[135]There is a hiatus here, a leaf of the original having apparently been lost, viz., ff. 299, 300.[136]See f. 460, for some additions here.[137]See f. 462.[138]See ff. 770, 805.[139]See ff. 525, 769, 805.[140]See f. 873.[141]At last banished. See f. 281.[142]See ff. 192, 690.[143]See f. 1967.[144]See ff. 1329, 1489, 1660.[145]The birthday of the Old Chevalier.[146]Near thirty years old before he could speak English at all.—F.[147]See ff. 701, 792, 837.[148]See f. 856.[149]See f. 281.[150]This Journal as far as f. 338 is printed in theJacobite Memoirs, pp. 362-373. Burke died in Edinburgh on 23rd November 1757. See f. 1706.[151]This epithet is not to be regarded.—F. See f. 667.[152]See f. 1161.[153]See f. 291.[154]See f. 461.[155]See p. 1706.[156]Of this journal there is printed inJacobite Memoirs(pp. 1-27), from ff. 348-360, in combination with that of Æneas MacDonald, which occurs at f. 490et seq.[157]See f. 496.[158]Called theDoutelle.[159]See ff. 256, 302, 507.[160]See f. 640.[161]See ff. 257, 302, 462.[162]See f. 643.[163]See f. 643.[164]Mrs. Robertson of Lude, a daughter of Nairn.[165]This lady was Jean Cameron, daughter of Archibald Cameron of Dungallon. See other narratives by her at ff. 547 and 566. An account of her husband's death is given at f. 1734et seq.[166]See ff. 421, 707, 1087, 1323, 1376.[167]See f. 1485.[168]See ff. 259, 1320, 1378.[169]The passage in brackets is scored through as delete [Ed.][170]Here begins volume third of Bishop Forbes's Manuscript Collection. It is entitled: 'The Lyon in Mourning, or a Collection (as exactly made as the iniquity of the times would permit) of Speeches, Letters, Journals, etc. relative to the affairs, but more particularly, the dangers and distresses of.... Vol. 3d. 1747.Cui modo parebat subjecta Britannia Regi,Jactatus terris, orbe vagatur inops!On the inside of the front board of volume 3d are adhibited—1. Piece of the Prince's garter-ribbon. 2. Piece of red velvet, anent which on back of title-page is as follows: (by Mr. Robert Chambers) The small piece of red velvet on the inside of the board was part of the ornaments of the Prince's sword-hilt. While on his march to England he rested on a bank at Faladam, near Blackshiels, where the young ladies of Whitburgh, sisters to his adherent, Robert Anderson, presented some refreshments to him and his men. On being requested by one of these gentlewomen for some keepsake, he took out his pen-knife and cut a portion of velvet and buff leather from the hill of his sword, which he gave to her with his usual courtesy, and which is still (1836) preserved at Whitburgh. The above piece was cut from the larger fragment, and presented to me by Miss Anderson of Whitburgh.—R. C. 3. Piece of Bettie Burk's gown, sent by Mrs. MacDonald of Kingsburgh, according to promise, f. 152. 4. Piece of apron-string, received from Miss Flora MacDonald. R. F. saw the apron on that occasion and had it on him. On the inside of the backboard of volume 3d are 5. Pieces of tartan, explained as under: The above are pieces of the outside and inside of that identical waistcoat which MacDonald of Kingsburgh gave to the Prince, when he laid aside the women's cloaths at the edge of a wood, f. 1434. The said waistcoat being too fine for a servant, the Prince exchanged it with Malcolm MacLeod, f. 239. Malcolm MacLeod, after parting with the Prince and finding himself in danger of being seized, did hide the waistcoat in a clift of a rock, where (upon his returning home in the beginning of September 1747) he found it all rotten to bits, except only as much as would serve to cover little more than one's loof, and two buttons, all which he was pleased to send to me, f. 472. The waistcoat had lain more than a full year in the clift of the rock, for Malcolm MacLeod was made prisoner some time in July 1746, ff. 251, 309.—Robert Forbes, A.M.[171]See f. 37.[172]He was son of George Foulis of the Ravelston family, who, on inheriting the estate of Dunipace from his grandfather, assumed the name of Primrose in terms of the entail. Taken in the north of Scotland he was first imprisoned in Aberdeen, thence sent to Carlisle, where he was tried, and pleading guilty, was sentenced to death, and executed there on 15th November 1746.[173]William Gray, commonly called Duntie Gray, foreman to Lord Shualton.—(F.)[174]Patrick Kier, late wright at Moultrie Hill, near Edinburgh.—(F.)[175]Lady Margaret Primrose, second daughter of Archibald, first Earl of Rosebery.[176]See f. 425.[177]Commonly called Cowley Murray.[178]Lady Mary Primrose, Sir Archibald's widow.[179]Charles Edward is generally said to have been born on 31st December: but 20th December is the date in the Manuscript, being old style.[180]The birthday of the Prince's father, the Old Chevalier, or as the Jacobites called him, King James the Eighth.[181]See f. 1829, where these lines are repeated.[182]John Murray of Broughton (see f. 411et seq.) became an evidence against his former associates, especially against Simon, Lord Lovat, who was executed at London on 9th April 1747, in his eightieth year, for being implicated in the Rebellion.[183]William, fourth Earl of Kilmarnock, taken prisoner at Culloden and beheaded on Tower Hill, 18th August 1746.