PUBLICATIONS
OF THE
SCOTTISH HISTOR¥ SOCIETY
VOLUME XX
THE LYON IN MOURNING
VOL. I
OCTOBER 1895
THE
LYON IN
OR A COLLECTION
MOURNING
OF SPEECHES LETTERS
JOURNALS ETC. RELATIVE TO THE AFFAIRS
OF PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD STUART
BY THE REV. ROBERT FORBES, A.M.
BISHOP OF ROSS AND CAITHNESS
1746-1775
Edited from his Manuscript, with a Prêface by
HENRY PATON, M.A.
IN
THREE VOLUMES
I
EDINBURGH
Printed af the University Press by T. and A. CONSThBLE
for the Scottish History Society
1895
CONTENTS
PAGE
xi
PREFACE
Letter from the Rev. Mr. RobeoE Lyon to his mother and
sisters, . 3
The last and dying speeeh of Robert Lyon, A.M., presbyter
af Perth, 1£
A Conversation between Mr. Lyon and Mr. Buchanan, of
Arnprior, about the murder of Mr. Stewart of Glen-
buckie, . 21
A short accourir of Mr. Lyon, 21
Speeeh of Mr. Thomas Theodore Deaeon,
Speech of Mr. Thomas Syddal,
Speech of Arthur, Lord Balmerino,. 3 o
The manner of his death, 33
Speech of Donald MacDonell of Tiendrish, of the family of
Keppoeh, 84
Short account of Major MacDonell while in Carlisle Castle,
and at his trial,. 06
Letter froln Major MacDonell to Mr. Robert Forbes, at my
Lady Bruce's lodgings at Leith, 37
Answer to the above, 38
Letters fo Mr. John Moir, merchant in Edinburgh, and MI:
Robert Forbes, in Leith, 9
Letter fo Mr. Robert Forbes, 40 ..
Letter fo Mr. 3ohn Moir, merchant in Edinburgh, . . 41
Anecdote of Mr. Burnett of Monboddo, 4"2
Speeeh of David Morgan, Esquire, .
Speech of Mr. dames Bradeshaw, 48
The case of Mr. Francis Buchanan of Arnprior, 51
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PAGE
Speeeh of Arthur, Lord Balmerino, from his Lordship's own
handwrit, 54
A list of evidences against Lord Balmerino, 56
- Verses on Arthur, Lord Balmerino,. 56
Letter fo a gentleman in Holland, vindicating the character
of Arthur, Lord Balmerino, in a certain important
point, 58
Sl)eech of the Rev. Mr. Thomas Coppoch of Brazenose
College, Oxford, commonly called Bishop of Carlisle, . 60
Speech of Andrew Wood, who join'd the Prince in England, 64
A genuine and full account of the battle of Culloden, etc.,
taken from the mouths of the old laird of MacKinnola,
Mr. Malcolm MacLeod, etc., and of Lady Clanronald
and Miss Flora MacDonald, by John Walkingshaw of
London, or Dr. John Burton, 66
Convelation with MacDonald of Kingsburgh upon the
above accourir, . 74
Liberation of Mr. MacDonald of Kingsburgh, 82
Journal by Mr. John Cameron, Presbyterian preacher and
chaplain at Fort-William, 83
Captain O'Neil's Journal of the Prince's retreat and escape
after April 16th, 1746,. 102
Remarks and particular sayings of some who were concerned
in the Prinee's preservation, 108
Narrative by Mr. Cameron of Glenevis, given to several
persons in Edinburgh, after his liberation out of the
Castle of Edinburgh, about the beginning of July
1747, 124
Some circumstances of MacDonald of Kingsburgh's history, 126
Journal of Cal)tain Malcohn MacLeod, second cousin to
Malcolm MacLeod, Laird of Raaza, as to the Prince's
eseape, his own sufferings, and some other incidents of
the Rebellion, . 130
Journal of Donald MacLeod of Gualtergill, of the Prince's
escape, and his own after fortunes, 154
Letter fo Mr. Alexander MacDonald of Kingsburgh in Skye, 186
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vii
187
Letter to Captain Malcolm MacLeod of Castle in Raaza,
A sholoE but genaine account of Prince Charlie's wanderings
from Culloden fo his meeting with Miss MacDonald,
by Edward Burke, 189
Supplementary details by Edward Burke, with account ot
his own fortlnes, 197
Journal of the Prince's embarkation and arrival, etc., chiefly
taken frolla Duncan Cameron at several conversations, -001
Story of Duncan Cameron's escape,. -010
Letter from the Prince to his father after the battle of
Gladsmuir, -01 st September 1745, o 11
Account of cruelties by Mrs. ('ameron, Dr. Archibald
Cameron's lady, o_ 16
Auother account of cruelties by Mrs. Robertson, Lady
I neh es,. -016
Letter from Mr. Deacon to his father, -020
Some paragraphs of aletter to Mr. Deacon's father said to
be written by the nonjurant clergyman that used to
visit Mr. Deacon, etc., . 2-°1
Letter from Sir Archibald Primrose of Dunipace, to his
sister, -°-02
Letter to the saine lady, which scrved as a cover to the
above, from Mr. James Wright, Writer in Edinbnrgh, . --03
Song, to the tune of ' A cobbler there was,' etc., °-~°3
Poem on a late defeat, 1746, said to have been composed
by a Scots gentleman, an oflàcer in the Dntch service,, °°6
A Paraphrase upon Psalm cxxxvll., by Willie Hamilton, 2~°8
Ode on the -00th of Deeember 1746, 229
Ode on the 10th of Jme 1747, -033
Soliloquy, September, °9th 1746, °-35
Lines upon the different aeeounts of the behaviour of the
two exeeuted lords, Kihnarnoek and Bahnerino, taken
out of an English newspaper, -037
These lines turned into the form of ai1 inscription, . -038
Lines on Lord Balmerino, 238
Lines on the death of Sir Aiexander MaeDonald, . _°39
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Lines spoken extempore on Lovat's execution, by a loyer
of ail those who will and date be honest in the worst
of times, -°39
Lines on a young lady, who died on seing ber loyer, Mr.
Davson, exeeuted on 30th July 1746, . 9.41
The eontrast set in its proper light ; said tobe donc by a
lady, -°41
A Catch, 1746, 244
Lines by the Rev. Mr. Thomas Drummond, Edinburgh, on
Mr. Secretary Murray's turning evidence, 245
Satan transformed into an angel of light, or copy of a letter
from Mr. Evidence Murray, fo his nephew, Sir David
Murray, of seventeen or eighteen years of age, in jail
in the city of York, 1747, -047
Copy of the Prince's summons to the city of Edinburgh to
surrender, -049
Narrative by Mr. Alexander Mnrray, printer in Edinburgh, 50
Letter from Charles Gordon of Terperse to his own lady, . -05°
Letter, which served as a eover to the above, fi'om Mr.
Patriek Gordon, minister at Rhynie, -053
Letter, said to be written by Lord George Murray or one of
his friends, as to the battle of Culloden, 54
Conversation with Captain John Hay, 267
Some omissions in Donald MacLeod's Journal, °68
Letter to Mr. Robert Forbes, containing a truc and genuine
account of the case of poor William Baird, -070
Reply to the above letter, wherein a character of honest
Donald MacLeod, -071
Letter from Malcohn MacLeod to Mr. Robert Forbes, and
the reply, -073
Lines by a lady, extempore, upon the ribband which the
Prince wore about his head vhen obliged to disguise
himself in a female dress under the naine of Betty
Burke, . -076
Narrative of a conversation between Captain John Hay and
Mr. Robert Forbes, . "-).76
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Journal of the Prince's embarkation and arrival, etc., taken
froln the mouth of 2Eneas MacDonald, a banker in
Paris, aud brother of Kilflochmoidart, when he was in
a messenger's custody in London, by Dr. Burton of
York, . 281
Note of the Prince's escape from Scotland to France, 295
Journal taken from the mouth of Flora MacDolmld by Dr.
Burton of York, when in Edinburgh, . 296
Lines, Townly's Ghost, etc., 306
Copy of several remarkable narratives taken from the mouth
of Dr. Archibahl Cameron's lady, by Dr. John Burtoll,
when in Èdiuburgh, 007
Letter (of a very singular natnre) to Arthur, Lord Balnle-
rino, and its history, 313
Orders given by Colonel John Campbell to Captain Camp-
bell of Knoekbowie of the Argyleshire Militia, 316
Omission in the Journal of Mr. John Cameron, 317
Petition of George, Lord lhdherford, for a peerage, 519
Joint Journal by Captain Alexander MaeDonald, Youl)g
Clanranald, and MacDonald of Glemdadale, of the
Prinee's adventures after Culloden, 320
Colonel Ker of Gradyne's Aecount,. 355
Observations by Captain Alexander MaeDonald on the
Joumals of Mr. A;neas MacDonald and Captain O'Neil, 357
Captain O'Neille's Journal, from a eopy attested by himself, 365
Notes on this Attested Journal, 375
APPENDIx.--A copy of a letter from a soldier in Cobham's
dragoons, 11 May 17J,6,
380
PREFACE
Thc Ljon in 3lournbd" is a collection of Joumals, Narra-
tives, and Mcmoranda relating to the life of Prince Charles
Edward Stuart at and subsequent to the .lacohite Rebcllion of
175. The formation of this collcction was to a gr«at extent
thc life-work of thc Rcv. Robert Forbcs, M.A., Bishop of
Ross and Caithness.
Ho was the son of Charles Forl)cs, a schoohnaster in the
parish of Rayne, Abcrdccnshire, and of Marjory ¥right, and
was born there in 1708, his bal)tism heing rccorded in the
parochial rcgister as having taken place on 4th Mav of that
year. He must have been a studious youth, as ho was scnt fo
Marischal Collcge, Aberdeen, in or about 17°-- °, at the early
age of fourteen, and graduated therc as Master of Arts in
176. He then 1)roceeded to qualify himsclf for orde: in the
Scottish Episcopal Church, and coming to Edinburgh in June
1735, he was thcre ordaiued priest by Bishop Freebaim. In
December of that vear he becamc assistant fo the Rcv.
¥illiam Law af Lcith, md soon afterwm-ds, af the request
of the congregation, was appointed his colleuc. Af Leith,
it may be said, he lived and labourcd for thc remaindcr of
his life.
Like most of the Episcopalians of that day, he was an ardent
Jacobite, indeed one of the most ardent, and but. for a timely
interposition of the ' hated Hanoverian' government would
hot improbably have shared the fate of some of his brethren
whose end he chronicles. In that case there would have been
11o Lyou lu .,llourning', and it is but fair to )" that (though
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Thc L$/on. can never be considered, and does hot pretend to
bc, an impartial relation of the events with which if deals, out
literature of the Rebellion of 1745 would have been greatly
the poorer by its absence. Nay, if may even be said that, but
for the continuous energy and single-eyed puwose of Bishop
Forbes in this work, much of what is now known on this sub-
jêct would nevcr have corne fo ligqat.
On hcaring of the advent of Prince Charles Edward in the
"Vest Highlmads, lr. Forbes, with two Episcopalian elergy-
men and some other gentlcmcn, startcd off with the intention
of sh,,'ing his fi»rttmes, but all were an'estcd on suspicion af
St. Ninians, near Stirling, and imprisoned. He notes the fact
in the Bq»tismal Register of his conga'egation, as follows : ' A
great interruption has happened by mv misfortuue of being
taken prisoner at St. Ninim's, in company with the Rev.
Mess. Thomas Drummond and John "Villox, Mr. Stewart
Carmichacl and Mr. RobeoE Clark, and James Mackay and
James Carmichael, servants, upon Saturday, the seventh day of
Scptember 1745, and confined in Stirling Castle till February
th, 1746, and in Edinburgh Castle till lay °9th of said year.
We were seven in number, taken upon the seventh day of the
week, the seventh day of the month, and the seventh month of
the year, reckoning ri'oto March.' An incident of the roping
of these prisone af their removal ri-oto Stirling fo Edinburgh
is narrated by the author, e
After his release fi'om imprisonment Mr. Forbes appears to
have been invited to reside in the house of one of the most
wealthy membe of his congregation, Dame Magdalene Scott,
x Journals, etc., of Bishop Forbes, by the Rev. J. B. Craven, 1886, p. 12.
This register is still extant, and one of its counterparts, the register of marriages
performed by the Bishop, is printed in the Scottish Anliquary, vol. viii. pp. 125-
I29. See also p. I69. One of the baptisms was that of John Skinner, author of
' Tullochgorum,' who on 8th June 174o went to Mr. Forbes in his room, and was
re-baptized, declaring that « he was hot satisfied with the sprinkling of a layman,
a Presbyterian teacher, he had received in his infancy.'
"- See ff. 916, 987
PREFACE xiii
Ladv Bruce of Kinross, the widow of Sir "William Bruce of
Kinross. She msided in the Citadel of Leith, and was a strong
Jacobite ; Mr. Forbes relis how hcr house was on more tlmn
one occasion the special olect of the Government's concern, as
the Prince himself was supposed to be concealed there, a For
this lady Mr. Forbes cherished the highest esteem, speaking of
ber a ' the worthy person, the protection of whose roof I
enjoy.'" She died ha June 175 °, aged 8°; but before that
event took place he had left her house, on the occasion of lais
marriage to his first wife, Agnes Gairey. Tlfis was in 1749, s
and the lady died on 4th April of the following year. He
afçerwards married, as his second wife, Rachel, second daughter
of Ludoviek Houston of Johnstoue, iu Rcnfl'ewshire, of whom
he makes frequent mention in l'he L!ion. She was in fullest
sympathy with her husband's Jacobite pclivities, and occa-
sionally sent presents to the Prhace abroexl.
In lï6 ° Mr. Forbes was chosen and appointed Bishop of
Ross and Caithness, and in 1767 he was elected Bishop of
Abêrdeen bv a majority of the local clergy, but the College of
Bishops disallowed the election in his case, and another was
appointed. How keenly Mr. Forbes felt this action will be
seen ri'oto his conversation and correspondence with Bishop
Gordon of London. He twice visited his diocese in the north,
and kept full journals of his progresses. They are similar to
a diary of his visit fo 5Ioffat, which is inserted in The Lyon, and which was doubtless so insêrted because of ifs concern with
certain Jacobite matters ; but if is also of intêrest on other
accounts.
In later lire, wheu, from having less fo chronicle, he
was hot so taken up with this work, Bishop Forbes was an
See ff. 94o, et seq. e See f. 325 . s See f. 749-
« Craven'sJournals, etc., p. I I.
These have been printed, along with a sketch of his lire and a history of the
Episcopal Church in Ross, in the work by the Rev. J. ]3. Craven, pp. I39-327.
« See ff. 1915, et seq.
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occasional contributor fo the Edinburgh Jlagazine, in which
he published a number of topographical and antiquarian
articles. Seveml of these, rclating fo Roslin Chapel, were
collected and printed in 1774, under the nom de plume of
Philo-Roskehjnsis. He died af Leith on 18rb November
1775 and was buried in the Maltman's Aisle in South Leith
parish church. He does hot apI)ear fo bave had auy children.
The origiu of this collection, The Lyon in .llournin, pro-
bably dates ri'oto thc author's imprisomucnt in Stirling Castle
or Ediuburgh Castle. In the latter place ho was brought into
conter with some of those wim imd takcn an active share in
the cause of l'rince Charles, and if was, doubtless, while listen-
ing fo thcir narrativcs that he was iuspired witb the idea of
conlmitting filera fo writing. Why he called his collection
by the naine it bears, ira nowherc explains. If has been
suggested that if wa.s ' in allusion fo the woe of Scotland for
her exiled race of princes;" tire Lyon bcing the heraidic rêpre-
sentative of the nation. ]3isbop Forbes, in bis own mind,
no doubt, idêntificd the Scottish nation witb the COlnpara-
tivcly few Jacobitcs within thê country.
But whatever may be said about the title, the Bishop's pur-
pose was, as he declared, fo make up 'a Collection of Journals
and otbcr papers relative fo the important and extraordina 3,
occnrrences of lire that hai)pened withiu a certain period of rime,"
and which, he adds, 'will serve fo fix a distinguishing mark
upou tilat period as a most memorable era fo ail i)osterit.v ....
I bave,' he proceeds fo say, 'a great anxiety fo lnakc the
Collectiol as compleat and exact as possible for file instruction
of future ages in a piece of history the nlost remarkable and
interesting that ever happened in any age or country.' Nor
was if only what l)articulady concerned that ' certain Yotrs
GE'r.na" (.as tbey we WOllt fo style the Prince) tbat Bishop
Forbes set himself fo gather information, but also whatever
couid be gleaned about those who ïoliowed his fortunes. He
was even desirous that every act of kindness i)erformed by the
PREFACE xv
vietorious Hanoverians towards their vanquished cncmics,
should be cherished with the namcs of thc docrs, that they
with the othcrs ' nmy 1)c carcfully rccorded and transmitted fo
postcrity, according fo truth and justice.'
And thus, though if be a purely Jacobite Collection, if is
evident throughout that the author was most scrul)ulous with
regard fo thc truth of the facts ho relates. Ilcnec, in sccking
for narrativcs of thc difli, rCllt cpisodcs in tllc rebellion, his
cndeavour was fo gct them af first-hmld froln participators
therein. ' I noyer chuse," he says, ' fo takc matters of faet af
second-hand if I can by any lneans have thcm from those who
wcre immcdiately intcrcstcd in thcm. " Vherc this could
hOt bc obtaincd, he instructcd his corrcspondents fo'haro a
partieular attention fo dates, and fo namcs of pcrsons and
places ;' for, he adds, ' I love a precisc nieety in ail narratives
of fa&s, as indccd ont cannot observe too much exactness in
these things .... I love truth, let who will be either justificd
or condemned by if .... I would not wish fo advance a false-
hood upon any subjcct," hot cvcn Oll Cumbcrland himself, for
my consideration whatsoever.
His assiduity in the work is likewisc noteworthv. Assuming
that he began collecting in thc end of 176, by Septembcr
1747 he records that he has covcvd bctwccn twenty-four and
thirty sheets, which by 19th April following had incrcascd fo
about forty, by ¢th July 178, fo sixty shccts, and by thc
following month about seventy, whid ho ]lad bound up in
several oetavo volunles. These (from ihe point ai which he
mentions this") would be ai this time four in number, for
by ' sheets," Bishop Forbes means a sheet of paper whieh,
when folded, yields sixteen pages, and the llumber of pages in
these first four volumes amount in the aggregate to 868 pages.
He was now well advaneed with almther, the fitîh, whieh ends
with page lll.q °. The sixth volume is also dated on its fille-
page '1ï¢8,' volume seventh, 1749, and volume eigllth, 1750.
f. 23. " f. lO52, lO67.
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This eighth volume, however, could only have been begun in
that year, as there is reference in if, near the end, fo an event
which happcned in 1761. But as the seven volumes contain
1598 pages, or, as thc author would havc put if, nin&y sheets,
we have a prctty fair estlmate of his diligence in the collecting,
somctimcs drafting, and in ail ccs transcribing his matcrials.
Naturally, as thc main facts of the Rebellion receded from
public vicw by the progress of rime and othcr events, interest
would abatc, and matcfials fall off, and this is evidcnt enough
from thc compilation of volume cighth taking tcn or eleven
years, whilc the previous sevcn wcrc accomplished in thrcc or
four. Vohmm nintb, again, gave the collcctor cml)loymcnt for
af lcast fourteen years, for though if is datcd in 1761, it con-
tains corrcspondcncc down fo April 1775. This volume, whilc
if yiclds a fcw papcrs rcspccting thc Rebcllion of 17,5, is
chiefly occnpicd with a corrcspondencc maintained by Bishol»
Forbes with other Joeobites, in which a most lively intcrest is
taken in the daily lire and affairs of Prince Charles on thc
Continent of Europe, and schcmes suggested and devised for
thc realisation, somc rime or other, of Jacobite hopcs. This
corresl)ondcnce is continued in the tenth and last volume,
which, howcvcr, is only pmoEly filled up, the rcst of the volume
consisting of blank pages. If was commenoed in 1775, and goes
on to October of that year, the death of Bisho l) Forbes occurring
in the following month. Hcre, however, there is no lack of
interest in thc persons fo whom wc are introduccd as engaged
in thc Cause along with Bishol) Forbes. Thcy arc almost all
Episcopalians. Indecd, the members of tire Scottish Episcopal
body wêre practically identified with the Stuart Cause from
the Revolution onwaMs, until in despair, they, by a formal
declaration, professedly severed themselves from if in or about
1780. Bishop Forbes did not lire fo sec this, but evcn somc
rime before his death evil tidings had frequcntly arrivcd and
giron fise fo sad forebodings of shattered hopes, and the
wrecking of long-cheri»hed cxpcctations.
PREFACE xvii
To publish lais Collection, Bishop Forbes could never be
induccd. He rightly judged if imprudent fo print what could
only be construcd as a censure of the Governmcnt of the day,
and which, accordigly, was likcly to draw resentment hot
only upon himself, but upon any of the snrviving actors whose
names if was his desire fo immortalise in story. Urged fo it
by one of his correspondents (Dr. ,lolm Burton of York, who,
being himself a sufferer on the Prinee's aeeount, published a
pamphlet narrative of the Prince's adventures and escape, md
also of his own sufferings), Bishop Forbcs always replied that he
' waited a seasonable ol,portunity." His nfind, as fo this, ftuoEhcr
appem ri'oto the way in which he expresses himsclfto a brothcr
in office in referenee fo Dr. Bm-ton's pnblication. If has ruade
its appearance, he says, ' contrary fo mv canest and repeated
rcmoustrances. I have resisted mmay solicitations, and I ara
well aware that thls is far ri'oto being a proper rime for the
publication of truths of so much delieacy and danger, and
therefore, for my part, I ara resolved fo wait for a more season-
ahle opportunity ;' and when tllat would occur he could hOt
imagine. This w in 1749, md, as the result shows, the
ol»portunity never came for him. He did print a sho± account
of the Prince's adventures af a later date, copies of which he
sent fo the Prince and others abroad ; but this was only a trifle
in comparison with what he had eollected.
Naturally, Thc Lyon in llourning" was one of his most
valued possessions, and he guarded if with the most jealous
care. Only on one occasion would he allow if out of his own
hands. He would shov his friends the external bulk of if, but
they were not pennitted fo pry within. One young relative,
who did hot apparently stand ve»:v high in the author's favotw,
had the temerity fo ask that the ' black-edged volumes' might
be sent fo him in London for completing a narrative which he
and another were preparing fo»" publication, and in reply got
the rebuff, that there was much room for doubting his com-
petency for the task he had undertaken, while as for the loau
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of thc Manuscript, he had askcd what thc author would llOt
havc grantcd fo lais own fathêr. However, Bishop Forbes
judgcd it expedicnt to part with them for a rime when his
residencc was thrcatened with a search. He had this fo plead
OE an excuse to Dr. Burton, who begged thc Bishop to furnish
ri-oto his collection some matcrials to make lais own proposed
publication more l)crfect. ' I was obligcd," he replies, 'to
sccrct my collection, having bcen threatened with a search for
pal)ets. I havc thcrcforc put my collection out of my own
custody into the keeping of a fi-icnd, whcre I cannot have
acccss toit without some difliculty, and I resoh'c fo keep it so,
that so I may dcfy thc Dcvil and thc Dutch.' Indeed, this
was his usual way with if, for hc writcs to another, ' I keep my
collection in a conccahncnt always, so that I ana hot afi'aid of
its being seized by cnemics ; and it is hot every fricnd I allow
to sec only the bulk and outside of nly favourite papers." a
The volumes are bound in sombre blaek leather, and have
their edges blmkened, while around eaeh title-page is a deep
blaek border. Some relies, whieh aa, or have been, attaehed
to the volmnes for preservation, eall for some notice. They are
most nunmrous on the insides of the boards ofthe third volume.
First, the is a piece of the Prince's garters, which, says Bishop
Forbes, ' wcre French, of blue vclvet, covered upon one side
with white silk, and fastencd with bucklcs.' " Next thcre is a
piece of thc gown wom by the Prinec as Betty Burke, which
was sent to Bishop Forbes by Mrs. MacDonald of Kingsburgh.
If was a print dress, and ri'oto this or oher pieces sent the
pattern ws obtaincd, and a considerable qutity of print
similar to if made by Mr. Stewart Çarmichael, already men-
tioned. Dresses ruade ri'oto this print were largely worn by
Jacobite ladies, bo[h in Seotland and England, for a rime.
Thirdly, there is a piece of tape, once part of the string of the
apron which the Prince woa as part of his female attire.
Bishop Forbes sccured this relic ri'oto thc hands of Flora
a f. 426. f- 97-
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MacDonald herself, who brought thc veritable apron to Edin-
burgh, and gave the Bishop the pleasure of girding if on him.
To keep company with these, another relic has been added fo
this board by the late Da'. Robert Chambers, and which, con-
sequently, Bishop Forbes never saw. If is a lfiece of red velvet,
which once formed part of the ornaments of the Pnce's sword-
hilt, and was obtaincd, as that gentlcman narrates, in the
following way. On his match fo Englmad, the Prince rested on
a bank af Faladam, near Blacksbiels, where the sisters of one of
his adherents, Robert Anderson of Whitburgh, served him and
his followers with refre.hments. Belote he departed, one of the
young ladies begged the Prince fo give them some keepsake,
whcreupon he took out his knife, and eut off a lfiCcc of velvet
and buffleather ri'oto the hilt of hi. sword. Up till 1886 af
least, this was paciously treasured af Whitburgh ; and if was
ri'oto Miss Anderson of SVhitburgh, of a later generation of
course, that Mr. Chambers af that rime obtained the scrap
which he placed with the Bishop's relies. On the inside of the
back board of this volume arc pieces of tartan, parts, respectively,
of the cloth and lining of thc waistcoat which the Prince re-
ceived ri'oto MacDonald of Kingsburgh, when he relinquished
his female garb. This he afterwards exchangcd with Malcolm
MacLeod for a coarser one, as if was too fine for tbe r61e
of a servant, wbich he was then acting. Malcohn MacLeod
hid the waistcoat in the cleft of a rock until the troubles
should be over ; but when he went fo recover if, as if had lain
there for a year, he round if ail rotted, save a small piece,
which, with two buttons, he forwarded fo Bishop Forbes.
On the inside of the back board of thc fourth volume the
Bishop has had two small pieces of wood, one of wlfich has now
disappeared. The renmining piece is about one inch long, less
than half an inch broad, and about one-eighth of an inch in
thickness. These, says the author, are pieces of that identical
eight-oared boat, oaa board of which Donald MacLêod, cte., set
out with thê Prince from Boradale, after thê battle of Cullodcn,
xx THE LYON IN MOURNING
for Bcnbccula, in lc Long Isle. The bits of wood werc obtained
and sent by MacDonald of Glcnaladale. Thon, finally, there
are pieces of one of the lugs of the brogues or shoes which the
Prince wore as Betty Burke, stuck on the inside of the back
board of volume fifth. But the Bisho 1) seems to have had
the brogues themselvcs, and he and his Jacobite friends wcre
won[ [o use them as drinking vessels on special occasions. This
was reported to the Prim'e, who heartilv cnjoyed the idea, and
remarked concerniug Bishop Forbes, ' Oh, he is an boncst man
indeed, and I lmpe soon to give him 1)n)ofs how muda I love
md esteem him."
After the dcath of Bishop Forbes The Lyon in
rcmained a possession treasurcd by his widow fi»r fullv thirty
years, she alonc knowing of what value if had been in thc eyes
of hcr husbaml. With advancig year.s, howcver, she fell into
povertÆ, m(l was obliged in 1806 to part with the Collection, a
suittblc 1)urclm.er baviug bcen tbund in Sir Henry Steuart of
Allanton, who had set himself the task of prcparing ' An His-
torical Review of the diflrent attempts ruade to restore thc
Stewart familv fo tbe throne ri'oto the Revolution in 1688 fo the
suppression of the Rebellion in 175." II]-health frustrated his
design, aud The Lyon in ,lIou»'ni», la)" past unknown and
heeded af Allanton until if was unearthed by Dr. RobeoE Cham-
bers. He purchascd if ri'oto Sir Henry Steuart, and in 183
published a nuluber of the 1)apers and narratives contained in it
in his work entitled Jacobitc ,L«mobw of the R«b«llion .of174-5.
On an average computatiou it maÆ be said that Dr. Chambers
printed al)out a third pmoE of what is contained in The Lyo.
sometimeç weaving one lmrrative with another, in order to pre-
seut lu fuller form, so far as possible, the eutire history of the
Prince in his adventures. But what Dr. Chambers there gave
iu the pcrsonal lmrratives of the contributors to The Lyo
,lfi.ur5»g', and what he has »a'itten in his admirable popular
History of the Rcbcllion, on infoaauation dcrived chicfly ri'oto
the saine source, have but iucreased the dcsire of the hi.torical
PREFACE xxi
student fo have before him the complexe text of The Lyon in
Mourning" as it stands in the original manuseript. This dcsire
the present publication will gratify. Thc Couneil of the Seot-
tish Histo D- Soeiety originally proposed merely fo print what
Dr. Chalnbers had left unprinted. But eonsidcration of the tiret
just stated, and the undesirability of the reader being required
fo COlnpare two works in order to scertain the real contents of
the Lyon, led to the resolution to l,rint the full text of the
Bishop's lnanuscript, especially also as the Jacobit« ,llemoirs is
now a SOlnewhat scate book.
Dr. Chambers bequeathed this Manuscript Cllection ,,f
Bislmp Forbes to the Faculty of Advocates, Edilflmrgh, in
whose librarv it uow remains. IIe had pviously attached to
the first volume the fi, llowing writing t,, dcclare the geluie-
ness and histoçy of the work :
' EINBçR(:H, .l[ay 5, 1847.
' I hereby ccrtit that the accompanying lnanuscript, in ten
volumes, entitled The Lyon in Motard»g, was purchased by me
in 1833 or 1834 ri'oto the late Sir Henry Steuart of Alht»ton,
Baronet, by whom I was infomned that he had bought it about
thirty years before from the widov of Bishop Forbes of the Scot-
tish Episcopal Church, the compile5 who had died in 1775.
' The volume contains, in a chronological progress, many docu-
ments and anecdotes respecting the civil war of 1745, and the
individuals concerned in it. On this account I desired to possess
it, as I designed to make use of its contents for the improvement
of a history of the insurrection which I had written.
(Signed) ' ROeEaT
By a' chronological progress' the readcr is hot fo understand
that the e'ents of the Prinee's lire, or of the Rebellion, will bc
round related in ordcr of tilue in thc following pages. It cm
only mean that Bishop Forbcs procccdcd in a chronological
progress ri'oto 1746 or 1747 till his death, in building up his
Collectmn, telling us ri'oto rime to rime thc dates-of his roeciv-
ing his inforlnation, which he enrols as he receives it, without
mU othcr regard fo chronology than its coming to him. But
to enable the reer to follow thc chronological sequence of
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THE LYON IN MOURNING
events, a brief chronological digest of the narratives contained
in the Collection will be given as an Appendix in the third
volume. In that volume also will be found an Index fo the
whole work. Into the plots and scheming prior fo the actual
outbreak of the insurrection, Bisho|) Forl)es's materials do hot
lead us. If is, however, satisfactm:y fo learn that the Scottish
llist(wy Society bas in hand the publication of the Journal of
the lh'iuce's Secretary, John Murray of Broughton, which pro-
mises fo throw ]ight upon much that was taking place anterior
fo the actual outbreak, as well as in other rcspects fo supply
the deficicncies of Thc L.yon in MourMnA,'.
It onlv remains fo acknowledgc thc kindne.ss of the Faculty
of Atlvocat:es iii l)htcing Thc Lyon in Mournbtê," at [lac disposal
of the Society for pul)li('ation, and the Ulfiform COllrtesy of Mr.
('lark and his assistants in the Advocates" Lil)rary in facilitat-
iug file progress of this work. ()ur acknowledgments are also
due fo thc indefatigable Secretary of thc Society, Mr. T. G. Law,
and fo his evcr-willing assistants in the Signet Library, for their
reuty furtherance in thc labours of refercnce and rcseard.
I
THE LYON IN MOURNING
OR
A COLIECTI(}N (AS EXACTI.Y MAI)E AS TI[E
Tlll': TIMES V(}UI.D I'EI{3IIT)
INIQUITY
(}F
(}F SPECHES, LETI'1RS ,IOUINALS EïC.,
REI.ATIVE TO TIIE AFI:AIRS, BUT MORE
PA I{TIU['I, RI/V '1'!! E DANGERS AND DIS-
TRESSES (1"
VOL. I
Eheu ! quanta tenent SCOTOS nmla ! quata doloris
Colda ! qui P.XTRIa3 Iuctus ubique premit [
1747
Col,Yof a IA.TTER from the Rev. Mr. ROBERT
L'ton to his I(}'I'HER and SlSTERS.
IY DEAR MOTHEIt AND MY LOVING SlSTERs--How ever great a fo. x.
746
shock o nature I presenfly feel in wrifing you upou this oeca- 3 Oct.
sion, and tle great rouble and affliction if must g'ive you ail
in reading my lasL yet I couht hot allow myself, having warn-
ing of mv al}proaching laie, o lcave his miserablv vicked
world, withouç Ifidding you fiu'ewel and oflbring you my advice.
If has pleascd Almighty God in His unsearchablc Providence
for some rime past o affiict me with gricvous and sore troubles,
everything that could be look'd on as comfordle in this
worhl being denied me that was in the power of mv. enemies to
grant or refisc. But blcssed 1)c my mercifid God, they could
hot stop the inward consolations of God's Holy Sl)irit , whi«h
bas hitherto SUl)l)orted me in healtb and vigour under all this
miserablc sceue of calamities, for which I have the grcatest
reason, while I lire, to bless and adore His glorious naine.
Thc miscries I bave alreadv undergoue, and humauly speaking,
am still fo surfer, arc uuoubtedly inflicted upon me as a just
rcward and punishmeut for my manifohl sins and iniquities,
and I trust they have been dispenscd as the chastisements of a /. .
mercifid Father to a 1)rodigal child in ordcr to dmw me to a
nearcr acquaintance with Himself, to wean mv heart tom all
Mr. Lyon was incumbent of the Episcopal Church in Perth, being elected
thereto as colleague to the Rev. Laurence Drummond (whom he mentions in
this letter) in or about 738. When Prince Charles and his army pasoed through
Perth on his way south, 5If. Lyon join himself to them, especially as the
most influential part of his congregation had gatheted to the Prince's standard.
He was appointed chaplain of Lord Olvie's regiment. After his arrest he was
imprisoned at 5Iontrose» and thereafter at Carlisle, where he was tried, and
sentenced to be executed. He accordingly suffer death at Penrith on 28th
October 746. For further particulars about Sir. Lyon the reader may consult
the £iy«oal Hylory of ?ert]» by the Rev. George T. S. Fatquhar, M.A.,
I894, pp.
2 3 Oct.
yb/. 3-
THE LYON IN MOURNING [1746
inordinate affections fo the follies and van|ries of the world, fo
enlargc my heart with des|res of being with ,lcsus, my Saviour,
of the freedom from sin and of Che ri-uit|on of my God fo ail
eternity. This is Che proper influence His aflticting hand
should have had upon me. And, if my heart deeeives me hOt,
I have ruade if my endeavour, tho' with a great mixture of'
weakncss during my long coutlncmcnt, it should bave ifs due
efl}ct.
Betbre this will reach vou (my dear mother and sisters) Che
last fatal sccne of my sufltà-ings will bc over and I set at liberty
(even by my cuemics themselves) ri'oto Che heavy load of irons
and chains I bave so long drag'd. Lord, loosc me ri'oto Che
burden of my sins! Assist me in my last and greatest trial !
Rcceivc my soul, and bring me into Che way of eternal happi-
ness and joy ! Grieve hot fi»r me, my dearest fricnds, since I
suflér in a rightcous aud honourablc cause, but rathcr rejoice
tiret God has assistcd me by llis grace, Che most unworthy of
llis servants, to act agrecably fo my conscience and duty bv
bcaring tcstimonv fo truth and righteousness, religion and
loyalty in midst of a wickcd and irrcligious, perverse and
rebellious generation. Let this considcration, Che motives of
('hristianity, and the hopcs and assurances wh|ch out holy
religion so plcntifidly afbrds, allay in you ail immoderate
grief, and make you thoroughly rcsign'd fo God's holy will in
ail Ilis wise dispensations; wh|ch howsoever harsh af present
thcy may appear to flcsh and blood, yet they shall ail be made
to work togcthcr for good to them Chat love and fear Him,
and put their trust in His mercy.
I ara very sensible how much e,sier if is fo give advice
against affliction and trouble in Che case of others Chan fo Cake
if in my owu. If hath pleased God to exercise me of lace with
very sore trials, in wh|ch I do, I think, perfectly submit to His
good pleasure, firmly believing Chat He does always Chat wh|ch
is best. And yct tho' my rcason was satisficd, my passion was
hot so soon appeas'd ; for to do this is a work of some labour
and Cime.
But since Chat God hath thought fit fo warn me of my own
mortality by giving me a summons to die a violent and bar-
barous death by Che hand of man, I thank God for it ; it hath
17 ] LETTER FROM REV. ROBERT LYON 5
occasion'd in me no very melancholv reflections. But this per- 23 oct.
haps is more owing to my natural teml)er than wise considera-
tions. But yet, methinks, both reason and religion do oflr /. -
you, my dear mother and sisters, considerations of that solidity
and strength, as may very well support you under ail thc
afflictions of this present life. Pray then consider:--
Tlmt God is perfect love and goodness ; that we are hot onlv
His creatures, but His children, and as dear to Him as to our-
selves; tiret He does hot afflict willingly nor grieve the
children of nen, and that ail evils of afflictions which befal us,
are intended for the cure and prevention of greater evils, of sin
and punishmcnt. And thercfore we ought not only to sulunit
to them with patience as being dcserved by us, but to receive
thcm with tlmnkfidness as bcing design'd by Him to do us that
good and to bring us to that scnse of Him and oursclvcs which
pcrhaps nothing else would have done. That the suflbïings of
this present life are but short and light compar'd with those
extreme and endless miseries which we have dcserved, and with
that excceding weight of glory which we hol)e for in the other
world, if we be carefid to make the best prcparations for death
and eternity. Vrhatever hardships and afflictions we suflbr for
our attachment to truth and righteousness bring us nearer to
our everlasting happiness, and how rugged soever the xay nmy
be, the comfort is that if leads fo our Father's house where we /ol. s.
shall want nothing that we can wish for.
But now you labour under affliction for the dcath and loss
of your ouly son, and all of you of your dearest earthly friend.
Consider then that, if you be good Christiaus, God who is your
bcst fi-iend, who is imumrtal and cammt die, will never lcave
you uor forsake you, but will provide both for youï teml)oral
and spiritual concerns beyond what vou can either ask or think.
But nature, you say, is fond of lire. I acknowledge it. But
then consider, to what purpose should we desire a long life?
since with the ustml burdens and infirmitics and misfortuncs
that attend it, it is but the saine thing over again or worse, so
many more nights and da.vs, sunamers and winters, with lcss
pleasure and relish, every day a return of thc saine and greater
pains and troubles, but perlmps with less strength and patieuce
to bear them.
23 Oct,
6 THE LYON IN MOURNING [746
These, and the like considerations, have under my present
calamities entertaiu'd me hot ouly with COl[entnlen[ but com-
fort, tho" with great inequality of retaper at several rimes, and
with much mixture of humall frailty, which will in some degree
stick to us while we are in this world. However by this kind
of thoughts aictions and death itself will become more
familiar fo us, ami keep us ri'oto starting af the one or repining
ai the other.
I acknowledge I find in myself a great temlerncss in parting
with you, my dcm'est rehtions, which I must confcss doth very
sensibly touch me. But then I cousider, aml so, I hope, with
ail of you, that this separatiou will bc but a very little while,
aud tht tho" I sh«dl lcave you iu a very wicked world, yet you
are ail tmder [he care of a good God who cau he more and
bettcr fo vou thau I and ail other rchtions whatever, and will
certaiuly be so to all [hose tht love I Iim and hope in I Iis mercv.
If likewise gives me no small uneasiness that I shoukl leave
you in a worse wtty as [o your worhtly circumstances than I
couhl bave wishcd or once expcctcd, having spent my own and
ruade some eucroachmcuts Ul)On i)oor Cicie's 1 stock. But then
I must say in lUy own vindication, this was hot by any luxury
or riot, as you c;m bear me witness, but rather owing fo a small
yearly iwome, an expensive place for living, and being too
lil)erally disposed Ul)O certai occasions ; but, above ail, by my
beiug engag'd in the httc glorious cause of serving my King and
country. You'll easily ste if was no mercenalçy view, but
purely ol)edience fo conscience and duty that ruade me take
part in the tte of my roy«d prince and country whcn I tcll you
that I never received a farthing of his Royal Itighness's money,
nor was assisted fit thc least i)cnny by my engaged in his ser-
vice. So that this tmdertaking consum'd no small part of my
private stock; ami I hope you'll rcadily grant it couid 1o
lmve l)eeu better 1)estow'd, altho" ail of you must fccl the want
of it. But God who bas fi)rmcrly doue wonderfill thiugs for
us all will, I trust, provide for you the nccessaries of lire.
And even poverty rightly weigh'd is hot so very sad a con-
dition. For what is if but the absence of a very few super-
a Mr. Lyon's favourite sister.
I746] LETTER FROM REV. ROBERT LYON 7
fluot.ts things which plcase wanton fancy rather than answer
need, without which nature is easily satisfied, and which, if we
do not affect, we cannot want ? Vltat is if but to wear coarse
cloaths, fo fced on plain and sintl)lc fart, fo work and takc
sotne paius, fo sit or goe in a lower place, fo have few fricnds
and hOt olie flattcrcr ? And vhat gl'eat hartn iii this ? If I
had rime fo compare if with thc luany dangers and tempta-
tions fo wh|ch wcalth is expos'd,--l»ray considct- Hmt poverty
is a state wh|ch many bave born with grcat chearfulness.
Many wise men bave vohmtarily embrac'd if. If is allotted by
1)iv|ne wisdom fo mos men, and the vcry bcst of mcn do often
clidut'e if. God has dcclared an especial regard fo that statc
of lire. The mouth of truth hath proclaitned if happy. The
SOli of God dignified if by Ilis own choicc, and sanctificd if by
l lis partaking dceply thcrcof. And can such a condition
very disagrecal)lc fo auv of you (who were nevcr over-prosperous
in the worh|) ? ()r can if reasonably displcase you ?
My dear n|othcr and sisters, these considerations, I hopc,
thro" the Divine assistance, will be a mean fo suppooE you
undcr your l)rescnt and future atllictions, and prcservc yott
from rcpinilig af nty titre and your own loss.
[Bcforc I cnd this lettcr I ntust takc this Ol»l)ortunity fo
acquaint )'ou of one thing that noue otl earth knows but the
person ilunlediately conceta'd. The nmtter is this. Had if
pleased God that I should have survivM my dear mother, and
been provided of any tolerable subsistence in this world, I
design'd and propos'd fo make Stewart Rose (whom I kllOW
be a vil-tUOUS, wise, good, and 1.eligious young woman), partner
of my lire and fortune. I ara too sensible of what she sttlrs
on my account, and wh|ch would nlake her affliction sil; the
barder upon her, the natural modesty she is re|stress of, would
23 Oct.-
The paragraph following in brackets was at first omitted by lIr. Forbes,
with this explanatory note inserted at the end of the letter. N..--In the
original of the above letter there was a paragraph about a very particular con-
cern of Mr. Lyon's wh|ch I did hot chuse to transcribe.' ]3ut he afterwards sup-
plied it by writing it on the inside of the front board of the volume, with the
following: 'N.t,--Finding that lir. Lyon's own relations and Mrs. Stewart
Rose ruade no secret of the mutual affection that had been betwixt the young
lady and her departed friend, I obtain'd a true copy of the paraaph and
transcrib'd it as abOVe.--RoBERT FORBES» A.[,
8 THE LYON IN MOITRNING [746
Oct.
wl. 9.
uever allow'd her o give vent I:o her grief, had not I nlenl;iOll'd
if I:o you. I Iherefore recommend her fo you, niy dear mothcr,
always fo look upon her as your daughtcr, and fo you, my dcar
sisters, fo treat lier always as your own sislcr, she being really
so in my lnost serious intention and fix'd resolutiou. And I
ara persuaded thcrc are llOlle of you l)tlt will bear so far a
regard fo my mcmory as Io value, eslecm, and, as far as in your
power, cherish and comfort thc person on whom I had so
deservedly setled my lo,'e and aflction. I aih sensible that
all of you csteem'd ber bcforc ou your acquaint:ance with ]mr
and lier own prol)er inerit, and ara couvinc'd t]mt mv discover-
ing niy mind I:hus far will more and more increase and hot
lesscn your love and regard fo hcr. 31\v Almighty God sup-
port and comfort ber and you all, and nmkc you with humble
submission resign'd I:o thc Divine wi]l.]
I must ucxl: acknowledge wih all the teuder-heartedness of
a brot]ler, tl,e grievous troubles and afl]icl:ions both of body
and mind my dear sistcr, ('icic, hath undergone, in order fo be
of use and comfort t:o aile undcr my scvcrc trials. IIcr firm
love fo me bas ruade her foilow my rate too far, and be a
witness of more of my troubles thau I could bave wish'd. But
whatevcr she ]las suffel'(I Oll my accounl:, which il, dced calmot
be express'd, she h,'ks becn of unspcakable service to me. 3Iay
iklniighty God reward hcr, and whatcvcr love all of you bore
to lier formerly I hope if will be enlared fo ber on lhis vcr.v
accounl.
I cannot conclude without offering mv best wishes (as they
]mve always had my pra)'ers) fo Mr. Drummond, mv coileague,
and every iudividual pcrson a ruerai)er of out eongregation.
3Iay Almight:y God bless ail of them bolh in their temporal
and spiritual conccrns, and of His iufiuite goodness reward
tllelll for their love and kindness, thcir attachmcut and concern
for me in the sevcral dih'qculties I have tmdergone ! May the
saine God i** His due linle afl')rd thcm aulhoriz'd guides to
pcrform Divine offices aUlOllgSt them, to administer fo them
the means of grace and brcad of lire, that tiley lllay be no
longer as shcep witilout a shcpherd. Till which rime mav the
ltoly Spirit direct every one of tilem illtO t}le way of trutil,
and assist them earncstly fo contcnd for the faitb once delivcred
I746] LETTER FROM REV. ROBERT LYON 9
to the saints, in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in -3 Oct.
righteousness of lire. And finally, may the saine merciful
Lord save them and bless them, make them fo the end of their
lires stedfast in the faith, unblameable in holiness and zealous
of good works.
You "11 be pleased fo offer my hem-ty and sincere good wishes
to Balgowan and ail that worthy family. I gratefully ac-
kuowledgc thcir remarkablc and undeserved favours. May
Ahnighty God return them seveufold into their bosom ! foc xo.
I sincerely pray that Ahnighty God may reward the family
of Moncrief, Mr. myth s, 5h'. Strhngs, Dr. Carmichael's, Mr.
Gracme's, ladies of Stormont, Lady Findal's, and all other my
kind benefactors and well-wishers with you (who have so bounti-
fidly ministrcd fo my nccessities) with Ilis cternal md ever-
lasting good things.
As I expect and earncstly desire forgivencss from God of all
my sins and trmasgrcssions, thro" the merits and mediation of
my only Saviour and Rcdecmer Jesus Christ, so from the very
bottom of my heart I forgive ail my enemies, persecutors, and
slandcrcrs, and particulavly Clerk Millar, - who, I have reason
to believe, has prosecutc me fo death, and whom, fo my know-
ledge, I nevcr injurcd in thought, word, or deed. May God
grant him repentauee that he may obtain forgiveness af the
lmnds of our heavenly Father. And with the saine earnest-
ness I desirc all of you fo forgive him, and tho" if should be in
your power, never in the lcast degrcc to resent if against him
or lais.
And now, my dear mother and sistcrs, if is my dying exhor-
ration fo you, as well as fo evcry particular person, who (by fo.'. x.
the providence of God) was committed to my spiritual care,
.tedfastly and constantly to continue in the faith and com-
munion of our holy persecuted mother, the Church of Scotland,
iu which I bave the honour to dic a vcry unworthy priest,
whatevcr temporal inconveniences and hardships you may
wrestle with in so doing. Nothing must appear too hard
which tends to the salvation of your souls ; and the disciple is
John Grahame of Balgowan.
- George 5liller, town clerk of Perth, who seems to have taken an active part
in the prosecution of his townsmen who engaged in the rebellion. Sec fol. 7.
3 Oct.
fol. x 3.
10 "PILE LY()N IN MOURNING [1746
llOt fO expeet better treatlnent than his Lord and Master.
For as tlley pcrsecutcd Hiln, even so will thcy persecute .v°u-
Stl'CnUOUSly adllere theu, in spire of ail opposition, to
docrines and principlcs, which Un'o" ic graee of God and lnV.
own weak abilities, I cndcavoured o each publickly and incul-
cae upon you in lny l)rivatc conversation, I lncan Um doctrincs
of Lhe Ho)y Scl'i}}Lurcs, wiLh Lheir o1113" gellUitle and auLhentick
comment, the universal doctrines and pmctices of Christ's
Chmwh in her })urest ages, even the three first ccnturies, bcfore
the mmfifohl errors of Popery, on thc onc hand, or PreslB'teriau
Clthusiasm, on the other, prevail'd ; both of which bave been
dangcrous fo the souls of manv. Let no worhllv consi(leration
prevail wiUa anv of you to join with schismaticks of whatever
kind; and more espcciali 3 be hot deceired bv thosc who may
corne unto yon in shcep's cloathing, having thc appearance of
sanctity and righteousness lnorc than others, but in Divine
oces offrir tq} fo God unlawfld l}etitions and immoral l}rayers.
Anti, as vou know, the lnan cammt bc pertctly happy witll-
out thc l'eunion of soul and body (in consequem'e of which
principle if was my practice, in my fiunilv devotions to coln-
meluorate the souls of my dcceas'd friends who died in the
Lord), so I carncstly beg and intrcat whcn vou approach Uie
throne of gracc Umt vou'll pray fi)r 1-est and peace, light and
refresillnent to lny soul, tllat I nmv find lnercy in the dav of
tlle Lord, and that I mav bc partakcr of perfect consmnnm-
tion and bliss both in bo(iy and soul in God's eternal and
everlasting glory. May our good and wise ccclesiastical gover-
nours, with thc Divine assistance, contributc their endeavours
fo restore this and ail othcr primitive and apostolic practices
in due forln to tlle publick oces of our Church, which would
be a lnean fo admillister comfort and grcat consolation
lnany a pious and devout soul. I cannot finish this subject
wiUmut putting up my petitions in the smne woMs of our holv
mother, tie Church, as she appoints tlle vcLv day 1 Oll which
is determined I should surfer:
built tlly ('hurch upon the foundatiou of the apostles and
prophets, Jcsus Christ himsclf heing the hcad corner-stoneç
St. Simon and St. Jude's Day, F. [F. denotes that the notes are the author's].
I746] LETTER FROM REV. I()BERT LYON 11
grant us »o fo be .joi»ed together in mfity of spirit 1)y their
doctrine that we may be ruade an holy teml)le , acceptahle unto
Thee through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen."
And now, my dcar mother and sisters, I must conclude this
my too long letter with my prayers for you. May our most
gracious God pardon all your oflnces and correct whatever is
amiss in any of vou. May He preserve you ail in health,
peace, and safety, and, above all, in mu[ual love to one another.
5[ay tIe pour down ui)on you ltis spiritual 1)lessings, and
vouchsafe you also such a measure of eml)oral blessings as He
sees most convenient for you. May tic ot" Itis infinitc mercy
le you wan nokhing cikhcr tbr life or fi)r godliness. I pray
God o fi us ail for hat grea change which we mus once
undcrgoe ; and if wc 1)e 1)u in any mcasurc prepared, sooner or
latcr nmkes no grea diflk, rcnce. I commeud you ail to khe
Father of Mercies and the (;od (»f ail consolation and comfork,
besecching Him ko in«rcase your fitikh, patience, and resigna-
tion, and o skand I)y you in ail vour couflics, diculkies, and
troubles, kha when ve walk hro: Che vallcv of the shadow of
death you may fear no evil, and when your hear fails you may
find Ilim the sh'ength of your hear and portion for ever.
Farcwcl, my dear mokher ! Farewel, mv loving siskers
Farewel, evcry one of you for over And let us fervenly pray
tbr ont another tha we may have a joyful and hal)py meeting
in anoher world, and here continue in holy fellowshil) and
communion wikh our God and ont another, l)arkakers of evcr-
lasing I)liss and glory fo khe endless ages of eernitv.
The grace of our Lord Jcsus Chris and khe love of God and
khe communion of hc Holy Ghos 1)e wih you ail evermore,
is hc prayer and l)lessing of, mv dear mother, your obedien
and aflbckionake son, and mv h)ving sisters, your aflëcionae
and loving 1)rother, whilc
Ronr:Rï LyoN.
( u'lish" ( 'astl«, Octobcr 3d, 1746.
Tom]/ motb«r aml .s-ist«rs.
3 Oct.
12 THE LYON IN MOURNING [I746
fol 1.5.
38 Oct.
fol 16.
The LAST AXD D¥1NG SPEECH of ROBERT L'OX,
A. M. I)tESn'TER at PEltTH.
Tre.: dcath I mu now fo surfer by the hands of violence the
partial and unthinking world will doubtless bc ready fo imagine
a sign of guilt and a stain upou thc charactcr with which I am
invcstcd.
But wouid the hardships of a close confinement and the
rime permit me fo explain and vindicate my principles, I ana
1)ersuaded I could I)rove thcm just and my conduct guiltless in
thc things fi)r which I ara fo clic.
That I mav hot, howcver, leave a natural curiosity on such
occasions quite tmgr«ttificd I shall l)riefly run over the principal
1)assages of my 1)«st litb, and rcprcsent my gcnuinc sentiments
in some material points. Vhich I hopc will bave the greater
weight and cfllicacv ni)on you, mv dear fcllow-suieets and
beloved couutrymeu, as I ara just al)out to stop into cternity
wherc, af the grcatest tribunal, on the last dav I know I must
l)e judgcd according to thc works I bave ah'cadv donc. And
l"irst. It will i)e vcry proper to ifi)rm .v«m that I bave the
honour fo bc more immediatcly dcsecnded ri'oto one of those
Scottish clergymen, who unhal)l)ily surviv'd our flourishing
Church and 1)rosl)erous nation af the late Revolution ; by
which means if ws mv lot, l)y the wise providence of God fo be
early train'd u 1) in thc school ofadversity, inasmuch as he under-
wcnt thc commou titre of out other spirituai pastors and dear
tltthers in Christ who were 1)y merely secular, and what is
worse, unlawfld fi)ree thrust awav ri'oto their charges and
depriv'd of that maintenance fo wl]ich thev had a general and
divine l'ight as wcll as a legal title l)v out Constitution. And
this in many instances ws executed with the utmost rigour
and severity, attcnded with every wicked and aggravating cir-
cumstance. For how could if l)e otherwise when allowed fo
a This speech was printed in lacbwoos Alagazine Ior May 1819 (o. 26
vol. v. p. 64), and in 5ehen's iscoal[agazhte for 836 , pp. IO, III.
e Thought fo be the Rev. James Lyon, a native of Forfarshire who was
orined under the patronage of the Earl of Strathmore, and hecame incumbent
at Kirkwall, whence he was ejoeted aher the Revolution (iscopal istor of
erlh, p. I35 ).
