the Four-Gun Battery of the Town ; but on the 29th,, the firing ceafed for Want of Shot, till towards Evening, when a frefh Supply arrived, and it was renewed with' gjeat Brifknefs for two Hours. The Walls being inuch (haken, the Town's People 'appeared in the moft fuppljcant Manner before the Com mandant, ( 69 ) mandaftt, and. befeeched him to think of preferving their Lives. Towhley then went to Mr. Hamilton, the Gover nor Of the Cattle, to confult on what was proper to be, done. A Capitulation was propofed, to which Colonel HamVtdn agreed : However, two Letters were firft fent, one for his Royal Highnefs, the other for the Commanded of the Dutch Troopsj which were fuppofed to be with his Army.. This latter was figned Geohegan, who ftikd hinifelf Commander of the French Artillery, and of the French Garrifoh that was at or might come to Carlifle ; for Defence of the .Town and Citadel. The Contents were to fummpn the Dutch to retire from the Englijh Army, under Pretence of the' Capitulation of .Tournay, which I mentioned before. The Night of the 29th. was fperit in railing a new Battery of three 18 Pbunders; which was completed by the Morning, But, on the firft Platoon of the old Bat- tery-firingi the Rebels hung out the white Flag; and Would have furrendered on Terms, but could obtain no othery than that they fhould not be put to the Sword, but referved for the King's Pleafure ; and thefe they thought proper to accept, December the 30th. On which Brig. Bligh was ordered immediately to take Poffeffion of the Town; arid next Day the Duke en tered it on Horfeback,1 amidft the Acclamations of a re- Jpicrag Multitude : The Nobility, who had come from1 all Quarters, and the General Officers followed. He was no fobner in Carlifle, than he walked round the Walls, reviewed the Fortifications, and defired to be brought to the .Houfe where his Brother Prince lodged, in which he took up his Lodging, ^nd lay, in the fame Bed. ' He or dered fuch Things as were forcibly or otherwife taken awayi to be expofed to View, that every Perfon might receive their own, upon proving their Property. The Garrifon was diredly confined in the great Church, and a Lift of their Names, isfc. given in ; but by a' fpecial Order' were ftript of nothing which they had^ The Offi cers were as follows. Englijh. 1 Colonel'. Francis Townley of LaHtaJhire.— — • 5 Captains: — - 6 Lieutenants : — - 7 Enfigns :-— - ¦ 1 Ad jutant:, — All of the Manchefter Regiment, with 93 Non- Cbmmiffion Officers, Drummers, and private Men. -<— Tho. Capock, of Ldncajhire, whom the Pretender had'made Bjftiop of Carlifle. F(£j Scots. ( 7° ) Scots. The Covernor. John Hamilton, of Aberdeen^ Jhire. 6 Captains: -. — 7 Lieutenants: 3 Epligns : 1 Surgeon ; 256 Non-commiffion Officers, Drum-r mers, and private Men. French. Sir Francis Geohegan, a Captain of Lolly's Regiment : Col. Strickland, of no Regiment ; arid Sir John Arbuthnot, a Captain of Lord Drummond's ; 1 Ser jeant, and 4 private Men of Lolly's Regiment. There were found here, 6 Brafs Guns of one and an half Pounders, 3 Brafs Guns of four Pounders, one Brafs Odagon, all with Carriages, 4 Brafs Cohorns, and two Royals. While his Royal Highnefs was here, Carlifle was crowded with Multitudes, who from all Quarters repaired to him. Particularly the City of Edinburgh, fent four Deputies to congratulate him on his Succefs, and to fot licit him to honour that City with a Vifit, if he came , to Scotland; they were received in the moft gracious Man^ ner, and had the Honour to dine with him ; he drank to the Profperity of the Town, and expreffed the deepeft Senfe of their Loyalty, and that of the adjacent Towns j but the mo'ft remarkable Thing was, Not one difreped-. ful Word dropt from his Mouth about thofe who had created him fo much Trouble : He only lamented (when fpeakmg of the Higblanders) that fo much Bravery fhould be mifemployed. Qn the 2d of January, he fet out for London, where his Prefeoce was thought neceflary, that he might be ready in cafe of an Invafion by the French, from whom a Defcent was expeded, nPtwithftanding the following Precautions. Qn the 6th of December a Proclamation, was iffued out, for putting the Laws in Execution againft Jejuits and Popijh Priefts, and promifing a Reward of 100 /. for every fuch Perfon, after Convidion, found in London, fffefl* qiinfler, the Borough of Sonthwark, or within ten Miles round thefe Places. Qn the 1,2 th Advice came, that an Embarkation of Troops was carry ing on with great Expedition at Dun kirk, that moft of the Veffels to be employed were al ready there, that Furniture was put on Board for 1000 Horfe^ A Proclamation was publifhed on the 14th, to caufe the Coafts to be carefully watched, and all Cattle, and every other Thing that might be ferviceable for the' Enemy after landing, to be removed". Alarm Potts were appointed ; the feveral Guards were ordered to be in . Readi- ( 7i ) .Readinefs to march upop the firft Notice of any Tumult or Infurredion in London or Weftminfler. Signals were alfofet- tkd on the Coafts of Suffix and Kent, whither 400o'Fopt and 2500 Horfe had marched. The fame was done upon thofe of Eflfex and Suffolk, whither 3000 Foot and 1000 Horfe repaired. The Lords of the Admiralty ordered all the Men of War at Porifmoutb to put to Sea, and took up 50 Merchant-men to be armed for cruifing jn the Channel; Admiral Vernon, with the Commodores Boflowen and Smith, were already at Sea, each with a ftrong Squadron ; and the Dover Privateers had voluntarily gone to Vernon, to receive his Inftrudions and follow h;s Orders. On the 1 2th, two of thefe Dover Ships fell in with eight Tranfports, bound for Dunkirk from Boulogne, un der Convoy of a French Man of War of 22 Guns, to take Troops. on board ; they feized three of them, and lent , one of them that Night to the Admiral, in the Downs, and the other two to Dover next Morning. They fell in upon the 19th with about 6b Sail, moftly fifhing Boats - and fmall Veffels from Dunkirk, bound as they fuppofed for Calais or Boulogne, tb take in Tropps, drove feventeen of them on Shore near Calais, blew up one, funk two, and brought three' away; two of which were carried into Dover, bat the third was loft in that. Bay, The whole of thefe Veffels had fome warlike Stores on board, fuch as fmall Cannon, Powder, Ball, Horfe-Colours, Cloaths, Bedding fqr Soldiers, arid Poles about feven Foot long, fpiked With Iron at both Ends. Two of lefs Value, from Roantc \' Boulogne, were afterwards fent in. On 'the 20th, the Country was alarmed by .Advices from Admiral Vernon in the Downs, informing, that great Numbers? of -. fmall Imbarkations were coming from Dun kirk ; that feveral of them were laden with Cannon, Pow der, Shot, and other Military Stores ; that the Irijh Troops had marched to Calais from Dunkirk, where General Count Lowendabl, and many other Officers, were, with ' a young Perfon, faid tb be the Preterider's fecond Son. Notwithftanding the feveral Advices, which the Go vernment received of the Defigns of France, many were of Opinion, that the Preparations about DunktrJ, and fome Neighbouring Sea-port Towns were only to amufe : But whether the Fears of a French Landing, were ill or well founded; certain it is, that the Enemy, on hearing how the Scale was turned, gave over their Alarrh's, F 4 .. On (. 7* ) On the Morning of jap. 5th, the Duke arrived at St. James's, from Carlifle, in perfed Health, and did hot ap pear in the leaft fatigued, tho' he had not been in Bed for three Days,' The v&hole COurr appealed very gay on the Occaflon, and every one feemed to take a particular Pride in paying their Compliments to him. The Troops com manded by his Royal Highnefs were flufht " with Succefs, and ready tp march where ever Occafiori offered. They werecompofed of the following Regiments, Lieut. Gene rals, Ligonier, Richmond, Sinclair and Albemarle, Major Generals, Howard, Sk'elton. and Bland, Brigadiers* Sem- ple, Bligh and Dduglas, Artillery, Lefly, Bernard and Ro- per\ Brigad. Majors, Colonel Sow'le and Johnfon, befides Gower's, Montague's, Hallifax, Granby's, Cholmondley's new raifed Regiments of Foot, each confiding of 824, M^tagU-'s and Kingflon's new levied Horfe, containing each 273 Men, together with Major General Oglethorpe's Body of 1000 Horfe, with which he' had been detached from General Wade. . By this Time fevera! foreign Pow ers had fignified publickly their Abhorrence of the Rebel lion. Chriflian VI. qf Denmark, when aflured of it, of fered not only the 12,000 Troops in Britijh Pay, but al fo all the Forces he had, if they could be conveniently' Carried over. The old King of Sweden, tho*' his Power be tPP much controuJed,, by a PeOpfe who run from, the JCxtream of ah'abfolufe Monarchy, to. the moft licentious Liberty, declared his Deteftatfon of the'impiotis Attempt^ contrary *tp the Faith of Treaties, 'and adually let puC the Troops of his Landgravate in Support of Our King. TheEmprefs of Ruff a, though raifed' to the Throne, by the Intrigues of the Hbufe of Bourbon, proffered a Quota, of Troops to be employed", as the Court of Great Britain fhould dired; yea, the prefent King of Prvffia, though frequently fo docile to the Court of Verfdilles, as to march his Army at her Command, and receive his 1,400,000 Florins for mufttring his Men, gave out that if the Pro-r 'jeSt was purfued, his. whole Arrriy was at the Service of ljis Royal Uncle. The Rebels had no fooner left the Cityof Edinburgh^ . fhari immediately the Oecenomy of'.ths Town was teA tored1, as much as, poffibfe, confidering there was no regu lar Magrftracy : for on the Day Pf Eledion* none would take the Charge,' as' the Place was then in the Hands of the Enemy, A new Subfcription was, immediately open-. e'd, ( ?3U ed, and in a fliort Time* Money was given in, the Drums Seat thro' the City for Recruits, and fuch as had lifted formerly, but had been obliged tp difband on account of the Rebels, were now defired to repair to their Duty, When they fhould enter into the Pay of 4*. per Week without Difcount. , Lieutenant General Handyflde, now Commander in Chief of his Majefty's- Troops in Scotland, arrived from Berwick upon the 14th, with Col. Price's and Legonier's Regiments of Foot, General Hatntlfon's, and the late Co lonel Gardner's Dragoons. The, Night they entered was excefitvdy tempeftuous, and prov'd- Fatal to feveral Ships, among whom the Fox Man of War, with her Crew pe- rSbed in the -Storm; her Wre-qk fometime after was thrown in about Dunbar, where was found, and decent ly interred, the Corps of Cznnin Baver, who had fo well defended the Paffage to Kinghorn, during the Stay of th« Rebels in the Lcthiens. The Militia of' Argylejhire were now called to the Ser- yice of the Gqvernment, the Ads of Parliament, againft any Number of, .Highlanders riling in Parlies, was fuf* fended, and happy bad it been for the Pretender and his ^fii&iates, that the fame had fooner been done; but then the Defigns of the Haufe of Bourbon, had not been fo to tally dafhed 1 Arms, and warlike Stores were fhipt off from Liverpool for meir.Ufe. Major General Campbell of' Mam- pur^ fet out from London, to take upon him the Com-' mand of thefe Levies. That Officer had landed with hit Regiment on the 4th of November in the Thames from, Flanders, as did thofe of Lieutenant General Handyflde, Brigadkrs Skelton, BUgh, Mardaunt and Sempk, with, the Highlanders," Each of, thefe from the Moment of their Arrival, were taken up about rhe Service of the Govern ment, but none more than Campbell, who, to raife Troops to fight the Rebels, with their own Weapons, arrived at Inveraza December the 21ft, with a Commiffion to muf- ter up 3400 ..Men. The Levies went on molt fuecefs- fully* the Gent]emen of the County fending in Lifls of the . fllifiria in their refpedive Lands, from which the Qjjiotai was draughted ; a confiderable Number of them was fla ttened, at Inveraray which they fortified. About 300 of fjhefe attacked a Party of -the MacGregors, whom they iqon put to flight, killing two and taking feven Prifoneis. $,, Corps was quartered at Campbletown in Kintire, both t® C 74 ) to prevent any Invafion from Ireland, and to be in readi- nefs to march againft the difaffeded Clans, fcattered up and down the County, if they fhould arife; Garrifon$ were put into the Caftfes along the Cbaft, while the Re mainder only waited an Qpportunity'of marching to join. the regular Troops. And here a particular Account of thefe People might be expeded ; but as the Genealogy of the Family of Argyll is fet down in Books, which are in every Perfons Handsj 1 fhall only obferve, that*' the Campbels by efpoufing the Caufe of David Bruce, againft Edward Baliol, have been the moft Inftrumental of any Family in Scotland, in fet tling the Steurts upon the Throne, in Prejudice to the No ble Family of the Cummings ; and even contrary to the general Voice of the Nation at that Time, Bruce's Friends and Name not excepted. They continued Loyal to the feveral Kings, and fome Way or other got the Lands of the neighbouring Clans : And thefe having loft their Pofleflionsi and' not confidering that their Misfortune was owing to themfelves, but imputing the whole to the Campbels, have conceived a Refentment againft them, rather to be ima-: ginedthan expreffed. The prefent Duke of Argyle was at Edinburgh in July 1745,' whence he went to the Wejl- Highlands, but hearing of the Infurredion, judged it pro per to go no further than Rofeneqth, however, he had an early Account of the Intention of the Chevalier, which he communicated as well to the Regency at London, as to, the Officers of the Crown in Scotland; but thefe did not give-due Heed to the feafonable Intimation. The Campbells being for the molt part bred in the laft Revolutibnrrinci- ples," were wholly devoted to the Support of the Union, whkh'has prov'd more advantageous to them, than'the vaft Tradof Territory theypoffefs. They took Arms inDec. and feized fuch as they fufpecied; among whom Sir, James Campbelof Auchinbreck, who was confined to the Caftle ef Dumbarton. Thofe qf the Offfpririg of Baron Guinach, the firft of the Race, well knowing, that a Change would difpoffefs them of their Lands, djredly engage pro aris, &f fecis.: And not only did thefe Highlanders fhew their Affec tion to their King and Country, but the Weftern Coun ties followed .their Example. The" City of Glafgow raifed - a Regiment at her owfl Expence, which was provided with (75) with Arms from the Caftle of Edinburgh, in the fame Manner as regular Troops, and put under the Command, of the Earl of Hume. The little Town of Paifly having tafled the Fruits of Trade, and Advantages of a Thread Manu- fadory, raifed a Corps of 210 Men. The Shire and Town of Renfrew, from much the fame Motives, arm ed in'Defenee of the Conftitution, under the Earl of Glen- tairn; in a Word, the whole weftern, fouthern and eaftern Parts vied with each other, in exerting them felves on this Occafion. Mean Time, - the northern Storm is raging beyond the Forth, and many unhappy People carried down the Stream of Rebellion. For nqw the French dropped in among them with their Privateersy and were received in the moft affedionate Man ner. In fome Places of Buchan, the very Boys wore white Cockades, and formed themfelves into Companies j while thofe of riper Years declared for the Pretender ; the vaft Trad of Country from Forth to Spey, being in the Hands of the Enemy, great Excefles were committed up on the Inhabitants; feveral Noblemen and Gentlemen's Seats were plundered, their beft Effeds either carried off or deftroyed, and their dwelling Houfes in a Manner made a Dunghill. In the County of Angus, about 5000/. was levied under Pain of Military Execution ; and the Cefs was laid on in the moft undue Proportion ; Perth, Dun dee, and the Country around, was one Scene of Horror and Oppreffion, Robberies were conftant, even in the publick Streets, and in open Day. The Families of Dif- tindion left their own Houfes, to be free from the Sight of fuch Devaftation ; Men were even prefied, under Pain of being burnt in their own Habitations. ' The Shire of Fife, remarkable for her Martial Heroes of old, and her induftrious Inhabitants at prefent, was vi- iited by them ; for on the 27 th of December, a Party of Highlanders and French, under Major Nairn, came to Dumferling, where they raifed the Cefs, and comhritted feveral Excefles, as they had done at Aha before ; not content with the publick Money, they aflefled feveral Gentlemen in cpnfiderabk Sums, which they raifed with out Regard to Circumftances. • The little Shire of Kinrofs, confiding of about four Parifhes and an half, fharedthe Fate of her populous Sider ; for the fame Party demanded there a whole Year's Cefs: AH fuch as had anyway fa voured the Government, were feyerely dealt with ; the Friends Friends of a poor Carrier' were forced to pay 13 Guineas* for no other, Reafon, buthecaufe he. had earckd one Gap- tain Reynolds, a. French .Officer, on Board one of his Ma* jetty's Ships of War; the People were obliged upon. Oath) to bring in their beft Horfes, Guns, Swords and Piftokj and make Faith on the feme. They carried off about forty Horfes with all their Furniture, , fompelkd the Country People to cafs qrdqried, under Pain of military EMSBJJqp, tq pay 5,/. SterL or furnifh an able bo.dkd Man;; ijsveral un fortunate . pepjie, otherwise peaceable., fame in ; t his. XroQps were foqn augmented to 50a Men, whik feveral others chufed. tq pay the exorbitant Demand* fo that, in a little Time, he raifed; about, 13009/. Sterl. Moreover, the Earl of Cromarty with a cqpfidefabk Body of the Macr k]enzies, to the Number of 30,0, had advanced to the* Head Quarters at Perth, and about, 300 of the Maclntojhes, with, \$o Far qh_u.qr Jons (a^ Branch qf the Ca.ttj) lik-ewife came in i fuch a powerful Pajiy- appearing under the Vif- count of Stvatha\lqn'\n the Njortfc fof; the Pretendjer, a,t laft prevailed on fop^.qfthe/Vv^r^ jun djer the younger Lavot, to throw qff tqelVdaflc, and,qpenly tq dpqufei thaftCaufe, which their .mj^rt^iiate Lord had been favouring in a ckn- deitine Way, ever fince the Abdication of K- Jc»JiS' , At thft time of- raiting the independent Highland Companies, a Captain's, Qommiffion wag conferred on hisLordfhip, whs,- behaved very : ungenerqufly wjth- tbqfe. People, that lifted- With him. Ife would natter, up feme few of bis. Te nants, whqm h§ exercifedx and' remitted to them fome Trifle Of t|ie Cane qr Carriage Servke, for which they were at h^is.Beck to make their Appearance at the Publick Reviews. Tthe Camerons and McDonalds are bis Neigh-. hours'; Clunie MecPherfon was married to his Daughter ; all pf thefe would fometimes talk very freely with him, whkh by an infinuating Way, he encouraged them to do j. hg. digged in. an eafy Mine, and whatever things- they ad vanced, he ww fore indiredly,: perhaps by a. Smile, a Gefturq, a, Glafs, . or forae fuch Way, to reliffi. He wouldhevery ready to feed their Superftition, and work them up, to a. Belief of Improbabilities; he had a Way of tracing Genealogies* and/would, tell them Stories of Killicrankey, Dunkeld und.Crmdale, magnifying the Ad ions.of their An- ceftors to the Skies ; he would fay fuch a Sword and Tar get, your honeft- Grandfather wore that Day, and would entertain them with interpreting Prophecies and Dreams, isfc. I knew, a Gentleman of the Name of Campbell, who dreamed fpmethisg very ftrange in the Time of the Rebellion. 1.7 1 5, relating, to the Government, which he communicated. -to fom'e People; the Story ran up and down, and came at laft to the Ears of Lord Lovat, upon whom it made no very great Impreffion, till about 21, Years (¦' 7* ) Years after wards j that he wrote a Letter to the Gehtfei man's elder Brother, for a Copy of it. He would inter pret it to the Satisfadion of the Clans, fo much as to hv ; flame their Inclinations to Arms, and ftir up their Spirit^ to rebel : He was Matter of all the Vifions and Traditions of the credulous People that had lived in the Country for' many Years. He would mfention the Exploits of the Sfots in France and elfewhere, unriddle the Prophecies of Thomas Learthont and many others, too tedious here to mention ; and by fuch Methods as thefej and others of the fame Kind, he has promoted the Rebellion more than any Man in the Britijh Dominions; but now from his Condud it appears* that the1 Thread of his Policy was fpun too fine, fo that it fail'd at kit in the Maker's Hand ; and to crown all, he died a Roman Catholic* tho' he fre quently endeavoured to get a Seat in the Affembly as ah Elder of the Church of Scotland. The Clan of this fubtle Lord, firft marched under Pre tence of feeking fome Cattle which had been dolkn out of the Aird, but fuddenly diverted their Courfe toFort/^- guftus, in order to feize upon the Soldiers in that Place ; but being prevented, by the timely Succours from Inver- nejs, they marched to Perth, to the Number of 400 Men. The Earl of Loudon apprifed of the Defigns of the Fra- fers, wrote to Lord Lbvat, and in his Majefty's Name, demanded that he would deliver up the Arms of his Clan ; he even went with a Party to Caftle-Dowhie, againft which he planted Cannon, and carried old Simon Prifoner to Invernefs ; but in a few Days he found Means to efcape* About this Time feveral Letters patted betwixt the Lord Prefident and him, wherein the former lays open the In gratitude of his Lordfhip to the Government for their many Favours to him. Lovat's Anfwer was drawn up in the moft crafty Terms ; he throws the whole Blame on his unnatural Son, who had aded thus without his Ad vice ; and points out the Remedy againd the Clans Rifing, viz. granting them 25,000/. Sterl. to keep them quiet j makes mention of the Batik of Killicranky in a Manner ve ry hohourable to the Rebels, and concludes in fo comi cal a Way, as does not deferve a Place in any Hidory* > On the 3d of December, Loudon fet out for Fort Au-> - guftus, with 600 Men, fupplied the Place with what was wanting, aiid in his March, intimated to the People of Stratherrick what they were to exped if they joined thi Enemy j ( 79 ) - Enemy; fcaree wash'e returned to Invernefs (on the 8th) till he heard of the difhSal State of Affairs on -the other Side of OneSpeji To prevent the Evil from fpreading further* he detach'd the Laird of- MacLeod with 500 Men, towards Elgin, and the next Day Qz.otz\n Munro of Culcairn with 7.00'Munroes: The MacLeods ta'king-rhe Rout of Cullen, and the other* that oVStrathbogiti -Next Day the-Mon- . roes croffed the Spey and followed the Grants, who reti red from thence to defend their own Eftates*> to the great Misfortune of the Other Commanders; for had'they march ed on, 'tis not to be doubted, but either young Gordon would have fled to Angus, Where he would have been fhut up, or elfe have been worfteft cib the Skirmifh- I am foon to relate^ the ConfequeFfCe-ofwhich would have been* that not only Aberdeen, the- third/City in the Na tion, and almoft the whole North, -Would be put into the Hands of the 'King's Troops* but the future Landings from France had been prevented, which would have been fo effedual a Check to the Arms of the Rebels, that per haps the Scene1 had diredly clofed. 'Gordon, who had threatned Strathfpey with > Fire and Sword, thought fit to retire before the Grants to \Strathbogie, whither they followed. Mean Time, the MacLeods arrive at Old Meldrum on the 19th, and the Monroes at Aldrain on the 2 ill. Next Day, each direded their March to Inve- rury, where they joined: By the Time the Monroes had got their Billets upon the Country, Weft of the Villagei the fartbeft about two Miles diftanr, theothers entred the Town. The whole Corps got Orders to be in Readi- nefs about Six next Morning, to march for Aberdeen and drive the Rebels from it ; but thefe were countermanded on hearing of the Reinforcements which Lord Lewis 'had got from Montrofe . and Aberbrothock., Next Day, 504 Men were fent by the Way of Kintore, to get Intelli gence of the Motions of the Enemy ; they efpied 2 Men on Horfeback, whom fix of them purfuing a great Way, the two Rebels carried fuch a Confternation to Aberdeen, that thofe of their Party turned out, and drew up to the Weft of the Town. But now an Exprefs from Lord Loudon to Mac Leod, fetting forth, that his Bufinefs with Lord Lovat would npt allow him to fpare- any Reinforcement, being inter cepted at Turreff, by the Rebels, Lord Lewis, diredly called a Council of War, in which it was refolved to march fecretly and attack the Enemy, who, they judged, would ( 8© -') would he fecure? in Expedition of theCIartqf.the(?«*S He fet out in the Morning of the 23d*: with about 90a Men, and marched by (he Bridge of Z?#M,.wifh Soqto furprise them in Flank, while the other, .too took this common .Rpad. About an Hour after Sun-fet, fomectf fhe Mae Lendi, going to the South-End of .the Town to relieve the Centrks,, efpfed white Colours upon the De clivity of a Hill, and approaching by the Side of the Park* ef Keith-hall. _ , -., <.j . j Mr. Mat Lead and Culcairn* hereupfln went to the South End of the TowB, and in . am lnftant very advan? tageoufly drew up the Mac Leods,to wait ffer the Enemy, nqw in full march to attack them. They at this Tints were entering the Water, of Vry, abjovajthe. Bofs, (a little artificial Mount, lituated on the . Sqtrtb-Eaft near the Church) but here they, were kept in Awe by the Fire-flf the King's Men* and fo: retiring a little, croffed at a Place Called the Miln of .Keith-kali, and advanced hy the Way of the Bofs, now betwixt them and the' Royalifts ; but no fooner do they come out from this Fence, than theyre- e@ived a fecond Salvo from the Mac. Leads, .which- obliged them to double their .Pace towards the Church upon their Right ; when here, they wheeled with their Front to wards the King^a Forces; there was nothing now be tween them but: an Afcent, which -equally fcreened both Parties from each others Fire ; as Genpral Gordon had re- {iredi behind a Houfe for Safety, the French, who were there under Lord Lewis Drummond * advanced firing, whkh was anfwer'd very brifkly by the Mac Leeds, till they, oft- fejfving there were regular . Tropps among their Ene-r mjes,. and that 3 Body of choice. Men were croJEng the Don, a little below the Town, they founded a Re treat, which they executed; regukrly thro' theMidftof the Place. Culcairn's Corps had no Share in the Adion, for wpon hearing the firft Platoon, they fled out of their Quarters in the greateft Confufion*. fome one Way and fome. another. Mac Leod's People went to Strathbogie; 14 Miks from the Place of Adion, and nsxt Day re tired to the other Side of the Spey, till they fhould be re inforced; Such was the Skirmifh at Inverurie, in which wese kill'd on the Side of the Royalifts 7, and 15 wounded,; and on that of the Rebels about 30, fome of whom were carried down the Water, wherein they were fhot by: * Son to the Earl of Melfcrt', who followed the Fortune of James II. ( 8i ) by a Party of twelve- Men, potted in a Corn^yard, near the Side of the River. • As foon as Vidory declared for $he Rebels, they furrounded the Town, and took about ,49 Prifoners, whom they treatsd in a very ftrange •Manner. Lord. Lewis Gordon went into an Inn, and called for Wine, among fome of the Prifoners. From the Healths he propofed, any Perfon may form an Idea of him : His firft Toft was, " Here's Confiifion to all *' the Whigs." His fecoid, " Damnation to all the " Whig Minifters." And his third, "..Succefs to the ", Arms of the. French King." Next Day he fent a Detachment to Strathbogie, where hearing of Mac Lead's crofting the Spey, they returned, and on,tne,26th direded their March to Aberdeen. -The Prifoners who w,ere whole, were moft Part fent to Perth, and the 'wounded, kept at Aberdeen for their Recovery. The Enemy continued Mailers of the Country, augmented their Numbers, and favoured the Landings from Abroad, till called for to affift at the Battle which foon afterwards enfued. Upqn the, 25th of November, the Milfird took a Pri- yateer called the Lewis of -Dunkirk, and brought her into, the Road of Leith, and on the 6th of December, the Prifoners were landed and efcorted to Edinburgh Caftle, by a Detachment of Ligonier's Foot, and "the late, Gardner's Dragoons, amidft a. prodigious Mul titude of Spedators. Their Number was about 206, Officers, and private Men included, with 330 Stand of Arms, ¦ Bayonets, and - Cartridge-boxes, as many Broad- fwordsr. with Brafs Handles, a great Number of Bridies and Saddles, Harneffes* and Cellars for Horfes. .The Officers ' feemed . much concerned; but fome of the Men -were no Way affeded ; they were moftly Native Irijh, or Frenchmen defcended from Britijh- and Irijh Parents: Thus the Defign, or" the Rebels got' a Check, while the Government- was vifited with a Misfortune in return ; for npt' only had the Fox Man of War of 40 Guns, been overfet.and deftroyed, but the Hazard Sloop fell into., the Hands of the. Enemy, on the. 1 ft of December. That Veflel, having got Notice' of a Landing'at Mon- trofe, failed to the Mouth of the FJl; in order to deftroy .the French Men of War,, that had convoyed the Troops. They engaged her very clofely, the one by her Si is, and the other on !i».-r Stern'; by, the Tide (he was driven .within Reach of a B.utery, whjch the Fnmb haJ eroded C 8*T) at the Entrance of the River; the Engineers on Shore played furioufly Upon her, fo that after ading all that could be expeded, at laft fhe was obliged to ttrike to the Enemy; who carried her to Dunkirk, where fhe was turned into a Privateer, called by the Name of The Prince Charles Snow, and three Times fent with Troops, Mo ney, and Ammunition for the Ufe of the Rebels, till fhe fell, at a very critical Jundure, (of which in its Place) into the Hands of her former Owners, who reftored her to her old Name and Service. Such was the . State of Affairs in Scotland, when the Chevalier re-entered it, and came to Glafcow, where he publifhed the following Relation of his Winter Campaign ; whkh I here infert, as the Paper is both curious and fcarce. JOURNAL of the Marches of his Royal Highneft the Prince Regent's Army, from the Time they entered Eng land, the Sth of November, till their Return to Scot- knd, the zotb ^December, 1745. HI S Royal Highnefs entered England, Friday the 8th Day of November, in the Evening, and quartered at Redings all Night. The 9th, His Royal Highnefs paffed the Water of Eden at Rockley, about two in the Afternoon, with the Firft Column, and quartered that Night in the Villages Weft from Carlifle. The next Morning, being Saturday the 10th, Carlifle was blockaded on all Hands, and the Cannon were brought up, in order to raife a Battery that Night, but In telligence being come, that General Wade was marching towards Carlifle, His Royal Highnefs went early on Mon day the nth, to Brampton, being feven Miles on the Road to Newcaflle, in order to meet Marfhal Wade's Army, and give him Battle : But, after waiting there two Days, and having certain Intelligehce that the Troops near Newcaflle declined coming forward* His Royal Highnefs ordered Carlifle to be again blockaded, which was done accordingly by Half of the Army on Wednefiay Night, being the 13th, whiltt his Royal High nefs continued with the other Half at Brampton, as the moft convenient Pod to attack the Enemy, had they ven tured to relieve Carlifle. The Trenches were opened that Night at about Mufkel Shot from the Walls of the Town, about abc-ut Midway betwixt the EngliS and Scots Ports* af|<3 thirteen Cannph Wfere brought up, in order to batter the Town ; but this was prevented by the Town's Capitula ting ori ThurJday the 14th* and his Royal Highneffes" Troops took Poffeffionof the Town and Cattle on Friday Morning, after the Town gbt full Security for their Liber ties, &c. according to the Capitulation. During bijth Times that C&riifle was blockaded, there was but one Maii kilfed, afld one wounded. The Militia that ferved mCar- Hfle, all the Inhabitants of the City, as well as the Neigh bourhood, can teftify the exad Djfcjpline of his Royal -Highhefles Army, who paid for every Thing* All the Sub jeds Were proteded in the full Enjoyment of thtit Liber ties and Properties. His Royal flighnefs, with his Army, halted at Carlifpt , and the Neighbourhood, till the 20th, of November, which Day the Van marched to Penrith. s The 2 1 ft* The Van went to Shop, ahd the1 main Body came to Penrith. The22d, The' Van marched to Kendal, arid the main Body halted at Penrith. The 23d,, The maih Body came to Kendal. The 24th, The Van marched to Lanca/ler* and the main Body halted ztjdndah The 25th, The Van marched to Prefldti, and the main Body to Ldncafler. The 26th, The Van paffed Prtftoit, and quartered at the Village on the other Side of the Bridge, and the main Body came to Prifion. 