[184]Charles Ratcliffe, brother of James, third Earl of Derwentwater, who was executed on 24th February 1716 for his share in the rebellion of 1715. At that time Charles had also been taken and condemned, but he escaped out of Newgate and went to France. In November 1745 he was recaptured on board theEsperanceon his way to Scotland with other French officers to take part in the Rebellion, and after identification, he was condemned to suffer the sentence formerly passed upon him. He was accordingly executed on Tower Hill on 8th December 1746. He was a grandson of King Charles the Second, his mother being Mary Tudor, a natural daughter of that king.[185]Not fact, for Mr. Dawson never saw her before she had come to glut herself with the bloody scene.—F.[186]James Dawson, a young Lancashire man. He was being educated at St. John's College, Cambridge; but having misbehaved, and fearing expulsion, ran away. Dreading his father's displeasure, he, on falling in with the Manchester regiment, joined it and was taken at Carlisle. He was tried at London and executed on Kennington Common. The day before his death his father visited him, and took his farewell of him in a most pathetic scene. ['History of the Rebellion,'Scots Magazine, pp. 294, 297.][187]Lord Balmerino.[188]John MacNaughton, one of Murray's servants who, when he was upon the sledge, was offered his life and £30 or £40 sterlingper annumduring life, provided he would turn evidence. He answered that they had done him much honour in ranking him with gentlemen, and he hoped to let the world see he would suffer like a gentleman. He suffered at Carlisle, October 18th, 1746, in company with the Rev. Mr. Coppoch, Arnprior, Kinlochmoidart, Major MacDonell, etc.Robert Forbes, A.M.[189]Sir David Murray was bred Popish.[190]See ff. 375, 707, 1087, 1323, 1376.[191]He was 'Younger of Terpersie' in Aberdeenshire, and had engaged as a volunteer. His father, James Gordon, was an officer in the Prince's army. In theList of Persons concerned in the Rebellion, etc.(Scot. Hist. Soc., vol. viii.), he is said to have beenmade prisoner at Carlisle. But a story is told of his having been captured at his own house, when, after lurking long among the neighbouring hills, he ventured to pass a night there. His captors, not being sure of his identity, carried him before the minister of the parish, but not getting satisfaction from him, they took him to a farmhouse where his wife and children resided. On his approach his children ran out and greeted him with cries of 'Daddy! Daddy!' and so unwittingly sealed their father's fate. He was tried at Carlisle and executed there on 15th November 1746. As the prisoners taken at Carlisle were sent to London, and those taken in Scotland to Carlisle, the story may be authentic.[192]This letter is printed in theLockhart Papers, vol. ii. pp. 523-536.[193]See ff. 157, 659.[194]So the copy had it, but I think it should be Culraick.—Robert Forbes, A.M.[195]Scored through and 'Culraick' substituted.—[Ed.][196]See ff. 158, 661, 1270.[197]See ff. 128, 1275.[198]I am afraid this is not fact, for disputes and canglings arose even in the Abbey at Edinburgh, and I have heard some affirm, who had an opportunity of knowing, that these were owing to the haughty, restless, unaccountable temper of Lord George Murray, some of whose blood-relations fail not to lay blame upon him. Witness likewise the contest betwixt Keppoch and Lochiel about the right hand before they went out to fight Cope, a particular account of which dispute I had from Major MacDonald in the Castle of Edinburgh.Robert Forbes, A.M.[199]No wonder that councils of war were out of request, when the Prince was always thwarted in them, and hardly got his will in anything he proposed, though his opinion of things in the event turned out to be the most eligible. Lord George Murray was at the head of the opposition, having got the ascendant of the greater part of the chiftains, and having insinuated himself into the good graces of all the clans who were ever ready to embrace his schemes. Besides, it was most unlucky that great jealousies and misunderstandings had arisen betwixt Lord George Murray and the French officers. These things are too notour to admit of any denial.—Robert Forbes, A.M.[200]See f. 770.[201]See ff. 194, 769.[202]See f. 301.[203]See f. 336.[204]See f. 303.[205]See f. 589.[206]See f. 29.[207]Well may honest Donald in a literal sense use the words of the blessed Apostle, 2 Cor. xi. 26, 27: 'In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.' [See Donald's whole Journal, ff. 266-326.]—F.[208]See ff. 263, 264, 265.[209]See f. 239 and footnote, f. 380.[210]See ff. 265, 321.[211]See f. 238.[212]See ff. 263-265.[213]See f. 288.[214]See ff. 134, 184.[215]See f. 267.[216]See ff. 247, 262.[217]See ff. 215, 242.[218]See f. 216.[219]See f. 146.[220]See f. 527.[221]This Journal is printed in theJacobite Memoirs(pp. 1-27) with some omissions, in combination with another by Duncan Cameron, f. 346,ante.[222]Dr. Burton and Bishop Forbes were both enthusiastic Jacobites, and an account of their meeting follows (f. 519). Later, a considerable correspondence passed between them, most of which the latter embodied in this manuscript.