I746] LAST SPEECH OF REV. ROBERT LYON 13
be done by an ungovern'd mob, disl:racl:ed wil:h enthusiasm 2s oct.
and misguidcd zeal, bul: whose deed received its smacl:ion by
some subsequenl: prel:ended laws.
Inl:o l:his once glorious bul: now declining pari: of l:he ('hurch
Cal:holick I wa.s l:hro" l:he care and piel:y of my loving parents
enl:er'd by a holy bapl:ism. For which inesl:imable benefil:, as
my judgmenl: ripen'd and my reason improv'd I ever round fut. t7.
greal:cr cause l:o bless l:he happy insl:rumenl:s, and l:o l:hank my
God, as il: clearly appeared upon impartial enquiry l:hal: l:his
Church for puril:y of doctrine, orthodoxy in l:he rail:h, perfec-
tion of worship and ber aposl:olical governmenl:, equals, if nol:
excels, any of:ber church on l:he earl:h. And l:llerefore I per-
sisl:ed by Divine grace an unworl:hy mcmbcr in ber fail:hfid
communion l:ill l:hro" various insl:ances of the goodness and
tare of Heaven manitsl:ed in l:hc wonderful supporl: and prc-
serval:ion of out fmnily, I received a pious raid liberal educa-
l:ion (l:ho" my lai:ber, wore oui: wil:h suflbrings, lived nol: l:o ste
it hall compleatcd), and al: lcngth arrived al: l:hal: age whcn by
l:he canons of l:hc Church I could be admil:ted into holy ordcrs ;
which I received al: a l:ime no earthlv motive could influence
me, bul: a sincere inl:ention to serve God md l:o my power to
do good offices l:o men.
Bol:h which I, tho" mosl: unworthy of l:he sacred character,
have ever honesl:ly emleavour'd l:o l:he utnlosl: of nlV weak
ability, by enforcing and practising, as far as circumsl:ances and
my sl:al:ion in the Church would permit, l:hal: golden and
glorious rule for l:he conducl: of a ('hrisl:ian, and fi)r everv foc ,8.
church whereby l:o refi)rm il:self, and moreover which alone
can unite l:he differing parts of Chrisl:endom, I mean l:he Holv
Scripl:ures, wil:h l:heir only genuine raid autllentick comment.
l:lle universal docl:riues and pl'acl:ices of ChrisFs Church in ber
firsl: l:hree centurics. Vhich l:hal: il: may again tmiversallv
obl:ain God Almighl:y granl: for his sake who purchas'd l:hc
Church with l:he efl'usiol of his blood.
In perfecl: cousisl:ency wil:h l:his Cal:holick aud noble rule I
declare upon l:his awefid occasion, and on l:he word of a dying
man, l:hal: I ever abhor'd and del:esl:ed and do now solemnl!t
disclaim l:he many errors, and corrupl:ions of l:he Church of
Rome; as I do with equal zeal l:he distinguishing principles of
14 THE LYON IN M()URNING [I746
8 Oct.
.foi. "[9-
Presbyterians and othcr dissen/ing sectaries amongst us who
are void of every support in mr country but ignorance and
usurping force, and whom I alvays considered as the shame
and reproach of thc hapl»y Reformation, and both alike uu-
catholick and daugerous to the soul of a Christian.
I must further dcclarc that by the saine mcthod I found out
the absurdities of thcse two difl,ring partics, I was soou detcr-
min'd ff'oto rational aud solid arguments to embrace the
docriucs of passive obcdieuce, thc divine righ of kings, and in
1)aricular thc iudcfeasiblc and hcrediary titlc of out own
gtçxcious sovercign, James hc Eighh and Third, and of his
royal heirs, whom God l)l'eservc ami l'cstorc.
For hcse I ara horoughly convinc'd are docirincs founded
upon the bcs maxi/us of civil govern,ue,lt aud on the Word
of God ; aud 1)esides he very esscncc of our owu Constitution
and municipal laws. And hcrefore I could never view tha
Convcntion which l)reended fo de])ose King Jamcs he Scventh
out King's royal fathcr, and dispose of his crown; I could
nevcr, I say, view ha unlawfil and l)ack'd Assclul)ly in auy
othcr ligh I)u as h'aitors o thcir counLv and rcbels o Hlcir
King.
Aud as out hcn injured King and his undoubed heirs have
tYom rime to rime uniuterrul)tcdly claim'd heir righ and
asserted hcir dominion I ara so far from t]linking ha the
royal misfortunes loose the sul0ects fi'Onl heir obedieuce, tha
I rathcr al)l)rehcud they loudly call for a steadier allegiance
aud more fai[hfld duy.
hl which sentimcus I have I)eeu still more and more confirm'd
1)v the lamentable consequeuces of he Ol)l)osite ol)iniou , and by
Hm sad aiciou and load ofmisery, which a long usurpation bas
brough Ul)On my country raid which if is needless for me here
o insis ,l)On, as our nnmerous grievances, too heavv fo be
bol31, have bceu strongly, but al! in vain, represened and
loudly proclaimed evcn ]u sonle laïc l)recuded parliamcns.
Bu wha ulore uaurally thlls fo my share o considcr and
wha I fear has been still less regarded in lle long 1)crsecuted
sate of my dear lnoher le Church of Scotland, ha Church
of which i is my grcaes houour o be a mcmber aud a [)riest,
tho' very uudeserving of either ; a Church, national and inde-
1746] LAST SPEECII OF REV. ROBERT LYON 15
1)endenl of anv othcr and of every l)ower Ul)OU earth, hal)pily _8 Oct.
goveru'd by ber owu ruly i)rimitive bishol)s , as so mauy sl)iri-
tual l)rinces, l)residing in their differeut districts, and in flmm,
accountable o noue 1)u God for the administration of her
discilfliue ; a church, whose crceds (lemoustratc ber sounducss f. z.
in thc faith, and who is I)lest with a liturgy (I mcau the Scots
Liturgy, compil'd l)y ber own bishol)s ) nigher to ¢hc 1)rimitivc
model than auv other church this dav eau boast of (cxccl)ting,
l)erhal)s, a small but I believe a vcry pure church in Elgland
who, I ara ohi. has laclv refi)rmed hersclf iu c(mccr with the
foremenfioucd and infidlblc rulc)--in oipc word a church vcrv
ucarly rcscmbliug thc l)ures agcs, and who (af[cr more han
hall a ccntury groauing m(icr l)ersccufious and mouruing in her
owu ashes, 1)ut all tire while (iistinguishing hcrsclf no less by
forbcaraucc and charitv to hcr bittcrcst cncmies than 1)v hcr
stcadiness to 1)rilcil)lC and ('atholick Ulfity) is uow af lt,
alas! devofcd, il thc iuteutio, of ber advcrsarics o
destruction ; which I ffrvcntlv pray God fo l)rcven.
IIcr oratorics have been l)rofau'd and burnt, her hoir altars
desccratcd, hcr pricsfs outragiously phmdcred aud drivcn from
their flocks, some of flmm imprisou'd and trcacd wifl uucom-
m(m cruclty, ber faithfifl meml)crs almost dcl)riv'd of thc
ordinary menus of fleir salvafion, and this mostlv doue
withou so much as a form of law, bv a hostile force specially
appointed bv. him who calls himself gle Duke of Cmnbel'land,
and who (God gran him a timely repentante aud forgive
him) bas occasiou'd tlc painSfl and untimclv (Icath of many
ilmOCen aud inoffensive pcrsons ; ami l)y wilfid tire and sword,
by every menus of forment and distress--barbarity exceeding
1 A çop)" of I)art of this ' Liturgv ' in prlnt is inserted here in the manuscrîpt.
It is entitled ' The Communion Office for the use of the Church of Scotland, as
far as concerneth the ministration of that IIoly Sacrament. Authorised by King
Charles I. Anno 1636, Edinburgh, printed by Mr. Thomas Ruddiman,
MDCCXXIV.' The signature of ' Robert Lyon' is on the title-page, and the fol-
lowing note by Mr. Forbes on the back of the title-page, ' This is the identical
copy which the Rev. Mr. Robert Lyon made use of in consecrating the ttoly
Eucharist in Carlisle Castle.' It consists of 24 pp. I2mo. The Liturgy referred
to is better known as Laud's Litur', the enforcing of which gave fise to the
Second Reformation in Scotland.
This church, which he called 'The True British Catholic Church,' was
founded by Dr. Deacon, concerning whom see foomotes at fols. 37 and 4o.
16 THE LYON IN MOURNING [I746
Oct.
fo[. 2 3 .
.fid. 4,
Glencoe massacre itselfhas brought a drcadful desolation
upon my dear country.
Ail which evidently shews that there is nothing, however
necesçy and dear fo mankind, bowever sacred and near allied
fo Heaven ; that must hot give way fo their rcsentment and fo
the better establishing their ill-got power, and that no lasting
security even fo the prescrit established Church of England
can reasonablv be expected front this ruinous and usurped
government. And indeed the reigning impiety and that flood
of wickedness which the kindly influence and eneouragement of
a corrupted court has drawn upon us must speedily deface the
very form of religim and give the finihing stroke fo virtue,
tho" no harsher methods were us'd b' them.
But may the gracious hand of ileaven interpose and stop
the wide destructi«m May our ('hurch once more resunle ber
antient lustre, her pests be cloathed with righteousness and
her saints yet sing with joyfidness [ May ber members ver be
multiplied, blessed with peace and felicity in this worlt, and
crown'd with immortalitv in that which is fo cmne [
And now, my dear fellow-subjects, you cannot be af a loss
fo apprehend the reason of mv appearance on this occmion,
and of the death I ara fo subr. For when our brave and
natural-born Prince ( Prince endued with everv virtue proper
fo grace a throne, and a stranger fo ever" vice tiret high lire is
mos[ subjec[ [o, in a word a Prince adorn'd with every quality
that couhl attract the hearts of a wise people or make a nation
happy) generously hazarded his own valuable person fo relieve
us from slavery md fo retrieve his father's crown ; and every
steady patriot wbo had courage fo resolve fo conquer or surfer
in the woEy of duty, according fo the will of God, join'd his
royal standard; thither many, fo wh«»u I was attach'd bv
relation, friendship and several other ries, dutyfiflly resorted,
and kindly invRed and eamestly importunM me fo attend
them as their pfiest, while they were laudablv engaged in
their king and country's cause; which agreeably fo my now
profess'd principles I adily consented fo, as I plainly forew
that I could hot diharge my function with more sety in
that congregation fo whicb I have a spiritual and peculiar
relation wbere part of the Prince's forces always lay, than in
I746 ] LAST SPEECH OF REV. ROBERT LYON 17
going along with my worthy friends in their glorious expedi- 2s Oct.
tion.
And here I must declare that while I accompanied my brave
countrymen in their nol)le enterprise I saw a decency and foZ. 25.
order nmintain'd amongst them, equal if hot superiour to any
regular disciplin'd force. And if auy hardship or severity was
committed I ara fully persuaded it was unknown fo, and very
cross to the inclinatiou of their merciful md royal leader.
And in particular I do believe that the destruction of St.
Ninian's was merely by accident and without my order from
his royal bighness. And this is the more evident since the
person who had the fatal occasion of if lost his owu lire in the
conflagration. But if was maliciously reprcsented and put in
the worst light fo vindicate the malicious proccdure of the
Usurper's forces; whose conduct let if be comparM with that
of our King's army and theu you may form as ready and j ust a
judgment of the true and pretended father of the country, as
Solomon by a like experiment did of the truc and pretended
mother of the child.
And for my own particular, I do solenmly affirm that during for. 26.
this expedition I never bore arms, for this I thought incon-
sistent with my sacred character. I never prayed in express
terms for any king (because for many years if bas hot been the
practice of our Church, and fo make such a change in ber
offices I thought incoml)etent for me without the appointment,
or at least the permission of my supcriours) and preach'd the
plain truths of the Gospel without touching on political sub-
jects. This confession, by surprize, and the advice of my
council I was forced to make at the Bar, upon which my pre-
tended judges dedar'd, and the jury found me guilty of high
tree.sou and levying war, for my barely accompanying the
royal army as before mentioned. And this their rigorous
procedure they founded upon a pretended new Act of Parlia-
ment ruade since I was personally engaged in the royal cause,
See fuller references to this incident of the war at f. 55- According,
however, to detailed accounts from the other side, it was deliberately done, and
caused the death of several of the poorer townspeople, who were allured into the
church in the hope of getting stores the rebels could not carry away.--Scvts"
lll"affazb«e, 746, p-
B
18 THE LYON IN MOURNING [746
.fol. 8.
fol 29.
and for what I know since I was a prisoner: which plainly
shews that whatever my private sentiments have been my
lire has been grcedily sought and unjustly taken away, in
as ranch as they i)ass'd their sentence without any other overt
act of high treason (evcn in their own sense) being prov'd
ag'ainst me.
But lu obedicnee to the prceept, and afier the divine
cxamplc of mv blcssed Master, Jesus Christ, I heartily and
cheerfiflh" fiwgive then, as I do ail my adversaries of whatever
kind, lmrtieularly George Millar, Clerk of Perth, who, I
have re«tson fo helieve, has proseeute me to death, and whom
fo my knowledge I never iur'd in thought, word, or deed.
Iord, grant him rcpeutanee tiret he mav find forgiveness
of Go(l.
And more espccially I forgive the Elector of IIanover by
virtue of whosc nnlawfldl commission I ara llrought fo this
violent and l)uhlick death, and whom I consider as my greatest
enemy, hecau.c he is the encmv of mv holy mother, thc Church,
of my King and of my Country.
I do herc knowledgc publickly with a strong and inward
seuse of guilt that thro' fcar, humau frailty, the persuasion of
lawyers and the pronfise and assurance of life, I was prevail'd
upon, contrary to the seutiments of my conscience and my openly
profess'd l)rincilflCS, fo address the Elcetor of Hanover for mercy
and mv lire. lVhich address or petition or anything of that
kind I have sign'd, derogatory to the royal cause, or our un-
doubted lawful sovereign's right and title, I hereby retract, and
wish from thc bottom of my heart I had never done any such
thing ; and with the sorrow and contrition of a dying penitent,
most humblv bcg forgivencss of my heavenly Father for this
mv great ofience. God be mereiful to me a sinuer. I likewise
heg forgiveness of all those good, religious and loyal persons fo
whom mv inconsistent conduet in this particular has given just
occasion of scandal and offence. And I hmnbly confess the
justice of God for bringing to nought the deviees of men
when aim'd at or sought after by undue means and unlawful
methods. But herehy the unmerciful disposition of the Hano-
verian family appears the more evident, and the injustice and
cruelty of the Elector's Council af law in this, that they
174(5 ] LAST SPEECH OF REV. ROBERT LYON 19
indicted, arraigu'd, tried aud condenm'd a person 1 whom I had 28 oct
forc'd by a subpcena fo attend my trial af Carlisle as an
exculpatory evidence, notwithstanding he had long before
delivered lfimsclf np in consequence of the pretended Duke of
Cumberland's proclamation, had obtain'd a l)rotectiou and got
a pass. This the more deeply concerns me in case any of his
friends should imagine I had any design against him l)y forcing
him fo run such a hazard. Bnt I here call God fo witness, I
esteemed thc man, and as I thought him perfectly sale, I had
no other view in bringing him this lenh than fo do myself
justice.
I farther acknowledge and humbly adore the justice of God's foz. 3o.
holv providence, the sovercign disposer of ail things, in per-
mitting the execution of the sentence of death against me, con-
fiding that He of his mercy and goodness, throngh the blood
and mediation of his dear and only Son, will accept of this my
sufl'ering in the cause of truth and righteousness, and reward
if with the joys of his eternal kingdom. I heartily give thanks
fo Him fi)r vonchsafing ne t|le honour and felicitv of dying
for the sake of conscience, and of sealillg with my blood those
heavcnly truths I have maintain'd, particularly that of loyalty
fo my king and prince.
And I do declare upon tllis awefid and solenm occasion I
feel 11o sting of conscience for the part I have acted in our
civil discords ; and do sincerely profess before Goal and the
whole world that had He of his infinite wisdom t|lot, ght
proper fo prolong my life, I should have ever, by His all-
powerful aid and grace, steadily persisted in the saine fait|l and/al. 3x.
principles, in the llearty and zealous belief and open profession
of which I now die, and with fervent charity fo all men;
imploring the pardon and forgiveness of ail my sins thro' the
merits and mediation of my crucified Saviour, our Lord Jesus
Christ; earnestlv exhorting you, my dearest fellow-subjects,
and nlost beloved countrymen, speedily fo repent and fo turn
fo your duty in every point, and, in particular, fo that fidelity
and allegiance which you owe fo your native and only rightfid
sovereign.
a XVilliam Baird in Perth. See f. 464 for the history of this case.
Oct.
fol 3.
/oL 33.
20 THE LYON IN MOURNING [1746
Consider, I beseech you, consider the evils already fclt, the
impending ruin of your country. Consider the crying injus-
tice and indignity offcred fo the best of princes. Above ail,
consider the guilt and high demerit of violating God's laws
and resisting Itis ordinancc. And let these powerful and l)re-
vailing motives excite vou quickly fo amend your wa)'s, to
make a thorough change in your lire and conversation, and to
continue for ever tlrm and unshakcn in vour duty and subjec-
tion to thc power ordain'd of God, uot only for wrath, but also
for conscience sake. So shall ye arrest the vengeance and just
wrath of IIeaven which bas gone out against us. Ye shall be
the happy instruments yct to prcserve your wishing country
from entire destruction, and save your souls in the da)" of the
Lord.
For which glorious and noble ends, Do Thou, 0 God
Almighty! bv Thv Holy Spirit, tutu the hearts of the dis-
obedient fo the wisdom of the j ust, the hcarts of parents fo their
childrcn, of children to their parents, the hearts of priests and
kings to thcir people, of peoplc to thcir kings and priests, the
hearts of all to one another and ail together unto Thee, their
God, thro" Jesus Christ !
I conclude in the words of our holv mother, the Church, as
she piously appoints in the office for this day, 1 and in that of
the protomartyr, St. Stephen :--
'() Almighty God, who bas built thv church upon the
foundation of the apostlcs and prophets, Jesus Christ himself
being the head corner stone, grant us so to be joined together
in unitv of spirit by their doctrine, that we may be ruade an
holy temple acceptable unto Thee, through Jesus Christ our
Lord, Amen.
'Grant, () Lord, that in all our sufferings here upon earth
for thc testimony of thy truth, we may stedfastly look up to
Heaven, and bv faith bchold the glory that shall be revealed ;
and being fill'd with the Holy Ghost ma)-learn to love and
bless our persecutors by the example of the first martyr, St.
Stephen, who prayed for his murderers, fo Thee, 0 blessed
Jesus, who standest af the right hand of God, fo succour all
St. Simon and St. Jude's Day.--F.
I746] FRANCIS BUCHANAN OF ARNPRIOR Ol
those that surfer for Thee, our ouly Mediator and Advocate, 28 Oct.
Alllell.
Good Lord, la)" hOt innocent blood to the charge of this
people and nation.
Lord Jesus, receive my spirit ! Io1. 34,
Such are the genuine dying sentimelatS and fervent humble
prayers of RonEwr LYON, A.M.,
priest of the persccuted and afficted
Church of Scotland.
Penrith, 8 0ctober 1746.
On the 18th of October Mr. Francis Buchanan of Arnprior,
affer he was taken from prison return'd again and spoke to me
the following words or to the saine purpose :
As I have obtain'd a few minutes longer to stay here I desire
to spend them with you in prayer and conversation. After
prayers he proceeded and said: I mn much oblig'd to Mr.
Vilson x (one of the clergymen belonging to the Cathedral) for
suggesting one thing which I forgot fo speak of, being conscious
of my own innocence. He savs my being slander'd with the
murder of Mr. Stewart of Glenbuckie e did me harm on my
trial. Now I take this opportunity to declare publickly to you
and my fellow prisoners that Glenbuckie and I liv'd many years
in close friendslfip together, and altho" he was found dead in
my bouse, yet, upon the word of a dying man, I declare I
myself had no hand in his death, nor do I know any other
person that had. And I ara persuaded I can likewise answer
for every one of tuf servants, since ail of them were acquainted
with and had a particular love fo that gentleman. So that I
declare it to be my opinion that he was the occasion of Iris own
death. ROBERT LYox.
fol 35.
N.B.As Mr. Lyon frequently adnfinistred the holy
Eucharist to lais fellow-prisoners in Carlisle Castle, so
particularly upon Vednesday, October 15th, he had the
happiness fo communicate above fifty of them, among
Probably Mr. Thomas Wilson, then prebendary, afterwards dean in I764.
See a narrative of Mr. Buchanan's case at f. oo, and about the death of
Mr. Stewart, f. o7.
THE LYON IN MOURNING
[I746
which nunlber were Ii'. Thomas Coppocb, the English
clergynmn, and rnprior, and upon the 9q6th of l;he
saine nlOll.h, being the °.q.°nd Sunday after Trinlty, he
had al)ove l;hirtv COIlIlllUllicaul;s. He suffer'd al; Penrith
Ul)Oll Tucsday, October °Sth, file festival of St.. Simon
and St;. Jude, 1746, and l)erfornl'd l;lle whole devotions
upon thc scaflbhl, with tire samc cahllness and com-
posure of mimi and elle saine decency of bchaviour, ,as
if lac had been onlv a witncss of tbe fatal scene. He
dclivered everv word of lais spcccll to the numerous
crowd of slacctators. Mr. Lyon laever saw the speeclles
of Ir. l)cacon and Mr. Syddal, 1 which sonle nlight
allia,galle f]'Olll their agreelnenl; iii sortie points. He bore
all his own charges in elle expedifion. The above N.B.
was l;akell froln l;lle nlollth of Mrs. Cecilia Lyon, who
did not CO]lle fl'onl Carlisle fill after hcr brother llad
suitrcd death. I{OBEItT FotnES, A.M.
/«.a. The SI'EECt[ of Mr. THOMAS TtlEODORE DEACON. "
3 ° July
746
3Iv DEAt FI.;LLOW-('OUNTltYMEN,--I alll corne here l;o pay l;lle
last debt l;o nature, eaad I tllink nlyself happy in having an
opporttmil;y of dying in so just and so glorious a cause. The
deluded and infal;ual;ed vulgar will no doubl; brand my death
witll ail elle infalny tllat ignorance and prejudice can suggest.
But l;he thiaking few who bave hot quil;e forsakell fleir dul;y
l;o God alld l;lleir king, will I ara persuaded look Ul)on il; as
being littlc infcriour l;o martyrdom itself, for I alll jUSl; going
l;o fall a sacrifice fo l;lle reselahalelal; and revcnge of l;he Elecl;or
These follow on this and subsequent pages.
-" See a letter fo his father on the same occasion, f. 381 ioEra. According to
Bishop Forbes, Mr. Deacon was the son of Dr. Thomas Deacon, who, he adds,
(f. 40 ioEra), was a non-jurant bishop in Manchester. But another contemporary
authority describes him as the son of an eminent and wealthy doctor of medicine
in Manchester, and states that Thomas was educated at the university to qualify
him for the same professions. - History of the Rebellion,' extracted from the
Scots" AIagazine, ]755, PP- 294-30I- The fact is that Dr. Deacon engaged in
both professions. Three of his sons joined the Prince. Thomas was appointed
a lieutenant in the Manchester Regiment, and so was his brother Robert, while
Charles, the youngest aged about seventeen, was made an ensign. Ail were
taken at the surrender of Carlisle, and sent prisoners to London. Robert
I746] LAST SPEECH OF THOMAS DEAC.(_)N 23
of Hanover and ail those unhal)py miscreants who have openly 30 Iuly
espoused the cause of a foreign German usurper and wiH-
drawn their allegiance from their only rightful, lawful and
native sovereign, King James the 3d. I wotdd be trifliug here
fo expatiate on the loss of so nmny brave suldectç lires who
have had the courage fo ap1)ear in defence of their native King ;
thc vt, thc immense trcasurc squandcrcd away in dcfcncc of fd. 38.
the Usurper; thc heavy load of taxes and debts under which Hm
nation groans; the prevalence of l)ribery and corruption; the
prcfercncc of strangers fo nativcs, and innumcrahle othcr in-
conveniencies which must neccssarily attend a fi)reigner's sitfing
on the throne of Grea Briain, and which must be too obvious
fo eve impartial, unprejudiced Englishman.
Moreover, I think if is ve evideut that the very mercy of
the Usurper is no lcss than arbitrary power, and file fi'eedoln
of Parliament, bribery, and corruption ; froln which unhappy
circumstauces nothing elsc tan restorc this nation ami bring it
fo ifs former happincss and glory but invifing King James the
3d fo take possession of his undoubted right.
I profess I die a ncmber, hOt of the Church of Rome, nor
yet that of England, but of a pure Episcopal Church which
has reform'd ail the errors, corruptions and dcfects that have . 39.
boen introduFd into the moderu Churches of Christendoma
church which is in peffcct communion with the antient and
univeraql Church of Christ, by adhering uniforlnly to antiquity,
univeality and consent, that glorious principle which if once
strictly and ilnpartially pursued would, and which alone can,
renmve ail the distractions and unite ail the divided branches
of the Christian Church. This truly Catholick principle is
became so ill on the way that he was left at Kendal, and died there. Charles
was reprieved, though he was taken to the place of execution under a military
guard to see his brother and others surfer. The head of Thomas Deacon, with
others, »vas sent to Manchester to be stuck up on the Exchange there. His
father was the first to corne and gaze upon it, and saluting it, thanked God that
he had had a son who could die for his lawful prince. Dr. Deacon only sur-
vived his son about six years, and the inscription on his tombstone is worthy of
note :__« Here lie interred the remains (which through mortality are at present
corrupt, but which shall one day surely be raised again to immortality and put
on incorruption) of Thomas Deacon, the greatest of sinners and most unworthy
of primitive bishops, who died I6th February I753, in the 56th year of his age.
--Axon's .4nnals ofIatchesler, pp. 89-9o.
o4 THE LYON IN MOURNING [I746
30 July
40.
fol 4*.
agreed to by ail the Churches, Eastern and lVestern, Popish
and Protestant, and yet is unhappily practlsed by none but
the Chureh in whose holy comnmnion I have the happiness to
die. May God of his great mercy daily increase the members
thereof. And if auy wouhl enquire into its primitive constitu-
tion, I refcr thcm to our Common Prayer-Book, intitled 'A
complcat Collection of Devotions, both publick and private,
taken from the Apostolick coustitutions, antient Liturgies, and
the Common Praver-Book of the Church of England, printed
at London. 1734.
I sincerely declare I forgive ail my ênemies, who bave raised
on me any false or scandalous reports, the pretended Court bv
which I was tried, and ail those who were witnesses against
me, ])articu]arly the unfortmmte, dcluded Mr. Maddox, z who
has addcd the sin of unparallel'd ingratitude to those of
treachery to his fellow-subjects, pcrfidiousness to his lawfnl
prince and peiim:v agMnst hls God, having sworn away the
lires of those very persons who chiefly supported him while he
attendcd on thc lh'ince's army, and for a month after he was
taken prisoner. And further, I affirm on the word of a dying
man he perjurcd himself in the evidence he gave against me at
my trial, ,as I verilv believe he did tu what he swore against
most if hot ail of the others.
Lastly, I most freely forgive my two principal euemies, the
Elector of Hanover and his son, who claires the pretended
title of Duke of Cmnberland, who are actually guilty of
murder in putting me with nmny others to death, after the
latter had granted a regular, tbrmal capitnlation in writing;
This book was compiled by Mr. Deacon's father, a non-jurant bishop in
Manchester.
- Samuel Maddock or lqaddox, an apothecary's apprentice in Manchester.
He was appointed ensign in the Manchester Regiment, and after being taken
prisoner became king's evidence. Some witnesses averred that lqaddox held a
bad character ; that as apprentice he had wronged his toaster, and was hot
worthy of credence even upon his oath.--' History of the Rebellion,' extracted
from the S«ots' .alagazine, *755, PP. 279 et seq. See also ff. 91, 98 DoEra.
a Maddox deponed against Mr. Deacon, that he 'sat at the table at the Bull-
head at Manchester, took down the names of such as enlisted in the Pretender's
service, and received a shilling for each ; and when he was writing he employed
himself in making blue and white ribbons into favours, which he gave to the
men who enlisted.'--' History of the Rebellion,' ut supra, p. 89.
1746] LAST SPEECH OF THOMAS DEACON 125
which is directly contrary to the laws of God and nations, and 3o Jury
I hope wi]l be a sufl]cient warning fo ail those who shall here-
after bave spirit, honour and loyalty enottgh to take up arms
in defence of their lawful sovereil, King ,lames the d, or
any of his successors against the Usurper and his descendants.
I say, I hope it will be a sufl]cient warning fi}r them never to
surrender fo Hauoverian mercy, but fo die bravely with swords
in their hands. Not but I submit with the ttmost chearful-
ness and tranqui]ity fo this violent death, being thoroughly
convinc'd that thereby I shall be of much more service to my/ol. 4.
beloved country and fel]ow-subjects as well as my onlv lavful
king, my dear, brave Prince of SVales and the Duke of York
(whom God of his infinite mercy bless, prcservc and restore !),
than all I could do by fighting in the field or any other way.
I publickly profess that I hcartily repent of ail my sins, but
ana so fitr from reckoning the fact for which I ara to die one
of them that I think I shall thereby be an honour fo my
family, and if I had ten thousand lires would chearfully and
willingly lay them down in the saine cause. And here I "
solenmly aflïrm that malieious report to be false and ground-
less which bas been spread (merely with design to involve my
relations in inconveniencies), that I engaged in this afltir thro'
their persuasion, instigation and even compulsion. On the
contrary, I was always determin'd fo embrace the first oppor-
tunity of perfornfing my duty fo my Prince, which I did with- /oz. 43-
out consulting or being advised to if by any friend on earth.
And now, my dear countrymen, I bave nothing more fo say
than fo advise you fo return fo your duty before if be too
late and before the nation be entirely ruin'd. Compare the
paternal and tender affection which your King bas alwavs
shewn for this, his native country, with the rashness of te
Usurper, and his great regard fo his German dominions, the
interest of which bas been always preferr'd fo that of England.
Compare the extraordinary clemency and humanity of the
ever glorious Prince Charles with the horrid barbarities and
eruelties of the Elector's son which he perpetrated in Scotland.
Remember what solenm promises bave been given by both out
King and Prince Charles fo protect you in your laws, religion
and liberties. Has hot the Prince thrown himself into your
30 July
fol 44.
26 THE LYON IN MOURNING [I746
arms ? Has he llOL given sufl]eient proof of his abiliLies in file
CabineL, ,-as well as bravery in the fieht ? In fille, ]le has done
his part, and eonsequenl;ly l;lle sin must lye ai vour door if you
do not ¥ollrs.
May G«»d be pleased to bless this land and to open the eyes
of the people that they lll,%y discern their dut.,," and true in-
terest, and assist in restoring their only lml;ural King to his
indisputable and just right ! God bless and prosper hinl, and
guide him in all his undertakings ! So prayeth
r'IIOMAS r'IIEODORE DEACON.
Lol, bave merc.v Ul»n me !
Christ, have mercy upon me [
L,»rd, bave mercy up,m me ]
Lord Jesu, receive my soul [
II5"hwsdaff, Juhj Oth, 176, upon A5"md»g, ton Common.
foL 45.
3 ° July
x746
fol 46.
The SVEEH of 5IR. THOMAS SYDDAL. 1
FRIEXDS, BRETHREN AND COUNTRY)IEx,--Since I ara bl'ought
here fo be lnade a saerifiee for doing tlle duty of a Christian
and an Englishman, iL may be expeeted I should give SOlne
aeeount of myself and t|te cause for whieh I suflbr. This ex-
peetation I will gladly indulge. And I wish the whole kingdom
might be illform'd of all that I now say at the llour of death
when there is file least reason to doubt my sineerity.
I die a nlember, hot of tlle Chureh of Rome, nor yet of that
of Englaud, but of a pure Episeopal Church, whieh lmfll
refornled all the errors, eorruptions and defeets that have
been illtrodueed iuto t|te modern Churehes of Christendom--a
ehureh whieh is in perfeet COlUmUnion with t]e aneient and
universa| C|lureh of Christ by adhering Ulfiformly fo antiquity,
universality and eonsent, that glorious prineiple whieh if onee
strietly and inlparLially pursued would, and whieh alone ean,
remove all the distraetions and unite all the divided branehes
x Thomas Syddall was a barber in Manchester and acted as adjutant of the
Manchester regiment. Some interesting particulars about him and his family
will be round in .hlanchester Collectanea, vol. lxviii, of the Chetham Society,
pp. 208-225, where this speech is also printed.
746] LAST SPEECH OF THOMAS SYDALL o7
of Christendom. This truly Catholick principle is agreed to
by ail Churches, Eastern and Vestern, Popish and Protestant,
and yet unhappily is practised by none but the Church in whose
holy communion I have the hapl)iness fo dic. May God in
His great mercy daily increase the members thcrcof! And if
any would cnquire into ifs primitlvc constitution I refer them
fo out Colnmon Prayer Book which is intitlcd 'A compleat
Collection of Devotions, both publick and private, taken from
the Apostolical Constitutions, the ancient Liturgies, and the
Common Praycr Book of the Church of England, l»-inted af
London in the year lï34.'
I most humbly and heartily offer up my praises anti thanks-
giving fo Ahnighty God that He hath becn plcased of His
great goodness fo give me grace fo follow the pions exmnple of
my father, who enduring lmrdships, like a good soldier of/oz. 47
Jesus Christ, was nmrtyred under the government of the late
Usurper in the year 1715, for his loyal zeal in the cause of his
lawfid King.
And I solemnly declare that no mcan, wicked motives of
revenging my father's death (as hath been uncharitably said)
induced me fo join in attempting a restoration of the royal
family. I thiuk I had no occasion fo be displeased with his
murdercrs, when I reflect (as I firmly believe) tbat instead of
punishing they sent him fo his everlasting rest sooner than he
would have gone according fo the course of nature. And so
far from doing an injury fo his family, they pointed him out
1)y his sufl'erings an excellent example of Christian courage,
and contributed by that means fo the good of his innocent
children.
Neither was I tempted fo enter into the army commanded
by the Prince of Valês by any ambitions or self-interêstêd foc 48.
views. I was easy in my circumstauces and wanted no addition
of riches to incrêase my happinêss. Mv desirês wêre limited
Thomas Syddall, a blacksmith, who on loth June 175, the anniversary of
the birthday of the Old Pretender headed a party of rioters in Manchester, and
wrecked Cross Street Chapel. He was seized and sentenced to the pillory and
imprisonment in Lancaster Castle. The Jacobite army however, released him
and some of his comrades, but he was retaken at Preston, and after trial at
Liverpool was executed at Manchester on Ith February IT6.--Axon's
Mnnals of lllanchesler, p. 76.
8 THE LYON IN BIOURNING [I746
3o July
fol. 49-
fol 50.
within reasonable bounds, and what I thought I had occasion
for (I bless God) I was able fo procure. And fo make my joy
as full as in this world ought; fo be wish'd, I was blessed with an
excellent, faithful, religious, loving wife, and rive children, the
tender objects of our care and aftbction. In this situation I
was void of ambition and thankful fo God for His gracious
disposal of me.
Bly motive for serving in the Prince's army was the duty I
owe to God, the King and the cotntry, in endeavouring the
restoration of King James the Tlfird and the royal family ;
which I ana pcrsuadcd is the only humma means by which this
nation can ever become great and happy. For altho' I have
never had the honour of seeing lais Majesty, yet I ana well
assuFd by others of lais excellent wisdom, justice and humanity
and that he would think if his greatest glory to rule over a free
and happy pcople without; the lcast; innovation of their religion
or liberties.
For this we bave hOt only the royal promise of the King
himself (than which a reasonable people cannot desire a greater
security) but we bave also the word of a young Prince who is
too great; and good fo stoop fo a falsity or to impose upon any
people--a Prince blessed with ail the qualifies which can adorn
a throne, and who may challenge his keenest enemies to impute
fo him any vice which can blacken his character, whom fo serve
is a duty and a pleasure, and to die for an honour.
And here I cannot but take notice that if his Royal Highness
had any of that cruelty in lais retaper which bath so abundantly
displayed itself in his enemy, the pretended Duke of Cumber-
land, he would bave shewn if upon Mr. John Vreir, 1 when
he had him in his power, and knew that he had been a spy
upon the royal family abroad and upon the Prince af home,
almost from the rime of his first; landing. But the brave
unfooEunate young heroe, with noble compassion, spared that
life which hath since been employed in our destruction. If
I might; presume fo say that the gallant good Prince bath any
fault if would be that of an ill-t;imed humanity. For if he had
i Captain John Vere, or Weir, in service under the Duke of Newcastle. He
had been taken prisoner by the rebels about the time they held Carlisle, and was
employed by them in negotiating the terres of capitulation.
I745] LAST SPEECH OF THOMAS SYDALL
been so just fo himself and ¢le righteous cause wherein he was 3o
engag'd as ;o have ruade examples of some of ;hose who
betrayed him, in all hmnan probability he had succeeded in his
glorious underaking and been reserved for a rate fo which his
unequall'd virtues justly entitle him.
There is one thing I ara bound in justice ¢o others fo take
notice of in respect to Mr. Samuel Maddox, who for prudential
reasons was not produced upon my trial fo imbrue his hands
in mv blood, as well as in that of my fcllow-suîerers. Yet I
solemnly declare in the presence of Heaven (where I hope shortly
fo be) that in the trial of Mr. Thomas Dcacon and Mr. John
Berwick, I heard him pelure himself, as I verily believe he did
in every trial upon which he was produced as an evidcnce.
To this sin of peiury he hah also added the odious crime of
ingratitude, for fo my own knowledge he was under great
obligations to thc vcry people against whom hc has falsly
sworn, and was supported and kept from starving by them and
me for a considerable while in prison whcn nobody else would
assis him.
I heartily forgve all who had any hand in the scandalous
surrender of Carlisle ; for as it was the opinion of every one of
fle garrison who had been in foreign service that the place was .
tenable many days, and as the Elcctor's troops then lying
before the town were in a bad condition, it is highly probable
that a gallant defeuce (which I strenuously insisted upon)
would have procured us such terres as fo have prevented the
rate to which we are now consign'd. I also forgive the
preended Duke of Cmnberland for his dishonourable and
unsoldierly proceeding in putfing us fo deafl in violation of
the laws of nations atîer a written capitulation fo the con-
rary and after the garrison, upon the faith of that capitula-
tion, had surrendrcd the place and faithfully performed ail the
conditions required of flem.
I pray God to forgive and turn the hcarts of the bishops and
thcir clergy who, prostiuting the duty of tiroir holy profession,
bave departed from their flmction as messcngers of pcace, and
Or ]3eswick. A Manchester linen-dmper, aged about thirty-one years. He
was known by the soubriquet of ' Duke' in the rebel army.' History of the
Rebellion' in Scots' [aazitze, pp. 295-299.
30 THE LYON IN MOURNING [I746
30 July
fz. sa.
fol.
/oL
semadalously employed themselves in their pulpits to abuse the
best Prince engagcd in the most righteous cause in the vorld,
and against their own consciences and opinions, rcpresented him
and bis army in a disadvantageous and ïalse light, in order to
get the mob «»la their side and spirit up an unthinking people
to a blood-thiristy, cruel and unchristian disposition. I could
heartily wish these men would prefer suffering to sinning, and
consider how contrary itis to the character of a truly Christian
p.qstor to receive instructions about what doctrine to preach
ri'oto the baneful Court of an impious Usurper. The credulous,
deluded mob, who bave been thus set on by their teachers, I
also pray God to tbrgive for the barbarous insults I reeeived
ri'oto thenl w|,en in c|lains, l"ather, forgive them, for they
know hot what they do !
As I bave befi»re given thanks to Alnlighty God for the
example of ,uy honest father, so I beseech hinl tbat tbe saine
('hristim b suftbring spirit nmy ever be in all my dear children ;
praying that they nmy bave the grace to tread the satne
dangerous steps wl,ich bave led me to this place, and may also
have the courage and eonstaney to endure to the end and
despise human power when it stands oppos'd to duty.
I pray God of bis great mercy and goodness that he would
be pleased to pour down the choicest of his blessings upon the
sacred head of his Majesty, King James the Third, and his
royal sons, the Prince of Vales, and the Duke of York ; and
(although England be hot in a disposition to deserve so great
a blessing, yet for the sake of justice and the love whieh Nature
and duty prompt me to bear my native country)to restore
them soon to their lawful, natura] and undoubted rights, and
in the meanwhile to inspire them with Christian patience and
firmness of heart to bear their undeserved misfortunes.
It would be an unspeakable satisfaction to me if my manner
of dying, or anything I now say, would eontribute to the
removing those unhappy and unreasonable prejudiees with
wbich too many of my countrymen are mislead. Danger of
Popery and fear of French power are the idle pretenees that
wicked and ill-designing men make use of to misguide and stir
up the passions of unwary (though perhaps honest) people.
But if Englishmen would seriously consider that those who
1746] LAST SPEECH OF THOMAS SYDALL 31
make the most noise about Popery are remarkal)ly void of any 3o july
religion af ail, and dissolute in their morals; that Atheism,
infidelity, profanencss and del)auchery are openly avowcd and
practised even within the walls of that very Court whence they
derive all their fancied religions and civil libertics. If they
would reflect (when they talk of French influence) that they
seck protection from a Gcrnmn Usurl)cr, who is hourly
aggrandizing himself and raising his fi)reign dominions upon
the ruines of the deluded people of England. If they would
reflect that I and my fellow-surfcrcrs are now murdered in fd. 56.
order fo weaken the cause of loyal virtue, and fo strike a terror
into the minds of ail such as bave the honest inclination to do
their King, their country and thcmselves justice. If they wouhl
reflect ut)on the calamities, the massacres, the dcsolation of
Scotland, which presage the destruction of this alremly more
than half-ruincd country, surely they would find but little
cause fo be pleased with thcir situation--a situation so
extremely distant from honour and happiness that it would be
uncharitable and misbecoming a dying man to wish even his
most inveterate enemies to continue in it, and which I therefore
pray God, of his infinite mercy, to dcliver ail Englishmen
from.
If, my dear countrymen, you have any regard to your own
happiness, which, in charity, I bave endeavoured to point out
in my dying moments, let me beseech you, in the naine of God,
to restore your liege sovereign, and with him the glorious for. 57.
advantages of an excellent constitution under a lawfal govern-
ment. This is every man's duty to aire at. And if your
honest attempts should fail, remember if is a great blessing to
die for the cause of virtue, and that an almighty power tan and
will reward such as surfer for righteousness sake.
To that God, infinite in lais goodness and eternal in his
providence, I commend my soul, imploring his forgiveness of
all my sins, and hoping for a speedy translation fo eternal joy
through the merits and surferings of Jesus Christ.--Amen!
Amen ! Amen [ q_'HO. SYDDAL.
Upon l(enninton Common, Wednesday, July 80, 1746.
3 ° THE LYON IN MOURNING [t746
./bL .58.
8 Aug.
746.
fol. 59.
THE SPEECH Of the Right Honourable AItTHUll,
LORD BALMERINO. 1
I was brcd in Anti-Revolution principles which I bave ever
pcrscvercd iii, fronl a sincere persuasion that the restoration of
the royal family and the good of nly country are inseparable.
Thc action of nly lire which now stares nie nlost in the face
is my having acccptcd a company of foot from the late Princess
Arme, who I know had no more right to the crown than lier
predccessor, the Prince of Orange, wholn Iever consider'd as an
usurl)er.
In the year 1715 as soon as the King landed iii Scotland I
thought if nly indispensiblc duty fo join his standard, tho' his
aflitirs were thon in a desperate condition.
I was in Switzerland in the year 1734, whcre I received a
letter ff'oto my fitther, acquainting me of his having procured
me a remission and desiring nie fo return home. Not thinking
myself at liberty to comply with mv father's desire without the
King's al)probation , I wrote to Rollle to know his Majestfs
pleasure, and was directed by him to return home ; and af the
saine tilne I received alctter of credit upon his banker at Paris,
who fumishcd me with nioncy to defray the expense of my
journey and put nie in proper repair.
I think myself bound upon this occasion to contradict a
report which lins been industriously spread and which I never
heard of till I was a prisoner, ' That orders were given to tlIe
Prince's arllly fo give no quarters af the battle of Culloden."
x Arthur Elphinstone, sixth and last Lotd 13almerino and fourth Lord Coupar,
only succeeded his half-brother in these peerages on 5th January 1746. As he
indicates in his speech, he forsook the service of King George the First in 1715,
and joined the Earl of Mar, escaping abroad after the battle of Sheriffmuir. His
father secured his pardon, and returning home he married Margaret, daughter of
Captain John Chalmers (or Chambers} of Gogar, in iIidlothian, but by ber had no
issue. An account of his trial and execution, with some notice of his life and
family, and a portrait of him at the time of his deafh, was published in
pamphlet form (I2mo, pp. 5 o) at London in 1746. A fuller report of the above
speech is given at f. lO8, some panegyrical verses at ff. 112 and 403 et seq. ;
and a singular letter addressed to Lord Balmerino three days before his death with
a later reference to Lady Balmerino in connection therewith at f. 561 et seq.
Lady Balmerino died at Restalrig, near Edinburgh, on 24th August 1765.
I746] ARTHUR, LORD BALMERINO 33
With my eye upon the block (which will soon l)ring me beIbre 8 .ug.
the highest of ail tribunals) I do deelare that if is without ail
manner of foundation ; bol:h beeause il: is impossible il: eould
bave eseap'd l:he knowledge of me, who was Capl:ain of l:he
Prinee's Life-guards, or of Lord Kihnarnoek, who was Colonel
of his own regimenl: ; hul: still lunch more so beeause il: is
enfirely ineonsisl:enl: wil:h the mild and generous nature of
l:hal: brave Prinee, whose l)atienee, forfil:ude, inl:rel)idil:y and ]-oz. 6o.
humalfity, I lnusl: deelare upon l:his solenm oeeasion, are
qualifies in which he exeells ail men I ever knew, and which il:
ever was his greal:esl: desire l:o employ for l:he relief and preserva-
tion of his fal:her's sul)jeel:s. I l)elieve rather l:hal: l:his report
was spread l:o pallial:e and exeuse l:he murders l:lley l:heluselves
eommil:ted in eold 1)lood after the 1)al:l:le of Culloden.
I think il: my duty l:o re:urn my sineere aeknowledgmenl:s
l:o Major Vqfil:e and Mr. Fowler br l:heir hunmn alld £Olll-
plaisanl: 1)ehaviour fo lne during my eonfinemenl:. I wish I
eould pay l:he saine eomplilnenl: fo Governor Williamson who
used me wil:h l:he greatesl: inhumanil:y and eruell:y. Bul: having
l:aken the saeramenl: l:his day I forgive him as I do all nly
enelllies.
I die in l:he religion of the Chureh of England whieh I look
upon as l:he saine with l:he :Episeopal Chureh of Seol:land in ]-o. 6.
whieh I was l)roughl: up.
V'hen he laid his head upon çhe block, he said : God reward
my fi'iends and forgive my enemies! Blcss and resl:ore l:he
King, l:he Prince, and l:he Duke, and receive my soul. Amen !
Upon Towerhffl, londay, August 18th, 1746, in the 58th
year of his age.
From the Consttut$oual Journal, September °Tth, 1746.
Lord Balmerino l:aking leave of his fellow-sufferer, Lord x746
Kihnarnock, generously said : He was sorrv fo have his coin- 8 Ag.
pany in such an expedil:ion, and thal: he wished he alone mighl:
pay l:he whole reckoning. He was himself ked by one of l:he
spectal:Ol-S, lVhcre Lord Bahnerino was. To whom he ansx ered,
C
3 TIIE LYON IN MOURNING [I746
27 Sept. ' I ara here, Sir, al: your service.' Itis lnanner of undressing
oeeasion'd most to say of him with Shakespear--
' He was
A bridegroom in his death, and run into 't
As to a lover's bed.'
He gave something fo one who had behaved well fo him in his
confinement, whom he singled out of the crowd. IIe laid him-
self on the wroug side of the block, but ou iufornmtion imme-
diately rectitied il: without the smallest al)pearance of disorder
or conflsion.
fol 6z.
r 746
13 Oct.
foL 6 3 .
The SPI';ECII of 1)()gai,l) IAcl)ONI':I,I, of Tiendrish,
of thc Family of Kcppoch. 1
As I ara now fo suflç'r a lml,lick, cruel, barbarous and (in
the eyes of the world) a iglmminious and hamefid dcath, I
think myoelf obliged to acknowledgc fo the worhl that if was
priucil)le and a thorough conviction of ifs being my duçy to
God, my i]ured king and oppressed eountT, whieh engaged
me fo take up arms under the standard and magnaninous
conduet of his royal highness, Carles Prince of Vales etc.
If was always mv strol,gest inclination as fo worhlly eoneerns
fo have our ancient and onlv rightfid royal familv restored,
and evell (if God wouhl) to lose my lire chearfldly in promot-
ing tlle saine. I solenmly declare I had no by-views in dmw-
ing my sword in that just and holmurable cause, but the resto-
ration of mv king and prince fo the throne, the reeovery of
our liberties to this tmhalq)y islaud whieh has been so long
loaded with usurpation, corruption, t,-eache U and bribeu';
heing sensible that nothing but the king's restoration eould
make out country flourisl b all ranks and degrees of lnen hapl)y ,
a Ite was the son of Ronald Mor of Tir-na-dris, second son of Archibald
MacDonald of Keppoch, and so nephew to the famous ' Coll of the Cows.'--
fgistoy of the A[acDonahts, p. 49o- He suffered death at Carlisle. Sec
f. o6. He is said to be the original of Sir Walter Scott's Fergus MacIvor in
IVaverley. His sword, a genuine Andrew c7"ara, afterwards came into the
possession of the Howards of Corby Castle.
I746] DONALD MACDONELL OF TIENDRISH 35
and free both Church and State fron the many evil conse- x8Oct,
quences of Revolution principles.
I must here let the world kuow 0rot the whole evidences, fo
the number of six or seveu, brought against me af my trial by
the Elector's council vere l)erjured. Vhat they aim'd fo
prove was only relative fo the battle of Gladesmuir, and in
this they swore the greatest untruths, and did hot declare one
word of truth. I earnestly pray for their repentance that God
lamy forglve them, as I sincerely do, hot only them but ail
other mv encmies in general.
I own indeed I was engaged in said battle and saw a great
slaughtcr on ail hands where I was posted. But sure I ara the /oz. 64.
evidences that al)peared agaiust me did hot see one step of my
behaviour that (la'.
I thank God cvcr since I drew mv sword in that just and
honourable cause, I actcd uot only in obcdicuce fo the merciful
commands of my glorious prince but in conqfliance with my
own natural disposition, with charitv and humauity fo my
enemies, the Elcctor's troops, whcn prisoners aud in my power,
without receding af the .ame rime from that duty and faith-
fulness I owed fo my prince and the common cause.
Mv being takcn prisoner af the battle of Falkirk 1 was more
oing fo mv owu foliv or rashness than the bravcry or valour
of the enemy, whom "I saw before I was taken entirciv routed
and chased off" ff'oto the field of battle. I fell into their hands fol. 65.
by supposing them af a di.tauce, and in the twilight, fo be
Lord John Drmmnond's regiment and French pi«lucts; but
too late, fo mv sad experience, round out my fatal mistake.
And here I reer fo my enemies fo declare my bchaviour on
that occasion.
Now though I ara presently fo die a cruel death, yet when I
consider the justice of the cause for which I surfer, if purs a
stop fo every murmuriug reflection; and I thank Ahnighty
God I resign my life fo Him, the giver, with chearfulness aud
submission fo his Divine and all-wise providence.
I hcre dcclare I die au unworthy member of the Roman
Catholick Church, in the communion of which I have lived,
See E 979-982.
ol. 67.
fol. 68.
36 THE LYON IN MOURNING [1746
however much ber tenets be spokcn against; and misrepresented
by many ; and in that I new expect; salvafion through the
sufferings and meri[s and mediafion of mv only Lord and
Saviour Jesus ChrisL But I hereby declare upon the word of
a dying man that; if was with no view te esablish or force
that; religion upon this nation flmt; madc me join my Prince's
standard, but purely owing te that du[y and alleance which
was due te out only rightful, lawful and natural sovereign,
had even ho or his family been heathen, Mahometan, or
Quakcr.
I anl hopefid and ara pcrsuadcd that mv valorous prince, by
the bles.ing of God, will af last be successful, and whcn in his
power, will, undcr God, take care of my poor wife and family.
And as I havc no worldly fortune te lcavc my dear son, I re-
commend him te the blessing and protection of Almighty God,
as the best lcgy I can givc him, and carnestlv require his
obedience te my last and dying command, which is te dl'aw
his sword in his King's, his Prince's and his countrv's service,
offert as occasiou offç, rs and his lawful sovereign rcquires. As
I bave the honour te die a Mior in out King's service, I am
hopcful, if my dear child deserves if, ho will succced me af least
in the saine office, and serve Iris t'rince with the saine honour,
integrity and faithfulness I bave all along eudeavoured, te
vhich his royal higlmess is no stranger.
I conclude with my blessing te mv dearest wife and ail mv
rdations aud fl'iends, and humbly 1)eg of my God te restore
the King, te grant succe.s te the Prince's arms, te forgive mv
enemies aud receive my seul. Corne, Lord Jesus, corne quickly!
Into thy hauds I resign my spirit !
DoNaLn ]IA('DONEI,L.
At Carlsle, upon Saturdaj, Octobcr 18th, the festival of St.
Luke, the Evanclist, 1746.
N.B.--Major MacDonell was the first that drew blond in
the cause. He with only twelve or thirteen High-
landers under his eommd had the courage te attack
two eompanies of soldiers (beiug eighty or ninety in
number), whom he ehas'd for seven or e[ght mlles in
Loehabar, and af last foreed them te lay down their
I746] DONALD MACDONELL OF TIENDRISH 7
arms and surrender themselves prisoners of war ; among
whom were Captain John Scott, son of Scotstarvet ;
attd Captain Janlcs Tholnson, brother fo Charlton.
Captain Scott had a ver), pretty gelding which Major
MacDonell ruade a present of fo the prince. There
was not the le»st mark of a wound upon the Ma.ior or
any of his worthy few, tho' lnauy firings had been
exchanged in the chase and severals of the soldiers were
wounded.
I l,ad a particular aecou,t of this gallant attd surprizing
action (offener than once) front the Major's own mouth.
He was a brave, undaunted, honest man, of a good
countenance and of a strong, robust luake. He was
much given fo the pious acts of devotion, and was
remarkably a gentlemml of excellent, good manners.
That sul»uission and chearfidness of retaper with which
he bore up under all his sufferings may easily be dis-
covered front the following coiffes of letters which are
fifithfully transcrib'd ri-oto the Major's own hand-writ,
with a return fo one of them, transcrib'd from an holo-
graph of the writer. '
ROEWr FoES, A.M.
x8 Oct.
fol 69 .