'the 27th, The whole Army halted. The 28th, marched to W'iggan, and the Villages neat to it. The 29th, All the Army marched to Mdnchtfliri halted there the 30 th. The 1 ft, Detgmber, the Arriiy marched to Macclesfield. The 2d, the Van marched to Congleton (within nine Miks of Newcaflle Under-Line) where the main Body of fhe Duke of Cumberland's Army lay, from which a De tachment was fent towards Newcaflle for Intelligence, and • within threes Miles of that Place, the faid Detachment took Mr. Wear (or Wier) their Principal Spy* Prifoner, and brought him to Congkton, upon which the Duke of Cumberland's- Army retired to Litchfield* The Prince Re gent having Intelligence of his Retreat from Neivc a/lie Vnaer-Line* marched for Derby by AJhburn. G 2 Th« -( »4 ) ¦ The 3d, . the Van marched to Afl&urn by Leeh The main Body refted the 2d at Macclesfield, and marched the "3d, to Leek. And, The 4th, The whole' Army, went to Derby, where they flayed all the 5th; and in a. Council of War held in his Royal Highnefs's Prefence, Difpatches of Impor tance being received, it was refolved to return to Scot land; and the next Day, being the 6th, they returned to AJhburn. The 7th, they marched, to Leek, and on the 8th to Macchsfield. The 9 th, the whole Army marched to Man'chefler. The 10th, they marched to Wiggan, and the nth, to Prejlon, where they halted the i2tH. The 13th, marched to Lancafler, halted the 14th ; which Day a reconnoitring Party took two of the Duke of Cum berland's Men, called Rangers. The 15th, marched to Kendal.,. The 16th, the main Body of the Army was at Shop, ,but. the. Rear Guard were obliged to (lop at a Farm four Miles from Kendal, hy Reafon that a great many 'of the Carriages, and particularly the four-wheeled Waggons, in which, was Part of the Ammunition, could not be forwarded becaufe of the Steepnefs of the Hill, and Badnefs of the Road: But' fmall Carts being got next Day, and the Ammunition being (hifted from the broken Waggons, they came that Night to Shop, being the 17th; the main Body having gone to Penrith that Day. The 18th, the Rear-Guard joined the main Body at Penrith in the Evening. They faw feveral Parties Of the Enemy that Day, but upon the Approach of the Rear- Gunrd they always retired: Tho' once, a confiderabk Body of Light-Horfe formed upon the Road, in order to flop their Proceeding ; but, upon fome Of the Highlanders throwing their. Plaids, and running to attack them; they went off at the Gallop, and (hewed that Horfe could. run fader than Men, one of them only -having been killed. After the Baggage was fent to Penrith, a Battal- Jion of Foot and fome Horfe, went through Lord Lonf- dale's Parks of Lowther, thinking to find fome of che Light-Horfe about his Houfe, as he was Lord Lieute nant of the County : Accordingly fome of them were feen at a Diftance, but rode off upon Sightof the High landers : Some Shots were fired after them. At the fame Time ( 8* y Time,' fome; Parties fcouring the Parks, took a Running Footman of the Duke of Cumberland's, andanother Per- . fon cloathed in Green, who appeared to be an Officer ; who -informed that the Duke of Cumberland was within . a Mjk, with about 4000 Horfe and Dragoons, befides. Light Horfe and Militia ; upon which Lord George Mur-^ ray," who always commanded the Rear-Guard, took Po(-~ feflion of a Village called Clifton, being a Mile from Lord . Lonfdale's Houfe, upon the Highway to, and two Miles ¦ fliort of -Penrith. By that Time the Enemy had form'd upon an open Muir* facing Clifton, and within half. Cannot .Shot; where they continued for a confiderabk Time:. At laft, about an Hour after Sun-fet, they dif-: mounted feveral of their Dragoons, who came to the Bot tom of the Muir, andlin'd the Hedges and Ditches that were next to it. There was a pretty fmart Fire on both Sides, for above half an Hour; but at laft the Dragoons firing very .fall, a Battalion of Highlanders was ordered down Sword in Hand upon- them, with Orders to drive them from their Polls, but not to advance upon . the ¦ Muir. - Accordingly they went on with the greateft Alacrity and Swiftnefs, and after patting two Hedges, drove them from" the third, which was the laft of all, and then returned, as they were ordered, to their former Pofts.r But 12 of the Highlanders having pad the Bot tom Ditch, and run up the Muir, are ftill a-miffing, which is the whole Lofs on their Side. How many of the Dragoons were killed and wounded is uncertain; but by- feveral Circumftances, fuch as Broad-S words taken from the Dragoons, and. the Report of the wounded dreffed at Penrith, next Day, cannot be.lefs than a hundred. 4 t Night being come now'on, both Sides retited. The four Battalions of Highlanders joined the main Body at Penrith; and next Day, being the 19th, the whole Ar my arrived at Carlifle, where they left a Garrifon; and the 20th, pad the Water of EJk, which was very high, about three of the Clock in the Afternoon. All this Time the -Enemy never appeared ; what they met with near Penrith had difgufted them from too near an Ap proach of his Royal Highnefs's Army, which quartered in two different Columns that Night ; the one with, his Royal Highnefs at Annan, and the other at Ecclefecbcn. , G 3 !«¦ C 86 ) It is certain, thatVy all Accidents, fuch as Deaths, by Sicknefs (of which 'tis believed there were more in one Day in General Wade's Army, than was in fix Weeks in his Royal Hignefs's Army) and the People that went aftray in plundering (which Eotwithftanding all the Offi cers were able to do, could not be intirely prevented^ and were not heard of again, that bis Royal Highnefs's Army did not lofe forty Men in the Expedition, In cluding the twelve at Penrith: Upon the whofe, never Was a March performed with more Cbearfurnefe, and exe cuted with greater Vigour and Refolution ; which (next to the vifibk Protedion of Almighty GOD) was owing to the Example fbewn by his Royal Highnefs, who al ways marched on Foot at the Head of his Men. — - 1 fhall make no Qbfervations on this Paper, but that it clafhes greatly with the Depofitions of the Witneffies who were examined at Carlifle, York, and Southwark. But while the Chevalier is preparing an Account of Times that are pad, he was not deficient in making Pro- ' vifion againft the Time to come. Of Glajgow was de manded* Broad-Cloth, Tartan, Linnen, Bonnets, and Shoes,' to the Value of 10,000 £ Such as had promoted the new Levies in Behalf of the Government, were mulded, in Sums beyond their Ability, and their Houfes plundered for non-payment ; Parties were fent out to the Towns and! Countries around : Renfrew, Pmfley, and Lifmahagoe ( which laft they burnt ) with many other Places, felt the difmal Effeds of their Vengeance. Stirling was now almoftopen to receive the Pretender ; for on hearing of bis Return, Price's and Ligonier's Re giments of Foot, Hamilton's and the late Gardner's Dra, goons retired to Edinburgh, upon the 23d ; the Glafgotu and Paifley Militia immediately followed' from their re fpedive Pods, and arrived in that City upon the 24th ; Thefe were moft kindly received by the Inhabitants, who, were overjoyed to have thefe near them for. their Support againft an Attack, which was at that Time greatly feared, thpugh the Place was provided for a Defence. Qn the 2d. Jan. 1746, the Pretender fet out for Stirl ing, tho* his Forces firft moved towards Edinburgh, but turned about and proceeded the one Column to Cum bernauld, and (he other to Kilfyth, where they arrived next Evening, while an advanced Party reached Fal kirk. - Qn. ( s7 ) Os Saturday the 4th, they cantoned their Army at Denny, St. Ninians, and Bannackburn. Being thus in a convenient Situation for joining with fuch as had declared for him in the Northern Countries, he fent feveral Ex- prefles to the refpedive Corps, to haften their March to Stirling, whofe Gat©' were now (hut up and the Avenues to it flopped, to prevent any Intelligence of their Motions coming to the King's Troops; but were opened on the 8th, when the Rebels entered' it. While the Pretender is bufy in preparing every Thing to ftrengthen his Caufe and animate his Forces, the Army of General Wade is advancing to beat up his Quarters, being encouraged by the Example of their Fellow-koldiers under the Dnke, and the unparalleled Generality of the City of London for their Support. In that Metropolis a Scheme, was fet on Foot by a young Gentleman (Mr. Samuel Smith, Merchant, in Cateaton-flreet) in Con fequence of which, a Subfcription was opened for pur- chafing for the Troops 12,000 Pair of Breeches,xi 2,000 Shirts, 10*000 Woolen Caps, and 1000 Blankets, 12,000 Pair of knit Woolen Gloves, and 9000 Pair of Wpokn Spatterdafhes ; all thefe were immediately fent down for ¦their Ufe : about 3000 /. of the Subfcription Money was fet apart for rewarding fuch Soldiers as mould be maimed or wounded in the Service ; 300/. was fent to M. Wade ' to be applied according to his Diredion, for the more fpeedy Recovery of the fick Soldiers under him, in Aug mentation of the Allowance granted by the Crown on that Behalf: This commendable Zeal of the Subjeds, was however, anticipated by his Majefty, who on the 27th of November, Out of his private Purfe, ordered all the Soldiers under his Royal Highnefs,1 and General Wade, two Pair of Shoes each ; a noble Example of Goodnefs, and worthy that Care and Clemency, for which his Royal and illuftrious Family have been eminently remarkable : And-indeedj5 without fuch Affiftance, the poor Men could not have endured the Fatigue they underwent ; but thus animated, they marched to Scotland ; the Gentlemen of the Counties through which they pafkd, contributed a Fund for their Ufe ; each Soldier had a Pound of 'Beef, a Pound of Bread, a Gl'afs full of good Scots Spirits, and a Bottle of Ale; befides the People of the Country, fo liberally fupplied them, that their Kindnefs was look'd upon as pouring Water into the Ocean. It was dart be- , -G 4 fore ( 88 ) fore they entered Edinburgh, yet were they received wirh all poffible Demonftrations of Joy; the' City was finely illuminated ; the People huzza'd ; the Militia lined the. Streets, and warm Quarters were immediately 'affigned1 them. On Sunday the 4th, General Hujk arrived in Town, as did Mr. Thornton of Chattel, with his Troop. And on Monday the 6th, General Haw ley .came in. The Dragoons went out to meet him at Preflon ; but he upbraided 'them with their Cowardice, and defired them to put up their Swords at that Time, and fee to ufe them better in the Hour of Adion. On the 10th, the whole Forces being ready for Battle, and near to the Enemy, there remained nothing but to march toward Stirling, and dif- poffefs them of their Potts ; however, it was judged pro per to wait a little for refrefhing the Army, after the. Fatigues of a Winter Campaign Mean time the great Care and Anxiety of the Rebels, was to have up their Artillery. The Pretender had no fooner come to Bannockburn, than he difpatched Lord George Murray to Aloa, to confer with Collonel Drum- mond, about tranfporting the Cannon upon Floats; thefe two furveyed the feveral Pafliiges upon the Forth, and at laft agreed, that fhe moft proper Way would be to carry them over on Board of a Brigg which they had feized ; for their further facilitating the Paffage, they had ereded a Battery of Cannon on the Pier of 'Alloa, and another at Heigens-Nuick ; but even in this, they met with fome Difficulties ; for the Pearl Sloop had failed up the River, to prevent the Paflsge of the Forth in thefe Parts : By this Time, they with great Labour, brought two heavy Cannon of J2 Pounders about by the Frew,' while 3 of four Pounders which they carried along with them from Glofgow, were cpnduded tp the Hill of Aritb, and planted there to annoy the King's Ships, and hinder their advancing up the River ; this Battery wr.s fupported by 4C0 Men, drawn from their Rear- Guard ftationed at Falkirk. Captain Faulkner in the Vulture blqop, being arrived at Inverhithen Ro?d, fent a- Cutter and fome Boats before him for Intelligence, thefe failed up the Forth to Kincardin Road, where they hy. Next Morning the Vulture came into that PJace, where being inform ed that two Veffels at Kincardin, were in Danger of being feized by the Enemy, the fent leveral armed Boats to burn them, ( 89 ) them', which they" did "without any Lofs* notwitriftflridirig fom.6 Platoonsfrom the .Town. ,In the mean time, the Tide fell fo low, that fhe could not return that Night to the-ROad; vvhich-the Rebels obferving, they opened a Battery -of three Pieces of Cannon, and early J in! the Morning began ro play upon her unexpededly ; . their Fire was anfwered by the Sloop; >two of their Cannon were difm6unted,.orte of their Engineers was killed, and Perth, received a Wound, which though .not mortal, oc- calioned his being confined to his Bed, and rendered in capable of any further Adion. The Enemy being, driven from the Town- and Battery, withdrew. to the Point pf Elphitifloun, where they ereded. a four Gun Battery, for guarding of the Pais. .:_ ,;,. , v - ;...:::.•_> ...Col. Leighton came ¦ to; the Affiftance of the; PeaH and Vulture, with 300 Men on the '9 th ; when it was agreed to attack the Brigg at Alloa, which had two Can non on Board; for this^ Purpofe, 50 of Lightoun'.s Men .were, fent in a. large Boat, with the Ship's. Boat manned^, and armed to lie all Njght a Mile above' Alton, ,t0 preT vent the faid.Brigg's going up, the Firth that Night; but on paffing the Town, they unluckily • grounded, and were difcovered ; , -the Rebels beat t to Arms, and fired from> Right to Left very near half a Mile, but. were at too 'great a Diftance to do them any Harm, 'except tilling one Man, and taking of the Leg of another ; for .as the Sand was .fomewbat quick* and the Sea too. deep* the Enemy thought it improper to run in their ufual pre cipitate Way upon, them, especially as in their Attack, they would be expofed to the Fire of regular Troops-; by. this Means Time was (pent, till the Boats floated, and then, failed off. A fecood Attack was refolved upon' next Mornj-ng ; for which purpofe, Leighton's Men were land^ ed,-.while the two Sloops brilkly attacked the Battery •which- the Rebels had ereded at -Elphingfloun, within Mufket-fhot. Three of their Cannon were difmounted; but one of the Sloops having her Cable cut afunder, fhe was by the Strength pf the Ebb Tide forced from her Station :; and- the two Pilots in the other, having each loft, a Legg, were obliged to give up the Enterprise ; in this whole Affair only two Sailors were killed, and ten or.'twelve wounded, but the Land Forces received po Damage, The only Goodv reaped by the Govern ment from this Affair, was that it delayed the Meafurts of £ 9° ) of the Enemy for attacking Stirling Caftle ; fo that it was the 12th of January, ^before the whole of their Can non was tranfported. Mean Time, the Siege of Sttr&ikg-Ca&le was begnn, the Rebels being joined by all their. Forces, on the 14th, But with all their Skill, they could, make no Impreffion upon the GovemorGeneral 'Blakeney, having, by a brifk Fife over-turned their Fafcines, of which they had a great Number, and demoliflied their Works; however, the? they were not capable of reducing that Fort, yet they were in Pofkffion of the Weft Country, as alfo of the Northern Coaft, along which (for protecting their Ma- gazkes, the Hazard Sloop, and their other Veffels) were cantoned 1000 Men, compofed of 400 French, 300 Gor dons, and about 300 under the Command of Sir James Kinttch of Navey. Every Thing being in Readinefs upon the I3th,-Mafc* General Hufk marched for the Relkf of Sttr&ng-QaSfe, with five old Regiments, viz. Monro's, Cholmondley' s, Price's, Ligmier's and Batter au's, with the Glafgow Mi litia, and the Remains of Hamilton's and Gardner's Dra goons; they arrived at Linlithgow about 4 o'Clock, and bad-almoft furprifed 1 100 of tlie Rebels, under the Com mand of Lord Elcho, and Lord George Murray ; but a faithful Friend gave them Notice of the Approach of the King's Troops, who entered the one End of the Town, White they were retiring over the Bridge at the other, with the utmoft Precipitation. On the 14th, the Regi ments of Howard, Pultney and Barrel, marched to Bor- fewfiounnefi, to be at Harid to fupport General Hufk: Fleming's, Blakenefs and a Battalion of Sinclair's marched on the 15th. Next Day General Hawley, fet out, and ten Pieces of Brafs Cannon, which were brought from the Caftle of Edinburgh, followed ; that fame Morning General Cobhom's Dragoons pafkd the City, without hair ing, from Dalkeith, where they were ftationed the Night before; Mr. Thornton likewife " accompanied the TrOops with his Yorkjhire Blues, as did feveral other Volunteers. Upon the 16th, Hufk with eight Regiments marched frpm Linlithgow to Falkirk, where at Night the whole Army arrived, and encamped to the Weftward of that Village; next Day 1300 of the Argylejhire Highlanders under Colonel Cample! came up to the Camp. the The Armies were fo near each other, that on the 17 th, they came to a general Engagement, of which there have been very contradidory Accounts. The King's Troops were kept in Readinefs for an Attack, and Centries- were placed for a Mile round. The Rebels too were ready to catch at every Opportunity, and embrace every Advantage; the Officers of the King's Army came to the Refolution of waititag for the Enemy in their Camp; but they on the other Hand refolved to proceed and attack the King's Troops. Early in the Momingi all their Forces, except feme few, left at Stirling either for pufhing the 'Siege* or for fecuring their Retreat, were drawn up in a Line of Battk, a Mile Eaft of Bannockburn, then their Head Quartets, within four Mrfes of •the'ltoyal Army. They continued under Arms till about Twelve o'Clock, when they received Orders to march on and attack -Haw-ley. Im mediately Lord George Murray, put himfelf at the Head of their Army in two Columns ; the Lines marching about 200 Yards diftance from each other. They patted the Water of Carron at Dunnipace, where they firft efpied the King's Forces: At this Time Lord John Drummond, who that Day had the Command of the Left Wing, had gone with moft of the Horfe to reconnoitre the Royalitts. He made a Feint of marching by the North Side of the Torwaod, in order to. attack' the King's Men, who upon feeing them, began; to draw up in order of Battle tb re ceive them ; the Generals finding the Rebels did not' ad vance, and that their Colours- ftill remain'd unmoved in the Wood, and judging thro' Miftake, that the Corps they obferved, was the main Body, unluckily permitted the Troops to dine, which they -had fearce done, when the Rebel Army was feen marching towards'fome rifing Grounds upon a Muir, a Mile South-weft from Falkirk-^ the- Troops immediately' got under Arms, formed in the. Front of the Camp, and befat their March towards the feme Grounds, the Rebels got up the Hill before the King's Forces, for the former now in full March to meet triem, obferving the Wind to be from the South, endea-. voured to have it for them. The firft Line of the > King's Army, extending from Left to Right, was compofed of the Regiments of Wdlf, Qhalmondlty, Pultney, one Battalion of the Royal -Scots, Price's and- Ligonier's in the Centre ; the Dragoons on the Left : The fecond Line was made up of Makeney's, Monroe's. (1 92- ) ' Monroe's, Fleming's, Barrel's and- Baiterauls; Howard's were behind upon the Right, the Glafgow and Paifley. Mi-: litia were (rationed at fome Farm Houfes. upon the Left, ¦ and the Argylejhire Highlanders- at feveral > Paffes behind; the whole. • , The Rebel Army was formed thus, extending from Right to Left, the Battallions of Keppoch, Clanranald Ap-< pin, and Lochiel, who had ,3 fiattallions, Cluny, and the- Matter of Lovat in the firft Line ; 2 Battallions of Athole Men, 2 Ditto of the Angus . Militia, under Lord Ogilvy, and 2 under Lord Lewis Gordon, the Far quarfons of Brae- mar, and the MacKenzies, commanded by Lord Cromarty and his Son in; the fecond Line; the Pretender,, with a-- bout 450 Horfe, attended by the French Ambaflador, was in the Rear, almoft oppofite to the Centre, but more in-> dining -to the Right; as there, was a Morafs on the Left of the King's Army, the Right of the King's outlined the: Enemy, fo that' their Left was oppofite to the Centre ofi the Royalifts. The Dragoons, ftationed upon the Right with the Ar tillery, were pretty near due South and North, forming. almoft a right Angle with the Front Line of the Foot, which, was inclined North-eaft, the Space between the two Lines widened toward the Right; and any Perfon would have been apt to think an Army of 9000 Men, 7000 of which were regular Troops, : might have defeated the Forces of the Enemy confiding of about 7500 Men,.- had not fome unlucky Accidents happened, fuch as the- Army, unfeafonably taking a Dinner, and not proceeding at firft Sight towards the Enemy, by which Means the latter got the Advantage of the Ground, the Wind and Rain : Things being in this Condition, the Dragoons were or dered forward to take Pofleftion of a rifing Ground upon the Right of the Enemy, who obferving this, fent the Battallions pf Appin, Keppoch, Clanronald. znd Lochiel, to difpute the fame with them; becaufe the pojleffing this Hill, "would turn the Wind upon the Faces of the Rebels. The Dragoons marched on with great Refolution Sword in Hand, Gardner's were kd by Lieutenant Colonel Whitney up, to the Muzzle of the' Guns of the Rebels, who opened.; fome Cavalry rode thro' them, and receiv ed their Fire, both in Front and Flank, upon which the Horfes reeiM and fcattered, threw feveral of their Riders upon the'Ground, and retreated in great Diforder, which they ( 93 ) .they communicated to fome Corps of the, Infantry; and "their main, Body falling in upon the Glafgow Militia, put them into Confufion. . At this Time,' a violent Storm.of Wind and Rain' drove full in. the Front of the Royalifts, who began to fire tho' very irregularly; but alas, that prov'd fatal to fome of the Dragoons, now. flying off be tween the two Annies^ The Foot being \ difo'rdered, a Flight enfued of almoft the whole firft Line, except Ba7 rel's and Ligonier'i Regiments, under General Cholmondley, who rallied, and brought them ori to the Charge, animal ting them by his own Example. The Rebels fe.eing.the Diforder, ' threw away their Guns, and, purfuirig with 'their ufual Impetuofity, they ran down fhe Hill upon the Royalifts, now broke and flying for their Lives : But General HuSk, whofe Bravery will fhine in the Brit'ifl. (An nals, as the Deliverer of the King's Army that" Day, with the above two Regiments, the bid Buffs, and the Royal Scots, Who made-a Motion to the Righ t, by a continual Fire made a great Slaughter, and drove them backup the' Hill with the utrnoft Precipitation ; they endeavoured to come upon his Wing Sword in Hand, but -received fuch a terrible Fire, as effedually check'd their' Fury ;' for the General had ordered the .firft Line to kneel, but not to fire till the Enemy was juft within Reach of their Bayonets, whereas the id and 3d Line kept them in perpetual Mo tion. Mean Time, Brigadier Mor daunt rallying, fome Re- Igiments, to whom feveral who were feparated" from their own repaired, led them on with great Refolution; and the brave .Colonel Francis Li gonier, who died at Edin burgh of a ^uinfey ten Days after, brought the Horfe back to the Field; thefe drew up to the Right of General Hujk's Divifion, who by this Time huzza'd the Enemy, "but they wanted Stomach to come on again. They con tinued in this Situation, till near Night, when the Horfe were ordered to march up to the Field where the High landers were firft ftationed; but there was no Enemy to be feen, except at a Diftance.' General Hawley was'now retreating with , fuch of the Troops as had not recovered the firft Confief natio'n to Fdlkirk, where they halted and drew up; and General 'Hiijk obferving'the Night was very Stormy, and that it would be dpftroyirig the Men to (lay ariy longer, withdrew from the Field, with all Marks of Honour. However, as Captain Cunningham "of the Train of Artillery, had deferted it, (for which ' he. was juftly broke) brolce) as the Drivers had run off with the Horfes at the Beginning of the Adion, and as the Cannon had funk into the Ground, now moiftned With the Rain, it' was impoffibk to get them off, yet the Grenadiers of Barreh Regiment got together fome Ropes, which they faftned to one of the Pieces, and drew it to Falkirk, where Horfes were found to bring avvay two more; the Tents now very wet, were abandoned by thofe who were to car ry therh, fo that fuch of them as were not burnt, fell in to the Hands of the Enemy.1 As the Night continued to advance, if was agreed, for Fear of an Ambufh, to march the Troops to Linlithgow, and put them under Cover. As they fikd off, the Argylefbire Militia were drawn up at the Eaft End of the CaHehder Park in a Line, along Which they marched and arrived at Liihgow that Night, and next Day came to Edinburgh, where Things were in a . general Uproar and Confufion : For fome of the Horfes at the Beginning of the Adion, having run off after their Riders Were difmounted, occafioned various Conjec tures ; arid fuch of the Men as fled off at the firft Onfet, gave the Alarm; and the Confternation continued till about 9 q' Clock at Night, When a Letter to the Lord Juftice Clerk undeceived the People, and an Huzza was raifed. Had the Rebels purfued their Way, and got be twixt the Troops and Falkirk, 'tis not to be doubted but they might have taken many Prifoners, for the FirelOck* were 'fo fpoifed, that their Powder would not burn ; fome Soldiers, while oh the Field of Battle, endeavoured five Times todireharge, but were (till prevented by the Storm*. Never could the Highlanders witti for a Day more favour able for their Broad Swords than this, when riot one Gun of 5 would fire, and not the 26th Man of fhe Royaliftsdif- charged ; bur as nothing happens, in the Courfe of Things without Caufes, fo here, when a Detachment of their Ca valry wasgoipg topurfuetheDragoons in their firft Diforder, John Roy Steudrt, cried-ou't, Gentlemen keep your Ground, thefe are only Copes Dragoons : Ycu have the Bdttle yet itt fight. Cpknel Drummond, obfe'rViftg the Royal Scots to wheel, took that for a Flight, and. faid, thefe Men be haved admirably well at Fontenoy, and yet they ate flying; I fear there' is" an Ambufcade: And diredly Orders were given for the Rebels to keep their" Ranks : But laflly, af ter" General Hvjk had marched off the Field, the Earl of Kilmarnock, Colonel of the Pretender's Life-Guard or 'Hfiffars, ( 95 ) HuJfarSf being well acquainted with the Country, derrreJ a Detachment, which he ottered to lead thro' a much nearer Road than that of Falkirk to Lithgow, by which he would intercept the Forces, but this was oppofed. In this Battle were (lain on the Side of the Rebels, a- bout 300 Men, but none of Note, and as manjrwounded, among whom Lochiel and his Brother, alfo Lord John Drummond, thro* the flefhy Part of the Arm, by a Ran dom Shot from one of the Soldiers Firelocks at Falfa'rk. And Glengary's fecond Son, then Colonel of his Regiment, was fhot accidentally at Stirling. There was one Major MacDonald of Keppoch's Regiment, taken Prifoner in the following manner : He had feized one of the. Dragoons Horfes, whkh he mounted ; the Creature on hearing the Drums beat to rally, rode off with him : He endeavoured to thro' himfelf off, but was carried fp furioufly that he could not, and the Horfe never ftop'd till in the rhidft of -his own Troop, where the Major was difarmed and fecured. On the Side of the King's Troops were killed about 200 Men, among whom Lkutenant Col. Whitney ; Cor nets Monk and Osw Of Ligtmier's Dragoons, and a great many other Officers. Few of the Foot fuffered, the Lofs chiefly falling on the Dragoons, of whom 170 were left upon the Spot, and 30 taken, with about 206 other Prifoners, but thefe, for moft Part, of the Glafgowmd other Militia, the Volun teers, and By-ftanders, who foolifhly went to view the Engagement. Captain Thornton, with 17 of his Com pany, fhaared the fame Fortune, tho' he afterwards found means to efcape. But the chief Man among the (lain* was Colonel Sir Robert, Murtro of Fottlis, who being on Herf&- back* and receiving a Ball in the Breaft, dropt ; his Brother Dodor Duncan, a Phy&ian, obferviog this, being behind the Lines unarmed, rode in to his Affiftance, but alas, they were both miferably llaughtered, to fuch a Degree, that had not Sir Robert been known by his Corpufency, hfc Body had not been diftinguifhed ; next Day the Pretender fent, up to the Field, where both Sir Robert and Cblond Whitney were known, carried to Falkirk, and honourably interr'd. While the Rebels are difpoftng of the Prifoners in fevek ral Places, fuch as the Churches of Falkirk and Stirling, and in the Prifonsof thefe Towns and -elfe where, the Pre tender twice fummon'd Stirling Caftle, on the 18th, tofur- • render ( o6 ) render. . The Rebels were the more earned to have that Fort in, their. Hands, as it weu'd ;have fecured their Com munication with the Northern, as wdl as the Weftern Parts of Scotland, whereof it may be/called the Key; . but in this they were much difappointed, 'for General Biakeney's Anfwer was, That he was always look'd upon as a Man cf Honour, and the Rebels' Jbould find, he would die fo:' The Seige therefore was continued, but proceeded very flowly, as well from theft own Ignorance in, and Unfitnefs for befieging Towns,, as from the Difpofitions made by the Garrifon, then confifting-of 600 Men; for a vigorous De fence. They made: fo conftant and fometimes fuccefsful a ;Fire.upon the Men at Work on the Batteries,, and fhofe employed in placing the Fafcines, whereof they had col- leded a great Number, that the Highlanders, the Flower of their Troops, refufed to go. near them •:¦ The Irijh Bri gade and Colonel Drummond's Regiment, were ordered tp that Service, but thefe had been- fo much diminifbed by Lkfertion, and the late Battle, that, fcarce 300 of them were left. At. laft pn the 24th, two Batteries were com pleted : Thefe though ereded , under- Cover of Wool Packs, did little other, Hurt than da.mage: the upper Part of the Walls. Mean time they, fent the Prifoners taken at the late Battle to Down Caftle, where, they were fhut Up and met with great Hardfhips, through want of Prpvifi- ons; for though the Rebels bad taken Care to feize all the ;Meal they could get in the Country, ..yet a Scarcity was vifibk among them, to which the Burning of their Boats, that palled over the Forth,, by the King's Slpops, not" a little contributed. — And not only are thefiefjegers in Diftrefs ibr want of Subfiftance, but new Difputes began to arife •among them. At the Adion of the 17th, the Clans and French Picquets were the only People who (lood in the Field ; for feme of the other Corps, t fuch as the Angus Battalions, and thofe who joined them at Edinburgh, be- .took^ themfelves. to Flight in anlnftanr, and foon came to the.Camp before Stirling.. The former complained much of the whole Vv eight falling upon rthem, . urging, that if fuch as jhey brought with them,, were pnce exhaufted, they could not be recruited from the Places whence they came ; thefe Complaints they laid-.before the . Pretender, ,who fmopthed them with . fair Promifes from 'France, which at that Time; they expeded. O Sullivan began now to be envied, .and he to difdain their .Council*, being cha- .grined ( 97 ) grinedat their not following his Advice; he with Sir "thi- mas Sheridan, who had almoft Nothing to lofe, were fup pofed to have too much of the Pretender's Ear, and folely to govern his Counfels, while they whofe Lives and .For tunes dood engaged, were in a Manner difpifed by the Irijh Favourites ; the Adventurer obferving their Difguft, thought of appealing their rifing Refentment, by confer- ing Pods upon their Officers, advancing each a Rank higher than he was, and treating them with fomewhat more feeming Confidence ; yet ftill thefe Politicians reign ed