[223]The Prince in his Manifesto from the Abbey of Holyrood-house calls themseven only. Perhaps Mr. Buchanan (as I have heard suggested by several persons) was reckoned amongst the Prince's domesticks.Robert Forbes, A.M.[224]See ff. 256, 302, 353.[225]The contents of the above paragraph happened in Lochnannuagh.—(F.)[226]See ff. 355, 640, for precise day, etc.[227]See f. 640.[228]See f. 640.[229]At the end of a pamphlet, called 'The Life of Dr. Archibald Cameron, brother to Donald Cameron of Lochiel,' etc. [London, 1753, p. 32], there is given as an Appendix a notice and portrait of 'Miss Jenny Cameron, in a military habit.' She is there said to be the daughter of Hugh Cameron of Glandessary, and to have joined the Prince when he set up his standard with 200 well-armed followers, whom she personally led in action at Prestonpans, Falkirk, and Culloden. Mr. Robert Chambers, in hisHistory of the Rebellion, 7th edition, pp. 251, 252, footnotes, gives all the additional information about this lady which seems to be known.[230]A pamphlet history of the Prince's escape, printed in 1746, and not all facts.[231]See f. 642.[232]See f. 346.[233]See ff. 640, 1476.[234]See theScots Magazinefor September 1746, the first column of p. 445, and second column of p. 492.—(F.)[235]Printed inJacobite Memoirs, pp. 412-423.[236]See f. 200.[237]See ff. 186-7.[238]See f. 192.[239]See ff. 187, 193, 304.[240]See ff. 152, 210-218, 594.[241]See ff. 188, 589.[242]See f. 149.[243]See f. 485.[244]See ff. 193, 687.[245]See f. 137.[246]See f. 191.[247]See f. 189.[248]See f. 1518.[249]See f. 195.[250]See ff. 138, 205, 598.[251]See f. 138.[252]See ff. 727, 738.[253]Here is a mistake; for Mr MacDonald of Kingsburgh declared to me more than once [see f. 145], that he sought for the Prince some time to no purpose, and had almost despaired to find him, when at last the accidental running of a flock of sheep proved the occasion of finding him out. [See f. 736.]Robert Forbes, A.M.[254]See f. 138.[255]See ff. 143, 206.[256]See f. 146.[257]See f. 209.[258]See f. 213.[259]See f. 143.[260]See ff. 143, 228.[261]See f. 214, 228.[262]See f. 200.[263]Particularly Donald Roy MacDonald. See f. 768.[264]See f. 201.[265]See ff. 201, 202.[266]See f. 458.[267]See f. 304.[268]See f. 525.[269]Francis Townly, Esquire, of an honourable family in Lancashire, was Colonel of the Manchester regiment, and one of the nine English gentlemen that suffered first upon Kennington Common, July 30th, 1746. [SeeScots Magazinefor July, pp. 326-330.][270]The verses are printed with some variations in 'Manchester Collectanea, Chetham Society,' vol. lxviii. p. 235.[271]Alluding to the capitulation at Carlisle.[272]England.[273]See f. 374.[274]Meaning here I suppose the Glenmoriston men [see f. 172], for these men (as I have often heard) were such infamous thieves and noted lifters of cattle, in a word, such remarkable banditti by profession, that the country people who knew them would not drink with them. And yet they proved most faithful and trusty friends to the Prince in his greatest dangers and distresses. These very men (consider and wonder!) that could at any time risque both body and soul for less than the value of a single shilling, were found proof ofthirty thousand pounds sterling, and generously despised the tempting bait, whilst others (gentlemen by birth, improved by a proper education) greedily sought after it. This is a most surprising instance of fidelity and heroic virtue!—Robert Forbes, A.M.[275]See f. 1451.[276]See ff. 172, 620.[277]See this point corrected afterwards, f. 820.[278]See ff. 569, 608.[279]See f. 146.[280]See ff. 173, 175, 628, 635.
[135]There is a hiatus here, a leaf of the original having apparently been lost, viz., ff. 299, 300.
[135]There is a hiatus here, a leaf of the original having apparently been lost, viz., ff. 299, 300.
[136]See f. 460, for some additions here.
[136]See f. 460, for some additions here.
[137]See f. 462.
[137]See f. 462.
[138]See ff. 770, 805.
[138]See ff. 770, 805.
[139]See ff. 525, 769, 805.
[139]See ff. 525, 769, 805.
[140]See f. 873.
[140]See f. 873.
[141]At last banished. See f. 281.
[141]At last banished. See f. 281.
[142]See ff. 192, 690.
[142]See ff. 192, 690.
[143]See f. 1967.
[143]See f. 1967.
[144]See ff. 1329, 1489, 1660.
[144]See ff. 1329, 1489, 1660.
[145]The birthday of the Old Chevalier.
[145]The birthday of the Old Chevalier.
[146]Near thirty years old before he could speak English at all.—F.
[146]Near thirty years old before he could speak English at all.—F.
[147]See ff. 701, 792, 837.
[147]See ff. 701, 792, 837.
[148]See f. 856.
[148]See f. 856.
[149]See f. 281.
[149]See f. 281.
[150]This Journal as far as f. 338 is printed in theJacobite Memoirs, pp. 362-373. Burke died in Edinburgh on 23rd November 1757. See f. 1706.
[150]This Journal as far as f. 338 is printed in theJacobite Memoirs, pp. 362-373. Burke died in Edinburgh on 23rd November 1757. See f. 1706.
[151]This epithet is not to be regarded.—F. See f. 667.
[151]This epithet is not to be regarded.—F. See f. 667.
[152]See f. 1161.
[152]See f. 1161.
[153]See f. 291.
[153]See f. 291.
[154]See f. 461.
[154]See f. 461.
[155]See p. 1706.
[155]See p. 1706.
[156]Of this journal there is printed inJacobite Memoirs(pp. 1-27), from ff. 348-360, in combination with that of Æneas MacDonald, which occurs at f. 490et seq.