CoPY of a LETTER tO 5IR. ROBERT FORBES at
My LADY BttrCE'S lodgings at Leith.
I)EAI Sm,Affer making otTer of my compliments fo your-
self and the Leith ladies, no doubt you bave heard before now
that our trials conte on the ninth of September next ; and may
God stand vith the righteous! The whole gentlemen who
came from Seotland are all together in one floor vith upwards
of one hundred private men ; so that we are much thronged.
They have hOt all got irons as yet ; but they have hot forgot
a See further references to the Major, and his presenting the Prince with the
first horse he rode in the war, the capture he had ruade in this first skirmish,
ff- 357, 36o, 64.
z Dame Magdalene Scott widow of Sir William Bruce of Kinross, a noted
Jacobite, in whose family Mr. Forbes lived until his marri»ge.
fol
4 Aug.
4 Augo
fol. 7I.
88 THE LYON IN MOURNING [I746
me, nor the rest of nmst distinction, but tbe whole will be soon
provided. You'll make my compliments fo Lady Bruce and
Mr. C]erk's 1 family, but especially fo :Miss Mally Clerk, 2 and
tell ber that notwithstanding of my irons I could dance a
Highland reel with |»er. :Mr. Patrick :Murrey nmkes offer of
his compliments to you, and I hope we'll mcet soon. I ara
sincercly, my dear sir, your affectionate and most obliged
servant, DONALD IA('DoNELL.
Casth' Carlsl«, Aug: °A:th, 176.
I746
27 Aug.
72.
CoPv of a ]{ETURN to the AnOVE.
DEAIt Sllt,--Yottr kind letter of thc 4th instant I gladly
rcceivcd, and if gives me no small pleasurc to find you are in
so lnuch good health, mnidst the many distressing circumstances
of yottr present situation. Thc friends mentioned in your letter
make a return of tbeir compliments, and best wishes to you
with as much atbction and earnestness as friendship is capable
of. In a word, that worthy pcrson, my lady gives you her
blessing.
Some charitable and well-disposed persons in Edinburgh are
employing their good offices in raising a contribution for what
is needful amongst the poor prisoners with you ; and I hope
their laudable endeavours will meet with success. For certainly
human nature in distress, be the ce what it will, is alwa)'s a
just object of pity and compassion, except to those selfish and
barbarous persons who are proof against ail the tender feelings
of sympathy.
Your friends in the Castle of Edlnburgh are ever mindful
of you. Kellie is put into the room with your companions,
and poor Kingsburgh a is close confin'd by himself in the
Captain Hugh Clerk, in Leith. His daughter, Mary.
z Alexander Erskine, fifth Earl of Kellie. He had taken part in the Rebellion
but surrendered to the Government, and after over three years' imprisonment ifi
Edinburgh Castle, was released without being brought to trial.
Alexander MacDonald of Kingsburgh, in Skye factor to Sir Alexander Mac.
])onald. For concealing the Prince in his house he was arrested, carried to Fort
2,ugustus, and sent by a party of Kingston's Horse to Edinburgh. I-Ie was com-
mitted prisoner to the Castle on znd August. See his own history in the sequeL
I745] COLLECTIONS FOR JACOBITE PBISONERS 39
solitary room where Kellie formerly was, and is hot allowed fo
step over the threshohl of the door; a situation hot aç ail
agreeable to his taste, for he loves a social lire.
That honest soul, Cowley, glad ara I fo hear of his welfare.
Pray remember me in the kindest manner to him and ail my
aequaintanees with you, particularly Mr. Robert Iffon, whose
paing thro" Edinburgh I ara heartily sorrv I knew nothing
about ; for I shouht bave used my utmost endeavours to have
seen him.
Let me know the issue of your case whatever it be, for you
may assure yourself of a place in the proEyers and good ofliees
of, dear sir, your friend and servant, RoumtT FORBES.
Aç'ust £7th, 1746.
P.S.--The lady prisoners in the Castle are well. Adieu.
N.B.--When the Major was in the Castle of Edinburgh he
hapl)ened to run scarce of monie, when I was so happy
as to make out for him among my acquaintances upon
July 0th and lst, 17¢6, ten pounds steding.
Upon the approaeh of winter, collected for MacGregor
of Glengyle and some men with him, fiffeen pounds
sterling. To 5If. James Falconar, clergyman, fiffy
shillings sterling. To a brother of Kinloch Moida,
who had been bred a ilor, a guinea and a hall Ibel
Shepherd's effects, given that way, eight pounds sterling.
Total, 37. 1.6. ROBERT FORnES, A.3[.
2 7 Aug.
fb& 73.
Co'" of a LETTER to IIR. JOHN IIoIR, Merehant z. 74.
in Edinburgh, and Mr. ROnEltT FORnES in
Leith.
IY DEA GENTLEtEN,--These are letting you know that I
was yesterday on my trial, and after long and most eloquent
pleadings, was brought in guilty. Really, there never calne a
more eloquent diseourse out of nlen's mouth, md more to the
purpose than what my good and worthy friend Mr. Lockheart
1746
x6 Sept.
Patrick Murray, silversmith. Lord Covinton.--F.
Sept.
fol.
40 THE LYON IN MOURNING [I746
spoke, and he would tear them ail to pieces if justice or law was
regarded. I have wrote to lny dear wife, but did not let her
into the whole, and I have recommended fo her in the strongest
manner to goe fol'thwith home, and to re»nage ber afltirs at
home in the best way possible. And I recommcnd to you both
as ever you can oblige me (whose former favours I cal» never
forger) tiret you back what I bave wrote ber, a»d that you pre-
rail with ber to goe directly borne. I »ever will forgive either
of you if you do »or man»ge this point. For tho' she would
corne here "ris probable she would get no access. A»d even
tho" she would get no access, our lmrting would be more
shocking fo me than death. My trust was still on the
Almighty's providence, and as that is still the case with me, I
hope for the best and prepare for the worst. In a word, I am
afi'aid there are fcw here will esc»pe being brought in guilty.
Before this Court there were the most villainous proofs laid in
against inc by four of Colouel LeeFs men and a dragoon, of
facts that I uever was guilty of, hot the le»st circumstance of
what tbey chargod me with. But may God stand with the
righteous,-for I freelv forgive the». You shall hear from me
as off as I can. And for God's cause, sec my wife fairly on her
way home. You'll make my compliments to tbe worthy ladies
of lny acquaintance, and ail other friends in general, a»d your
selves both in particular, and I ara, with the greatest sincerity
and affection, Dear gentlcmen, your most obliged humble
servant, DONALD IAcDoNELL.
Carlisle Castle, S«ptember 16th, 1746.
P.S.--If you sec it advisable tiret my wife, with some ladies
of distiuctio», wait of General Husk--do in this as you sec
proper. I believe the hall of our number will plead guilty.
Pr,ay give my service to 3Irs. Jean Cameron, and excuse mv
not writing lier.
fol 77.
CoPY of a LETTER fO IR. ROBERT FORBES at ,ny
LADY BRUCE'S lodngs, Leith.
DEAR .Sm,--Vishing from my whole heart that these may
I746 ] DONALD MACDONELL OF TIENDRISH 41
find you and your Leith friends in good bealth, I bave lmd a
little bit fever some days past. But God bc blcssed I ara now
in good health, heart and spirits, and if if is my fate fo goe fo
the scaffold, I date say tbat I '11 goc fo death as a Christian and
a man of honour ought fo do. But if is possible that a broken
ill-us'd Major may be a Colonel hefore he (lies. You'll
nmke my compliments fo my Lady Bruce, Mr. Clerk's family,
but Miss Mally in particular, and the rcst of the honcst folks
in that city, and accept of the saine from bim who is with the
greatest sincerity, affection, and esteem, nly dcar sir, your most
affectionate and obedient servant, while
DOXALD BlacDoNELL.
SSept.
Carlisle Casth', Sqgtcmb«r °Sth, 1746.
P.S.--I wrote you and Mr. Moir a joint letter about ten for. 78.
days agoe.
CoPY of a LETTER to Mr. JOHN 510IR, Merchant
in Edilburgh.
hlY DEAR SI,--I received yours yesterday of the llth eur- x746
rent, and as I ara fo die to-morrow this is my last Farewel fo 7 Oct.
you. May God reward you for your services to lne from rime
fo rime, and may God restore my dear Prince, and receive my
soul af the hour of my death. You "11 lnanage what money
Mr. Stewart is due me as you see proper, for my poor wife will
want money much to pay her rents and other debts. I have
given Mr. Vright fourteen pounds sterling and half a dozen
shirts, in order tobe sent my poor wife by Mr. Graham at
Multrees of Hill. I have wrote jnst now to Mr. Graham, and
sent letters inclosed to my poor wife and my brother. My
dear Sir, manage Mr. Stewart's money as you best advise, and t. 79.
fail hot to write to my wife of saine. I conclude with my
blessing to yourself and to all tbe honourable honest ladies of
my acquaintance in Edinburgh, and to all other ffiends in
general, and h particular those in the Castle. And I ara, with
Oct.
fol, 80.
4 o THE LYON IN MOURNING [746
love and alTeetion, My dear Sir, yours affeetionately till death,
and wishes we meet in Heaven. DONALD I[AcDoXEL.
Ca«tle Carlidc, Octobcr 17th, 1746.
P.S.--Renlember me in partieular fo nly dear Mr. Robert
Forbes.
N.B.--Several persons, particularly the lawyers, agents and
writers, insisted much with the Major that he should
plead guilty, that being the ouly probable chance left
him fiw saving his lift.. IIc rcsistcd ail their impor-
tunitics without the least wavcring. And whcn they
press'd him verv hard fo comply with their advice he
bohily dcclar'd that ho had far rathcr be taken out and
hanged af the Bar, in thc face of those judges before
whom ho was soon fo be tried, than do any such thing
as they desircd. Upon which they gave over arguing
with him upon the point, and promis'd fo exert them-
sclves fo thc utmost to save so valuable a lire.
N.B.The following narrative is so doubtful that it is no
to be relied upon.
Mr. Burnet of Monboddo, Advocate, talking fo one of the
judges af Carlisle, said that he thought the Govenmen
should treat these condemned men with humanity and
in a dif/'erent way fi'om those who are really downrigh'c
rebels ; because, said he, they were influenced in the
nmtter by a principle of conscience, being firmly per-
suaded iu their nfinds that they were endeavouring fo
do right fo one that was injur'd, and whom they look'd
upon as their only lawful sovereign, having no iii desigu
af ail against the person, family or estate of King
George, but wishing him fo returu to his own place ;
and therefore their risiug in arms could not strietlv be
look'd upon as proceeding from a spiri of rebellion.
The judge answered: 'Sir, If you design fo plead the
cause or fo soffen the case of your countrymen, you
x This narrative is accordingly scored through by Mr. Forbes.
I746] INCIDENT OF THE TRIALS AT CARLISLE 43
upon the wors argument in he world, for the Govern- 7
men is positively deermin'd by all means o exirpae
hese folks of principle." This happen'd in a private
conversation. Rom.aT Fouus, A.M.
The SPEECH of DAVID /'IORGAN, a Esquire.
IT having been always deem'd incumben on every person in
my situation fo say something of himself and the cause he
suffers for, I couhl no decline if, however disagreeable o my
persecutors, when I once hehl if my duy.
The cause I cmbarked in was tla of my licge sovereign,
King James the Third, from an ol)inion I long since had of his
j ust right; an opini(m, founded on the constitution, and strongly
recognised and established bv an Act of Parliament, now in ifs
full vigour, which neither the people collectively nor repre-
senLative]y bave anv power or authority fo subvert or alter.
[Sec the Statute of Charles £d.] Nor can that law be rcpealed
but by a free Par]iament summoned fo meet by a ]awfid king,
hOt by a Convention commanded by a foreign prince and
usurper, and intimidated and directed by him af the head of a
foreign army.
To this Convention we owe the Revolution ; fo the Revolu-
tion we owe the accession of the family of Hanover ; and fo this
accession ail our present ills, and the melancholy and cerKain
prospect of the entire subversion of ail that is dear md valuable
to Britons.
5Iy opinion of the King's title fo the imperial crown of these
realms, thus uncontrovertible, receiv addition strength and
1 David 5Iorgan was a member of a good family in 5Ionmouthshire, was
about fifty years of age, and educated for the Bar. Not succeeding to his expec-
ration in that profession he retired to his estate, and lived as a country gentleman
until he joined the Prince's army at Preston. He was evidently consulted by the
Prince and his officers as to their procedure, for he got the naine of' the Pre-
tender's Councillor.' He accompanied the army to Derby. tic was among the
first lot of prisoners executed on Kennington Common, and there being no
clergyman appointed to attend them on the scaffold, .Mr. 5Iorgan, 'with his
spectacles on ' for about hall an hour, ' read prayers and other pious meditations
to them out ofa book of devotion. '--' History of the Rebellion»' Scots' 31agazi»e,
PP- 9, z95, z98, 30o.
fo
746
3o July.
fol. 8.
30 July
/'bi. 8 3.
.1olo 84.
foi. 85 .
44 THE LYON IN ]IOURNING [I746
satisfaction from his character and qualifications, confirmed fo
me by persons of the strictest honour and credit, and demon-
strated fo me, that his establishment on the throne of iris
ancestors wouid be an incident as productive of happiness to
the sub.ject as of .justice fo the sovereign ; since his Majesty's
confess'd superiour nnderstanding is absolutely necessary to
extricate out country out of that most desperate state she has
heen declining fo since the Revolution, and has precipitately
f:dleu into since the accession.
On this decleusiou and ruine of our country have the
favourers aud ffiends of both Revolution and accession built
vast and despicable fortunes, which possibly they may entail
(with the couditions of slavery annexed) on their betraved and
abandoned issue if being much more clear that slavery will
desceud ri'oto generatiou fo generation than such fortunes so
acquired.
Have we hot seen parliaments in a long succession raise sup-
plies sufficient fo surt'it avarice ? Do we hot see that avarice
heaping up millions for the nurture and support of foreign
dotal,fions on the ruines of that country that grmts them ?
Nor can this more the least compassion or even common regard
for her welfare and interest from that ungrateful avarice.
British Councils since the UsurpeFs accession have had foreign
interest their constant object, and the power and finances of
the imperial crown of Great Britain have been hetrayed,
prostituted, and squandered for the convenience and support of
the meanest Electorate in Germanv ; and the ElectoFs conduct
has been nmre destructive and detrimental to our country than
ail the finesse, treachery and force that the French or anv other
adversary's council aud power could bave attempted or effected.
Land armies only can sustain and cover dominions on the
Continent. These are raised in the country protected, and
maintained by the country protecting. Here Great Britain
bas ail the burden and Hanover ail the advantage: whereas
navies are the British bulwarks, which bave by the Elector been
neglected, misapplied, or employed fo her disadvantage, and
can alone guard and protect her dominions and commerce.
If the present convention had any regard to self-preservatlon
or that of their constituents they would this session, bave ruade
I745] SPEECH OF DAVID MORGAN, COUNCILLOR 45
new laws for the filrther security of privilege. The panick, 3oJuy
diffused universally over the Electoral family, would have pre-
pared an easy asscnt fo any law in the subjcct's ïavour. But
eveu here these represcutatives omitted this second ol)porttmity
of securing and improving the happiless of their electors ; and
instead thereof have givcn additional power fo the Usurper fo
suspend the bulwark of liberty, aud iuvert the order and method
of trials for treasou--precedents they will have occasiou one day
fo repent of, siuce they very prol)ably may fall victims fo them.
The false glosses and fears of Popery universally propagated
have deludcd unthinking, vulgar minds, aud diverted all atten-
tion fo rcason ; when if is clcar fo auy just l'eflectiou tiret lais
Majêsty cau have no lmppinêss but what results from lais
Britaiu, who he must know from mclancholy experience will
/oz. 86.
hOt be temptcd fo part with the doctriues aud exorcise of the
religion establishcd in her. Ilis Majcsty must kuow that a
lawfid king mu,t adhere fo the coustitution in Church and
State, aud show a most inviolable attachment to thosc laws
that were nmde for the security of both, whatever indulgences
and coucessious are ruade by conventions fo au usurper tbr the
breach of ail. A lawfid king is a nursing father who would
protcct us, and demand no more sui)plies thau thc immediate
services required, and those from the riches of the couutry, the
excresccuces of trade aud commerce, without prejudice fo either.
Aud such would be deem'd best that were j ust sufficient for the
purposcs thev were raised, and for which only they would be
employed. But an usurper is a stepfatber that builds his own
hopes aud views on the ruine and destruction of his usurped
dominious, and bas joy from the flêêciug and impovêrishiug of
those tmder lais influence and power.
Even his Majesty's enemies allow him great understaudiug.
Nor has auv oue of them imputed breach of houour fo him. fz. 87.
His abilities and sense of otr situation would more him fo
interpose tu favour of lais subjects, and are equal (if human
abilities are so) fo extricate us out of the various perplexities
and intricacies we bave been brought into by negotiations for
thirty years, for the preservation of the balance of power, fo
the disappointment of every Briton's hope aud the ridicule of
ail out ênemids.
46 THE LYON IN MOURNING [746
oj
88.
.]L 8 9.
If you once think, my brethren, you must repent. If you
repent you must make the constitution just rcparation ; which
can only be donc by calling in your lawful king, James the
Third, who has justice to attempt and wisdom to compleat a
thorough reformation in the constitution and fo fix if in its
pristine happy state; and which, in spire of all chicane and
prçiudicc , without a restoration, will noyer be done.
I ara fo declare mv hal)piness in having such a wife and
daughter that fi»'ive my involving them in my misfortunes,
and having an untleserved share in 0cm. I heaily tlmnk
them and wish them both temporal and eternal hapl)incss , and
hope hat those who are friends fo my King will look upon
thcm as thc relict and or]»hau of a tçllow-sul)jcct that bas
suttbred in thc royal cause.
I gh)ry in the honour I havc had of seeing his royal highness,
Charles, l'rince Regcnt, and of bcing admitt«l into his
coufidcncc. And I hcre declarc if the grcatest hal)piness I ever
kncw and the highcst satisfaction ; md such as even my vainest
thoughts couhl noyer have suggested fo me--an honour fo
cvcry rational crcaturc that can judge of the many rcquisite
virtucs of a prince ccntrcd in him truly, tho" so ofen falsly
assign'd t« thc worst. Ilis charactcr excceds anything I could
have imagincd or conceived. An attcmpt to describe him
would seem gross flatte T, and nothing but a plain and naked
narrative of his conduct fo ail persons and in all scenes he is
engaged iu tan prol»crly show him,a prince betrayed by the
mercy he shewcd his enemies, in judging of the dispositions of
mankind by tle bcnignity of his own. His fooEitude was
dirmed by it, aud his ungratefid cncmies think they bave
reaped thc benefit of if. But lct thcm hot rçioice af his
misfortunes, since his failurc of success will, without the
immediate interposition of providence, be absolutely their
ruine. Vhat a contrast is there between his royal highness the
Prince md thc Duke of Cumberland The first displays his
true courage in acts of humanity and mercy ; tle latter a cruelty
in burning, dcvastation and destruction of the British subjects,
their goods and posscssions. I would ask, Vho is the true
hcroe ?
The report of my having hctrayed his royal highness or his
1746 ] SPEECH OF DAVID MORGAN, COUNCILLOR 47
ffiends is seandalously false. My appeal to the eounsel for the so july
prosecution on my trial and my suflring dcath musc refute it dol. 90.
to all honest men. And I hereby declare I had tacher surfer
any death Che law tan inflict. I decm dcath infinitcly preferable
fo a lire of infamy. But Che death I surfer for my King gi'es
me vast consolation and honour tllat I ara thought worthy of if.
To conelude, my brethren and fcllow-sclb.iccts , I musc make
profession of Chat rcligion I was baptized, have continued and
shall, through Che Divine permission, clic in, which is Chat of
Che Church of England, and whieh I hot)e will stand against
Che malice, dcvices and assacllts of her cnelnics, as well Chose of
Che Church of Rome as tllose equally dangerous, Che followers
of Luthcr and Cal'in, covcred under and concealed in Che
speciotls bugbcars of Pa])acy and arbitrary powcr. This my fol.
tkith I Ilave fldly set forth in a l)Oeln of two books, intitled,
The CIlristian Test, or, q_'he Coalition of Faith and Rcason, file
first of which I have already published, and Che latter I have
beqncathcd fo Che eare of my uufortunate but very dutyfill
daughter, Mrs. Mary Morgan, to be publishcd by her, silme it
has l)Icased God I shall hot lire to sec it. q_'o this pocm I
refer, whieh I hope will obviate all eavi[ fo Che contrary.
I freely forgive all my encmies, ri'oto Che Usvrper fo Veir
and Maddox, Che infalnous witnesses in support of his prosecu-
tions of inc. And I lnUSt also and do ri'oto my hcart forgive
my Lord Chier Justice a for his stupid and inveterate zeal in
pailting lny loyalty to my King with all Che rel)roaches he had
genius enough fo bestow on if, when ho ])asscd sentence on
seventeen af once, and whieh he did without 1)reecdent, because
it 'as without concern.
I beg all I have orfended Chat they will forgive me for Jesus fol. 9.
Christ sake, my only Mediator and Advocate. To whom with
the Father and Che Holy Spirit be all adoration, praise, glor)',
domilfion and power for ever. Amen !
DAVID ]IoIG&X'.
'cmSngton Common, lVcdncsday, dtth d 30, 1746.
1 Lee.
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1746
1Nov.
fol. 94.
fol. 95.
THE SPEECH of Mr. JAMES BRADESHAV. 1
IT would be a breach of duty in me to omit the last
opportunity of doing justice to those who stood in need of it.
I think it incumbent upon me the rather because I ana the only
Englishman iii this part of the world vho had the houour to
attend his royal highncss in Scotlaud.
Vhcn I first joined thc King's forces I was iuduced by a
principle of duty only, and I never saw any reason since to
convince nie that I was in the least lnistaken. But, on the
contrary, cvcry day's experience has strengthened my opinion
that what I did was right and necessarv. That duty I
dischargcd fo the best of nly power ; and as I did not seck the
reward of my service iii this worhl, I bave no doubt of receiving
if in the ncxt.
Under an opinion that I could do more good by marching
with the army into Scotland than by remaining with the Man-
cllestcr rcginlent at Carlisle, I obtained leave fo be iii nly Lord
Elcho's corps, for I was willing tobe iu action.
After the battle of Cullodcn I had the misfortune to fMI
into the hands of the most ungenerous enemy that I believe
ever assum'd the naine of a soldier, I mean the pretended
Duke of Cumberland, and those under his comlnand, wlmse
inhunmnity excecded anything I could bave inlagined in a
country where the bare mention of a God is allowed of. I was
put into one of the Scotch kirks together with a great lmmbcr
of wounded prisoners who were stript naked and then left to
die of their wounds without the least assistance ; and tho' we
had a surgeon of out own, a prisoner in the sanie place, yet he
was not pcrmitted to dress their wounds, but his instrunlents
were taken froln him on purpose to prevent it ; aud in conse-
quence of this nmny expil'ed in the utmost agollies. Several
of tlle woundcd were put on board the Jcan, of Leith, and
Bradshaw was a Manchester man, and in the check trade there. Joining
the Prince's army he became first a captain in the Manchester regiment, and
aftervards entered into the Prince's life-guards under Lord Elcho, which
accounts for his going into Scotland. He was taken prisoner aftet the battle of
Culloden. - History of the Rebellion,' Scls" z[affazine, p. 341.
I746 ] SPEECH OF MR. JAMES BRADSHAW 49
there died in lingering l:orl:ures. Our general allowance while s No,,.
we were prisoners there was half a pound of meal a day, which
was somel:imes increased l:o a pound, but never exceeded
and I myself was a eye-witness thal: greal: lmmbcrs werc
sl:arved l:o deal:h. Thcir barbarity exl:ended so far as nol:
surfer the nlen who were put: on board the Jeatt l:o lic down
even upon planks, bul: l:hey were obliged l:o sit on large st:ones,
by which means their legs swell'd as big almost: as their bodies.
These arc some few of l:he cruell:ies exercised, which bcing
allnosl: incredible iu a Cllrisl:iall country, I ana obliged l:o add
an asseveral:ion l:o l:hc l:ral:h of l:hem ; and I do assure you
upon l:he word of a dying man, as I hope for lnercy al: the da)" /oZ. 96.
ofjudçncnt, I assert nol:lling bul: wllal: I know l:o bc l:ruc.
The injusl:icc of tllcse l)roceedings is aggravated by l:hc in-
gral:itude of them, fi)r l:he Elecl:or of Hanover's people had
been often obliged by l:he prince, who ordercd his prisoners
l:hc saine allowance of meal as his own l:roops, and always madc
il: his parl:icular concern thal: ail l:hc wounded should be care-
fidly dressed and used with l:he ul:nlOSt l:enderness. His
exl:reme cautiou l:o avoid the effusion of blood, even
regard l:o spies whcn his own safety ruade il: almost necessary,
and his surprizing generosity to ail his enemies withoul: dis-
tinction cerl:ainly denlanded different l:real:ment. And I
cannol: l:hink l:hal: an English arlny under English direction
could possibly belmve with such unprovoked barbaril:y.
Wil:ll regard l:o l:he :report of his royal highness llaviug
ordered that no quarters should be given l:o l:he enêmy I ara /d. 97
persuaded in my conscience il: is a wicked malicious lie, raised
by l:he friends of usurpation in hopes of an excuse for l:he
cruell:ies commil:ted in Scol:land, which were lnany more and
greal:er l:han I have l:ime l:o describe. For I firmly believe the
Prince would nol: consenl: l:o such orders even if il: were l:o gain
l:he l:hree kingdoms.
I would gladly enl:er into l:he parl:iculars of his royal high-
ness's characl:er if I was able; but his qualifications are above
descripl:ion. Ail I Cml say is, he is every l:hing l:llat I could
imagine, greal: and excellenl:, fully dcserving what lle was born
for--t:o rule over a free people.
I die a membcï of l:he Church of England, which I aih sal:is-
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50 THE LYON IN MOURNING [I746
fied would flburish more under the reign of a Stewart than if
does now, or bas done for many years. Tbe friends of tbe
House of Hanover say they keep out Popery. But do they
hot let in Infidelity, which is abnost become (if I may so sa)')
the religion establisbed ?
I think if every man's business by all lawfid means fo live as
hmg as be can ; and with this view I ruade a defence upon my
trial which I thought might possibly do me service. AI1 that
the witnesses swore on my be]mlf was strictly true, for I would
mttch rather dic tban he tbe occasion of perjury. After sen-
tence my fi-iends petitioned for my lift', and if if had been
gmnted I shouhl have bccn thankfid for if. But as if other-
wise happens I patiently submit, and ]lave confident hopes,
that upon tbc wholc, if will he botter fbr me for I surfer for
baving done my duty.
As I expected, so if bal,pen'd Ul)On my trial, Mr. Maddox
perjurcd himself, and I ara afi'aid he is so immersed in wicked-
ness that if wou]d bc ditficult for him fo forbear if. Lieu-
temmt Moore swore he was acquainted with me af Man-
chestcr, 1)ul; I declare I was never in his company before we
met at lnverness. I should think if a great reflection upon
the honour of any government to encourage officers fo lay by
their swords and become informers. I forgive both these and
ail my enemies.
I ara convinced that these nations are inevitably ruin'd
unless the royal family be rcstored, which I hope will soon
happen. For I love my country, and witb my parting breath
I pray God fo bless if. I also beseech Him fo bless and pre-
serve my lawful sovereign, King James the 3d., the Prince of
XVales, and Duke of York, fo prosper ail my friends, and have
mercy on me ! JAMES BRADESHAW. 1
Fridmd, Novcmber 9q8th, 1746, /von Kennbngton Common.
I There was a soldier of the naine of Enoch Bradshaw in the ranks of Cobham's
dragoons in the Duke of Cumberland's army, who aiso was present at the battle
of Culloden and wrote a letter in reference to it to his brother. The contrast in
language is strong. But as the letter is hot known to have been formerly printed,
it is given in the Appendix at Letter A. We are indebted to Mr. C. H. Firth of
Oxford for the copy.
I746] MB. FRANCIS BUCHANAN OF ARNPRIOR 51
The case of Mr. Franeis Buehanan of Arnprior is so very s oct.
singular, and attended with such odd, unaccouutable -oo.
citumstances that an exact narrative of if ought fo be
preserved, which is as follows :
Arnprior was takeu prisoner ai his own bouse some rime
before the battle of Cu]loden by Mr. James Dmba-, captain
of militia, and ehlest son of Sir George Dunbar of Dtmbar
House or Voodside, and committed fo Stirling Castle. As
5hç Bm'hanan had never been in arms, or h ruade allV
publick al)pearance whatsome'er in the whole aflldr from first
fo last, sothe grouud of his comnitmelt was only suspiciot.
The commanding officer looking upon this fo be verv flfin, and
hot imagining Arnprior fo be in any hazard af ail, allow'd him
the fldl lil)crty of thc Castle, fo walk up and down as ho
pleased, without kcel)ing a strict eye over him. Vhen several lot. o.
[)risollers werc ordcred from Stirling Castle fo Carlislc, Am-
prior was appoiuted fo be amongst the number. Cal)tain
James Tholnsou, brother to Chadton, and Leu[enan[ Archi-
bald Camphell (commonly callcd Tobie)had the comnmnd of
tl)e party that guardcd the prisoners in theirjourney. These
ocers knowing well the case of 5If. Buchanan, and having
witnesçd the usage he had met with in Stirling Castle, tat
him in a quite diffcrent mammr from the other prisouet. In
[he forenoon, as if he had beeu only a fellow-tmveller, thev
would bave desir'd him fo ride forwards fo bespeak dinner ai
a proper place, and fo bave if ready for them against the rime
they should corne up. In the aemoon thev also desir'd hiln
fo ride on fo take up night quarters and fo order supper for z. oz.
them, aud all this without anv commmd attending him ; so
that he had several opportunities every day of making his
escape had he dream'd that he ran any risque of his lire in the
issue of a trial. Besides, the ocem wou'd hot bave indulg'd
him such liberties had they imin'd any danger in his case.
When the prisonet came fo Carlisle, Arnprior, lnuch fo
own surprize and that of the foresaid ocers, was immiatelv
ordered into a dungeon and [o have irons clapt upon him.
nding himself in a situatiou he had entertain'd no appre-
hension of, and dreading the worst from this hath usage he
sent for Captain Thomson, who very readily came fo him, and
I8 Oct.
fol. Io 3 .
fol o4.
[oL lO 5,
5 ° THE LYON IN MOURNING [1746
after somc conversation Ul)On the unexpected change of treat-
ment desir'd fo know what he could do for him. Mr.
Buchauau beg'd he would wait upon the commanding officer
and let him kuow his whole case, and the usage he ]lad met
with l)oth in Stirliug Castle aud in the way fo Carlisle, which
he did hOt doubt would have a good efli.,ct for making a
change fo the bctter in his state of confinement. Cal»tain
Thomso» frankly undertook fo do as he dcsi:d, and without
loss of rime, houestly represented the whole aflkir fo the com-
maudiug offi«cr, who said he was heartily sorry fol" the gentle-
mini, but that if was hOt in his power fo do him any service,
because the Solicitor-General was corne fo Carlisle, and that
(now he was in thc place) his province if was fo deternfine in
these matters. Cal)tain Thomsou did hOt stop here, but like
one of generosity and compassion, went dictlv fo the Solici-
tor-Genera| ml(! laid belote him the case of Mr. Buchanan.
requestiug him fo consider if and fo allow the gentleman a
more easy and comfortable confinement. The Solicitor-General
told him he knew there were more Buchanans than one among
thc prisoucrs, aud thcïefore he desired fo know what 5[r.
Buchanau hc meant ; and then askcd if he kucw lais Christian
naine, and whether or hOt he had a designation. Captain
Thomson answercd that hc did hot know Mr. Btchanan's
Christian naine, that though he was sure he had a desiguation
he bad forgot it. lpon this the Solicitor-Gencral pull'd a
list of names out of" his pocket, and ai'ter looking if over asked
the Captain if Mr. Francis Buchanan of Aruprior was the per-
son whose case he had bcen repsenting. ' That saine is the
" OEbcn, says thc Solicitor-
gentleman, replied the Captain. ' "
General, 'pray, Sir, give yourself uo more trouble about that
gentleman. I shall take care'of him. I bave particular orders
about him, for n ltST SVVErt!" This unaceountable speech
ri'oto such a mouth al)out one neither convicted nor tried sur-
priz'd the Cal)tain hOt a little and ruade him walk off without
insisting any more, to tell Arnprior the resuit of what had
pass'd, in the softest manner he could.
This narrative was given by Lieutenant Archibald Campbell,
affer the execution of" Arnprior, fo several persons in Edinburgh,
particularly to Oie Rev. Mr. Thomas Drummond.
1746] MR. FRANCIS BUCHANAN OF ARNPRIOR 53
When Arnprior was brough.t to a trial nota single ovetoE s Oct.
act was prov'd against him. Au unsubscrib'd letter was pro-
duced in the Court which had been iutercel)ted in goiug to the
Highlaud army, and several persons, particularly Commissary
Fiulavson in Stirling, gave their affidavits that if was tire hand- f. xo6.
writ of 5If. Francis Buchauan of Arlq)riol'. U|)on this the
iury without any hcsitation or scruplc brought him ira guilty.
Aïter sentcnce of death was pronouuced against him so little
did pcople imagine that hc would suffit that he was prevail'd
upon to send off" an express to Loudou ira order to give a truc
and exact representation of ]ris case, hot doubting but that
this would I)e sufficient fo obtain a reprieve ïrom a verdict and
sentcnce pronomced ul)on such slight grounds, but all to
purpose. To destruction was Ire destiu'd by his enemies, and
accordingly suflr'd death at Carlisle ira company with tire
Revd. Mr. Thomas Coppoch, Macdonald of Kinh)chmoidart,
Mior Donald MacDonell, etc., etc., etc.
Arnprior. leït no speech behind him, but took an opportunity
of declaring that as Ire was persu,,ted in Iris corrscience King
lames tire 8th had the sole undoubted right to sit ou the
throne of these realms, so the ouly action that sired him most
ira the face was that Ire had acted tire prudent and over-cautious
part in hot joining tire Priuce immediatelv Ul)«m Iris arrival,
and drawiug his sword in so glorious a cause, and in not
exerting ail Iris endeavours ul)on those with whollt he had anv
interest fo rise in arms tbr their King and country.
RonuT Folns, A.M.
Arnprior lived af the house of Lenny, near Callender, iu
Monteith, and Stewart of Glenbucky came from Bal-
quhidder with his men. Arnprior went to see thcm ira
Strathyre. There happened some dispute between
them about tire Majorship of the Perth rement to
which Glenbucky belonged. Arnprior brought Glen-
bucky home with him to Lenny that night. On tire
monaing of next day Ire was found dead in his bed with
a pistol in Iris hand3
This paragraph seems to have been inserted here later. Itis not in the
handwriting of 51 r. Forbes.
54 THE LYON IN MOURNING [746
/bL xoS.
746
x8 Aug.
]L o9.
THE SPEECH of the Right Honourable _A_RTHUR,
LORD BALMERINO, faithfidly transcribed from
his lordships own handwrit.
I was brought up in truc loyal Anti-l{evolution principles,
and I hope the world is convin¢d that they stick fo me.
I must acknowledge I did a very inconsiderate thing, for
which I mn heartily sorry, in accepting of a company of foot
from the Princess Arme, who I knew had no more right fo the
crown than her predecessor the Prince of Orange, whom I
always look upon as a vile, unnatml usurper.
To make amends fi)r what I had done I join'd the King when
he was in Scofland, and when ail ws over I ruade mv escape
and liv'd ahroad till the year 173¢.
In the benning of that year I got a letter from mv father
which verv much surprized me. If was fo let me know that
he had got the promise of a remission tbr me. I did hot know
what fo do. I was then, I think, in the Croûton of Bern and had
no body to advise with. But next monfing I wrote a letter to
the King, who was then at Rome, to acquaint his Majesty that
this was done without my asking or knowledge, and that I
would hot accept of withont his Miesty's consent. I had in
answer fo mine a letter written with the King's own hand
allowing me to go home, and he told me his banker would give
me money for my travelling charges when I cmne fo Paris,
which accordingly I got.
Vhen his royal highness came fo Edinlmrgh, if was mv
bounden and indispensible duty, I join'd him, though I might
eily bave excuscd myself from taking arms on account of mv
age. But I never could have had peace of conience if I had
shyed at home when that brave Prince was exposing himself
fo ail manner of dangers and fatigue both night and day.
I am at a lo when I corne to speak of the Prince ; I mn hot
a fit lmnd fo draw his charter. I shall leave that to other».
But I must beg leave fo tell vou the incomparable sweetness
of his nature, his affability, his compsion, his justice, his
tempence, his patience, and his courage are virtues, seldom
1746] SPEECH OF ARTHUR, LORD BALMERINO 55
ail tobe round in one person. In short, he wmts no qualifica- x8 Ag.
tions requisite to make a great man.
Pardon me, if I say, wherever I had the command I never
suffered any disorders tobe committed, as will appear by the
Duke of Bucleugh's servants at East Park, by the Earl of
Findlater's minister, Mr. Lato, and my Lord's servants at fol. xo.
Cullen, by Mr. Rose, minister at Nairn, who was pleased to
favour me with a visit when I was an prisoner in Inverness, by
Mr. Stewart, principal servant to the Lord President at the
house of Culloden, and bv several other people. Ail this gives
me great pleasure now that I ara looking on the block on which
I ara ready fo lav down my bead. And tho" it had hot bcen
my own natural inclination to protect every body as far as lay
in my power it wouid have been my interest so to do. For bis
royal highness al)horred ail thosc who wcre capable of doing
iustice to any of thc King, bis father's sub.icct , wbatever
opinion they were of.
I have heard since I came to tbis place that there has been a
nmst wicked report spread and mentioned in several of the News-
papers, that his royal highness, the Prince, before the battle of
Culloden, had giron out in ordem tbat no quarters shouh! be given
to thc enemv. This is sucb an uuchristian thing and so uulikc
that gallant Prince that nobody that knows him will believe it.
Itis verv strange if there had been any such orders that neither
the Earl of Kihnarnock, who was Colonel of the regiment of
Foot-guards, nor I, who was Colonel of the °d troop of Lifc-
guards, should never have heard any tbing of it, especially since
we were both at the head-quarters the morning before the
battle. I ara convinced that itis a malicious report indus-
triously spread to excuse themselves for the murders they were
guilty of in calm blood after the battle.
Ever since my confinement in the Tower, when Major White
and Mr. Fowler did me the honour of a visit, their behaviour
was alwavs so kind and obliging to me tbat I cannot find words
to express it. But I ara sorry I cannot say the saine thing of
General Villiamson. He has treated me barbarously, but hot
quite so ill as he did the Bishop of Rochester. I forgive him
and ail my enemies. Had it hot been for Mr. Gordon's advice
I should have prayed for him as David does, Psahn 109.
18 Aug
56 TtlE LYON IN MOURNING [I746
I hope you will have the eharity to believe I die in peaee
with all men, for yesterday I received the Holy Eucharist from
the hands of a clegyman of the Church of England, in whose
Communion I die as in union with the Episcopal Church of
Scotland.
I shall conclude witb a short prayer.
0 Almighty God ! I humbly beseech Thee to bless the King,
the prince, and Duke of Yorke, and ail thc dutiful branches of
the royal fitmily ! Enduc them with tby Itoly Spirit, enrich
them with thy heavcnly grace, prosper them with ail happiness
and bring them to thine cverlasting kingdom! Finally I
reconnnend to thy fatherly goodness ail my benefactors md ail
the faithfid adherents fo the cause for which I ara now about
fo su[tbr. God reward them ! Make them happy here and in
the worhl fo corne! This I beg for Cbrists sake, in whose
words, etc. Our Father, etc.
.4 List ?f those who were evklcnces against raff Lord Balmerhto
tal«cn likewlse vm his own hondwrit.
William M'Gie, messenger.
Hugh Douglas, drummer fo Lord Eleho.
,Iames Barely. )One of these three was servant fo the
David Gray. Secrery, and another of them servant
.lam Paterson. fo little Blk Malcolm.
Roger Maedonald.
Upon the trulff noble Lord Balmcrino.
In this brave Lord, the mirror of maukind
Religion, virtuc, loyalty had join'd,
To make him great in ev'ry aet of lire.
But greater still when he resign'd that life ;
With fortitude went through llis lna±yrdom.
No nobler motto can adorn his tonll).
Strictly attached to royal Stewart's race,
For which he died, and by his death gave grace,
To the just cause he bravely did embrace.
Like great hlontrose, he fear'd no tyrant rage
Next fo his prince, the hero of the age.
I746] VERSES ON ARTHUR, LORD BALM:ERINO
His glorious death to distant elimes shall reach,
And traWrous minds true loyalty shall teach.
His noble soul to us endears his naine,
And future ages shall resound lais faine.
Ext«mpore, upon v$ewbg" the sceffold i,mmalatcl?] a]fter th,"
cxecutiou o]f" Lord Balmcrino.
Lo ! where undaunted Balmerino stood,
Firm without canting, seal'd lais faith in blood.
In cause of right and truth mmmv'd and just,
And as he knew no t'car, betray'd no trust.
The ama2d spectator drop'd the troul)lt, d eyc,
As more afraid to look than he to dic.
Vhence spnmg this grcat unparallcl'd deport ?
God and his conscience wcre his strong support.
Upon the dcath o]" Lord Babnerino, by a non:jurant ,'ler..T/- /o«. **z.
man in London in a h'tter to a.hicnd.
Short is the terre of lire, my houom"d friend.
Soon o'er the puny space with rapid sl)eed
Thc unreturning moments wing thcir way,
And sweep us from onr eradles to the grave.
And yet this puay spe is fill'd with toil
And labours in the transitory scene,
To make life wretched, "ris frail and fleeting.
Rattles and toys eml)loy and plee our childhood.
Vealth, pomp, and pleasure, fidl as arrant trifles,
Commence the idols of onr riper years,
And fill the mind with images as wild;
Absurd, fantastic, a sick man's dremns,
Disquieting this span of life in vain.
He truly lires and nmkes the most of life
Vho well hath studied its htriasic worth,
And learnt to lay it down with resignation ;
Can like thee, Bahnerino lay it down,
And deem it hot his own, when honour clms it.
See the unconquefd captive (mahless man [),
x8 Aug.
/fO/.. I 14.
58 THE LYON IN MOURNING [I746
Collected in his own integrity ;
Facing with such a brow the king of terrolu,
And treading on the utlnost verge of liïe,
Serene as on a sunlnler's er lllng walk ;
Draws more alnazing eyes upon lais scaffold
Than ever gaz'd on laurell'd heroes car ;
Triumphant in his fidl o'er all that crusht him.
Amazement seiz'd the crowded theatre,
Struck with the awfill scene ; and throb'd a heart
In ev'ry breast but lais. "File headsman trembl'd
That rais'd the fittal axe. Nor trembl'd ho
{}n whom "twas ïallin Falls the fell edge-
Nor shrinks the mangl'd victim ! Vhat are stars and garters
Ail titles, dignities, all crowns and sceptrcs,
Compar'd with sucb an exit ? Vhen these perish
Their owners be as they had never been,
In deep oblivion smd« This greater naine,
As Io»g as any sense of virtue lasts,
Shall lire and fragrant smell fo affer rimes,
Exhibiting a pattern how to die,
And far the fairest former rimes have seen.
17.1.6
Sept.
[oL x 5.
Copj o.2 c a Lctt«r to a gntl«man in Hollaud, vbdi«ating the
characb'r o.]" Arthur, Lord Balmcrbm, in a certain im-
portant point.
DE,R SrR,--I have hot yet been able to answer the cries of
the ofiïcem for beating orders, raid I can conceive no other
reason for out Ministry's refusing them than that of the
Young Chevaliel:s being in Scotland, and that they thought
that his escapc might have been saved through their means.
But now that he is saïe arrived in France, I hope that we shall
meet with no more difllculties.
I had the honour to be of Lord Balmerino's acquaintance,
and it was my misïortune to be pitch'd upon to attend upon
him in the Tower at his last moments, and upon the scaffold,
where I was witness to a behaviour that even exceeded all that
we read of in the heroes of antiquity. His whole behaviour
I746] DEATH OF ARTHUR, LORD BALMERINO 59
was so composed, so decent that if greatly surprized the
sheriffs, the clergymen, his friends and the spectators ; and
af the same rime hot a soldier prcsent but was moved by his
intrepidity.
My Lady Balmerino is now af my elbow, and she has desired
me fo write fo your Heer Pensioncr that she is greatly offendcd
af a passage in your Amsterdam Gazette of q'uesday, September
6th, lï46, where, in giving an account of that Lord's unhappy
end, the author is so insolent as fo insert so notorious a false-
hood that if can in no sort be justified. He has no authoritv
from my lord, from the sherif[, from the clergymen, nor cven
from our lying ncwspapers. The govermnent here hoe a power
over his body, and he has suf[bred for his rebcllion. But
neither they nor thcir agents abroad bave any just powcr over
his reputation. "ïis I)arbarous fo thc grcatest degree,
lays us under a necessity, let thc conscquences be what thev
will, to give you my lord's own words on that point, a point
whieh he had grcatly af heart fo clcar ni) ; and thcy are as
folh)ws :
' I have heard since I came fo this place that there has bccn
a most wicked report sprcad, and mcntioncd in several of thc
ncwspal)ers that his royal higlmess, the Pl5nCc, bcfore the
battle of Cullodcn, had given out in ordcrs, that no quarter
should be given to thc cnemy, q'his is such an unchristian
thing, and so unlike that gallant l'rince that nobody that
knows him will believe if. If is very strange if there had been
any such orders that neither the Earl of Kihnarnock, who
Colonel of the regiment of foot-guards, nor I, who was Colonel
of the °d troop of life-guards, should never have heard anv
thing of if, especially since we were both af the head-quarters
the morning before the battle. I ara convinced that if is a
malicious report industriously spread fo excuse themselves for
the murders they were guilty of in cahn blood after the
battle."
I shall take if as a very great favour if you are so kind as to
lay the above before the proper person, whose authority if is
fo take cognizance of if that he moEvbe obliged to retract in
the most solemn manner, a falshood, uttered fo the prejudice
of the reputation of one of the greatest men that ever was
Sept.
fol x6.
fol.
Sept.
60 THE LYON IN MOURNING [I746
born, lc his principlcs have been what thev will. If is mv
Lady Bahnerino's desire. If is mine, as his friend, and as a
fi'iend o truth and justice.
I date hot presumc fo write fo so great a man as the first
person of so great a rcpublick. Therefore I beg that you
will lay if belote him, and you will very much oblige, Dem"
Sir, your, cte.
,Sic subscribitur, JotIx V.-LKINGSIIAW. 1
Lomlo», Çï 51Ttcmbcr 1746.
P.5:--Thc above is wl'it by the direction of my Lady Bal-
IllerilIO.
/z. ,,7. SPEECn of the Rev . Mr. 'rm).,s CoppcH of
Brazenose Colledge, Oxtbrd, commonlv (but
tbolishly) called Bishop of CarlisleY
80ct
DEAR COUXTRYIEN,--I ara now on the brillk and COll[Jtles
of eternity, being fo suflbr a scandalous, ignominious death for
my duty fo God, my King m»d country, for taking up anns to
restore the royal and illustrious house of Stewart, and to
banish from a free, but inslaved pcople a foreigner, a tyrant,
and an usuq»er. For never was the British nation since the
Nonnan Conquest govern'd more arbitrarily, or enjoyed more
preeariously. Never was a nation under the canopy of Heaven
more grossly abused, more scanclalously imposecl upon, or more
notoriously deeeivcd. Liberty has been banished. Tyranny
and oppression, like a dcluge, have overflowed the land.
Mr. Walkingshaw is frequently mentioned in this collection. He was a
London Jacobite, and was able to be of considerable service to the Scottish
prisoners there.
-" lle was the son of John Coppoch, or rather Cappoch, a tailor in Manchester,
and joined the Prince there, by whom it is said he was appointed chaplain to
the 5lanchester Regiment, and was promised the bishopric of Carlisle. See
two pamphlets reprinted by Samuel Jefferson. (I) 'The Triai and Life of
Thomas Cappoch (lhe rebel-bishop of Cadisle),' 1839; and () ' An Account of
Carlisle during the Rebellion of 1745, to which is added a speech (supposed to
have been) delivered by Thomas Cappoch, the rebel-bishop, on his execution at
Carlisle,' etc. 80ctober I746 : 1844.
I746] SPEECH OF REV. THOMAS COPPOCH 61
Places of the utmost importance have been taken from the s Oct.
most deserving and given to the illiterate, unexpcrienccd or
unqualified. Our fleets and armies, once the terror of Europe,
are now the scorn, contempt and derision of ail nations. Thc
one, likc ,Esop's mountain, has brought fooEh a silly, ridiculous
mouse; the other has brought liolne eternal infamy, shame
and disgrace. Such a Ministry and such a Parliamcnt was
nation ncver curs'd with. The former for these thirty years )oz.
past has exhaustcd our treasures, drain'd our purses on foolish
idle ri'caries and negotiations to procure us allies and friends;
and no fricnd or allv bave we in the world we can trust, rely
on or confide in. Thc latter, vassals, creaturcs equally
despicablc, void of honour and conscience, compos'd of peu-
sioners and placemen, havc sacrificed their country, their ail.
" fo the boundlcss ambition and insatiable avarice of a bcggarly
Hanovcrian clectorate. Estilnates, supplies and subsidics
have been granted, wmine contradi«cnte, though never so
illegal, unreasonable and unjustifiable. Sucll heavy taxes and
such a lnonstrous load of national debt this kingdom never
groan'd uuder since Julius Csar's invasion; so that justice
lllay say, never was Padiament (sonne few members excepted.
rora rtvs in terris, ni'ro si.millbna c,/g'no) lnore slavishly devoted
or more sottishly infatuated.
Hcre if will not be amiss to introduce that worthy honest
gentleman, tlle Elcctor's Earl of Oxford. Vhen a motion
was nmde by solnc truc patriots fo bring him fo give an ac-
count of his stewardship of the nation's lnoney, did uot his
Elector solenully declare that a hair of his liead should not be
hurt, COllSCiOUs that ]le ]lad acted by ]lis direction in sending fol.
sums fo aggrandize ]lis poor, native, scrubby country, Hanover,
--sums to engage thc affections of the wavering Dutch, sums
to biass the rotes at clections .
These are facts the truth of which is too obvious. What
soul inspired witll the least grain of coure, the smallest spark
of honour, or that sylnpathizes with the suflbrings of his fellow-
creatures, would tanlely sit down or patiently acquiesce under
such monstrous and unheard of grievances ? Vllen religion and
Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford, the Lord Treasurer.
Oct.
.lol. o.
fol oa.
6 THE LYON IN MOURNING [I746
loyalty, liberty and propcrty call fo arms! when a prince
adorned with all the gifts of nature, and grace of education,
cndowed and enriched with every virtue, mniable and com-
mcndable (maug'rè all your vile rcports, invidious reflections
and slanderous aSl)crsions; ma,¢'rè all your pulpit harangues,
stufl"d with dowuright falsifies, gross cahmmies aud palpable
absurdities), daily amidst tbe horrid din of war, risks
exposcs his prcious lift fo conquer and subdue the Lernoean
Ilydra, fo deliver you ff'oto almost Egyptian tyranny, bondage,
and slavc 3, :a prince wbosc title fo the crown is indisputable,
whosc conduct and courage are inimitable and matchless, and
whose virtue, mclx'y, a»d gdness none can parallel or equal
51 vict smih" aut st'undum
Such is your legal fior-dh,iuo, hcrcditary and lineally
dcsccmled Prince, wbosc fathcr you exiled and cxcludcd, whose "
grandfathcr you rebcllcd against and banishcd, and whose bead,
conscious of your own demcrits, you bave set a price on See-
ing the hoir, Couac, say you, let us fall upon him and kill him,
and the inheritance will bc ours. Be hot too secure. Your
iniquities arc ahnost compleated. The fulness of rime is almost
at hand, even at the door, when the Almighty I , with my
Prince under the shadow of his wings, will pour out the vials
of his wrath, fury and indignation on that cursed, perjured
and abandoned peoplc, on this guilty, perverse, wicked mad
adulterous gencration. For the innocent blood oftbe righteous
cries Veugeance Veugeance 0 my native countaff mv
native soil Vhat pangs bt thou to eudure ! Vhat throes
to labour with Vhat misery and desolation is thy lot and
portion
Kind Heaven Avert ail these evils by a speedy and blessed
restoration, that Albion may no more be scomged bv vu]tures,
srks and logs; nmy once more sec hat)l)y days, once more
put on its ancient lustre, pristin splendor and glory ; that God
and Coesar nmy eoy their own just and due right; tlmt
tribute nmy be rendered to wbom it is due, custom to whom
custom, fear to whom fear, honour to whom bonour, and that
the supreme powers nmy l'eceive the sovereign allegiance,
obedience and subjeion which are really and duly theirs by
the laws of God and nature in coRjunction.
1746 ] SPEECH OF REV. THOMAS COPPOCH 63
It is for sentiments and tenets of this kind I am now ruade a
publick spectacle, that my head is publickly to be exposed and
my bowels burnt ; which I gladly and willingly submit to
without the least reluctance. Nay, I should rejoice beyond
measure, if this simple head of mine couhl bê fixed on ail the
Cathedral and parish churches in Christendom to satisfie the
whole Christian world of the honesty of my intentions and the
integrity of my principles. And could it be engraven on mv
tombstone :--
UNDERNEATH ARE DEPOSITED THE ASHES OF THE ONLY ENGLISH
PROTESTANT CLERGYMAN WHOSE HONOUR, COURAGE, LOYALTY AND
ZEAL ARE CONSPI('UOt;S N HIS I{OYAL ASTERS CAUSE. DVL«I.:
ÈT DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI.
I should bave been silent about my religion had it hot been
to satisfie and open the eyes of severals who bave been deceived
by false representations, which was, I believe, the reason I was
spit upon, struck, stoned, insulted and barbarously treated by
severals (some of wbom are since dead), hot only in Carlisle
but Kendall and elsewhere, when I was led in a string by Mark
Ker's dragoons through all the dirt and nastiness, with mv
arms pinion'd, from Carlisle to Lancaster Castle, by an express
order of the pretended Duke of Cumberland, notwithstanding
Baron Clarke's specious harangue to make the jury believe I
was not an object worthy of their notice.
I declare then upon the faith of a dying man that I die va
unworthy member of that particular church, the Church of
England, as sbe stood before the Revolution, which I firmly
believe to be truly primitive, Catholic and Apostolic, free from
superstition on the one hand, and Fanaticism and Enthusiasm
on the other. May she prosper and flourish ! May she, like a
bouse on a rock, withstand ail tempests, storms and intnda-
tions, till rime shall be no more!
And now, God bless my )yal, true and undoubted sovereign,
King James, his royal highness Charles, Prince of Wales,
Henry, Duke of York and Albany! 0 Jehovah! bless, pro-
tect and preserve them! for nothing but fraud and anarchy
and confusion; nothing but horrid bloodshed and barbarous
murder, villainy, perjury, ambition and cruelty, barbarity
within and corruption without, bave reigned triumphant in
Oct.
fol. 121.