in his Cabinet, and even at the general Confultations ,their Opinions prevailed. It will not appear incredible that the Rebels gave out that the Vidory at the late Battle was theirs. They pub lifhed an Account, that they killed 6bo, took 700 Prifo ners, all the Baggage, Tents, Arms, Ammunition and Ar tillery : Attributed the Efcape of the King's Troops to the Storm which favoured their precipitate Retreat, and blamed the Inequalities of the Ground, interfperfed with fuch Rifings and Hollows, that their Right could not per ceive what was doing on their Left; diminifhing their Lofs to only 40 kilkd, among whom two Captains, and fome Subalterns, with about 80 Wounded. But fo little Weight had thefe Boaftings upon the Inhabitants of the Country, that they, wholly convinced that the Want of Succefs was owning to theTempeft, continued their Offices pf Kindnefs to the King's Troops, and did Things highly irritating to the Enemy : The Populace, who rofe in Arms upon the 16th, and liberated the Officers taken at the Battle of Pre- Jlon, from their Confinement at St. Andrews, Cowper, Le- flie, Glamis, Culrofs and Pitferren, whither they had been fent, fome Time before, notwithftanding the Pretence of a Vidory on the Part of the Rebels, carried them to Edin burgh, where they arrived on the 19th. While the Chevalier is pacifying his Clans, and bufy at the Siege of Stirling Cattle, the Generals of the Kirig's Army are preparing every Thing to try the Fortune of a- npther Battle. A Court Martial, of which Brigadier Mar* , daunt was Prefident, diredly fat for the Trial of fome Of ficers and Soldiers for misbehaving at the late 'Adion ; the Guilty were feverely Punifhed, and the Innocent acquit ted and encouraged to their Duty. The Glafgow Militia were now honourably diftnid, as the Time they were en gaged to ferve was expired. Their Officers vmanimoufly H affursd ( §s ) affured fhe Generals, that they were willing to 'ferve their King and Country at their own Ex-pence, and that they would be ready at a Call, whenever their Attendance fhould be judged neceffary, or in the leaft Degree ufeful. One cannot be lurprized that a Confternation all over ¦England accompanied the News of the late unfortunate , Adion : To recover People from their Aprehenfions, his Majefty ordered 16 Pieces of Brafs Cannon, with Stores, and about 40 Gunners and Maw odes, -to fet out from New caflle, for Edinburgh, at which Place they. arrived upon ¦the 26th, be likewife appointed the Dragoons of General Bland and St. George, with the Duke of Kiwflon's Horfe, to reinforce the Army, which he now fent his own Son to command. No fooner was the Event of the Battle of Falkirk con firmed at Court* than the Duke flew like an Arrow to check the Pretender's Progress. He fet out from St. James's about Ohe of the Clock in the Morning of the 25th* and arrived at the Abbey of Holyropdheufe upon the 30th, about Three in the Morning. The City* in Ex pedition of him the Night before, expreffed their Joy, for the coming of their Deliverer, by the moft fpkndid Illuminations, Ringing of Bells, and other DemPnftra- trons of Gladnefs. He went to Bed, rofe at Eight o'Clock, wrote to his Royal Father, and the Duke of • Newcaflle, about the State of Affairs, and then received • -thofe who came to him; the'General Officers firft waited -on him, with an Account of what had pad ; the Soldiers, much difheartned at the late Difafter, crowded to him; his very Pretence raifed them almoft from Defpair, to a Confir dence of Vidory. No fooner had he got rid of the Com pliments of the Nobility, Gentry and Clergy, than, una ble to day a Moment from Adion, he walked down Stairs, and viewed the 16 Pieces of Cannon in the Clofe. As he came out of the Gate, the Drums ruffed* and a . loud and continued. Huzza enftwd; but unmindful of the .Acclamations of the Multitude, he patted along the Can non, placed in two parallel Lines, and never took his Eye from off them : After Dinner, he order'd an Infpedion of the Arms and Ammunition of the Soldiers, who were ordered to be in Readinefs by Four next Morning to - march. .Accordingly, at the Time appointed, all were ready to proceed. They were not now incumbered with Malti- tndes of idle Spedators; for, not only had Intimation . . been ( 99 ) been tnade from the Bulpits, that all, except foeh as brought Provifion and Forage, or Information, for the Army, fhould be fired upon, if they prefumed to ap proach within a Mile of it without a Pais, but the Dra goons of Hamilton and Ligoneir were ordered to patrclg along the Roads leading Wed ward from Edinburgh,, to prevent any Intelligence coming to the Enemy. About five in the Morning, they fet out in two Columns, con fiding of 14 Battalions of Foot, the Argylejhire High landers, GuWa/K's.Dragoons, and Lord Mark Ker's, which laft, and two of the Battalions of Foot. viz. the Scots Fuzileers arid Semple's, were not in the late Adion ; fo that by the Reinforcements they got, their Lofs at it was more then made tip : General Hufk led the Van, ahd the Artillery brought up the Rear. The Duke following the Troops, put himfelf at the Head of the Royal- Scol'ti and with eight Battalions went to Lilhgow, where hfe quartered. Brigadier Mordaunt, with ' fix' Battalions, marched to Borrowflohnnefi, the Dragoons to the adja cent Villages* and the Argylejhire Men in Front, towards1 the Avon ; next Day the whole Army was put in Mo tion, formed in Order of Battle; and they all patted in Review before their illudriOus General as they drew* up. When the Highlanders paffed, he feemed much delighted with their Appearance, faying, They look very well, have Breeches and are the belter for thai. Then they pro ceeded, expeding every Moment to engage ; and ar rived at Falkirk about ten in the Morning, when to their' great Difappointment, no Enemy Was near them :- For' on hearing of the Arrival of the Duke, they held a Coun cil of War, in which the grand Queftion was, Retreat or Fight? The Pretender and the Foreign Officers were for the latter ; Lord Ghrgt ^Murray and the Highlarld Chieftains declared for the former, alkdging the Iricreafe* of the Royal Army, and the Diminution of their own: for about 1500 Highlanders had repaired to their wild Habitations, with the Spoils of England, of the fouthern Parts of Scotland, and the Booty got at Preflon and Fal kirk. In a Word, the S^ege of the Caftle of Stirling 'was ¦raifed, 'ere the Hero, whofe Name.bore the Force of an Army, was within 23 Miles of it. On the 31ft they moved off their Baggage, with about 20 Pieces of Cannqn,- having fpiked up fome others* and crofted the Forth'^t - the Frei&t But before* they retreated? there was a' con-- (too ) fiderable Quantity of Powder and Ball, laid up in the Church of St. Ninian, to which they attempted to fet Fire, but the Train milled ; However, about feven Stragglers going to the Church in Quell of Prey (for -.great Quantities of Houfhold Furniture had been hid -in it) in the mean, Time, a, private Man, called Mac- Intofh, at the Defire of a French Engineer, came to the Window, and fired a Piftol through it ; the Shock was fudden, the Powder blaz'd, the Plunderers, the Incendiary, the, Seats and Roof blew up in the Air; the Stones flying about the Church- Yard, a^few of the Town's People were (truck, while the whole were dunned •at the terrible Convulfion. The Report was heard by the Royalifts, who rightly judged it an Indication of a Re treat, while the Rebels taking it for an Attack on their Rear, redoubled their Flight to Crief, where they, held a Council of War, in which they appointed Invernefs for the , Place of Rendezvous. They now feparated into two Bodies, one of which took the Rout of Perth, which they con tinued entring from nine in the Morning of the 2d, Feb, till the 4th, when the Place was entirely evacuated by them. Here they nailed up 13 Pieces of Brafs- Cannon, about 8 and 12 Pounders, and, threw the Swivels taken out of the Hazard Sloop, into the Toy. From hence feven .Pieces of Cannon and fourteen Carts with Am munition, were efcorted by Lord Lewis Gordon's Men, who' went for Dunk eld, eroded Braemar, in their Way tothe North ; Majors Nairn and Kennedy went by Dun- ^dee ; the French, the Life-Guards, Lord Ogilvie's, Pit- .fligo's, Elchoe's, and Sir James Kinloch's Battalions, with -Lord George Murray, took the Road of Cowpar of Angus,, .sand proceeded to Montrofe, where they put two Pieces of Cannon, on Board of a (mall Boat, which coaded along, ; and kept pace with them ; thence they marched to Aber deen, arid then dyredted their March, fome by Old-Mel- drum and Bamff, and others by Inverurie and Strathbogie, where Lord George Murray halted two Days,, when he proceeded ' to meet the Pretender, now hadning forward to the Place appointed. He, with Perth, Kilmarnock, Lord John Drummond, Nairn, Brigadier Stapleton, Secretary Murray, the French Ambaffador, and the Clans, palled along Taybridge to Dalnacardich, which through lingring at Fairntoun, and fome other Places, he did not reach till the ?th; next Day f *ot > Pay he difpatched Couriers to thofe Mae Pbtrfotfs, Co* meron's and Mac Donald's, who had retired with Plun der from his Camp ; thefe, in Profped of more, reforted to him, fo that from the 10th, that he appeared before the Cadk of Ruthven, to the 14th, his Numbers encreafed to 3000 ftrong: The Garrifon of Ruthven being fummon- ed to furrender, the Siege only laded till Lieutenant Molloy obtained of Glenbucket to come out on Parole : This being agreed to, that Officer with his Command, viz. 12 Men, were conduded to Blair, leaving the Bar racks, on which the Government had bedowed vaft Sums, to the Highlanders, who infenfible of their own Ad vantages, directly blew them up. From thence he fent Deputies to the Grants, then in Arms for the Govern ment, threatning them with a Vifit if they did not em brace a Neutrality. Hereupon four Gentlemen of that Clan came to him in Name of the red, embraced the Terms propofed, and gave Hodages for the Performance of them'. After this he marched to Moy, the Refidence of the Laird of Maclntofh, where he lodged : And now, the Earl of Loudon, being at Invcrnefs, within 8 Miks of him, contrived to furpnfe him. He confulted two Officers, and laid down his Scheme of feizing the Pre tender in the Night Time. The Defign being approved, about 3 in the Afternoon of the 16th, Ceritries were ; poded at the Avenues, and. Intimation was made to the Town's People, to keep within Doors, and to the Officers of each Corps privately by himfelf tn repair to Barnjhil, to the Ead of the Town at 6 o'Clock, all which was obeyed. When they were drawn up, his Lord- fhip walked along the Line, direded each company to follow the Guides he had affigned them : He ordered them tb fire upon any Body of Men they might fee, tho' not to trouble any fmall Company, except for In telligence ; but an Accident ruined this Scheme : For about four Men of the advanced Guard being fent before, the reft miftaking them for the Enemy, fired upon them, and killed a Piper. The Report of the Guns ecchoed through the Hills, and the Rumour of Lord Loudon's Approach, founded in the Ears cf the Pretender, who was fitting at a Fire with his Garters look, and Shoes untied. In that Difha-' bilk, flying out of the HoUfe, he took tp his Heels, H 3 ran * ( iol ') ran tfkee' Mile's, and roam'd through the Wilds til! next Morning* when he was found by his Party. Lord Loudon finding his Plan thus difconcerted, retreated -to his former Camp, andi waited the Motiafrs of the Enemy, now re covered from their ConfterOation, and in full March . to attack him. in Invtrmfl; which he, not thinking him felf able to defend, abandoned, and went to Inverbreaky, - where he encamped. In the mean Time* the -Rebels took Poffeffion of the Town, and laid Siege to the Caftle, then fufficiently provided for a Defence. They planted Cannon on the Trerkhes which Lord Loudon had digged* and feot a Drum to the Governor, viz. Major George .Grant, a Brother of the late Sir James Grant, to demand the Pkce. After "fome parlying, it was agreed that all Firing fhould ceafe ; but the Rebels contrary to the Treaty, advanced toward the Garrifon in the Dark, and broke Ground to the Eaft of the Town, about 21 Yards nearer than before ; a Friend having Intelligence of what was doing, found Means of conveying Letters to the Gunner* who communicated his Advices to the Goverhour. The Guns were then brought to bear upon the Trench^ whence the Rebels were driven with Precipitation* fcafcely taking Time to carry off their Wounded Men. They now betook themfelves to an old Kiln, where they planted a Jarge Piece of Cannon, and fired upon the Garrifon. Next Day both Sides furioufly plied each other, With no great Lofs to either. But not to dwell on the Particulars of a Sfcge of fmall Importance, I fhall only obferve, that the Garrifon were obliged to furrender on the 3d Day, on very poor Terms, which were folely owing to Grant, whofe Cowardice and bad Condud cannot but refled Pifhpnour upon himfelf, I had almoft faid upon his Name. Wherf all was over, the Pretender came into the Town, now in the Power of his Troops, and had the Pkafure of feeing the principal Garrifon in the North in his Hands ; in it were found 12 Pieces of Cannon, 100 Barrels of Beef, 16 Barrels of Powdet and Ball,, befides other Amfnunition and Military Stores : A Go vernor was immediately appointed, but his Command was (hprtr lived ; for as the Highlanders complained of the Forts and Garrifons among them, it was judged pro per to raze thefe as they fell into their Hands : A Train pf Powder was, laid before the Baftions, which were fuc- ceffiyely ( *o3 ) ceffively blown up ; at one of them a French Captain (the very Perfon who drreded the burning of St Ninian's Church) with a fmall Dog, made too near an Approach : The Engineer look'd into the Train from a Corner, while the Animal dood upon a large Stone, diredly above it ; the Powder firing, a Whirl from it blew the Captain up in the Air, and he fell into the Water about two Yards from Shore, where he was taken up quite dead. The Dog was flung to the other Side of the River, where he fell into a Yard newly digged, but received little Damage, being preferved from Suffocation by the Stone on which he flood. Thus. a Fort-was demolifhed on which the Government had expended 50,000 1. After this the Chevalier twice detached a Party of 2000 Men under Barifdale, by the Way of. Beulie, 6 Miles from Invernefl, to fall upon Loudon; but twice they re turned without Succefs, for his Lordfhip had effedually cut off their Purfuit, by daving the Boats, which as he patted the Ferries, were hawled to the oppofite Shore; however, once it was rumoured, that a Skirmifh had hap pened, in which the Royalifts were defeated, and the Laird of Maclntofh, one of their Captains killed. The News was. gladly received, the Pretender gave a Ball, and danced with the Lady, to comfort her for the Lofs of her Hufband. He then fent a Detatchment to Fort AuguJlus, which being- naturally weak, eafily fell into their Hands, This Fort they turned into a Place of Confinement for the Prifoners whom they could not tranfporf, and fo it continued until fhe Day before the Battle of Culloden, when it was blown up. The Country People, dazzled with thefe Inftances of Succefs, brought them Provifions, and did What Kindnefs.they could to the Rebels, who from, the Time of the Surrender of Fort George, were haftning up to the Camp. The Troops which took the Coaft Way, began on the 16th to enter Elgin. That Day, 30 Horfe crofting the Spey, advanced to the Town, where they demanded Billets for 5000 Men,' and Stables for 400 Horfes, Of fome Gentlemen, they required 1000 Stone of Hay, 10 Load of Straw, and 20 Bolls of Oats, under Pain of Military Execution : Next Day 1 qo Chefts of Arms, Powder and Ball, efcorted by a Party of Roy Stewart's Regiment came in, and fome Hours after, Lord Elcho's arrived, Thefe Chefts had been landed from two Spanijh 1 ' H-4 Pru ( *°4 ) Privateers -which brought Money and Ammunition: onej pf thefe was afterwuras taken and burnt, but the other got (afe to Dunkirk, were fhe communicated the News: of the Pretender's Rout. On the 17th, their main Body arrived. Here as in mod Towns on the Road they dre.w up, furrounded the Crpfs, proclaimed the Pretender, and ended the Scene by drinking Healths, Huzzaings, beat ing of Drums, and throwing Glaffes over their Heads, On the 18th, they marched toFprrefsznd Nairn, leaving at Elgin, Lord Lewis Gordon's Corps, fome Far ¦qhudrfons and Horfe under Lord Pitfligo, and arrived at Invemefs, the very D;iy the Garrifon iurrendered. The Cuftoms and Excite were exaded through the Country, the Cefs Books were brought in, thofe liable were not only or dered to. pay in their Arrears, but 5^ was laid on every Bl. 6s. 8d. of valued Rent, and demanded on Pain of military Execution, which was put in Force againd thofe who refufed to comply. After this they fettled in their Camp, but fent Detachments 30 Miles around them, till the 13th of April, three Days before the Battle of Cul- Let us now return to the Da\e, who entered Ster ling on the 2d of Feb. but daid there only till the 4th, when the Arch of the Br>dge, that had been blown up by Genpral Blakeney, for retarding the Progrefs of the E- nemy, was repaired, with the Timber the Rebels had proT cured. That D?y the Army marched, and came to Crief on the 5th. Parties were now fent to feize the Dutchefs pf Perth, and Vifcountefs pf Strathallan : Thefe Orders were executed, and the two Ladies efcorted to the Cadk pf Edinburgh. Perth's Horfes which were of the fined Brood in Britain, were fecured ; and the Hay and Forage in the Parks, feized for the Service of the Dragoons. Next Day they proceeded to Perth, where Magazines of Provjfions were laid in. Detatchments were now fent put to fecure the Paffes ; Sir Andrew /tgnew was dif- patched to Dunkeld, with 50,0 Foot, arid 120 of the Campbels; Lieutenant Cplonel Leighton, with 500 to Cadle Menzies, and others to the refpedive Places, by which 'twas apprehended the Rebels might return to the )ow Lands. About this Time, viz. February the 8th, 5000 Hefl [tans arrived at Leith ; they were really very fine Troops ; armed with Guns, Bayonets, and Swords ; cloathed in. ( "5 ) Blue, turned up with .white ; their Hufiars, about 500, looked extreamly well, wore Scymitars of a great Length,, which hung by a Cord tied round their Body. Their Horfes were long tail'd, of a ftrong Make, and gene rally black, of a much lefs Size ihan thofe of the Britijh Army, but more durable and fit for Ufe, being modly Swedijh, which are reckoned among the mofb ferviceable in the Northern Nations. While the Army continued here waiting for Provifions which were fent them by Sea, the puke was fometimes in Danger of his Life. Some Defperadoes were taken up in Women's Cloaths, with Arrhs concealed about' fhem ; in particular, John Roy Stuart, bound himfelf with an Oath, that he would bring the Duke's Head to the Pretender. For this Purpofe, he. got a foft Skin, upon which he fewed an artificial Beard, put on the Habit of a Countryman, and went into Aberdeen, driving a Horfe with Forage for the Dragoons; mean time a young Man accidentally coming to an Inn, where fuch Cir- cumttances were told him, as made him conjedure Mr. Steuart's Defign, he repaired diredly to the Camp, and informed General Bland of the Projed ; whereupon the Ports of the Town were fhut, the Avenues were guarded, and a general Search was made, but the Aflaffine was hid in a Hay-Loft by one who flood his Friend. This Plot hindered his Royal Highnefs from going to the Church, becaufe it was given out, that the Defign was tb be executed there; however, he as ufual rofe at four, re- f viewed his Troops, appeared at publick Entertainments, and walked, the Streets with his Officers. He likewife ferit out Parties to fcour the Country, one of which; confiding of 200 Foot and 80 Horfe, marched up thei Don, to feize upon the Rebel's Magazines, and to recover the Booty of the Southern Counties which they con- ceal'd; the Miniders fhewed them the Shallows and Fords,, direded them to the Magazines and valuable Effeds then buried in the Snow, upon the Tops and Sides of the Mountains. During this Search, none but adual Rebels were moleded. Indances may be produced of this : A Party of Soldiers went to a difaffeded Gentleman's Houfe, and robbed it ; the Officer was tried and broke for his Pains ; as was another, for taking fix Guineas from a' Merchant, as 3 Reward for prefcrving his Goods from feeing fppikd. , During ( io6 ) ' During the Interval, from the 23d of February to the ^th of March, the Hefftdns fucceflively defiled, to replace the Britijh Troops. On (he 5th, his Serene Highnefs marched from Edinburgh in the following grand Manner; 1. His High nefs's Coach ; 2, The Prince of Heflenberg ; 3. The led Horfes ; 4. His Serene Highnefs himlelf with feveral Nobility, Gentry and Officers arbund him; 5. The Col. of the Huffars with his Corps, holding their Sabres naked in their Hands; 6thly, The Coaches; 7thly, The Eari of Crawford, with three HuJJars ar>d drawn Sabres; 8thly, the covered Waggons; 9thly, the Col. of his Highnefs's Guards in a Chaife ; the Baggage clos'd the whole. He had all the Honours paid him at Edin burgh* that could be expeded ; feveral grand Balls and Concerts were given, at which was the moft numerous Appearance of Nobility and Gentry of both Sexes, parti cularly on the 2 1 ft of February, the Night preceeding the AnniVerfary of the Birth of his Confort the Princefs Ma ry of England, As he entered Stirling, the fame Ho nours were paid him as before were paid to the Duke ; thence he moved to Perth, where he encamped, and continued to fend out Detachments to fcour the Country. One of thefe, viz. 20 Huffars marching to Dunkeld -, as they drew near, a Body of the Enemy on the oppofite Shore, fired upon them, and obliged them to keep off. Next Day, the Prince arid Earl of Crawford came up with the reft, and kept the Rebels in play, while a Body of Horfe croffed at a Place called the Weft Boat, and marched on with great fwiftnefs Sabre in Hand ; as they advanced, the Eneniy fired fome random Shot, which killed one Man, and wounded three, and then withdrew. From this Time nothing happened till the 16th of April, except a few Incidents which I fhall how relate. Lord George Murray being encamped at Daalfpider in Terthjhire, with a ftrong Party, laid a Scheme for furprifing jhe Campbells at Blairfitty, Rannach, &c. in the Night of {he Seventeenth. Accordingly about Ten in the Event ing, his Men fet out in different Parties; the Country People gave 'em the fureft Intelligence; they arrived at the places appointed, and ieized upon 200 in their Beds. Few were prepared for Defence, from the fhort Alarm they got, and before they could put themfelves in a Pof- ture to refift", iyere overpowered and fecured, However, fome '< *°7 ¦) fome had Time to retreat, and lay on their Arras till1 next Morning, when Murrdy appeared at a Diftance. The Royalids however kept their Ground, and the Ene my not advancingupon them till Night, they rnovedoff, and lent to the Prince gfHeffeand Earl of Crawford, to inform them of iheir Difafter, and the hazard the Remainder ran from, the Circumltance of lying in a Country where the Houfes are fo few. Hereupon the Troops from Perth were call'd in, a great Body of HeffiaUs and Dragoons marched toward Blair, then clofely befieged. From the Time they fet out from Dunkeld till their Arrival, they were conftantly alarmed by Shots from behind Bufhes and Thickets of Wood, tho' thofe in Ambufh ftill ran off as the Huffars and Dragoons advanced to attack them. Per haps this was to alarm their main Body, then lying in wait, at a Place clad with Shriibs, over againft the Pais of Ki Hi cranky ; by good Fortune the Royalifts were apprifed., of the Plot, and inftead of marching down the common Path, the Foot fetched a Compafs around the Height, while fome Huflars with the Cannon in Front, fafely rode toward the Pafs where a fmall Bridge is built a-croia a Rivulet which runs into the Tay, over which four Men could fcarce walk a Bread; the Enemy rightly judging the Foot were deiigned to crofs the River above, and at- - tack them in Flank, while the Cannon were to play up on their Front, diredly fled towards Blair, the Siege of which place was now raifed. The Rebels now retired towards Ruthven, whence Lo chiel had been difpatched* with the MacDonalds, Cameronst and French Piquets, to befiege Fort William then prepared fos an obdinate Defence. By the 20th, they began the Siege of the Fort, (the Town having been burnt, and the Inhabitants forced to retire to the Garrifon) by dif- chargkg 17 fmall Bombs of five Inches and a half diame* ter, weighing about 16 or 18 Pounds each, from the Su- gar-LoafH'i\\i about 800 Yards from the Place; next Day they came nearer by 400 Yards, whence they difcharged 84 of their Royals, and continued, to approach till the ift pf April, (hat they were within 100 Yards of the Walls, during which Time both Parties fired very fmartly at each other, without Succefs on the Side of the Befiegers, though otherwife on that of the Royalids. Three of the. farmer were killed, and feven or eight wounded, among jyhom Colonel ¦Grynt their Chief Engineer ; of the latter only '( io8 ) only two killed, one of whom fell by Accident, and two were wounded. The fix Pieces of Cannon taken at Pref ton were recovered by the Royalifts, and fome Cohorns and Mortars, with other Arms, which were left by the Rebels on the 4th, when the Seige was raifed, and their Spi rits began to fall from the tow ering Height to which they had rikn. The reducing of the Campbell's was now de ferred , the menacing Letter of Keppoch and Lochiel, dated from Glenevis, the 20th of March, promifing to hang a Campbell for every Bead thefe had taken from them, was no more thought off : The Execution of Vengeance up on them for Rebellion to the Royal Family fince the Days of James VI was delayed, either from their Dirappoint- ment, and the good Order the Argilejhire Highlanders were in, who intimated that they were prepared for them, or from the Command of the Pretender to repair to the Camp* in order to ftrengthen him againft the Duke. But not only did the Enemy make a Diverfion in A- thole, and Inverlochy, but likewife in Strathbogie and Keith. The Parties there, under Roy Stewart and Major Glafcoe, abandoned their Pods on the Arrival of General Bland, who had marched, March the 14th, with four Regiments c f Foot, Gobbam's Dragoon'?, Kingflon's Horfe, and fome Campbells. Orders being lent to Inverurie for the Gene ral to march forward and attack them, he obeyed, and was within Half a Mile of Strathbogie before he was dis cerned. The Enemy then waiting Dinner,, immediately fled off ; only fome Huffars drew up on the Green, and made a Shew of danding upon the defenfive : But this was only to favour the Retreat of the Foot. At Wefller- ton, a Mile's Didance, they did the fame, never breaking their Ranks till a Party of Kingflon's Horfe were obferved to ford the Devron below them, and the Campbells to ad vance behind them, and then they betook themfelves to Flight. The Van purfued the Rear of the Enemy for two Miles ; but as the Night was coming on, and. the E-. vening wet and hazy, the Troops returned, leaving the Rebels now in full Speed to the Spey. Some few Days af ter a Captain of Highlanders and 30 of Kingflon's Men were fent to Keith, with a difcretionary Power to act as they faw Occafion : Thefe marched to the, Hill above Fo chabers, and then came back. The Rebels, who had cer tain Intelligence of their Motions, refolved to furprize them. About 10 q'Clock at Night, Roy Stewart with ' " h.i§ ( 109 ) his Regiment, and Major . Glafcoe with a few Piquets, fet out, and arrived at Keith, about One in the Morn ing. The Avenues to the Town were dopt ; the -Major came up to the Gentry,, who afked, Who's there ? A Friend of the Duke of Cumberland's, replied he,: But immediately the Man is difarmed, and a Pidol held to his Bread, threatning immediate Death if he- cried out. Two or three others were likewife feized ; but one qf .them, efcaping, alarmed the reft ;. a Confufion enfuing, Kingflon's Horfe were all taken, except five who made their Efcape. thro' the French. Centinels, one of whom they killed, and wounded feveral.,; The Houfes of the Town were fearched ; and fo cer tain was Roy Stewart's Information, that the Name. of each Lodger was mentioned by thofe fent to feek them. In the mean time, about 12 Campbells, \n the Church yard, fired upon the Streets; but the Rebels furrounded and obliged them to retire to the Church, which they defended, till overpowered by Numbers who fired upon them thro' the Windows. Seven of them were killed, and five wounded,, the red being. taken Prifoners in their Beds. The Lofs of the Enemy was not certainly known, they having thrown the dead Bodies upon Horfes, and buried them in their Return. About this Time, two Soldiers were taken,', by . the Rebels, and brought to their Camp ; like others, , they were much dealt with to enter into the Service ; and at lad were prevailed on, but embraced the firft Opportunity to attempt their Efcape. But this being prevented, they were tried for Defertion, and con demned to be hanged. On the Day of Execution, . the Pretender withdrew ; Mac-Laucblan, a Pried, then clad like a Soldier, with Mr. Hay, a Nonjurant Mini- ^fter, attended them to the Gibbet. They took but lit— .tie Notice of the Pried or the Curate, and read their -Bibles as they went. When at the fatal Tree one of them fung a Pfalm, which he raifed himfelf, and gave out the Line fo as to charm the Spedators. But before he mounted the Ladder, Mac-Laucblan defired he would leave his Advice, as a dying Man, to all who heard hirrj, to be true to the Prince, and. to abhor the Service pf the Ufurper. The Criminal anfwered, " As a dying. '*' Man, I exhort all to be true to their Truft," intima ting his Sorrow for having at all engaged with tlje ^ young ( «o ) young Chevalier. With that he was Ordered to go up. " Yes, fays he, I will;" and as he was climbing, he faid, " Every Step of this- Ladder, leads me a Step nearer " Heaven." The other was not fo chearful or refigned ; but both tedified their hatred of the Service of their new Mailer.' The Rebels forefeeing they could make no farther Im- preffion on the Quarters of" the regular Troops, contri ved to ' furprife the Sutherland Militia; for this End, having got all the Boats from Speymouth to Findorn toge ther, by, Means of a thick Milt, they landed, upon the Morning of the 20th March, three Miles Wed from Dornoch, undifcerned. The Centries foon fell into their Hands, with about 60 Men taken Prifoners ; the Alarm was carried Wedward to the Earl of Loudon ; who was with the Body of the Militia at the Bonar. Loudon refleding how unequal his Troops Were to the Macdonalds under Ba rifdale, the Mac Gregors, and Cromarty's Corps, with fome others, draughted from the different Battalions of the Ene- *my, wifely withdrew to Strathndvern, where an Opportu nity now pffered of giving a Blow to the Rebellion. On the 24th of March, the Prince Charles Snow was efpied off Peterhead, - by the Sheernefs Man of War, Who immediately bore down upon her ; fhe made all the Sa5I poffible thro' the Pent land Firth, and on the 25 th appeared off of Tongue Bay. The Sheernefs coming up with her, an Engagement of five Hours enfued ; ' 36 of her Hands were killed, and feveral wpunded ; fhe frequently made a Signal of Dittrefs ; but her Friends were not there. At Night, feeing (be could not -efcape • the Sheernefs Man of 'War, fhe ran a-fhore on the ^Shallows, landed her Treafure, and the Men all daid a-fhore till the Morning. Lord Reay, being informed of what pad, conveened a 'Number pf his Vaffals, who, with about 80 of Loudon's Men, and fix Officers, poffeffed themfelves of the Emi nences thro' which the Enemy were to pafs; the latter in their March were attacked by -the - Royalifts, who killed fix upon the Spot, and wounded as many; the Difpute continued till a frefh Corps' coming upon fhem, they furrendered with their Effeds; Thus about 20 Officers and 120 Soldkrs and Sailors, with 12,500 Gui neas fell intb the Hands of the Vigors. The Prifoners were conduded on Board the Sheernefs, whpfe Captain jtook Poffcffion of the Prize j in which