[156]Of this journal there is printed inJacobite Memoirs(pp. 1-27), from ff. 348-360, in combination with that of Æneas MacDonald, which occurs at f. 490et seq.
[157]See f. 496.
[157]See f. 496.
[158]Called theDoutelle.
[158]Called theDoutelle.
[159]See ff. 256, 302, 507.
[159]See ff. 256, 302, 507.
[160]See f. 640.
[160]See f. 640.
[161]See ff. 257, 302, 462.
[161]See ff. 257, 302, 462.
[162]See f. 643.
[162]See f. 643.
[163]See f. 643.
[163]See f. 643.
[164]Mrs. Robertson of Lude, a daughter of Nairn.
[164]Mrs. Robertson of Lude, a daughter of Nairn.
[165]This lady was Jean Cameron, daughter of Archibald Cameron of Dungallon. See other narratives by her at ff. 547 and 566. An account of her husband's death is given at f. 1734et seq.
[165]This lady was Jean Cameron, daughter of Archibald Cameron of Dungallon. See other narratives by her at ff. 547 and 566. An account of her husband's death is given at f. 1734et seq.
[166]See ff. 421, 707, 1087, 1323, 1376.
[166]See ff. 421, 707, 1087, 1323, 1376.
[167]See f. 1485.
[167]See f. 1485.
[168]See ff. 259, 1320, 1378.
[168]See ff. 259, 1320, 1378.
[169]The passage in brackets is scored through as delete [Ed.]
[169]The passage in brackets is scored through as delete [Ed.]
[170]Here begins volume third of Bishop Forbes's Manuscript Collection. It is entitled: 'The Lyon in Mourning, or a Collection (as exactly made as the iniquity of the times would permit) of Speeches, Letters, Journals, etc. relative to the affairs, but more particularly, the dangers and distresses of.... Vol. 3d. 1747.Cui modo parebat subjecta Britannia Regi,Jactatus terris, orbe vagatur inops!On the inside of the front board of volume 3d are adhibited—1. Piece of the Prince's garter-ribbon. 2. Piece of red velvet, anent which on back of title-page is as follows: (by Mr. Robert Chambers) The small piece of red velvet on the inside of the board was part of the ornaments of the Prince's sword-hilt. While on his march to England he rested on a bank at Faladam, near Blackshiels, where the young ladies of Whitburgh, sisters to his adherent, Robert Anderson, presented some refreshments to him and his men. On being requested by one of these gentlewomen for some keepsake, he took out his pen-knife and cut a portion of velvet and buff leather from the hill of his sword, which he gave to her with his usual courtesy, and which is still (1836) preserved at Whitburgh. The above piece was cut from the larger fragment, and presented to me by Miss Anderson of Whitburgh.—R. C. 3. Piece of Bettie Burk's gown, sent by Mrs. MacDonald of Kingsburgh, according to promise, f. 152. 4. Piece of apron-string, received from Miss Flora MacDonald. R. F. saw the apron on that occasion and had it on him. On the inside of the backboard of volume 3d are 5. Pieces of tartan, explained as under: The above are pieces of the outside and inside of that identical waistcoat which MacDonald of Kingsburgh gave to the Prince, when he laid aside the women's cloaths at the edge of a wood, f. 1434. The said waistcoat being too fine for a servant, the Prince exchanged it with Malcolm MacLeod, f. 239. Malcolm MacLeod, after parting with the Prince and finding himself in danger of being seized, did hide the waistcoat in a clift of a rock, where (upon his returning home in the beginning of September 1747) he found it all rotten to bits, except only as much as would serve to cover little more than one's loof, and two buttons, all which he was pleased to send to me, f. 472. The waistcoat had lain more than a full year in the clift of the rock, for Malcolm MacLeod was made prisoner some time in July 1746, ff. 251, 309.—Robert Forbes, A.M.
[170]Here begins volume third of Bishop Forbes's Manuscript Collection. It is entitled: 'The Lyon in Mourning, or a Collection (as exactly made as the iniquity of the times would permit) of Speeches, Letters, Journals, etc. relative to the affairs, but more particularly, the dangers and distresses of.... Vol. 3d. 1747.
Cui modo parebat subjecta Britannia Regi,Jactatus terris, orbe vagatur inops!
Cui modo parebat subjecta Britannia Regi,Jactatus terris, orbe vagatur inops!
Cui modo parebat subjecta Britannia Regi,
Jactatus terris, orbe vagatur inops!
On the inside of the front board of volume 3d are adhibited—1. Piece of the Prince's garter-ribbon. 2. Piece of red velvet, anent which on back of title-page is as follows: (by Mr. Robert Chambers) The small piece of red velvet on the inside of the board was part of the ornaments of the Prince's sword-hilt. While on his march to England he rested on a bank at Faladam, near Blackshiels, where the young ladies of Whitburgh, sisters to his adherent, Robert Anderson, presented some refreshments to him and his men. On being requested by one of these gentlewomen for some keepsake, he took out his pen-knife and cut a portion of velvet and buff leather from the hill of his sword, which he gave to her with his usual courtesy, and which is still (1836) preserved at Whitburgh. The above piece was cut from the larger fragment, and presented to me by Miss Anderson of Whitburgh.—R. C. 3. Piece of Bettie Burk's gown, sent by Mrs. MacDonald of Kingsburgh, according to promise, f. 152. 4. Piece of apron-string, received from Miss Flora MacDonald. R. F. saw the apron on that occasion and had it on him. On the inside of the backboard of volume 3d are 5. Pieces of tartan, explained as under: The above are pieces of the outside and inside of that identical waistcoat which MacDonald of Kingsburgh gave to the Prince, when he laid aside the women's cloaths at the edge of a wood, f. 1434. The said waistcoat being too fine for a servant, the Prince exchanged it with Malcolm MacLeod, f. 239. Malcolm MacLeod, after parting with the Prince and finding himself in danger of being seized, did hide the waistcoat in a clift of a rock, where (upon his returning home in the beginning of September 1747) he found it all rotten to bits, except only as much as would serve to cover little more than one's loof, and two buttons, all which he was pleased to send to me, f. 472. The waistcoat had lain more than a full year in the clift of the rock, for Malcolm MacLeod was made prisoner some time in July 1746, ff. 251, 309.—Robert Forbes, A.M.