64 THE LYON IN MOURNING [[746
this island since their banishment. God bless ail my enemies,
persecutors and slanderers, especially that corrupted judge,
Baron Clarke, who put a most malicious construction on every
thing said af my trial! God forgive Smnucl Pendlebury of
Manchester, John Hill, Thomas Joy, an Irishman, John
Gardener and Thomas Detmison, both of Carlisle, who ail
grossly perjur'd themselves af my trial! 0 Lord God! send
them timely repentance and remission of their sins! I freelv
and vohmtarily forgivc them ; and humbly ask pardon of all
I bave iajured in thought, word or deed. I close with thc
dying words of my Saviour and Rcdeemer, and the proto-
martyr deacon, St. Stcphcn, 'Father, fi)rgive thcm, for thev
know hot what they do ! Lord, lay hot this sin to thcir charge !
Lord Jesus, receive my soul ! Amen !"
At Carlislc upon Saturday, Octobcr 18th, thc Festival 0 3' 57.
Lu]ce thc Evangdist, 17¢6.
SPEECH of ANDREW VOOD, xvho join'd the
PRINCE iii ENGLAND.
Blessed are they who su.ffîer for truth and ri9hteousness sake ; for theirs is
the ki»gdom qf heaven.
FRIENDs, ('OUNTRYMEN AND FELLOW-SUBJECTS,--[ was boni iii
Scotland, and brought up iii the Established Church (aS they
call if) of tiret kiugdom. But of late (thmaks be to God !) I
saw my error and became a mcmber of the Church of EnglandA
I engaged in this just cause, for which I ara to surfer, out of
the true love and regard I had for my king and country. For
I thought it my indispensiblc duty to join my Prince when I
found him in this country endeavouring to restore his father,
my lawfifl sovereign, King James, fo his undoubted right. I
imd the honour to be ruade a Captaiu by his royal highness,
raised a compmff out of my own pocket, aud served my Prince
to the utmost of my power, even beyond what could bave been
expected of one so little accustomed to military acts as I was.
Sec a full account of how this came about at f. 806.
1746] SPEECH OF ANDREW WOOD 65
And for thus faithfully serving my king, and endeavouring 8 Nov.
to restore him and your ancient liberties, I ara fo fall a sacri-
fice fo the Usurper and his bloodthirsty son, the i)retended
Duke of Cumberland. But thy will, O lny God! be done! for. 4.
And as Thou art pleed that I surfer fi)r t;ruth and righteous-
ness sake, I resign myself entirely to Thy will !
And now I ara iu a few molnents to launch into eternity, I
do solemnly declare, as I lnust answer af the aweful tribunal of
Almighty God, that the order said fo be given by his royal
higlmess for giving the Usurper's men no quarters the day of
Culloden battle is false, and contrived merely to excuse the
barbarities committed by the Duke and his men on ail those
of our army who fell into their hands; for I myself saw thc
orders of that day. No. If does hot agrce with the Prinee's
former lenity af the battles of Gladcsmuir and Faikirk.
I leave the iml)artial world fo judge of this brave Prince's
character from his actions, which would require one of the
greatest hands fo do justice fo if.
O my countrylnen ! Consider the woeful situation you are
in. In short, ail that ever your forefathel's fought for is gone.
You have nothing you cau depend upon, burthelmd with debt,
ruined with a stalading army. Alas! you have no more thall
the naine of Liberty. Rouse you then while it is in your
power, and take thc firs opportunity fo restore )-our lavftd fol. 5.
sovereign, King Jaules, which is the only sure way to make
these lmtions happy. I leave my hearty praycrs for concluding
the saine, and I hope Ahuighty God will, iii His good appointed
rime, restore nly lawful sovereign, King James. And in a
particular manner, I beseech Thee, 0 God! fo bless his
royal highness, Charles, Prince of Vales, and the Duke of
York.
I shall conclude with forgiving all my persecutors, hoping
Almighty God will of His infinite mercy, forgive me all my
sins, hrough Jesus Christ, pardon the frailties of my youth,
and accept my inlpert'cct repentance.
hlto Thy hands I commit my spirit, 0 Lord, Thou God of
mercy and truth ! A.'qgttEW Voog.
P.S.--I sent for a Presbyterian minister fo have administred
E
66 THE LYON IN MOURNING [746
-s No.. the sacrament to me ; but he refused, l,ord forgive him ; for
I do.
I¥nningtou. Commm, Friday, November °-.Sth, 174,6.
[oL xz6.
I746
4 April
x 5 Aprii
t. April
A genuinc and ridl Accotmt of the Btttle of Culloden, with
what h:ti»pened the two preceeding days, togethcr with
the votm«" l'rince's nfiraculous escape af, from and after
the battle, fotght on April 16th, 1746; fo his return
to the continent of Scotland from tbe Western Islands
on the 6th of the succceding July. 'l'aken ri'oto the
lnouths of the old I,tird of MacKimon, Mr. Malcolm
MacLeod, etc., and of Lady ('ltnronald and Miss Flora
MacDonahi, by ,John Vaikingshaw of London or ])r.
John Bru'ton.
l'pon Aprii 14th (tfteruoon) the l'rince marched ri'oto In-
verness on tbot af the hc«td of his guards fo Culloden House,
where tbe clans and othcrs met him, and stayed thereabouts
uader arms. lle himseifdid hot go to bed. Vpon the 15th
by &tybreak he marched the men up to Cu}loden Muir about
a toile south-east of the bouse, and review'd them drawn up
in two lines of btttle. About eleven o'clock he ordered them
fo refi'esh themselves by sleep or otberwise just in the field,
during which rime he walked about cjoliug the diflçrent
chiefs, and proposed to ail of them separately to march off the
men towards the evening and attack the enemv by davbreak;
but finding the bu}k of them against the proposal (reckoning
if rather too desperate an attempt untill they were joined by
Keppoch and his men with othe that were soon expected), he
drop'd the prqject. Al»out 4 afternoon l(el»poeh arrived with
00 men. Theu it was said rd Geoge Mtlrray proposed
the night march, and undertook to manage the attack, which
was agreed fo. And when near dark, the men were marched
ofl] the front of the second line following the rear of the first.
About o'clock of the morning of the 16th the Duke of Peh
came galloping up ri'oto aside to the ri'out of the second line,
and ordered the officers fo wheel about and match back to
Culloden. They had hOt gone above one hundred yards bk
when they met the Prince, who ealled out himself, ' Vhere
746] BATTLE OF ('ULLODEN 67
the devil are the men a-going?" It was answered, 'Ve are x6April
ordered by the Duke of Perth to return to Culloden House."
' VChere is the Duke of Pcrth ?" savs the Prince. ' Call him
here." Instantlv the Duke came up, and the Prince, in an
angry tone, asked what he meant bv ordering the men hack.
The Duke answcred that l,ord George with the first line was
gone back three-quarters of an houï agoe. ' Good God !' said
the Prince, ' what tan be the marrer ? V'hat does he mean ?
Ve were equal in number, and wouhl have hlown them to the
devil. Pray, Perth, can't vou call them back yet ? Perhaps fd.
he is ot gone far yet2 Upon which the l)uke begg'd to speak
with his royal highncss. They went a.ide a very short space.
The Prince returned and call'd ot, 'Thcre is no help for if,
my lads ; match back fo Cullodel llouse." Back they marched
to Cullodcn Ilouse (the Prince bringing up the re»r)where
the bulk of thcm arrived al»out 6 in the morniug. The Prince
after ordering and earue,tly recommending to everybody to do
their utmost to get provi.ions fo his men went into the house»
threw himself upon the top of a bcd, hoots» etc.» upon him;
but in a few hours, being alarmcd with the approach of the
enemy he hurried to thc tiehl, and endeavoured to put his men
in order by drawing them up in two lines. But they, being
some fatigued and others dispersed about seeking victuals,
:ould hot be ail got together; so that when thc caunonading
began there were hot 5000 men in the ficld, and these hot in
the best ordeï. At that rime the Prince was in the rear of ail,
ordering some men to replace some others that he had sent
from the second line to the left of the first. He immediateh"
sent off an aid-de-camp with orders to the generals in the front lot.
to make the attack, and, moving forwards beyond the second
line, sent off a second and a third aid-de-camp with positive
orders to attack. If seems the first aid-de-camp happened to
be killed with a cannon shot just at setting out, which ti.
thotght was the re»son the attack was hot ruade soon cnough.
Upon the right the attack was ruade with great bravery bv
the Athol brigade Stewarts, Camerons» and part of the Mac-
Donalds; but the left was so soon flanked by a great body of
the enemy's horse that from the centre to the left they never
got up to give their tire. The right broke in upon the enemy,
t6 April
fl. x3o.
68 THE LYON IN MOURNING [I746
sword in hand, and did great execution, but werc likewise
soon flanked and very much gallcd by the grape-shot. And
Lochiel and Keppocb, bcing both soon wounded in the ad-
vauciug, were carried oiT, which their men obscrving, imme-
diately they flcd ; vhich so alarmed all the corps fo the left
that they gave way in confusion.
Just ai this rime the Prince callcd out fo stop aud he would
light from his horse and return fo the charge af their hcad.
But e nunlber of Iris olticers got a|)out him, and assured him
that if was improl)able for them fo do any good af preseut.
For since the chms had turned their 1)acks they would hot
raily, and if wa.s but exposiug his person without any pro-
bability of success; aud therefore intreated he would retire,
and really forced him out of the field.
The retreat was ruade with the tlËIilOSt reguhu'ity. Not
above 500 of the I,ow-country men, having detaehed them-
selves from the main body, kept together till they received the
Prince's orders fo shif for themselves.
N.B.--There was a 1)attet:y of canon that ldayed ver.)"
smartly for a considerable rime just upon the place where
the Prince wa% and one of his grooms was kiiled about two
hundred yards straight in his rear.
After the forces were entirely defeated he retired fo a house
of a factor or steward of Lord Lovat, about ten toiles from
Inverness, where ineeting with that lord, he stayed supper.
After supper was over he set out for Fort Augustus (where
a musket-bullet was takeu out of the counter of his horse),
and pursued his journey for Invergary wheïe he proposed fo
have dined. But finding no victuals he set a hoy a fishing,
who caught two sahnon on whieh he ruade a dimler, and con-
tinued waitiug there for some of his troops, who had 1)romised
fo rendczvous af that place ; and being disappoiuted he resoived
fo proceed fo Locharkaig. He arrived tbere on the 18th af
two in the morning and went fo sleep, wbich he bad not done
for rive days and )iglats, bis forces having been under arms,
marching and couuter-marching without meat for 48 hours
bcfore the battle. Ho remained there till 5 o'clock in the
afternoon in hopes of obtaining some intelligence; but gain-
I746 ] THE PRINCE MAKES FOR THE ISLES 69
ing none, he set out from thence on foot, and travell'd fo the xs April
Glens of Morar, over almost inaccessible mountains, where he
ar'ived on the 19th af z in the morning. He set out about
noon the same day for Arrisaig, tbrough as bad ways as before,
where be arrived at z in tbe afternoon.
He remained there seven days waiting for Captain 0"Neil,
vbo joiued him on the °~Ttb, and informed him, as did many 27 April
others from ail quarters, that there were hot any hopes of
drawing bis troops together again in a body. Upon which he
resolved to go to Stornway in the Island of Lewis, a town at
tbe bead of a loch of that naine, in order to bire a ship fo go
to France. The person employed for this purpose was one /. 3- .
])onald MacLeod, who Imd an interest there.
On the °..Sth he went ou board in an eight-om:d boat, in :8 April
company vith O'Sullivan, O'Neil, and some otbers, ordering
the people fo wbom the boat belonged to make tbe best haste
they could to Stornway. The uigbt proved ver), tempestuous,
and tbey ail begg'd of bim to go back, wbich he would hot do.
But seeing the people timorous, be, to keep Ul» their spirits,
sung them a Higbhtnd soug. The weather proving worse and
worse, on tbe °gtb, about 7 in the mornlng thev were driven
ashore on a point of land called Ruslmess, in tbe north-east
part of tbe island of Benbecula, which lies betwixt the islmds
of Nortb and South Ost or Uist, being about 5 mlles long
from east to west, and 3 toiles broad ri'oto nortb to south,
where as soon as they bad got on shore, the Prince helped to
mtke a tire to warm the crew, who were almost starved to
deatb with cold.
0n tbe 30rb, at 6 in the evcning, they set sali again from 30 April
Stornway but meeting vith another storm were obliged to
put into the island Selpa (Scalpa) it the Harris. This island
is about oue mlle long and hall a toile broad. There they ail /d. 33-
went ashore to a farmer's botse, passing for merchmats that
were shipwrecked in tbeir voyage to the Orkneys, the Prince
and O'Sullivan going by the naine of Sinclair, the latter pass-
ing for the fatber, the former for tbe son.
Thence they thougbt proper to send Donald MacLeod (who
lmd been with tbem ail tbe rime)to Stornway, with instruc-
tions fo freight a ship for the 0rkneys.
3 May
xo May
[aL I3.
70 THE LYON IN MOURNING [t746
On the 3d of May they reeeived a message from him that a
ship was ready. On the 4th they ruade thc mainland and set
ou[ on foot for [la[ place, and arrivcd on the 5th about noon
af the point of Arynish, two mlles southeas from Sormvay,
having h'avelled 18 hours on the hills without any kind of
refreshment, and wcre misled bv their guide, either thro"
ignorance or design. There a messinger from Stornway met
him, and tohl him that l)onahl MacLeod, having got drunk,
had tohl one of his acquaintances for whom he hired the ship ;
upon which there were soon f200 people in arms af Stornwav
upon a rel)(,rt that the Prince was landed with 500 men, and
was c(»ning to burn the [OWll; SO that he and his coml)y
were ohligcd tolie ail night on thc nmir with no other rctcsll-
ment than 1)isket raid l»'an(h'.
On tle six0 tley resolved fo go in tle eighboar'd boa o
le Orkncys, but the crcw rcfi)sed fo vcnhn'e ; so tha flmy wcre
ol)liged fo seer soufl ah)ng tle coas si(le, where flmv me wifl
wo English ships which compell'd flwm fo put o a desar
island callcd Scafi)rt or Iflhrt, bcing al)out Imlf a milc h)ng ami
near as nmch broad. There tl)ey rcmained till tl)e 10th, ami
must have fiunished, had ley hot providcnfly fi)und some sal
fish upon the island.
About ten o'clock in tlc morning tla day they embarked
for tire Harris, and af break of day on tle lltl fley werc
ched by an English shil), but ruade fleir escal)e among tle
rocks. AI)out ¢ in tle aRernoon tlcy arrived ai Benbecula,
where flmy staved till the l¢th, aad flmn set out on foot for
tle mountain of Corradell, in Soufl Ost or Uist, being about
16 toiles disnL There tlev saye(I till about tire 8fl of
June, living upon fish and oflmr kind of gaine, vhich tle
Prince daily killed hlmself, and had no oflmr kind of drink
Hmn tle waer they round Hmre.
The Militia af flfis rime coming fo the island of Irsky
(Eriska), (which lies betwixt tle island of Barra and Soufl Os
or Uist, is abou fln'ee mlles long and one broad, and is le
very first British ground tle Prince landed Ul)On af his coming
on le late expedition); the militia, I say, coming fo tle
island, obliged tle Prince and his company fo d isperse ; and he,
ith wo or Hree oHmrs, sailed for le island Uia or Ouaya,
1746] MEETING SVITH FLORA MACDONALD 71
lying betwixt South Uist and Benl)ecula. There he remained x June
three nights, (iii having intelligence that the militia were conl-
ing towards Benl)ecula, he immediately go( iuto the boat and
sailed for Loch Boysdalc, but 1)eing met bv some ships ()f war
he was obliged fo rcturn fo Loch Karnon, which is about a
league and a hall west southwest ri'oto the island Uia.
Therc he remaiucd all day, and af night sailed for Loch
Boysdale, which is al)out 90 toiles sou(Il of Loch Karnon, and
belongs fo the MacDonalds. There he arrived sale, and stayed
8 days upon a rock, making a tent of the sail of the boat, and
lived upon fish and fowl of his own killing.
There he round himself in the most terril)le situation, for x8June
having intelligence on ,lune 18th that Captaiu Caroliue Scott
had landed af Killl)ride within less thau two toiles of (hem, he z. t36.
was obliged fo dismiss the l)oat's crew, and taking onlv O'Neil
with him, he went t() the motmtains, where he remaiued ail
night, and soou ai'ter was iuformed that General Caml)bell
was af Baruare (an island lying between North Uist and Harris),
being about two mlles long and one broad. If bclongs fo the
MacLeods. S() that now ho had forces no( far fi'()m him on
both sides, and was absolutelv af a loss fo know vhich way fo
move, haviug forces ou both the land sides of him, and the sea
on the other, without anv vessel fo veuturc into securelv.
Iu this perl)lexity ('al)i:ain O'Neil accidentallv met with Miss
Funivella or Flora MacDolmld, fo whom he 1)rol)osed assisting
the Prince fo nake his escal)e , which she af las( cousented fo,
on condition the Prince wouht put ou women's cloaths, which
he coml)lied with. She then desired they would goe fo the
mouutaiu of Corradale and stay there (iii they heard from her,
which should be soon.
There they arrived, and accordingly remained two davs iu
great distress, and then hearing nothiug ri'oto the Sotmg lad3",
file Priuce concluded she would no( keep her word. But aboul: fol. 37.
5 o'clock in the evening a luessage came ri'oto her desiriug to
meet her af Rushness, bcing afi'aid fo l)ass the Ford, which was
the shortest passage, because of the militia. Ïhev luckilv
round a boat which carried (hem to the other side lia, where
they remained par of the da)" afraid of being seen of the
country people.
[oL 138.
7° THE LYON IN MOURNING [1746
In thc evening they sct out in thc saine boat for Rushness,
and arrivcd there af l o'clock af night, but hot finding the
young lady, and being alarmcd by a boat fidl of militia they were
obliged to return back two mlles, whcre the Prince renlained
on a rouir till O'Ncil went fo thc young lady, and brought ber
with him fo tbe place appoiuted about StillSe[ nex[ evening.
About au hom" after they had got fo the Prince they got an
account of General ('aml)bell's arrival af Benbecula, which
obliged them to more fo auother part of the island, where, as
thc day brokc, they discovered tbur vessels fidl of armed men
ch)m on thc shore. They having seen the tire on the lalld, inade
dircctly tq) [o the place where they wcrc, 1 so that there was
uothiug left fi)r them to do but fo throw themselrcs among
the hcath, l)y which means they escal)ed l)eing round.
Vben tbe wlwrries were gone they rcsolved fo go fo Clan-
ranol(l's housc. But whcn they were within a toile of if they
heard that Geucral ('amld»ell was thcrc, which obligcd them to
retreat again fo l{ttshncss ; from wheuce tbey set out in a little
yawl or boat fl»r the isle of Sky about the end of June, and
were ai sca ail Ifight. The ncxt day as they were l)assing the
point of Watteruish, in the west corner of Sky, the wind
being contrary, and thc fel»ale fi'ighted ai turlfing back, they
thought fo have landed there, but fotmd if possesçd bv a body
of forces ; which obliged thcm immediatelv fo put fo sea again
ater lmving receivcd several shots ri'oto the laml.
From hcuce they went and landed at Killbridc, in Troter-
nish iu Sky, al»out twelve toiles north ri'oto the above men-
tioned point. Therc they also fi)tmd a body of trool)s within
lc than two mlles of them, whose commanding ocer rode as
far as Moystod or 3lougcstot, uo[ far ri'oto Sir Alexander Mac-
D(mald's seat, ncar which place thev landed. He there
emluired of Miss Flora MacDonald who she was, and who w
with hcr, which shc answered as she thought proper. [The
ocer, howcver, would hot be satisfied tmtill he had searched
the boat. lu the meau rime the Prince was hid on shore, so
near as to hear what passed], z
See t. 528. z See E 53o-534.
Stated in the sequel to be incorrect.
1746] THE PRINCE IN SKYE 73
Immediately after this scenc was over the Prince parted with Jun
his female guide, and took to the hills, and travelled without
test 15 loug toiles 1 south south-east in vomeu's cloaths till he
came to Mr. MacDouald of Kingsburgh's house, whcre his
female guide met him again, haviug goue a uearer way. e There
the Prince go his first tfi'eshment, and stayed till next day,
towards the eveniug ; when he set out ri'oto Kiugsburgh's house,
but would hot, on any acc(»mt, let the consequence I)e what it
would, cousent to put on women's cloaths agaiu, having tbund
them so cumbersome the day before. He went 15 long mlles 1
fo a l)lace callcd Portrce or Purtry, where again he met his
fcmale l)rcserver, who had goue a diflreut route, and which
was the last timc they saw cach othcr.
Af Portree the Priuce met Yomg Macl,eod of Raaza or
Raasa, and with him went directly to the island of Raaza, being
al)out ton (or 6) mlles in a small yawl or boat, being the only fz. 4o.
oue to be got at that rime.
()n the 1st of July he lauded at a place called Glam, in
Rata, where ho remained two nights in a miserable hutt, so
low that he could ucithcr sitt uor stand, but was obliged fo iie
on the bare ground, having only a btmdle of heath for his
pillow.
()n the 3d of July he proposed going to Troteruish, in the 3 july
Isle of Sky, notwithstmding if blew very hard, a»d that he had
but the small yawl above mentioued, scarce cal»able of carrying
six people. Ilowever, he set forward abou 7 o'clock in the
cveuiug, having with him Mr. Malcohu MacLeod. He had hot
gone far belote the wiud blcw barder, and the crew, beiug
timorous, begg'd to turn back again. But he refised, md to
encourage them suug a merry Highland song. Al»out eleven
the saine night he landcd af a place in tbe isi«tnd of Sky called
Nicolson's Rock, near Scorobrv (Scorobreck), in Troternish,
bciug about teu mlles ti'om Glam. Ile remained there ail
night without auy kind of rct'reshnmnt, hot even so much as a
tire to dry his cloathes, being quite wet. lu this xvet condition ft.
he was for he sl)ace of 48 hours.
The ncxt day al)out 7 o'clock in the evening he le this
ShouldbeT. Seef. 44- Seeff. 45,532 , 533.
4 July
I747
x July
74 TIIE LYON IN MOURNING [[746
rock, being accompanied by Mr. Malcolm MacLeod, the latter
passing for the toaster, the tbrmer fbr the man, who always
carried the little baggage * whenever they saw my person or
came near auy l)lace. Thcy marchcd ail night through thc
worst of roads in Europe, and did hot halt till they arrived at
Ellagol or Ellighuil, ncar Kilvory or Kihnaree, in Strath, not
far ri'oto a lflwe itt some mal)S called ()r(1 or Aird, in the Lqird
of Maclutosh's country, being fidl £& mlles long.
A/er two hot,'s rest and SOtlle little refreshmeut the Prince
seem'd (luite alert ami as rea(ly for fatigue as evcr, and diverted
himself with a yott,g chihl in the hottse, carrying him in his
m'ms a,d siugi,g fo him, and said that perhal»s that child may
be a captai, in my service lori might lire to be of grea use to
him hercaer.
Af that place the old Laird of MacKhmou came to him
and they set out togcther that day bci,g July 5th, for the
mainland in a small boat, tho" the night was very tempestuous
and the coast vert bad. The next day, July 6th, thcy landed
safe in Knoidart, which is 90 mlles from the place they set out
ri'oto. At tha place he let the Laird of Mackimo,, who was
the next day taken prisoncr. In their passage they met with a
boat in which were somc militia, with whom they spoke. As
thcy did hot much exceed thcir own number, they were resolved
to make all thc head thev could and to fight them in case
they had bccn atck'd.
Vhat method the Prince took to conceal himself on the
maiuland of Scotlaud, or what route he took till the £0th of
Septcmher, being the rime he embarkcd for France, will be
made publick at mmthcr rime.
Cita&'l of Lcith, 5?«turday, Jub d llth, 1747.
Mr. Alexander MacDonald of Kingsbul'gh and his lady were
paying their compliments to my Lady Bruce, when il;
was proposed fo read the above Account or Jourlml lu
the heal'ilg of Kingsburgh, that so he might give his
t Two shirts, one pair of stocking% one pair of brogs, a bottle of brandy,
some scrapes of mouldy bread and cheese, and a three-pint stone bottle for
water.--F.
"- Altered to MacKinnon's. See f. I44.
I747] THE PRINCE ON TIIE MAINLAND 75
observations, or rather corrections tll)Oll il:. He and july
the whole company (alotlt 14 in aurai)er) declared their
satisfitcion in the prol)osal. There wcre l)resen, John
Fllllar(m, senior of Dudwick : ,lames Macl)omdd, joiner
in Leith; Lady Lude, with her ehlest son and hcr
daugher; 5Ifs. Graham and her son; 5Irs. llatmy,
5lrs. Jean and la('hel Houstons, c[c.
The Accotm was accordingly ,a(1, and Kingsburg ruade
the following observations : ft. 43-
Page 1S0, lmar [he foot. Iustead of Invcrgar,'
Invergarry ; a place behmging fo the Laird of Glengarry.
Page 1), near the foot. Is[cad of Soli)a,
Scalpa, commonlv called [he Isl:md Giass.
Page 1S¢, a[ the ri)or, hts[ead of lrsky, if shouhl l)c Eriska.
Page 139, af [he toi). Kingsi)uh said if was no[ rite[ [hat
the boat was searched, and that [hc Prince should haxe heard
what passed.
Ibid. Instead of 15 long mlles souh south-east, iL shouhl bc
7 long mlles.
Ibid. Kigsburgh was af pains [o reprcsent to the Prince
the inconvcnicucv and danger of his I)eing in a tç, male dress,
par[icularly ri'oto his airs being ail so man-like, and told him
tha[ he was very l)a(1 af acting [ho par[ of a dissembler. Ho
advised him thercfi)re o takc ri'oto him a suite of tlighland
doaths with a i)roadsword in hig hand, which would bccome him
much better. But in (he mcan[ime [ha[ he should go out ofhis
house in [he limait drcss, lest (he servants shouid l)c making
their observations, and stop ai the edge of a wood Ul)On the
side of a hill, hot far ri'oto the house, where he ami o[hers
should comc to him with the IIighland cloathes, broadsword,
etc.
5h's. MacDonahl said that shc b«hov«d fo eml)loy hcr
daugh[cr as handnmid to the Prince for l)U[[ing on his womcns
cloaths, 'For," said she, ' [he deel a 1)reen he could put in." fo. 4.
When 5Iiss 5IacDonald (alia, 3h's. 5IacAllas[ar ) was a dress-
ing of him, ho was like fo fall over with laughing. Aftcr
These pages will be found by the marginal folios.
2 This is interlined in the nanuscfipt. See L 26. She married Ronald
MacAlister, of the family of Loup.
76 THE LYON IN MOURNING [I747
peeness, gown, hood, mantle, etc., were put on, he said,' O,
Miss, you bave forgot my apron. SVhere is my apron ? Prav
get me my apron here, fi)r that is a principal part of my
drcss."
Kingsburgh and his lady both declad that the Prince
bchaved hot like one that was in danger, but as chearfully and
merrily if he had been l)utting on women's cloathes mcrelv
for a piece of diversion.
Agrecable to Kingsburgh's advice thcy met at the edgc of
Ihe wood, wbere the l'rince laid aside his fenmle rags, which
werc deposited in thc heart of a l)ush till a proper opportunity
shouhi oflbr of taking them u i); fi»r these that were present
resolved to preserve them all as valuable tokens of distress.
After the Prince had got himsclf equil)t in the Ilighland
cloathes with the claymore in his hand, the mournful parting
with Kingl)urffh ensued. Away he vent to struggle through
a series of fi'esh dangers, the faithfld MacKechm still attend-
lbid. Instead of 15 long mlles fo Portree or Purtry, if
should be 7 hmg toiles.
Page 140, line 1. Instead of 10 nfiles, it should be 6.
Ibhl, ne«u" the foot. Instead of Scorobry, it should be Scoro-
breck.
Page 141. Kingsburgh said that Maclntosh's country there
named 1)ehoved fo be an error in the riter, for that Mac-
Intosh had no 1)roperty in 8kv. and if ought tobe named
MacKimmn's cotmtrv.
Page 14. Kingsl)urgh tid that ho thought the Prince with
old MacKimmn had lamted in Moror mtd hot in Knoidart;
but he own'd Ma('Kimmn behov'd fo know best. Ite said he
as pretty sure that old MacKimmn was ruade prisoner in
Moror, which might happcn aer his comlng ri'oto Knoidart.
Vhen ail the Journal was re«t(i over, Kinburgh observed
that the l)ersons ri'oto whose mouths if had been taken had
hot medled with his part or the story ; * and,' said he, ç thev
vere indeed right, for they know very little about if.'
Then particuhtr questions were put to him with respect to
tiret pamphlet called 'A»:xs, l'art 1st." To give some in-
stances, it was asked him, Vhether or hot it was truc that he
I747] MACDONALD OF KINGSBURGH'S STORY 77
took along with him out of Sir Alexander MacDonald's house
a bottle of wine and solne bread in lais pocket for the refresh-
ment of the Prince; that he had grêat difllculty to find him,
and that it was owing to the accidental running of a flock of
sheep that af last he round him sitting upon a rock ? He
answered, ' Ail these things are exactly trte as related in that
slnall pamphlet.' Then if was asked, Vhethcr or hot the
Prince ruade briskly up to him with a thick short cudgel in
his hand, and asked, If he was Mr. MacDonald of Kings-
burgh ? He said, ' If was really so, and that the Prince ver)"
pleasantly said, Then ail as well ; colne, let us be jogging on ;'
but that he told him he had i)rought some reffcshment along
with him, which he bchoved to takc before they set oat;
which accordingly was donc, they sitting upon tlae top of the
rock.
Askêd flrthcr. If if was truc that the Priace liffed thc
petticoats too high in wading the rivtalet when going fo
Kingsburgh, and that honcst MacKechan hastily called to
him fo beware ? He said,' If as fitct; and that MacKechan
cried, "For God's sake, Sir, take care wlaat you are doilag, for
you will certainly discover voursclf;" and that the Prince
laughed heartily, and thankcd hiln kindly for lais great con-
cern."
Asked further. If the cursing anti blasphemous speech of
the Dtake of Cmabcrlald was such as rêprcsêntêd in 'ALExXS,
Part lst.' 'Exactly so," said he, for I had if ahnost in the
very saine words fl',,ln tlae lnotath of Sir Alêxandêr MacDonald,
who was witness fo the Duke's expl'essing himsêlf in that
rough way. 'XVllom," added he, 'I indeed nêver saw in the
fice." Thên he said tllat ' ALEXS" was exactly and litêrally truc
in evêry ace (hot only as to facts but even circumstances) that
concernêd his management of and conversation with the Prince,
the brogs hOt excepted, and that he looked upon the l'ecoverv
H July
fi,L r46.
1 Neil MacEachan or MacKechan, the attendant of Flora MacDonald, was a
descendant of the MacDonalds of Howbeag in South Uist. He followed the
Prince to France, and settled there. One of hls sons was Marshal MacDonald,
Duke of Tarentum, one of Napoleon's most distinguished generals.--Mac-
Gregor's 'lora ll[acl)onald, p. 64.
a July
[bL 47-
fol i48.
78 TIIE LY{}N IN M{}URNING [I747
of ('tqestius as a great bhmder, fin" that he had reason to
think that he fell (as design'd) in the attempt. ' This is hot to
say,' added he, ' that I km»w auything cerëain of thaë affair, as
if I had been an e)'e-witness or couversed wiël those that hoe
seen the fiwt. But when I was prisouer in Fort Augustus, an
officer came Io me and very seriously asked if I would know
the head of the young l'rc[ender if I saw it. I told him 1
would know the head ve D' well, providcd if were tl}lOll the
hody. But the ofllcer said, Vhat, if the head be hot upon the
body? 1)o wm think you couhi know it in that case? To
which I replied, In that case, Sir, I will hot pretend to know
auything about if.' Kingsburgh told the company tiret ho
was resolved if any head hould havc been brough[ hcfi,re him
lhat he wouhl nol bave mmle them a whit the wis.r, even though
he shouhl h:tve known if. But he owned no hcad was brought
to him. lle lef i fo the company to dl'aW what inferences
they pleased ri'cm lhis «mversation betwix him and the ocer, z
Kingsburgh infirmed us that when at For Augustus, he
hapl»ened to be released one eveniug in mistake for mmther
man of the saine naine. Vhen the irons were taken off him
he went to Sir Alexamlcr MacDonald's lodgings to ask his
commamls for Sky. Sir Alexander happened fo he ahroad,
hut when he came in he was quite amazed when he saw Kings-
bm'gh, and said, 'Samicrs, what bas hrought you here?'
' Vhy, Sir," s:tid he, ' I ara released.' ' Released," savs Sir
Alexaudcr, ' how has this corne about ? I have heard nothiug
ofthe marrer. I do uot mderstand it.' 'As little do I know,"
says Kingsburgh, ' how it has corne about. But soit is that I
bave got ri'et." Then Sir Alexander ordered a bed tobe ruade
up fi»r Kingshm'gh in the saine room with himself, and when
Kiugsbmgh (about 11 o'clock) was heginniug to undress in
order to go to bed an officer came to the door of the room,
and asked if MacDonaht of Kinburgh was there. ' Yes, Sir,"
said Kilgsbtuh, 'I mn he. Vhat want you with
a This was Roderick /lackenzie, who was killed by Cumberland's soldiers
near Fort Augustus, and in dying tried to put an end to the pursuit of the Prince
by pretending that it was he whom they had slain. See ff. 482, 18oo.
There is a printed copy of ' ALEX1S Part lst bound up in the end of volume
eighth of this collection.
I747] KINGSBURGH RELEASED BY MISTAKE 79
" Why,' rcplied the oflqcer, 'you must goe with me fo Lord 1i luly
Albemarle, who wants to speak with you." 'Theu," id
Kingsburgh, ' I l)cgan to think within mvself ail was wrong
with me. I begged tha[ I might be ailowed fo takc my rest
ail nigh in thc place where I theu was, and that in thc morn-
ing I shouid wai Ul)On Lord Albemarle as soon as he l)leascd ;
and that I wotdd give my word ()f honour to do as I i)romised ;
and l)esides, that Sir Aiexander wotdd engage fi)r me." 'No,
no," said the ocer, ' that will no do, Sir. These are hot my
orders. You must corne ahmg with me quickly." Viwn
Kingsburgh came fo the door and soEw ten ()r 1 sogers with
screwed hayonets waiting fo receive him, he did hot like that
1)iece of ccrcmony af ail. They had uot goue nmny paces ri'oto
Sir Alexauders lodgings till they met Lord Albemarle rmming
himself out of breath, foaming at the mon[h, and crying out,
' Itave yc g()[ the villaiu ? Ilave ye got the villain ?' Kiugs-
I)urgh mihlly answcred, ' () why ail this hurçy ? Vhee is the
man that will refuse fi'eedom when if is oflbred him ? I ara
here, my Lord, af your service. I had no intention of I)eing in
a baste fo leave the phtce, aud though I had lcft if you would
bave easily fomad me again, for I wouhl lmve gone fo my own
house. I had n() fear about anv thiug? ' However, soEvs Albe- fa/. 49.
marie, still in a passiou, ' it is well, Sir, you are not goue ; I
had rather by G have given auythinff belote this mistakc
had happencd." 'Go," addcd he, 'and throw the dog into
irons.' Instantlythe orders werc ol)eved. But fo do All)emarle
.jnsice, Kingsburgh said that in a day or two he ordered him
into a better place and the irons fo be takcn awoEy ri'oto him ;
and every day after this that his lordship sent fo him af dimmr
rime, three dish of meat from his own table, with two bottles
of wine. By this rime the Duke of Cumberland had left Fort
Augnstus in grcat hastc fo London.
It was represented fo Kingsburgh that his lady duriug his
confinement had been tclling some folks tlmt upon conversing
with him (ber hnsband) about the pamphlet ' A[xs,' he shonld
have said that he knew no body who could be the author of it
but Neil MacKechan, so poiuted and exact it was in giving thc
narrative. Kingsburgh, looking fo his lady, said, 'Goodwife,
.you may remember, I said that I knew nobody who could be the
/ol. ]5 o.
80 TtIE LYON IN MOURNING [747
auUlor of tlla l)anlphle but eiUmr Neil 5lacKechan or my-
self.' lVhen i was s«ggesed tla Neil MacKechan (a loir
man) could hot be thought capable of (hwing up any tllin
of Umt sort, I(ingsburgh and his lady informed the company
that MacKechan had been cducacd in the Scots College in
Paris with the viexv of eommencing clergyman, but Umt after
geting his education he had drol)t the dcsign ; Umt tlcrefo he
was capable enough, and tha he had l»'oved a grea comfi)rt
o tle Prince in his wandcrings by talking fo him in the
Freuch hmguage al)out nlatters of impoance in their dicul-
ries, when pcrhal)s if was hot so prudent or convenicnt that
thosc who were present should know what they werc conve-
ing about. They told likcwise that thcy had never been so
much ah-Md of any 1)ers(m's conduct as that of MacKechan,
because he was a good-nahu'ed man and very tinlorous in his
emper. Bu[ thev ffmkly owned [lcv had donc him ga
iEiustice by entertaining any suspicion al)ou him ; for that ho
had behaved o admiration, and had got abroad with the
Prince, tle great wish of his soul ; for he could never Ufink of
parting with him a any time I)u[ ni)on c(mditiou of meeting
again, which Macl(echan was so lucky as frequently o accom-
plish even when a parting Umy couhl scarce condescend upon
a rime or placc whcn and where fo racer.
Kingsbmh said ha he asked particularly a tle Prince
abou Lord George Murrçv, whethcr or hOt he could lay
treachery or any such Ufing to his charge. The Prince
answevd that ho nevcr would allow anyUfing of treachc
or villainy o be laid o tle chae of I,ord Gcorge Murrav.
Bu[ he could no[ help owning tha he had much fo bear of
him from his retaper.
The Prince asked Kingsburgh if ho couht inform him anv-
hing al»oui the heads of tle chms, what tley were doing in
the presen confusion. Kingsburgh answered tla MacDonald
of Glencoe had surndred himselt and that Cameron of Dun-
gallan had done the saine. The Prince ruade no remark ai ail
upon Glencoe; bu as fo the oUmr, said: 'Cameron of Dun-
gallan Is no Umt Lochiel's mior ?' ' Yes,' said Kingsbmh,
' he is the saine." ' Why," plied he Prince, ' I always looked
upon Dungallan o be a man of sense.'
I747] ROB GIB'S CONTRACT 81
When the Priuce was going out of Kingsburgh's bouse he
turned about and said,'Can uonc of you give me a snuff?"
l'|)on which Mrs. MacDonald ruade up to him and oflbred
him a snuffout of a little silver-mill with two hauds clasped
togethcr upon the lid of it, and the common motto, Ron
Kiugsburgh begged the l'riuce fo put thc mill into lais pocket,
aud, said Kingsburgh, ' IIc accordingly put if iuto a woman's
mucklc poutch lac had hanging by lais sidc." After thc Prince
had met with Malcohn MacLeod, Kiugsburgh said he had heard
that the Prince spying the carving and the motto asked Mac-
Leod what it meant. 'Vhy," said Macl,eod, ' that i. the
emblem we use i Scotland to rcpreseut a tlrm and strong f. *s.
fl'iendship, and the commou sayiug is lh)b Gib's contmct, stark
h)ve and kindness." ' Ve|l, MacLeod," says the l'rince, ' for that
very saine cause .hall I endeavour to keep the mill ail my lire."
' Ail the female rags and bucklings," said Kingsburgh and
his lady, ' that were lcft in the heart of the bush, were ttken
up aud carried to out bouse iu order tobe carefidly prescrved.
But when we had got notice that the troops had such exact
intelligence ahout the Prince that thev I)articularized the
several bucklings of women's cloathes he had upon him, even
to the uicety of specifying colours, etc., (and Kiug.d)urgh and
5[iss MacDonald being by this aime ruade prisoners) word was
seut fo 3Irs. 3lacDonald and ber daughter to throw ail the
female dress into the flames to prevent auy discovery in case
of a search." Vhen the rags were a destroying the daughter
insisted upon preserving the gown (which was stamped lineu
with a purple sprig), saying that 'They might ea.*ilv keep it
sale, aud give out that it belonged to one of the family." The
gown was accordiugly preserved, and Kingsburgh and his lady
promi.ed fo send a swatch of it fo Mr. Stevart Carmichael af
Bonnyhaugh as a pattern to stamp other gowns ri'oto.
Kingsburgh rose from his seat, and coming about to one of
the company whispered in Jais ear,' Sir, since you seem to
know a good deal of these aff«drs, pray will you hfform me
what vou know of Barrisdales case ?" 1 ,Vhat do you think
1 For some interesting particulars about the MacDonalds of Barrisdale, see
the S¢ottish At!iEttary, vol. viii. p. 63, and vol. ix. p. 3 o.
F
xl July
fol. x54.
82 THE LYON IN MOURNING [747
of that point ?' If was answered, 'It is certain enough that
Barrisdale entred into terres with the Duke of Cumberland,
that he received a protection for a certain limited rime, and
that he touched money ; but whether or not he was sincere in
the design of seizing the Prince, or if he intended fo make use
of these stratagems for consulting the safet.y and preservation
of the Prince, was what that person could hot pretend fo deter-
mine. But one thing was constantly affirmed by ail the ac-
counts ri-oto abroad that Barrisdale was still in some sort of
confinement in France, Le. a prisoner at large." Kingsburgh
shook his head and said, 'I ara sorry to hear that he is a
prisoner in any shat)e , for that says iii for hina." Vhen Kings-
hurgh was seated OEgain this subject happened to be spokeu ot
publickly in the company, and Ml agreed that thev had heard
that Barrisdale still continued tobe in some sort of confinc-
ment in France. Kingsburgh insisted upon ifs being a ver.),
bad sign, and again declared his concern fo have such an
account of him.
Vhen some of the company happened fo bc talking of
Major Lockheart's crue]ties in the Highlands, particularly
that of his having thrust his sword through the body of a
child aged four years, in at the belly and out at the back,
Kinoburgh's lady said, ' That was no rarity among them, for
that sevcral old men, women, and children had been butchered
by them in the Highlands.'
Dudwick was exceedingly much delightcd with the inter-
view, and said he had never belote entertained any notion of
that little thing ' Axs "; but that now it should be a favourite
of his, as he well knew the veracity of it, and what to sav in
its bchalf.
N.B.--After a continement of twclve long months for onê
night's hospitality, Kingsburgh was at last set at }iberty
ttpon Saturday, July 4th, 1747, upon his preferring a
petition to the Justiciary Lords, wherein he pied the
benefit of the Indemnity. Before transcribing the
above conversation into this book I went to Edinburgh
upon Tuesday's morning, July 14th, 1747, and read my
Frima cura in the hearing of Dudwick, in order to
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MR. JOHN CAMERON'S JOURNAL 83
know of him if I had I)een exact enough. He told me 4 July
if was very right, and exactlv written according fo the
terres of the conversation. That dy Kingsburgh md
his lady had left Ediul)urgh, so that I could hot havc
the opportmfity of reading it over in their hearing.
l{onEaT Fonnns, A.M.
.h)urllal bv Mr. JOHN CAMER()N, Presbyterian
Preacher and Chaplail at Fort-Villiam.
.fol 55-
The rctreat ri'oto Stirling was ruade with the utmost hurrv 1746
aud confiMon. The evening I)efin'e. Mr. t)'Sullivan wrote x Fe6.
ri'oto Bannockl)uru fo Lord .lohn 1)rummond oMering him
fo leave Stir]ing and cross the Forth by break of day, which
order Iris lordship oheycd, and hv 5 in the morning marched.
This surprized the Highlanders, fo whose ocers if appears
these orde were hot communicate, and ruade them bclieve the
encmy was near them, which occasioned such an univcrsal cou-
stcrnation that they went ri-oto Stirling as eveLy one was ready,
and ]eft most of their baggage, ali the cloaths they bmught
ri'oto Glasgow, and some of their arms.
Lochiel, who had 1)een wounded af Falkirk, hot being able
fo ride or walk, went in a chaise with Mrs. Murray, and was
driving through St. Ninian's when the church blew up. Some
of the stoppes me velu" near Uaem. The horses startled and
threw Mrs. Murray on the street, where she lav speoehless till
she was taken up by some of the meu. Had there been anv
intention fo blow up the church, doul)tless Lochiel, one of
their principal officers, aud the Secretaçy's lady had en
apprized of if and put on their guard fo avoid danger.
SVhcn the Prince join'd the body of the army a Council of
SVar was held, in which if was debated whether the army shou]d
march in a body fo Inverness by Aberdeen or take the High-
land vad, by which the chiefs could, with the gater case, get
such of their men fo rejoin them as had gone home with
plunder after the battle of Falkirk, which would considembly :z.
increase their army. The low-country men were of the former
opinion, the Highlande of the latter. If was put fo the vote,
8¢ THE LYON IN MOURNING [I746
and the latter carried it by a great majority. However, the
l'rince was positive for the Aberdeen road, with whieh Loehiel
eolnplied. But Cluny, going out, met Mr. Murray, and told
him if was surprizing the l'rince sbould be so positive in a
thing contrary fo reason and his own interest, espeeially when
a great majority of the Couneil of Var were of another opinion.
His expressing himself with a little wal'mth ruade Mr. Murray
speak fo Sir Thomas Sheridan, who went fo the l'rince and
prevailed upon him fo agree witb wbat had been the opinion
of thc Council of Var. He marcbed with the Highlanders the
Itighland road by lhffhven in Badenoch, to Inverness, where
if was resolved to attack Fort Augustus and Fort Villiam.
l)f either I Call give no distinct accolmt, but that the first was
taken and the sicge of thc other deserted.
Earl Cromertie and others werc sent fo diflrent cotmtries fo
cover the rising of some and fo preveut that of others. This
weakened the army, and tbo' many joincd the dv before the
battle of Cullodcn, a great lmmber did hot. Earl of Cromeie,
tho" many expresses wcre sent fo order his returning to Inver-
ness, in place of doing as commanded, was surprized and taken
I)soner, and these that did join were much fatigued. None
had got pay after they leff Tay bridge in their mach north.
and they were straitned in provisions for some davs before the
battle. Cumberland's army was hot opposed in paing the
Spey, tho'a considerable tbrce had been sent there 1 for that
end. The Prince was in danger of being aken af MacIntosh's
bouse, and his safety was chiefly owing fo a mistake of Earl of
Loudon's men.
()n Monday, April 14th, Lochiel in his return ri'oto Fort
Villianl (from whence he had been called on Cumberland's
crossing the Spey) nmrched througb Inverness. His men were
mustered af the Bridge-end, and being but two hours in town
when inforned that Cumberlaud's am,y was af Nairn, 1 toiles
tom Inverness, he immediately nmrched to Culloden, tho" hi
men and he were much fatigued, having marched from Fort
William in little more than two days, being 50 long mlles.
He arrived in the evening, and then his regiment, with a few
1 Not fact, as Donald Roy, who was there, told me.--F.
I746 ] ON THE EVE OF CULLODEN 85
of Glengarie's, were ordered fo mount guard npon the Prince.
They got a few sacks of meal, of which some baked bread.
The body of the army lay on the hill above the house.
Next morning the whole army was drawn np in order of battle s April
a httle nearer Nairn than where the battle was tbught, much in
the saine order as on the day following. In this sitnation thev
continued ail day without mea or drink, only a 1)iscuet fo each
man af 1 o'clock. About ï af night they encamped on a drv
hill without tents, being cold and hungl T. Great numbers
being dispersed through the country, manv of them did hot
return. That night, betwixt 8 and 9, orders were given for
their marching, with an intention to surprize the enemy in
Omir cmnp. The word was King ,lames. The attack was fo
be ruade with sword and pistol. Thcy marched in one cohnnn,
bv which thc rear was near a toile from the ri'ont, each tank
cousisting of SS men only. Many vere so much fatigued that fc 5.
they slept on the nmrch. ()thers fo a great number wandered,
md by the rime they came within three toiles of Nairu, a pcrson
of distinction, observing the state of the armv, and fearing ail
there would be cut off, told Lord George Mnrray the condition
the army was in, and fo prevent the loss of so many gallant
men wished he would rctreat in rime. Lord George MurroE"
was of his opinion, 1)ut, for reasons he gave him, desired he
might inform the Prince of their situation, and bring him
orders, which he undertook. But betbre he could return with
the Prince's orders, Lord George Murray, observing day coming 6 api
on, began fo retreat, which occasioned some reflections, and
confirmed sevel in their opinion formerly of him, thongh, I
believe, without anyjust foundation. SVe came fo Culloden
about 9 next morning, being April lth. Thc pvisions being
all spent, the Prince ordered each colonel fo send some of their
ocers fo Inverness with monev to buy such as could be got,
md sent orders fo the inhabitants fo send provisions fo the
army, o[herwise he would burn the town.
Befi)re the Prince lef Inverness, on certain intelligence that
Ctmrland had passed the Sl)ey, Major Kennedy went fo Mr.
John Hav who, in Mr. 3Iurrçy's absence, ociated as Secretary,
i No doubt Lochiel. See ff. 44, 66.--F.
86 THE LYON IN MOURNING [I746
6 April
'oA 59-
fol 6o.
and [old hinl that as the ellenly was on their march towards
them if was more tllan probable there would be a batHc ; and
as the event was vcry uncertMn, it was prudent to guard again»t
the worst. They nlight get tle ter or bc defea[ed. In this
situation he wish'd ho would propose to [he Prince his sending
a large quall[ity of provisions Hen in Invcrness to SOnle dis-
[auce [ha, in case of (.ho wors[, sca[[ercd [roo])s might joiu
and have whercwithal to subsist them till roin'd ! W such as
had not returned ri'oto their COnlmands they had been out
upon. If this was llOt donc ail must disperse, the cause nlllSt
be giron up, and thc Prince behov'd to ho in danger ; for the
neighl»ourhood of that country couhl hot supply the snmllest
number of men fi)r one week. Mr. tlay said nothing, nor do
I bclieve he evcr mentioned it to thc l'rince. But to return.
The Prince intende(1 to give the armv an hcarty meal and a
day's test, and fo fight next morning. But being inform'd that
Cumherlaml's army was withiu hall a toile, he resolved to fight
that dav. Lord Grge Murray and the chie£s of thc clans,
especially Lochiel, were agtiust if. Ilowever they complied,
though it was their opinion to k«'l) the ground they were on
and receive Cumberland, if he attack'd them, which thev were
still in doubt of. ()m" army came to the height of the rouir
fore Cumrlmd came in view. The l'rince ordered the
men fo be immediately form in order of battle, but Lord
George Murray hgged to have a little rime to view the ground
and observe the motions of the enemy. Cumberland soon
appear'd and was forming his men, on which ours began to
form by the Princ$s orders, who ail the while stoo(1 with
chiel and Mr. Sullivan, frcquently complaining they werc long
in forming. A little after they were formed we observed the
horse and the Argileshire men on the left of the enemy drawing
to a distance ri'oto thc nmin body and inclining to our right,
on which the Athol and Cameron ocers were afraid to be
flanked. This ruade Lochiel send to Lord George Murras,
flen on the left with the Duke of Perth, to tell him of the
danger. Lord George Murray (whom I heard formerly sav
that the park would be of great service to prevent our being
flanked) on this took a narrower view of it, and sent three
gentlemen, riz., Colonel Sullivan, John Rov Stewart, and Ker
I746] THE BATTLE OF ('ULLODEN 87
of Grydan to view if down to the Vater of Nairn. Af their t6Apri
return they said it was impossible for any horse to corne by
that way. Thc men still belicved thcy might be flanked, and
some proposed lining thc park wall. The Dukc of Perth, who
came fronl the left, was of their opinion. But Lord Georgc
Murray, thinking otherwise, ordcred I,ord ()gilvie's regimeat to
cover the flank, told therc was no danger, and to Lord ()gilvic
said, ho hoped and doubted uot but he would acquit himself
as tlStla].
The Prince, who with a body of horse ws in the rear of the
Frcnch, sent 8 or 10 rimes fo Lord George Murray to begin
the attack on thc right ; but that was hot obeyed. IIe seat
Sir John Macl)onald to thc l)uke of Perth, who moved
immediately with the lcft. Thc right, observing this, without
orders f,'om Lord George Mu,'ray, tbllowcd thcir example.
l,ord George bchaved himsclf with great gallantry, lost his
horse, his l)eriwig and bommt, was amongst thc last that left
the field, had several cutts with broadswords in his coat, and
was covered with i)lood and dirt.
The Prince was in the heat of the action, had ont of his /0. 6.
grooms killed close l)v him, the horse he rode on killcd bv a
muskct bullet 1 which struck him within an inch ofthe Prince's
leg. Some of the Carottons on the right gave way, being
flanked, as they expected, from thc park wall, which the Argyle-
.-hire men lmd broke down. Lochiel endeavoured fo rally
them but could not. On which under the greatcst concern he
returned to the action and was wounded by a flank shot. Thus
did some of his men desert thcir chier and the cause they
fought for, who af the battle of Gladesmuir and Falkirk
I)ehaved with so much intrepidity and courage. I nmre thaa
once heard Mor Kennedy tcll that af ter the Highlanders were
1)roke and the Frctch cngaged, he went fo thc Prince and
told him thev could hot hold if long, that somc dragoons had
gone ri'oto thc right and lcft of the enemy probal)ly fo surround
the hill and prcveut his escapc, and 1)egged he would retire.
In this reque.qt he was joimd by others. The Prince complied
with grcat reluctance, retired in good order and in no hurrv.
1 Not true. See ff. rr6, r62.--F.
88 THE LYON IN MOURNING [I746
I6 April
fol. i62.
[£ x63.
As the action was near over, as bas been tohi, Lochiel was
wounded in both his legs. He was carried out of the field by
four of his men who brought him to a little barn. As thev
were taking off his cloaths to disguise hlm the barn was
surrounded by a party of dragoons, but as they were entring
the barn they were callcd ofl which preventcd his being takeu.
The dragoons were no sooner out of sight but his four men
carried him out, put him on a horse, and brought him to Chmie's
bouse in Badenoch, where he continued till next morning, and
then went. to Lochabatç When he let the barn he dismist two
of the four men, the othcr two supported him on the horse.
Af a meeting held af Murlagan, near the head of Loch
Arkaig (present Lord Lovat, »chiel, Mr. Murray, Major
Kennedy, Glenbnicke, Cohmel John l{ov Stcwart, Clanranahl,
Barrisdale, Lochgarie, Mr. Alcxandcr IacLeod, Sir Stewart
Threpland, Kepl»och's ncphew, and Barrisdale's son), if was
agrccd that they, riz., Lochiel, Lochgatçv, Clanranald, and
Barrisdale, should assemble thcir lllell gÉ Glenmallie and cross
Lochie, where Chmie and Kel»lmch's men should join them.
Lochiel got a body of 5 or 00 men, Barrisdalc and Loch-
gerrie came with about 150 men each; bu so soon a
Lochgerrie got pay fi»r his men, hc wen away, promising fo
return in a tw days attd ai the saine rime fo observe the Earl
of Loudon's motions. But neither of these was doue, for the
Earl marched thro" Glcngart T and had taken Lochiel bu for
some of his scouts shall be told. Barrisdale, before Lord
Loudon came fo Achnecarie, told Lochiel he would go and
bring more men, and left his son with a few. Erlv in the
morning a body of men appear'd marching over a hil, whom
Lochiel believed fo be Barrisdale's men; bu he was soon
undeceived by some oui-scouts he had placed at proper
distances who told him these men were certainly Loudon's, for
they saw red crosses in their bonnets. On this Lochiel dispered
his men and crossed the loch in a boat which he kept fo prevett
his being surprized. If prov'd as he had been told. and he
owed his escape more fo the red crosses than Barrisdale's
honesty.