were found 14 ' * Chefts . ( wx-) Chefts of Piftols and Sabres, with 13 Barrels of Powder* befides Ammunition and military Stores, and next Day fet fail for Stromnefs in the Orkneys, where he relieved 12 Ships in that Harbour, by feking a Privateer of 14 Guns, that had laid an Embargo upon t'hem. Lord Reay, and his Friends, apprehending Cromarty might now execute his Menaces, viz. Fire and Sword, which h8 had threatned fome Days before, embarked with the Trea sure and Prifoners, and arrived at Aberdeen on the 6th, while Lord Loudon eroded over into Sky with a confidera bk Body, and there kept a Correfpondence with the Militia of Argyll/hire; and with the regular Troops now preparing for the grand Deeifion. ¦ The Duke underdanding from Reay, the bad State of Affairs in the Northern Counties, and from the Prifo* Tiers, that feveral Embarkatkns were preparing ai Dun kirk, whence fome Ships had landed a few Battalions* and 1-2© of Fitz Jamefs Horfe, (the red of thefe* with their Colonel, being taken on the 24th of February, by Commodore Knbwles) in the Bourbon and Charite Pri vateers, he prepared to fet out, having already fecured the Countries of Clsva and Grenejk, and fome other Parts. £very Thing being in Readinefs, ,he marched on the 8th, and by the Way of Oldmeldrum and Bamff arrived at Cuilen upon the 1 ith. Here a Party of the Rebel Huffars endeavoured to furprize an Out-guard ; but as thefe ap- -peared too alert for them, they ran off with Precipitation. -Next Morning his Royal Highnefs, and General Hufk, marched to the Spey with 15 Companies of Grenadiers, the Highlanders and all the Horfe, with two -Pieces of Cannon. Ofi the Approach of Kingflon's Horfe, a fmall Tarty of the Enemy lying-in Fochabers, croffed the River, carrying fuch Confternation with them, that thofe on the other Side made all poffibk Hade to Etgm ;• only one Captain Hunter, and a few others, waited till the Horfe were entering the Water; when he fired one of -his Piftols upon them without Succefs, and with the other happened to (hoot his own Horfe through the 'Neck, he immedktely jumped off his Back, got behind his Com rade* and gallopejl off full Speed. The Duke being come to the River, was fhewed the very Ford, where King ¦Makohn CarimSre, anno 1057, and after him King Aley- '¦'itnder, fir-named the Fierce, -anno 1 107, croffed over ih • Sight of the Ancettops of thefe very Rebels his Roydl i '• ¦ Highnefs rxT2>) Highnefs was now pnrfuing, to fupprefs' the dangeroui Infurredions they, had raifed againft their Government ; His Royal Highnefs was the firft to enter the Water, at the Head of the" Horfe, who forded , it, while the High landers and Grenadiers patted a little higher ; the Foot waded over as fad as they arrived ; and tho' the Water came up to their Middles, they went on with great Chearfulnefs. In fhort, they all got over, with no orher Lofs but that of one Dragoon and four Women, who Were carried down by the Stream. Thus was one of the dronged Pafles in Scotland, given up ; a Pafs where 2000 might very eafiby have kept back an Army of 20,000 Men : A fure Prelude of the Dedrudion of the Rebels* and a Proof of the Duke's Reputation, who mak them fly as it were, at the Sound of his Name. The. Troops were cantoned that Night upon the Banks pf the Spey, and next Day continued the, Purfuit, till they came to Elgin, which the Rebels quitted on their Approach. About a Mile from this Place, the Army halted upon the open Field, and dined, the Duke's Table being a Drum-Head. . At this Time the Earl of Cromartv and his Son were /urprized in Sutherland, by the Militia of that Country, and made Prifoners, with the greated Part of 400 Men they had with them. This Affair happened thus : The Earf being to march from Dunrobin, to join the Pre tender. ; Enfign John Mac Kay, lay in Ambufh to inter cept, bim. Part of Cromarty's Corps marching before, while he (laid behind, to fee a few Bottles out which Lady Sutherland, had ordered in to drink her Lord's Health. Mac Kay's Men let thefe pafs;. and lay dill till the Earl came up ; when they fuddenly fired upon him and his Retinue. Thefe lad hereupon returned to Dun- robin, whither they were followed hy Mac Kay, whofe ¦Force however, was much inferior to the Rebels; but he made the mod of their Condernation, which made them fancy they were purfued by a confiderabk Army. Being come to Dunrobin Houfe, Mac Kay demanded to ipeak with the Earl, which being granted, he told his Xordfhip, that if he did not indantly furrender, the Houfe would be bkwn up pr burnt abput his Ears. On this, the Earl defired half an Hour to confider of it. Mean time Mac Kay went down Stairs, and told the Guard, 'twas needlefs for them to (land to their Arms any ( »3 ) any longer* fince their General had fubrriitted; Oh this they furrendered* and Mac Kay calling in his People,, put them in Poffeffion of the Place ; then went back to Cro- • marty, told him there was no Time to bev loft, for his Men had yielded ; and with that the Earl furrendered in good earned, . He Was put on board the Hound Man of War* and his Son with him, together with one Col. Kendal in the Spanijh Service, and nine other Officers. And now the Chevalier haying Intelligence of the Duke** Approach, called in his Out-parties on the 4th; and the next Day his Army drew out on the Muir, which proved the Field of Battle ; ereded their Batteries, and flood to their Arms till Night: When in a Council of War; it was determined to march and furprife the Royalifts, whom they fuppofed to be in Diforder, the Effed of that Day's Rejoicing, it being the Anniverfary of the Duke's Birth.* At ten o'Clock they fet out in perfed Silence, and by two in the Morning arrived at the Camp. But to their great Aftonifhment they found the Centries awake* and the Piquets on their Guard. Hereupon fufpeding the Enemy was apprized of their Defign, they thought proper to return; which, they did unperceived by the Royalids, who really knew nothing of the Danger they were in : And had the Rebels attacked them thus unexpededlyj, 'tis probable the Pretender would have found an eafy Vidory. . As the Rebels marched back, their Spirits feemed damped fey this Difappointment ; arid the Pretender was exceeding ly vexed* and cried out, "G D — -nit! aremyCom- " mands ftill difobeyed ? " Intimating that his Orders were flighted, and that he had no Hopes of the enfuing Battle. About eight, they arrived .at their former Ground, and retted on their Arms: But fhort was their Recefs from" this Night's Fatigue; for the Royalifts, in their Turn, were now On their march to attack them : And between the Hours of one and two (April id.) was fought, the de- cifive Battle of Culloden. Both Armies being ranged in Order of Battle, the Roy alifts (about 8,500) were drawn up in two Lines ; the firft cOmpofed of the Regiments of Pultney, the Royal Scots, Cbolrnondeley, Prr're, Royal Norih Britijh Fuzikers* Monro and 'Barrel : The fecond Line": was made up of Baterau's, Blakeney's, Howard 'j* alias its Buffs, Fleming's* I Bligh% 1 ..... * In which they were miftaken, for the Duke had the Precantwa to forbid the keeping his Birth- Day in the Armjr. \ xu''^ Bligh's, Simple's, L/gonier's, and Wolf's. 'There was a Mprais on the Right, which covered them from a Surprize on that Side ; and the Dragoons, under the Generals Haw- ley and Bland, were ordered to the Left, to fall Upoir.the Right Flank of the Enemy ; the Highlanders, except 150 which were with the Dragoons, were > left to; guard the Baggage- behind the Whole. The Rebels (being 9000,) ftood formed thus; -in the firft Line were the Hufiars and Guards, the Battalions of Keppoch, Glengary, arid Clanranald, under Perth ; the Mac Lauchlans, Mac Farquhars, Frazers, Chijkolms, and. Mac Intojhes-, under Lord John- Drummond; the Steuarjs of Appin, the Ga- merons, the Robertfons, under Lord George Murray. Their fecond -Line was made up df the Irijh Brigades and 70 of Fftz- James's Horfe, Lord Lewis Gordon's Regiment, with thofe of Perth, Roy Sieuart, Glenbucket,_ Kilmar nock, Lord John Drummond, and Lord Ogilvk; the Pre tender ftood with a Body of Horfe behind the whole, op pofite to the Center, but at a Vaft Diftance from it. It is remarkable, that the Rebel's Lines were far afunder ¦: The fecond from the firft about half a Mile* and the Referve from the [Second, about three Quarters : Whereas thofe of the King's Troops were not above fifty Yards from each other. The Cannon Of the Rebels, were placed in three Divffions, confiding each of three Pieces ; Thofe of the Duke, viz. Ten, were placed in five Di- vifions, TwO being' in each." Things being'irt this Con dition, his Royal Highnefs ordered them to advance ; " For, faid be, 1 won't dine till my Work is done." By this infinuating, that faking that Repad at Falkirk, and, not .proceeding diredly, was the Occafioh of their Difafter there. He rode along the Lines, and-being Come to the Center, addreffed himfelf in the following Terms to the Troops, " Gentlemen, and Fellow-Soldiers, We *' are now in. View of the Enemy. Here prefents the ." End of our. Toils; Our Caufe is the belt, fince we " are to fight for our King', our Country, our Reli- ." gton, Liberties and Laws! The Confequence of a "Vidory, will be Peace, and every thing glorious to " you as .Soldiers ; valuable to your Countrymen, as " Brims: and Prpteflants, and grateful to your King, " as the common Father of us all, I, Gentlemen, ." have been an Eye-Witnefs of the Britijh Bra-very in " general, and of yours in particular, and have no Doubt "-rf ( "5-J " of your Confirming the good Opinion which, my Royal " Father, I, and your Country, have formed of.y.oui " Be not affrighted at their fudden Shock, with Broad- " Sword and Target ; parry them a little, and doubt " not of Succefs. There is no retreating, you fee the " Badnefs of the Roads, conquer pr die, ought to be your " Refolution; but if any are' afraid to engage, let them ". fpeak freely, and with Pkafure' they (hall have my " Difcharge." Thefe "Words were uttered with fo much Earneftnefs, and in fo lively a Manner, that the Soldiers joyfully repeated their Declarations of ftanding by him. - The .Royalifts were now within 500 Yards of the Ene my when the Morafs ended, which covered their Right ; to 1 remedy which, the Duke ordered Kingflon's Horfe, and and 60 Dragoons, tp cover their Flank.- fhe Day was rainy, and the Wind began to rife front the North, to haye which Oh their. Backs was now the Difpute : After half an Hour fpent in the Trial, the Enemy found, that by Means of an Inclpfure upon their Right, which went almoft to the Water, of Nairn, they could, hot gain: this Pbint* and therefore gave oyer the Attempt; Lord Bury was fent forwatd with a few Troops, within a hun dred Yards qf them to reconnoitre. Hereupon their Cannon began to play ; but' being ill ferved and ill pointed, the .Balls flew moftly oyer the Heads of the Royalifts, whofe Artillery anfwqred theirs with great. Ex ecution. A mighty Confufion enfued ; the fecond Line* gave way in a MPment, pnly fome of the more daring tan into' the1 Firft, whofe Left came furioutty dOvfri three Times upon the Right of the Army, within a hundred Yards of the Royal's and Putney's. ; Thefe upon the Right Were ftill bolder ; for in a (looping Pofture, with their Targets in their left Han^, covering their Head and Bread, and their glittering Swords in theit Rights they ran fwifdy upon the Cannqn, making a1 frightful Huzza. They brOke in between the Grenadiers of Ge neral Barrel and Monro, who had given them theit Fire* according to Orders, viz. the fecond and third Rank, as" they were within 30 Yards ; and the' firft, juft as they Were at the Muzzles pf their Guns. The Cannon in that Divifion were fo" well ferved, that, when within two1. Yards of them they received a ftill ¦'Dfleharge of Cartridge-' Shot, Which made a dreadful Havock ; while thofe who crowded into' the-Opehing,- received a frSrl Fire fromthe"- t $ ... Cehtft1 ( ii,6 ) Center of Bligh's. However, thofe who furvived pofr felled themfelves of the Cannon, and attacked the Re giments Sword in Hand ; but to their Aftonifhment they found an obftinate Refiftance ; for the Soldier wa$ now taught to pufh over the Right-Arm againft the Right- Bread of his Ant'agonift ; and fome mutually defended each other bypUfhing againd that Man who was en gaged with his Right-Hand Comrade.* Some Battalions of the Rebels Left, judging thefe Regiments were broke, ran up to the Breach ; but in their Way they received a mod terrible Fire, both from the Cannon and fmall Arms of the Right of the Royalids; whereupon they di redly ran off, and were purfued by fome Horfe, who made a dreadful Slaughter ; while Wolf's and Fleming's, which wheeled to the Left of Barrel's', with Bligh's and Semple's, brought up by General Hufk, made fuch a continual Fire upon their Flank and Front, as either killed or wounded the moft of that Wing which had broke in.- The Pretender in the Rear, obferving the Flight of his Men, did all he could to rally them, but in vain. The Rout Was total ; the Dragoons were or dered to purfue : General Bland, and Lord Ancram made great Slaughter arriong the Enemy, now flying like Flocks of Sheep before them, and took feveral Prifoners of Note. The Clans eroded the Water of Nairn, and got up the Way of the Hills, whither it was impradicabk to pur fue them ; and fuch as took that Rout were the only People that efcaped. The Field was clear, and the Vidory being compkat, the Soldiers, warm in their Refentment, did Things hardly to be accounted for ; feveral of the wounded Men were dabbed, yea, fome who were lurking in Houfes, were taken out and (hot upon the Field, tho' others were fayed, by thofe whofe Compaffion was raifed at the Sight of fo many Vidims. This Condud was va- fioufly conftruded ; the Royalifts gave out, that an Order was found in the Pocket pf one pf the flain, ' tp give ' np Quarter to. the Eledor's Troops on any Account * whatfoever.' The Rebels utterly deny the Charge; and "Lord Bal'merino endeavoured to difprove the fame on the Day of his Execution ; his Intention feems to have been, not, only, to vindicate his Prince, but even to throw an Odium upon the King's Troops and rheir illuft'rious Leader.; * His Royal Highnefs ha&caiefully inftrufted them in this new Way, fir.ee the Time he firft put himfelf at the Head of the Troops. Leader ; for my Part, I acknowledge, it's hard to judge in the Cafe ; the Condud of the Soldiers is not to be de fended according to the ftrid Rules of War ; but this has been urged in their Behalf, that the Manifefto of the Pretender was in a Manner the fame with the Order fuppqfed to be given : Has he hot faid, " From the Be- " nejit of which Pardon, we except none, but fuch as " fhall wilfulJy and malicioufly Oppofe us. —And " we particularly promife, as aforefaid, our full, free, " and general Pardon, to all Officers, Soldiers, and Sai- " lors, now. engaged in the Service of the Ufurper, " whether of the Sea or Land, provided that upon the " Publication hereof, and before they engage in any " Fight or Battle againft our Forces, they quit the faid " unjuft and unwarrantable Service, and return to their " Duty." What is the Alternative of .this Promife, but that they were to exped no Mercy, if they flighted his Terms ? Befides, it is certain, that not only the adual Rebels, but their Abettors, frequently declared that they would not afford fuch kind Treatment to the Soldiers as formerly -they had done. On the other Hand, the Rebels had enraged the Troops ; their Habit was ftrange, their Language ftill ftrariger, and their Way of Fighting was {hocking to the utmoft Degree : The Re bellion was unprovoked, and the King's Troops , had greatly differed by it ; the Fields of Pre flon iand Falkirk,* were frefh in their Memory, they had loft a Gardner, a Whitney, a Monro; befides other Officers, who with the private Men that dy'd the bloody Plains, were not killed, as in a Battle, but flaughtered as by a bungling Butcher ; twelve or fourteen Wounds on one body, with a Hand or an Arm lop'd oft, were Sights, too frequerit after every AdiOn. And here before them is the lively Pidure of fuch difmal, Scenes; Captain Lord Robert Ker. of BarreV%, Regiment, was covered with Wounds ; his Head was cut by a Lieutenant of Keppoch's Regiment, from the Crown to the Collar Bpne ; yea, he was in a Manner hafhed in Pieces; he was a fine Ycuth, and nf npbk Birth, , being Spn to the Marquis of Lothian : Three other Officers were likewife cut to Pieces, and their mangled Carcaffes could not but ftir up the Soldiers to revenge. Therefore, if, when they found Vengeance in their Power, they violated the ftrider. Rules of Humanity, fome Allowance ought to be made for the Paffion they were infpired with at -that Time. I 3 Mean < »8 ) Mean while, the Duke is entering Inverncfs, where the Bells were ringing for the Vidory ; the People gaVe the Signal to huzza; but he moved his Hand for them to forbear. He inftantly called for the Keys of the Tol- " booth, and Freedorn was the firft Fruit of his Conqueft ; The Sojdkrs were fet at Liberty ; and as they came down Stairs, he clapped therri on the Shoulder, faying, " Bro- *' th'er Soldiers" you1 are' free," ordered an Entertainment for, them, apd Payment of all .their Arrears. About 4 o'Clock, the Army, af.er taking a Glafs of Spirits upon the Field, pach Man 5y Order of their Leader, advanced huzzaing ; ' yet when they came to Inverncfs, they feemed mugh gohcerftpd at the Cafe of the miferable People, whofe Carcafes wer6 .ft re wed hefore them. In this Battle were killed on the Side' of the Royalifts, 120, b.efide the Offi- ' fcrs fp'.'ke oT above, and 260 wounded, among whom Colonel Rich, whofe Right Hand was cut off, and Left almoft cUt through, above the Fingers; he had likewife ' a deep Wound near the Elbow. The Horfe did not fuffer much, having only received fome Platoons from the ' irijh Brigades, and a few random Shot from others, ' who fometimes turned about during the Flight: On the Side of the Rebels were killed about 500 on the Spot, '• and as mahy in the Purfuit ; among whom Col. Mac Lauchlan, .and Major Mac Lauchlan, of Inchonnell, with t ' moft of the Officers of his Regiment ; Col. Mac Gilivra and Major Mac Bean of the Regiment of Mac Intojhes, with ; almoft all' their cither Officers ; Col. Frazer Menzies and Mac Lean, of Drimnin ; who, though a Man of no very ¦ bright Parts, 'yet of great Courage and Affedion towards his Children, an Inftance of which he gave that Day 3 for feeitlg two 'of his Sons dangeroUfty wounded, and hearing that another of them was killed, he ftop'd his 'Flight, and faid, " It fhould not be for Nought," and rufhed upon two Dragoons, even after his Wig and Bon ner flew off, fhot one dead, and wounded the other ; 1 when three more came up, he continued his Obftihacy, and was almoft cut in Pieces. His Major and many of his Officers were likewife killed. Among the wounded were Colonel Mac Donald] of Keppoch, in the Breafl and ' Arm, who was carried to his Houfe, but foon after died ; General Cameron of Lochiel in both the Ancles, and, ' jnoft of their Officers, with others, too tedious here •\o mention ^' Brigadier Stapleton. died pf his Wound's, ' . W ( "9 ) in a few Days after, and left his Advice to the Pre tender, riot to, trouble himfelf any further with Defigns upon the Britijh Throne; for fays he, " The Dif- " pofitions made by the Duke of Cumberland, were fo •" fine, that the Highlanders would have been defeated " at any Event." Perth, Lords Ogilvie and Pitfligo, Lord's John and Lewis Drummond, with Lord Lewis Gordon, had gone for Ruthven, where they gave Orders for their Corps to. fhift for themfelves. Several Officers were taken Prifoners, fuch as Lord Kilmarnock, who, faking a Party of Dragoons for Fitz-James's Horfe, leparated from the few who were with him, and came up to them. Sir John Wedderburn, Colonel Farquhar- Jon, Major Steuart of Perth's Regiment, five Captains, three Enfigns, and fix Officers, fuch ' as Surgeons and Engineers, with about 900 private Men, fhared the -fame Fate. All their Artillery, Tents, Can tines, 12 Colours, a vaft Number of Arms, Ammunition, and. Military Stores; in fhort, their whole Baggage fell into the. Hands of the Conqueror. The Pretender him felf loft his Wigg and Bonnet as he was riding off. He repaired with fome few of his Horfe to the Houfe of ,Mr. Frazer of Gortlich, fourteen Miles from Invemefs, where Lord Lovat, who lodged there, was mourning the News pf his Defeat, which, had reached his Ears before their Arrival. " Chop, off my. Head," fays old Simon to the Cheyalier, " We are furely undone." No, anfwered he, " My Lord, We have had two Days of '" them, arid wilf yet have Day about with them." He was very uneafy that Night,, .and, next Day went off to Glengary, (after defiring his Guard to fhift for themfelves) redding' there for fome Time, and heard daily of the Surrender of his Tropps, and the Hardfhips that . befel his Followers. Such was the Battle of Culloden, of which I never faw any Account from the Rebels ; nor indeed could one be expeded, confidering the Rebellion was dafhed in Pieces: The Flame of it was npt only extinguifhed* but the very Embers of it quenched. Yet, as I have- heard fome Excufes for their Overthrow, I fhall con- fider them. 1. Their Men were not all there. 2. They were fatigued'the Night before. And) 3. wanted Suftenance. The id will be allowed; for the Mac Pherfons, -and feveral of Gle-buckefs Men* in all 500, I4 were" ( no ) were nOt there; Glengyle, with 120 Mac Gregers, was in Sutherland, as was Lprd Cromarty with 280 of hia Men; Barifdale's Regiment of 400 was likewife abfent; Mr. Cameron of Dungallon, Locbiel's Lieutenant Co- lone!, and the Mafter of Lovatfi with fome of their Attendants, were not in the Field ; and 50P French Picquets were at or near Invemefs, in the Time of the Battle. All which put together, will make about 17 or 1800 Men. But then on the other Hand, it muft be confidered, that the Royal Army was lefs nume- rous/at Culloden, than at Falkirk; Were there as many Dragoons at the former as at the latter Place ? Cob- ham's were not recruited : And will any Perfon fay, that Ker's Dragoon's and 'Kingflon's Horfe were equal in Number to two Regiments, viz. Hamilton's and Gardner's (now Naizon's) then almoft compkat ? Is the Lofs "at Keith nothing? Or the Surprize of the Camp bell's at Blairfitty, Rannach, and Cujhiville? Are the Detatchments left at Blair, CajSk-Menzies, and Aberdeen, not to be confidered ? Or the Abfence of the Mac- . Kays,, a very martial People ? Was not Lord Loudon. with the Militia, kept from joining the Royal Army ? ¦And if the Rebels Account of Falkirk Battle be true, viz. That they '°ft but 40, and the Royalifts 1300, including Prifoiiers, then it's impoffibk, to balance the Troops on both Sides, without making the Rebels. ftronger; and the Royalifts ' not fo numerous, as on that boifterous Day, As to the Fatigue the Night be fore, it was owing to thernfelves; and, What General will not take an Advantage if he can ? But were not the Duke's Forces next Day in the fame Condition ? The Night of the 15th 'was calm, but the Morning of the 16th was ftormy, and: the. Soldiers much in commoded by Caving their Arms, under their Cloaths, from the Hail, which (howered down upon them. 3d, As to Subfiltance, I only fay, that this was their Mif- fortune ; and is it not -a Fineffe, in the Art of War, for a Commander tp improve upon the Straits of his, ¦Enemies \ The * Ke-was dining in T^mei of RelKks-Hoitfe, and being alarmc^, with tl\e ^nift- ot the Shoe he. r^lc up, bi.c was prelected with, the- ditraai Sight of his ;;-.«« fiyingi n d\e gre'ate'ff Coiifufion. "" The 16th of April was the Beginningof a Jubilee,, on ly interrupted by the Misfortune of thofe who .forfeited their Lives to publick Jultice. Fame, like an Eagle, car ried the , News Of the Defeat upon her Wings. , The Night of the Battle, Lord Bury was difoatched with a Letter to the King; he took the Opportunity of a Ship to .North-Berwick, where he landed upon the 21 ft; took Poft-horfes to London, where he arrived upon the Morn ing of the 24th, and delivered his Meffage. His Majefty, having heard,, twelve Hours before his Arrival, ,pf the Ac tion in general, afked him, " What's become of my " SON? He is very well, anfwered Lord Bury. Then fl all is well to me, replied the King," and unable to fpeak for Joy, he withdrew for a little, and prdered Bury 1000 Guineas. The Joy upon publifhing the News was as univerfal as the illuminations (the moft fplendid ever feen) were general and delightful, . form ing but one continued Blaze. From Britain to the ut- moft Bounds of America was. nothing but Gladnefs for the great Deliverance. The Parliament, in .Teftimony of ¦ their Satisfadion, fettled upon the Duke the yearly, Sum of 250Q0 1. in Augmentation of what he formerly.enjpyed j and wrote him a congratulatory Letter. upon his glorious Succefs, to which they received an obliging Anfwer from, his own Hand. The City of Edinburgh was not behind in teftifying her Joy, which was the more heightned4 in Propqrtion to, her Sadnefs, the Night before, on a falfe Account of the Royalifts being defeated, arid their Leader taken Pri foner; for, as at the Battle of Leipfick, Anno 1631, upop the Saxons giving Way, a Courier carried the. falfe News of the Defeat of the Great Guflavus, fo at Culloden, the. Re bels breaking in upon two Regiments, a Courier went off with an Account of the Overthrow of the Duke ; where upon Balls and Dances were held by the Jacobite Ladies, , whofe Mirth was»interrupted, about One in the Sunday Morning, by a Round from the great 'puns of the Caftle, anfwered by Discharges from the Men pf War in the Road, pn the Receipt of very different News. This Vidory proved decihve indeed ; for not only was the whole 'Force of the Highland Rebels deftroyed, biit now their Friends the French voluntarily furrender'd' to the Conqueror. From the Time pf the Duke's entering Inverncfs, Prifoners in Troops were either brought to him, or fubrnjlted themfelves, He is fcarce two Hours in ( 122 | in the Town, e're fix French Officers,, who were not a: the Battle, wrote a Letter to General Bland, furre'ndering themfelves and their Soldiers Prifoners of War. Next Day, Lord Lewis Drummond, the Marquis- de St. Guiles the French Ambaftador, and 49 other Officers followed their Example. And on the 1 8th, the Hound-Sloop ar rived with- Lord Cromarty, and other Prifoners, now pour ing out bitter Refiedions, Curfes and Imprecations, upon the Countefs of Sutherland, a Lady of great Wit and Hu mour, Whofe leaft Quality was to be one of the greated Beauties of her Age, for' having ordered in a Dozen of Wine, to drink the Health of her Lord, at fo unfeafon- abfe a Jundure. A Pfoblamation was publifh'd for all tb perfuade them to return to the Charge, but all to no Purpofe ; Showers of Bullets from the Mouths of devouring Cannon, were Things to which they were Strangers. Prof mites and Entreaties were equally loft, and indeed he fpoke to them in the moft moving Terms, uttering Words to this Purpofe; " Rally in the Name of God ; pray Gen- •" tlemen return ; pray flay with me your " Prince but a Moment ; otherwife you ruin *' me, 'your Country, and yourfelves : And " God forgive you." He rode up to the feveral Corps as they were retreating in the utmoft Gonfternation, addreffing them in thefe and fuch like Expreffions as he paft: *But the Whole were deaf to his Entreaties, for the Generality of them knew not what he faid, while others who underftood the En- elifh Tongue, cried out, V Prince ! Oh ! an ! 