[171]See f. 37.
[171]See f. 37.
[172]He was son of George Foulis of the Ravelston family, who, on inheriting the estate of Dunipace from his grandfather, assumed the name of Primrose in terms of the entail. Taken in the north of Scotland he was first imprisoned in Aberdeen, thence sent to Carlisle, where he was tried, and pleading guilty, was sentenced to death, and executed there on 15th November 1746.
[172]He was son of George Foulis of the Ravelston family, who, on inheriting the estate of Dunipace from his grandfather, assumed the name of Primrose in terms of the entail. Taken in the north of Scotland he was first imprisoned in Aberdeen, thence sent to Carlisle, where he was tried, and pleading guilty, was sentenced to death, and executed there on 15th November 1746.
[173]William Gray, commonly called Duntie Gray, foreman to Lord Shualton.—(F.)
[173]William Gray, commonly called Duntie Gray, foreman to Lord Shualton.—(F.)
[174]Patrick Kier, late wright at Moultrie Hill, near Edinburgh.—(F.)
[174]Patrick Kier, late wright at Moultrie Hill, near Edinburgh.—(F.)
[175]Lady Margaret Primrose, second daughter of Archibald, first Earl of Rosebery.
[175]Lady Margaret Primrose, second daughter of Archibald, first Earl of Rosebery.
[176]See f. 425.
[176]See f. 425.
[177]Commonly called Cowley Murray.
[177]Commonly called Cowley Murray.
[178]Lady Mary Primrose, Sir Archibald's widow.
[178]Lady Mary Primrose, Sir Archibald's widow.
[179]Charles Edward is generally said to have been born on 31st December: but 20th December is the date in the Manuscript, being old style.
[179]Charles Edward is generally said to have been born on 31st December: but 20th December is the date in the Manuscript, being old style.
[180]The birthday of the Prince's father, the Old Chevalier, or as the Jacobites called him, King James the Eighth.
[180]The birthday of the Prince's father, the Old Chevalier, or as the Jacobites called him, King James the Eighth.
[181]See f. 1829, where these lines are repeated.
[181]See f. 1829, where these lines are repeated.
[182]John Murray of Broughton (see f. 411et seq.) became an evidence against his former associates, especially against Simon, Lord Lovat, who was executed at London on 9th April 1747, in his eightieth year, for being implicated in the Rebellion.
[182]John Murray of Broughton (see f. 411et seq.) became an evidence against his former associates, especially against Simon, Lord Lovat, who was executed at London on 9th April 1747, in his eightieth year, for being implicated in the Rebellion.
[183]William, fourth Earl of Kilmarnock, taken prisoner at Culloden and beheaded on Tower Hill, 18th August 1746.
[183]William, fourth Earl of Kilmarnock, taken prisoner at Culloden and beheaded on Tower Hill, 18th August 1746.
[184]Charles Ratcliffe, brother of James, third Earl of Derwentwater, who was executed on 24th February 1716 for his share in the rebellion of 1715. At that time Charles had also been taken and condemned, but he escaped out of Newgate and went to France. In November 1745 he was recaptured on board theEsperanceon his way to Scotland with other French officers to take part in the Rebellion, and after identification, he was condemned to suffer the sentence formerly passed upon him. He was accordingly executed on Tower Hill on 8th December 1746. He was a grandson of King Charles the Second, his mother being Mary Tudor, a natural daughter of that king.
[184]Charles Ratcliffe, brother of James, third Earl of Derwentwater, who was executed on 24th February 1716 for his share in the rebellion of 1715. At that time Charles had also been taken and condemned, but he escaped out of Newgate and went to France. In November 1745 he was recaptured on board theEsperanceon his way to Scotland with other French officers to take part in the Rebellion, and after identification, he was condemned to suffer the sentence formerly passed upon him. He was accordingly executed on Tower Hill on 8th December 1746. He was a grandson of King Charles the Second, his mother being Mary Tudor, a natural daughter of that king.
[185]Not fact, for Mr. Dawson never saw her before she had come to glut herself with the bloody scene.—F.
[185]Not fact, for Mr. Dawson never saw her before she had come to glut herself with the bloody scene.—F.
[186]James Dawson, a young Lancashire man. He was being educated at St. John's College, Cambridge; but having misbehaved, and fearing expulsion, ran away. Dreading his father's displeasure, he, on falling in with the Manchester regiment, joined it and was taken at Carlisle. He was tried at London and executed on Kennington Common. The day before his death his father visited him, and took his farewell of him in a most pathetic scene. ['History of the Rebellion,'Scots Magazine, pp. 294, 297.]