Lord Lovat and othe took different routes. Mr. Murrav
continued with Lochiel tri] they came fo Lochleven near
746] DISPERSION OF THE HIGHLANDERS ,,t)
Glencoe, and after being there seine rime 3Ir. Murrav wcut
from thence to Glenlion. Sir David Murray, Dr. Camerou, and
I went with him. Ve contiuued there 1° or 14 days. Frein
that we went te Glenochie, where he (Murray) was taken verv
iii. He desired we should return. Sir l)avid Murrav went
south, md we te Lochiel. He hid us tell him tiret he would
continue about Glenlion till he recovered, and if he could net
in safety get south te provide a ship he would return te him.
But we were soon informed that in or 3 davs )fier we l)arted
frein him he went south. Captain MacNab went with him te
the Broes of B:dquidder, and provided him in ma herse mad
cloaths. I return te the battle.
As te the left of our armv I can give no l)articular accouut
but that the oflïcers, nohility raid gentry, behaved with great
gallantry, in which ail thcre did agree. The Duke of Athol
had beeu iii ai the rime the l'rince wts ai Inverness, and se was
net in the action, but beïore Cuml)erland came there he left it.
I was told by one tiret was with him that a little )fier the
hattle he met with John llay and enquired what was become
of the l'rince. Te which he replied he was gone of}'and desired
none te ïollow him. On which the Duke took the road te
Ruthven of Badeuoch, where he met severals et' the uufi)rtunate,
who took diflrent roads for their safetv.
The Prince, as I have already told, being l)revailed on te
retire )fier the action, went te Iuvergary, Glengary's house;
but that geutleman and his lady were net ai home. llowever,
he continued there that night without me)t, drink, tire or candle
except seine firr-sticks and a sahuon he brought, which he aie
with gridiron bannocks. Ho was ruade believe his loss was
much greater than it was; that Lochiel, Kel)poch, and other
leading men of the Highlanders were killed, and was advised bv
Sullivan, O'Neil, and John Hay te dismiss ail that werc theu
with him for grcater secnrity of his person, as iii that situation
he couhl trust none. Accordingly he dismissed ail but lhe
)bore three ; but whether Sir Thomas Sheridan was then with
him I have net beeu informM. Manv would have followed him
ai'ter the battle, but were forbid, as the Duke of Athol was.
Frein Invergary, where he was but one night, the Prince
went bv the head of Locharkeig te the west toast, wherc he
fol. x6 4.
x9 April
90 THE LYON IN MOURNING [I746
embarked fi)r the Island of Uist. How long he continued there
at ri)af rime I know hOt. But ri-oto thence he went in an open
boat to the Lewis in order fo get a ship to carrv him off:
But being in that disappointed he returned to Uist, where he
skulked, till he wa informed that Major General Campbell,
and a body of Argylcshire men and others werc corne to that
island. To avoid them he went fo Chmrolmld's house, continued
there 11o longer than to dress himself in woman's cloaths, and
with Miss MacDonald wcnt in an open boat to tbe Isle of Skv.
In lais passage he met with a boat in which were some of tl'ae
Argylcshire men, who seeing a small boat with two men and
two women took no notice of them. ()n his landing in Skv
he sent Miss i\lacDonald to Lady Margaret Macl)onald, Sir
Alexander's lady, fo tell ber of lais being thcre and fo know if
he wouhl be sale in hcr house if but for one night, as ho was the
day following to leave the island. Vhat reception Miss had,
or what rcturn was ruade, I cannot sav with anv certaintv (it
being told in so manv diflbrent ways), but certain it is the
Prince went that night to Mr. Macl)onaldçs of Kingsburgh,
where he slcpt verv well, and next dav in an open boat left the
island with the Lail-d of 3lackinnol and another. He landed
in Moidart, went to Angus MacDonald's housc in Boradale,
returned MacKinnon to Sky, chaned his own dress, and sent
for Glenaladale of Clanranald's familv.
After the btttlc of Culloden manv of the wounded who were
hot able to leave the field were that and the next da)' killed
upon the spot, and few were ruade prisoners. Cumberland cmne
to Inverness, where such as had been pri.oncrs were released.
The clans who were at thc action dispersed, and such as were
only coming oaa their march to join the l'rince returncd. Earl
('romerty and others were taken pri»oners in Stttherland, anti
sometime ai"ter brought to Inverness. The French surrcndred
I)risoners ; and diffcrent parties wcrc sent fo take up the
stragglers. After Cumberland Imd been sometime in Inverness
he ordered Earl Loudon with a good body of men to Lochabar
fo prevent out coming fo a bodv and receive such as would
corne and deliver up thcir arms to him. He met with no
opposition, received a grcat nUlnber of amas, and gave protec-
tions. Vhen he wa.* encampcd at Moy, three toiles from
I746] THE ROYALIST ARMY IN THE NORTII 91
Achnacarry (Lochiel's house), whcre he (Lochicl) had becn, aud
six nfilcs front FortAVilliam, Monroe of ('ulcairn was sent bv
Cuml)erland with a body of lnell [o Earl l,oudon with orde
o him o burn Lochiel's house. On recciving flwse orders he
old Culcairn tha as he was o match ri'oto flmucc, he (Cul-
cairn) miglff burn iL To which ho answcred he had done flm
already. Thc Earl, ho" as an occr he wifl exactness
dischacd his duy, yc l)chav'd wih grea hunmniy o tire
tmforuna[e, which I believc ruade Ctflcairn exccue la he
had no ordcrs for.
At this rime or 8OOll after a line was fi)rmed ri'oto lnverness
fo Fort Augustus, from theuce fo Fort rilliam to prevent the
l'rince or auv others fo cscal)e ; as also a line vas formed ri'oto
the hcad of l,o«lmrkaig to l»'event coming in or going out of
Lochabar.
lVhile Ctmd)erlaml was af Fort Augustus great Iii)orties were
toEken I)y some oflccrs sent on diflk.rent commands, l)articularly
Colonel Cornwallis, 3le,or lockheart, Monroe of ('ulcairu,
('al)tain Caroline Scott, and ('al»tain Grmt, son fo Grant of
Knockando and Strathsl)cy. Culcairn, after he had I)urnt and
l»hmdered ff'oto Moy to thc head of Locharkeig, marched ff'oto
thence fo Kintale. ('al»tain Gmnt, al)ove mcntioned, with
about 00 men of Loudou's regimcnt, nmrched into Lochal)ar.
stripped men, women, and childrcn without distiuction of cou-
dition or sex. He burnt Cameron of Cluns's housc, took a few
cows he had bought after Culcairn lmd tbrmerlv idundercd him
of ail, stript his wife and some others naked as they came into
the world. Thus was this unfortunate gentleman ruade l)artner
in the miserics of his vife and children and deprived of all
meaus of sul)sistencc exccpt rive milk goats. From thence he
nmrched by the wood of Tervalt to Locharkeig. IIe told he
was going to carrv off Barrisdale's cattle who had undertaken to
apprehend the Prince, but had deceived them ; which was owing
more to ifs hot being in his l)ower than waut of inclination. He
lmrn and phmder'd as he marched. The day he left Cluns he
apl)rehended one Alexander Cameron, on the side of Locharkeig,
who had a guu on his shoulder. This man, tho' he diovercd
/,l. t6 7.
See fi 685.
', 108.
9 THE LYON IN MOUI{NING [I746
the party at a distance ruade !io attempt fo l'llll fl'Oll them
but came and delivered his m'ms. Bcillg asked how he came
hot to deliver his arns sooner, Ile answered he saw thesc
who had submitted fo the King's nlercy phmdered as well as
those who did hot ; that ho had goue with Ilis wife and childre
and cattle fo a rcmote wilderncss, which was the reason be had
hot delivered Ul) his arms befOl'e that rime. This to anv but
Captain Grant would have I)ccu a sufllciellt excuse, but so void
was he of the lcast humalfity tllat he ordcred him immcdiatelv
fo he tied to a ri'ce aud shot dead bv the highway in the wood
of Muick. This party was joiucd in Knoidart I)v Monroe »f
('.ulcairll, who c«»nluauded t.-)00 mon and had I)een itl Kintail.
About eigllt davs af ter, as they were returllillg with Barrisdalc's
cattle and somc belonging fo others, Culcairn was shot from a
I)ush, m)t a gml-sllot length or distance from that spot where
('ameron had bcen (it may be sai(1) murdered bv Cal)tain Grant.
Ev,u Ma«Houle or Cameron, tho" be never Ilad been out of the
:'otmtry or join'd the Prince's army Ol" auy part of it, came to
deliver his arms to the tirst l)arty that Canle fo Lochabar the
af the head of Locharkeig. IIe was desired fo tell wbere arms
were hid. He declared he knew hot wllere any were hid witll
assevel'ations and oaths. But these did hot save him, for he was
imnlediately shot. I do hot remember who commanded the
i)arty, but I belicve if was Colonel Cornwallis. Archibald
MacLauchlan, brother fo Jolm MaeLauchlan of Greenhall, was
an officer in that command. Villiam Dow 3lacHoule and his
brother going to a sheeling in Glenkengie were taken u 1) on
suspiciol that one of the black horses was iu thcir eustod S, and
for this aggravating circumstance, riz., that a gun was fi)md
in ont of their houses, were both immcdiately shot." The last
tlla encamped in the Braes of Locharkeig, seeing what thev
believed fo be a boat on the side of tlle loch, sent a part.v. But i
proved fo be lin othcr than a large black stone. But that they
might hot return without SOnle gallant action, on meetig a poor
old lnau about sixts, begging, tlley shot hilu. Much ai)out the
sanie rime meeting a 1)oor old wonlan, blind of an eye, a beggar
for several years before, thev desired her to tell where Lochiel
,See f. 55S. - See f. 16S4.
746] THE ATRO(TFIES AFTER CULLODEN 93
was: and fir mt telling wlml; she did hot; know he was
immediately shot. This is certain bu[ wha[ fs reported fo
have been done fo her hefore she was dead I incline hot fo fz. t6 9.
repeatthings shockingto lmman llature. Colonel ('ornwallis,
when sent with t large I)odv of men fo the head of Locharkeig.
in his march thro" Graut of Glenmoriston's couutff spied two
men lcading dtmg fo thcir land. ïhey were ordered fo corne
fo the party, but lml)l)ening fo turn their backs upon if thev
were insntlv shot dead. .lohn ('ameron, brother to Lochiel,
nevcr join'd him or auv of hi scrvauts. On thc contrat when
the l'rince ('ame to Glcnfina or befi»re if, hc wcnt fo his
tither-in-law, .lohn Cm])hell's housc i Broadall)in, where he
contiuucd till the Prince marched out of l,oclml)ar, and so soon
as he returned hc waited upon Captain Caml)l)ell , dcl)uty
goveruor of Fort William, continued some davs with him and
over hehaved himself i)caceal)ly, kecping af home. But that
could hot save his eflbcts ; tbr ('«q)tain ('aroline Scott, the last
that plundcred tlmt tmforttmatc cotm[ry, took ri'oto him an
hundrcd ofhis cows and ail his small and young cattle. An order
l)eing giveu fo al)l»rehend, ou suspicion, Pcter Macuchlan,
taxman of a farm in Mtdl, I)elongig fo the Duke of Argyle,
he came within the timc limited in Cumberland's proclamation,
af least as soon as he was informed of if and surrendred himsclf
and arms fo Major Gcneral Campbell. Bu[ how soon the
general went to the Isles, Captain Millar of Guise's regiment, fd. 17o.
formerlv a l»'ize-fighter, was sent with a party fo Mull, as i
believed by orders of Captain Caroline Scott, fo hurn aud
pltmder some fcw tenants i MacKimon's lands; which beiug
donc with great severity, he wen[ [0 Peter MacLauchlan's bouse,
l)urnt it, p]undered evelçvthing that he had, horoes, cours, and
sheep, except a lame cow that could hot travell.
Captain Caroline Scott came fo Stcwar[ of Ardsheill's home
in Appin and took ri'oto his lady a fcw cows General Campbell
had bought from the soldiers aud ruade a present of fo her.
Ail Ardsheil's cattle being takcn by the soldiers, the Captaiu
desired she would give him ber kcys, which she did. He then
demanded what he called ber small kevs which she had no sooner
(lelivered than he offered her his hand, led ber out of the house,
and told her she had no more fo do in it. She desired fo know
9g THE LYON IN MOURNING [1746
where she was to go. He replied fo Apt)in's house. She then
told him she could hot leave her young children to starve, as
he had taken 11 her provisions ri'oto her. l)n which he ordered
her one boll of meal of her own fo be giron her. The Captain,
aer he had rummag'ed the house, t«ok great care to have the
slates and sarking taken ri'oto the roof. lte gutted the house
tnd oflice-houses of ail tlle tilnber in helu with lle ]east danmge
possible even fo the drawing of the nails. He then had ail the
walls cast dowll, the free stone, liutels, rabats, etc., laid bv
theluseh'es, ail whieh Ile s«hl with the phmting, which chieflv
consisted of many large ash toees. If wts tllis ('aptain Caroline
who hanged three men near Glenevis, that when some others
were pursued, came aud dclivered their al'mS, expecting fo get
protection. In place of which the Captain tohl them, as othel'
had i«t doue the saine they were fo be Imng'd. The poor inen
said it wouhl be Imrd to ptmish thelu for the fault of othel's;
and so littlc did thev think he intended auy such thing, but
that he threatened fo fright thenl, they were laughing when
the soldiers were puttilg the ropes about their necks. But thev
were mistaken ; for instant]y they were lmng'd md had uot so
inuch rime as to beg God to imve mercy upon their souls.
The Stalle Captaiu, when he went to the island of Bal'ra with
a party to search for arms, he alprehended a man, being in-
formed that he had been in al'ms, and ordered him ilnlnediately
to be lmng d. The poor man begd he might delay for a few
hours that he would prove by 50 he had never been out of the
country or under arms in it. But this w hot granted, tho"
Captain Millar of Guise's regiment begged he might consider
what he was doingfor tho' he (Scott) was an older Captain,
yet he had served mueh longer. To which the other replied
he knew very well what he was doing, which was uot without
orders. What nmde this the more surprizing is that tho' in
the isl«nds belonging fo Barra there will be about 4 or 500
souls there is but one gentleman and 7 or 8 common people
tiret are Protestant, of wholn this poor ulfOl'tunate mm was
Olle.
I have hitherto confin'd myoelf to facts; but in this place
must observe that ail those who were hang'd or shot were Pro-
tesnts; that in plundehng the cattle, burning, etc., the
1746 ] MOVEMENTS OF THE PRINCE 95
Roman Catholick's countries, Braes of Lochabar, Glengary,
Knoidart, Moidart, Arisaig, and Morar suffer'd little bv burn-
ing or taking of cattle, and not ont that I know of w, hang'd
or shot who was a Papist. How loud would the clamour havc
been had such burning and murders, etc., been committed bv
the Prince's army, or the like indulgence shown fo l'opish
countries and Papists !
I lmve been told Major Lockheart canle uot short of ('aptain
Caroline in nmny of the like actions. But as I was hot then
in that country, I leave if fo others better informed. What I
bave told of the above plunderings, burafings, and killing mav
be absolutely depended on; and have left off" fo put them
together, lest, if mention'd in their proper places, if might
interrupt what more l,articularly concern'd the Prince, to
which I return.
Glenaladale, as I have related, being sent for, cmne ; and the
Prince being better inform'd as fo Lochiel, Keppoch, and
others, that his loss had hot been as Sullivan and O'Neil told
him, proposed going fo Lochabar ¢here he believed Lochiel
was. But as ail the passes were then guarded, this was repre-
sented fo be impracticable. I-Ie continued a few days in that
country and was advised fo go fo thc Brs of Glenmoriston,
and there and in Lord LovaFs country fo continue till the
passes were opened. Accordingly he went attended by Glenal-
adale, Iris brother, and a son of Angus MacDonald's, two
young boys. They sent for Donald Cameron of Glenpean to
be their guide to the Braes of Locharkeig. He came, and in
the night conducted the Prince sale thro" the guards that were
on the pass so close fo their tents as to hear every word thev
spoke, x Vhen they came fo Glenmoriston they got six stout
trusty men, but spoke hot a word of English, with vhom and
Glenaladale the Prince continued betwixt the Bl'aes of Glen-
moriston and Glen Strathferrar till the guards were removed
and ail the passes opened.
About the begining of August he went fo Lochabar with
the above retinue, came fo Achnasual on the side of Lochar-
keig two miles from Achnacarie. They had no provisions,
fol. 73.
See an addition to the narrative at this point, at f. 569 .
Aug.
96 THE LYON IN MOURNING [746
btll; expected fo be supplied in that COUlltry, ill which they
were disappointed, it having been phmdered, and all the
people were fled to the mountains to save their lires. In this
situation the l'rince was in danger of being starved, when one
of the Glemnoriston meu discovered a large tlnc hart and shot
him. The d:ty following the l'riuce was inform'd that Loch-
arie, ('hms, and Achnasual were in the neighbouring mouu-
tains, and sen ff,r them, and dispatched one fo infonn l,ochiel,
then about 0 toiles distant, of his being in that country. But
Lochicl, somc dvs before, hearing surmise of the l'rince's
beiug comc to the continen had sent his brothcr (he doctor)
and me by difbrent roads fo get ail the intelligence we could
of tlu. l'rince. The persou who was sen fo Lochiel met the
Doctor withiu a few toiles of the iflace where Lochiel was, who
was obliged to rcturu with two Frcnch otllcers that were like-
wise in quet of the l'rince.
This tithfid person would not own he knew anything about
the Prince, Iris orders beiug only to tell Lochiel. However, he
said he had business of the utmost consequeuce. Thc Doctor
brought him and the wo otllcers to his brother. The next
day Locbiel seut the Doctor to fle Prince, and the ocers to
fle care of one of his fi'ieuds with wbom thev were to continue
till firther orders. In the mean rime, aft, er travelling and
searching several days fo no purpose, I met the Doctor a
Achuacarie as he was goiug to the Prince. He had four ser-
vants with him, who, as the river was no passable, raised a
boat Culcairn had sunk atîer his searching the lsle of Lochar-
keig, where ri'oto former expelSence he expected to get a great
deal of plunder.
Vhen Culcairn was in this island he discovered some new-
raised earth, and believing money or arms to be hid there
had if dug up, and only discovered the corpse of a man with-
ou a coin, which had hot been mauy days huried. On the
corps therc was a good Holland shirt, which matie him believe
i to be Lochiel, and sen an express o Cumberland to tell
tha he had round LochieFs corps, who had died of his wounds.
From this it was pu in the newspapers. This was the corp»
a See L 1546.
1746] IN SEARCH OF CAMERONOF LOCHIEL 97
of John Cameron, brother fo Allan Cameron of Callart, who August
was taken af Ctdloden and sent prisoner fo London. The
shirt was taken from the corps and if left fo be food for the
birds of prey, etc.
The Prince af this tilne was in a small lmtt built for he
purpose in the wood betwixt Achnasual and the end of Lochar-
keig. Observing sonm men in arms by the water side, we sent
two of CltllS" children fo know who they were. We soon dis-
covered them to belong fo Chms, sent the boat for them, and
dismist the four servants on pretence we were going fo skulk
in the wood for some days and that keepiug such a nttmber
together might I)c dangerous. "Ve cross'd the river and went
o the hutt. ïhe Prince with Achuasual had gone a little
from if; ])ut 1)eiug infi)rmed what we were, came immediatelv
fo us. He was then bare-fi)oted, had an old black kilt coat
on, a ])laid, philabeg and waistcoat, a dirty shirt and a long
red beard, a gun in his hand, a pistol and durk bv his side.
He was verv cheerful and in good hcalth, and, in my opinion,
tttter than when he was af Illverl}ess.
lVhen we told him what we were and ri'oto whence we canle,
and that Lochiel was wcll and recovcred of his wounds, hc
thanked God thrice for if, and expresscd an uncomnlon satis-
faction. ïhey had kill'd a cow the day belote, and the ser-
vants were roasting some of if with speets. The Prince knew
their names, spoke in a familiar way fo them and some Erse.
He are very heartily of thc roasted beef and some bread we
had got from Fort Augustus, and no man could sleep sounder
in thc uight than he. Ho proposed going immediatclv where
Lochiel was. But we knew by the newspapers the Govern-
ment had been inform'd some rime belote that he had pass'd
Corierag with Lochiel and 30 men,which probal)ly might
occasion a search in those parts. This ruade him resolve to
continue for some rime where he was. Some days after Loch-
gary and the Doctor were sent to Lochiel and Glenaladale,
and the faithful Glenmoriston men were dismist. The Prince
contimmd in the hutt with Cluns's children. Captain MacRaw
See £ 479-
98 THE LYON IN MOURNING [I746
June
of Glengarfs regiment, one or two servants, and I had the
honour fo add one fo the number.
The two ottlcers who, I told, went fo Lochiel with the
Doctor, came from Dtmkirk in a small vessel with sixty other
young gentlemen, who had formed themselves in a company
of volunteers under the comnmnd of the forcsaid two occrs,
some rime before they could hear of the l)atfle of ('ulloden.
Ïhey came in Junc fo Polliew in Seaforth's country, where
four of them landed to dcliver their disi)atches, of whom two
were taken; md the other two wandered in Seaforth's country
till l,ochgarie, hearing they had letters for the l'rince, sent
('aptain Macllaw and his own servant for them, that they
might be sent fo l,ochiel, since the Prince was hot to be round.
This happen'd about the nfiddle of July. "Vheu they came fo
l,ochiel they told him they had leff their papers vith Mr.
Alexauder MacLeod, one of the Prince's aid de camps, then
skulking in Seaforth's country. Tho" this prov'd truc, yet as
they themselves had hot told it fo Lochgary or anv other,
ruade him (Lochiel) suspect them fo be Government spies.
The l'rince wanted much fo see them. But we told him what
l,ochiel and we were afraid of, which ruade him resolve fo act in
this with greater caution. He said if was surprizing that two
men, strangers, md without one word of Earse, could escape from
the troops, who were always in motion in quest of him and his
followers. But fo sec them in safety, he wrote a letter fo them
himself fo this purpose,--that to avoid fidling into the hands
of his enemies he was under a necessity fo retire fo a remote
country where he had none with him but one, Captain Drum-
mond, and a servant, md as he could hot remove ff'oto where
he was without dmger fo himself and them, he had sent Cap-
tain Drummond with this letter; and as he eould repose
entire confidence iu him, desired whatever message they had
fo him, fo tell if fo the bearer, Captain Drummond, and take
his advice as fo their conduct. This letter he proposed fo
deliver fo them himself under the naine of Captain Drummond,
ibr both of them told Loehiel they had never seen the Prince.
Ïhey were sent for, and when they came, were introduced fo
the Prince under his borrowed naine. He delivered the letter
fo them with which they were very well pleased, and told him
I746] A NARROV ESCAPE 99
everything they had to say, which he afterwards said was of August
no great consequence as his aftltirs then stood. They COll- fol. x77.
tinued two days with us, asked the fictitious Cal»tain Drum-
mond several questions about the l'rince's health and ruminer
of living. His answers they heard with the utmost surprize.
The Prince, believing the pacquet lef with Mr. Alexander
MacLeod might be of use to him, set for if ; but as if was
cyphers and directcd to the French ambassador, he could make
nothing of it.
We continued in this wood and that over against Achnacarie o aug.
(having three hutts in different places fo wbich we removed by
turns) till I think about the 10th of August, on which day
('luns's son and I weut fo thc Strath of Chms for intelligence.
We werc hot hall a hour in the hut, whieh Chms had built for
his family (after his house was burnt), when a child of six years
old went out and returned in haste to tell tllat she saw a great
body of soldiers. This we did hot believe, as Lochgary had
promised to Lochiel fo have a guard betwixt Fort Augustus
and this place fo give intelligence. Ve went out fo know the
truth and if proved as the girl had said. Cluns skulked fo
observe the motions of the party. His son and I went to
inform the Prince. He was that day in one of the hutts on
the other side of the Water Kiaig a short mlle from ClulS.
Crossing the lord of that water under cover of the wood, and
coming within pistol shot of the hutt, I observed the party
advancing. The Prince was then asleep, being about 8 in the
morning. I wakened him and desired him not fo be surprized,
for that a body of the enemy were in sight. He with the
utmost composure got up, called for his gun, sent for Captain
MacRaw and Sandy, Cluns"s son, who with a servant were doing
the dut)" of sentries about the wood. We concluded by out
having no intelligence of the party marching from Fort fo. 78.
Augustus, as had been prolnised, there was treacherv in if and
that we were surrounded. Cluns came soon up to where we
were. However tho" but eight in nulnber we were determined,
rather than to yield, fo be butchered by our merciless enemies
to sell our lires dear and in defence of our Prince fo die like
men of honour. IVe left the hut and marched fo a small hill
-above the wood from whence we could see a great way up
100 THE LYON IN MOURNING [1746
II Aug.
[ol. 79.
13 Aug.
Glenkingie and no be discovcred. XVc go therc unobserved,
which w owing fo the cm'er of he wood. Thc Prince
examined ail our guns, which were in l)rey good order, and
said he hoped we would do some execution belote we were
killed. For his part ho was bred a fowler, and could charge
quick, was a olerable marksmau, and would be sure of one, a
let. Ho said little more, but sent Chms alld lne fo ake a
narrow view of the party, and solved that night fo goe fo the
top of Mullantagart, a very high lnounain in the Braes of
Glenkengie, and to send one fo us fo know what we discoveFd
or were informed of. Vhell we came to the Strath of Cluns
the womcn told us that the party was of Lord Loudon's
regimcnL consisting of about 00 men, eommanded by one
Captain Grant, son to Gmnt of Knockaudo in Strathspey ; that
they had carried away ten nlilk eows which Cltms had bought
after he w l)hmdered, and found out the hutt we had in the
wood of Terval, and that they gave it out that they were going
to bring Barrisdale's cattle to the camp, who had promised to
apprchend the Prince but had deceived thcm. I havetold you
alrcady how this Captain Grand, I may say, barbarouslv
murdcred Alexander Cameron on the side of Locharkeig. hl
the evening Cluns' son came fo us ri-oto he Priuce, with wholn
we reul'ned, told him as we were informcd, and bmugh some
whiskie, brcad, and cheese. This was about 1 at night. He
was on the side of the mountain wihout tire or any covering.
We persuaded him o take a heartv drain and ruade a tire,
which we durs hot keep ave hall an hour lest i should be
seen by the people iu the ncighbourhood. By dayligh we
went fo the top of thc mountain, where we confinued till eight
in the evening without thc let covcr, and durst hot fise out
of out seats. The Prince slept all the forcnoon in his plaid and
wet hose, altho" it was an excessive cold day, ruade more so by
several showers of bail. From thence we wcnt that night to the
Strath of Glenkengie, kilicd a cow and lived merrily fi)r some
days. From that we went to the Braes of Achnarie. The
Vater of Arkeg in crossing came up to our haunches. The
Prince in tha condition lay that nigh and next day in open
r, and though his cloaths were we he did hot surfer the leas
in his health.
I746 ] THE PRINCE DEPARTS FOR FRANCE 101
In a day or two affer Lochgary and Dr. Cameron return'd
from Lochiel (to whom thcy had bccn sent) and told it w
Lochiel's opinion and theirs t]mt the Prince would bê sale where
he (Lochicl) was skulking. This pleased him much and the
next nigt he sct out with Lochgary, the Doctor and Sandy
(Cluns's sou), myself and three servants. Vc travell'd in the
night and slcl)t all day, till we came fo Lochiel, who was then
in the hills betwixt the Bines of Badenoch and Athol. The
Doctor and I went by another road ou a message to Badenoch.
I rcturn'd al)out Septembcr 13th and the next day w sent
south. The Prince by moviug from place to place and but few
with him had hiflerto escaped the narrow and strict search of
the troops. But as the like good fortune might m)t ahvays
continue he ordercd Lochiel to send souh to have a ship
freightcd to bring him and others off by the Et Coast. The
ship was provided, and one sent fo inform the Prince of if, who
with Lochiel and others was to corne vhere the ship lav. But
belote this messcngcr came fo where the Prince had been, two
of Lochiel's fricnds that had orders to watch on thc Vcst
Cast came and told that two French ships were arrived at
Moidart. Vpon this, the night following,:the Prince set out
from where they werc, and af the saine rime sent fo inform
others skulking in diflbrent ])laces. Some arrived in rime;
but others Iff some accidcnt or other had hot that good
fi)rtune.
I ]rave told you what I w, witness fo or informed of by such
as I could absolutely depcnd upon. I shall ouly add that the
Prince submitted with patience to his adverse fortune, was
chearfid, and frequenfly desired those that were with him fo be
so. He was cautious whcn in the greatest danger» never at a loss
in resolviug what to do, with uncommon fortitude. He regretted
more the distress of those who suffered for adhering fo his
interest t]mn the hardships and dmgers he was hourlv exposed
to. To conclude» he possesses ail the virtues that form the
character of a Ho and GUE." PuxcE.
3 ° Aug.
10° THE LYON IN MOURNING [I746
x5 April
16 April
[ol. x82.
CAPTAIN O'NEIL'S JoCrtNAI, of the Prince's Retreat
and Escape after April 16th, 1746.1
AmUL 15th. The l'rince marchcd his armv in three cohmms
from Cullodcn Muir fo surprizc the Dukc of Cumberland in
lais camp af Nairu, ordcring af the saine rime .q000 men fo pass
thc river Nairn and post thcmselves between Elgin and the
camp of the enemy. To dcceive thc ships in Inverncss Road,
we ruade several rires on the mountain, whcrc we drew up in
battle ordcr, and af 8 o'elock af night we bcgan out match.
About .qo o'clock uext morniug (Al)vil 16th) within a toile of
thc encmy our van lmlted. The Priuce, who marchcd in the
centre, dispatched an aid de camp fo know thc motive of the
halt. Colonel ()'Sullivan, who marchcd in the van, immcdiately
hasted fo thc Prince, and told him. Lord Gcorgc Murray and
some others of the chiftains, as they wanted some of thcir men,
did hOt think themselves suflicientlv strong fo attack tbe
enemy, and, upon a strong bclief that the Duke of Cumberlaud
was apprized of thcir design, refused fo advance, maugrè tbe
instances he (Sullivan) ruade use of fo engage them fo the
contrary. Upon this the Prince advanced fo the bead of the
cohmm, wbere, assembling the chiefs, in the most patbetic
manner and strongest terres he demonstrated fo them the
visible and real advantages they bad of an enemy who tbought
tbemselves secure of any such attempt ; and descending from
his horse, drew lais sword and told them, he would head them
fo an enemy they had as ofteu defeated as seen. But deaf to
bis example and intreaties the greater part declincd, which so
sensibly shocked the Prince tbat, rcmotmting his horse, ho told
them, with tears in his eycs, that he did hot so much regret his
own loss as their inevitable ruine. XVe immediately marcb'd
back fo our camp af Cullodcn wbere we arriv'd af 5 in the
morning. Af ten o'clock we were inform'd that the Duke of
Cumberland was in fifil match tovards us. The Pl5nce on this
report gave the necessarv orders for the attack, riding from
See observations on this document by Donald MacLeod, f. 270. There is
another attested copy of this Journal given at f. 670.
746] THE BATTLE OF CULLODEN
tank fo tank, encouraging his troops and exhorting them fo i6 April
behave as formerlv at Prcstonpaus and Falkirk ; and between
1 ° and one we began the attack and engaged the enemy, the
Prince commanding the centre. Our right wing immediately
broke the |eft of the cncmy ; but their flank bcing exposed to
nine squadrons of horse, who attcked them whcn in i)trsuit of
the foot, pnt them into so lllllch confusion that tiley instantly
disi)ersed. The Prince, gaiioping to the right and cndea'ouring
to rallv them, but fo 11o 1)urpose, had his horse shot under
him. 1 The left followed the example of the right which drew
Oll an entire flight, maugrè ail the Prince could do to animate
or rather rallv them. He remain'd on the ficld of battle till
there were no more hol)es lcft, and then scarce could be
1)ersnaded to retire, ordering thc French i)icquets and Fitz-
James's horse to nmke a stand in ortier to fitvotn" the ferrent of
the Highlandcr.% which was hapl)ily cflbcted.
l'revious to the battlc thc Prince ordered the chiftains in
case of a defeat, as the Highlanders could not ferrent as regtdar
troops, to assemble thcir mon lear Fort Augnstus. In con-
sequence of vhich immediatelv after the battle the Prince
dispatchcd me to Inverness to repent his ordcrs to such of his
troops as wcre there. That night the l'rince rctired six toiles
from the fie|d of battle, and next day arrived at Fort Augustus,
where he remained ail that day in expectation his troops wou|d fz.
havejoin'd him. Bnt seeing no appcarance of it he went to
the house of Invcrgary and ordered me to remain therc to direct
such as passed by that way the rond his royal highness took. I
remained thcre two davs and did the Prince's orders to such as
I met; but fo no efl'ect, every one taking his own rond. I
then followed the Prince, who was so far from making a
precipitate retreat that he rctircd bv six and six toiles, and
arrived the °6th of April at Knoidart, where I join'd him next 6 pri
(lay and gave him an account of the little appearance there was
of assembling his troops. Upon wh ich he wrotecirculer letters
to ail the Chiftains, enjoining them by the obedience they
owed him to joiu him immediately with such of their
clans as possibly thev could gather together; at the same
Not true. See f. 6.--F.
10¢ THE LYON IN MOURNING [746
7 April
fol. I8 4.
t.ime representing the imnfinent danger they were in if they
neglected if.
Affeï remaining there some days in hopes bis orders would
bave been obe.ved, md seeing not one person resort to him,
the extreme danger of his person was remonstrated to him,
being within 7 nfiles of Lord Loudoun, Sir Alexander Mac-
Donald and the MacLeods ; and to evade this it was proposed
to retreat fo one of the islands near the continent. After
repeated instances of the like nature he reluctantlv assented,
leaving Mr. John Hav behind to transmit hiln tbe ansvers of
lais letters with aa account of what passed ; and departed for
the Isles in an open fishing boat at 8 o'clock that night,
acconlpanied bv Colonel O'Suilivan and me. About an hour
after we set out a violent storm arose, whieh drove us ninetv
toiles from out intendcd port; and next dav rulming for
shelter illtO the islalld of North Uist, we struck upon a rock,
the boat staved to pieces, and wit] the greatest ditBeulty we
saved our lires. Af out landing we were in the most melan-
choly situation, knowing nobodv and wanting the comlnon
necessaries of life. Affer much seareh we round a little hut
uninhabited and took shclter there, and with gïeat dieulty
ruade a tire to dry out eloaths. Here we remained two da)'s,
having no other provisions but a few biscuit we had saved out
of the boat, which were entirely spoiled .with the sait water.
As this island belonged to Sir Alexander MacDonald, and hot
judging ourselves sale, we determined on going elsewhere ; and
by the greatest good fortmae one of out boatmen diseovered a
boat stranded on the toast, and having with great dieulty
launched her in the water we embarked for the Harris. In
out passage we unfortunately met with anothcr storm, whieh
olfliged us to put into an island near Stornowav. Next dav
tbe Prince dispatched me for the Itarris to look out for a ship,
oïdering me fo embark on board the first I could get, and to
make the most diligent haste after my landing on the con-
tinent to the Court of France, enjoining me fo give a most
exact account to his most Christian Majesty of Iris digasters,
and of his resolution never to abandon the country untill he
knew the final result of France ; and if possible once more to
assemble his faithful Highlanders. Unluckily the person lais
I746] THE PRINCE ESCAPES TO THE ISLES 105
royal highness sent with me getting druuk told the toaster of May
the ship somewhat that indueed him to refuse taking me on fo.
board, and immediately alarm'd the conntry, which ob]iged nie
to retreat and join the Prince, who, when I told him, resolved
tbr the continent by way of Seaforth's country. But the boat-
men absolutely refused fo comply, which ruade us take file
road we came; and meeting with three ships of war we were
constrain'd fo retire fo a desart islaud, where we remained
eight doEys in the greatest misery, having no sustenance but
dried fish Providence threw in on the island. Vhen the ship o May
dippeared we put out to sea, and next morning we met with
another, just coming ont of one of the lochs vho pursned us
near an hour; but the wind rising we ruade our escape. In
the afternoon we arrived at thc islaml of Beubicula, and one
of the boatmen being ac(luaint with a herd of the island, we
ail went to his house, where passing fi»r fl'ieuds of the boatman
we rcnmin'd four days, and then the Prince scnt the boat fo
the continent with an Highland gentleman whom he charged
with letters to thechie£s, Secretarv Murrav and John Hay,
reqniring an exact accotmç how affairs stood. Not thinking
()ttrselves secure in the cottage, by the advice of a friend we
retired to the mou«tain of Corradale to wait the return of the
gentlenmn, where we remained R days, when the gentleman
retnrned with a letter ri'oto Secetmçç Mnrray importing that
almost all the clans had delivered up themselves and arms,
and conseqnently they were no more to be depended ttpon. He
likewise acquainted the Prince of two French ships which had ,z. 86.
arrived at the continent with money and arms, and in which
the Duke of Perth and his brother, Sir Thomas Sheridan and
John Hay had embark'd for France. Here we remained for
some doEvs longer till the Dnke of ('umbedand, having intd-
ligence the l'rince w concealed in the Long Island, ordered
the militia of the Isle of Sky and the independent companies
fo go in search of him. As soon as we had notice of their
landing we retreated to an island abont twelve toiles distance,
called Hoya, where we remained till we fonnd thev had fol-
lowed us. We then went for Loch Boysdale and staid there
See ff. 9»97-
]une
/bL 8 7.
106 THE LYON IN MOURNING [I746
for eight days, where Captain Caroline Scott landed within a
toile of us, which obliged us fo separate, the Prince and I
taking fo the mountains, and Sullivan remaining vith the
boatmen. Af fall of night we marched towards Benbicula,
being inform'd Scott had ordercd the militia fo corne and join
him. Af midnight we came fo ahutt where by good fortune
we met with Miss Flora MacDonald, whom I formerly knew.
I quitted the l'rince ai somc distance from the hut, and went
mvsclf with a design of bcing inform'd if the independent
companies wcre fo pass that way next day as we had been
informed. Thc young lady answered in the negative, saying
they would hot pass till the dav after. I thon told her I
brought a friend fo see her. She with some emotion askcd if
if was the Pri.ce. I answcrcd in the armative and instantlv
brought him in. Ve thon cons,lted on the immediate danger
the l'rince was in, and could think of no more 1)toper or satç
place or exl)cdient than to propose fo Miss Fh)ra fo convcv
him fo the Isle of Sky, wherc her mothcr lived. This seem'd
thc more feasable, as the young lady's, fathcr being cal)tain of
an indcl)endent coml)my would afford her a pass for herself
and serrant fo go visit her mothcr. Thc Prince assentcd
and immediatcly proposed if to the young lady, fo which she
answered with the greatest x'spect and lovaltv. . but declined,
saying, Sir Alexander MacDonahl was too much her fl'iend fo
be thc instrument of his ruine. I endeavourcd fo obviatc this
bv. assuring her Sir Alexander was hot in the countT, and
that shc could with the greatest facilitv convcy the Prince to
hcr mother's housc, as she lived close l)y the water side.
I thon remoustrated fo hcr the honour and immortaliy that
would redound fo her by such a giorious action; and she at
leugth acquiesccd, ater the Prince had told her thc sense he
would always retain of so consl)icuous a service. She promised
fo acquaint us next day wheu things were ripe for execution,
and we parted for the mountain of Cordale. Next day ai 4
in the aternoon we re(.eived a message from our protectrix
teiling us all was well. XVe determined joining her imlne-
diately, but the mcssenger told us we could hot pass any of
Hae fords that separated the island we were in from Benbicula,
as they were both guarded. In this dilemma a man of the
I746] MISS FLORA MACDONALD 107
country tendred lais boat fo us, which we readilv aeccpted of; ]une
and next day landed af Benbieu]a, and immediate]y marched
fi)r lushness, the place of rendezvous, where we ar'ived af
lnidnight, and instead of out 1)rotectrix fi)tmd a guard of the
enemy, lre were coustrain'd fo retreat four toiles, having eat
nothing for 34 hours beforc. The Prince ordered me to go to foz.
the lady and know the l'cason she did hot kee l) ber appoint-
ment. She told me she had engaged a cousin of hers in North
Uist fo reccive him into lais bouse, where she w sure he
would be more sale than in the Isle of Sky. x I immcdiatcly
disl)atched a boy with these news fo the Prince and mentioned
fo him the place of ap1)ointment , whither his royal higlmess
came. But thc gentlcman absolutcly refised fo receive
allcging for a motive lac was a vass:d fo Sir Alcxander
MacDonald. In this uncxl)cctcd exigence, I)eiug within a sma]l
hall toile of a cal)tain and 50 mon, we hastcd for Rushncss,
being apprized the enemy had just aban(loncd il:. The l'rince
sent me fo acquaint Miss Fh)ra of our disappointment, and fo
intrcat her fo keep by hcr promise as there was no rime fo be
lost. She faithfully promised ucxt dav. I remained with hcr
that night, the l'rince remaining af l(ushness attended by
littlc herd boy. Ncxt day I accompanicd Miss Flora fo the
place of rendezvous, whcre wc had hOt long bcen whcn we had
au ac('ount that Gencral Cam])bcll was just landed with 1500
men. We now werc apprehensive we werc bctroEycd and
instantly got fo out boat and ])ut fo another place, where we
arrived af daybrcak. Vc then dispatched a person fo Clan-
ronald's bouse fo learn what uêws, who brought us word that
General Campbell was there with Captaiu Fel'guson, and that
he saw Captain Scott's detachmcnt coming fo join them, and
that they amounted in ail fo °.q300 men. ff,l. 89.
The Prince intreated the young lady that I .hould accom-
pany him, but she absolutelv refised if, havlng a pass but ri»r
one servant. His royal highness was so generous as fo decline
going unless I attended him, tmtill I told him that if he ruade
the least demur I wouhl instautly go about my business, as I
was extremely indiflçrent what became of myclf, provided lais
See E 5z6, 589.
108 THE LYON IN MOURNING [1746
person was sale. He ai lengh embarked, attended only by
Miss Flora MacDolmld, etc.
x747
o July
fol x9 o.
I{EMARKS, etc., and I'AItTICUI,AR SAYINGS Of" some
lvho were concerned in Oie PRINCE'S PRESERVA-
"rmN. Leith, Citadel, .luly 20, 177.
Tls l)ity that Cal)tain i)'Neil has hot been more particular
in his journal, for hc has lmt so much as mentioned the neces-
sity the l'rince was in o disguisc himself in a female dress,
whid serres to cxplain his distress and danger as much as anv
thi»g eau do. Besides 1)v shdying too nluch brcvity he has
altogether omittcd several remarkablc particulars which he
minutely described to those he eonversed familiarlv with lmth
in the Castle of Edinburgh, a aud after ho was set af liberty.
He used fo tel] that when he was along with the l'rince thev
hapl)el'd fo be twice within a gun-shot of parties of the enemy,
that he (luire desl)air'd of being auy longer kept out of their
(-lutches, and that he failed hot to represent to the Prince the
impossihility of hot falling into the enemy's hands. 'The
Prince," said he, 'alwavs reproved me for my desponding thoughts,
and endeavoured fo encourage me in rimes of the greatest
danger by saying, " O'Neil, is this ail the faith and trust you
have in God ? Let us only take tare to have enough of faith
«md trust in his lwovidence and there is no fear of us ai all.
Pull up 5our spirits, lllall. Never despair."" O'Neil franklv
own'd that in place of his being useful fo the Prince by
endeavouriug to comfort and support him when dangers
thicken'd upou them, the Prince had the like good oces to
perform to him, and that he frequeutly exerted himself in
diflbrent shapes to raise his spirits. One tlme having nothing
to eat for ahout two d«Çvs but some mouldy dirty crumbs in
O'Neil's pocket, they luckily happened at last to eome to a
ve T meau cottage where thev fotmd only an old poor woman
who reeeived them kindlv, and gave each of them two eggs
mad a piece of bear-bannocks, but having not so llluch in ber
See £ 5z9 .
I747] A STRATHSPEY ON THE MOUNTAINS 109
hut as a cup of cold water fo give them fo put down their 2o july
morsel, she told them that some lasses had lately gone up the
hill to milk the goats, et('., and that if they would follow
them, probably they might have a drink of milk from tbem.
The advice was very seasonable, and away they went, the
honest old woman directing tbem the way they should go. fa 9.
The l'rince skipped so speedily up the hill that O'Neil could
hot keep up with him. The lasses gave them plenty of milk,
and poor O'Neil lay aloug among the grass, being quite un-
done with fatigue and fear. The Priuce did ail he could to
rouse him up both by arguing and jokiug with hiln; but ail
to no purpose. At last the Prince hlrning ri'oto him, said,
' Corne, my lasses, what would you thiuk to dance a Highland
rcel with lne? We cannot havc a bag-pipe just uow, but I
shall sing you a Strathspcy rcel? The dance went lncrrily on,
and the l'rince skipped so nimbly, klmcking his thumbs md
clappilag his hauds that O'Neil was soon surprized out of bis
thoughtfid mood, being ashamed fo remain any longer in the
dumps when his Prince had been at so mueh pains to divert
his lnelancholy. He was sure be said that the Prince entred
into this frolick merelv upon his account, for that thcre could
be no dancing at his heart, seeing af tbat rime they knew hOt
where to more one foot. The Captain used to say be believe(L
tbere was hot such another man in ail the world as the Prince.
It is worth noticing too that O'Neil bas hot mentioned his
going on board with O'Sullivan after parting with the Prince,
and how he was taken prisoner upon his coming ashore again
about something they wanted to have, how ho was very
roughly used, particularly by some of the Calnpbells, who took fo.
from hiln his gold and watch, and everv valuable thing about
him, and how he was stript naked and threatelmd (if he would
not tell where the Prince was to be round) with bcing put into
that racking machine which Barisdale invented and ruade use
of fo extort confession from thicves, and in which one could
not lire above one hour. But perhaps he Captain resem'es
these and some other points fo be the sub.ject-matter of anothcr
Journal when he cornes to a country whcrc he can lnakc a
1 See ff. 528, 59, 688-69o.
110 THE LYON IN MOURNING [I747
o July
foL 193.
fol x94.
plain dcclaration of ail that lac knows with fi'eedom and
saf«ty.
Captain O'Neil had ve:v great difficulty fo prevail upon Miss
MacDonald fo undertakê being guardian fo the Prince. She
was hot only frighten'd af the hazards and dangers attending
such a bold enterprize, but likewise insisted upon the risque
she would rula of losing her character in a nmlicious and ill-
naturcd worhi. The Captin was at some pains fo represent
to her the glory and honour shc would acquirê by such a worthv
and heroic action, and he hoped God wouhi nmke her success-
fid in if. ' You need hot fear your character,' said he, ' for by
tbis you will gain yonrself an immortal character. But if vou
will still entertaiu fears about your clmracter, I shall (by an
oath) nmrry you directly, if you ple,e.' After she had cola-
sentcd O'Neil thon thought it a proper aime fo say something
for himself, and earnestly begged that ho himself might bave
the happiness of being taken under her tuition. But shc
positively refitsed fo graut his request. Af last he becmnc so
pressiug in his suit that he fell down upon lais klmcs and
prayed her to consider lais case and the desire he had to share
in the l'rince's rate whatever if should be. Sbe steadily
resisted all his ilnpurtunities and j udiciously remarked fo him
that the safety of the l'rince depended much tlpon few being
in company, that she could more easilv undertake the preser-
ration of one than of two or more ; and therefore she desired
that he might hOt insist upon tiret point, for if he should shc
resolv'd not fo embark in the affair af all. He found himself
obliged fo desist, and owned afterwards upon reflection the
wisdom of her resolution.
Her step-fathcr (IIugh MacDonald of Armadale in Sky) did
really serve her with a passport, although af that aime he was
captain of militia, and had a command of Sir Alexander's
men in South Uist in order to prevent the Prince's escape. He
is reckoned the strongest man of all the naine of MacDonald,
as I bave more than once heard Kingsburgh declare, and lais
strength of mind seems to bear proportion fo the strength of
lais body. He was obliged ibr some time fo keep out of the
way till the suspicion of the passport began fo be forgot. But
every one would hot have been desirous of the task to lay hands
I747] MISS FLORA MACDONALD 111
on him ; for he never quit with lais arms when he was skulking, o jury
aud the people in Sky sod in awe of him. Before they went
fo the boat the l'rince renewed Hae request about O'Neil's
going along ; but Miss wiscly persisted in hcr former resolu-
tion aud would hot hear of Hm proposal, though the Prince
pressed the marrer with great earnestness.
In the Journ taken from the mouths of the l,aird of
MacKinnon, Malcohn Macod, etc., Miss MacDolmld lins
omitted seveml things which she particularly mentioned fo
those who conversed wiHa ber when she was lying in the Road
of Leith on bom'd the Eltham and the Brhlgcwater ships of
war. She told tlmt wheu the Prince put on women's cloaths
he proposed carryiug a pistol under one of Iris petticoats for
nmking some small defence in ce of an attack. But Miss
declared against if, Mlcging that if any person should happen
to scarch thcm thc pistol would only serve fo nmke a discovery. /d. x95.
To which the Priuce rcplicd mcrrily: ' Indeed. Miss, if we
shM1 happen to meet with any that will go so narrowlv fo
work in searching as wh«t you mean they will certainly dis-
cover me af any rate." But Miss would hot hear of any arms
at Ml, and therefore the Prince was obliged fo content himself
with only a short heavy cudgel, with which he design'd fo do
his best to knock down any single person that should attack
him.
She us'd likewise fo tell that in their pse fo the Isle of
Sky a heavy tain fell upon them, which with former fatigues
distressed hcr much. To divert ber the l'rince sung several
pretty songs. She feu asleep, and fo keep ber so, the Prince
still continued fo sing. Happening fo awake with some little
busfle in the boat she round the Prince leaning over her with
his hands spread about her head. She asked what was the
marrer? The Prince told ber that one of the rowers being
obliged fo do somewhat about the il behoved fo step over
ber body (the boat was so snmll), and lest he should have done
her hurt either by stumbling or trampling upon her in the dark
(for if was night) he had been doing his best fo preserve his for. x96.
guardian from harm. When Miss MDonald was telling this
particular part of the adventure to some loeies that were
paying their respects fo her on bod the Bridgewater in ith
2o July
fol. 97-
11 THE LYON IN MOURNING [1747
Road, some of them with raptures cried out : ' 0 Miss, what a
happy creature are you who had that dear Prince fo lull vou
asleep, and fo take such care of you with his hands spread
about your head, when you vas sleeping ! You are surely Che
hal)piest woman in the world !' ' I could," savs mie of them, 1
-" wipe your shoes with pleasure, and think il: my honour so to
do, whcn I rcflect that you had the honour fo bave the Prince
for vour lmmhnaid. We ail envy you greatly.' Much about
the saine time a lady of rank and dignity, e being on board
with Miss ]IacDonaht in the foresaid shil), a brisk gale began
fo i)low and nlake the sea rough, and llOt so easy for a snmll
boat fo row to Leith. The lady whispered fo Miss MacDonahl
that she would with l)leasurc star on l)oard ail night that she
might have it fo say that she had the holmur of lying in the
saine bed with that person who had been so happy as fo be
guardian fo her l'rince. Accordingly they did sleep in one
bed that night. Several ladies a ruade valuable presents fo
Miss 3lacDonald, riz., gowns, skirts, headsutes, shoes, stockings,
etc., ctc. Commodore Smith ruade lier a present when she was
in Leith Road of a handsome sure of riding-cloaths, with plain
mounting, and some line linen for ridiug shirts, as also a gown
to her woman (Kate MacDonal) and some lineu to be shirts
for poor Kate, vho could hot talk one word of English, being
a native of Sky, aud who generously oflbred herself fo Miss
MacDonald when she couhl gel: hot one that wouht venture to
go with her.
The Prince gave to Miss MacDonald the garters he wore
with the womml's cloaths, which were French, of blue velvet
covered upon one side with white silk, and fastened with
buckles. Miss 3lacDonald's brother (sou of honcst Armadale)
coming south fo find a passage for Holland, where he was to
enter into the Dutch service, brought these garters along with
him, and deposited them in the hands of a friend « in Leith,
Miss Mary Clerk.
Lady Mary Cochran.
My Lady 13ruce, Lady Mary Cochran, Mrs. Rattray, Mrs. Cheap Miss
Peggie Forbes» Miss Susie Graham, lliss Magdalen Clerk lIiss Mary Clerk»
Miss Rachie Houston liss Peggie Callander.
My Lady Bruce of Kinross.
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FLORA 5IACDONALD AT LEITH 113
te be kept for his sister fill she should be se happy as te -ojuy
return fron» London. Ho said his sister had writ frein the
Road of Leith o Sky conccrning he garers, intreating they
»nigh be carefidly preserved, for tha shc i)u a grea value
upon hem.
SVhen 5Iiss MacDonald was a prisoner she hal)pened in
coursing about frein place o place o fall in luckily with fol. gs.
Capain ()'Neil, hen a prisoner likewise, o whom she nmde
up, and giving him a gonfle slap upon the cheek with the loof
of ber hand, said, 'Te that black face de I owe ail lny mis-
fortune." Ïhe captain with a smilc replied, ' Why, Madam,
what you call your misfortune is truly your greatest honour.
And if you be careful te demcan yotrself agreeably te the
character you ha'c already acquired, you will in the event final
if te be your happiness." She told him she was much afraid
they designed te car U" her te London, which she could net
think of but vith the utmost uneasiness, lmt knowing what
might turn out te be the consequence. Upon this O'Neil told
her that he would takc upon him te COlnmence prophet in the
case, and te foretell what would hapl)el te her. 'For," said
ho, ' if vou are carried te London I cm venture te assure you
if will be for your interest and happiness ; and instead of
being afraid ofthis you ought te wish for if. There you will
meet with much respect and very good and great friends for
what vou have done. Onlv be Ereful te make all your conduct
of a piece. Be net frighten'd by the thoughts of vour present
circmnstances either te say or de maything that may in the
least tend te contradict or sully the character you are new 1 /et. I99.
mistress of, and which vou can noyer be robbed of but by
yom'self. Noyer once profond (through an ill-judg'd excess of
caution and prudence) te repent or be ashamed of what you
have done, and I dare take upon me te answer for the rest. I
de net think (added ho) that the Government tan be se verv
barbamus and crtel as te bring you te a trial for your life, and
Here begins vol. il. of Bishop Forbes's Manuscript Collection. It is entitled :
« THE LYON IN MOURNINç, or a Collection (as exactly ruade as the inlquity
of the rimes would permit) of Seches Letters, Journals, etc. relative te the
affairs, but more particularly, the dangers and distresses of.... Vol. zd. 747."
'Qui »todo SCOTO t loges scet»zque gefiat ;
Proh doler ? e.rtomi Prlnciis orat orem."