3 4 Oh I («) " Oh ! an !" a Sign of Mourning,and a Scottifh Particle expreffive of the greateft Grief: " Oh " that he had, never been born ; O ! fatal Day ; " What Ruin have we brought upon our- " felves,our Country and our Friends'? Scarce were thefe and fuch like doleful Sentences out of their Mouths, when the Rout became total, fome flying one Way and fome another, and the Cannon being now brought to bear upon them as they were running for their Lives, the Chevalier feeing that all was gone, and that his Attempts on the Brilifh Throne had faii'd, fpurred his Horfe and gallop'd off at full Speed. But during the Confufion his Wig and Bonnet flew off, which laft was taken up and font to a Gentlewoman, a Mem ber of the Church of Rome, who kept it as a Relick, in Commemoration of that fatal Day which had given at once fo fignal a Blow to a Caufe and Intereft fhe had much at Heart : But his Wig was recover'd bv him felf, juft as it was falling from the Pommel of the Saddle. He made directly to the Wa ter of Nairn, which he croffed, becaufo if he took his Rout by the Places which lye betwixt that fmall River and the Nefs, the Dragoons and King/Ion's Light Horfe would perhaps be at his Heels : His Conjecture was right, for fuch as paffed the Nairn were thtf only People who efoaped the Havock which was made in the Purfuit. The Clans who had flood the Storm, and made the Attack upon ( 9 ) upon the Left Wing of the Royal Army purfued the fame Courfe, and halted at a Place about two Miles from the Field of Ac tion, where they fet up the principal Stan dard, to which feveral repaired ; and among the reft the Chevalier himfelf. In the mean Time the M'Therfons who came too late for the Battle, arrived in View, whom, they taking for fome of the Argyllefhire Militia*, began to be in Pain : But, on obferving their Number to be fmall, they refolved to make a Stand, and were now in Hopes of having fome Revenge upon thefe People, to whom they bear a moft. deadly Hatred. As thefe came nearer to them, they were undeceived : Clunie, the Chieftain of the Clan Catti, di rectly made his Obeifance to the Chevalier, who now had got another Bonnet ; and, ob ferving a Confufion and unufual Melancholy in his Face, enquired the Caufe. The young Adventurer, not being able to anfwer him by Reafon of his Grief, one of the Generals faid to him, " all is over." What, replied Clunie, has there been a Battle ? " Yes, an fwered the other, " and the Day is not ours." With thefe Words the Chevalier and fome of his Officers began to eaft Reflections upon the Conduct of a certain great Man -f, to whom they imputed the whole of *their Difafter. * TheArgfllJhire CamfbeWs were zealoufly attach'd to the Government. -J- L— d G m e M y. MTherfm ( 1° ) M'Therfon was almpft ftrucfc fpeechlefs, but- recovering himfelf, he reply'd with an Oath, ¦" there's no Help for it, let us return a- " gain, and try the Fortune of the Day j " for here are fix Hundred as brave Fellows " as ever drew cold Iron." " No, replied *' the Gheval'ter, it is needlefe, for my faitta- " fulleft Followers are almoft all cut to Pie-t " ces : Lochiel and Keppoch, (whofe Advice " would to God had been followed) are " wounded, with many others. We are too " few to encounter the Ufurper's Forces, " who are in Poffefiion of our Cannon: And " even if we fhould return, my Orders " would ftill be counteracted as formerly ; " My Cafe is at prefent bad, but then it " would be worfe. Would to God I had " lain in the Field, for there is now no more •"to be done." Cl&nie upon this re turned with his Clan to Bad$nock, where they procured the Favour of one Blair, a Minifler, and moft of them took the Bener fit of the Duke's Proclamation to fubmit to Mercy; and ail who did fo, were difmiffed peaceably to their own Habitations. And here it will not perhaps be improper to in form my Reader of a-GircumftatJce;which not a little contributed to induce that Clan to bear Arms far the Chevalier and his -Caufe. In the Year 1743 the Highland Regiment^ at that Time commanded by Lord Semple, was review'd at London by General Wade and feveral Officers of Diftinction, and went thro' the different Evolutions of the Military Exer- ( II ) Exercife with an uncommon Alertnefs : But fcarce is it over when about 105 of them de ferted, under Pretence that they were intends ed to be fent abroad, contrary to one of the Articles agreed upon at levying of them. They alfo pretended that their Plaids want ed a full Quarter of a Yard of the Meafure ¦ftipulated. — No fooner are they gone, than immediately a Detachment of General Wade's Horfe was dilpatched after them, and came up with them in a Wood, where they had begun to fortify themfelves. Here they fur rendered Prifoners to the Major of the Re giment, who order' d the principal Ringlead ers, viz. Samml and Malcolm M'Fherfon, both Corporals, with Farguhar Shaw *, a Piper, to be manicled : And thus were they brought to London and fecured in the Tower, At their Trial the Charge of Dcfertion was confeffed, with all its aggravating Circum- ftances, (which I was informed by their Friends, was wholly owing to the Affurances given them by a Gentleman, hired by a Per-r ion of great Diftinction for that Purpofe ;) and fo they werecondemned to be fhot, which accordingly was executed about .6' o'Clock in the Morning of the 18th of May that Year. The Clan Gait an being advifed of -this Af fair, and obferving that three of their Name, with whom moft of them were related ; (for the %'Note. The Shows are a Branch of the Clan. Cattan. ( » ) the Highlanders generally trace Kindred as far back as 400 Years) fell a Sacrifice for theCrime, of which feveral Grants and Munro's were equally guilty ; breathed nothing but Re venge : But, as Fire hid under Afhes, burns with greater Ardour when once thefe are removed, than that which is inftantly made to blaze, fo the Refentment of this Clan which they fmothered for a-while, on a fud- den broke out with a Violence which none but thofe who knew the Temper of thefe People can imagine. This Circumftance the Reader may be affured, together with the frequent Difcourfes of Lord Lovat, that Life and Soul of the Rebellion, upon Pro phecies and Dreams *, tended more to promote the Chevalier's Attempt, than every one is apt at firft to imagine : And fure it is that had there been anyHopes of retrieving theFortune of the Day, thefe Men would, from a Principle of Revenge, have marched back to the Field; But while the Clan Cattan are return ing to Ruthven, thofe remaining with the Chevalier are confulting on Ways and Means to make the beft of their melancholy Situation. The grand QueftiOn is, how their Prince fhall difpofe of himfelf. Some were for his continuing with his Troops, and following the Rout of the M'Therfons ; while others moved that he fhould confult with Lord Lovat, and proceed no further with out that Nobleman's Advice ; but to this it was * See the Edinburgh Hiftory of the Rebellion, fold by Griffiths in Londm, ( I? ) was objected by fome that the Enemy ky betwixt them and the Aird, in which Place' the Seat of old Simon,- viz. Caftle-Downie, then flood : This Objection was fpeedily re moved by feveral, who faid, that he (Lord Lovat) had lodged at the. Houfe of Mr. Frafer of Gortlich in Stratherrick, ' fince the Time of his Efoape from Lord Loudon at In- vernefs ; that he had caufed a Room to be boxed and furnifhed there for himfelf, and to it he was wont to repair in the Summer Time to drink the Goat-Whey. The Chevalier fully affined of this, began his Journey with 20 Horfemen about 6 o'Clock at Night, having directed 200 more to be at the fame Place by the Dawn of next Morning : About nine he arrived there himfelf, but inftead of finding Comfort from his aged Truftee, his Ears were wounded upon his entring the Door with the loudeft and bittereft Com plaints j " Chop off my Head, Chop off my " Head, the old Lord cryed out to the un- " happy Fugitive : My own Family, with " all the great Clans are undone, and the " whole Blame will fall upon me. Oh ! is u there no Friend here to put an End to "my Life and Mifery." He even called to fome particular Perfons by their Names, whofe Friendfhip he knew was fincere and inviolable towards him, befeeching them ear- neftly to do this laft Office and Favour to him. This Requeft he frequently repeated, while none could appeafe him, or ever ad- ven- C »4 ) ventured to make him a Reply. But at Jaft the Chevalier faid to him : Ci No : No, My " Lord, don't defpair: We have had two Days " of them, and will yet have another Day " about with them." Then he informed him of feveral Particulars of the Battle, and mag nified the Bravery of the Frazers, but re flected prodigioufly upon the Conduct of thofe who hindred his attacking the Royalifts in the preceding Night, when they were no Way prepared to receive them. By fuch Difcourfes as thefe he endeavour'd to footh him, but all his Art was infufficient to rouze the drooping Spirits of that fubtle and un fortunate Lord, who could not fo much as be prevailed on at that Time to hear, or de liberate upon any Propofal for mending the State of his Affairs. The Miflrefs of the Houfe obferving that the Chevalier was fatigued for want of Sleep, and quite difheartened by the Event of the Day, ordered a Hen to be roafted for his Supper, and a Bed to be pre pared. When he had refrefhed himfelf with a Wing of the Fowl, he went to his Cham ber, and compofed himfelf to Reft; but flept but little through the great Uneafi- nefs and Anxiety of his Mind, which gradu ally grew upon him : And here tho' he might have been abfolutely fafe, at leaft for fome Time, becaufo the Dragoons, much lefs the Foot, were not fuffer'd to withdraw fo far as ( *5 ) as fourteen Miles from the Camp for fome Days, yet his Apprehenfions and Fears of falling into the Hands of thofe whom he and his Followers had fo much enraged, in creasing, he could not but determine to fhift his Abode, with all convenient fpeed. Being unable to compofe himfelf in Bed, he got up, and looking out of the Window faw fome of his Guards approaching the Houfe. Then putting on his Cloaths, he immediate ly repaired to them, and faluted them in a Very affecting Manner, and brought in fome of his Officers to the Room where Lord Lovat was. No fooner are they come in,. than the Chevalier began to talk ferioufly to his Lordfhip on the Subject of their me lancholy Situation, but all to no Purpofe,. That Nobleman would neither advife what Method to follow for his Prefervation, nor admit of any Propofal for his own, but con cluded in Words to this Effect, vizi " No t- " No ! my Family * is ruin'd, my Children " are expofed to the Refentment of the " Government, from which I have nothing " to hope but the utmoft Severity. My " Houfe is no longer to me a Sanctuary, " I have nothing to truft to but the Hu- " inanity of the Duke of Cumberland, (of " whom his Lordfhip here took occafion to fay feveral very handfome Things) And * A Clan. " fince a. ( 16 ) " fince I can find no Friend who will do " me the Kindnefs to put an End to my "¦ Days, I will lie in the Way of my Ene- " mies, from whom I may poffibly receive " more Favour than from you." The young Chevalier and his Followers perceiving that the old Man was not to be wrought upon, withdrew to refrefh them felves with fuch Things as the Place afford ed. The Chevalier eating a Wing of the Fowl that was drefs'd for him the Night before, put the remainder in his Pocket, and then difmiffed almoft all his Attendants, with a fhort Speech at parting, which, after condoling them on their Misfortune and his own, he concluded in Words to this Effect. "Now Gentlemen confult your own Safety, " for I can no longer advance you any Pay. " (here he was ready to burft into Tears) But " if you and I efcape, I fhall be fure to ufe " my utmoft Endeavours Abroad to pro- " cure you a Subfiftence fuitable to your " Merit in the Foreign Armies." The Servants who were with him before his Arrival in France heard him with a fort of Pleafure, becaufe, though they were grieved to fee their Matte? reduced to the ftate of a Fugitive, yet they had long wifh'd to be free from the Highlanders, whofe Manners and Cuftoms they abhorr'd, and to whom they actually bore the moft invinci ble Hatred, Thefe inftantly repaired to In- vernefs, ( *7 ) vernefs, where they furrender'd themfelves Prifoners to the Duke, who gave them Paflports for returning Horne. But the Pain of being forced to abandon their Mafter, which was fo much alleviated in the Minds of the French, who were weary of the Country, was the more grievoufly felt by the Chevalier s Highland Guards, whofe Safety depended in " a great Meafure on his. They reflected on his Words with the greateft Sorrow, and were almoft diffracted with Apprehenfions for themfelves, not knowing what to do, nor which way to turn their Faces. The fear of being taken up every Moment, and paying to publick Juflice the Debt which they had contracted, prefented itfelf to their View, in the moft terrifying Shape. However, as Neceffity has no Law, they at laft refolved to keep in a Body, and to repair to Strath Nairn, whence fome of them made Excurfions for Victuals, and taking on themfelves the Name of the Duke's Troops, committed upon fome of the Inhabitants, Cruelties of the worft fort. — From hence it may not be improper to ob ferve that the People who live in the low Countries of Scotland, entertain as great a Hatred towards the Highlanders, as one can poffibly fuppofe the moft Hoftile Nations capable of. How unfortunate then muft it be for an Adventurer whofeAim is a Throne, to be obliged to advance towards it with C thofe ( i8 ) thofe who are held in Abhorrence and Detes tation in the JPiaces through which be is to pafs. But, forlorn as the Hopes of his Follow ers were, defperate as their Situation was, the Chevalier himfelf was in no better. He was left with about feven Officers, and two Ser vants, with his two favourites O. Sullivan and Sheridan, * whofe utmoft Skill, Policy, and Experience, were now in the higheft Degree requifite towards the procuring their oWn Safety and that of their Mafter, whofe bad fortune they were now to fhare. No .fooner had the Chevalier difmiffed his Followers as above, than he, with the few Friends yet remaining with him, held a Confultation on the next Step that might be proper for them to take. It was above all Things refolved to keep at as great a Di flance as poffible from the Enemy's Troops, but efpecially the Militia, fuch as theM'Kays, Munroe's, etc. whofe Severity and Cruelty upon former Occafions fome began to relate and exaggerate. But as they had little Time ito fpend in debating, Sullivan put an end to it by obferving that they ought to move further off, inftead of lofing one Moment by Confutations. He ' propofed to take the direct Road for Glengary, urging that they * This Sheridan's Wife nurfed the old Chevalier's fecond Son, for which he was Knighted. might ( *5> ) might look., upon it as certain that none of the Enemy had yet taken that Rout, or at leaft could not get there before them. Here upon the whole Company took Horfe and away. On this Road the young Chevalier was prefented with the mortifying and melancholy View of feveral of his Followers defperately wounded, fpent with Fatigue, and unable to bear up under the load of their Mifery. Yet to none of them did he ever, at leaft that I could hear of, proffer the Affiftance of his Horfe, either fingly, or to ride behind him^ only in general, join'd with them in laments ing their Misfortune. I fhould not have mention'd this particular, had not the con trary been reported by feveral whofe Infor mation I have the greateft Reafon to believe was not fo good as mine. Indeed it would have been very weak in him to have quitted his Horfe, and thereby endanger'd his own Perfon, and all only for the Chance of pre- ferving a private Gentleman. Nor is it to be fuppofed that his Attendants would have fuffer'd him to have carried his Compaffion (the Sincerity and real Tendernefs of which we have not the leaft Reafon to call in queftion) to fo extravagant a length. , About Ten o'Clock in the Morning they grrived at the Caftle of Glengary, ' which is beautifully fituated upon the fide of a Lake, whence an extenfive Profped of the adjacent Country prefents itfelf, and which could not fail of giving them timely Intelligence of any C % Parties ( 20 ) Parties that might be advancing to beat up their Quarters. Mr. M' Donald the Proprie tor (whofe fecond Son was kill'd after the Bat tle of Falkirk) had with all his Clan been in the Intereft of the Chevalier, whom toge ther with his Attendants, he now received with great Humanity, yet not without dis covering fome Apprehenfions of Danger. For already had he heard of the Action the Day before, and with good Reafon feared that himfelf would feel the Confequence, tho' he had not actually been in open Arms, i but on the contrary had fhelter'd himfelf un der the Protection of the Government : For now he dreaded that his fecret aiding of the Chevalier's Undertaking would be difeover'd by Means of the Prifoners. However for the prefent he banifh'd his Fears, and was impatient to hear an accurate Account of the Battle, the relation he had already heard being very confufed and imperfect : For thefe M' Donalds are remarkable for a Mili tary Genius, delighting in nothing more than in talking of warlike Atchievments. Mef- fieurs Sheridan and Sullivan informed Glen- gary of the Particulars of the Action, and obferving by the Various Alterations of his Looks that to learn how his Clan behaved was not the leaft part of his Curiofity, they artfully improved the Cifcumftance, and fo nicely touch'd upon this Spring of the Laird's Paffions, by launching out on the Valour ( ai ) Valour and Intrepidity of his Regiment, that in an Inftant forgetting the Confirma tion into which he had been thrown the Night before, he chearfully fet about'pre- paring every Thing for the Accommodation of his Guefts, each in proportion to his Rank, and rather agreeable to an Occafion of Re joicing than of the deepefl Afflidton ; fo furprizing an Effed upon him, had the Praifes he heard bellowed on the bpafted M' Donalds ! For my part I cannot but ad mire the quick Difeernment of thefe two Companions of the Chevalier's Fortune, and how skillfully they wrought upon the Temper of their Hoft. Indeed had they fecn as much of Mr. M'Donald fome Years be fore*, as the Author of this Narrative, they would have had little Difficulty in finding out his natural Temper, and peculiar Incli nation to Feats of Arms. But thefe Gen tlemen really were not apprized of his Cha- * About nine Years ago as I was travelling through Glen- gary towards Inverncfs, I came to an Inn, where I found Mr. McDonald, the Laird, fencing with his own Servant, who was very defirous to be rid of him ; but that Gentleman's Spi rits were fo fet upon his Diverfion, that he cared for little elfe. Nor can this Chief ever be good Company, but when the Convention turns upon this Exercife. Being always cu rious in obferving the Genius and Tertiper of the' Highlanders, I took particular Notice of this Gentleman, and enquired of the Landlady who he was. She, who appeared to be a very fenfible Woman, feemed fomewhat afliamed of his Conduft, and 'twas not without a vifible Reluclance that (lie at laft faid, " It is our Laird." C3 rader; ( a* ) rader ; and befides one cannot but fuppofe that his Genius was at that time not a little obfcur'd by a Senfe of the vaft Misfortune, and the great Danger which every Moment prefented to his View. The Chevalier being now fafe in Glenga- ry, had fome leifure to refled on the ruined Conditien of his Forces; and tho' he could not affift the unhappy remains of them with Money or any Thing elfe, yet ftill he difco- ver'd the deepeft Regard and Concern for them. He kept a Correfpondence with the feveral Corps who yet held together in con- fiderable Bodies, and had retired or were yet retiring to the moft promifing Places of Safety. The very Night of the Battle, Lochiel, after having got his Wound dreffed, and in fome meafure recruited his exhaufted Spirits, march'd his Clan to the fide of a Hill, where he drew them up, and order'd the Bag-Pipes to play all Night fuch Tunes as he knew would fuit the Temper and prefent Circumftances of his Men. But the next Morning obferving that no confiderable Force was likely to join him, and that he could not procure Subfiftance for his Troops there, he took his Rout towards Lochabar, fetch ing a Compafs along thofe Hills which di vide that Country from Badenock, and fo he arrived in two Days at Glengary, where he found his unfortunate Mafter, now ftill more fenfibly < S3 ) fenfibly touch'd with the many Objeds of Pity and Compaffion, whofe Mifery was fo much, I had almoft faid entirely, owing to him. He now faw before him a new Scene of Grief, Lochiel. was dangeroufly wounded in the Ankle, and unable to walk. Many of his own Men were in no better, fome in a worfe Condition. Loud and bitter Com plaints, with deep and piercing Groans circu*- lated among them, not only on account of their own Wounds, and the complicated Diftrefs they faw themfelves involv'd in, but for the lofs of their brave Officers and Comrades who had been kill'd out-right. The whole was indeed a moving Scene. Nor could any Thing equal the Love of the Camerons for their Lochiel, except that of the M' Donalds to their Keppoch. For when they obferved he was wounded in the very heat of the Battle, two of them laid hold of his Legs and a third fupported his Head, while the remainder furrounded him as a Guard ; and thus they bore him out of the Field, and over the fmall River Nairn. Thefe Things very \ much affeded the Chevalier : But Glengary {eem'd to take the greateftDelight in hearing of them, tho' his Sa tisfadion would have been highly augmented, could fuch an Exploit be told of his own Family, as that of the M'Donald's of Kep- pock : For there is a prodigious and deep rooted Jealoufy among the Claps, efpeciafly the M' Donalds and Camerons who feldom C 4 agree, C -*4 ) agree, but on the contrary, being Neigh bours, are the Rivals of each others Adions and with Envy look upon any Thing that may tend to the Advantage or Honour of thofe againft whom they have conceived an Hatred fcarce to be erazed by the length or waitings of Time. After proper Refrefhments, fuch as Butter, Cheefe, Milk and Ufquebaugh, the feveral Officers with the Chevalier, held a Council cf War ; in which fome of them moved to fet up a Standard nigh that Place and iffue forth Orders for the Troops to repair to it. This Propofal was approved by fome, who eafily forefaw the Misfortunes that would attend them, provided they were taken, and doubtlefs it might have been unanimoufly agreed to, had not the Chevalier informed them that his Money was fpent, and that unlefs they thought themfelves able to attack the Royalifts in their Camp, they would be cut off from their Subfiftance. This Argument was fupported by the two Favourites who pointed out the Madnefs and Folly of that Projed, but ftill the better to engage their Conftancy to their Matter, they footh'd them with large Promifes from France, whence they expeded both Men and Money for reviving their Caufe and altering the State of their Affairs. At laft it was agreed that the Camerons fhould keep together, and in the mean Time march for ward ( 25 ) ward to Achnacarrie, Lochiel's Dwelling- Houfe, which is within nine Miles of, and upon the high Road to, Fort-William ; and thefe by patroling Parties and Scouts obferve the Motion of the Royalifts on that fide, while the Chevalier, with thofe about him, were to take Care of what paft upon the Invernefs Quarter. , The Camerons fet out for Achnacarrie, fecured the beft of their Effeds in the Woods and Caves, and lived upon their Cattle in the moft plentiful Manner, not knowing how foon the regular. Troops or Militia of the Royal Army might fnatch them out of their Hands. Mean while the Chevalier conti nued with Mr. McDonald to wait for fome Account from his Officers and the Noblemen whom he had parted with three Nights before: Thefe were the Marquifs of Tullibardine, the Duke of Perth, Lord John Drummond, 'LordsBalmerino, Ogilvy, Nairn and Titjligo, Lord George Murray, and Col. John Roy Steu- art, Captain HwnUr of fiurnfide, and about Soo Men of xht Angus and At hoi Battalions, who with fome few others had repaired toCor- ryburgh, which is an Inn about 6 Miles from Invernefs. But before their Departure they had agreed with the Chevalier at any Event, to let each other know of the State of their Affairs. Happy was it for the Marquifs of Tullibardine that his Clothes and Baggage, thro' the Care of his Servant were fecured, but ( atf ) but unhappily for fome others, they had loft the whole. Here they continued till about 1 2 o'Clock the next Day, when they were joined by Lord Elcho, (who had gone up to the Cattle of Moy, which belongs to the Laird of M'Intofh) Lord Lewis Gordon and a few of their Attendants : And now they all, upon an Alarm that the Dragoons were advancing toward them, mounted on Horfe- back and purfued the Patent Road, viz. General Wade's, to Ruthven ; but when at Aggmore, which is an Inn about 8 Miles from the Place they intended, Lord Balme rino broke off and continued there a little longer than the Company had done : Here he met with the Marquifs of Tullibardine's Valet de Chambre, with whom he drank a full Englifh .Pint of French Brandy, fay ing, " Come Fleming (the Man's Name) " here is the Duke your Mailer's Health. " I adually will furrender to the Enemy, " for to what Purpofe fhould one be always " in Terror of his Life." After regaling himfelf for fome Time with Mr. Fleming, he rode dirediv to Straihfpey, and delivered himfelf up, if I remember right, to Captain Grant of Bandallach, who brought him to Invernefs, where he was immediately con fined, and afterwards fhipped off for Lon don, where he met his Fate : But the Cir- cumftances of his unhappy Exit are fo uni- verfally known, that I dare fay the Reader will ( 27 ) will readily excufe my faying any Thing further on that Head. In the mean Time the other Noblemen who had retired to Ruthven, held frequent Counfels ; but the defperate State of their Affairs now obvious to every Perfon, hin dered their adventuring upon any Enterprize for retrieving them. The only Refult of their Deliberations was, that every one fhould fhift for himfelf Hereupon the Lords El cho, Ogilvy and Titjligo, rode down towards Braemar, where they concealed themfelves for fome Time till an Opportunity of a Ship, procured by a Lady of Quality, prefented itfelf, when they went on board, and land ed in Norway. Mean while Tullibardine took the contrary Rout, viz. that of Dum- bartonfhire, and furrendered himfelf Prifo ner to Mr. Buchannan of Drummachil, by whom he was delivered up to the Govern ment, put on board the Eltham Man of War, and carried to London ; where, after fome fhort Confinement, he died in the Tower. Terth, Lord John Drummond and Lord Naimr with fome few more, fet out in Queft of- the Chevalier, who was now more than ever difheartened by the Lofs of the Battle and the bad Accounts that were daily brought him of his unfortunate Fok- lowers. Juft before their Arrival at Glengary9 which was the aoth of April, the Chevalier was .( *8 ) was told of the Earl of Cromarty's Misfor tune, and that he was brought in Prifoner to Invernefs. The Rafhnefs and Ii]-Condud of that Nobleman in Sutherland, muft fit fo heavy upon him and fo naturally tend to render h;m mean and defpicable in the World, that I do not chufe to enlarge on the Subjed. But I may further obferve that never Man appeared more infatuated than he. For when in an Enemy's Coun try, in which he was furrounded by the Su therland Militia on all Sides, he inconfide- rately fent off the Body of his Party, and remained for fome Time drinking and dan cing with Lady Sutherland *, and a few Gentlemen and Servants : After which he fet out as if no Danger was near ; but was quickly furpriz'd ; and being feparated from hip Corps, both he and his few Attendants were eafily made Prifoners. As the Account given the Chevalier of this Matter made the Difafter appear much * The Author of the Hiftory of the Rebellion, printed at Edinburgh, intimates that his Lordfhip might probably have efcaped, had not he ftill further delay'd the Time by waiting the going round of a Toft to Lord Sutherland's. Health ; her Ladyfhip having order'd in a Dozen of Wine for that Pur- pofe. He fays, " On the 18th arrived the Hound Sloop with " Lord Cromarty and other Prifpners, now pouring oat bitter " Reflections, Curfes and Imprecations, on the Countefs of " Sutherland, (a Lady of great Wit and Humour, whofe •' leaft Quality was to be one of the greateft Beauties of the " Age;) for having. or4er'd' in a Dozen of Wine to drink '" the Health of her Lord at fo unfeafonable a Juncture." — This was at Dunr&bin, the Earl of Sutherland's Houfe. worfe ( 20 ). worfe * than it really was, fo his Grief was fo heighten'd that on the coming in of the Noblemen above-mentioned, he was found almoft fpeechlefs, and his Spirits, in a Man ner exhaufted : But by Cordials, and the like, he was reviv'd. When come to him felf he told them that he was always extreme ly glad to fee them ; but at the fame Time wifh'd that he had fallen in the Field, rather than live to be a Witnefs of thofe Miferies which he had been fo inftrumental in bringing upon them. He then informed them of the Misfortune which Cromarty had met with. But the Duke of 'Perth and Lord John Drummond feemed not fo much affec ted with it, for they well knew that the Handful of Men which that rafh and impru dent Lord had got together, were almoft the very Refufe of the Highland Counties. However they expreft much Regret that he fhould have fallen into the Hands of his E- nemies. They then refrefhed themfelves with the Viduals which Mr. M' Donald had pre pared for them, and took fome Repofe, of which they had Need enough, after the Fa tigue they had undergone. When they arofe, a Confutation was held on this important tho' difficult Queftion, * He thought Barifdale with his Regiment, which was a good one, and Glengyle with his, had (hared the fame Fate ; but it was fome Comfort to him, when he heard that only Cromarty was furpriz'd. iv'sr. (30 ) viz. What was proper to be done in the prefent Emergency ? Sullivan informed them of the Agreement with Lochiel, which they highly approv'd of, and declared they came there upon no other Motive than to fhare the good or bad Fortune of their Prince ; and appeared very thankful that they were at Liberty, while Kilmarnock and Balmeri no, the infatuated Cromarty and his Son, with many others, were clofely confin'd, and at the Mercy of that Government, they had fo much incenfed. The Chevalier having informed thefe No blemen of all the particulars that had come to his Knowledge, and of what Refolutions he had taken, enquired after feveral other Lords and Chiefs, concerning whom they gave him the moft fatisfadory Account they could ; and when fpeaking of Elcho, Tit- fligo and Ogilvy, they told him as I have narrated above. " But what is come of the " private Men," faith he ; they are featter- ed, replies Perth, but I prefume the great- eft Part are gone into Strathfpey with John Roy Steuart ; where it is not doubted but they will be very kindly received by the Grants, who were far from being Enemies to us: 'Perth's Conjedure was juft ; for the People of Strathfpey were very obliging to them ; and in Time of their Diftrefs prov'd a real and fubftantial Support, but ftill in fuch a Manner as to give no Umbrage to the ( 3i ) the Government : For as the Fugitives had confiderabk Sums of Money, fuch Perfons were not to be thrown off. Their Method was this, one of their Company who was beft acquainted with the Proprietor of a Farm, would fecretly bargain with him for a Difh of Viduals to be prepared at a cer tain Hour. Accordingly at 6 o'Clock a Pot containing much more than might reafonably be expected to ferve a fingle Family, was- fet on the Fire full of Water and Barley, or Herbs, with a large Piece of Beef or Mut ton in it, in order to make Broth, (which is much efteemed by moft of the People of Scotland) This being ready, towards nine or ten at Night, thofe for whom it was cooked up, would, upon a Signal given by their Truftee, repair from their Huts or Holes, and enter the Houfe by a Window left open for that Purpofe, which not being very high, was eafily effeded, while the whole People in the Houfe were afleep, (or fuppofed to be fo) They would fit down to their Viduals, and afterwards retire to their feveral Hiding Places, where Beds, viz. Straw and Heath, with Bed-clothes, were ac cording to Agreement fecretly prepared ; and not only did they thus fubfift and fereen the Fugitives (while the Money lafted, which Lord John Drummond had dis tributed among them) in the private Way I have defcribed, but adually furnifhed John Roy ( 32 ) Roy Steuart with a ten Scots Pint * Barrel of Ujquebaugh (the Liquor generally ufed in the Highlands and Iflands of Scotland) up on the Tenth of June, to drink the Health of that Day. And now as I mention this Man, concern ing whom fo much has been written, and fo many Errors propagated; I fhall give a fhort but faithful Narrative of him, fo that my Reader may be both informed and amufed. John Steuart, commonly called Roy, which fignifies red, from the Colour of his Hair, was born in Strath Spey in the Parifh of Abernethy, of creditable Parents, who had a competent Subfiftance to appear gen teelly in that part of the World. When but a Boy he gave Inftances of the moft enters prizing Genius, difeovering a Temper void of Fear and capable cf any Thing, and which increafed with his Years. After re ceiving a fmall Portion of Education at In vernefs, he began to look about him, and deliberate upon the Way of Life he fhould afterward purfue : A mechanical Employment was below his Turn of Mind, as well as the Dignity of his Family, though ftript of the common Neceffaries of Life, (fuch is the Infatuation of the Highlanders) and to be a Gentleman was not in his Power ; and there fore he was nothing: Yet the Misfortune * That is Twenty Englijh Quarts, Winckcjler Meafure, was, ( 33 j Was, that he muft live like one of his high Birth ; but how to do this was the Queftion. At laft he contrived a Way of raifing himfelf to a Figure in the World ; he got together a dozen of Defperadoes fuch as himfelf, but neither fo ftrong or agile, over whom he ap pointed himfelf Captain. With thefe he in- fefted the high Ways, and pillaged fome Cattle ; but happily for him, within a fhort Time, an Affair happen'd which at once put an end to his Scheme. One Day the prefent Lord Braco, who is married to the Laird of Grant's Sifter, came to pay his Brother-in- Law a Vifit;. Steuart getting Intelligence of it, immediately concluded his Men to a nar row Paffage nigh the entrance of a Wood, to intercept that Nobleman, as he paffed. This coming to the Knowledge of the Laird 6f Grant, he caufed a younger Brother, toaf- femble an hundred Men pf his Name, and with i hefe convey'd his Brother-in-Law out of his Jurifdidion; fcarce were they conveened, when Roy Steuart had an Account of it by a trufty Friend, with whom he kept a Correfpon dence. at Caftle Grant, and obferving that Projeds were not fo foon executed as they were contrived, lie withdrew from his Pafs and difcharged his Corps. And now he bethought himfelf of entering into the Army, hoping, by Grant's Intereft to be preferred ; accordingly he inlifted into the Regiment of the Scot's. Greys, where by the D Inter- ( 34 ) Interceffion of his Patron he became Quarter Mafter, and perhaps might ftill have been further advanced, had not his Genius, which was equal to "the moft difficult, and I may add, Villainous Enterprize, ftill biafs'd him to a Condud which could not but give the World a bad Opinion of him. A feiloW Sol dier of his Regiment coming to him one Day, told him that he had engaged to fight a Duel with one who had given him an Affront, and defired that Roy would be his Second ; " O yes ! replys Steuart, I love fome " Times to take a Dance at the fmall Sword, " for it will render my Heels nimble, and " now they feem to be clogg'd." He never had feen the Perfon who difbbliged his Acquaintance ; yet they fet out for the Place ap|>ointed,but inftead of meeting the Enemy, they heard the mortifying News, that he was gone over to Ireland. Upon this, the principal in the Quarrel, mov'd to return. " No, no, fays Steuart, our Work " is not done ;" "We have aded as becomes " us, reply'd the other;" " No, not we, " anfwer'd Roy, while the Fellow is alive ; tc give me two Guineas, and I fhall crofs the " Water and put a Pair of Balls through " him." But this generous offer was de clined. In fhort, this Roy Steuart was ever ready to affift in the moft difhonourable Things, fuch as Healing away young Gentlewomen, in (35) in order to join them in Marriage with Peo*" pie far below their Rank, and then would offer Satisfadion at the Sword to their Friends, if they complained of