[186]James Dawson, a young Lancashire man. He was being educated at St. John's College, Cambridge; but having misbehaved, and fearing expulsion, ran away. Dreading his father's displeasure, he, on falling in with the Manchester regiment, joined it and was taken at Carlisle. He was tried at London and executed on Kennington Common. The day before his death his father visited him, and took his farewell of him in a most pathetic scene. ['History of the Rebellion,'Scots Magazine, pp. 294, 297.]
[187]Lord Balmerino.
[187]Lord Balmerino.
[188]John MacNaughton, one of Murray's servants who, when he was upon the sledge, was offered his life and £30 or £40 sterlingper annumduring life, provided he would turn evidence. He answered that they had done him much honour in ranking him with gentlemen, and he hoped to let the world see he would suffer like a gentleman. He suffered at Carlisle, October 18th, 1746, in company with the Rev. Mr. Coppoch, Arnprior, Kinlochmoidart, Major MacDonell, etc.Robert Forbes, A.M.
[188]John MacNaughton, one of Murray's servants who, when he was upon the sledge, was offered his life and £30 or £40 sterlingper annumduring life, provided he would turn evidence. He answered that they had done him much honour in ranking him with gentlemen, and he hoped to let the world see he would suffer like a gentleman. He suffered at Carlisle, October 18th, 1746, in company with the Rev. Mr. Coppoch, Arnprior, Kinlochmoidart, Major MacDonell, etc.
Robert Forbes, A.M.
[189]Sir David Murray was bred Popish.
[189]Sir David Murray was bred Popish.
[190]See ff. 375, 707, 1087, 1323, 1376.
[190]See ff. 375, 707, 1087, 1323, 1376.
[191]He was 'Younger of Terpersie' in Aberdeenshire, and had engaged as a volunteer. His father, James Gordon, was an officer in the Prince's army. In theList of Persons concerned in the Rebellion, etc.(Scot. Hist. Soc., vol. viii.), he is said to have beenmade prisoner at Carlisle. But a story is told of his having been captured at his own house, when, after lurking long among the neighbouring hills, he ventured to pass a night there. His captors, not being sure of his identity, carried him before the minister of the parish, but not getting satisfaction from him, they took him to a farmhouse where his wife and children resided. On his approach his children ran out and greeted him with cries of 'Daddy! Daddy!' and so unwittingly sealed their father's fate. He was tried at Carlisle and executed there on 15th November 1746. As the prisoners taken at Carlisle were sent to London, and those taken in Scotland to Carlisle, the story may be authentic.
[191]He was 'Younger of Terpersie' in Aberdeenshire, and had engaged as a volunteer. His father, James Gordon, was an officer in the Prince's army. In theList of Persons concerned in the Rebellion, etc.(Scot. Hist. Soc., vol. viii.), he is said to have beenmade prisoner at Carlisle. But a story is told of his having been captured at his own house, when, after lurking long among the neighbouring hills, he ventured to pass a night there. His captors, not being sure of his identity, carried him before the minister of the parish, but not getting satisfaction from him, they took him to a farmhouse where his wife and children resided. On his approach his children ran out and greeted him with cries of 'Daddy! Daddy!' and so unwittingly sealed their father's fate. He was tried at Carlisle and executed there on 15th November 1746. As the prisoners taken at Carlisle were sent to London, and those taken in Scotland to Carlisle, the story may be authentic.
[192]This letter is printed in theLockhart Papers, vol. ii. pp. 523-536.
[192]This letter is printed in theLockhart Papers, vol. ii. pp. 523-536.
[193]See ff. 157, 659.
[193]See ff. 157, 659.
[194]So the copy had it, but I think it should be Culraick.—Robert Forbes, A.M.
[194]So the copy had it, but I think it should be Culraick.—Robert Forbes, A.M.
[195]Scored through and 'Culraick' substituted.—[Ed.]
[195]Scored through and 'Culraick' substituted.—[Ed.]
[196]See ff. 158, 661, 1270.
[196]See ff. 158, 661, 1270.
[197]See ff. 128, 1275.
[197]See ff. 128, 1275.
[198]I am afraid this is not fact, for disputes and canglings arose even in the Abbey at Edinburgh, and I have heard some affirm, who had an opportunity of knowing, that these were owing to the haughty, restless, unaccountable temper of Lord George Murray, some of whose blood-relations fail not to lay blame upon him. Witness likewise the contest betwixt Keppoch and Lochiel about the right hand before they went out to fight Cope, a particular account of which dispute I had from Major MacDonald in the Castle of Edinburgh.Robert Forbes, A.M.
[198]I am afraid this is not fact, for disputes and canglings arose even in the Abbey at Edinburgh, and I have heard some affirm, who had an opportunity of knowing, that these were owing to the haughty, restless, unaccountable temper of Lord George Murray, some of whose blood-relations fail not to lay blame upon him. Witness likewise the contest betwixt Keppoch and Lochiel about the right hand before they went out to fight Cope, a particular account of which dispute I had from Major MacDonald in the Castle of Edinburgh.
Robert Forbes, A.M.
[199]No wonder that councils of war were out of request, when the Prince was always thwarted in them, and hardly got his will in anything he proposed, though his opinion of things in the event turned out to be the most eligible. Lord George Murray was at the head of the opposition, having got the ascendant of the greater part of the chiftains, and having insinuated himself into the good graces of all the clans who were ever ready to embrace his schemes. Besides, it was most unlucky that great jealousies and misunderstandings had arisen betwixt Lord George Murray and the French officers. These things are too notour to admit of any denial.—Robert Forbes, A.M.