H
11,$ THE LYON IN MOURNING [1747
uo J uly
fol oo.
therefore I hope you have uothing to fear, and that things
will happen fo von as I have said."
Captaiu O'Neil was wont to tell those who visited him iu the
Casfle of Edinb,wgh that he had been at the saine pains as a
parent wonld be with a child to lay down rnles to Miss
MacDonald for ber fitm'e behaviour nndcr the nlisfi»rtnne of
being a prisouer, aud that if gave him infinite pleasure to find
that things had happened to ber hitherto according fo Iris
words, and to hear by all the accounts he conhl learn that she
had sacredly observed the advices he had given ber. Hc fre-
quently expressed his hcartiest wishes that she nlight get free
of all her troubles, and arrive at that which so justly she
deserved.
Vhen Miss )IacDouahl was ou board the BrhÇcwater in
Leith Road, accomts had corne that flic Prince was taken
prisoner, and one of thc ocers had hrought the news of this
report on board. Shc got an opportunity of talking privately
to some who were thon visiting her, aud said with tears in ber
eyes,' Alas, I ara afraid that now ail is in vain that I have
doue. The Prince at last is in the hmds of his enemies."
Though at that rime great fear was eutertained abont the truth
of this account, yet those that were with Miss MacDonald
endeavonred ail thev could to chear ber up, and to dissuade ber
from believing anv such thing. But still fears haunted her
mind till the marrer w cleared up aud the contrarv appeared.
Miss MacDonald is Protestant, and is descended of the familv
of Clanranald by her father, and of an Epiopal clergyman
hy ber mother. She is daughter of the deceast Ranald
MacDonald of Milton iu South Uist, in which island (when thc
Prince was skulking thereal)outs) she happencd to be visiting
ber brother-german who had a little belote taken up house at
Milton. She was hot many days there till she was engaged
in the hazardous enterprize; and when she retuned to her
mother in Sky, the honest old woman was surprized to see her,
and asked the oeason why she had ruade such a shooE star with
her brother. Miss rel)lied that thiugs being in a hurry and
confusion in South Uist, with such a unmber of military folks,
she was uneaçv till she got ont of it; but she never once
hinted at the adventure shc had so succcssfully managed, of
I747] TREATMENT OF FLORA IACDONALD 115
whieh the mother knew nothing at all till a party came to ojuly.
take the daughter prisoner, although Miss had been with ber [oa o.
mother eight or ten days belote she ws seized. Immediately
Miss Flora was hurried on board of a sloop of war without
heing allowed the priviledge of ttking leave of ber mother, or
telling ber anything of the nmtter, or taking along with ber-
self one stitch fo change another. The sloop called the Gre?t-
hounoE or rather the Furnac«, was commanded by John
l:erguson of Aberdeenshire, 1 a man remarkably rigid and
severe in his way, but one of too much grcedy sense fo bave
hutchered thc l'rince if he had fallen into his lmnds. For
when he was asked by a friend of his own in Edinhurgh what
he would have done with the l'rince had he got him into his
clutches, whether or hot hc wouhl bave dispatched him, he
answercd, ' No (by G), I would bave been so far from
doing any such thing that I would have preserved him as the
apple of mine eye, ibr I would not take any mma's word, no,
hot the Duke of Cumberland's for 0,000 Sterling, though I
knew many fo be such fools as fo do it." Fe'uson was more ç»z. .
than once (as he thought) within an hour of catching the
Prince, so closely he pursued the royal wanderer, and such an
anxiety he had fo touch the price of blood.
It was Miss Ma«Donald's good fortune to be soon removed
out of the hands of Ferguson into those of the polite and
generous Commodore Smith, who, in the coursing about,
obtained leave of General Campbell fo allow 3liss fo go ho
fo visit ber mother and to seek a servant to attend ber in the
state of confinement. Then it was that poor Kate MacDonal
generously ruade an offer fo run ail risques with the captive
lady, who gladly accepted.
One day in the Road of Leith a lady asking Miss if she
had any books on board, she said she had only a pmyer book,
but regreted much the want of a bible, which that lady soon
fumished her with in a present in two ptty pocket volumes,
handsomely bound. That she might have some innocent and
useful employment for her finie, care was ken by a lady fo
See ff. 216-21g, 69% 873, 922- - llrs. Ferguson of Pitfour.
lIiss Rachie Houston. lIy Lady Bruce.
116 THE LYON IN MOURNING [I747
zo July
fol 203.
[oL 2o4.
send hcr a thimble, needles, white thread of ditTercnt sorts,
etc., with somc linen aud cambrick cut and shaped according
fo the newcst fashions, q'his picce of fi.iendship Miss Flora
admircd as much as any instance of kinduess aud regard that
had bcen shown her, because ail the timc she had been in
custody she was quitc idle, having no work to do, and thereby
rime pass'd vcry dully on.
Vhilc she was in the Road of Leith, ri'oto the beginning of
Septeml)cr to the 7th of November, she never was allowed to
set ber ri)or once ou short, though in other respccts the ofliccrs
were extrcmcly civil and complaisant fo ber, and took it
excecdingly wcll whcn any pcrsons came to visit hcr. Somc-
rimes thcy wcre so obligiug ,s fo comc ashorc for good com-
pauy to attend her, and fi'cquently dcclarcd that if they knew
any 1)crso» fo corne cm lmm'd out of curiosity and not out of
respect fi)r Miss MacDonald, that 1)erson should hot have
access fo hcr. This gentccl behaviour makes if fo bc presumcd
that their orders were so exccedingly strict that they could
hot darc to bring her ashorc. Commodore Smith (Commander
of the Eltham) bchaved like a father fo her, and tendered ber
many good advices as fo ber behaviour lu ber ticklish situa-
tio ; and Captain Knowler of the Brid.¢'cwater used her with
the utmost decency and politeness. Vhen compauy came to
visit her she w indulged the privilege bv. both thcse humane
and wcll-bred gentlemen fo call for anything on board as if
she had been af her own fireside, and the servants of the cabin
were obliged fo give ber all manner of attendance; and she
had the liberty fo invite any of her fi'iends fo dine with her
whcn .he l)leed. Her behaviour in company was so easy,
modest, md well-adjusted that everv visitant was much sur-
prized; for she h.l never beeu out of the islands of South
Uist and Sky till about a year before the Prince's arrival that
she had heen in the family of MacDonald of Largie in Argyll-
shire for the space of feu or eleven months; and during her
confinement she had been ail along on board a ship of war till
she went to London.
Some that went on board fo pay their respects fo ber, used
fo take a dance in the cabin, and fo press hcr much fo shm'e
with them in the diversion. But with all their importunity
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THE PRINCE AT KINGSBURGH 117
they could hot prevail with ber fo take a trip. She told them 2o July
that af preseut her dancing days were doue, and she would hot
readily entertain a thought of that diversion till she should be
assured of her Prince's safety, and ])erhaps hot till shc should
be bless'd wifl the happiness of seeiug him again. Although
she was easy and chearfid, yet she had a certain mixture of
gravity in ail hcr behaviour which became her situation
exccedingly wcll, and set her of to grea[ advautage. She is /,z. 205.
of a low stature, of a fait complexiot and well enough shap'd.
One could hot discern by her conversation that she had spent
ail her former days in [le Highlands ; for she talks English (or
rather Scots) casily, and hot at ail through the Earse [oue. She
has a swcct volte and sings well ; and no lady, Ediuburgh bred,
tan acquit her»elf I)ettcr at the [ca-table than what she did
wheu in Leith Road. Her wise conduct in one of the most
pcrplcxing sceues that cau happen in lire, hcr fortitude and
good sense, are memorable instances of the streng[h of a female
mind, even in those years that are tender and unexperienccd.
She is the delight of her friends and the envy of her enemies.
vrhen thc l'rince came to Kingsl)urgh's house (Sunday, i746
June °~gth) it was bctween ton and cleven af night ; and Mrs. 29 June
MacDonald, hot expecting fo sec hcr husband that night was
making rcady fo go fo I)ed. One of her servant maids came
and told her that Kingsburgh was corne home and had brought
some eompany with him. ' V'hat eompaay ?" says Mrs. Mac-
Donald. ' Milton's daughter, I believe,' says the nmid, ' and
some company with hcr.' ' Milton's daughtcr," replies Mrs.
MacDonald, 'is very welcome to corne here with any company
she pleases fo bring. But you '11 give my service to her, and .for.
tell ber fo nmke frec with anything in the house; for I ara
very sleepy and cammt sec her this night." In a little her own
daughter came and told ber in a surprize, '0 mother, my
father has brought in a very odd, muckle, ill-shaken-up wife as
evcr I saw ! I never saw the like of her, and he bas gone into
the hall with her." She had scarce donc with telling ber tale
when Kingsl)urgh cmne and desired his lady fo fasten on her
bucklings again, and fo get some supper for him and the com-
t)any he had brought with him. ' Pray, goodman,' says she,
' what company is this you bave I)rought wifl you ?" ' Vrhy,
118 THE LYON IN MOURNING [746
9 June
/CoL o7.
goodwiïe," said he, 'you shall know that in due lime; onlv
make haste and gel seine supper in the meautime." Mrs. Mac-
Donald desired ber daughter te go and fetch her the kevs she
had left in the hall. lVhen the daughter came te the door of
the hall, she started back, ran te hcr lnother and told her she
could net go in for the keys, for the nnlckle woman was walk-
ing up and down in the hall, and she was se fi'ighted al seeing
her that she couhl net have the courage te enter. Mrs. Mac-
Donahl went herselï te gel the keys, aud I heard ber more
than once dcclarc that upon looking in al the door she had
net the courage te go ïorward. For," said she,' I saw such
an odd mucklc tl',qlhlp of a carlin, making lang wide steps
through the hall that I couhl net like ber appearance al ail.'
Mrs. Macl)olmhl cailed Kingsburgh, and vcry seriously begged
te know what a lang, odd hussie was this he had brotlght te
the house; for that shc was se fi'ighted al the sight of ber
that she could net go into the hall for her keys. ' Did VOU
never see a woman before," said hc, ' goodwife ? lVhat ïrights
you al seeing a woman ? Pray, inake baste, and gel: us seine
supper.' Kingsburgh would net go fol" the keys, and therefore
lais lady 1)ehov'd te go for them. Vhen shc entered the hall,
the Prince happen'd te be sitting; but immediatelv he arose,
went forward and saluted Mrs. MacDonald, who, fecling a long
stiff bem'd, trembled te think that this behoved te be sonle
distressed noblenmn or gentleman in disguise, for she never
dream'd il te be the Prince, though ail along she had been
seized with a dread she could net accourir for frein the moment
she had heard that Kingsburgh had brought company with
him. She verv soon ruade out of the hall with hcr keys, never
.aying one word. Immcdiately she importun'd Kingsburgh te
tell ber who the pcrson was, for that she was sure by the salure
that il was seine distressed gentlcman. Kingsburgh smiled al
the mention of the bcarded kiss, and said : ' Vhy, mv dcar, it
is the Prince. You have the honour te bave him in vour
bouse." 'The t'rince," cried she. 'O Lord, we are a' ruin'd
and undone for ever! We will a' be lmng'd new!" ' Heur,
goodwife," says the honest saoul seul, 'we will die but ance;
and if we are hanged for this, I ara sure we die in a good
cause. Pray, make no delay; go, ge seine supper. Fetch
I746] 'MUCKLE TRALLUP OF A CARLIN" 119
what is readiest. You have eggs and butter and cheese in the 29 Jun¢
house, get them as quickly as possible." ' Eggs and butter
and cheese!" says 5lrs. MacDonald, 'what a supper is that
for a Prince ? ' 0 goodwife,' said he, « little do you know
how this good Prince has been living for some rime past.
These, I can assure you, will be a feast fo him. Besides, it
would be unwise fo be dressing a formal supper, because this
would serve fo 'aise the curiosity of the servants, and they
would be making their observations. The less ceremony and
work the better. Make haste and see that you corne to
supper.' « I corne to supper !" says 5lrs. MacDonald ; «how can
I corne to supper ? I know hOt how to behave before Majesty?
' l'ou must corne,' says Kingsl)nrgh, ' for he will hOt eat a bit fz. 209.
till he see you af the table ; and you will find if no dicult
marrer to behave before him, so obliging and easy is lac is in
lais conversation?
"l_'he Prince are of our roasted eggs, some collops, plenty of
bread and butter, etc., and (to use thc words of Mrs.
MacDonald) 'the deel a drap did he want iu's wcmu of twa
bottles of sma beer. God do him good o't; for, well I wat,
he had my blessing to gae down wi't.' After he had ruade a
plentifld supper, he called for a drain ; and when thc bottle of
brandy was brought, he said he would fill the glass for himsclf;
' for," said he, ' I bave lcarn'd in lny skulking to take a hearty
drain." Ho fillcd up a bumper and drauk it off fo the happiness
and prosperity of his landlord and landlady. Then taking a
crack'd and broken pipe out of his poutch, wrapt about with
thread, he asked Kingsburgh if he could finfish him with some
tobacco; for that he had learn'd likewise fo smoke in his
wanderings. King.burgh took from him the broken pipe and
laid if carefidly up with the bro, mad gave him a new clean
pipe and plenty of tobacco.
The Prince and Kiugsburgh turn'd very familiar and merry
together, and when the Prince spoke fo Kingsburgh, he for the./z. _o.
most part laid lais hand Ul)On Kingsburgh's knee and used
several kind and obliging expressions in his conversation with
the happy landlord. Kingsburgh reluarked what a lucky thing
it was that he happened tobe af Mougstot (Sir Alexander
MacDonald's housc), and that it was ail a marrer of chance
9 June
30 June
J't], 2Z2,
1°0 THE LYON IN MOURNING [I746
l:hal: he was there, for he had no design of being there that da)'.
And l:hen he asked l:he l'rince whal: he would bave done if he
had nol: been al: Mougsl:ol:. The Prince replied, ' lVhy, sir,
you couhl nol: avoid being af Mougstol: t:his d\y ; fol" Providence
ordered you l:o be l:here upon nly accounl:." Kingsburgh
becanle so merry and jocose tllal: pul:l:ing up his hand l:o the
Prince's face, he l:unled off" his head-dress which was a very odd
cloul: of a nlul:ch or l:oy ; upon which 3Ifs. lacDonald ha.sl:ed
oui: of the room and lroughl: a c]ean nighl:cap fol" him.
Bol:h Kingsburgh and his lady said thal: the l'rince's face
and hands were very much sun-burnl:. Bul: they declared he
had nol: a spol: of l:he il:ch upon him, l:hough a sillv reporl: had
been raiscd by his malicious enemles that he was scabbed
l:he eye-holes, llis lcgs, they said, were Imcked in some parts,
which was occasioned by his walking and sleeping so off:en in
wel: hose. 3h's. MacDonald used l:he freedom fo pul: up l:he
sleeve of his gown ami of his shirl: (a verv. coarse dud), 'and
l:here,' said she, ' I saw a bonny, cleau, white skin indeed. The
deel a lady in a' l:he land bas a whiter and purer skin l:han
he has.'
Nexl: morning 3Ifs. MaeDonald wenl: l:o 3Iiss Flora's bedside
before she gol: up and asked of her an aeeount of l:he advenl:ure.
Miss .(among ol:her things) l:old her thal: there was hOt: any
ol:her probable way of s,'tving l:he Prince bul: thal: single one
whieh had been used, and l:lml: il: Imd l:he appearanee of a
desperal:e al:l:empt: af besl:: l:hat: Lady Clanronald provided
l:hem wil:h women's eloal:hes for l:he disguise, and l:hal: she had
contribul:ed ail in her power for preserving l:he l'rince oui: of
l:he hands of his enmnies. Mrs. M,Donald desired l:o know
what was beeome of l:he boal: and l:he rowers. "Fhev rel:urned
directly,' sald Miss Flora, 'l:o Soul:h Uisl:." 3Irs. 3IacDonald
deelared greal: eoneern l:o hear l:hal:, beeause upon l:heir rel:una
l:hey would immedil:ely be seized by l:he military and harshly
used l:o l:ell whal: l:hey knew. ' I wish,' sald Mrs. 3IaeDonald,
'you had sunk l:he boal: and kepl: l:he boal:men in Sky where
l:hey eould have been eoneealed, and l:hen we would lmve known
l:he bel:l:er wlml: l:o lmve done wil:h t:le Prince, beeause his
enemies by l:his means would have losl: seenl: of him. Bul: all
vill be wrong by l:heir rel:urning l:o Soul:h Cisl:.' ' I hope
I746] THE RAPE OF THE LOCK 101
said hliss, ' for we took care to dc|)one thcm before they partcd 3o June
from us." ' Alas !' replied Mrs. 5IacDonald, ' vour deponing
of them vill hot signifie a farthing. For if once the military
get hold of them they will terrifie them out of their senses and
make them forger thcir oath."
As Mrs. hlacDonald sai(], soit ha|)pened. The |)oatmen
were ruade prisoners instantly upon their landing in South Uist
and threatened with tortures if thcy did hot declare everything
they kncw, which (to avoid pai, aml pcrhal)s death itself) they
complicd with. From their declaration no doubt it happen'd
that his enemies could specifie thc pari:icular parts of i:he dress
the Prince was disguised in, even i:o i:he nicei:y of i:elling i:hc
colour of thc gown.
After Iiss Flora had got up, 5h's. hlacD«»nald i:old ber that
shc wauted much i:o have a lock of thc P'ince's hair, and i:hat
she bchovcd to go iuto his room and gel: il: for hcr. Miss Flora
rcfused i:o do as she desired, I)ecause i:hc Princc was
yei: out of l)cd. 'Vhai: i:hen," said Mrs. MacDonald, ' no
harm will hap|)en i:o you. He is too good to harm vou or any fo. 3.
person. You musi: insi:ani:ly go in and gel:me the lock." Irs.
MacDonald, i:akiug hold of Miss with onc han(1, knocked
i:he door of i:he room wii:h i:he othcr. The Prince callcd, ' Who
is i:here ?' Mrs. MacDonald, opening i:he door, said, ' Sir. il: is
I, and I ara iml)ori:uneing Miss Flora to corne in and gel: a lock
of your hair i:o me, and she refuses i:o do il:. ' Pray," said i:he
Prince, 'desire hliss /IacDonald i:o corne in. What should
make her afraid i:o corne where I ara ?" V'hen 5Iiss came in
he begged her i:o sii: down ou a chair ai: i:he bedside, then
la)'ing his arms aboui: her waist, and his head Ul)On her lai), he
desired ber i:o cul: oui: i:he lock wii:h her own han(ls in i:oken of
fii:ure and nore subsi:ani:ial favours. The one hall of i:he lock
5Iiss gave i:o 5Irs. hlacDonald and i:he other she kept i:o herself.
I heard bits. /IacDonald say i:hai: when Miss Flora ai: any i:ime
happened i:o corne iui:o i:he room where i:he Prince was, he
always rose from his seai:, paid her i:he saine respeci:s as if she
had bcen a queen, and ruade her sii: on his righi: hand.
Kingsburgh visii:ed i:he Prince before he goi: oui: of bed and
asked how he had resi:ed all night. ' Never l)ei:ter," replied he,
' for I have 'esi:ed exceedingly well, ha'ing slepi:, I belie'e, nine fol. :i4.
3oJune
4 July
1°° THE LYON IN MOURNING [I746
or ten hours without interruption. Then it was tiret the
conversatiou lmppëned about Lord George Murray and the
landing of the French, etc. t
SVhen the Prince lmd got himself dress'd in the Highland
eloaths at the side of the wood, he embraeed Kingsburgh in
his arms and bml him a long and a happy adieu, most
tionately tlmnking him for all his services, and assuring him he
wouht never fi»rget them. Then the Prince wept, and some
drops of blood fell flore his nose. Kiugsburgh eould not
reffaiu ri'oto weeping too, and when he saw the blood, expressed
his eoneern, dreading the Prince hot to be in health with the
fatigues, t]tstings, etc., he was obliged to undeo. The Prince
assured him he w in very good health, and tha this was no
extmordinary thing with him at all. ' This," said he, 'is oulv
the effect of parting with a dear friend, and ordinarily
lmppens to Inc in sueh a case. Alas ! Kingsburgh, I ara afraid
I sludl no meet with another MacDonald in my difficulties."
Vhen Kingsbtu'gh returled fo his own bouse he tohl his lady
tha aer the Prince had got on the Highland dress aud the
chtymore in his hmd he was a soger-like man indeed.
I heard Mrs. MacDonahl of Kingsburgh say that she had the
lbllowing particular from Malcohn MacLeod's own mouth before
he was nmde prisoner. Maleolm went with the Priuce ami
MacKinnon to the shore fo see them fairly boated tbr the
continent. Vhen he was about to take leave of the Prince he
spied some ships coming in sight and hovering about the coast.
He intrettted the Prince hOt to go on board for some time, but
to wait till he should see how these ships steeFd their course ;
"F" just now," said he, ' the wind blows so as to fetch them
this way and fo ]finder your passing to the continent." The
Prince replied, ' Never fear, MacLeod, I '11 go on board directlv.
The wind will change ilnmediately and nmke these ships
t contrm course. Providence will take cre of me, and it will
hot be in the power of these ships to look near me at this time."
Malcolm MacLeod declared that the Prince's words nmde him
astonished and deternfin'd him to sit down upon the shore to
see what would lmppen. He said the Prince and his sma]l
a SeeG 15 o, 236. Seeff. 538, 600.
x745] SEARCH BY CAl)TAIN JOHN FERGUSON 13
retinue had not rowed lnany yards from the shore till the wind 4 July
changed to a point directly opposite to what it had been, and
blowing pretty briskly ruade the ships steer so as to be soon foz. 26.
out of sight. 5Ir. MacLeod arm'd that in ail the course of
lais life he had never known any nmn that had such a firm trust
and well-groundcd confidence as thc l'rince was remarkably
endued with.
Captaiu John Ferguson searched Sir Alexander MDonald's
house for the l'rince, and in quest of him he came to King-
burgh, where he examined Kingsburgh anti lais lady and thcir
daughter, Miss Nanie MacDonald, alias Mt's. 5IacAIlaster, for
she is married. Kingsburgh told his lady that ('al»tain
Ferguson was corne to examine lier about somc lodgers she had
lately in ber housc, and dcsired lier fo 1)e distinct in her
answers. Mrs. MacDonald lookiug Fergusou 1)road in thc face
said, ' If Captaill Ferguson is fo bc lny j udge, theu God havc
lnercy upon my soul." Ferguson asked for what reason she
spoke such words. ' SVhy, Sir,' said she, ' the world belies you
if you be hot a very crnel, hard-healoEed man ; and indced I do
hot like to corne throtgh your hands." Ferguson had nothing
else to say for himself but the commou saying, riz., That peol)lc
should not believe ail that the world says.
Vhen Ferguson askcd Kingsburgh where Miss MacDonald foZ. 7.
and the person along with ber in woman's cloaths lay ail night
in his house, he answered, 'I know in what room 5liss
MacI)omdd herself la)', but where servants are laid when in
my bouse, I know nothing of that marrer, I never euquire
anything about it. 5Iy wife is the properest person to inform
ou about that.' Then he had the impertinence to ask Mrs.
lacDonald, Vhether or hot she had laid the young Pretender
and Miss MacDonald in one bed ? To which she answered,
' Sir, whom you mean by the young Pretender I shall uot
pretend to guess ; but I can assure you itis hot the fashion in
the Isle of Sky to la)" thc mistress and the maid in the saine
bed together." Then Ferguson desired fo see the diflbrent
rooms where their late lodgers had slept ; and after seeing them
he said, it was pretty remarkable that the room in which the
mald had slept seem'd to look better than the one where the
mistress had been laid ; and this behoved to confirm him in thc
'o July
14 THE LYON IN MOURNING [I746
belief tlmt it was the young Pretender in women's cloaths
who had been along with Miss MacDonald. Kingsburgh's
daughter said if couhl hot be the person he meant in women's
cloaths, for that shc had heard that person ask something (a
bottle ofwater)from Miss MacDonahl in Erse. ' This,' says
Ferguson, ' confirms me more and more in my opinion, for I
bave often heard that a fellow went fo Rome some years agoe
on purpose fo teach the young Pretendcr the Erse language."
This, by the bye, is a gross mistake in Ferguson; for the
l'rince could hOt speak a word of Erse till he arriv'd in
Scotland, and he knew but very little of it till he was forced to
commence wanderer for the preservation of his life, and then
he learned to speak if pretty well,'which prov'd of ve3 great
use to him.
When Kingsbmgh and 3liss MacDonald were ruade prisoners
and brought belote Gcncral Campbcll (which happened af
different times) both of them honestly own'd the parts they
had acted, and, if I rightly remember, declarations were written
ri'oto their own mouths and they subscribed them.
N.B.--Miss Flora MacDonald called ber disgulsed handmaid
Bettie Bourk, or Burk, an Irish naine, and nmde the dress of a
piece with the proposed character, being a hood with a long
nmntle ahnost down to the heel.
RoT Fos. A.M.
¢0z. 9- Mit.
CAtERO of Glenevis - gave the folloxfing
NARRATIVEtO several persons in Edinburgh
after his liberation out of the Castle of Edin-
burgh, xvhich happened some rime in the
begimfing of July 1747. He said--
August LORD GEORGE SAçKVILLE with a command of 400 men was
646
ordcred from Fort Augustus fo gather up the gleanings of the
See ff. 525, 595.
e Alexander Cameron of Glenevis personally took no part in the Rebellion,
but was imprisoned for nearly a year on suspicion of befriending his relatives wh«
1746] THE SPOILING OF THE SPOILERS 1o5
cattlc that might happen to be left in thc countrics that had August
been plundered and pillaged. Vhen he was at Locharkaig the
Prince and his small retinue had heen thirty or forty hours
without any lne,t. One evening they spied Lord George and
his commaud driving away the cattle thev lmd pick'd up here
and there. They were then consulting with one another what
was fittest to be donc fo procure themselves some provisions in
this extremity, and it was proposed that they should go to a
place at the distance of sixteen mlles ri'oto them. The Prince
objected against this measure alleging that the journey was too
long for them in their present distressed condition, and that
perhaps they might be disappointed of their intention when
thcy should corne fo the plie spoken of. 'What would ye
think, gcntlemen," said he, 'of lifting some of the cattlc we
spied under a command this evenillg ? They are hot far from fol.
us, and I hope we will succeed in the design, for the gloom of
the night will favour us in the attempt." His companions
looked upon the enterprize as too hazardous, and could hot
think at all of rulming such a risque. But the Prince still
insisted upon it as the best expedient they could pitch npon
in the prescnt diflïculty, and said, ' If the dangers attending
this expedition be ail that can be said against it, I mvself will
be one of the number that will ruade the attempt." Upon this
four of the company declared they would gladly go along with
him and try what thev could do. Away they went, and (as
the Prince had suggested) by the favour of the dark night they
I»rought off six cows without 1)eing in the least discovered--a
most luckv and plentiful supply in such necessitous circum-
stances.
N.B.Though Glenevis had never join'd the Prince, but
had lived peaceably at home, and though no overt act could
be proved against him, yet lais conduct could not screen him
from cruel treatlnent. Ail lais eflcts were plundered and
pillaged, lais houses burnt down fo the ground, and he himself
did. He was released on 7th July 747- His lady and
siderably at the hands of the government troops, and his
Sec f. 55 -.
family suflered con-
house was bumed.
126 THE LYON IN MOURNING [1746
July suffered iml)risonment for e|evell or twelve nlonths, and was
foz. ,:. hot rcleased till by a petition presented before the lords of
.iusticiary he pied the benefit of the indemnity.
N.B.--Amottg the several remarkable and lesser circum-
stanccs of Kingslmrgh's history I have forgot to mention some
wbich are well worth rcnmrking, and are as follows :--
When Kingsburgh came fo Fort Augustus he was inl-
mediately or(lered into the provo's guard, whcrc the cOmlllOll
fclh)ws took the bucklcs out of his shoes, the garters from his
legs, and his watch and money out of his pockets, a cerclnony
if seems, preparatory to one's being taken out to be hang'd ;
at least Kiugsburgh looked npon it as such. ' For," said he,
' I expected every moment to I)c ordered out to end my life
on a gibbet, and I laid mv accouut with if." After stoEying
therc fi)r somc hours he was then ordered fo be thrown into a
dungcou witb heavy irons upon him, which he looked upon as
a ci,auge fo the better by reasou of the insults, the oppro-
1)rious and blasphemous language he behoved to endure from
the colnlnoll fellows.
When Kingsburgh wa removed from Fort Augustus he was
broug],t to Ediuburg'h undcr a guard of Kingston's Light horse
who entered the city with sound of trumpet and I)eat of kettle-
drums, a circumstauce very much notieed l)y everybody as a
form of procession quite unusual for the bringing a prisoner
into a metropolis. The command halted a considerable finie
npoll tbe street of Edinburgh till further orders should be
got, when the mob came flocking about them, and sonle of
them said,'What ean be thc mattcr with this honest-like,
well-looking nlan that he is brought here a prisouer? Show
your face, honest umn, fo the world, for, faith, you may be seen
as well as the best of them ail." Then Kingsl)urgh was put
into the saine room of the Castle with 314or MacDonell,
George Moir, the Laird of Leckie, lIr. Thonlas Ogilvie, etc.,
where ho thought himself vcry happy indeed; but that
happiness did uot la.st long.
One day when I was visitiug him and his fellow-prisoners,
one of them happened to be complaining of the hardships of
their situation, sayig, ' Is hot this a dull and uncomfortable
I746] TREATMENT OF KINGSBURGH 17
state to be pacing up and down this roon, waiting the freak july
and humour of an offlccr fo let us out when he thinks fit fo
walk for an hour or so within the narrow bounds of the Half-
moon ?' Kingsburgh gently check'd him for his complaining,
and said, ' Do hot complain, Sir, fi)r thcre arc many situations
far worse than ours. Had you bcen only in my condition af
Fort Augustus you would have exl)crienc'd a very great odds.
IVhen I was taken out of the 1)rovo's guard and put into the ,t. :23.
dungcon with irons upon me, I thought myself happy ; but
when I was rcmoved fo a room and the irons takcn oit me,
though I was hot allowed fo step over the threshold, I thought
myself in a kind of paradise. .A_nd now that I ara here and in
excecding good campany (a hapi)iuess I had hot 1)cfi»l'e) I thiuk
myself still nlorc and lUOl'e in a pal'adise. I ara really content.
I ara quite satisfied with lny condition, if thcy will only allow
me fo stay witll this good company. And what do you think.
Sir, of the libcrty of walking u])on the Half-moon, tho" if were
but for ai1 hotlr or two af a rime ? I (|o asstlre ¥ou this is 11o
small happiness in a statc of confillement. SVhat would I bave
given for such a liberty af Fort Augustus ?' Kingsburgh was
hot allowed fo nmke a long abode with his agl'eeal)le compmfions,
for he was soon removed fo a room by himself under a strict
and close confinement, hot having the libcl'ty fo step over the
threshold of his door, md no person being allowed fo come
near him but the offlcer upon guard, the serjeant, and the
keepel" that was appointed fo attend him as a servmt.
IVhcn his lady came fo Edinhurgh she was hot allowed access
to him, but only to stand upon the parade and see ber husbald for. .
looking down fo her through the grate of a window, the offlcers
and sogers witnessing their enquiring al)out ane anothcr's
welfare. Af last Kingsburgh fell so iii in his health that a
physician and surgeon behoved fo have access fo him, but
always in presence of an offlcer. Thcn his lady after lnany and
em'nest solicitations obtain'd the privilege of being with him
throughout the day, but was obliged fo leave hiln upon the
approach of the evening. IVhen he was recovering he was
allowed fo step out, oldy once or twice a week, with an offlcer
attending him, fo take a walk in the gal'den or any other
by-place of file Castle, not being indulged the pleasure of seeing
18 THE LYON IN MOURNING [I747
July
[oL 5.
the other prisoners or of walking on the saine spot with them ;
till some short rime befi}re his releasement that he was per-
mitted now and then to be on the Half-moon wit]! t[lenl. AI1
the reason that ever eould be diseovered for this severity and
strictncss upon Kingsburgh was this. Vhen he was in the
saine room with Major MacDonell, Leckie, etc., nmny persons
camc fo pay their respects fo him, and to hear his story, which
he vcry plainly and honestly gave, af the saine rime never
failing fo give an exact account of the l'rince's adventures and
chearfid conduct in the course of his wanderings, as far as he
had got any intelligence about them, This reaching the ears
of those in power if proved hot a little disgusting to thcm fo
hear sucb things as served fo form a grcat and glorious
character of thc Prince, and therefore Kingsl»urgh behoved fo
suflbr for narrating some stubborn, ill-manncr'd truths, and fo
feel thc eftbcts of being a plain, honest nmn. Truth, tho" never
so glaring, when it runs cross to the partial notions and
inclinations of poor frail mortals, grates very hard and becolnes
a very uncasy and painfid thing.
One day a gentleman happelfing to visit the lady prisoners
upon the saine stair where Kingsburgh endured his strict
and close contànemelt, and spying Killgsburgh's room door
to be open, he ruade a stop. Upon this the sentry, know-
ing the gentleman, whispered fo him that as the keeper
was employed in bringing solne things fo Kingsburgh the
door would be open for solne short rime, and that he
would allow him fo step in and ask Kingsburgh about his
welfare, provided that he would hot sit down, but corne
out as quickly as po.sible. Accordingly the gentleman went
in and embracing Kingsburgh regreted this change in his
condition. Kingsburgh snfiled, and said, 'The Govern-
lnent little knows what pleasure this treatment gives me; for
they are doing lne lnuch honour without designiug if. They
are af much pains fo make me a considerable person. Little
did I ever think that I was a man of such consequence that a
whole Governlnent should be so much taken up about me. If
I ara so lucky as fo keep my health, this change shall give me
no uneasiness." Then he de.ired the gentleman to inform his
COlnpanions in the other room that he was in ver 3, good health,
I745] THE LAIRD OF MACLEOD 19
and l:hat he kept up his heart in his solitary si:al:e, and to
forbid them fo be any way uneasy about his solitary condition.
lVhen the Prince was in Kingsburgh's house lking about
the difllcull:ies and dangers atl:ending his situatiolt, and con-
sulting with him what ntight be thc best and fitl:est expedient for
l:he safety of his person, he suggested going fo the Laird of Mac-
Leod's house as by far l:he propcrcst place thal: couhl be pitched
upon, because il: was hot liable fo any suspicion or jealousy
upon the pari: of l:he Govermnent, and therefore would not be
searched for him. If he could only gel: there withoul: dis-
covery, he said, he l:houghl: he would be in absolute safety.
Kingsburgh told him that he wouht hot l:ake upou him posi-
tively fo oppose any measure the l'rince was pleased to con-
dcscend .upon for Cite preservation of his own person; bul:
l:hen, if his opinion could 1)e of any use in l:he prcsenl: case, he
behoved fo declare l:hat he should never have his advice or
approbation for going fo l:he Laird of MacLeod's house al: any
rate. The Prince in a surprize clapped his hmd fo his breast
and said, ' What ! Kingsburgh ! Do you think l:hat MacLeod
fo his other doings would add that of thirsting afl:er my
blood ? Do you really think he would go the length of giving
me up into the hands of my enemies?" Kingsburgh would
hot pretend fo assign parl:icular reasons for ifs nol: being
advisable l:hal: the Prince should go to MacLeod's house ; bul:
sl:ill he assured him, il: should never be with his consent:. The
Prince insisted no more upon l:his projecl:, and dropl: il; all:o-
gether. This I had from Kingsburgh's own moul:h, and his
narral:ing of il; consisl:s wil:h l:he knowlcdge of sevcral ol:hers,
particularly his fellow-prisoncrs.
Ronï For, nns A.M.
29 June
fol. 227.
SeeE263-265, 472,477.
I
150 THE LYON IN MOURNING [1746
[oL 8.
30 June
x746.
LEITII, Friday's Evening, 6 o'clock, August 7th,
1747, in the house of J,ES MacDo'ALD,
joiner, who and SïEWAWr CARMICH_A_EL of
Bomyhaugh, were l)reseut, CA'Ta 5IaLcO,
]IACI,E()D, 1 second cousin to MnLcoL 5Iac-
.EO (Laird of Raaza), gave the fi»llowing
Accotmt or Jounml.
Bv appointmcnt the said Captain Malcolm MacI,eod and
Murdoch Macl,eod, l{aaza's third son, met the l'rince af l'ourt-
tree, a lmblick housc in the islc of Sky, upon M«mdoEy's night,
3une 90th, 1746. Ater taking lcave of Kingsbugh at the
side of a wood, the l'rince z had set out directly for this placc,
whcre Miss Flora Iacl)onald (taking a diffcrent road) met
him once more aud bad fttrcwel to him. ('al»tain Malcolm
MacLeod said he wouhl hot positivcly arm whcther if was
Ionday's night or "l"csday's moruing when they met ; ' But,"
said he, 'it was dark.' ltaaz£s third son had been in the
Prince's scrvice, and had receivcd a musket-shot through his
shoulder at the battle of Culloden.
Betbrc these two gentlcmcn had set out from the island of
Raaza in ordcr to meet the l'rince at Pourttree, the young
Laird of ]{za, 3ohn MacLcod, came to the Captain and told
him what a grcat anxiety he had to see that young man, the
Prince. Malcolm MacLeod begged him to consider well what
he was doing, that he had hot been out, he ought to run no
risque for satisfying his desire, which at present could be of
no real use or service, and therefore he suggested to him to
act in this aflir with the utmost prudence and caution.
Mcautime Malcolm could hot help owning fi'ankly that he
himself heartily wished that his friend might see the Prince,
a See ff. 74-173 o.
This narrative, at least as far as f. 48, is printed in the acobige Ie»toirs»
pp. 468-487.
z Attended by Neil Macl£echan and a boy to show them the way. Neil
3Iacl£echan went with Miss MacDonald to Slate.F. See L 537-
« See f. 879.
I746] THE l'RINCE IN THE ISLE OF RASAY
provided be eouhl do it witb safety. But then he would leave
it altogether to him.self to determine on whiel side he should
think fit to ehuse. After thinking a while, young Raaza posi-
tively deelared he was resolved to sec the l'rince if it slmuld
cost him the estate and the bead, and accordingly accoml)anied
his brother and the Çtptain to Pourttree in a small boat
tlmt would cont«in only six or seven men with diculty.
Upon meeting witb the Prince they spent very little rime at
Pourttree, but attended him soon fo the saine small boat ;
the Cal»tain did hot introduce young Raaza fo the Prince till
they were in the boat. e Early in the morning, July 1st, they
arrived at Glmn, in Raaza, where they remained two dws in a
mean, lmv hut ; and young l{aaza was the person that brought
provisims fo them, viz., a lmnb and a kid in the nook of his
plaid.
At that rime there lmppened to be in l{aazt a fellow who had
corne into the island upm pretence of sellbg a roll of tobaceo
but after he had sold off" his tobacco he continued strolling up
md down the islmd in an idle w W without an5thing to do,
for no less thm twelve or fourteen &tys, which ruade the
people of the isltmd suspect him to be a spy. When the
Prince md his friends were in the hut, Mlcolm MacLeod
hq»pened to sec this stroller coming towm'ds the hut, which
he took notice of to the Prince, ami told him witlml what
kind of a fellow he was suspected o be. Tbe Prince hot
liking tle thing so well, Malcohn said be slmuld {ake tare
that the felhm" should hot go back again, for that he would
immediately go out and slmot him through the he. 'O,
no," said tle Prince,' God forbid that any poor man should
suflbr for us, if we tan but keep ourseh'es anyw W sufe." And
be would hot allmv the ('ttptain to stir, though their ttppre-
heasions behov'd to be the greater that the hut was hot upon
any ro. But the fellow lml»pened {o pass by it without
looking into i t.
The Prince begm fo be anxious to be out of Raaza, alleg-
ing the island to be too narrow and confin'd in ifs bounds for
hi purpose, and proposed setting out for Troternlsh in Sky.
July
fol 23 ° .
I Or Portree, Le. The King's Port. z See f. 862.
t July
fol. 3 L
2 July
232.
13- ° THE LYON IN lXlOURNING [I746
But his companions told him that they thought him in safetv
vhcre he was, and did hot like tlla he should change his place
so soon. The Prince presscd so much fi)r going o ihe place
he had mentioned, preending he had a tryst here with a
geutleman, which he wouht hot break for anv thing, that Iris
fi'iends vielded fo his importtmity.
July (1. Al)out 7 o'clock a night hc weu on hoard the
ahove meutioned small boat, aetendcd by thc young Laird of
Raaza (who cottld hot think of parting from him soon) and
his 1)rother Murdoch, ('al)tain MaeLcod and thc two boatmel,
John Ma(.Kenzic and ])onald MacFrier, who ]m(I 1)cen both
out in his service, the oue a sergcant and the other a ]»'ivate
man. Thev had hot well lcft thc shorc till the wind blcv a
hard gale, and thc sea l)ccnme so verv rough and tempestuous
that all m l)oard I)cggcd he would rcturn ; fi)r thc wavcs wcrc
beatlng over and over thcm, thc lncn eugging hard af the
oars, ami Cal)tain MLcod laving the watcr out of the litlc
boat. The Prince would l)v no mcmlS hear of rcturniug, and
fo divert the meu from thiuking on the danger he sung thcnl
a mcrrv Highland song. Al)out ninc or cn o'clock he saine
uight thev landcd af a place in Sky callcd Nicolson's Rock,
near Scorobrcck, in Trotcrnish. In rowing nlong they round
the coast very bad and dangerous, and when they came fo the
Rock the Prince was the third man that jmnp'd out among
the water an(1 cried out, ' Take care of thc boat, and hawl her
u 1) fo drv grotmd," which was immediately donc, he himself
assisting as much as any one of them. Thc Prince had Ul)On
him a large big eoat, which was become very heavy and
cuml)crsomc hy the vaves bcating so much upon it, for if was
wet through and fllrough. Cal)tain MacLeod 1)roposed taking
the big eoat fo carry iL for the rock vas site]) and of a very
uueasy ascent. But thc l'rince would not part vith the coat,
wct if w, alleging he was as able to carry it the Captain
was. s They wcnt fomvards o a cov-byre on the rock, about
two toiles froln Scorobreck, a gcntleman's house. In this byre
the Prince took up his quartcrs, ehe wholc company still
Captain Donald Roy MacDonald. - Sec f. 757-
a Sec ff. I564, 565.
I746 ] IN A COV-BYRE IN TROTERNISII 1:33
attending him. Here they took some little refreshment of a Jury
bread and cheese they Imd along with them, the cakes being
mouldered down into very small crumbs.
Captain MacLeod intreated the Prince to put on a dry shirt
aud to take some sleep; but he continued sitting in his wet
cloaths and did hot then incline to slee]). However, at last
he began to nap a little, aud wouhl ffequently srt lu his
sleep, look 1)riskly Ul) and stare boldly in the face of every one
of them s if he had been to fight them. Upon his waking he july
wouhl sometimes cry out 0 Poor Englaud 0 Poor Eugland'
The Prince desired the Cal)tain to take some test, but he did
hot chuse fo sleep at that rime. I-Iowever wheu the Prince
began to iml)ortune bim, the ('.al)tdn thuught perlml)S the
Prince wants
sou, and herefore he Sel) ashle a
ami the boatmen parted flore the Priuce at the byre. He
promiscd to mcct the youngest brother again at Camistinawagg,
another place lu the saine islaud.
The Prince said hc expected Douahl MacDonald alias
Donahl Roy to corne to him; but he hot comiug, the Prince
kcd Cal)tain 5IacLcod if ho was a stout walkcr and if he
could walk 1)arc-footed ? Thc Captain replied he was pretty
good at walking, and that he couhl travell barc-footed very
well. Thc Priuce told him 1)v bare-/boted he meant, if he
could walk in his shoes wi[hout stockings, 'for," said he, ' that
is the way I used o walk at mv divcrsions in Ialv. Thc
Captain said he could uot really tcll if he could do that or hot,
for that hc had never tricd it.
About six or sevcn oclock at night the Prince, taking the little
baggage in his hand, stept out of the byre, and desired the
Capiu to follow him. The Cal)tain came up to him and
said, ' Give me that, taking hold of the little baggage, wbich
he gave him, and then thc Captain followed him without
speakiug one word till they were out of sight of the cow-byre,
when the Prince happening to turn such a way as the Capin
did hot think so safe, hc ruade up to him and id: 'Your
x Wrong, for one of them, young Rasay, had gone to find out Donald Roy
MacDonald.--F. See ff. 764, 867. "-' See ff. I564, I565.
3July
fol. =35.
13¢ THE LYON IN MOURNING [I746
royal highness will pardon me to ask where you are going, for
that I dread you may chance to fall into the hands of some
party or another, if you do hot take cxcceding good care, as
there are lnany small I)aics dispersed up and down the
count:y." The Prince thon said: 'Vhy, MacLeo(1, I now
throw mysclf entircly into your hands, and leave you to do
with me what you plcase. ()nly I want fo go fo Strath, Mac-
Kimmn's count. I hope you will accompany me, an you
think you can lead me sale enough into Strath.' The Cal)in
declared he would o with him vhere he pleased, and said he
eouhl undertake to bring him into MacKinnon's country sale
euough, providcd he wouhl go by sea, which he might easily
do, fi»r that he reallv did not thînk it so safe for him to go by
land by reason of the several parties tha[ were searching the
country. The Prince said ho wouhl go by land, for that there
was no doing anything in their situation without running
risques, and propod directing thcir course immediately for
the place intended, alleging that he himself knew the way very
well. 'I ara sure,' says the Cal)tain , 'I must km»w it much
l)etter, and I nms[ tell you that we have a long journey to
make, no less than or 30 long toiles. For I date hot lead
you the direct 'oad, but take you byways, and go here and
there cross the country to keep as ri'ce as we eau of the parties
scattered up and down.' Then the Cal»tain hinted that he
thought it hot so convenient to set out when night w coming
on lest thev should fall into dangers and inconveniences for
wan[ of knowing well where they were. But the Prince insisted
upon setting out immediately; and accordingly awav thev
went along the ridges of high hills, and through wild muirs
and glens. Ail the time ff-oto firs to lt of this a(h'enture
the Cal)tain w excecding'ly afi'aid of what might happcn, lest
bad things shouhl be imputcd fo him, in case of auv harm
1)efalling the Prince.
The Prince proposcd fo pass for thc Captain's servant the
I)etter to conceal him, which was agreed fo, and that hc should
be named Lewie Caw, 1 thcre being of that naine a young
surgeon lad (who had bcen in the Prince service) skulking at
a See f. x75-
I746] THE PRINCE AS 'LEWIE CAV" 135
that rime in Sky, where lin bml some relations. Tbe Captain 4 july
advised tbe Prince, since he had proposed bcing his servant, to
walk at some distance behind bim ; md if at any timc lin
bappened to meet witb any pcrsons and to converse witb tbcm, foz. 236.
as be was well known in tbc island, that tbe Prince sbould
show no coucern at ail in bis face, but sit down at a small
distance, wben be should lmppcn to talk witb any folks. The
Prince assumd bim tiret no appearance of conccrn sbould be
seen about bim, and tiret he sbould be carefid to observe tbe
proper distance of a servant, and to do tbe duty of one by
carryiug tbe baggage, which vcry often be would hot part witb
to tbe Captain wben be desired it of bim, and evcn pressed to
lmve it.
The conversation lmpi)ening to turn Ul)OU Lord George
Murray, tire l'rince said tiret Lord GeoTffe Murray (wbctber
out of ignorance, or witb a view to betray him he would hot
say) did hot bclmve well at all witb respect to obeying of
orders ; and tbat paoEicularly for two or three days before tbc
battle of Culloden Lord George did scarce any one tbing bc
desired bim to do.
Vhen tbe Captain was informing tbe Prince about tbe manv
cruelties and barbarities committed after Culloden battle, tbe
Prince was amazed, and said,'Surely that mm wlm calls bim-
self tire Duke, and pretends tobe so great a geueral, cannot bc
guilty of sucb cruelties, I cannot belicve tbem.'
The Captain, happe,ring to sec the l'rince uneasy and fidging,
took bim to the back of a know, and opening bis brcast, saw
bim troubled witb lice for wmt of clean linen, and by reason for. 237.
of the coarse odd way he bchoved to lire in, botb as fo susteu-
ance and sleep. He said, be belicved, be took fourscore off
bim. e Tbis serres to show tlmt be was reduced to the
lowest ebb of misery and distress, ad is a certain indication of
that greatness of soul wbich could rise above ail misfortunes,
and bear up with a cbeal5ulncss, hot to be equall'd in bistory,
under ail the scenes of woe tirer could bal)peu. He used to
say tiret the fatigues md distresses lin tmdervent signified
notbing at ail, because be was only a single person ; but wben
See ff. xSO, 667, 668. See f. x675.
186 THE LYON IN MOURNING [r746
4 July
[oL 3 8.
he reflected upon the many brave fellows who suiTered in his
cause, that, he behoved to own, did strike him to the heart,
and did sink very deep with him.
The Prince, evcn when warm and sweating, used fo drink a
great deal of water in his wanderiug ri'oto place to place, and
the Captain was always sure to desire him to take a drmn
abovc the water fo qualifie it. The Cal»tain iutreated him not
to drink water when he was sweating lest he sbould thereby
injure his health. ' No, uo," said the l'rince, that will never
hurt me in the least. If you happen to drink any cold thing
when you are warm, only rememl)er, MacLeod, fo piss after
drinkiug, and it will do you uo harm at ail. This advice I
had ri'oto a frieml abrol.' The Cal)tain said the l'rince was
always sure to observe this direction.
lVhen the Captain was asked if the l'rince was really in good
health when he hapl)ened to be with him he said, it was not
possible he could be altogether in good health consideHng the
mmy fatigues and distrcsses he was obliged to undergo, and
that (as he had lleard) he had bêen sêized with a bloody flux
before he left South Uist. But then, he said, the Pïince would
nevel" own himself to be in any bad state of health af ail, and
always bore up with a surprizing stock of sl)irits. It was never
in the power of any persou fo discover an appearance of bad
health al)out bim. He walked very quickly, and had a good
appetite.
At last the brandy bottle began to corne near the bottom,
when the Prince l)ressed the Cal)tain to take a drain lest he
should faint with the excessive fatigue. But he refused to take
it, and desired the l'rince himself to drink it oiT. The kind
coutest ran so high that the Prince told him : The devil a drop
of it he would drink, and therefore he should make an end of
it. The Captaiu behoved to empty the bottle, which the
Prince proposed to throw away and to break it. No, no,
said the Captain, I will be so far from breaking it that I will
do my best to preserve it as a curious piece. It nmy corne fo
drink nmny a cask of whiskie to me yet." He then hid the
bottle in the heart of a thick bush of heath, and as he knows
the ground well, he hopes to find it upon his return to Sky, if
the cattle have hot trampled it to pieces. He said he hoped
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the bottle would make a figure in SVestminsçer yet. He has « .uy
likewise the big coat, which thc Prince wore wet and heavv.
Ho took it to London with him, and gave orders o send it/oz. 239.
after him when he set out for Scotlaud.
As they were nmrchiug along and talking of thc fatigues the
Prince was obligcd to undergoc, hc said: ' MacLeod, (lo you
hot think that God Almighty has ruade this person of mine fbr
doing some good yet ? Vhen I was in Italy, and diniug af
the king's table, very often the swêat wouid have been coming
through my coat with the heat of the climate ; and now that I
ara in a cold country, of a more piercig aml trying climate,
and exposed to dittçrent kinds of fatigues, I reallv find I agree
equally with both. I have had this l)hilibeg on now for some
days, and I find I do as well with it as any thc best l»'cechcs I
ever put on. I hope in God, MacLeod, to walk thc streets of
London with it yet." Ïhen he renmrkcd that the waistcoat ho
had upon him was çoo fine for a servant, bcing a scarlet tartan
with a gold twist button, and prol)osed to the nmster to change
with him, the better to can:ç ou the disgSsê, which accordingly
was done, thc nmstcr's vcst hot being so fine as thc servant's.
Vhen the Prince was nmking the exchange he said, ' I hol)e ,
MacLeod, fo give you a much better vest for this yet."
The Cal)tain remarked it was 1)toper they should pass the
road that leads to the Laird of MacLeod's country in the night
rime for fear of parties slying them ; which accordingly they
did by break of day. And the Prince looking about him, and
seeing nothing but hills all around them said, ' I ara sure, the
Devil cannot find us out now."
As they were coming near Strath, MacKinnon's countr)', the
Cptain suggested to the Prince 0rot now he was coming fo a
country where he would be known and consequently liable to
be discovered in eve'y corner of it, as MacKimmn and his men
had beeu out in his service, and therefore some shift behovcd
to be faln upon to disguise him more and more still. The
Prince proposed blacking his face with some one thing or
another. But the Captain was against that l)roposal as what
would serve ratlmr to discover him all at once tlmn to conceal
him. The Prince then pulling off the periwig and putting it
into his pocket took out a dioEy white nal)kin and desired the
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138 THE LYON IN MOURNING [i746
Captain fo tye that about his head, and to bring if down
upon his eyes and nose. He put the bonnet on above file
napkin and said, ' I think I will now pass well enough for
your servant, and that I ara sick with the much fatigue I ha'e
undcrgone. Look af me, MacLeod, and tell nie what you think.
How will it do ?" MacLcod told hiinthis would hot do yet,
for tiret those who had ever seen him before wouhl still di-
eover his face for ail thc disguise he w in. The l'rince said,
'This is an odd lvmarkable face I Imve got that nothing
can disguise it.' I heard Mr. MacLeod declare lnore than once
that the Prince could do any thing or turn himself into any
hape, but that of dissembling his air.' That he could never
disguise with ail the arts he could uoe. ' There is hot a person,"
he said, ' that knows wlmt the air of a noble or great man is,
but upon seeing the Prince in any disguise ho could put on
wouhl see something about him tiret was hOt ordilmry, SOlne-
thing of the stately and the grand.
They were no sooncr COlne into Strath than they lnct two of
MacKimon's mon who had been out in file expedition. Im-
lnediately thcy starcd upon the t'rince, aud with hands lifted
op, wept bitterly to sec him in such a pickle. Malcolnl begged
them to take care what they were doing raid to compose them-
selves, for that they might do Imrm by showing anv concern.
He took them back with him so far, and cautioning them not
fo take any notice of this lncetiug, took an oath of them, hot
fo discover af any rate that thev had seen the Prince in disguise
or in that corner of the country, and then dismist them. The
men accordingly proved true to their trust.
XVhen they were near the place the Captain designed fo sc
up af, he told the Prince that he h a sister that dwelt there
who was married to Jolm MacKinnon, a eapin, latelv under
the Gqird of MacKilmon, and that ho judged it advisable to
go to his sister's house, advising the l'rince in the meantime to
sit af a little distance from file house till he should enquit af
Jolm MacKim»on or his wife if any party was near the place,
and if he (Malcohn MacLeod) could be sale there ; and likewise
tdling the Prince that he was still to pass for his servant,
Lewie Caw. Mr. Macod accordingly went fo the house where
he found his sister, but her husband was llOt at home. After
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the usual compliments he told his sister that he had corne there 4 july
perhaps to pus some little rime, 1)rovided that no party was
near them, and that he was in safety to stay. She assured
him that no party she kncw of was in that corner, md that ho
was vel-y welcome, and shc hol)ed hc wouhl bc in safety enough.