fuch Treat ment. At laft, having had a very adive Hand, in marrying the Earl of Murray's Brother to one Mifs Barber in Invernefs, he was rewarded with the lofs of his Poft, and fent to Goal into the Bargain. Howe ver, by the Affiftance of fome Perfons in Power at Invernefs, he was enabled to make his Efcape, after which he fet out for London, where he fecretly inlifted fome Men for the Service of the French King ; but finding himfelf in danger of being difcovered, he made all poffible hafte out of the Britifh Dominions, and went over to Rome ; where he found the Means of being introduced to the Chevalier de St. /George, and his Sons; to .whom he magnified the Difaffedion of all Ranks m,&gland and Scotland, to the pre fent Eftablifhment ; prais'd and extoll'd the Bravery of the Highlanders to the Skies, and even allured them of the Throne ; the old Cheyxaljer, though ever fond of the Crown, received this Information with, great Indifference, and behaved with, much more Cojdnefs towards Roy, than his Son, who had already formed that Scheme which he afterwards fet upon executing, to the Smart of thefe Nations; for he had refolved on the Attempt, ever fince Don Carlos was con- D a duded ( 36 ) duded by the Britijh Fleet into the King-- dom of Naples. * 'Tis imagined by fome, and that upon very good Grounds, that Roy Steuart had Letters from Lord Lovat, Lochiel, Keppoch, and Sir Alexander M Donald, to the Court of St. Albano ; for about the latter end of the Year 1735, he returned to Scotland with Letters to feveral of the Chieftains and in formed them viva voce, of his Reception at Court : But here having play'd one of his old Pranks, he was taken up, and fecured in the Prifon of Invernefs, where he found Means to break, and fled over the Nefs to Caftle Downie, Lord Lovat's Refidence in the Aird-, where he was kindly entertained that very Night, and fhelter'd for fome Time, though the crafty Simon being told of hi3 Efcape, iffued forth Orders as Sheriff Princi pal of the Shire, to fearch for him and take him dead or alive. When a convenient Oppor tunity occur'd, he left the Kingdom, carry ing with him Anfwers to the feveral Letters which he had before brought :' Soon after he enter'd into the Service of the French Kfng, and by Means of the Pretender, he was made Captain of the Grenadiers in Lord John Drummond's Regiment ; in which * He was on board the fame Veflel with that Prince, and his Hat- having fallen ove*r board into the Sea, he was heard to fay, " No matter, I am to go to Old England, which is ** able to procure a better." Station ( 37 ) Station he continued till the Rebellion was juft ready to break out, when he took the Opportunity of a Ship going from Holland to Leith, to return into Scotland; where landing about the beginning of June, he went to Lochabdr, and there prepared the Minds of the Highlanders to receive the young Chevalier, who was foon to appear among them. No fooner is the Chevalier landed in Ardnamurchan, than Roy Steuart repaired to welcome him, and had a Colonel's Com miffion for his Pains, and levied his Regi ment as they advanced. In this Station he continued till the whole Projed was dafh'd in Pieces, and was moft adive in the va« rious Scenes ; for his Sword was generally broke at every Battle, and the ftreaming Gore denounced the Share he had in the Adion of the Day, His Attempts upon Keith, and againft the Duke's Life, are well known. His Zeal for his Party was like- wife manifefted, upon his hearing of a young Man who was emplpy'd by the Duke of Cumberland as a Spy. For Sfeuart imme diately fet a Reward of Twenty-Pounds upon his Head, Many other Things might be faid of him, but thefe may fuffice : However, before I take my final farewell of him, it will not be improper to obferve, that much of the Clamour againft Lord George Murray for the lofs of the Battle of P 3. (3« ) Culloden, was owing to this Defperadoe- That Nobleman and he having had fome Words on the Morning of that Day, Steuart was threaten'd to be put under an Arreft, which he faid he defpis'd, and that he only would fubmit to his Prince but not to him. The Chevalier was apply'd to, but he de- fired them to defer the Matter till afterwards ; " For now, faid he, there is no Time to " decide Controverfies, fince the Enemy is " fo near." ¦ At the Council of War held that Morning, Steuart's Opinion was, that the French Picquets fhould be drawn up within the Park, that was to the Right of their Army, the Wall of which the Dra goons and Argylefhire Highlanders broke down to Attack the Chevalier's Troops in Flank; but as his Advice was not fol lowed, he improved fo far upon the Difafter that befell them from that Quarter, as every where to publifh the Treachery of Lord G—ge M—y, Which true or falfe, I am far from taking upon me to determine. It may however be^ obferved, that Lord G—ge would exped little or nothing from theCheva- tier, although he fhould fucceed, for the Mar quifs of Tullibardine was his elder Brother, and fo rniift fucceed to the Athol Eftate. In my Opinion therefore he muft have been a lofer by the Chevalier's Succefs, he being Heir Apparent to the Duke of Athol, who having no Male Iffue, intended his Daughter, as ( 3,9. ) as was generally believed, for Lord George's Son, who, by this Means, would become Duke of Athol, and, perhaps, King in ikfo»a. Thus far have I made a Digreffion, and now refiime the Thread of my Narrative. The Noblemen and. Gentlemen formerly named, who had repaired to the Chevalier at Glengary Caftle, being Eye Witneffes of his melancholy Situation, endeavour'd as much as poffible to foften the Rigour of his bad Fortune, by preparing Methods for changing the Face of his Affairs. A Projed was laid down for continuing with the Clans in the Hills, until a faithful Meffenger could arrive at the Court of VerfaUks, and lay down the State and' Condition of his Army to the French Miniftry. This in all Likely- hood would have been agreed to, but Want of Money for prefent Suftenance Was an in- furmountable Objedion to all their Propo- fals. Mean while the feveral Corps, and all the Stragglers who had been concealed in Thjckets and otherwife, till an Opportunity prefented of efcaping, heightened their Lofs, and at the Expence of Truth, magni fied the Severity of the King's Army be yond all the Bounds of Moderation. Tho' perhaps never was lefs Cruelty fhewn upon fuch an Occafion *. The Chevalier was touched ? In the Year 1679, when the Duke of Monmouth was fent dewn by King Charles II. to quell the Infurredlion at Both- D 4 (40 ) touched with their Narrations of thefe Things and ufually faid, " I am forry to have brought "" any fuch Hardfhips upon thefe poor Peo- " pie ; and the beft Way to prevent the like " for the future, is to give over all further " Attempts ; for ©ur Caufe is now defper " rate, and would to God I had died in the " Field." The daily Accounts of the Sur render of his Troops, with the mortifying News that Numbers were found dead, upon the Hills and among the Vallies. of the Wounds they had received, almoft involved him in Defpair, and perhaps had even gone near to diftrad him, had not Perth and the other Noblemen relieved his Spirits and pro pofed an Hunting Match ; for fay they, " by " this Means, we may better efcape the " Search of the Troops, if advancing to- " wards us, or perhaps they may pafs by " us, as Gentlemen only taking their Diver- " lion." Their Advice was follow'd, and fo they continued till the 23d, that certain Intelligence was brought of the March of General Campbell with a great Number of the Argylejhire Militia from Invernefs. No fooner was this News confirmed, than he and Bothivell Bridge, while the People were defiring nothing but to worlhip God in their own Way,, on Hills or Mountains, without Moleftation, or being murdered by the Dragoons, lie riot only refufed to hear of a Submiffion in the Morning before the Aftion 5 but his Troops exercifcd the moft horrid Barbarities, many Women lying dead upon the Field, with the Children leaping in their Wombs. the ( 4i ) the Chevalier, with the Chiefs formerly na* med, the two Irijh Favourites, and about 40 Men, fet out for Achnacarrie, where Lo chiel was with his Brother Dodor Cameron^ whofe Patient he then was for the Cure of his Wounds. Scarce are they within Sight of the Place, when immediately the Camerons miftaking them for their Enemies, put themfelves in a Pofture of Defence, for there were about 400 of them at that Time about the Houfe, waiting the Fate of their beloved Chieftain. But finding their Miftake, they inftantly put up their Swords, and with Joy received the Chevalier and his Company ; and inftant ly brought them into Lochiel's Apartment ; who, no fooner faw them than he, gueffing the Truth, haftily demanded of the Cheva lier, which Body of the Enemy was com ing upon them ? " The Campbells" replied he, " and by this Time I believe they are *' at Glengary, for they fet out Yefterday " from Invernefs:" " I thought fo, anfwered Lochiel, " for thofe Men would finely not *' be the laft to the ruining of us *, as they * The neighbouring Clans, viz. the M" Leans, who were in Pofleffion of Mull, Morvain, Coll, Lung, Suet, Ardnamur1- ihan ; the M' Donalds who had IJla, Cantire, Jura and Ar- gyle i the Lamonds and M1 Lauthlan; , who had Coual and Knapdale ; the MVicars who had Inyerary ; the M'Kechrant who had Craignijh; the M'Douals and ' Steuart s, who had Lorn ; the MGregors who hzdBroadalbin, ben a moft incon ceivable Hatred to the Campbells,' who are now become the Proprietors of their Lands. o. ? have ( 42 ) tt have done by many other brave and loyal " Clans :" And with that he utter'd Expref- fions, which the Rancour of his Wound for ced from him, in Spite of his natural Polite-* nefs. The Chevalier was for inftantly de parting, had not Mr. Cameron and others diffuaded him from it, by afiuring him that the Cambpells would take a particular Care to defolate the Places thro' which they were to pafs. " Confider, fays he^ that Strajh- " errick and Glengary lie between them and " me, and thefe to be fure they will lift " 'ere they come to this Place." His Con- jedure was fo far juft, for tho' thefe Gentle men behav'd with great Humanity in the Places thro' which they paffed, yet they faithfully fearched Stratherrick for Lord Lo vat, who had gone off about two Hours af ter the Departure of the Chevalier, and gave a Chart Blanche, or full Commiffion to his Servants to condud him wherever they plea- fed, only to avoid the Rout of the Cheva lier ; tho' indeed he need not have been at any Lofs where to go : For as his Houfe is almoft in the Center of the Highlands, there was not a Man worth 10/. Sterling among the Clans but whom he knew, and had con* verfed with for upwards of fixty-fix Years. His ufual Way of treating them was this : If any of their Leaders * were in Company with * Note. Every one of. them from the Chieftain to the Herdfman is a Gentleman ; but, if one of them be worth 100/. in the World, he is a ^ader, and becomes a Captain at their Rendezvous. ( 43 ) with him, he would be fure to magnify the Greatnefs of the Clan to which they belong ed, and even inftance fome particular Ex ploits- of the Family which they reprefented. He Would work them up to a Belief of Improbabilities, by interpreting Prophecies and Dreams ; yea he had in a Manner the Key of them, and knew the critical Junc ture when to touch upon the feveral Springs of their Genius : He would fometimes talk of their Broils with one another, and all the Heroic Adions which happened between them. And as he obferved their Heat in warmly vindicating thofe of their" Name, he would fo dextroufly introduce a Story to footh their Paffions, give Vigour to their Refolution, and inflame their Inclinations fo Arms, as to obtain their Admiration and make them Brave; if he met with one whofe Circumftances were lower by a fifth or tenth Part, he would ask his Name, and defire to know who was his Father, of whofe Acquaintance in his latter Days he pretended to be ignorant, or at leaft to have forgot, but generally faid, " I believe I " knew your Grandfather very well, and a " worthy honeft Man he was, well did it fet " him to wear a belted Plaid and a broad " Sword ; there are but few like him now " a Days ; you refemble him very much, " but not quite fo brawny." And then he feldom failed to introduce a Sentence or two in ( 44 ) *n the Highland Language, defcribing his Valour and Intrepidity upon the feveral Fields of Killicranky and Cromdale, againft King William's Forces ; or even trace him up to the Days of Montrofe, when fights ing againft the Covenanters. If he met with a Beggar, he would talk with him alfo, and as he kept a long Purfe full of Six-pences, he difmift him with one of them ; fo by thefe and the like Infinuations, he would almoft fire the Man into an un quenchable Thirft after War. He then would give a detail of his Genealogy for ten Generations backward ; fhow his Con- nedion with his Chieftain, and the other Families of his Name ; point out their Rela tion with the Neighbouring Clans, and at laft demonftrate how near he was ally'd to himfelf: By this cherifhing and fomenting their natural Difpofition to Tumults and In- furredions, he promoted the Rebellion, and procured the profoundeft Refped, Venera tion and Efteem of all the Highlanders, who look'd upon him as an Oracle, and only wanted an Opportunity of entertaining him, in their Houfes. His Servants conduded him for fome Time through the Country of Moidart, Knoiddrt and Ardnamurchan ; but at laft being put into the Trunk of an hollow Tree, which flood in the midft of a Lake, he was, through Information of a Boy, differed to ( 45 ) to a Party of the Argylejhire Militia, who went to the Place where they were direded, and found him fitting with a Pair of Blankets about him. He was inftantly conduded on board one of the King's Ships bya Lieutenant, and there fecured till Orders were fent to bring him up by Land, as the Sea would not agree with him. He was delivered over to a Party of Lord Mark Ker's Dragoons, who efcorted him to Edinburgh, upon the 20th of July, and from thence to London, where his Fate is fo well known, that I fhall not enlarge upon it, but return to the Efcape of the young Chevalier. The Arguments of Lochiel having pre vailed upon the unfortunate Adventurer, he fat down and had an handfome Dinner prepared, with plenty of Wines and other Liquors, which thefe Highlanders drink at a prodigious cheap Rate ; yea in a manner for the fame Price as at Boulogne ; abftradihg from the Freight, which is render'd very . eafy to them, as they are brought home in the Veffels, which they fend to France with their Cattle, which they flaughter and bar rel up ; for as there are no Officers of Excife in thefe Parts, except at Fort-Williamy where there is a Garrifon, and that the Coaft is generally deep, 'tis almoft incredible what Quantities of Liquor are run in upon the Creeks; yea fometimes landed in the open Shore, "in the moft publick Manner. 1% ( ^ ) It was here the young Chevalier paffed the firft cool Moments, fince his irretrievable Difafter ; and, being with thofe he could truth, began calmly to deliberate on what was proper to be done. He was now much encouraged and affifted by the Advice of a Gentleman of unqueftionable Zeal and Ca pacity. This was Lochiel, who, however miftaken in his political Principles, was yet a Man of ftrid Honour, and inviolably faith ful to his Caufe. Some were for fighting the Campbells as they advanced, but others more coolly withftood the Proposal, for, fay they, K it will but enrage the Enemy the more : " Befides, fays one, this is but the Way to " weaken ourfelves, and furnifh the Camp- " bells with the ftronger Pretentions for ob- " taining our Poffeffions, as a Reward for " their Merit and Services." The laft Opinion prevailed, they ended their Confultations. with a full Refolution to skulk about in a Body for fome Time, and wait the Succours that were expeded from France. But, faid Lochiel, " fince the Enemy is fp very near " us, let us live as well as poffible in the " mean Time *, leaft thofe come to take up *c our Goods, who will give us little or no " Thanks for them. Mean while my Clan " may be driving their Cattle to the fecureft * Accordingly they feafted on Beef, Mutton andVenifon, in the greateft Plenty j vaft Numbers of Cows, Sheep and Deer, being killed every Day. ' " Places ( 47 ) *' Places, and my Servants concealing my u moft valuable Effects." His Advice and Orders were foilow'd, the Camerons having got a confiderabk Quantity of Provifions for prefent Subfiftance, fet about driving f. heir Cattle, which is the great Stock in thefe Parts, to fuch Places of Retreat as they judged moft fafe ; and afterwards went down to Morvain, where they gathered into a Body as the' Chieftain haddireded, In the mean Time his Dornefticks are burying his Silver Plate, and other valuable Houfhold Furniture, in the Hollows and Dens which furrounded his Houfe. The Viduals which they carried off proved off the, greateft Ser vice, but the others were intirely and irre coverably loft: For fome Time, after. a De tachment of Brigadier Houghton's Regiment, coming to Achnacarrie, which is at any Time but a hare Place, they found it now almoft defolate ; the Chieftain's Dwelling- Houfe being burnt to the Ground, and not fo much as. a fingle Perfon as to be feen near it. However, they fet about fearching for hidden Treafures ; not doubting but fome- thing valuable might be found: But in .all Probability they would have miffed their Aim, had not the Gardener, who was in the Secret, been fo anxious for the Prefervation of his Mailer's Effeds, as to skulk ahoui; the Place till difcover'd by the Soldiers ; who getting him within the Reach of their Guns, obliged < 4§ J obliged him to bring to, feiZed and examined him. After informing them who he was,- they enquired of him what was become of his Matter's Moveables ; to which he pre tending Ignorance, they immediately fixed two Halberts in the Ground, tyed him to thenv ftrip'd him and employ'd two Drum mers with Rods to lafh hini on the Back, till the Smartnefs of the Pain fie was in, pre vailed upon him to difclofe thewHole, and con- duded them to the Places of Concealment, where they made feizure of every Thing ; which done, they difmiffed the Man, that he might go and inform his Mafter of what he had feen and felt. Which how ever he could not accomplifh ; for before he could find him, Lochiel was gone toward Loch-Noua, where the French Men of War were come : But more of this hereafter. This Chief following the Fate of the Chevalier, fet out with him from Achnacarrie, upon the approach of the Campbells* In four Hour's Time they arrived upon the Green of Keppoch, with their whole Retinue. Here the Chevalier, who put up in Keppoch's Houfe, was fenfibly touch'd with the change of his Fortune : He, that fome few Months ago, appeared in that Place with the M' Donalds of Glengary, and Clanranald^ the Camerons, &c. big with the Hopes of a Crown, againft which his Imagination feemed to flart no Difficulty, now faw him felf ( 45> ) felf reduced ib the Neceffity of flying to that Place as a Fugitive, incapable of fuftainingj the Dignity and Name he had affumed ; and moreover, he had the further Mortification of hearing the Cries and Groans of a difeon- folate Widow, and fix Fatherlefs Children j for Keppoch was dead of the Wounds he had received upon the Field of Culloden, and his Clan, wfiich had greatly fuffered in the En gagement^ were but juft returned from the Funeral of their beloved Mafter; who was in every Refped a compleat and well be haved Gentleman, worthy of a better Fate; and the more to be pitied, as he died fight ing againft a Conftitution, to which by his French Education he Was an abfolute Stranger, and which by the Situation of his Refidence, he had little or nothing to dd with '. The Cries and Groans of his Houfe-* hold, the mournful Sighs of his Clan, and the dreadful Profped of the future Calamities that befell them, from the Regular Forces and the Militia, but particularly the Mun* roe's, funk the whole of the Chevalier's Retinue, and melted them into Tears : Till Lochiel and the two Favourites iriterpofedj and ufg'd that the indulging Grief to fuch a Degree, in the Day of Adverfity, was un becoming a reafonable Man, arid below the Temper of a Chriftian. " We muft ad and " not mourn," faid the Chevalier1, and " I think its' proper that thefe People, E , " (mean- ( 50 )> " (meaning the M'Donalds qf Keppoch,} " fhould join with the Camerons, and keep "¦ in a Body till an Opportunity offers, either " of making head . againft the UTurper's il Forces, "or elfe getting over to France, " where I fhall be fure to ufe my, utmoft " Endeavours, to get them incorporated with " the Scotch and lrifh Reigiments in the a pay of that Crown, ;" the Propoial - was relifhad fo well, as eonfiderably to allay the bitter Complaints and Lamentations? of the whole for a Time : A Dinner was prepared lor' the Chevalier and. his Company, of the beft Things they had,, fuch as, Venifon, and Fifh of all 'Kind,., and a fufficient Quantity of Trovifioris was diftributedfamong the Soldiers that came with the CJjevcilier. After, this Refreihment, l the Servants of Keppoch fet about carrying off the moft" valuable Efieds of his Houfe, while the. main Body o| the Clan marched to waf^s the Camerons, whom they joined. . And ,hei;e".it may be obferved, that Keppoch's Furniture efcaped the- moft diligent Search, for though his Houfe was burnt to the Ground^ yet his Moveables wejre fo; well fecured, as not tq fall into the Hands 5 of the Royalifts. But while every . Thing is preparing in ' this Way,; againft the Hardfhips that; muft ,of Neceffify happen,, the Chevalier and his ' ; Retinue,' fired with a" Spirit ofReyenge^ are ; bufy in confultingwhatRout was beft' to Jake .for (5* 5 for the future, arid forgetting' their fcfrfher Refolutions atGortlich, Glengary arid Ach nacarrie, at laft they agreed to this Scherrie, " that Lochiel with the Camerons arid u M'Donalds, fhould keep in a Body; and " favour any Landings from Franc'e, while " the Chevalier and his favourite Compa-" " niops, viz. Sheridan, Sullivan, and- others, " were to traverfe the Ifles, and endeavour " to raife fuch a Force, as with the Succours " from abroad, might make a ftand." After' flaying here all "Night, they fet out next Morning to Glenphillin, where the Camerons, at his firft landing, had fet up his. Standard. Here they entered into a Cave, not far from the Place, where every Thing was prepared for their Reception ; and Lochiel, having a confiderable Guard of between fifty and fixty refolute Men, arid Geritfies placed fix Miles round, no great Danger was appre hended. Here they continued three Days',' and- were!plentifully fupply'd with every Thing neceflary for the Support and Satis fadion of Life, but as its impoffible to bear up under' the Lafhes and Tortures of Anxiety, trie Chevalier declared his Uneafi- nefs, and fignified his Defirfe to be gone ; and accordingly fet out for the Ifles. "' -" - It was noW' the beginning hi May, when two French Men of, War, one of Thirty-four Guns, the other of Thirty-two, appeared off the Weftern Coaft They fent a long Boat E 2 on ( s* ) on Shore to the Ifland of Tyreff, in order to take in Provifions, and get a Pilot to con- dud them' through thefe Seas, fome of which are at certain Times extremely Tern - peftuous, and being interfperfed with blind Rocks and Iflands, become dangerous to the People unacquainted with them. Having pro cured every Thing they wanted, they failed to the Mouth of Loch Nua, when a Ship- Mafter belonging to Fort-WMtam obferved them ; he inftantly failed to Aros Bay, in the Ifland of Mull, and informed the Captain of the Greyhound Ship of War of the Matter; who hereupon, with the Baltimore, weighed Anchor, and failed in queft of them, along with Mr. Fergufon,* who rightly judging the Enemy's Defign was to enter the Loch, he conducted them to the Mouth of it, and being in their Way joined by the Terror Bomb-Veffel, they lay to all that Night, and next Morning by Day-break flood in for them. The French diredly fired a Gun, which not being anfwered, they hoifted their Country Colours, and one of them gave a full broad-fide, which the Greyhound returned ; in a fhort Time, by the Force of the Stream, fhe was carried between the two, who plied her clofe and were clofely plied in their turn; though without Doubt * The Man's Name, from whom the Author had this Narration. fhe ( '53 ) file mult have been taken, had not the Terror and Baltimore raked the Enemy fo muph fore and aft, as diverted a confider- able fhare of their Force: The French then fent their long Boats on fhore, to bring in fome Parties of Highlanders, who were there drawn up, and adually brought fome of them on Board, with a Defign to grapple the King's Ships, and attack them on their Decks Sword in Hand ; which the others obferving, wifely fheered off in Time with their Mafts and Rigging much fluttered : Meeting however with the Furnace Bomb, they returned with Defign to renew the At tack ; but in the mean time the Enemy had failed away,much difgufted at the difingenuity of the Highlanders, who did not inform them of the real State of the Chevalier's Affairs, till all the Money,* Ammunition, Liquors and Provifions, they had brought, were landed ; however they carried off a confider abk number of Noblemen, Gentlemen and Officers ; for no fooner did they eaft Anchor ¦in the Loch, and it was known they were French, than an Exprefs was fent to Lochiel and the other Perfons of Diftindion who were then with him ; who inftantly repaired to the Shore, and were Eye-witneffes of the Engagement which I have been deferibing. * They landed in Cafti 4<9»0oo Lewis d'Ors, which the Highlanders fecured. E 3 -Perth, • ( 54.) Perth, TLoxdJohnDrumfmnd, Lord Nairn-, the younger Clanrmald, with feveral Offi cers embarked ; but Lochiel told them that he inclined to continue for fome Time, till he faw what Turn his. Mailer's Affairs might take, and in the mean Time defired that at any Event they would not fail to fend over fome more Veffels to carry off the remainder of the Party.' Repeated Affurances were given him of this, on which he retired with a few tC'the abqve-mentioned Cave ; and May 4, the two Ships fet fail for Bmlogne-. ¦ While they were proceeding on their Voyage, Perth ,died- of the Fatigue which he had undergone both before and fince the Battle of ' Culloden. He was a very tender Man, for having; received a bruife in his-Xungs, when but a Child, he contraded fo much Weaknefs, as generally to feel a fenfible Heavinefs at , his Heart, toward Bed Time ; .which rendered him incapable of taking any Supper except a little boil'd Milk and Bread, or fome fuch gentle Food ; and yet, though very flender, and valetudinary, to Aftohifh- inent: did he go through the feveral Hard ships to which, he was expofed ; but now being. una'bfe to bear up; under the Waftings pf'his fhatter'd and tottering Conftitution,, and a Sicknefs at Sea which always violently attacked him when on Ship-board ; or ra ther being unable to fupport hirnfelf, or comfort his Mind, on a Review of the rriifer- able (( 55 ) able Scenes of which he had feen fo much, and had been fo great a fharer in, he funk under the DeprefliOn, and died. His Corps was carried on Shore, andinterred in a Man ner luitahle tb his Birth, amidft the riiourn- ful Sighs and Groans of thofe, whofe Love and]Bfteelm his Humanity and Sweetnefs of Terriper had fo uniyerfally procured, he be ing a Nobleman naturally of the' moft exterir five; ^etjevolence and. Charity; a great En- coufager" of Manufactures, and, to the , ut- mof£fof his Opportunities, a father to the Poof.f,;\; K , Let us now return "to the .Ch$vafiey., who is bitterly lamenting his, iH ^Fortune in miffing the Opportunity of efcaping,,; by means of the two French. Ships. " 'And the greater was his Mortification, when he heard they had landed about 4Q,0ooLew'is. d'Ors, 35,000 of whfch had ^fallen into the Hands of Mr. Murray of Broughlon-, in, whorr^ he placed riO Confidence, nor had the" leaft Rer gardfor^ , t, And now as ' many of the remaining Chieftains as could be got together, taf- fembled to corimlt on what was proper to be done, fince fo many " of" jtrhem had gone off on boarcr the two Ships, as afore faid. Every *6ne gave in an Eftfma'$e of the Vaffals he could raife ; and it was adually thought by fome, that confidering the Sup ply of Money, Arms; Ammunition, and Pro. ( 5* •) Provifions they had got from. France, they would have come to a Refolution. of Muftering again : But the adive Meafures of the Royalifts put it out of their Power. The Duke of Cumberland had, imme* diately after entering Invernefs, iffued out a Proclamation of Pardon and Protedion to all fuch of the common People, as fhould fur> rnit to Mercy. Numbers obeyed, and reaped the Benefit of this Proclamation : And in» deed, it is amazing that all in general did not do fo ; but many were fo obftinately attach'd to the Fortune of their Chiefs, and the Caufe of the Chevalier, that no Confidera- tions could prevail on them to furrender. This provoked the Duke to publifh anor- ther Proclamation, {May i,) "Requiring in *' his Majefty's Name, all Sheriffs, Stewards and their Deputies, Magiftrates of Bo- if roughs, Juftices of Peace, and other Of- *' ficersof the Law, to make diligent Search u for all Perfons of what Rank foever, who " have been at any Time againft his Ma- li jcfty in the Courfe of this wicked and un- *' natural Rebellion, and who have not der " liver'd up their Arms., and fubmitted to " his Majefty's Mercy, in Terms of the *" ProcIaMatipn, dated at Montrofe the 24th "'of February, ij 45. and the Officers of tt the Law, to take Information from the V Minifters of the eftablifhed Church, of * Scotland^ touching the Behaviour of the '* Inhabitants. i< ( S7 ') " Inhabitants within their refpedive Parifhes, a and of the prefent Haunts, and Places of " Abode of fuch Rebels as may be lurking f- in their feveral Neighbourhoods; and " further. to make a ftrid Enquiry after all " fuch Perfons as may have, fince the Bat- " tie of Culloden, harboured, concealed or " entertained any Rebels,-5 knowing them to " be fuch ; and with the Affiftance of the '" Military to feize and commit them to •" Prifon in order to Trial." This Order threw the Chiefs into a Con sternation, and as Numbers had already fur- xender'd arid were difmiffed, the private Men, yea fome of the Officers, immediately declared their Inclination' to follow that Example, -i The Frafirs and CBJholms, the M'httojber and other Branches of the Catti, applied to the Minifters of their refpedive Parifhes, who went with them to Invernefs, and deliver'd their Arms ; others obtained Certificates, that they had laid down their Weapons, and fo were difmiffed and allowed to purfue their lawful Bufinefs : On the 13th of May, Alexander M Donald of Glenco, with thofe of his People who were with him, fuxrender'd: to General Campbell, as did thofe of App'tn, who were then at home; and both Appm and Glenco gave Notice thereof to fuch ;of their Vaffals as •were abfent, ordering them to return to their $>wn IJabitations. The mild and gentle Treatment Treatment of the Duke, with the difmal Profped of.Defolft'sidh in Cafe of Obftinacy, prevailed, upon almoft the whole to em brace his Terms before the; :20th of May, fo that noqe now clontmued in ; Arms but the .Cajperms, .fome of the M' Donalds of Keppoch, and John Roy Steuart. ¦-. Another; Incident alfo happened, which I 'fhould not, hive mentioned,, but that it had. a, greater Effed upon the Councils, of the Chevalier arid*, his 1 Friends; than the Reader perhaps may' rat firft View imagine. And moreover, it -ferves to illuftrate the Folly of national : Diftindions. The Story, fo far Leould learfl, was literally thus ; About Twenty-fis Defertsrs were found among the Prifoners taken upon the Day of Battle, and being tried and;. condemned they were ac cordingly Executed. One of- them being a Scotchman, was hanged up by himfelf, and as he Was. fwinging, an Englijh Officer' ipoke to ^Seotichmate ftanding by him, Words to this Effed, '< See your Countryman dancing " on /the Rope;v would to God all the " Scotch were ferved in the fame way7; *' Damfi them, for they are all Rebels.