[199]No wonder that councils of war were out of request, when the Prince was always thwarted in them, and hardly got his will in anything he proposed, though his opinion of things in the event turned out to be the most eligible. Lord George Murray was at the head of the opposition, having got the ascendant of the greater part of the chiftains, and having insinuated himself into the good graces of all the clans who were ever ready to embrace his schemes. Besides, it was most unlucky that great jealousies and misunderstandings had arisen betwixt Lord George Murray and the French officers. These things are too notour to admit of any denial.—Robert Forbes, A.M.
[200]See f. 770.
[200]See f. 770.
[201]See ff. 194, 769.
[201]See ff. 194, 769.
[202]See f. 301.
[202]See f. 301.
[203]See f. 336.
[203]See f. 336.
[204]See f. 303.
[204]See f. 303.
[205]See f. 589.
[205]See f. 589.
[206]See f. 29.
[206]See f. 29.
[207]Well may honest Donald in a literal sense use the words of the blessed Apostle, 2 Cor. xi. 26, 27: 'In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.' [See Donald's whole Journal, ff. 266-326.]—F.
[207]Well may honest Donald in a literal sense use the words of the blessed Apostle, 2 Cor. xi. 26, 27: 'In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.' [See Donald's whole Journal, ff. 266-326.]—F.
[208]See ff. 263, 264, 265.
[208]See ff. 263, 264, 265.
[209]See f. 239 and footnote, f. 380.
[209]See f. 239 and footnote, f. 380.
[210]See ff. 265, 321.
[210]See ff. 265, 321.
[211]See f. 238.
[211]See f. 238.
[212]See ff. 263-265.
[212]See ff. 263-265.
[213]See f. 288.
[213]See f. 288.
[214]See ff. 134, 184.
[214]See ff. 134, 184.
[215]See f. 267.
[215]See f. 267.
[216]See ff. 247, 262.
[216]See ff. 247, 262.
[217]See ff. 215, 242.
[217]See ff. 215, 242.
[218]See f. 216.
[218]See f. 216.
[219]See f. 146.
[219]See f. 146.
[220]See f. 527.
[220]See f. 527.
[221]This Journal is printed in theJacobite Memoirs(pp. 1-27) with some omissions, in combination with another by Duncan Cameron, f. 346,ante.
[221]This Journal is printed in theJacobite Memoirs(pp. 1-27) with some omissions, in combination with another by Duncan Cameron, f. 346,ante.
[222]Dr. Burton and Bishop Forbes were both enthusiastic Jacobites, and an account of their meeting follows (f. 519). Later, a considerable correspondence passed between them, most of which the latter embodied in this manuscript.
[222]Dr. Burton and Bishop Forbes were both enthusiastic Jacobites, and an account of their meeting follows (f. 519). Later, a considerable correspondence passed between them, most of which the latter embodied in this manuscript.
[223]The Prince in his Manifesto from the Abbey of Holyrood-house calls themseven only. Perhaps Mr. Buchanan (as I have heard suggested by several persons) was reckoned amongst the Prince's domesticks.Robert Forbes, A.M.
[223]The Prince in his Manifesto from the Abbey of Holyrood-house calls themseven only. Perhaps Mr. Buchanan (as I have heard suggested by several persons) was reckoned amongst the Prince's domesticks.
Robert Forbes, A.M.
[224]See ff. 256, 302, 353.
[224]See ff. 256, 302, 353.
[225]The contents of the above paragraph happened in Lochnannuagh.—(F.)
[225]The contents of the above paragraph happened in Lochnannuagh.—(F.)
[226]See ff. 355, 640, for precise day, etc.
[226]See ff. 355, 640, for precise day, etc.
[227]See f. 640.
[227]See f. 640.
[228]See f. 640.
[228]See f. 640.
[229]At the end of a pamphlet, called 'The Life of Dr. Archibald Cameron, brother to Donald Cameron of Lochiel,' etc. [London, 1753, p. 32], there is given as an Appendix a notice and portrait of 'Miss Jenny Cameron, in a military habit.' She is there said to be the daughter of Hugh Cameron of Glandessary, and to have joined the Prince when he set up his standard with 200 well-armed followers, whom she personally led in action at Prestonpans, Falkirk, and Culloden. Mr. Robert Chambers, in hisHistory of the Rebellion, 7th edition, pp. 251, 252, footnotes, gives all the additional information about this lady which seems to be known.
[229]At the end of a pamphlet, called 'The Life of Dr. Archibald Cameron, brother to Donald Cameron of Lochiel,' etc. [London, 1753, p. 32], there is given as an Appendix a notice and portrait of 'Miss Jenny Cameron, in a military habit.' She is there said to be the daughter of Hugh Cameron of Glandessary, and to have joined the Prince when he set up his standard with 200 well-armed followers, whom she personally led in action at Prestonpans, Falkirk, and Culloden. Mr. Robert Chambers, in hisHistory of the Rebellion, 7th edition, pp. 251, 252, footnotes, gives all the additional information about this lady which seems to be known.
[230]A pamphlet history of the Prince's escape, printed in 1746, and not all facts.
[230]A pamphlet history of the Prince's escape, printed in 1746, and not all facts.
[231]See f. 642.
[231]See f. 642.
[232]See f. 346.
[232]See f. 346.
[233]See ff. 640, 1476.
[233]See ff. 640, 1476.
[234]See theScots Magazinefor September 1746, the first column of p. 445, and second column of p. 492.—(F.)