Ho tohl her that he had no body along with him but one
Lewic Caw (son of Mr. Caw, surgeon in Crief) who had been
out in the late aftlùr, and consequcntly in the saine condenma-
tion with himself; and that he was with him as his servant.
Upon this Lewie Caw was eallcd upon fo corne into the bouse,
the place being called Ellagol, or Ellighuil, near Kilvory or
Kilmaree (.c. a chapel, or rathcr a burying place, dedicate fo
the Virg'in [tl'y) in Strath. Vhcl Lewie entered the house
with the baggage on his back and the nal)kin about his head
he took off his bomber, ruade a low bow and sat af a distance /oz.
from his toaster, q_'he Captain's sister said there ws something
about that lad that she liked unco well, and she could hOt help
admiring his looks. Vhen meat and drink, riz., bread and
cheese, milk, etc. were set down belote the toaster he said
his servant that he might corne in by and take a share,
for that there were no strangers in the house. The si«k
Lewie ruade if shy ami reflsed fo eat with his lnaster,
and alledged he knew 1)errer inanners. But the nmster
ordering him fo colnc and take a share he obeyed, still keeping
off the bonnet.
In their way fo this 1)lace the Prince in the night rime
hapl)ened fo fall into a bogue ahnost fo the toi» of the thighs
and MLeod behoved fo pull him out by the arml)its and
thercby was bogued hilnself, q_'he Captain desired the servant
lass, who couhl talk nothing but Erse, fo bring some water for
his feet, which she did ; and being much ïatigued he desired
ber fo wh his ïeet and legs. When ,he was whing them he
sai(|, ' You see that l)oor sick man there, I hope you "11 wash
his feet too. If will be great charity, for he h as much need
as I have.' ' No such thing," said she, ' although I wash the
master's feet, I ara hOt obliged fo wash the servant's. Vhat!
he's but a low countrywoman's son. I will hot wash his feet
indeed. However, with much intreaty Malcohn 1)revailed
upon the maid fo stoop so low as fo wash l)oor Lewie's ïeet.
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140 THE LYON IN MOURNING [I746
While she was washing them she happened to use him right
roughly, and the Prince said to Maleohn, ' O MaeLeod, if you
would desire the girl hot to go so far up."
Malcolm importuned the Prince to go to bed and take some
rest. The l'rince then asked who would keep guard for feal"
of an alarm ? 5Ialcolm said he would do it himself. The Prince
at last was prevailed Ul)On fo throw himself upon a bed, but
would hot strip. 5Iaicohn desired his sister to go out, and
sit upon the top of a knowe near the house and keep wateh
while he and his servant Lewie should take some sleep, which
she accordingly did.
Thê Cal)tain hearing tim the landlord was coming towards
home wen out to meet him. A/er saluting him he asked if
he saw these ships of war (pointing to them) that were hover-
ing about upon the coast. Sir. MacKinnon said he saw them
very well. ' What,' said Ma«Leod, ' if out Prince be on hoard
one of them ?' ' God forbid," replied MacKinnon, ' I would
hot wish that fiw anything." ' What ' said Malcohn, ' if we
had him here, John? 1)o you think he would be in safety
enough ?' ' I wish with all my heart we had him here," replied
John, 'for he would be sale enough.' ' SVell then,' said MacLeod,
' he is here already. He is just now in your bouse. But when
you go in vou must he carefifl to take no notice of him at all.
He passes for one Lewie Caw, my servant." John faithfully
promised to ol)serve the direction, and thought he could per-
formit well enough. But he was no sooner entred the house
than he could hot hold his eyes ffOln staring upon Lewie,
and very soon he was forced to turn his face away flore the
Prince and to wee]). In this housse the Prince diverted hilnself
with a young child, Neil 5IacKinnon, carD.ing him in his arms
and singing to him, and id, ' I hope this child lnay be a
captain in my service yet.'
The Prince and )Ialcohn began to deliberate about going
fo the continent, and the proper measures fo be taken for
that purpose. They both agreed hot to let the old Laird of
MacKinnon know anything of their being in that country,
])ecause though he be a mighty honest, stout, good man, yet
Son of said John.
1746] XVITH THE OLD LAIRD OF IIACKINNON 141
through his old age, md the infirmities attending it, they 4Jury
thought ho vas not so well eut out fi)r the diculties of the
Prince's present situation, and therefore they judged it advis-
able to desire John 5IacKimmn to hire a boat under a pretenee
of Maleohu MaeLeod's only sailing to the continent, taking his
promise in the lneanime that he shoukl hot communicate any- . 246.
thing of the marrer at ail to the old Laird if he shou]d chance
fo sec him. Aeeordingly John went fo hire the boat, and
meeting with the old ehiftain he could hOt keep the marrer
from him. The Laird told John tha he should get a right
boa and mariage tha marier well enough, and that he would
instantly eome to the place where the Prince was. John
reurned o he l'rince and toht him what he had donc, and
that ohl MaeKinnon was coming fo wait Ul)On him. U1)on
this 5[alcohu rcl)rcoented fo the Prince that seeing they were
upon tbe bounds of the ohl Laird and that hc had takcn tlte
matter in hand, he bchovcd fo order and direct everything,
for that if ho should take upon him fo give his ol)inion or
contradict honest MacKinnon in anything he shouhi prol)ose ,
a diffcrence might arise that would hot be so convenient in the
preoentjuncture. And therefore suggestcd it as a wise thing
that he should lcave the Prince altog'cthcr fo the manement
of old MacKinnon, who he was pcuaded would be vct care-
ful of him, and exceedingly true and firm fo the trust. The
Prince did hot savour this proposal at all, for he conld hot
think of parting with his trusty friend. But the Capaill
insisted upon it advisable upon other acconnts. He told
the Prince that now he behoved fo be amissing anaong his
own friends and acquaintances, and feu fo one but parties
would be employed in search of him, which, if they should still
keep together, might end in making a discovery of them both ;
and that therefore he would chuse rather fo return fo the /z. 47.
place ri'oto whence he came, though he shonld happen fo bave
the misfooEune of being made a prisoner, which w veçv like
fo be the ce. ' And no marrer for that af ail," said he, ' if
it eau tend fo promote your safeçy, which if cannot readilv
rail fo do.' Vith much reluctancy the Prince af last agrced
fo tlle proposal, and upon old 5IacKinnon's coming fo them
they went directly fo the boat, John [acKinnon going with
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1-1,gq THE LY()N IN M()URNING [746
them, who likewise accoml)al)icd the Prince and old 3lacKilmon
to the continent.
Vhen the l'rince was about stepping into the boat, about
8 or 9 ai night, }}e tm'ned to Ma}cohn and said, ' Don't you
remember that I i)r(»nised to meet Murdoch MaeLeod at sueh
a place ?' No nmtter," said Malcohn, 'I shall make your
apoh)gy." That's hot enough,' said the Prince. Have yon
paper, pen and ink upon you, MacLeod P 1 31 write him a few
lines. I'm oldiged so to do in good mmmers." Aeeordingly
he wrote him in the fnllowing words:
' Sir.I thank God I ara in good health, and have got off
as design'al. I{ememl)er me to ail friends, and thank them for
Ihe trouble thev have bccn at.--I ara, Sir, Your humble ser-
xant. ,lAMES TIIOMSON.
Elliguil, .hdv 4th, 1746. 'z
'Fhe l'rince delivered thc lettcr into thc Cal)in's hands,
and then asked him if he conld light him a pipe, for ho wanted
to smokc in thc passage. The Captain desir'd him to have
thc cttkv readv in his check, and that he should fidl upon a
method to light if. Malcohn took some tow out of his po&et,
and snapping one of the guns hcld thc tow to the pari and
kindled iL Thon puting it to the mouth of the pipe he blcw
and the l'rince smokM. Bnt the cuttie being exceedingly
short, Mah.ohn scarred the Prince's cheek with the tow.
At parting the l'rince presented the Cal)tain with a silver
stock-bu&le, which among ail his diNculties he h still got
1)reserv'd; and embracing him in his arms saluted him twice,
and bad God blcss him, putting ton guincas into his hand.
Malcohn positively refiscd to acccpt of the gold, becanse the
l'rince bchoved t()have great use fi)r money in his wandering
ri'oto place to place ; and he said he bclievcd he hl hot much
tbottt him af that rime. The Prince presscd if upon him and
wonld have no refitsal, wishing it had been much more for his
sake, and that he conld have gone to the continent with him.
Capain MacLcod took care to bave one of the cutties the
l'rince had used and carricd it to London with him, where
1 See ff. 233 , 765, $7I, 1564. See ff. 262, 1714.
I746 ] LETTER BY THE PRINCE 143
meel:ing wil:l! one, Dr. Burl:on of York, a prisoner, and chant- July
ing l:o l:ell tle sl:ol'y of tlle euttie l:lle Doel:or begged as a great
favour l:o have l:lle cul:tic, whieh Maleolln gave him. The
Doel:or bas ruade a fine shagreen case for il:, md preserves it
as a valual)le raril:y. Tllis ])r. Burton was ruade prisoner
Ul)On a SUSl)ieion of his having Cl'Ossed England wil:h 11 ilaten- fol. 249.
l:ion l:o kiss file Prinee's hands. Maleolm in eolning down fl'om
London nlade a si:op alï York for a doEy or l:wo, and visited l:he
Doel:or and his etll:l:ie.
Cal)l:ain MaeLeod, 1 after l:aklng leave of l:he Prince made tlae
1)esl: of lais woEy baek again :o Raaza, and on lais way visited
Mrs. MaeDonald of Kilgsburgh, l:o wholl he told l:he whole
advenl:ure, i)ar[ieulal'ly l:he Stol'y of the lnOl:to and earving
upon l:lle silver-lnill slle had given l:o Che l'rince; and how flac
Prince said fllal: the wind wouhl soon change aud set the sllips
of war off. from l:le eoas¢, whieh Maleolm said aeeordingly
happened.
After Maleolm had returned l:o Raaza, parl:ies landed upon
l:he island fo rulnmage if. One day a party of red-eoal:s hap-
pened l:o be 1)retl:y near him before he spied them. He and a
servalll: he had with hinl l:ook l:o tleir heels and ran for it.
The parl:y did nol: tire 1)ul: ealled upon them fo stop. Endea-
vouring :o gel: eleal" of tllis l)arty, Ile had ,-tlmosl: rtm himself
inl:o l:he hands of Cal)tain Caroline Seol:t, upon the head of
tlfty or sixty men. Seol:l: ordered his party fo tire al: Maleolln
and lais servanl:, and l:o run aftel" them. e They eatched the
poor servanl:, and would have hiln l:o l:ell if yon was tire Pre-
l:ender tllat had gol: off' froln l:lleln ; and heeause Ile would not
nol; sa)" it was the Prel:ender, l:lley l:ortul'ed hiln so thal: thev ,4,z. _o.
lefl: llim for dead Ul)On l:he st)ol:. Bulï whetller or nol: l:he poor
man (Donald Nieolson) recovered was what Maleohn had never
vel: diseovered. laleolm ran l:o l:he clifl of a rock upon the
sea-shore, where he said no person would ever run bul: in l:lle
greal:esl: neeessity, so diflleull: it was of aeeess. There he
remained l:hree days and thl'ee nigllts, llaving OlflV some
erumbs of bread and elleeSe in his 1)ockel:. Bul: being like
Fleîsonly34yearsofage. Seetï. 1714, etseq.
-" See ff. $75, 171S.
july
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144 THE LYON IN MOURNING [1746
to starve of hunger and thirst, he left his cliff and came once
more upon the islmd. One day happening to take a nap in a
bouse, an alarm came that a party of MacLeods from Sky was
near, and befire ho could get out af the door the party was
hard af haud. Once more he ran fo the old clift, the party
firing af him and crying after him fo stop ; but he continued
running with ail speed, and they endeavoured fo outrun him
but could hot. In his way to the clift he happened fo meet
with a boy whom he took along with him, lest he should have
fallen into the hands of the party, and perhaps have discovered
which way he saw him rmmiug. He remained in the clift
three days more. The boy growing weary of the cold and
hungry quarters, frcquently pressed to bc gone. But the
Captaiu could uot well think of that, for fear of a discovery.
However, at last he allowed the boy fo go, taking his promise
that he would fetch him somc provisions and iutelligence, and
that he wodd not diseover where he had left him. The poor
boy soon fell into the hands of the saine party, who by threats
forced him fo têll what he knew. Malcolm rising up fo look
about him a little, spied six MacLeods creeping in about fo the
clift with their muskets cock'd. He had no way left him to
escape ; but having some gold upon him he offered them evey
farthing of it, provided they would lct him go and shift for
himself, which they refused fo do, even though they were his
own blood-relations, and the party commanded by his fi'iend,
John MacLeod of Talisker. They carried him prisoner fo a
command of fusiliers af Pourtree iu Sky. From thence he was
guarded by a party fo the sloop, commanded by that cruel,
barbarous man, John Ferguson of Aberdeenshire.
Vhen he was to go on board his wife and some other fi'iends
came flocking about him, weeping bitterly and lamenting his
rate. He very pleasantly desired them fo dry up their tem,
for that he hoped to return yet from London in coach. This
merry saying of his prov'd hOt amiss, for he came ri'oto London
it a post-chaise with Miss Flore MacDonald, passing for one
Mr. Robertson, and Miss, for his sister; they hot chusing fo
discover themselves upon the road, lest the mob might insult
See L I72S.
747]
CAPTAIN MALCOLM MACLEOD 145
then and use then iii. They arrived in Edinburgh upon Aug. .
Sunday's evening, August °nd, 1747.
Though Fergtison could hot rail fo know Captain MacLeod
fo be a gentleman both ff'oto lais malmer and the cloaths he
had upon him (for he was very genteelly dress'd in scarlet
cloath and fine tartan), yet he was never pleased to vouch- for. 252.
sale him one single look but in the way of surliness and iii-
nature. He was oblig'd fo retire every evening by eight
o'clock with the other prisoners to the place assigncd them
under deck, where they had their choice of lying upon cable
ropes, boards, or stones, without any covering, and lmd only
half-men's allowance given them of very coarse indiflbrent
rare.
Beïore the Captain got fo London his eloaths were so wore
that the skin began fo appear through them, and by that rime
he had not one shirt fo change another. Though he had been
an oflïcer in thc Prince's service under his chiftain, the Laird
of Raaza, yet he had the good luck fo get off by a mistake,
for he wa.s thought wheu brought fo London fo be Raaza him-
self, both whose feet turn inwards ; and when Malcohn's feet
were examined by order, the return given was ' that they were
bofla straight and stout.' However, lais naine being much
talked of and growing somewhat ramons over ail London, the
Government had a mind once more fo be af him, and sent the
evidences fo visit him fo see if they knew him, and if they did
hot know lfim, fo endeavour fo fish something out of him by
entangling lfim in lais talk. Particularly one, Urquhart, came
fo lfim in a very kind and familiar manner, and inquiring about
his welfare. Captain MacLeod told him that he had the
advantage of him, for that he was af a loss fo know who if foc 253.
was that favoured hin with such a kind visit, not renembfing
he had ever seen the face before. 'O Mr. MacLeod,' said
Urqulmrt, 'don't you renmmber fo have seen me a Edin-
burgh at such a tilne ?' It lmppeued very lucki'ly for Maicolm
that he lmd never been in Edinburgh before that rime, and
therefore he assured Urquhart tiret he behoved to take him
for some other person. Raaza and lais men had corne only to
Perth sometime before Falkirk battle. Urquhart still insisted
that he was sure lle had seen him before, particularly at Inver-
K
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1745
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146 THE LYON IN MOURNING [I747
ness af such a time. The Cal)tain still kept him off with long
weapons and discreet returns; so that neither Urquhart nor
none of his kidney could gain any ground upon him af ail.
There being no evidence fo be tbund against him, he had the
benefit of the indemnity. Accordingly he was liberate out of
the messengers hands upon Jnly 4th, 1747, together with
Clanranald, scnior, and his lady, Boisdale, John MacKinnon,
my Lady Stewart, etc. Miss Flora MacDonald was hot liberate
till some few days after.
Cal)tain MacLeod gave likewise the following renmrkable
narrative: 1 After thc battle of Gladesmuir, a Glenelg man
came over fo Sky to give the accounts of it. Upon this Sir
Alexander MacDonald, the Laird of Raaza, Kingsburgh and
Captain MaclJeod had a meeting some time in the end of Sep-
tember, 1745, at Sconsary, a publick house in the Isle of Sky.
When Sir Alcxander came fo the place, he desired that none
might be l)resent but friends. The coml)any assured him that
the Glenelg man was a very honest fellow ; but Sir Alexander
would hot hear of his witnessing what passed among them, and
therefore he was hot admitted.
Sir Alexander said that this was certainly a most remark-
able and surprizing victory the Prince had obtained; that he
doubted not now of the Prince's succeeding in the attempt ;
eaad that therefore every one should raise his men fo assist him
in the design. Then directing his discourse fo Raaza, he said,
' Raaza, ris true you cannot raise many men ; but the men you
have are good. You can easily raise an hundred, and I resolve
to raise nine hundred, which will make out a thousand good
stout fellows betwixt us: for I ara hot for having boys or
superannuate men amongst them. These I would divide into
two battalions, 500 in each; and as you are a man that one
can confide in, I resolve to nmke you Colonel of one of the
battalions." Raaza most cheerfully accepted of the offer, and
heartily thanked Sir Alexander for the command he designed
fo honour him with. Then the nmrching off the men was laid
down by Sir Alexander himself,--that Raaza should go off
with his battalion first, and that Sir Alexander should follow
a See £ 1829.
I745] CONFERENCE AT SCONSARY 147
at the distance of a day's march ; and the particular places for
quartering on the narch were condescended upon. They like-
wise agreed upon what number of cattle they should drive
along with each battalion for provisions till they should corne
to the low country, where they would get l)lenty. In a word,
ail natters were nost amicably and fraukly resolved upon for
joining the Prince's standard without loss of time, and the
compauy were highly delighted with the interview. Sir Alex-
ander stayed ail that night in the smne bouse, naking very
merry, and taking a hearty glass with the gentlemen.
Next day the post brought letters to Sir Alexander from
President Forbes and the Laird of 5lacLeod, then af Culloden,
which were delivered to him in presence of the company. He
stept aside to a window and read the letters by himself, not
allowiug the company fo know anything of the contents.
Immediately he left his former chearfulness and frank way,
and was quite upon the grave and thotghtful. He spoke hot
one word more of the natter, and left the company soon like
one in confusion. To the importunities of the President and
MacLeod had Sir Alexander in an instant yielded himself up
entirely, and dropt the declarcd resolution of his own miud.
Just as Sir Alexander went away, 5lalcolm MacLeod asked
af Kingsburgh what was become of yesternight's resolution,
for that he was nuch surprized at Sir Alexander's leaving
then so abruptly and dryly. Kingsburgh said he kuew as
little what was become of tiret affair as 5lr. 5lacLeod did, but
he was afraid that there would be no more of if. Vhen Cap-
tain MacLeod was asked whether or not he thought that Lady
Margaret MacDonald had any influence upon Sir Alexander fo
make him change his resolution ; his answer was, that from ail
he knew of that nmtter he could hot discover any reason to
believe that Lady Margaret had any influence at ail in the
affair upon Sir Alexander.
After giving this narrative, 5lalcolm likewise told that
before the Prince's arrival Sir Alexander 5IacDonald had been
with Boisdale, brother of the Laird of Clanranald, and who
lives in South Uist, with whon he had a conference about the
Prince's designing to cone over ; insinuating that he intended
to land first in some part of the Long Isle, and perhaps, lnight
fol 255.
September,
fol. 256.
June.
June
fol 57-
fol. ",8.
148 THE LYON IN MOURNING [1745
send for Boisdale ; adding withal that if he should happen to
corne without a backing, he could wish he would return fo
France. To this purpose Sir Alexander left a message with
Boisdale fo the Prince, importuning him, if he arrived without
a following fo return and wait for a more favourable oppor-
tunity, and till he should get matters in better order for the
atte,npt.
Vhen Boisdale came to the P5nce upon his fit landiug
he delivered the message to him, mad did all he could fo
support the purport of if. The Prince asked Boisdale if he
thought that he would get a hundred men fo join him. ' No
doubt," said Boisdale, 'you'll get more than a htmdred. But
what then, though you get 500 ? what will that do ?" ' Well
then," said the Prince, ' if I can get only a hundred good stout
honest-hearted fcilows to join me, I "]1 make a tria] what I can
do." Although Boisdale spoke to the Prince in a very dis-
couraging way, and affer the smlm'd w set up kept back
all Clanranald's men that lived in South Uist and the other
Isles fo the uumber of four or rive hundred good men (for he
had more to say with them than either Clanranald himself or
his son), yet to do Boisdale justice, he was of great use to the
Prince when wmadering up and down through South Uist,
Benbicula, and other parts of the Long Isle, and exerted his
utmost endeavours (with the assistance of honest Armadale) fo
kcep him out of the hands of his enemies.
As fo the several parts of the above sentence particular
questions were asked af Malcolm MacLeod, and in his answe
he gave a plain account of Boisdale's conduct, both before and
affer the Prince's distress, and particularly mentioned what
number of men Clanranald might be reckoned fo bave in the
Isles. Both the Cgptain and James MacDonald, joiner (in
whose house this Journal w given), agreed in arming that
Clanranald had in the Isles four or rive hundred good men,
and upon the continent three hundred. These upon the con-
tinent were the only men that followed young Clmaranald in
the Prince's service.
Captain MacLeod likewise gave the following account of the
great danger the Prince was in of being taken prisoner in the
retreat from Sterling fo Inverness :
I746] PRINCE CHARLES AT MOY 149
The l'rince, one night, quartering in the Laird of Mac- 16 Feb.
lntosh's bouse, had hot lnany about him for a guard, and
these too dispersed up and down for proper quarters, there
being no apprehension af ail of any danger. Lord Loudon,
then af Inverness, got intelligeuce that thc l'rince was that
night fo sleep in MacIntosb's bouse with no great guard
about him. Vrhen if was dark, orders were given the meu fo
be in readiness upon a milmte's warning, and accordingly Lord
Loudon marched of[" with about seventeen lmndred men. 1
Vrhen the Prince was about goiug fo rest, or rather when if
became dark, Lady MacIntosh ordcred oue Frazer, a black-
smith (who happened fo be thcre by chance, ]mving a dcsire
fo sec the Prince), and four servants fo get loadcd nmskcts,
aud fo go away privately beyond all the guard.q and sentries
vithout allowing thcm fo knov anything about t]mm or their
desio-n, and fo walk on the fichls al| night, and fo kee|) a good
look-out. Thereby she said they would prove a check upon
the guards, and would be ready fo discover approaching
danger, if any should ha|)pen before the sentries eould know
anything of tbe marrer. All this proceeded mercly from Lady
MacIntosh's great care and anxiety about the Prince. The
blacksmitb and his faithful four accordingly wcnt pretty far
beyond all the sentries, and walked up and down upon a rouir,
af the distance, Captain MacLeod said he believed, of two mlles
from MacIltosh's bouse. Af last they spied betwixt them
and the sky a great body of men moving towards them, and
not af a great distance. The lflacksmith fired his musket and
killed oue of Loudon's men, some say, the piper; but Cal)tain
MacLeod said he could hot positively aflirm anything about
that particular. -° The four servants followed the blacksnlith's
example, and if is thought they too did some exccution.
Upon this the blacksmith huzzaed and cried aloud, ' Advance,
Advance, nly lads, Advance! (namiug some particular regi-
ments) I think we have the dogs uow.' This so struck Lord
Loudon's men with horrour that instantly they wheel'd about,
after firing some shots, aud in great confusion rau back with
speed fo Inverness. If is thought that Lord Loudon's men
1 See ff. 648, 989, 2o7, 256. See f. 380.
150 THE LYON IN MOURNING [1746
7 Feb.
fol z6o.
fol z6x.
who fired wounded some of their own companions. An express
had been sent off p5vately fo Lady laclntosh by some friend
in Inverness fo warn ber of the danger. He came fo the
house much about thc rime that the trusty rive discovered
the body of mon advancing towards them. Lady Maclntosh
ran directly fo the room where thc Prince was fast asleep and
gave him notice of Lord Loudon's design. Instantly he
jumped out of bed and would bave been going dovn stairs
directly, but l,ady l\laclutosh importuncd him fo stay in the
room till she should get him further notice and try what could
be done. q'hey wcre soon put out of any apprchension of
danger. Some of Lord Loudon's men, through the darkness of
the night mistaking thcir way, fcll into the hands of the guard,
and tohl that when they were ordcred fo nmrch from Inver-
ness thcy were hot allowcd fo know where they were going,
and that Lord Loudon upon the firing should bave said,
'ïhere's au end fo this; we are ccrtainly discovered." Hc
was the prettiest fcllow that could nmke Iuverness first. Ïhe
firing of the rive alarmed thc guard, and quickly put them and
others in motion. But Loudon and his mcn were far out of
reach before they could corne to the ground where the firing
happcn'd. Clanranald's men were that night keeping guard
upon the Prince, and Captain MacLeod, being in the neigh-
bourhood, was alnongst the number of those that were alarm'd
with the firing and ruade haste fo corne up.
Among other subjects thc l'rince and Captain MacLeod in
their wanderings happen'd fo talk of the above remarkable
incident when the Prince was pleased fo inform him that the
Laird of Maclntosh himself (in Lord Loudon's comnmnd) was
the kind fi'iend that had sent off the express ri'oto Inverness fo
give notice of the danger, q_'he l'rince said he had a very good
opinion of that gentlemml.
After the hurry of thc alarm was over, the Prince ordered
ail the men fo be got together and fo lnarch directly for In-
verness; and when they were approaching that tovn he drew
them up in order of battle, expecting, as was given out, that
Lord Loudon was fo march out of the town fo fight. For a
considerable way they marched in order of battle, and when
they came near Inverness tlley saw Lord Loudon and his men
1746] PRINCE CHARLES ENTERS INVERNESS 151
making ail the haste they could out of if, betaking themselves ,7 Feb.
fo ships and boats to earry them off. The Prinee and his
army entred the town without opposition or violenee of any
kind.1
N.B.--Upon Thursday, August 1,th, lï4ï, Captain Mal-
eolm MaeLeod and ,Iames MaeDonald, joiner, dined
with my Lady Bruee in the Citadel of Leith. After
dinner they were so kind as to retire to my room, where
they staid till between six and seven at night. The
Cal»tain was but poorly provided for in money matters,
a,d therefore a eontribution was set o, foot tbr him in
and about Edinburgh. I was so happy2 as to make
among my acquaintances six guiueas and a crown, which
I delivered into lais own hand. I thon told him the
fi'eedmn I had taken in writi.g down ri'oto my memory
the conversation he had ho,oured me with, Friday last,
in presence of Stewart Carmichael and James Mac-
Donald, but that I still wantcd to bave ma additional
favour of him, which was, that ho would be so good as
to allow me to read my prima cura in lais hearing, in
order to get his observations and amendments upon it.
He frankly granted my request, and said he was glad
to embrace the opportunity of so nmch exactness,
which had noyer been used with him in a,y one of the
many conversations he had formerly given. IIe was
pleased to declare lais being much satisfied with what I
had written and said, he would now tell me some things
he had not mentioned before, which accordingly I writ
in his own words, always reading over every sentence to
him for the greater certainty of the facts being exactly
and circumstantially narrated. I bave been carefifll to
insert these particulars in their proper places in the
above transcript. There was one thing I had some
difficulty rightly to adjust with Captain MacLeod, which
was the day of the month when he parted with the
Prince aRer seeing him in the boat with old Mac-
I747
13 Aug.
fol. 262.
See ff. 273, 993, I258" I lucky interlined.
3 Aug.
fol. u63.
I"oL 264.
15o
THE LYON IN MOURNING
[1747
Kinnon. When I asked him about this, he said if was
upon ,July th. I told him that would not answer af
ail with the days forlnerly mentioned by him, and that
if behoved fo be duly 5th. He was still positive that
if was the th, 'For," said he, 'I remember nothing
better than that I set if down upon a piece of paper
lest I should forger if. [The diculty was still like to
rem»in unresolved, he being equally positive both as fo
the days formerly mentioned by him, md the particular
day upon which he parted with the l'rince, till if luckily
came into my mind fo ask him how many days he
reckoned in dune? He answered, "l'hirty-onc, which
mistake served to clear up this point, e] Captain Mac-
Leod said he expected his brother-in-law, ,lolm Mac-
Kinnon, soon down from Loudon, and then suggestcd
fo James MacDonahl that if Jolm should happen fo
corne by the way of Edinburgh, he should be at pains
fo procure a meeting betwixt the said Mr. MacKilmon
and me, mad that (considering the exactness I observed)
3ames MacDonald should lay himself out fo get me a
meeting witl Donald MacLeod, Miss Flot» MacDonald,
and any others if they came in his re»ch tbat could be
useful in making a discovery of facts and men. To which
Mr. MacDonald answered, he would do ail that lay in
his power.
I then took occasion fo acquaint Captain MacLeod
about a report that had passed eurrently in Kings-
burgh's naine after he had set out fron Edinburgh in
his return fo Sky. The report was this, that Kings-
burgh should bave declared fo several persons that the
Laird of MacLeod should have writ him a letter, desir-
ing him fo deliver up the Prince, if he should happen
fo corne in his way, and representing fo him what a
service he would thereby do fo his country ; and that
the said Laird should bave corne fo Kingsburgh (as the
See ff. 767, 879.
2 The passage within brackets is scored through as delete by Bishop Forbes.
[ED.]
I747] CAPTAIN MALCOLM MACLEOD 153
story gave out) either af Fort Augustus or in the x3Aug.
Castle of Edinburgh, desiring fo bave that letter up
from him again, whieh Kingsburgh refised fo comply
with. Several persons (knowing that I had frequently
and tamiliarly eonversed with Kingsburgh) had corne
fo me enquiring about the above report if I kncw any-
thing of the marrer. My answer always was, that as
Kingsburgh had never so much as ruade thc most dis-
tant hilff fo me about any letter whatsomever froln the
Laird of MaeLeod, I could say nothing either as fo
truH or the fitlshood of that report.
AI'ter informing Cal)tain MacLeod al)out l:his story as
above, I told him what a dcsirc I had fo bave this
particular clem'cd up, that if thc report was fidse and
calunmious if might l)e contradicted, and if truc, if
nfight be recordcd in fiduram roi mcmoriam ; and then
asked him if ho would be so good as fo take ri'oto me a
nemorandum fo Kingsburgh about this nmtter. He
said he would with ail his hcart, and that he would
likewise lay himself out fo cxpiscate facts and transmit
exact accounts of them fo me by any sure private hand
that should corne in his way. Here follows an exact /oz. 65.
copy of the
,IEMORANDUII,
To ask particularly at Kingsburgh if ever the Laird
of MacLeod sent him a letter about dclivering up the
Prince ; and whether or hot he should have at any rime
desired fo have that letter up from him again. If such
a letter be in Kingsburgh's hands, if could bc wished
he would be so good as fo give a copy of if. l
Thursday, August lth, 177.
Upon Saturday, August nd, I met once nore with z Aug.
Captain MacLeod about o'clock afternoon in the
house of Jmnes MacDonald, joiner, when the Cap-
1 See ff. 7o, 793, 85, °56, 63-
22 Aug,
fol 66.
154
THE LYON IN MOIIRNING
[747
tain was making ready fo pass over fo Ki,,gborn, whicb
accordingly be did that night. I put him in mind of
the above Iemorandum, and asked the fitvour of him
fo take John MacKinnon's accotnt from his own mouth
and h'ansmit if fo ll]eç as I had heard that Mr. Mac-
Kinu«m had takcn tbc opportunity of a ship bound for
hlvcrncss from some part of the cot of England, and
thcrcfore I cou]d hOt expect fo ]lave a meeting with
him. Thon I 1)cgged him fo try if Armadalc would
voucbsafe me a writtcn accotmt of bis part of tbe
management, and o cxcrt his cndeavours fo pick up
for me au exact narrative of ail tbe crucifies, barl)ari-
ries, etc., he could get any right intellige»cc about.
Thc Cal)tain was ])lc«cd fo corne undcr a promise Chat
he would do bis utmost fo comp]y with my dcsires as fo
ail these particulars.
RonERï FoRnES, A.M.
x7 Aug.
I747
JOURNAl, of DONAI,D ]IacIEOD, etc.
Citadel of Leith, Monday, August 17th, betwixt six and
seven af night, 1747, Deaeon Villiaul Clerk, taylor, eanle to
see nie, and did me the favour of bringing along with hinl
Donald MacI.eod (tenant af Gualtergill, in the Isle of Sky,
under tbe Laird of MaeLeod), the honest and ïaithful steers-
nmn of the eight-oar'd boat froln the continent fo the Isles of
Benbieula, South Uist, Lewis, etc. etc. etc., and who bad the
Prince among his hands, and was employed in going upon his
errands for nine or ten weeks after the battle of Clloden.
.After the usual eomplinlents and some little ehit-ehat, I
took occasion fo inform 1)onald anent the favour I had
obtained of Malcolm MacLeod, and how easily and chearfully
be had granted my request, begging in the meantilne fo have
the like favour ff'oto him, as his history, taking in so nmcb
rime, behoved fo be very interesting. Honest Donald modestly
1 There are frequent references in The Lyon in llourning to Donald Mac-
Leod. See ff. 46o and 1384, where his death is noticed.
747] MEETING WITH DONALD MACLEOD 155
said he would very willingly grant nly desire for ail that he 7 hug.
had fo say would take up no great rime--if would eily
contained in a quarter of a sheet of paper. But then he said,
as he had heard that I had been employing myself iii collect-
ing these tllings, lle behoved fo hear ail the accotnlts I had foz. 267.
gathered together, particular]y O'Ncil's Journal, ])efore he
wotld give me Olle word. I begged leave fo tcll him that I
was persuaded his accotnlt would take u l) lnuch more thau a
quarter of a s]met, considering the lcngth of rime he happened
fo be with the Prince iii his greatest distresses, and that I
would willingly read fo him all that I had collected, l)ut that
if consisted of so ulany sheets that I was afraid if would take
up too lnuch of our rime, which I wotfid chuse much rather fo
spend iii taking his account in writing from his own lnouth.
However, I said I could easily gratify ]lira iii reading O'Neil's
Jourual, as if hapl)encd uot fo be of any great length. Hc
said he wotld content himself with O'Neil's Journal only, as
he had been along with him iii company ail the rime he had
attended the Prince after thc 1)attle of ('ulloden. For this
ruade him the more anxious fo know what O'Neil advanccd iii
his jotrnal, as he himself could judge where O'Neil was tu the
right and where iii t]m wrong.
I then represented to hiln that if he would indulge me the
freedoln of asking questions af him (without which, from
experience, I could asstre him there was no taking of journals
from one with any tolerable exactness), he would soon see that /«.
his journal behoved fo take up much more papcr thau hc
imagined. He said he would allow nie fo ask any questions I
should think fit fo propose. I asked him where he was fo be
that night. He told me he resolved fo sleep in James hlac-
Donald's house. I desired fo attend him and to spend the
evening with hiln, which was agreed fo.
When we were in Jamess house I began fo ask some ques-
tions, fo ,which Donald gave plain answers. After asking
several questions, Donald, looking af James hlacDonald with
a smiling countenance, spoke in Erse fo him; and James
laughing very heartily, said fo nie, ' Do you know, Sir, what
Donald was saying j ust now ? He says you are the uncoest
cheel he ever met wi'; for if you go on in aking questions so
17 Aug.
fOll O69l
o Aug,
fol.
156 THE LYON IN MOURNING [I747
parficularly, and if he shall tell you all the nig-naes o', he
belicves indeed his account will tmke up much more rime and
paper flmn be imagincd.'
Upon this I ohl him if was no enough o inform me ha
tire Prince and his small rcfinue wcre in his or hc ohcr place
such a dtky , and ha hey did breakfas, dine, or sup here or
he, which I know]cdge o be the fi)undation of he Journal.
l]u hen there were many oher hings ha ough fo be care-
fidlv remarked and aken notice ot oherwise he Journal
would hu'n ou o be only a very (hdl, iusipid hing. I there-
fore earnesly l)egged he wouhl be a pains to recollec himsclf
as much s possible, and infiwm me exac]v wha particnlar
dangers and dish'ses hey me with, how he Prince bore up
nnder hem, wha 1)assed in conveafion among hem, and
more especially lm he wonld endcavour o call to mind the
syings of he Prince Ul)On any suhjecL ec. Thcn a parficular
day was fixed (Thursday, Augns 0h) for meeting ogeher
in tire smne house a nine o'clock in he morning, in order o
writc he Journal from Donal(i's own mouh.
Bewix 9 and 10 of he said dv, I xxs sen for and round
wifl Donald, Deacon lVilliam Clerk, ¢ylor, and ont Mr.
Finlayson, nmthemafi«al insrumen-maker, and lae cngineer
in he Prin«e's army. I had no sooner cntrcd he room than
Donald asked me if I bad been as good as my word,--if I had
brough along wil me O'Neil's Journal ? for la, he said, he
deel a word would he gie me fill he should hear O'Neil's
Journal, which he was afraid was far from being right. And
his he said he had remson to hink from wha he had heard
abou i already in conversation. I hen reoe ()'NeiFs Journal
o him, in which he fotmd faul wifl several hings, parficu-
lady as o tire saving of he boa o pieces, which he said was
no facL 'For," said he, ' if he boa h staved to pieces,
where ()'Neil mentions, he world could hot have savcd one
lift ha was on board, lVe would cerainly have all perished
in tire sea; la place is so very rocky and dangerous.
Besicles, I have reason o hink ha be boa is sfill o he
fore, and ha I my ge her ino my cusody xvhen I go home,
if I please o seck affer ber.' He likewise quarrell'd O'Neil's
asserfing ha he wen wifl him (DonMd) o Somway, which
747]
CRITICISING O'NEIL'S JOURNAL 157
he said was not fact, but that he (O'Neil) remained with the 2oAug.
Prinoe, while he himself was employed about the message upon
which he was dispatched to Stornway, where he was well
known. He also blamed O'Neil for hot taking any notice of
the Prince's being under a necessity to disguise himself in
women's cloaths, whi«h consisted with O'Neil's knowledge, and
served as much as anything fo represcnt the great danger the
Prince w in of being discovered and seized ; and for taking
(as Donald said) too lnuch of the praise to himself. Here
Donald had a remarkable expression which I cannot fidl to set
down in his own words, and they are these: Vtrhat a decl
could O'Ncil do for the preservation and safety o" the Prince fz. 27.
in a Highland country, where he knew hOt a foot of ground,
and had hot the language o" the peol)lc. And sic far'd o" him,
for he was no sooner frae the Prince than he was tane prisouer.
I own he was as faithful and trusty a fi'iend as the Prince or
any man could bave, and lnade an excellent companion to him.
But thcn he could have done nothing for his preservation if
there had hot been some Highland body like mysell wi" them.
Faith he taks ower mickcll to himscll ; and he is not blate to
mind himsell sae lnickle and to forger others that behoved to
do much more than he could do in sic a case.'
Donald round fault with some other instances in O'Neil's
Journal, which it is needless fo particularize ; for the above
particulars are sufficient for a specilnen. In general he said
the Journal was hot at ail just and exact.
Mr. Finlayson too found fault with O'Neil's account of the
battle of Culloden, and said that in that lnatter he was far
from being right.
After reading O'Neil's Jonrnal, Deacon Clerk and Mr.
Finlayson went off. But luckily Malcohn MacLeod came to
us, to whom I resumed what had pasd upon O'Neil's Journal.
Malcolm said he had reason to think that O'Neil's account was yvh z.
hOt just in several things, for that it consisted with his know-
ledge that O'Neil had advanced several things in London that
would hot stand the test. He said he could hot have a good
opinion of O'Neil when he was not at the pains to call for Donald
5lacLeod, his companion in distress, whom he could hOt fail
to know to be in London af the very same time he himself was
o Aug.
fbL 73-
r746
February.
158 THE LYON IN MOURNING [1746
in it, and to whom he could bave had easy access af any rime
he pleased. Mean rime Malcolm joined with Donald in assert-
ing that he believed O'Neil was most faithful and trusty to
the Prince, and would do any thing or run auy risque fo pro-
more his interest. But then he could hOt help observing that
it was impossible for ()'Neil to do auything for the safety of
the Priuce in a country where he was altogether a stranger,
and behoved to be at a very great loss for want of the
language.
Wheu I was begiuuiug to take down Donald's account in
writing, he tohl me it was hOt in his power (as I had asked
him) to rememher particularly the days of the month in such
a long rime; but ho would do lais best to call to mind how
many days and uights they had bcen in this aud the other
place, and from that I might if I pleased af my own leisure
afterwards make out thc days of the month so as fo agree with
April °0th or °lst, the dy on which he met with the Prince
in the wood, and undertook to pilot him fo the Isles ; and fo
make his parting with the Prince to come within three or four
days of the rime when the Prince and Miss MacDonald went
off together fo the Isle of Sky ; which, he said, was exactly the
ca. He desired me to fix their setting out from the Con-
tincnt on board the eight-oar'd boat fo the °6th of April, and
then he said I nfight make out the other days of the month af
my own leisure.
Donald MacLeod coming to Inverness (when Lord Loudon
and his mon were lying in and about that town)with a view
of taking in a cargoe of meal for the inhabitants of Sky,
happened to make a much longer stay there than at first he
had proposed, thc weathcr having proved very stormy and
cross. $'Vhen the l'rince and his army were marching towards
Invenmss, Lord Loudon and his men gave out that they were
resolved to fight them, and accordingly (as they pretended)
made ready for battle, the pipes playing and the drums beat-
ing to arms; when in an instant, instead of fighting they
wheel'd about and ruade off with speed, some to the old citadel
From this point to f. 316 of the manuscript» this narrative is printed in
[acobit¢ 2llcmoirs, ff. 373-4I I.
I746] INVERNESS TAKEN BY THE PRINCE 159
(called Cromwell's Fort), and others fo the bridge, in order fo i7 Feb.
get on board of ships and boats, the better fo make their fo. 274.
escape. 1 Donald, walking along the bridge to see what course
thev were fo take, chmced fo fall in with his own chiftain,
the Laird of MacLeod, who asked hiln how he was to dispose
oflfimself now. 1)onald said he was to go back fo Inverness
for a horse he had there, for that he thought it tbolish for hiln
fo lose his horse whatever might hal)pen. The Laird forbad
him to do any such thing, assuring him he would certainly be
ruade a prisoner by the rebels if he rcturned into the town.
Donald replied he was very indifferent whether he was moee a
prisoner or hot, being confident that they would hot do any
harnl fo him that was nothilg but a l)oor auld inan. The
Lird walked back with him as if ho had been wauting some
thing out of the town till they came leat- the gare next fo the
bridge, 'where they began to hear the pipes of the Prince's
army playing very briskly ; and then the Laird thought fit fo
turn rail and run with speed. Donald never ance fashed him-
self, but went into the town at his own leisure, where he had
hot been long till he fell in with the MacDonalds of Glencoe,
who took him prisoner, md would have him fo give up his
brooesword, ' which," said Donald, ' I was unco mwilling fo
part wi', for if was a piece of very good stuff." But luckily for fol 75-
him the old Laird of MacKinnon came up, who, taking him
by the Imnd and ;asking verv kindly about his welfare, assured
the party that Donald was bu honest man, md that he would
be bail for him. Upon which they allowed Donahi fo keep
the daymore and fo go along with MacKinnon. After this
Donald had no great inclination fo leave Inverness, but
saunter'd about mnong his good friends and aC(luaintances in
the army.
About the beginning of April 1746, ,Eneas MacDonald April.
(one of Kinlochmoidart's brothers, and a banker af Paris)
sent for Donald MacLeod and told him that he beard that he
(Donald) knew the coast well, and likewise the course fo the
different Isles, and that as he w upon going to the island of
Barra for a small sure of money that was lying there, only
a Seeff. z6x, 649, 258.
160 THE LYON IN MOURNING [1746
April,
fol 276.
j'bL 277.
about £380 Sterling, he was desirous fo have him for his pilot
and guide. Donald MacLeod very frankly agreed t:o do that:,
or anything else in his power t:o promote t;he Prince's interesl;.
()n board they go, and t:hough the sea was swarming with
sloops of war, boats and yawls full of militia, riz., the Camp-
bells, the MacLeods, and Macl)onalds of Sky, etc., yct they
had thc good hwk fo gct: safe fo Barra, where thcy got the
moncy. But. they I)ehovcd fo remove from place fo })lace fol"
fear of being discovered and t:aken, when .'Eneas and Donald
were in Barra. John Fcrguson (captain of the Furnace sloop)
came Ul)On the coast of thc Island, and sent a lettcr to Mac-
Donald of Boisdale (iii whose house Eneas and Donald had
been) by a yawl fidl of t:lc MacLeods, dcsiring Boisdale t:o corne
on board and Sl)cak witb him. Vhcn thc MacLcods rcturned
to the sloop, they infornled Captain Ferguson that they hatt
seen Donald MacLeod Ul)On shore ; and thcy were persuaded he
was about no good. lle behoved fo be about some mischief
or another, for well did thcy know ]fini, and what way he
would be eml)loyed. After this .'Eneas and Donald were
obliged fo bc more wary and cautioos tban ever, and were
much put fo it bow fo get oiT, as the sloops, boats, etc., were
cruizing in great numbel-s about ail the })laces of the Long
Isle. Af last they got off with tbe cash fo tbe island of Cana,
af the distance of ton leagues from South Uist towards tbe
maildand. From thence they sailed to the island of Egg,
twelve toiles from Cana; and from Egg they steered their
course fo the nminland, wbere tbey arrived af Kinlocbmoidart's
house, which is about six or seven leagues from Egg.
About four or rive days art.er they came to Kinlochmoidart
t]ley were thinking of setting out: for Inverlless, when Eneas
MacDonald reeeived a letter from the Prince coutaining the
accounts of the battle of Culloden. zEneas said fo Donald
that he had very bad news to give him, and then told him
that the Prince and his army had been totally routed near
Culloden house. In this letter ¢Eneas was ordered fo meet the
Prince af Boradale, and immediately upon reeeipt of the letter
he set out, and returned that sanie nigbt fo Kinloebmoidart.
About two days aiîer tbis, Lord Eleho and Captain O'Neil
came fo Kinloehmoidart.
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In one day three several messages (for the greater security
lest any one of them should happen to miscarry or corne by
any misfortune) came to Donald hlacLeod desiring him forth-
with to go to the Prince at Borada|e, which order he obeyed
directly. Vhen 1)onald came fo Borada|e, thc first man he
met with wes thc Prince iu a wood, ail ah»ae. This was about
four or rive days after the battle. April °0th or °lst.
[It i. to be remarkcd I,cre when Donald spokc to thc l'rince
he always used these terres, I%Iay it please your M«esty, or
hlay it pleae your excellency.]
Thc l'rince, ,uaking towards Donald, asked, ' Are you
Donald hlacLcod of Guatergill in Sky ?' ' Yes,' said Donald,
' I a,n the saine ,uan, may it plcasc yot, r M\iesty, at vour scr-
vice. Vhat is your |)lcasure wi" me?" 'ïhen,' said tl,e
Prince, ' You ste, Donahi, I ara in ditrcss. I therefore throw
myself into your boso,u, and let you do with ,ne what you like.
I hear vou are an honest man, and fit fo bc trusted.'
Whcn Donald was giving n,e this part of thc narrative he
grat sare, the tears came rulmiug down his cheeks; and he
said,' Vha deel could hclp greetiug when Sl)eaking on sic a
sad sub.iect ?" 1)onald madc this return to the Prince. 'Alas,
may it please your cxccllency, what can I do for you ? for I
ara but a poor auld man, and tan do very little for mvsell."
' Why," said the Prince, ' the service I ara fo put you upon I
know you can pcrform vcry well. It is that you may go with
letters f,'om me to Sir Alexander hlacDonald and the Laird of
MacLeod. I desire thercfore to know if you will undcrtake
this piece of service; tbr I ara really convinced that these
gentle,nen for ail that they have done, will do ail in their
power to protect me.' Upon hearing this Donald was struck
with surprize, and plainly told the Prince he would do any-
thing but that. It was a task he would hot uudertake if he
should hang him for rcfilsing. « Vhat,' said 1)onald, « does
hot your excellency know that these men have pl«\ved the
rogue fo you altogether, and will yot trust them for a' that ?
Na, you mauna do "t.' Then Donald intbrmed the Prince that
Sir Alexander MacDonald and the Laird of MacLeod were
then, with forces along with them, in search of him no above
the distance of ten or twelve toiles by sea from him, but a
L
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fol zSo.
mueh greater distance by land; and therefore the sooner he
left that place the better, not knowing how soon they might
corne up to it, especially if they should happen to take their
course by sea. Dona]d still rcpeated his dislike of the measure
in sending any message fo Sir Alexander Macl)onald and the
Laird of MacLeod, and said ]le wouid hot risque upon going
any message to these gentlemen ri'oto the Priuce at any rate
(in the present circumstances) fi)r more rea.ons than oue.
At this rime, very luckily for the Prince, Cumberland aud
his army entertain'd the notion that he had set sail ri'oto the
continent for St. Ki]da, being a place so rcnmte that no sus-
piciou wou]d ])e readily entertained of his being there. Upon
this General Caml)l)cll was dispatched with such a considerable
force , took up ail the fleet that was upon the coast, but to
no purpose. 'Vhen General Campi)ell al)peared upon the
coast of St. Kilda, the greater part of the poor inhabitants ran
oit fo the clifts of their rocks fo laide themselves, being
frighted out of their wits af seeing such an appearance
coming towards their island. Such of the forces as landed
enquired at the iuhabitmts they met with about the young
Pretender. The poor creatures were quite amazed, and
declared they kuew nothing of that man, for they had never
heard of him before. Thev said they had heard a report that
their Laird, MacLeod, had lately had war with a great woman
abroad, but that he had got the better of ber, and that was
ail they knew of the disturbances in the wodd. Upon this the
General and his command (hot a small one) returned with
their finger in their cheek, wheu in the meantime they thought
they ]lad been sure to catch the much-eoveted price of
blood.
Vhen Donald MacLeod had absolutely refuscd fo go any
message whatsomever fo Sir Alexander MacDonald and the
Laird of MacLeod, the Prince said fo him. ' I hear, Donald,
you are a good pilot; that you know ail this coast well, and
therefore I hope you can carry me safcly through the islauds
where I may look for more safety tlmn I can do here.' Donald
answered he would do anything in the world for him; he
would run any risque except only that which he had formerly
mentioned ; and that he most willingly undertook fo do his
I746] SEEKING THE PRINCE AT ST. KILDA 163
besl: in l:he service he now proposed. For this purpose l)onald Avril
procured a stoul: eight-oar'd boat, l:he l)roperty of John Mac-
Donald, son of -/Etmas or Augus MacDouald of Boradale.
Both Donald MacLeod and 5Ialcoim MacLeod said that l:his
John MacDonald was either killed al: the l)al:tle of Culloden
or butchered nexl: day in cold 1)lood (which was the rate of fol.
many), for l:hal: ho had never been heard of sente thal: rime.
Donald took care l:o buy a pois for boyliug pol;tage or the like
when l:hey should happen l:o corne l:o lmad, and a poor firlot of
meal was all the provision he could make oui: l:o take with
l:hem.
Avril °6th. They go on board in the l:wilighl: of the evening 26 Avril
in Lochnannua, al: Boradale, 1)eiug the very spot of ground
vhere the Prince landed at first upon the coutiueut; and
Boradale's house was the firsl: roof he was tmdcr when he
arrived upon thc conteneur. Thcre were in the boal: the
Prince, Captai, O'Sdlivan, Captain ()'Neii, Allan MacDonald,
commonlv cdled Captain MacDonald (of the family of Clan-
ranald), mad a clergymau of the Church of Rome; and 1)onald
MacLeod for pilot managing the helm, and betwixt whose fiel;
the Prince l:ook his seal:. The names of the boal:men are:
Rhoderick MacDomld, Lauchlan MacMurrich, Rhoderick
MacCaskgill, John 5IacDonald, 5Iurdoch MacLeod (son of
the pilot), Duncan Roy, Alexmder MacDonald, and Edward
Bourk or Burk, a common chairman in Ediuburgh.
Thc ahove Murdoch MacLeod was then a lad only of 15
years of age, a scholar in thc Grammar School of Inverness.
Vhen he heard of the appearance of a battle, hareng got hem-
self provided in a claymore, durk, and pistol, he rau off from fd.
the school, aud took his chance in the fiehl of Culloden battle.
Affer the defeat he fi)und means to l:race out the road the
Prince had taken, and followed hem from place to place; '
this was the way," said Donald, ' that I met wi" my poor boy."
As to Ned Bourk, I asked if Bourk was hot an Irish naine,
and where Ned was born. Both Donald and Malcolm joined
in saying that Bourk indeed was originally an Irish naine, but
thal: there had been some of that naine for three or four
generations past in and aboul: the Isle of Sky, where, or rather
in North Uist, Ned was born. 'rhey likewise told me that
164 THE LYON IN MOURNING [x745
6 April
Ned from the begimfing of the expedition had been servant
to Mr. Alexander 5lacLeod (son of Mr. John MacLeod, Advo-
tare), one of the Prince's aid-de-camps; that Ned knew ail
Scotland well, and a great part of England, having been
servant fo several gcntlcmen; and that he was thc mctn that
led the Prince off thc ficld of battle, and guidcd him all thc
way fo Boradale. They spokc exccllcut things of poor Ncd ;
and Jamcs Macl)onald, the landlord, Sul)portcd them in what
thcy said, fi)r ho knows Ncd vcçV wcll.
Vhen the Prince and his stmtll rctùuc were thinking of
going on board the cight-oar'd boat, Domtld MacLeod begged
thc l'rince mt o set out tiret night, fin" tiret it would
ccrtaiuly be a storm, and ho could hot think of his exposing
himself. The Priucc askcd how l)onald came fo think if
would be a storm. ' Vhy, sir," said l)on&ld, I see it conling
&lrcady.' Howcver, the Prince, anxious fo be out of the con-
tinent whcrc parties were thon dispcrsed in search of him, was
positive to set out directly without loss of tiret. They had
hot rowed fitr from the shore till a most violent tempcst arose,
greater tlmn any Donald MacLeod had ever been trvsted with
beforc, though all his lifetime a seafitring lllall, upon thc coast
of Scotland. To this they Imd the additional distress of
Hmnder and lightning and a heavy pour-down of tain, which
continued all the timc they were ai sea. Vhen the Prince
saw the storm increasiug still more and lllOl'e he wanted much
o be at land again, and desired l)onald o steer directlv for
the rock, which runs no less than three toiles along one side of
the loch. ' For," said the Prince, ' I had rather face c&llOllS
and muskets than be in such a s[orm as this." But Dond
would hot hear of that propod ai. ail, assuring the l'rince
that i was impossible for them fo ltlrll Ëo the land again,
because the sqtmll ws &g&inst them, and that if theç should
steer for the rock thc boat would undoubtedly stave o pieces
and ail of them behoved o be drowned, for there was no
possibility of saving any one life alnollgs them upon such a
dangerous rock, where the sea was dashing with the utmost
violence. The l'rince then asked Donald what he had a mind
to do. 'Vhy," replied Donald,' since we are here we have
nothing for it, but» under God, o se out o 8ea directly. Is
I746] STORMY PASSAGE "FO BENBECULA 165
it not as good for us fo be drown'd in clean water as fo be
dashed in pieces upon a rock and fo be drowncd too ?'