** The Scotchman,, as inconfiderateas the other, anfwered with the greateft Warmth, " If all *' the Scotch were Rebels, Things had gone otherwife than they have ; and I will lay ','¦• any Wager that there are more Scotchmen in ( 59 ) & in the Army than Englijhmen, and fhould ^tfaey turn out, they would defeat -the " whole Forces here." Then fome fturri- lous Language highly unbecoming the Mouths of Gentlemen to utter, as well as an: Author to relate, enfued ; the Scots were called to draw up on one Side, and the En- gli/h on the other, and perhaps that Day had prov'd fatal to the Royal Caufe, for whether the Scots or Englijh fhould get the better, his Majefty certainly mutt; lofe. The Town's People of Invernefs had now as terrible a Priofped as their Ariceftors had, even on Gabbach-Day * itfelf. The Duke be ing timeby inforjrned of the difmal Scene that •was like to be aded, h© quickly rofe up and run in auadng them, juft when the Scots were about to attack theEnglifh Camp. Taking off his Hat be; demanded to know what was. the Matter, and. as. he walked along the Line, he heard from feveral, the Particulars of the Affair : Whereupon he^order'd them iri the Name of his Royal Father, to defift from * A Day ever memorable, in that Town for the Fight be tween the Camerons and M'Pherfons, on Account, qf fo fmall a Trifle as one Third- of a Scots Penny, and almoft deftroyed each other: The Matter was this, a WPherfon aflsed of a Woman the-Price of a Cheefe, which he flunking too dear by i-3d of a Penny, threw it in a Paffion upon the Edge of her Stand. The Cheefe taking a Run, (he cry'd out to her Huf- band for Help ; who thereupon in a Paffion ftabb'd the Man ; whofe Quarrel was, efpoufed; by one of his Name (landing by, and fo fucceffively eight or ten attack'd one another in this Way,, till the Action, became general . ' . fuch ( «o ) fuch Rafhnefs. " Have we, faid he, con-i " quered the Rebels? And muft we now *' murder ourfelves ? How will the Enemies u of Britain rejoice at the News. Let na- " tional Diftindions ceafe for the future: " And here by Virtue of the Power entruft- " ed with me, I declare it fhall be Death " for either an Englijhman to refled upon a " Scotchman, or for a Scotchman to refled " upon an Englijhman on Account of their " Country *. And tho' the Rebels who live " in the Skirts of this Country ;¦ or among " the Ifles, and are disjoined by Nature from " the Continent, differ in Language, Habit, , u Religion, and Way of Living, have rifen " up in Arms againft my Royal Father, yet " I am fully convinced of the Loyalty of " the Body of the People in general, (who 11 have as little Connexion with them as any " Englijhman :) And the Services they have " done us fhalj. never be forgot, while any " Branch of the King's Family remains." Having fpoke thefe Words, in a becoming and a princely Manner, he order'd each Co lonel to draw up his own Regiment, and fo difmifs the whole to their Quarters ; which was done with all imaginable Harmony. When the Chevalier heard of this Affair, and the Facility with which his Rival quell ed the Tumult, he was no lefs chagrined than he was on Account of the Effeds of the Proclamation I have mentioned. He was * This Refolution was afterwards ratified by a Court-Martial. now ( tl ) now at the Head of Knoidart ; and tho' he had always fpoken and written moft difref- pedfully of King George's Family, yet nei ther he or his Favourites, could help ap plauding theCondud, the Wifdom and Pru dence of the Duke. " They are clofely u- " nited, faid Sullivan to his Mafter, but " your Highnefs's Forces have ever been " like a disjointed Body, which cannot itand " upright unlefs it be fupported : You was " witnefs to their Animofities and Divifions; " you know how they abufed the Truft re- " ppfed in them by yoiir Royal Father, as " he was pleafed to fignify by his Letter * " to ypurfelf Gonfider that our Body is <( not only broke and difmember'd, but fe- " veral of the Parts are fcatter'd up and " down not to be gather'd again, while our " Enemies are more and more clofely united " even by Divifions. Let us y ield to bur Mis- ** fortune fo far as to confult our own Safety, u and not be led afide by defperate Fools, c< who fee not into the Event of Things : The Chevalier acquiefced, and immediately agreed to go in Queft of a Boat to carry them over to Lewis, where, by good Fortune, they might poflibly find a Veffel to tranfport them to France. * Alluding to a Letter which the old Chevalier wrote to his Son after the Battle of Prejlon, in which he defired him always to aft in Concert with the Loyal Clans. T Fully (&) Fully refolved on this Scheme they fet out, and in their Way are met by fome of Barifdale's Stragglers who had been in Su therland "with Cromarty j the Manner of whofe Difafter the Chevalier was defirous to know : Upon their Recital- of it he feem'd aftonifh'd at the Imprudence of that Nobleman ; but the two Favourites heard it with the utmofl Compofure, without fo much as an Altera tion of Countenance." " What, fay they, " could be expeded from a weak imprudent " Man, whom every rPerfori the leaft ac- " quainted With human Naturej'muft quickly " fee thro' : And now I hope your Highnefs " fees clearly the defperate State of your " Affairs ; befides Barifdaik Vtt are told, is " taken, or has furrendered himfelf totheE- £e nemy. The Charader of the Man we pre- " fume you know too well, and therefore we " need not enlarge upon it *. A prudent ' ' . li Man • There were three Bdrifdahs ; the elder about 90 Years' old ; who, thoughi ignorant of the Englijl> Tongue, even, in the Seats Dialeft, yet was fo much attached to the Family of Steuart, for whohi he hadfdught in almoft all the Battles fince the Revolution, fhat he mufter'd up Jji9 Force for. the Chemalier, who I have feen take particular Notice of him at t)uddingflon, when reviewing his Troops. The younger," of* fecond Barifdale, was one of the Chevalier's Colonels;: He was once Captain of a Company who robb'd and plunder'd all about Rofsjbit-e and- Strathnavern ; and fo. fenfible were .the Chieftains of the Captain's great Abilities tp protect their Store, that when the Highland Independent Companies were regimented, they met and commiffioned Barifdale to fecure their PoiTdCons, and preferve their Cattle from being ftolen ; and a « (f 63 ) " Man efcheweth Evil ; and what can be ex- " peded of him : A Man who lived as he "has doie,i can never be thought to con- " tinuetrue to any Mafter; but rather to \' embrace fuch Terms as appear to him moft "advantageous. Take Gare, added Sheri dan, that he do not proffer to the Ufur- per's Son to take you up, and make a Me rit of it." Arid indeed I have been pretty, well informed' that the Conjedure of this able Politician was juft ; but as I would not affirrh any Thing I am not undoubtedly af- fured of, I am far from afferting that he ac- tuallymade fuch an Offer: Tho' this has been roundly afferted to me \ but the Truth of it is beft known to the Duke. ; But, to return to the Chevalier. " Come, " Come; fail he, let us drop our Refledions, " and iende^vp'ur to make our Efcape, for I " fear I have had but too many Bartf dale's " about me." ;Bemg come to the Sea Shore, they-- found no "Boat was left them, for the M- Donald^ oi'GlanrdnMd'iTfmtiy* had fei zed all they could for trarilporting themfelves to South Uift; and the Boats were not yet Teturned 1 This obliged thtetri to roam, up and down s?mong the Mountains till one fhould appear. "-Three Days and three Nights they ,,. ;; ... , ' : liyed anc:~] i •'.':.! ,'»>'¦'¦ ¦:,.¦>¦¦¦¦> ¦_ > jijnjt; fijr his Encouragement every Pe'rfdh poffeffed of a F6ld of „Cqw$, paid hirn, a Gratuity, which was called. Black'- Meaj. The youngeft'was alsout 20 Yeirs of Age, and bred *ftp in the ^Principles and Practice of his Anceftors* < *4 ) lived among thefe Places, always fluffing their Abode. And as in the Day Time they chofe the Tops and Heights of the Hills; they had the cruel Mortification of feeing vaft Droves of Cattle going, before Parties, (who were fent out for Subfiftance) to In- vefnefs, for the Ufe pf the King's Troops. 'Twas happy for our Wanderers that they had Plenty of Provifions with them, and particularly cold Venifon and Ufquebaugh, with which Lochiel had taken fpecial Care to fuppiy them, otherwife they muft have been much ftreightned; for the Inhabitants had either been killed in the Battles they had fought, or elfe were lurking among the Caves for their Safety, fo that few or none were to be met with but old Men, Women and Chil dren, in their former Places of Abode. The Chevalier's little Company -of about ten Perfons had feparated into fmaller Parties, two and two in each, but he himfelf kept with the two Favourites and Kinlochmoidart's Brother, who then was their Guide. By this Means they expeded to efcape the Search of the Enemy, having agreed to ap prize each other of any approaching Diftrefs : Nor did any of them fall into the Hands of the Militia, except one 0 Neal. an Officer, fuppofed to be a Prieft, who, thro' Carelefs- nefs, or a Spirit of vain Curiofity, had gone beyond the Bounds prefcribed. He was fei zed by the Campbellst who were induftrious in finding ( -6S) finding put the Stragglers ; and, being a Man of Letters, was invited by a Lieutenant,^ whom I well knew, to take a Share of his Bed, and to him did he, after a fhort Time, give a diftind Account of the Motions and Shiftings qf the young Chevalier ; and, by this Means, Undeceived the Country in ref ped to his Rout : \For till then it was art fully propagated by his Followers, and in- ferted in all the News Papers in Great Bri tain and Ireland, I had almoft faid in Europe that the young Chevalier had gone off with the two French Men of War ; but after the Truth was known, the Militia fet tf|em- felves more than ever to trace out his Foot- fteps. They fearched the Mountains where O Neal had given out he was hid ; and no Doubt both he and his Attendants muft have falku into the Net that was fpread for them, had not a Boat come from South'lfift, much about the Time that 0 Neal was taken, tp fhek after fome of the People of that Ifland, who were yet miffing. No fooner did the Chevalier's little Com pany, now diminifhed by one, obferve the Boat, than they inftantly made towards the Shore, and fet up a Signal for them to draw near. The Crew immediately gueffing that fome of their Party were in Diftrefs, and made this Signal for Relief, failed into the Place, viz. a fmall Creek, fo the Weftward of the Bay of Barifdale, whence they fet F fail (66) fail for South'Uift ; at the fame Time giving out to one or two that came to fee the Boat; that they intended for the Letvis, in order to get on board a Veffel for France. Night faft advancing favoured their Scheme, for the People could not long obferve them after they Were put to Sea. There is a little Ifland named Canna which belongs to Clanranald, lying to the Weft ward of Mull, but covered by Egg on that Side, for which fome of the Crew propofed to fail. The Chevalier and his Attendants were glad of this, becaufe they had heard thatthe Place they defigned to make, was inhabited by the Friends of their Religion, and that being of the Family of Clanranald, they were the more firmly attached t6 their Caufe. Into this Place the Boat put, and landed her Paffengers, who went up to the Houfes of the principal Inhabitants, where warm Quarters were inftantly affigned them *, and fuch Refrefhments, as Beef, Mutton, and Wild Fowl, Bannocks made of Grad- din f and Ufquebaugh, were prepared. Hence they * It is obfervable that tho' the Iflanders be great Difcou- ragers of Trade, and fuffer none to dwell among them but themfelves, yet no People upon Earth are kinder to Strangers for a Night or two than they are. \ That is Meal made in the following Manner, they throw fome Sheaves of Corn into a Fire kindled with Straw, and after the whole is burnt, they gather up the Pickles which they put into a Veffel, which a Woman enters bare-footed, and (*7 ) they kept a fharp Loqk-out for fear of the Militia, of whofe coming they were under perpetual Apprehenfions; and for their greater Security they failed in the Boat all Day, and at Night returned to their .Quarters. In this Way they continued for fome Time, till about the 28th of May obferving feveral Veffels coming out of the Sound of Mull, which they rightly judging belonged to the Campbells, the Chevalier propofed to fhift their Abode. Hereupon they haflened to South-Uift, where they landed upon the 20th in the Morning: There they were received by the "LadyClan- ranald, (who was at that Time in perfed Health, and every Way, right in her Intel- leds, in which fhe was fubjed to be fre quently diforder'd, efpecially when pregnant) in the moft hofpitable Manner, and enter tained in her Husband's Abfence, fuitably to the Rank and Dignity which the Chevalier (and fome of his Attendants) had hitherto affumed : For the M' Donalds in that Ifland are a generous Sort of People, and being all Papifts, they cultivate the old Scots Union with France, both in Religion and civil Po- F a licy. and by trampling it fevers the Rubbiih from the Grain. When they judge it cleans they grind it betwixt two Stones, the one whereof lies upon the Ground, with a fmooth Surface, and has a fmall Piece of Iron for its Axis, upon which the other Stone Is fixed, turns round uponv that Axis, and grinds the Bear, (which makes better Meal this Way than any other Grain,} till it be conveniently fmall 3 but the utmoft Pains cannot make it fo fine as the coarfeft is rendered by Means of a Water-MilL ( 68 ) licy. Few or none of them, tho' born with a Martial Genius, enter into the. Brit ifh Ar my, but rather feek their Fortunes abroad and are much affifted toward Preferment, by the Chevalier and his Sons. To procure the Continuation of their Favours, all the Inha bitants fet themfelves to render the Strangers all poffible Service. They brought in Wild Fowl and Venifon in Plenty, and as for Wines, they had them of all Sorts. Here the, Che- vaker continued, fometimes vifiting the prin cipal Cadets of the Family and the Lady of Buifdale. Clanranald's Brother, who tho' a Well- Wifher to his Tntereft, yet had, from a View of the Difficulty of his Undertaking, at the Beginning oppofed his Defign : But on the 28 th of June he had Advice that Ge neral Campbell, who had been informed of this laft Retreat of the unhappy Fugitive, was approaching toward the Ifland, through North-Uift ; and in all Probability the Ge neral muft have feized him, had not an ex traordinary Expedient (of which more in its Place) been fallen upon for his Prefervation and Relief. 'Twas on the 27th of May that Campbell failed with 1000 Men from Dunftaftnage, the antient Burial-place of the Scots Kings,. for Strontian, fo remarkable for its Lead Mines, in order to difpoffefs the Camerons, who ftill continued in Arms, of that part of the Country, and bring them to Terms ; he anchor- ( *9 ) anchored that Night at Tobermory Bay, in Mull, famous for the Wreck of the Florida SpanifhMan of War, on board of which was the Money for Payment of the Troops that came in the Invincible Armada, Anno. 1588, and next Day doubled the Point of Ardna- murchan and arrived in Strontian; here Ca meron of Dungallon, Lochiel's Lieutenant Colonel brought in his Men and Arms, and with them furrendered to the King's Mercy, and were quickly followed hy the Inhabi tants of Ardnamurchan and Morvern, where the Religion of the Church of Rome, had of late mightily prevailed. But as for Lochiel himfelf, he had a Spirit that would not fuffer him to entertain the leaft Thought of furren- dering to any one. iHere theGeneral continued, till getting In telligence that the Duke of Cumber land was arrived at Fart-Auguftus, and that Lord George Sackville and Major Wtifon were marched along the Coaft. to fcour every Part of the Country, he put to Sea, and failed for the Lewis, where arriving, he diligently fearched for the young Chevalier, though to no purpofe. Hence he marched through the Harris, and Narth-Uift, where he got Infor mation of his Abode, and was almoft within two Miles of Benbicula, (a fmall Ifland that is joined to SoulhUift, when there is anEbb, but feparated at full Sea) -before thofe of Clanrandld's Houfe were apprifed. When F 3 the, (70) the News was brought to the Chevalier and his Attendants, who were at firft greatly ftruck with Surprise, " Come, faid Sulli- u van, there is no Help for it ; to yield to " Misfortune is not the way to get rid of " her j let us rather immediately contrive " our Efcape :" Let's hear then, faid the " Chevalier, what you have now to propofe ; " you know I always hear you with Plea- " fure : For my part, I would fooner perifh, " I would rather die this Moment, than " fall into the Hands of the. Campbells, or " any of that Rebel-name." — " Yesj.ad- ed another, or into the Hands of any of the Ufurpers Forces-;" Then reply 'd Sul livan, " I think your Highnefs and I fhould feparate, for certainly if many li be found about the Houfe, we fhall be " difeovered ; put on Women's Apparel for " the prefent, and I will go with Mr. Sheri- " dan, Mr. Buchanan, and the other Gen- " tlemen, to the other end of the Ifland, where, perhaps, we may meet with a Boat, and fail over to Ireland, where I am not affraid of being fecure, tho' indeed, your Highnefs ought not to venture thither, for as 50,000/. is there fet upon "your "Head, I would truft none of them. As " for me, if I get off to France, I fhall re- " prefent your Cafe at the Court of Ver- " failles." The Chevalier, ever obfervant of Sullivan's Counfels, which he looked up on' (7i ) on as fo many Oracles, acquiefced in the Pro- . pofal/ rather perhaps by a Gefture than any verbal Expre^ion, for I could not learn what he faid ; but the Perfon who gave me this Information declared that the Chevalier** parting with Sullivan was like tearing his Heart from his Body (for that was the Man's Phrafe.) Take my Cloalc Bag *, faid the Chevalier, with you, " fhew my Pocket Book to my Coufin the King of France, as a Token of my Diftrefs, and I hope a Veffel will foon' be fent for me if you arrive in France, which pray God you may." Sulli- vat\ made the moft folemn Proteftations of his inviolable Attachment to his Intereft, and .of his faithfully obferving the Inftruc- tions given him. Then all took their Leave of their unhappy Mafter^ and fet out with Plenty of Provifions., which ' Clanranald' s Lady had prepared on Purpofe. They met opportunely with a Boat, in which they failed for Ireland, and from thence incognito to France, where Sullivan d if charged the Truft repofed in him. Mean Time the Royalifts are approaching, and perhaps might have been fooner at the Place, had not the half-Flood flopped them for fome Time, as there were not a fufficient Number of Boats for ferrying them over. * This was all the Baggage which he had, for the other Part of it was fent to Bed Cajlle about the Time of the Bat tle, and was plundered by the Country People. F 4- The ( 7* ) The Lady Clanranald now befoujght the Chevalier with Tears in her Eyes, to think of fome Method for efcapitt'g, if he did not approve of Sullivan's .- But his Spirits almoft failing, he knew not how to behave. Where upon the Lady faid, " Here is a young Gen- " tiewoman, Mifs Flora M' Donald *, upon " whom I will prevail to take your High- " nefs under her Protedion." Accordinglyfhe immediately applied to Mifs, who readily ac cepted the Task; for they both faid, " if " he be taken here, the whole Country may " chance to fuffer for it." Lady Clanra nald brought a Gown, and all other Clothes neceflary for one of her Sex, to the Cheva lier, who kept on nothing of his own Appa rel but his Breeches and Stockings. He dref- fed himfelf with the Help of the Lady, who order'd a Boat to be got ready for them, and a Servant to attend along with the Boat men, who were direded to condud Mifs Flora and her fuppofed. Maid to Sky. They conti nued all Night at Sea, and next Morning ar rived at a Place a little below Sir Alexander M'Detiald'sHouie: But theChevaliervtould not * A Daughter of one Captain Hugh WDonald of Ctanra- nald's Family, who was with the Lady as a Companion at that Time. Many falfe and idle Stories have been publifhed of her, of which the Inventors ought, to be aihamed, fince it is now publickly known, that inftead of being the Brilliant Lady (he has been reprefented, (he was no other than a fimple modeft Girl, remarkable only for befriending a Fugitive in his Dif- trefs. ( 73 ) •fibt allow the Crew to quit the Boat, neithe uid himfelf or the Lady ftir out of it till the Return of the Servant, whom they fent a- ftore to difcover whether or no they might land in Safety. In lefs than an Hour's Time the trufty MefTenger let them know tbejy might venture afhore, which they according ly *3id ; arid the Lady with .her Madd pro ceeded diredly to Sir .Alexander's Houfe The Knight * was not at, Home; but his Lady received her Vifitdr with .'great Polite- hefs, and earneflfy prfefs'd her to flay aM Night. But this Mifs Fiona, direded by the Looks of her Maad, .abfblutely Teferfed, under Pretence of preffirig Bnfinefs which tall'd her elfewhere; fand that fhe had only done herfelf the Pfeafhre tocall and fee how her Ladytffefip did. ;.\-..\ After a plentiful Dinner they let out. .for the Laird of '¦M^inn&fe'%favi&h\ -where the Maid became a Man; For- on communi cating the Secret toMr.M'Kimnm, it being riow no longer conwnlent -for the ChevaUer t© coritinue in his T^aMfonration, the Laird ¦furnifhed him with a 'fhewt Goat, a Waiffc- coat, and dthef Things fuitable to his Sex, and which yet fufficiently difguifed hisrJQtia- lity. Here they ftaid all Night, but in the Morning Mifs M'Dmald rreturned .to her own Home. The CheVMligr however conti- * He was in the'Governifierit's Tntereft,'and at this Trme with the Duke's Army. nued ( 74 ) nued for the Reft of the. Day with Mr. M'Kinnon : In the Evening he took a Walk toward the Sea Side, and chanced to meet with one Normand M'Leod, an old Fifher? man, who was perfedly acquainted With all the Weftern Iflands, and all the Creeks: upon the Coafts, from Tongue Bay in Strathna- vern to Ardndmurchan. The Man happened to know the Chevalier, by whom he was of fered a Sum of Money to carry him to Raa^r- fa. This was agreed to, , and fafely executed . The Proprietor .of that Ifland very hpfpifably entertained him ; but next-Day being apprer henfive of a Vifit, he advifed his wandering >Gueft to return to Sky. This. Advice the hursifs'd Chevalier found: himfelf obliged to comply with, . and ftill continued Under the Care of M'Leod (who thought proper to af- fume the Name of M'Kinnon, the better to skreen himfelf in Cafe of a Difeovery) till General Campbell returned to that Ifland. That Comriiander, fome Days after his ar rival at South-U'tft, .being informed of the Departure pf the Chevalier', and of the man* ner of his Efcape, order'd the. Lady Clan ranald into Cuflody, and marched his Troops through North -Uifl and the Harris, till they came diredly oppofite to Sky, haying 5»revibufly fent thither Captain Fergufon in the Gutter. That Veffel was pretty. foon up -at the Place appointed ; but the Captain fuf- peding the Chevalier might be hiding arnong the ( 75) the MKinnons, order'd the Pilot to fleer to that part of the Country that belonged to them. Accordingly they put in within Piftol-fhot of the Shore, juft at the fpot where the Fugitive they were feeking adu- ally was. Here he had certainly been dif- cover'd had it not been for a rifing Ground, behind which he retired a'nd made off. The Boatmari now obferving that General Camp bell was on the point of landing with his Militia,- arid that a King's Ship conduded by a Shipmafter of Inverlochy, was fo near, thought proper to haul his Boat to the other fide of the Ifland, and row the Chevalier to the-Continent* > - *¦ '• ¦ > ; About Five o' Clock in the Afternoon they fet out for Glenelge, and arrived in about three Hours upon the rCoaft. Here the Fifherman drew the Boat up to a Creek, fenced on all fides, and there landed his Paf- fenger." It was now about Nine o' Clock , at Night, and they walk'd along the Shore for fome Time, in order1 to obferve -what was ftirring in "i'the ' Country. Here it was that the Chevalier went through one of the oddeft Adventures, that perhaps ever hap pened to any Man ; for at this place a Com pany of Militia (the Monroe's, if I miftake nbt) were ;waiting, in hopes the unhappy Fugitive might fall into their Hands : To make the more fure of their Prize, they had with them a Blood-hound, to trace him out. The ( 7* ) The Dog was within a Stone's throw of them, and the Men not much farther off, when M'Kmnon obferved them, and parti cularly fufpeded the Animal. Whereupon he advifed his Paffengerinftantlytopul] off a 11 his Cloaths, and enter the Water up to the Neck : " For, faid he, if you go in with " your Cloaths on, you may catch your " Death. In the mean time I will divert " the fmell of the Dog with thefe Fifties," he having feme on a String in his Hand. The affrighted Chevalier jriSftantly did as he was direded., and M'Kinnon having hid this Chevalier's Cloaths an a Cliff of a Rock, began to am ufe the Dog with his Fifh. The Artifice fucceeded fo well, as effedually' to fecwe the Chevalier ; but fhe Animal would not quit the Fifh'erman till he was fecured by the Militia-Men, who /kept, him all Night, and Part of the next Day. They examined him, Ibutto no Purpofe ; and upon his felling his. true Name, viz. M'Leod they became indifferent about him ; .and he reprefenting that his Family was flarving, having nothing to rfubfift on but the Prodiud of his Induftry as a Fifberman, they difiriif- fed him. When he left, them, he fet out, .as if he defigned a very ¦-different Courfe to that he .really intended, and afterwards flruck into ; rforwhen he judged himfelf out of their Reafch, the turned jnto the Road leading to therPlace where he fuppofed the Chevalier yet ( 77 ) yet was. He found him there indeed, and employ'd in fuch a Manner, as could not but ffcrike even the rough Heart of the hardy Fi- flierman, innur'd to all the Extremities of Wind and Weather, Hunger and Cold. He found him feeking out Mufcles and other fmall Shell-Fifh, upon the Craigs, and breaking them between two Stones, eating the Fifh as he opened them, to fatisfy the Cravings of an Appetite, never in all Proba bility fo keen before. He told M'Kinnon " that he had continued in the Water for fe- " veral Hours, after he left him ; but at " laft ventured our, and put on his Cloaths ; " but durft not offer to remove from that " defert Spot, judging it too hazardous to go " up into the Country, to which he was an " utter Stranger." But I muft not omit one Gircurriftance which fufficiently fhows the Chevalier's forlorn Situation at this Jundure, and how fincerely rejoiced he was, at the Return of his faithful Boatfman. For as foon as he fet Eyes on M'Kinnon, he fell down on his Knees, and with up-iifted Hands, thank'd Heaven for returning him his Friend ; which he did in thefe Words, as near as could poffibly be remember'd by the Fifhermariy who heard him, and who repeated them to the Perfon from whom I had my Information. " O God, faid he, I thank thee that I have " not fallen into the Hands of my Enemies; " and purely thou haft ftill fome-thing for me " to ( 7« ) " to do, fince in this ftrange Place thou haft " fent me back my Guide." The Particulars of this Adventure, were . given me by a Perfon of undoubted Veracity, and one who, if he had a Mind to have im pofed on me, was incapable of Fidion ; be ing not in the leaft given to romance : A Man of the plaineft Manners, and utmoft Simplicity in Converfation, befides an Inte grity never queftioned by any one that knew him. He was very intimate with M'Kin non,. alias M'Leod, a Man well known to be of an honeft, fincere, well-meaning Difpo- fition, and who never ferupled to relate all he knew of the above Affair, without the leaft Referve or Prevarication, tho' he had frequent Occafions to repeat the Story. The Chevalier having met with this fur prizing Deliverance, and obferving the Fi delity of his Guide, refolved entirely to fub- mit» to his Diredions and Management. " Condud'me, faid he to M'Leod, where " you will, I am refolved to follow you." " Well then, replied the Boat-man, we will " go a little farther to the Northward, where "your Highnefs has many Friends, tho' " they have not been in Arms for your In- " tereft, which, as Things have happened, " makes it fo much the better, becaufe they " are the lefs fufpeded, and the Militia are " not upon the Watch among them." Hereupon they proceeded a few Miles, till ( 79 ) till they came to the Houfe of one M'Ken- zie, who received the Chevalier very kind ly, and entertained him with fuch Refped, tho' with all imaginable Privacy, as plainly fhewed how much he fympathized with the Wanderer in his Diftrefs. Here, and in this Neighbourhood, the Chevalier continued till about the aift of July *, when he heard of General Camp bell's being landed ztApple'Crofs-Bay ; where upon he thought proper to quit the Country entirely, tho' he might have remained in it very fecurely : But the Anxieties of his Mind grew upon him ; and he had hardly the Re folution to continue in one Place for two Nights together ; but efpecfally whenever he heard that the Enemy were advancing, tho' as yet at a very confiderable Diflance, he would not flay, a Moment, but inftantly made off with all the Marks of the greateft Pannick, ever thinking that the Campbells, whom he equally abhofr'd and feared, were at his Heels. He now took the Road towards Inver nefs ; but, when within two Miles of Bra- han, he turned aflde and croffed a little a- bove Beulie, and, in the Habit of a Peafant went thro' Strathglafs, and fo, in the Night * He now difcharged M'Kinhon, on this Condition, that at convenient Intervals, while he moved about the Country, following his Employment of fKhing, he fhould vifit the Che waiter, to fee if he had any further Occafion for him. . Time ( 8o ) Time, travelled through Glengary to Bade- noch, where his faithful Clunie M.'Pherfon provided for his Safety, and furnifhed him with all Accomodations that could be procu red in the forlorn State, not only of the Wanderer, but of all his Followers. In deed he was now more fecure than he thought himfelf to be ; which was owing to the Report that about this Time prevailed of his being dead *, which being generally believed by thofe hitherto employed in Search of him, they grew more remifs, and gave themfelves the lefs Trouble about him. A Chain of Centries from Inverary almoft to Invernefs, had flood for near two Months, guarding the Paffes in Hopes of intercepting him ; but to what Purpofe Time has fhewn, and they might, I fhould think, have fore- feen. For what could they exped, confider- ing the vaft Extent of the Country, and the numerous Woods, Lakes, Mountains and Hollows with which it abounds ? I remem ber when, about the Beginning of Auguft, 1746, a Party of King /ton's Horfe came to Edinburgh from Fort Auguftus f .