[234]See theScots Magazinefor September 1746, the first column of p. 445, and second column of p. 492.—(F.)
[235]Printed inJacobite Memoirs, pp. 412-423.
[235]Printed inJacobite Memoirs, pp. 412-423.
[236]See f. 200.
[236]See f. 200.
[237]See ff. 186-7.
[237]See ff. 186-7.
[238]See f. 192.
[238]See f. 192.
[239]See ff. 187, 193, 304.
[239]See ff. 187, 193, 304.
[240]See ff. 152, 210-218, 594.
[240]See ff. 152, 210-218, 594.
[241]See ff. 188, 589.
[241]See ff. 188, 589.
[242]See f. 149.
[242]See f. 149.
[243]See f. 485.
[243]See f. 485.
[244]See ff. 193, 687.
[244]See ff. 193, 687.
[245]See f. 137.
[245]See f. 137.
[246]See f. 191.
[246]See f. 191.
[247]See f. 189.
[247]See f. 189.
[248]See f. 1518.
[248]See f. 1518.
[249]See f. 195.
[249]See f. 195.
[250]See ff. 138, 205, 598.
[250]See ff. 138, 205, 598.
[251]See f. 138.
[251]See f. 138.
[252]See ff. 727, 738.
[252]See ff. 727, 738.
[253]Here is a mistake; for Mr MacDonald of Kingsburgh declared to me more than once [see f. 145], that he sought for the Prince some time to no purpose, and had almost despaired to find him, when at last the accidental running of a flock of sheep proved the occasion of finding him out. [See f. 736.]Robert Forbes, A.M.
[253]Here is a mistake; for Mr MacDonald of Kingsburgh declared to me more than once [see f. 145], that he sought for the Prince some time to no purpose, and had almost despaired to find him, when at last the accidental running of a flock of sheep proved the occasion of finding him out. [See f. 736.]
Robert Forbes, A.M.
[254]See f. 138.
[254]See f. 138.
[255]See ff. 143, 206.
[255]See ff. 143, 206.
[256]See f. 146.
[256]See f. 146.
[257]See f. 209.
[257]See f. 209.
[258]See f. 213.
[258]See f. 213.
[259]See f. 143.
[259]See f. 143.
[260]See ff. 143, 228.
[260]See ff. 143, 228.
[261]See f. 214, 228.
[261]See f. 214, 228.
[262]See f. 200.
[262]See f. 200.
[263]Particularly Donald Roy MacDonald. See f. 768.
[263]Particularly Donald Roy MacDonald. See f. 768.
[264]See f. 201.
[264]See f. 201.
[265]See ff. 201, 202.
[265]See ff. 201, 202.
[266]See f. 458.
[266]See f. 458.
[267]See f. 304.
[267]See f. 304.
[268]See f. 525.
[268]See f. 525.
[269]Francis Townly, Esquire, of an honourable family in Lancashire, was Colonel of the Manchester regiment, and one of the nine English gentlemen that suffered first upon Kennington Common, July 30th, 1746. [SeeScots Magazinefor July, pp. 326-330.]
[269]Francis Townly, Esquire, of an honourable family in Lancashire, was Colonel of the Manchester regiment, and one of the nine English gentlemen that suffered first upon Kennington Common, July 30th, 1746. [SeeScots Magazinefor July, pp. 326-330.]
[270]The verses are printed with some variations in 'Manchester Collectanea, Chetham Society,' vol. lxviii. p. 235.
[270]The verses are printed with some variations in 'Manchester Collectanea, Chetham Society,' vol. lxviii. p. 235.
[271]Alluding to the capitulation at Carlisle.
[271]Alluding to the capitulation at Carlisle.
[272]England.
[272]England.
[273]See f. 374.
[273]See f. 374.
[274]Meaning here I suppose the Glenmoriston men [see f. 172], for these men (as I have often heard) were such infamous thieves and noted lifters of cattle, in a word, such remarkable banditti by profession, that the country people who knew them would not drink with them. And yet they proved most faithful and trusty friends to the Prince in his greatest dangers and distresses. These very men (consider and wonder!) that could at any time risque both body and soul for less than the value of a single shilling, were found proof ofthirty thousand pounds sterling, and generously despised the tempting bait, whilst others (gentlemen by birth, improved by a proper education) greedily sought after it. This is a most surprising instance of fidelity and heroic virtue!—Robert Forbes, A.M.
[274]Meaning here I suppose the Glenmoriston men [see f. 172], for these men (as I have often heard) were such infamous thieves and noted lifters of cattle, in a word, such remarkable banditti by profession, that the country people who knew them would not drink with them. And yet they proved most faithful and trusty friends to the Prince in his greatest dangers and distresses. These very men (consider and wonder!) that could at any time risque both body and soul for less than the value of a single shilling, were found proof ofthirty thousand pounds sterling, and generously despised the tempting bait, whilst others (gentlemen by birth, improved by a proper education) greedily sought after it. This is a most surprising instance of fidelity and heroic virtue!—Robert Forbes, A.M.
[275]See f. 1451.
[275]See f. 1451.
[276]See ff. 172, 620.
[276]See ff. 172, 620.
[277]See this point corrected afterwards, f. 820.
[277]See this point corrected afterwards, f. 820.
[278]See ff. 569, 608.
[278]See ff. 569, 608.
[279]See f. 146.
[279]See f. 146.
[280]See ff. 173, 175, 628, 635.
[280]See ff. 173, 175, 628, 635.