- 1 enquired of fome of them about their Huntings after the * Some abfolutely (aid, " he is dead ;" others, " he went oft* with one M'Kinnon a Boatman, and has never been feen or heard of fince. ¦f- As a Guard to Alexander M'Donald of Kingjboroitgh, Faftor to Sir Alexander M'Donald of Slate ; who was com mitted Prifoner to them by the Earl of Albemarle, and brought to Edinburgh Caftle, for Iheltering the Chevalier. (8i ) the Chevalier, and they declared that more than, once they had been in Sight of him, but by, Means of fome Lake, or the like, he had always efcaped. About this Time feveral Perfons were fei zed by the Campbells and others, for har bouring or affording Affiftance to the unfor tunate Fugitive. Befides Lady Clanranald (already -mentioned to have been taken up by General Campbell) and Mr. M'Donald of Kingfborough, the elder Clanranald himfelf^ tho' not at Home when his Wife entertained the young Chevalier, nor ever concerned in the Rebellion, at leaft not openly, was alfo feized by the faid General, and fent Prifoner to London. His Son, Clanranald junior, was indeed adive in the Chevalier's Service* and was one of the Perfons excepted by Name out of the Ad of Grace ; but the Father pofifively declared to feveral, during his Con finement, that at the Time of his being fei zed, and while, unknown to him, the Che valier was at his Houfe, he was induftrioufiy ufing his Intereft and Authority , for the Go vernment's Service in Arifdig, and there abouts. But for this he reproached not the Government, but General Campbell, whom he feemed to refled upon as guilty of fome Mearinefs or Malicioufnefs in this Affair. — However it may not be improper to remark, that this Laird of Clanranald is a Roman Catholick, as well as his Brother Buifdale, G who ( 8a ) who was alfo feized; tho' not openly, in the Rebellion. — Befides thefe, Mifs Flora M'Donald herfelf was likewife taken , into Cuflody for the Part fhe bore in aflifting the Wanderer, and was a long Time in Confine ment at London ; and the elder Glengary was fent to the Caftle of Edinburgh. The Seizure of thefe and fome others upon the fame Account, being known throughout the Country, the Inhabitants* began to be very backward in receiving or aflifting the Chevalier ; however he had ftill the good . Fortune to find fbrne who would not only run the Risk of entertaining, but even of accompanying him in his folitary Retreats. One Day as he was complaining to Clunie M'Pherfon of the Danger of his Situation, and expreffing a Defire of fhifting his Abode again, Clunie told him that he had juft heard of the Duke of Cumberland's being gone off for England, and that the Camp at Fort Au- guftus was very fpeedily to break up ; there fore, continued he, " wait here for fome " Time longer, and my Life for yours, you " are fafe." But this generous and falutary Propofal was difregarded by the too appre- henfive Adventurer, who, ever wavering, fearful, and terrified almoft at the Neighing of a Horfe, or the Appearance of but a fingle Man, tho' at the greateft Diflance, could ne ver be prevailed upon to continue long in a Place, ...... .< 8* ¦> Place, tho' certainly by often removing he ran the more Hazards. There is a Hill within ten Miles of Daal- nacardich, and feventeen of Blair, Handing near a Rivulet that divides the County of Invernefs from that pf Perth-, and within Sight of the great Road which the Govern ment, at a vaft Ex pence, made in 1728. This Hill was judged a Place of Safety, and to it the Chevalier repaired : But ftill the moft tormenting , Fears infeperably haunted him Night and Day ; every Thing was perpe tually giving him the Alarm, and he, to fpeak in the Language of that excellent Performance, the Campaign, In every whiftling Wind the Vicfor heard, And William'j form in every Shadow fear 'd. » Several who accompanied him in his Wan derings have expreffed their Aftonifhment at the Fright he exprefs'd upon all Occafions. When from this Hill he has perceived any Parties of fhe Enemy marching along the great Road, his Countenance has been ob- ferved to change, and his Hair to ftand an End on his Head. Yet ftill he preferved fo much Strength arid Vigour as to be able, on every Emergency, to make the beft of his Way! While in Badenoch he was in very little Danger, being not in the leaft fufpeded' to Gi be f «4 ) , , be there, or indeed in any Part of Scotland, during all the Interval between the 29th of June, to the 8th of 'Auguft, when General Campbell'^ Militia taking fome Prifoners in the Courfe of their Hunting for the Cheva lier, got Information, of the various Shiftings of his Abode. Nay, the Forces had fre quently been in Sight of him, or at leaft the Company in which he was, but never fuf- peded them, looking on them only as poor People of no Confequence, and fo would march on without taking further Notice. General Campbell having mifs'd the Che valier in South-Uift, purfued him to Sky, and landed a little below Sir Alexander M'Do - nald's Houfe, at the very Place where Mifs Flora M'Donald had before put in with her pretended Maid. The General went ftrait to Sir Alexander's, and ftridly examin'd his Lady concerning her two Gucfts, and parti cularly if fhe knew that one of them was the young Chevalier. She acknowledged that there was with her one Mifs M'Donald, and a young Woman that paffed for her Maid ; tho' indeed, " if this fuppofed young, Wo- " man was really fuch, fhe was certainly one " of the talleft that ever was feen ; and that " her Looks were very confufed. That if " this Perfon was the Chevalier in Difguife, " 'twas more than fhe knew. All that I am " certain of, faid fhe, is, that I earneftly " prefs'd Mifs M'Donald to flay all Night, which ( §5 ) % which fhe abfolutely refufed, and went to " the Laird of M'Kinnon's-, but what \s " become of them fince, I have not enqui- " red." Hereupon the General immediately fent a Party to Mr. M'Kinnon's Houfe, which they carefully fearched, but to no . Purpofe ; and therefore they feized the Laird himfelf, and carried, him off. About this Time feveral - other Prifoners were made, particularly Captain Ranald M'Donald, Brother to Kinlochmoidart, and three Priefts : But as thefe had uot feen the Chevalier for fome Time, they could give but little Information about him. Vaft Quantities of Arms, Ammunition and Pro vifions, with many Saddles, Bridles and Boots, were found among trie Rocks, and feveral fine Horfes, as they were roving in the Woods. Large Droves of Cattle belong ing to the Fugitive Clans were brought to the Camp by the General's Orders ; which produced an Effed not at all difagreeable to the Vidors, viz. obliging moft, of the Quon dam Owners to fly the Country : And this many the more eafily did by the Help of forged Paffports, difguifing their Habits, and affuming falfe Names ; by which Means they got on board of fuch Ships as conveyed, them ¦ into France. " But among all, the Plunder that fell into the Hands of the ,TrooPs> I muft not omit to mention that extraordinary Curiofity, the c r G 3 Engine ( 86 ) Engine called a Barifdale, from M'Donald of Barifdale, the Proprietor, in whofe Houfe it was found. It was an Iron Machine con trived to torture fuch poor thievifh High landers as were not in the Service of this cruel Laird, and extort Gonfefnon from them. If any Cattle were miffed, and the Perfons fufpeded ever fell into Barifdale's Hands, they were threatned with Torture, from which nothing could exempt them but a Confeffion, either where the Cattle were, or who ftole them. -Twas enough to tell them they fhould be Barifdale'd, and fhew theth the dreadful Engine, to make the affrighted trembling Wretches confefs all they knew, and perhaps more ; for fome would acknow ledge any Thing, even to the Prejudice of their own Property, or that of their Chief, rather than enter thofe Hellifh Manacles, But as for fuch as either thro' Obftinacy, would not, or being innocent could not give (he Satisfadion demanded, they were fure to fuffer. When in the Machine^ their Hands, Feet, and Neck, were fixed in fuch a Man ner, that the Pofture the Man was forced to remain in, was neither fitting, lying, kneel ing or Handing ; but tho' debarred the leaft Ufe of his Hands and Feet, his Neck was fomewhat more at Liberty, but then he had a great Weight upon the Back of his Neck, to which if he yielded in the leaft, by fhrinfc- ina; downwards, a fharp Spike would ruq ititQ ( 87 ) into his Chin. — The very Name of this Engine kept the whole Country round m Awe, no Word founding more terrible among the Inhabitants Of thofe Parts than Barifdale, whether meaning the dreaded Machine, or the tyrannical Owner of it himfelf *. But while the Troops and Parties em ployed by the Government are feouring the Country, the Chevalier and the few (not above three or four) that were with him, are intent on their own Prefervation. Although the M'Pherfons, by laying down thei? Arms, had freed themfelves from Sufpicion, yet the Chevalier foon begun to diftruft his fituation among them. There was with him one who knew the Place where Lochiel re- forted, and to him he propofed to Condud the Wanderer, who agreed to the Propofal, hopirig that Lochiel might inform him of fome part of Lochabar, wherein the fearch might by this Time have cool'd. However, * As Cruelty and Cowardice are faid to be infeparable, {o thofe who are well acquainted with Barifdale, fay, that his Courage is not equal to his great perfonal Strength, tsfc. 'TiS notorious that Clunie MPherfon, who is but a low Man, and to all Appearance very incapable of contending with Barif dale,- once fought with and beat him. They afterwards fought a Duel, in which the latter was wounded in the Arm, and again worded. He is likewife a Man of no Conduct; for the Family of Glengary, of which he is the eldeft of a younger Branch, are generally efteemed to be a filly, incon siderate, vicious Sort of People : And it hath been often ob served that whoever is addicted to immoral and. dilhojiour- ?ble Actions, never is refolute or truly brave. G. 4 , Clunie. ( 88 ) Clunie and the others infilled on his flaying' with them yet a little longer, at leaft while- they fhould fend an Exprefs to Lochiel. With much difficulty they at laft prevailed on him, I am well affured that one , of Clunie's Arguments to perfwade the Cb&va- lier to flay, was that he could procure the News-Papers as they came out ; which could not but give the Chevalier great Sa tisfadion, as the Fate of the Lords Cro- tnarlie, Kilmarnock, and Baltnerin,oi: on whofe account their Chief felt a good deal of Anxiety, was then depending on the Event of a Tria}, they having already been arraign ed before the Houfe of Lords. And here a fhort Account of thefe Noblemen may not be unacceptable to the Englifh Reader, as they have been fo miferably mifreprcfented in all hitherto publifhed,* through the Ma lice of fome, and the Prejudice or the Mifin- formation of others. The Earl of Kilmarnock was defcended from an ancient and noble Family, which had fometimes intermix'd even with the blood Royal. — His Lordfhip, when but a Boy, difcover'd a peculiar Air of Nobility, was Mafter of a fine Addrefs, a flowing Eloquence, and endow'd with all the Arts of * This juft Cenfure is not to be extended to the celebrated 'Performances' of a certain Reverend Gentleman, to Whom the World is much obliged (or every Thing he has publiftied. Per- < Si? * Perfwafion. . Nature * hat! alfo been very liberal to him in the JJncfowments ' of his- Perfon, fje being reckoned one of the hand4 fomef^: Mjen,-.qf_ his Time. Nor had flie been fparing wi|h -Regard to his natural Capacity: But as the -moft fruitful Fields, if but fuperT ficially touch'd with the plough, 'will' be, Produdive .qf httle, fo \ the' moft ' fertile Genius, when not duly Cultivated, wilj only produce • Whims and Trifles* - This Truth was; evident in the Earl of Kflfnar\ nock, whaby the vivacity and fp'righflinefs of his Temper, made a figure in mixM -Com panies ; apd if the Difeourfe turn'd upon Gallantry-, T he was heard as aq Oracle: But \f any Point of folid Learning, or ferious Enquiry was the Topic, his weaknefs would then appear. His Art of Perfwafion might in fome Degree be owing to his Necefhties ; For if he knew any one in the Town of Kilmarnock, (a fmall Borough in .Scotland^, from whence he took his Title) who kept any confiderabk Sum of Money by him, he, ¦would be fure to fend for the Man, and treat him with fp genteel an Air, fuch insinuating Complaifance,, and fo much Mildnefs arid Affability, that it was impoffibte for him to refift his Lordfhips Sollicitation for a" Loan. The Earl was a" Man of no Refolution, arid therefore _; eafily perfwaded into any Thing, though contrary to his Intereft. Indeed it has been obferv'd, that Men of his Lord- fhip's ( po ) Slip's fine perfonal Appearance, * feldom prove Proficients in ufeful Knowledge, and particularly the Knowledge df Mankind, or what is called Knowing the World, unlefs trained up in the School of Adverfity, or wifely direded by thofe to whom the Care of their Education has been committed, and who have alfo had the Welfare of their Pupils at Heart. But unhappily for the Nobleman we are ipeaking of, his Father dying when the Son was but young, the Eftate came to him before he had laid up a fufficient flock of Knowledge, either to manage that or himfelf. He foon became a prey to youthful and fen- fual Pleafures, and inftead of Cultivating his Mind, became forid of Fencing, Danciqg and other genteel, but mere out-fide Ac- complifhnients, tho' fuch as generally procure the Efteem of the Fair Sex, among whom he was a Favourite. He married the Lady Ann Livingfton, who was Heirefs apparent to three Eftates, viz. that of Errol, Cal- landar, and Linlithgow: So that had his Lordfhip been capable of managing his own Affairs with proper Oeconomy, he might tiave proved a Bleffing to his Family, (as * He was above fix Foot high ; of an engaging Counte nance, fine Blue Eyes, full of Sweetnefs ; his Nofe ftrait, his Forehead^ high and graceful ; and in (hort, his whole Perfon feultlefs. each ( pi ) jeach of his four Sons had the Profped of fin Earldom) and an Honour to his Friends;. Many Stories have gone abroad as to the Caufe of his Engaging with the Chevalier ; which JDiverfity may be owing to his having aded contrary to all his former Principles j for I have heard him at the Bar of the Affembly plead to have a Presbyterian Mini fler fent to Falkirk, of his own chufing, for, faid he, " I want him to Converfe with " as a Companion." Some attributed fb in- confiftent a Condud to his Countefs (whom almoft in his dying Moments he cleared of the Charge ; ) others imputed it to the Countefs of Err ol, whom I alfo believe in nocent: For that Lady is not only too clofely conneded with the Governrrient, but has too riiuch good Senfe and Penetration, and too well knew that the Earl was moft unfit to engage in fuch a Defign, to have the leaft hand in difpofing him to it. — But to be brief, the Truth is only this, One Andrew Alves, a Writer of the Signet, a Man of a moft infamous Charader, was Agent for the unfortunate Kilmarnock j and if I remember right, had been coming from his Houfe to 'Edinburgh, Sept. 16, 1745, when the Che valier was advancing to that City with his little Army. The Duke pf Perth "toyed him, and calling him to him, asked him if ' the City of Edinburgh intended to ftand on% againft the Prince. " We will fhew them « the ( pa ') •f' the odds of it, faid he, but if they lef *'¦. us in Civilly they will be Civilly ufed,; " but if otherwife,' let them be anfwerable " for the Confequences of their own Con- " dud." Sofaying, the Chevalier came up and cour tou fly did /fives the Honour to let him kits his Hand, He was then employed to carry a Letter from the Chevalier to the Magiftrates of Edinburgh, which hedeliver'd, but fo artfully as not to difcover that himfelf was certainly the Bearer. The Battle of Prefton happening that very Week,when the King's Forces were rout ed, many unthinking People looked on the Chevalier's Point as now abfolutely gained. Among thefe was Alvss, who inftantly re- f'red to Lord Kilmarnock, and repeated the ords of Perth, which he magnified not a a iittle. He then defcribed the Defeat of Cope's Forces, and extoll'd the Humanity and Condud of the Chevalier. Dazzled with this glittering appearance of Fortune, and believing the whole of Alves's Relation to be juft, he fatally, from a Profped of raifing himfelf to Riches and further Honours, made his Court to the Chevalier, and em braced his Party. Before I quit this Nobleman, I fhall give the Reader a Story which I leave him to approve or Cenfure, as he thinks proper, without delivering my own Sentiments as to the /Nature of jhe Fad ; and fliall only ob ferve, obferve tliat never was any Relation of this Kind better attefted. In my Hearing it has been very ferioufly fpaken of by Men of the beft Senfe and Learning in Scotland, .many of whom have owned that they law no Rea fon rwhy they fhould not admit the Reality of the Fad ; which was as follows : About a Year before the Rebellion, as the Earl of Kilmarnock was onef Day walking in his Garden,, he was fuddenly alarrh'd with a fearful Shriek ; which while he, was refleding on with Aftonifhment, was foon after repeated. On this .he went, into the Houfe, and enquired of his Lady and all the Servants, but could not difeoyer from whom or whence the Cry proceeded ; but miffing his Lady's Woman, he was inform'd that fhe was gone into an Upper Room to infped fome Linnen ; Whereupon the Earl and his Lady went up and open'd the Door, which, was only latch'd: But no fooner. did. fhe Gentlewoman within fet Eyes on his Lord- fhip's Face, than fhe fainted away. When "¦ with proper Affiftance fhe was brought to herfelf, they ask'd her, the Meaning of what they had heard and feeri. .She replied that- while fhe fat fewing fbmeLinrieri fhe had.ta7 ken up to mend, the Door opened of itfelf and a bloody Head enrer'd the .Room, an# rofl'd on the Floor. That this dreadful Sight had rnade her cry out, but it inftantly difap- peared. That in a few Moments fhe faw the fame ( j>4 ) ferne Apparition again, on which fhe, repeafv' ed her Shrieks ; and at the third Time fhe fainted away : But was juft recover'd when fhe faw his Lordfhip coming in, which had made the Impreffiori on her they had been "Witnefs to. This Relation given by the affrighted Gen-r tlewomari, was drily laughed at and ridiculed as the Effed of Spleen, Vapours, or the Strength of a deluded Imagination ;- arid was thought no more of, ffll one Night when my Lord Kilmarnock happened to tell the Story to the Earl of Galloway, the Subjed of their Lordftiips Cdriverfation happening to be on Spedres arid Apparitions, the vulgar Notions of which they were ridiculirig. But after Kilmarnock had engag'd in the Rebellion^ and Lord Galloway was told of it, he in- ftantly recolleded this Story, and faid, " I'll * lay a Wager that Kilmarnock will ldfe his « Head."I coriie now to fay fomethirig of the E — 1 of C -y, whofe Charader I fhall truly difplay, without the leaft Regard to the Ap- probatiori or Refentmerit of any one. In his Youth he was given to the moft monftrous and unaccountable Extravagancies; fuch as an exceffive Indulgence in fenfual Pleafures^ the moft luxurious Entertainments and Mid night Revels, accompanied with the moft fhocking, unheard of, new-coin'd Oaths and ' Exe- ( 95 ) Execrations ; drinking the Devil's Health *, with others equally deteftable and ridiculous. But happily for him he married a very vir tuous Lady, who, with her Mother, the Lady Invergordon, was greatly inftrumental in reforming him from his Debaucheries and mad Pranks f : So that before he entered intb the Chevalier's Intereft, he was not only efteemed a fober, but a very amiable Man ; and becoming a zealous Presbyterian, he on all Occafions exerted his utmoft Influence and Authority in Rofsfhire and elfewhere, for promoting that Intereft. Whoever they were that engaged him to enter into that Undertaking, .fo deftrudive , to himfelf and his Family, I can hardly think they were either his Friends, or Well- wifhers to the Caufe of the Chevalier : For finely no one who knew him could imagine him capable of behaving with all that Induf- tjry and Prudence neceflary in fo nice and critical * Particularly on a Sunday- Morning, the Devil was the favourite Toaft. •J- Of thefe one Inftance may not be omitted. He and his Coufin, a Son of the Lord Royjlon, then one of the Se nators of the College of Juftice at Edinburgh, one Time ma king a Debauch together, in. which they gave a Loofe to the utmoft Excefles; they feized one R — d k M'K — sag, whom they bound and fix'd in a Pofture proper for their, Pur pofe. They then took a burning Candle, and applying it to the Orifice of the Anus, put the Man to the moft horrid Pain. How they treated the fair Sex, I do not chufe to mention : Tho* I have heard many Particulars on that Subject both in Raft and elfewhere* ( p<$ y critical an Affair.. .Arid as fot the Troops he brought with him, they were the very Re fufe and Dregs of the Highlanders. But not to dwell any longer On a Charac ter which can afford no real Delight to the Reader, I fhall only further obferye, that being condemn'^ with Kilmarnock and Bal merino, fo great Intereft was -made for him, that his Life was fpared : And indeed I think the Lenity of the Governmerit is highly to be commended", as it could not be faid they had rid themfelves of a dangerous Enemy, had they put him to Death. Arid in my Opinion had they reftored to him his Foffef- fions, and feat him back to New Tarbet, they would have had no more to fear from him than now while in Cuftddy at London. In Truth the fame may be faid of the other two Lords: Vox Kilmarnock' % Intereft was funk, and Balmerino's was nothing at all. Befides, the former was certainly a true Pe nitent ; and would furely have been bound by Principle and Gratitude to be faithful for the future. But doubtlefs the Government thought that fomething was .due to Juftice, which indeed the Whole Englifb Nation aloud demanded, as the leaft Satisfadion that could be made them for what they had fuffered from a People, {i.e.) the Highlanders, with whorh. they had lefs Connedion than with the MiifcoviteSy Turks or Tartars. It ($7 ) . It remains now to fay fbntething of Ar- ' thur Lord fBalmerino ; but in Truth little, can be faid on fo barren a Subjed ; for his Lordfhip never made any Figure in the World,, and was fcarce known till he fell x into the Hands of the Government. When but a Child there appeared in him many- early Symptoms of a ftubborn 'and froward Djfpofition, which grew upon him with his Years. An early, Impreffion being deeply flamp'd in hie Mind, in favour of the Che* valier's. Pretentions xp the Throne, he be came fo immoderately zealous, that many People whofe Politics differ'd from his, thought it unfafe to be in his Company ; and indeed not without Reafon, as will appear from, the following Inftance of his imprudent Zeal. He was once riding out in Company with fome Gentlemen, among whom was one Clerk^ a Writer to the Signet ; a Man well-affected to the Hanoverian Succeffiori, and a ftrid, tho' not immoderate Presbytei«:an. They had all taken a Glafs very fociably together,, and no Party Altercations had been ftarted among them. But at laft fome one acquaint ed Mr. Elphinftone (for he was no Lord till a little before the Battle of Culloden) with Mr. Clerks Principles; whereupon,, as they were riding between Leith and Muffelbourgh, Elphinftone faid to one of his Intimates, " What-for a damned Scoundrel is that *' Cier&f" This was, overheard by Clerk H himfelf '(.9* ) himfelf, who replied, " 'tis true, Sir, I am " not a Nobleman, but then I am no more " a damned Scoundrel than you are." On this fome high Words arofe between them, and a Duel had probably enfued had they not been parted : On which Mr. Clerk quit ted the Company. In the Year 1715 we find Mr. Elphinfione in the Quality of Captain in a Regiment of Dragoons; but he deferted the Service of George I. and went over to the Chevalier, who made much worfe of his Undertaking than his Son has done 30 Years after, with nothing like the favourable Opportunities which the Father had. After the Ruin of his Matter's Affairs in that fame Year, Mr. Elphinfione went over to France, where he tarried till the Year 1734, when his Brother obtained a Pardon for him, that he might re turn to his Native Country ; which, how ever, Mr. Arthur would riot accept till he had firft ask'd the old Chevalier's Leave. This having obtained^ 'with 120 Guineas paid him by his Order, he fet out for Scot land, and lived fometimes in one Place, fome times in another, till at laft he fettled at Leith, and had 80/. per Annum allow'd him by his Brother : But, while here, he was\fo far from endeavouring to live like a. Gentle man (which he might have done, as his Bro- - ther, whofe Heir Apparent he was, would have enabled him to do fo, by making him his ( 99 ) his Companion, and entertaining him daily at his Table) that he funk below the Level, of a creditable Tradefman. The moft tri fling People about the ' Parliament Houfe, fucji as Pettyfoggers, and Hackney Writers, with fome of the meaneft inhabitants of Leiih ; tho' doubtlefs all Men of his own Principles,|were his deareft Companions ; and hence he greatly leffened the Regard his. Brother, and his Sitter-in- Law might Other- wife have had for him. In 1 745 he joined the Chevalier at Perth, and aded as a Vo lunteer at the Battle of 'Prefton-Pans : Af ter which he was made Captain of the Life- Guards. In the Beginning of January fol lowing, he became Lord Balmerino, by the Death 0$ his Brother, who is faid to have broke his Heart on Account of his Brother Arthur's having again appeared in Arms againft the Government. I have already mentioned his Surrender to Bandallach, and his being fent to London, where his Fate is well known, as indeed it is in every Part of Great Britain. Therefore I fhall only ob ferve, that from the whole of his Condud while in the Tower, efpecially after Sentence of Death, he feems to have feared nothing fo much as not to dye. He knew very well that the fmall Eftate which by his Brother's Death fell to him, was forfeited to the Crown, and confequently the only Source whence he could draw his Subfiftarice would , • H a be ( 100 ) be'drain'd; fothat he muft inevitably fall into Poverty and Contempt : Wherefore' he* •as it were, courted Deathj and embraced it with Pleafure : And perhaps with the more Pleafure, from the Reflection that , by this Means he fhould at his Death make a great er Figure than ever he had done iri his Life : That thus he fhould attain the Glory of Martyrdom in the Eyes of his own Party at leaft, and by his Behaviour in his laft Mo ments adorn a Life which had pafs'd in the greateft Obfcurity. — I fhafl now return to the Chevalier, whom we left in Badenoch, under the Protedion of his faithful Clunie MPherfon. The News of the Execution of the two Lords was received by the Chevalkr about the apth of Augufl. He feem'd very deeply affeded with their Fate; and ipoke of 'Kil marnock with Pity, of Balmerino with the greateft Warmth and Affedion, but'of Cro marty, with the utmoft Contempt. Juft about this Time the Chevalier received an Invitation from Lochiel, to repair to' him, appointing a certain Cave for the meeting Place. Accordingly he with his few Atten dants fet out one Evening- about Twilight, and travelled all Night; dreffed in the High land Habit, and wearing black Cockades, except the Chevalier, who could not be pre vailed with to put on that Part of the Dif- gnifc. When they arrived at the Place where Lochie} ( 101 ) Lochiel, was, they mutually embraced each other ; and without Lofs of Time begun tQ .confult qn the moft likely Means for facili tating their Efcape out of Scotland. After mature Deliberation, it was agreed that they fhould feparately_ repair to the Sea- Coaft by different Roads, and obferve if any Ship from France fhould appear, on board of which they might embark: That the Perfon who fhould firft difcover any Ship fhould imtnediately go on board, and dired the Veffel how to proceed/ for the others; and fet up a Signal agreed on, by which fhe bright be known. This being fully fettled, they accordingly feparated, and march'd off by different Routs. The. Chevalier with three or four Attendants made for the Country of the M'Kenztes, crofs'd that large Trad of Land which belongs to them, and came to Kintail. Here they enter'd the , Houfe of one M'Ra, Hoping for a kind Reception; but the Man, whether from a natural Chur- lifhnefs *, or from his' Fear of being called to an Account concerning his Guefts, or from his Defire of having fome Money put into his Hands, received them but coldly, and fold themy " he did not believe it was fafe *' to entertain fuch Guefts." Hereupon the Chevalier left the Houfe with very little Ceremony, and went towards the Water-fide, in * The Northern Clans have nothing of the hofpitable and generous Spirit of the Weftern Highlanders* ( 102 ) in l^bpes of meeting with his faithful Boat man M'Kinnon. But as no Boat appeared, he was obliged to wait for 48 Hours in the moft anxious Expedatiori. All Night he ¦fhelter'd himfelf on the Sides of the Hills, for he never would fleep two Nights in one Place, and in the Day Time he walk'd along the Shore, or fat down by the Sides of the Rocks. At laft MKinnon came with his Boat, and meeting with the Chevalier embrac'd him with the moft affedionate Tendernefs: In deed the then Circumftances of the unhappy Fugitive could not but raife Pity in every generous Breaft ; for his Linnen was very fouf, and his Cloaths worn extremely, by lying out in the open Air ; his Shoes were broken in the upper Leathers, and the Soles worn thro' : Add to all this, that he had the Itch ; which might, in a great Meafure, be owing to his not being able to keep himfelf clean. However, 'tis no great Wonder that this Diflemper feized him in that Country, efpecially as he wa£ red-hair'd, and his Com plexion white. While at Edinburgh he did not feem to be of a very wholfome, or 3 very durable Conftitution; fo that it is the more fiirprifing that the Fatigue he underwent, with all the Anxieties of his Mind, had not a greater Effed upon him. The Pifher-Many M'Leod, received him into his Boat with the greateft Satisfadion, and conduded him to the Houfe of a Gentle man ( i°3 ) man who gave him the heartieft Welcome, fupplied him with Cloaths, Linnen, Shoes, and what other Neceffaries he wanted. And here he might have continued in undoubted Safety, but this he could not do for above a Day or two, on Account of his Agreement with Locf^el, and thofe that were with him, when they feparated to look for a Ship. His next Removal was for the Ifle of Sky, after difmiffing his other Attendants, and writing a Line to Lochiel, informing him of his pre fent Situation, and declaring his Refolution of purfuing the Scheme agreed on at parting. Being come to Sky-, the BoafeMan conduded his Paffenger to his own Houfe, where the Chevalier was entertained with a fine hot Supper of frefh Fifh and Sauce, which is a noble Difh in the Scotch Highlands : He was alfo accommodated with a clean, wholfome, warm Bed, tho' compofed of no better Ma terials than Straw and good Blankets. It was now about the 3d of September, and the Nights beginning to lengthen, were the more favourable to the Chevalier ; who was defired to remain at the Fifherman's Houfe, while his Hoft himfelf went with his Boat towards Uift, to fee if any Veffel Av-as arrived in thofe Parts : For, faid MKin- non " Whether they be Englifh or French, I run no Hazard by ipeaking with them. " If they be Friends I fhall be fure to con- *' dud them fo you; or elfe inform them of " your a ( 104 ) " yod; Situation, and make them Stay till i ^ bring you to them" But this Propofal, tho' falutary and generous, was however rejeded; the Chevalier declaring, " That he would *' not part from M'Kinnon^ and that he " looked upon his Boat as the beft Place of V Safety. If, faid he, you leave me' here " you may never fee me again.. The Englifb " , Men pf War are not far to the Northward" " of us, and who knows how foon they may " approach this Place." To this M'Leod replied, that he was entirely devoted to the Chevalier's Pleafure, and was willing tq go wherever he fhould order: " Only, faid he, " I With you may not repent rejeding my « Propofal."Having taken in a little Provifions, and a Bottle of Ufquebaugh, they fet fail fqr the Harris, where they ftaid all Night, and next Day fleered their Courfe for North-Uift, where they were kindly entertained. In fhort, all the Day Time they fpent at Sea, and at Night took Care to. get a Lodging in fuch Houfes, and Places of Retreat, as the Boat-Man knew of. Doubtlefs the Cheva lier's Drefs contributed not a little to fcreen him from a Difeovery : For who that faw him in any of thefe his Wanderings, rambling about in a Fifhing-Boat, with a coarfe grey Plaid thrown about him, and an old Bonnet on his Head, would have imagined that this was the daring Youth that but a little before made ( tos ) rriade the whole Ifland of Great Britain tremble at his Motions, and fliook the very Throne of one of the greateft Princes in Europe I From Ntortk-Uift they fet fail for Ardna- murchan, where the Chevalier was of Opinion he might lately venture, on the Suppofition that the Enemy would not keep fo fharp a Look-out in a Country they had,H in a Man ner, deflroyed with Fire and Sword. In about twelve Hours they arrived near the Place called M 'Lean's Nofe, which lies near Cambufnageaul, and Mingry Caftle. 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