Affer this ail was hush and silcnce; hot one word more
amongst them, expectiag every moment to be overwhehued
with the violence of the waves, and to sink down to thc bottom.
To make thc case still worse they had neither pump nor com-
pass nor lantern with thcm, and the night turued so pitch
dark that they knew hot where they wet'e for the most of the
course. This ruade them afi-aid of bciug tossed upon some
coast (such as the Isle of Sky) where the militia wcre in arms to
prevent thc Prince's escape. ' But," fo use 1)onald's words, ' as
God would have it, by pcep of day we discovered ourseh'es fo
be on tire coast of the Long Isle, and we ruade directly ço the
nearest land, which was l{ushness in the Island Benbeeula.
Vith great (liculty we got on shore, ami saved the boat,
hawling hcr up fo drv land, in the morning of April
I asked how long thc course might bc that tley nmde in the
violcut storm. Donald declared that thcy had run af least
thirv-two leagues in eight hotu's. About this Malcom Mac-
Leod nmde somc doubt, allcging tle course hot fo be so long,
and they reasoned the marrer l)etwixt them. ,lames Mac-
Donald snpported l)onald iu what he had advanced, and after
some debate Malcolm acknowledged that Donald was iu the
right, aad that the course they had been driven was rather
more than thirty-two leagues. The storm lastcd 4 bours
affer landing.
Then I asked I)onald if tire Priace was in health all the
rime he was with him. Donald said that the Prince wouhl
never own he was in bad healh, though he and all that ere
with him had reason fo think tha during the whole rime the
Priace was more or less under a bloody flux ; but that be bore
up most surprizingly, and never waated spirits. Donald added,
that the l'rince, for ail the fatigue he underweat, never slept
above three or four hours af most at a rime, and that when he
awaked in the morning he was alwavs sure fo call for a chopin
of water, which he never failed to drink off at a draught ; and
that he had a little bottle in his poutch out of which he used
to take so manv drops every moraing and throughout the day,
saying if anything should ail him he hoped he should cure him-
u7 April
fol. 285 .
27 April
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29 April
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166 THE LYON IN MOURNING [I746
self, for l:hal: he was something of a docl:or. ' And fail:h," said
Donald, ' he was indeed a bil: of a docl:or, for Ned Bourk
happening ance l:o be unco ill of a cholick, l:he l'rince said,
' Lel: him alane, I hope l:o cure him of l:hal:,' and accordingly
he did so, for he gae him sae mony draps oui: o" l:he lil:tle
bol:tlie and Ned soon was as well as ever he had been.'
Vhen l:hey lmded al: l{ushness in Benbecula, they came to
ml uninhabil:ed hul: where they ruade a tire l:o dry l:heir cloal:hs,
for all of l:hem wcre wel: l:hrough and l:hrough in l:o l:he skin,
and au old sail was spread upon l:he bare ground, which served
for a bed l:o the l'rince, who was very well pleased wil:h il:, and
slel)l: soundly, l lere l:hey kill'd a cow, and l:he pol: ,vhich
l)onald had broughl: served them in good sl:ead for boyling
bits of the beef. In l:his poor hul: l:hey remained l:wo days and
l:wo nighl:s.
April °9l:h. In l:he evening l:hey sel: sail from Benbecula on
board l:he saine cighl:-oar'd boat for l:he islmad Scalpay, com-
mouly called the Island Glass, where l:hey landed safely aboul:
l:wo hours beforc daylighl: ncxl: day, l:he Prince and O'Sullivan
going undcr l:he naine of Sinclair, l:he lal:l:er passing for l:he
father, and l:hc former for l:he sou. Bel:wixl: Benbecula and
Scalpay l:here is l:he disl:ance of l:hirl:een or fifteen leagues. In
this island l)onald MacLeod had an acquaintance, Donald
Caml)bell , l:o whose house he broughl: l:he Prince and his
small rel:inue before break of da)', April 30th. Being ail
cold and hungL , l)onald MacLeod desired immedial:ely
have a good tire, which was insl:antly gol: for l:hem. Donald
MacLeod was here only one nighl:, bul: l:he Prince remained
four nighl:s, and was mosl: kindly enl:ertained by his hospitable
landlord, Donald Caml)bell , whose civilil:y and compassion l:he
l'rince cntertained a most grateful sense of.
May 1st. Donald MacLeod was dispatched by the Prince to
Stornway in the island of Lewis in order to bire a vessel
under a prel:ence of sailing to the 0rkneys to take in meal for
the Isle of Sky, as Douald used to deal in that way formerly.
Here Donald once more affirmed that 0"Neil did hot go with
him to Stornway, and desired llle l:o remark his assertion
1Seeff. 9z6-9z8.
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accordingly. Donald lcft the eight-oal"d boat at Scalpay, and x May
got anotber boat from his friend, Mr. Campbell, in which he
sailed for Stornway, where he remaincd some time without
making out the design on which be was sent. But at last he
succeeded, and then dispatcbed an express to the Prince in
Scalpay (between which and Stornway thirty miles by land)
to infornl him tllat he had got a vessel fo lais mind.
lay 4th. The Prince (leaving Allan MacDonald, the Popish 4 May
clergyman in Scalpay, who afterwards returned to South Uist),
set out on foot for Stornoway, attended by O'Sullivan and
O'Neil, taking a guide along to direct then! the right road.
This guide, in going fo the Harris (between which and Scalpay
there is a ferry of only a quarter of a toile} took them eight
toiles ont of tlle way. hl colning froln Ilarris to the Lewis
they fcll under night, and a very stormy and rainy night if
was, which fatigued theln very nluch, thcir jounmy, by the
mistake of their guide, bcing no less than thirty-eight long
Highland miles.
May 5th. Vhen in sight of Stornway the Prince sent the fol
guide fo Donald MacLeod to inform him that he and the 5 May
two captains were at such a place, desiring withal that he
would forthwith send theln a bottle of brandy and some bread
and cheese, for that they stood much in need of a little refresh-
ment. Donald immediately obeyed the summons and came to
the Prince, bringing along with him the demauded provisions.
He found the Prince and lais two attendants upon a rouir ail
wet to the skin, and wearied enough with such a long joumey
through the worst of roads in the world. Donald told the
Prince that he knew of a faithful and true friend to take care
of him till things should be got ready for the intended voyage.
This was the Lady Killdun x atArynish, to whose house Donald
conducted the Prince and lais two attendants. Here the Prince
was obliged to throw oit his shirt, which one of the company
did wring upon the hearth-stone, and did spread it upon a
chair before the tire to have it dried.
The saine day, May 5th, Donald was sent back to Stornway
to get things in readiness. But when he came there, fo his
* Of the family of 5lacKenzie.
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great surprize he found no less than two or three hundred men
in arms. The Lewis is inhabited by the MacKenzies, and be-
longs [o the Earl of Seaforth. Donald could no understand
a all wha w the malter Umt occasioned such a sudden
rising of lnen, and thercIbre, wiUmut fear or dread, he went
directly into the room where the genlemen werc [hat had
aken upon [hcmselvcs [hc tank of officers, and kcd hcm
whai was he maer. Ex'er), one of lhem immediatelv eursed
him l)ierly, and gavc him very abusive langtmgc, arming
hat he had I)rough this plague upon hcm; fi)r tha they
wcrc weli assured he Prince was ah'eadv Ul)On he Lewis, and
no far from Stornway, with rive h(mdrcd mon. This hey
said exposcd them [o he hazard of losing 1)oth heir catfle
and Ucir lires, as hey heard lhc Prince was comc wRh a full
resolufion o fi)rcc a vessel ri'oto S[ornwav. l)ouald very
gravely asked, Ih)w sorrow such a notion couhi ever encr ino
heir heads ? ' Where, I i)ray you,' said ho, ' could thc Prince
in his l)rescn condition gc 500 or one hundred men togcflmr?
I bclieve tie men are mad. llas flc devil l)OSSCssed you
ltogeUcr They replied ia Mr. John MacAulay, Preshv-
terian preaeher in Sou[i Uis, had wri these accouns o his
faUmr in fle IIarris, and tha tle said faher had transmied
he saine o Mr. Colin MacKenzic, Prcsbverian eacher in he
Lewis. 1)mmld sancd Umse bladcs, tie informers, verv hcarfily,
and spared no o givc thcm heir l)ropcr epiUmls in strong
erms. ' Vell flcn," said l)onald, ' since you know ah'eadv la
hc Prince is upon youï i]and, I acknowlcdge
bu thon hc is so far ri'oto having any mmd)cr of men wifl him
flm he bas only 1)tl wo companions witl him, and whcn I
ara here I make he lhird. And vc le me ell you farher,
genlcmcn, if Scafi)rfl himself were bore, by G he durs
no l)u a hand o llm Prince's 1)rcas.
Hcre Donald dcsircd me to rcmark par[icularly for le
honour of Um honest Ma(.Kenzies in the Lewis (uo[wihstmding
Um vile abusive languagc they had given him)
clared Umy had no inenfion o do he Prince the smalles hure,
or o meddle wRh him a l)resen in any shape. Bu hen
they were mighy desirous he migh leave flem and go o he
confinen, or anywhere clse he should flfink convenienL The
1746] OBLIGED TO LEAVE THE LE,VIS 169
wind being quite fair for the continent 1)onald desired they s May
would give him a pilot, but they al)solutely refised o give
him one. Donald oflbred auy money fi)r oue, but he said ho
believcd ho would hot have goç oue çhough he should have
offcred £500 s[crling, such was [he [error and dread the people
were sruck wih. l)onahl theu rcturued fo the Prince and //. 9.
gave him an honest account how matters stood, which ruade
them all af a loss fo kuow what course o take, all choices
having hu[ a 1)ad aspect.
Af this rime thc Prince, ()'Sullivan and O'Neill had bue six
shirts amongst them, and frc(lueutly when they stript fo d
those that wcre u])ou thcm thcy round thosc that they werc to
put ou as wet as the oncs thcy had thrown
Iu this grcat di('ultv thc Prince (teclared, let thc consc-
(lUence I)e what if wouhl, he couhl hot think of stirvinff any-
where that nigh[ till he shouhl slee l) a littlc, so much ws he
fittigued with the late tedious journcy. And the two cal)tains
werc no lcss wearied, being quie undone. To make their case
still worc, two of the boatmen had run awav from Storuwas,
beinff fi'ighted out of their wits af the rising of the mon in arms.
Mav 6th. Al)out eight o¥1ock in thc morning the Prince, 6 May
O'Sullivan, ()'Neil, Donahl MacLeod md the six boatmen
(two whereof wcre l)onald's own son and honest Ned Bourl),
went ou board Douald Campbell's boat, which thev had got ai
Scal])a, and sailed for the Ilaud Euiru, twelve mlles from
Stornway, and landed safelv. This Euirn is a deser iland
roun(l which the people of thc Lewis use o go a fishiug, and
upon which Hmy frcqucntly land fo spread their fish Ul)On the
rocks of if for drsiug. The fishermen were [heu ai S[ornwa)',
but hot one of thcm cotdd be prevailed upon o accoml)any the
Prince to the uninhal)ited island, for Oe wind was contraLy ,
and if blew a very hard gale.
Vhen thev were in I,ady Killdun's house they had killed a
cow, fi)r which the Prince desired paymeut fo be ruade; bue
the landlady refused fo accept of if. However, Donald said,
before they lef[ the bouse he obliged hcr o take the price of
the cow. ' For," said Donald, ' so long as there was any money
among us, I was positive that the deel a man or woman should
have if fo say that the Prince are their meat for uought."
6 May
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They took the head and some pieces of the cow along with
them in the boat, as also two pecks of mcM and plenty of
brandy md sugar. They had all along a wooden plate for
making their dough for bread, and they ruade use of stones for
birsling their bannocks bcfore the tire. Vhen they were part-
ing with Lady Kill&m she called Ned Bourk aside and (as
Donald said)gave him a junt of butter betwixt two fardles of
bread, which Ne(i put into a wallct thcy had for carrying some
little baggage.
Upon the desart island they found plcnty of good dr)" fish,
of whieh they wcre resolved te makc thc best rare they could
without any butter, net knowing of thc junt that Ncd had in
his wallet. As they had plenty of brandy and sugar along
with thcm, and fotmd vcry good springs upou the island, they
wantcd nmch te have a littlc warm punch te chear their hcarts
in this cohl remotc place. They luckily found a earthen
pitcher whieh thc fishers had left upon the island, and this
served their purpose vcry wcll for heating the punch. But the
second night tlm pitcher by seine accident or anothcr was
brokc te pieces, se that they could have no more warm punch.
XVhen Donald was askcd if ever the Prince used te give any
particular toast when they were taking a cu l) of cold water,
whiskie, or thc like, he said that the Prince very oftcn drank te
thc Black Eye, ' by which,' said Donald, ' he meant the second
daughter of France ; and I ncvcr heard him naine any particular
health but that alonc, x XVhen he spoke of that lady, which he
did frequently, he appeared te be more than ordinary well
pleascd.' Whcn Donald was askcd if evcr he heard the Prince
mention that he had ,'my trust te put in the King of France
for assistance, he answered that the Prince when he spoke of
thc King of France mentioned him with grea affection, and
declared that he firmly believed thc King of France had his
cause much af heart, and would (he hoped) de ail in his power
to promote if. Vhen the Prince af anv rime was talking
upon this subject, Donald said he used to add these words:
' But, gentlemen, I can assure you, a King and his Council are
two very different things.'
See f. 1686.
1745] CAMP LIFE WITH PRINCE CHARLES 171
Ned Bourk stood cook and baxter; but Donald said, the
Prince was the best cook of them all. One day upon the
desart islaud the Prince and Ned vere employed in making
out a dish of fish, whilc all the test vere asleep. Ned, hot
minding that he hml the junt of bnttcr, began fo complain
that the fish vonld make but a very sarless morsel withont
bntter. The Prince said the fish would do very vell in their
present condition, and that they bchoved fo take the fish till
the :butter shonld corne. Ned, at last reecting, told the
Prince that he had got a junt of bntter from Lady Killdun,
which he laid up betwixt two fardles of bread in the wallet,
vhich vas thon lying in thc boat. The l'rince said that wonld
do exceedingly welI, for it wouhl serve fo compleat their
cookery, and dcsired Ncd to go fetch if immcdiatcly. Vqmn
Ncd came to take out the bnttcr the bread vas ail crumbled
into pieces, so that if ruade a very ugly appcarance. Ned
retnrned aud tohl thc Priuce the butter wonhl hot serve the
puq»ose af all, for that it was far from bcing clean, the bread
being crumblcd iuto pieces aud vrought in anmngst if, anti
therefore he thought shamc fo l»'esent it. ' V hat, said the
Prince 'was hot the bntter clean when it was prit there?'
' /es, ansvered Net{, 'if was cleau enongb. Then," replied
the Prince, ' you are a child, Ned. The butter will do exceed-
ingly well. The bread eau never file it. Go, fetch it imme-
diately.' Vhen the fish were suciently boyled they awakened
the test of the eompany fo share in the eutertaimnent.
Donald MaeLeod, looking at the butter, said the deel a drap
of that bntter he would take, for it was neither good nor
elean. But tbe Prince told him he was very nice indeed, for
that the butter would serve the turn very well af present, and
he caused it to be served up. They ruade a ver), hearty meal
of the fish and the crumbs of bread swimming among the
butter.
At another rime, when Ned was preparing fo bake some
bannocks, the Prince said he would bave a cake of his own
contriving, which was fo take the brains of the cow and mingle
them well in amougst the meal, when making the dough, and
this he said they would find fo be very wholesome ment. His
directions vere obeyed, and, said Donald, ' he gave orders fo
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o May
birsle the bannock well, or else it would hot do at ail.' rhen
the cake was fldly fired the Prince divided it into so many
pieces, giving cvery gentlcman a bit of it; and 1)onald said,
' if ruade vcrv good bread indeed."
Here I ascd if the hoatmen did eat in common with the
l'rince ami the gentlemen ? ' Na, good fitith, they ' said
Donahl, ' set them up wi" that indeed, the fallows to eat wi"
the l'rince and thc shentlemen re even kept up tle port of
the l'rince upon the desart island itself ami kept twa tables,
one tbr the l'rince ami the shentlemen, and the other for the
boatmeu. We sat upon the bare ground, having a hig stone
iu the middle of us tbr a table, and sometimes we are off our
knee or the hare grotmd as if happened.'
Upou this tmiuhalfited islami they remained tirer days and
tirer nights in a low, pityfid but, which the fihers had ruade
up tbr thcmsclves; but if was so ill-roofed that thcy were
obliged fo spread the sail of the boat over the top of if.
They fi»tmd heath aml turf enough fo make a tire of; but had
nothing hut the haro grotmd fo lie along upon when disposed
fo take a nap, without anv covering Ulmn them ai ail
Vheu they were consulting about taking their departure
ri'oto this harren island, thc l'rince ordered two dozen of the
fish fo be put on hoard thc boat whatever might happen fo
them, and said he would leave monev for them, placing the
coEsh npon a fish, that so the people, when they missed of the
number of their fish might fiml the value of what they wanted.
But (YSullivan or {)'Neil told him if was needless to leave anv
money, lest vagrants shouhi happen fo land upou the island
aud take the money which did hot belong fo them. These
two prevailed upon him fo allow the money fo be htken up
again.
May 10th. They set sail ri'oto the uninhahited island, when
the t'rince told his retinue he was determined fo return fo
Scalpay or the Island Glas, in order fo pay his respects to
houest Donald Campbell for the remarkable civilities he had
shown him; and then he ordered fo steer the course directly
fo that island. Vhen they arrived ai Scalpay, Donald Camp-
bell was hOt ai home, lmving gone a skulking for fear of being
laid up, an account or rumour having passed from hand fo
FROM SCAI.PA TO BENBECULA 173
hand that the Prince had been in his bouse, a,d that the
landlord had entertaincd him kindly. The Prince was sorry
af missing his hospital)le fi'iend, and set sail directlv ri'oto
Scalpa the saine day, May 10th. Hcrc I)onahl said the Priuce
would hot part with Campl)ell's I)oat, hecausc i was such a
ff,e, light, swift-sailing thing. In coursing along they hap-
pened to sl)y a ship ai Fiuisbery, in the Harris, within two
musket-shot, befi)re they ol)served ber. They were on Che
windward of the ship a the mouth of the said bay, and ruade
all thc hastc thcv could along the coast to Beubicula. In this
conrse thcy spied anothcr shi !) in Lochmaddy, in North Uist,
which occasioned them to nmkc ail the sail and rowiug they
conld to get frcc of the mouth of the loch a,d ott ofsigh of
the ship.
5lty llth. Being stili ni)on the sea thcy fcll short of 1)read ;
but having somc meal on l)oard and the men turning very
hungry and thirsty, they began fo nmke Dramach (in Ersc
5?appa«k) with salt watcr, and fo lick if up. The l'rince said
that was a kiml of meat he had never seen before, and there-
fore ho bchoved fo try if how if wouhl go down. l)ouahl said
the l'rincc are of it very heartily, and ranch more than he
could do for his lire. Never any meat or driuk came wrong fo
him, fi)r he could take a share of cveçy thing, be it good, bail,
or indiffercnt, and was always chearful and contented in everv
condi tion.
May llth. They arrived af Lochwiskaway, in Benbicula,
and had scarce got ashore when the wind l)rove(l quite cou-
traçv to what i had been, blowiug a hard gtle, which served
to make the ships they had sl)ied steer an Ol)l)osite course. A
heavy rain likewise came on a the saine rime. If hal)l)ened
then fo be low water ; and one of the boamen weut in among
the rocks where he catched a large partau, and taki,g if up in
his hand he wagged if af the l'rince, who was af some distance
from him. The Prince theu took up a cog in his hand, and
running towards the lad desired to share in his gaine. 1
fol z9 8.
II May
1 There is a hiatus here, a leafof the original having apparently been lost, viz.,
ff. 299, 3 °0.
[ol. 3or.
June
t5 June
17¢ THE LYON IN MOURNING [I746
dispatched Donald MacLeod in Cmnpbell's boat fo the con-
tinent with letters fo Lochiel and John Murray of Broughton,
in order to know how aftirs stood, and that Donald might
bring along with him some ca.|l and brandy. Donald met
with Lochiel and Murray af the head of Locbarkaig ; but got
tic» noney at ail from Murray, who said he had none fo give,
having on|y about sixtv louis d'ores to himself, wh|ch was hOt
worth the wh|le to send. I)ona|d received letters from Lochiel
and BIurray to the Prince, and fotuld means witbout mucb ado
to |mrcbase two anchors of brandy af a guinea per anchor.
I lere ])onald observed tiret the l'rince had a very good opinion
of Murray, Iooking upon him as one of the honestest, firmest
men in the whole world.
I)onald was absent from the Prince eighteen days or there-
abouts, and Ul)On his return he fotlll/] the l'rince wbere he left
him upon Coradale. During his abode on this molmtain he
lived in a tenant's bouse, only a but better than ordinary,
diverting and maintaining himsclfwith hunting and fishing;
for he used frequently fo go down to the foot of tbe hill upon
the shore, and there go on board a small boat, wlficb continued
rowing along, and he catched with hand-lines fishes called lytbs,
somewhat like young cod.
June 14th. From the foot of Coradale they set sail in
Campbell's boat st|Il towards Loch Boisdale, but spying three
sail within canon-shot of the shore about break of day, this
obliged them fo put back fo a phce cMled Cilistiela in South
Uist. 1 Next morning, June 15th, once more they set sail for
Loch Boisdale, where they arrived safcly. Here they got
accounts tiret Boisdale was ruade a prisoner, wh|ch was a thing
hOt looked for af ail, as he had all along lived peaceably af
home, and had kept back all Clanranald's men upou the Isles
from follouing their young cbiftMn. ïhese accouuts of
Boisdale's being a prisoner distressed the Prince and lais small
retinue exceedingly much, as Boisdale was tbe person princi-
pally coucerned in the preservation of the Prince ; and all along
had been most careful fo consult the safety of the Prince in
his dangers upon and about the Isles. Malcolm MacLeod and
x See £ 460, for some additions here.
I745] AT CORADALE IN UIST 175
Donald MacLeod both agreed in affirming that had not x5June
Boisdale been ruade a prisoner the l'rince needed hot to bave
left the Long Isle for ail the searches (and vcry strict ones they
were) that were ruade aftcr hinl hy the tl'oops and lnilitia; so
well did Boisdale know ail the different places of concealment
throughout thc Long Isle that were fittest for the Prince to be
in, and so exact he was in sending tilncOus notice to the Prince
by proper hands, if he conld hOt with safety wait upon him in
person, to be here or there, in this or the other place, at such
and suc|l rimes ,as he thought convenient to point out to him.
Boisdale's confinement therefore behoved to be an inexpressihle
hardship and distress upon the l'rince, and make him qnite at lot. 303 .
a loss what fo da or what corner to turn himsclf fo.
Lady Boisdale sent fonr hottles of hrmdy to the Pl'ilce, and
every other thing she conld 1)rocure that was usefid for hiln
and his attendants. In and about Loch Boisdale the Prince
continued for eight or ten days, till .lune °4th, that the woeflll :4 iune
parting behoved to ensue bctwixt the Prince and Donald Mac-
Leod, etc. 1
One day coursing up and down upon Loch Boisdale Donald
5lacLeod asked the Prince if he were once corne to his own
what he wonld do with Sir Alexander MacDonald and the
Laird of MacLeod for their behaviour. ' O Donald," said the
Prince, 'what would you have me to do with theln? Are
they hot our own people still, let them do what they will ? It
is hot their fault for what they have donc. If is altogether
owing to the power that Presideut Forbes had over their judg-
ment in these matters. Besicles, if the king were restored, we
would be as sure of them for friends as any other men what-
somever." q_'he Prince blamed the young Laird of 5ILeod
much more than the father ; for that, he said, the son had been
introduced fo him in France, where he kissed his hands, and
solemnly promised him ail the service that lay in his power to
promote his cause ; bnt that when put fo the trial he did hot
keep to his engagements at ail.
Here Malcolln MacLeod remarked that the Prince spoke fol. 304.
likewise to him about the Laird of MacLeod and his son ; and
a See £ 46z.
o Aug.
fol. 305 .
176 THE LYON IN MOURNING [747
he said when the Prince was talking about them, he could hOt
rail observing with what wariness and caution the Prince
(knowing he was talking fo a MacLeod) ordcred his words, hot
bcing S[ll'C likewise in his [hen circums[ances whom to trust, or
how casily peol)le might be oflç'uded a anv obscrvations hc
might hal)pel fo make ui)on [hose who had lmt deait so fairly
by him.
Both Donahl and Malcolln agreed in giving it as their
opinion that the l'rince had tll excess of mercy and goodness
t[)Otl[ Ililll aË ail raines.
Thcy iikewise ngrccd iii sayiug lh¢ç had good reason [o
bclieve flla h(mes Ihlgh MacDolmid of Armadalc in Sky
(sel)fathcr of Miss Macl)olmld) had a nlecfiug with the Prince
1 rince s i)itois in
a[ RushlmsS in Bcnbecu]a, [ha[ he g(} he »"
kccpiug, and ha[ ho had Hcm sfill in his cus[odv. They
mhlcd fiwflmr, thcy were 1)ersuadcd ho wouhl sooner par wi[h
his life flmn with hesc pistols, unioss thcv wcrc o be given o
[lac i)l'oi)er owncr; aiR{ tllaË he was [hc gl'«tlld contriver in
htyiug and exccufiug ll,e scheme fi)r the l»rillCC'S escapc in
wOmel,'S cloafl,s ri'on, thc Long Isle o fl,e Isle of Skv. They
said tirer had of[en heard tha Arlnadalc sent a le[cr bv Miss
F]Ol o lais wife, whcrein he uscd Sonle such expression as his,
' fla he had fi)tmd ou an h'ish girl, Bclic ]Otlrk, vcrv fil for
l)eiug a SCl'Vall[ [o ]ICi', and flut among her o[her good qualifi-
caions she had flfis oue, tha[ wcll couhl shc spin, which, he
knev, she liked wel]."
They also agrced in [ellil,g me flm he whole Island of
Raaza had 1)cen l)hlndercd and piilaged o [he u[mos[ degree
of severi[y, evel'y house and hu[ 1)eil,g levelled viH, the ground ;
and here was no[ lcf in [he wholc is]an(] a four-foo[cd 1)eas,
a hen or a chicken, a As therc as plenty of fi'ee sone and
marble in Raat, tire Laird had buil of hese maerials a very
nea gen[ecl bouse for himself, which was razed ou a he
foundafion, lirai in desroying i[ flmy had carefidly preserved
fl, e wiudows (all of oak), and put ff,cm Ol, board of a ship of
war for sale. SVhen [lac ship came h) he Road of Leifl,
JalneS MacDouahl, joiner, and a kinsmml of Raaza's, wen on
See fi: 77 o, 805. See ff. 525, 769, 8o5- z See f. 873.
747] THE PRINCE'S WANDERINGS 177
board, and bought the windows, whicb were ail done with oAug.
crown glass, chusing rather they should fall into lais hands tlmn
into those of any inditTerent person, because he could accourir
for them to the owner when a proper opportunity should otTer.
I saw the windows in James MacDonald's bouse.
Donald MacLeod said the Prince nsed to smoak a great deal
of tobacco ; and as in lais wanderings from place to place the
pipes behoved to break mad turn into short cutties, he used to
take quills, and putting one into another, and ail, said Donald,
' into the end of the cuttie, this served to nmke it long enough, for. 306.
and the tobacco to smoak cool." Donald added that he never
knew, in ail lais life, any one better at finding out a shift than
the Prince was when he happened tobe ata pinch ; and tlmt
the Prince would sometimes sing them a song to keep up their
hearts.
They expected that Boisdale would get free at Barra. But
one came and told the Prince (to lais great sorrow) that Boisdale 24 June
was still to be detained a prisoner, and that there was no
appearance of lais being set at liberty. This. with other dis-
tresses that were still increasing upon lfim, ruade the Prince
resolve upon parting from his attendants for the greater safety.
There were at that rime two ships ofwar in the mouth of Loch
Boisdale, for whom they durst not make out of the loch to the
sea. Besides there was a command of above rive hundred red-
coats and militia within a toile and a half of them. Ail choices
were bad, but (under God) they behoved fo remove from the
place where they then were, and to do their best.
The Prince called for the boatmen, and ordered O'Sullivan
to pay every one of them a shilling sterling a day, besides their
anaintenance. He gave a draught of sixty pistols to Donald
MacLeod to be paid by Mr. John Hay of Restairig, if he should
happen to be so lucky as to meet with him upon the continent.
But as Donald never met with Mr. Hay the draught remains /oZ. 307.
yet unpaid. Donald could hOt help saying here that he did
hot despair of the payment, for that he hoped for (as old as he
was) to see the draught paid to him with interest.
Vrhen Donald came to talk of the parting he grat sare and
Said, It was a woeful parting indeed, but still insists that he
hopes to see hin yet for a" that's corne and gane,'
.fo/. 308.
8; July
178 THE LYON IN MOURNING [I746
June th. They parted with a resolution fo meet again ai
a certain place by different roads ; Donald MacLeod, O'Sullivan,
and the boatmen wa|king away and leaving O'Neil onlv with
the Prince. Donald MacLeod went south about, but a|l the
men left him, one only cxccptcd ; upon which he was obliged
fo sink the boat, and fo do the best he could fo shift for
bimself. But if was hot possible for an old man like him fo
keep himsclf any considcrablc rime out of grips, especially as
the troops and militia af last bccame so very numerous upon
the diflbrent parts of the Long Isle. The militia were the
worst of ail, because they knew the country so well. Donald
and Malcohn MacLeod were positive that the red-coats could
have done but little, particularly in taking those that were
skulking, had if hot 1)een for the militia, riz., Campbells,
Monroes, Grants, etc., etc., who served to scour the hills and
woods, and were as so many guides for the red-coats fo discover
fo them the several corners of the country, both upon the
continent and on the islands.
July 5th. l)onald MacLeod had themisforhme fo be taken
prisoner in Benbecula by Allan MacDonald of Knock, in Slate
in Sky, a lieutenant, q_'he saine dav Mr. Allan MacDonald, x
of the family of Glenaladale, and Mr. Forrest, clergyman of
the Church of Rome, were made prisoners by the said Klmck,
but hot af the saine rime of dav nor upon the saine spot with
Donald MacLeod. Mr. MacDonald, one of the clergymen,
commouly called Captain MacDonald, had sixty guineas in his
pocket, which Knock took fronl him, though he was his blood
relation, and would hot give him one single shilling fo purchase
necessaries with.
From Benbecula the two priests and honest Donald were
brought fo Barra, in order (as was given out) fo appear before
General Campbell; but they did hot see him there. From
Barra they were carried fo Loch Brachandale in Sky, and fi'om
Loch Brachandale fo Portree in Sky, where Dolmld had the
mortification of being neglected and disregarded by some of his
own relations, who saw him, but soon turned their backs upon
him, and would hot vouchsafe fo speak one word to him. This
1 At last banished. See f. 8r.
I7461
DONALD MACLEOD EXAMINED 179
affected Donald's honest heart very much. ' But,' said Donald, for. 309.
' the rogues will be fain fo speak fo me now when I go baek fo uly
Sky, where indeed I t]lOtlg]lt never fo return any more. But I
shall make them understand themselves.'
Al: Portree Donald MaeLeod and Malcohn MaeLeod met as
fellow-prisoners, and from that were earried fo Applecross Bay
towards the continent, and there they were put on board the
sloop eotnmanded by the noted John Ferguson so often men-
tioned. Donald MacLeod was immediately brought into the
eabin before General Campbell, who examined hiln most exaetly
and eireumstantially. The General asked if he had been along
with the young Pretender .P ' Yes," said Donald, ' I was along
with that young gentleman, and I winna deny if." 'Do you
know," said the General,' what money was upon that man's
head ? no less a smn than thirtff thousand pounds sterlin, which
would bave ruade you and all your dfildren after you happy
for ever.' Donald's answer fo this is so very good tiret
beauty of if would be quite spoil'd if I did not give if in his
own words, which are t;hese. ' Vllat; t;hen ? thir 0 thousand
pound«.t Though I had gotten 't I could hot have enjoyed il:
eight and forty hours. Conscience would have gotten up upon
me. "i_'hat nmney could hot have kept if down. And tho" I
could bave gotten ail England and Scotland for my pains I
would hot allowed a hair of his body fo be touch'd if I could
help il:.' Here Donald desired me pmoEicularly fo remark for fol, 3xo.
the honour of General Campbell, and fo do hinl justice, that
he spoke these words, ' I will hot say that you are in the wrong.'
Then the General said, ' But now yotl are in the king's mercy,
and if)'ou will hot deelare every thing you know of this marrer,
here is a machine (pointing fo if) that will force you fo deelare.'
Donald replied that ' Many a prettier fellow than he was now
in lais merey, and that he wouht tell anything he knew without
anv machine whatsoever.' This was Boisdale's machine in
whieh he used to torture flfieves fo nake them eonfess. 1
Sueh partieular questions were then asked that Donald
behoved fo give an aeeount of the violent storm they were
engaged in when sailing from the continent fo the Isles, what
* See ff. 9, 690.
180 THE LYON IN MOURNING [I746
july
fol
persons were on board af that rime and what their characters
were. XVhen the General heard of a Popish priest in the case
he asked, Seeing if was a very tempestuous night they set out in
from the continent, whether or hot the priest was hOt very busy
in praying heartily for the young Pretender, as he was in danger
of drowuing ? ' Na, good faith he, Sir,' replied Donald, ' for if
he prayed for himsell, he thought he did well enough. And
had you been there, Sir, you would have thought you did well
enough too if you prayed for yoursell. Every one of us was
mindiug himsell then." Then a written declaration was taken
ri'oto Donald's own mouth and he subscribed if.
Donald said he could easily give ail his own part of the
adventure without doing the smallest harm fo the Prince as he
then knew that the l'rince had set out some rime before from
Sky to the Contiuent, and was out of the reach of General
Campbell and his command.
Here Malcolm MacLeod informed me that he likewise gave
a written declaration, but did not subscribe if.
They both concurred in affirming the Ferguson behaved very
rough]y md barbarously to them. Vhen they were in health
they and tlle other prisoners were brought upon the q'uarter-
deck betwixt 9 and 10 in the morning, aud were allowed to
walk among two dozen or so of sheep with sentries placed on
each side of them. So long as Ferguson was cruizing upon the
Highland coast he took care to bave great plenty of fresh
victuals of all sorts, the sweet fruits of plundering and pillaging.
The prisoners got only half-mans allowance in every respect. For
one day of the week they had pease ; but the common fellows
of the ship behoved fo be served first before the gentlemen got
any af ail ; and if the pease happened fo fall short, the fellows
would have mixed them up with salt-water. The victuals were
brought fo the prisoners in foui nty buckets, wherein the
fellows used fo piss for a piece of ill-natured diversion. They
were assigned their quarters in a dark place of the ship, where
they were hot allowed the light of a candle of any kind, ' from
the 1st of August 1746 fo the day," said Donald and Malcolm,
' upon whieh Lord Lovat suffered, being April 9th (Thursday)
1747. When they were brought opposite fo Tilbury Fort upon
the Thames, they were turned over from Ferguson fo another
I747] TREATMENT OF JACOBITE PRISONERS 181
ship, where they lay for months together in a most deplorable April
state of misery, their cloaths wearing so off them that manv af
last lmd nota single rag fo cover their nakedness with. Here
they were treated with the utmost barbarity and cruelty, with
a view (as they suppose) fo pinc away their lires, md by piece-
meal fo destroy every single lnan of them. And indeed the
design had too great success, for nmny of them died. Donald
MacLeod said he had reason fo think that no less than four
hundred men died on board three ships opposite fo Tilbury
Fort, 1 among which sixty or seventy Grants of Glenmoriston,
who by the persuasion of the laird of Grant had surrendred
themsclves and delivercd up tbcir arms af Inverness, when
Cumberland was there not long after the battle of Culloden.
Donald and Malcolm declared that finer and stouter men never
drew a sword then what these Glenmoriston men were; and
none of them survived the miserable situation and returned fo
their own country, but only one or two. They likewise joined
in laying great blame fo the door of tbe Laird of Grant, who,
they said, could hOt rail fo know what would turn out fo be the dot. 3x3.
rate of those men if they should be prevailed upon fo surrender.
In a word they looked upon him as the instrument of the
misery of these brave fellows, and spoke no good things of him
af ail, affirming that he entertained a lmtred at the Grants of
Glenmoriston. -
Here Donald and Malcohn had a remark very much fo the
purpose. They said, If was most lucky that a greater number
had not surrendered af the saine rime, for that the treatment or
the Glenmoriston men became a warning to others hot to follow
their example. And indeed their rate did prevent many
surrendries that otherwise would bave happened.
Donald MacLeod aflàrmed that they lived at least for two
days upon horse flesh. Here Malcolm did not fully agree with
him, and after some little debate betwixt them Malcohn
qualified the expression and told me I might write down that
the beef they got was so very bad and black that they could
hot take it for anything else but horse flesh or carrion. Upon
this Donald smiled and said, ' Vell, Malcolm, how much have
I See £ I967. : See I329, I489, I660.
April
toi.
fol. 35-
18- ° THE LYON IN MOURNING [747
you mended the marrer ?' SVhen Donald was asked how such
beêf went down with them, he replied, ' O what is it that will
hot go down wi' a hungry stonaack ? I can assure you we ruade
11o scruple to car anythiug that cmne in our way."
Almost ail those that were in the saine ship with Donald and
llalcolm were once so sick that they could scarce stretch out
their hands to one another. Old MacKimon, one of their coin-
panions, held out wonderfidly, although a Ulltll upwards of ï0.
Ho was only about eight days in such a wav that he needed one
to help him up in the morning; while others much younger,
and to ail appcarances stronger too, were dying by pairs, as at
last there was a gcnered sickness that raged among ail the
prisoners on board the different ships, which could hot Ikil to
be the case wheu (as both Donald and Malcohn positively
affirmed) thcy wcre sometimes fed with the beeves that had
died of the disêase which was then ragiug mnongst the horned
cattle in Englaud.
Vhen Donald and Malcohn were talking of the barbarous
usage they themselves and others met with, they used to say,
' God ïorgie them ; but God lat them nêver die till we havê
thêm in the saine condition they had us, and wê are sure we
would hot treat them as they treated us. We would show them
the dilTerence between a good and a bad cause."
Donald MacLeod spoke verv much good of Mr. James
Falcolmr, a Scots non-jurant clergyman, and ('harles Allan,
son of Hary Allan in Leith. He said that Charles Allan
behaved exceedingly well in his distrêss, aud had ve,y much of
the gentleman about him, and that he was in a state of sick-
ness for solne rime. He said that Mr. Falconar was scarce
ever any way iii in his health, that he bore up better than anv
one of them, having a great fimd of spirits, being always chearful,
and never wanting something to say to divert them in their
state of darkness and misery. He added that he did hOt know a
better man, or one of greater courage and resolution in distrêss.
Donald desired nae fo take notice that he was set at liberty
(out of a messenger's house iu London, where he had been but
a short rime) upon a most happy day, the 10th of Jtme 1747.
The bitthday of the OId Chevalier.
I747] DONALD MACLEOD'S SNUFF-BOX 188
Donald has got in a present a large silver snuff-box prettily June
chessed, from his good friend, Mr. John Valkingshaw of London
which serves as an excelleut medal of his history, as if has
engraven upon if the intcresting advcnture, with proper
mottos, etc. The box is an octagon oval of thrce inches and
three quarters in length, three inchcs in breadth, and an inch
and a quarter in dcpth, and the inside of if is doubly gilt.
Upon the lid is raiscd the eight-oar'd boat, with Donald af
the helm, and the four under his tare, together with the eight
rowers distinctlv rcpresented. The sea is ruade fo appear very
rough and tempestuous. Upon one of the extremities of the for. 316.
lid there is a landskip of the Long Isle, and the boat is just
steering into Rushness, the point of Beubicula where they
landed. Upon the other extremity of the lid there is a land-
skip of the end of the Isle of Sky, as if apl)ears opposite fo
the Long Islc. Upon this representation of Sky are marked
these two places, viz., Dunvegau and Gualtergill. Above the
boat the clottds are represented heavy and lowriug, and the rain
is falling from them. q'he motto above the clouds, i.e. round
the edge of the lid by the hinge, is t]lis--OLl! H.rC MEINIsSE JUVAI31T--AI'ULIS 6 t° 17¢6. The inscription under the sea,
i.e. round the edge of the lid by the opening, is this--QwI),
NEt"rVNE, PARAS ? FATtS AGITAItUR INI0.UIS. Upon the bottom
of the box are carved the following words--DorALO MacLEoD
OF GVaLTEaLL, in the Isle of Sky, ïnE FAIïHFULL PALIN[:ItS,
JEt. 68, 1746. Below these words there is very prettily
engraved a dove, with an olive branch in her bill.
Vhen Donald came first fo see me, along with Deacon
Clark, I asked him why he had hOt snuff in the pretty box ?
' Sneeshin in that box !' said Donald. ' Na, the deel a pickle
sneeshin shall ever go into if till the K-- be restored, and
then (I trust in God) 1 31 go fo London, and then will I put
sneeshin in the box and go fo the l'rince, and say, " Sir, will for. 3x7.
you tak a sneeshin out o" my box ? "'
N.B.--Donald MacLeod, in giving his Journal, chused o,ug.
rather fo express himself in Erse thm in Scots (as indeed he
does hOt much like af any finie fo speak in Scots), and Mal-
colm MacLeod and James MacDonald explained fo me. I
was always sure fo read over every sentence, in order fo know
2o Aug.
[oL 3x8.
7 Sept.
oL 3x 9.
184 THE LYON IN ix, IOURNING [1747
of them ail if I was exactly right. Malcolm MacLeod and
James MacDonald were exceedingly usefid to me in promptiug
Donald, particularly the former, who having heard Donald
tell his story so often before in company, put him in mind of
scveral incidents that he was like fo pass over. Donald desired
Malcolm fo refresh his memory where ho thought he stood in
need, for that if was hot possible for him fo mind every thing
exactly in such a long tract of rime, considcring how many dif-
ferent slmpes and dangers they had gone through in that rime.
Augast 0th. When I was 'riting l)olmld's jourlml from
his own mouth, I did hot part with him till betwixt.10 and 11
o¥1ock af night, and betbl'e wc 1)arted, our company increased
fo 16 or 17 in mmd)el'.
Some days af ter this Dolmld MacLeod and James MacDonald
coming fo (line with my Lady Bruce, I ruade an apl)ointmel,t
with l)onahl fo neet James MacI)onald and me upon Monday,
Septembcr ïth, with a view fo dine with Mr. l)avid Anderson,
senior, iu thc Links of Leith, who was very desirous fo see
Donald, and fo converse with him for some rime. Upon the
day appointed Donald came down from Edinlmrgh, and
brought along with him Ned Bourk, to shew him Mr. Ander-
son's bouse. "Vhen Ned was known fo be the person that was
along with Donald, he was desired fo corne into the house and
get his dinner. I went out from thc company a little fo con-
verse with Ned, who put into my hmd a paper, telling me
that this was his accoun of the maRer. "Vhen I returned fo
the company, I told them what I had got from Ned, and they
werc ail desirous fo know the contents of if. After dinner,
when I was reading Ned's ,lournal, Donald MacLeod frowned,
and was hot pleased with his account of things, and therefore
wouhl nceds have Ned brought into the room fo answer
himself. Accordingly Ned was called in, and after a pretty
long and warm debate betwixt them in Erse, we found that
Donald's finding fault amounted to no more than that Ned
had omitted fo mention several things, which Ned acknow-
ledged fo be the case, confessing that his memory did hot serve
him as fo many l)articulars.
q_'he Journal had been taken from Ned's own mouth in a
very confused, unconnected way, as indeed if requires no small
1747] COLLECTION FOR DONALD MACLEOD 185
al;l;enl;ion and pains l;o COlne al; Ned's x meaning in wh»l; he nar- 9 Sept.
rates, bec»use he speaks l;he Scol;s exceedingly iii. I l;herefore
desired Ned l;o be wil;h me in nly own room upon Vednesday's
afternoon, Sepl;emher 9l;h, thal; I mighl; have l;he opporl;unity of
going l;hrough his Journal wil;h him al; leisure, and likewise of
having an accounl; from his own mouth how he happen'd l;o be
so lucky as l;o escape being ruade a prisoncr, when so many
were cal;ched upou l;he Long lsle, where he skulked for some
l;ime. Ned kepl; his appoinl;menl;, as wiil hereafl;er appear.
Though Donald MacLeod's hisl;ory be mosl; exl;raordinary in
ail l;he several insl;ances of il; (especially considering his ad-
val»ced »ge), yel; when he arrived al; Leil;h, he had nol; where-
with l;o bear his charges l;o Sky, where he has a wife and
chiidren, from whom he had been abscnl; for al; icast one year
and an hall. Ïhere was l;herefore a conl;ribution sel; on fool;
for him in and about Edild)urgh; aud I own I had a greal;
anxiety for my own share l;o make oui; for honesl; PaLlgUIIUS (if
possible) a pound sl;erling for every week he had served l;he
Prince in distress; and (I thank God) I was so happy as fo
accomplish my design exacl;ly. Donaid MacLeod and James fd. 320.
Macl)onald came from l;he Links of Leil;h to my room, as l;hey
were l;o sup l;hal; nighl; with my Lady Bruce upon invitation.
I l;hen delivered into D«nald's own hand, in lieu of wages for
his services of ten weeks,
Vide page hujus °61,
Vide vol. i. page 73,
2)10 0 0 Sterling.
6 11 0
37 1 6
In ail, £53 1° 6
The above sure wenl; l;hrough my hands in l;he compass of
aboul; l;hirl;een monl;hs and an hall. Meanl;ime I have nol;
reckoned up a guinea, hall a guinea, or a crown, which I had
from l;ime l;o l;ime ri'oto my Lady Bruce, as a necessil;ous
suf[rer hapl)ened l;o corne in l;he way.
God Almighl;y bless and reward ail l;hose who liberally con-
l;ribul;ed for l;he supporl; of l;he indigenl; and l;he deserving il»
rimes of l;he greal;esl; necessil;y and danger, for Jesus Chrisl;'s
sake. Amen and Amen.
* Near thirty years old before he could speak English at all.--F.
o Aug.
186 THE LYON IN MOURNING [I747
Al; l;hc sanm rime abovc menl;ioned, I gave Donald Mac-
Leod l;he l;rouble of two lel;tmrs, copies whercof follow.
7 Sept.
fol.
fol 3.
Copy of a Letter to Mr. ALEXANDER IAcD()NALD
of Kingsburgh in Sky.
DEAIt Sm,--I could nol; think of honesl; Palinurus's setl;ing
oui; Ul)On his rel;urn l;o Sky, wil;houl; giving you l;he l;rouble of
some few lines, l;o wish you and Mrs. MacDonald much joy
and hal)piness in being al; your own tlreside again. You and
ail your conccrns are frequently nlade menl;ion of here with
very much respccl; ; and so long as a spark of honesl;y remains,
l;he nanle of IA('I)oNALD OF KIN(;SBtItç.H will ever have a mark
of veneral;ion put upon il;.
You know very well how I employ much of my l;ime in a
cerf;aih atTair. I have already ruade up a collecl;ion of bel;ween
l;wenty-four aud l;hirl;y sheel;s of papcr, and I would fain flal;l;er
myself wil;h l;he hopes of sl;ill increasing the number till the
collecl;ion be ruade compleal;, by your assistance and thal; of
ol;her worl;hies who prefer l;rul;h l;o falshoods, and bonesty fo
l;rick and deceil;. Now is the l;ime or never l;o nmke a dis-
covery of facl;s and men ; and il; is pity l;o omit any expedienl;
l;hat may l;end to accomplish the good desiga.
I gave Capl;ain Malcolm MacLeod the l;rouble of a wril;l;en
Memorandum, which I hope you will honour wil;h a plain and
disl;incl; rel;urn ; and hereby I assure you no ol;her use shall be
nmde of il; bul; l;o preserve il; for posl;eril;y ; if being my inl;en-
tion nol; so much as l;o speak of if, and to make a wise and
discreel; use of every discovery I ara favoured wil;h.
I wish the worthv Armadale would be so good as l;o give
his pari; of l;he nmnagement from his own mouth. But as I
have writ fidly bv the same hmd l;o the fail;hful Capl;ain
Malcolm MacLeod upou this and some other parl;iculars,
his lel;l;er I refer you, and I hope you will join your endeavours
wil;h him in serving l;he cause of l;rul;h and j usl;ice.
For my own pari; I ara resolved l;o leave no sl;one unturn'd to
expiscal;e facts and characters, that so the hone't ma may be
I747] LETTERS 187
known and revered, and those of the opposite stamp may have 7 Sept.
their due.
That God Almighty may ever have you, Mrs. MacDonald,
and ail your concerns in His holy care and protection, is the
hearty and earnest praycr of, my dear Sir, your most aflbctionate
friend and vcry humblc servmt,
ROBEICr FORBES.
Citadel of Lcith, Scptembcr 7th, 1747.
P.S.--PaLNUUS has promised fo drop mê a line by post fo
inform me of his safe arrival, and about your wclfare, and that
of other friends. Pray keep bim in mind of his promise, and
let him hot mention any other thing in his lctter. Is it possible
fo get Boisdale's part from himself? I would gladly bave if.
You see I ara exceedingly grcedy. Adieu.
CoPv of a LETTER tO CAPTAIN 5IALCOLM 3IAcLEoD .fO.
of CaSTI.E in RAxza.
DEAlt Sm,oEhis cornes by honcst PALINURUS fO congratulate
you upon your safe return to your own place; I wish I could
say fo your own fireside. But I hopc that and all othcr losses
will be ruade up to you with interest in due rime. A mind
free from the sting of bitter reflections is a continual feast, and
will serve fo inspire a man with spirits in a low and suffering
state of life, ruade easy by contentment, whilst others are
miserable under a load of riches and power, and must betake
themselves fo a crowd of company to keep them from thinking.
I hope you are happy in meeting with Mrs. MacLeod in
good health. Long may ye lire together, and nmy your
happiness increase.
I need hOt put you in mind of my Memorandum fo Kings-
burgh, and of your promise fo procure me an exact account
from the mouth of your brother-in-law, Mr. MacKinnon, as fo
his particular concern in the adventure, for you have too much
honour to neglect anything committed fo your trust.
I heartily wish that honest Armadale could be prevailed
1 See ff. 7ox, 792, 837.
188 THE LYON IN MOURNING [I747
fol. 3o5 .
upon to give a fiall and plain account of his part of the malmge-
ment in a certain affair which is very much wanted. If he
intends fo visit Miss Flora while in Edinburgh, I then can bave
the happiness of conversing with that truly valuable man, and
of getting lais history from his own mouth. But if he cornes
hot fo this country soon, I earnestly beg you "11 employ your
good olfices with him fo allow you fo write if down in his own
words. Though I have hot the honour of that worthy gentle-
man's acquaintmce, please make him an ofl[,r of my best wishes
fo him and his fanfily in the kindest ruminer, and tell him that
he bas a most amiable character amongst the bonest folks in
and about this place. May God Almighty multiply lais bless-
ings upon him, and ail his concerns both here and hereafter.
If I rightly remcmber I desired the favour of Sou to lay
yourself out in procuring me an exact aecount of ail the cruelties
and barbarities, the pillagings and burnings, you can get any
right iutelligence about, which will be an i»finite service donc
fo truth. In doing of this be so good as fo be very carefid in
finding out the names of persons and places as much as possible.
But where the nmnes cannot be discovered, still let the facts
themselves be particularly set down.
Though I bave hot the honour «af being known to the worthy
family of Raaza, I beg my most respectful compliments may be
presented fo them.
I need hot mention fo you that regard whicb is entertained
for you by the worthy person, the protection of whose roof I
enjoy ;fi)r I dare say you cmmot rail fo be sensible with wlmt
respect you and ail such are nmde mention of here.
Tlmt God Ahnighty may bless you and Mrs. MacLeod with
health and happiness and give you your hearts desire is the
hearty and earnest prayer of, my dear Sir, Your most
affectionate friend and very humble servant,
ROBERT FORBES.
Citadel of Leith, September 7th, 1747.
P.S.--By the same lmnd I have sent aletter fo that valuable
and faithful gentleman, Kingsburgh, with whom you may
compare notes, x
x See £ 856.
,747]
JOURNAL OF EDWARD BURKE 189
Septembcr 7th.Donald MacLeod when at supper spoke 7Sept.
much in commendation of Ned Burk as being an honest,
faithfui, trusty fellow? Hc said in thc event of a
R[êvoluti]on Ned wouid carrv a chair no more ; for he
was persuaded tbe Prince would sertie an hundred
pounds sterling a year upon Nêd during lire. And be
could afl]rnl it for a truth that not any man whatsomever
deserved it better. Meantime Donald added that Ned,
tbough truê as steel, was the rough man, and that he
used great freedoms; for ]le had seen him frequent]y
at Decl speed the lcers with the Prince, who hulnour'd /t. 326
the jokê so well tllat they would havê j'litten togvthcr
likc twa kail wives, which ruade thê company to laugh
and be merry when othcrwise they would have been ver),
duli. ]OnEItT FOltIES, A.M.
IVednesdays qlffernoon, Septcmber 9th, 1747.
Af the hour appointed (4 o'ciock) Ned Bourk came to my 9Sept.
room, when I went through lais Journal with him af
great leisure, and from lais own mouth madê those
passages plain and intelligible that were written in con-
fused, indistinct terres.
A Short but Genuine Accourir of Prince Charlie's
Wanderings from Cuiloden to his meeting with
Miss MacDonald, by Edward Bourk. e
Upon the 16th of April 1746 we marched from the fieid of x746
Culloden to attack file enemy in their camp at Nairn, but x6Apr
orders were givên by a faisê a gênerai to rêtrêat to the place
from whencê wê had corne, and to takê billets in tbe sevêral
parts wherê wê had quartered formerly, q_'he men being ail
much fatigued, some of them were dispersed here and there in
order to get some refreshment for themselves, whilst the greater
part of them went fo rest. But soon after, the enemy appearing
behind us, about four tbousand of our men were with difl]culty
1 See f. 281.
This Journal as far as f. 338 is printed in the jracobie )tIemoirs, pp. 362-373.
Burke died in Edinburgh on 23rd November 1757. See f. 17o6.
a This epithet is not to be regarded.F. See f. 667.
toi. 328.
190 THE LYON IN MOURNING [I746
got together and advanced, and the rest were awakened by the
noise of the canon, which surely put them in confusion. After
engaging briskly there came up between six and seven hundred
Frazers commanded by Colonel Charles Frer, younger, of
Inverallachie, who were attacked before they couhl form in line
of battle, and had the misfortune of having their Colonel
wounded, who next day was murdered in cohl blood, the fate
of many othcrs.
Our snmll, hungry, and fatigued army bcing put into con-
fusion aud overpowemd by numbers, was forccd fo retreat.
Then if was that Edward Bourk fell in with the Prince, having
no right guide and very few along witb him. The enemy kept
such a close tire that the Prince had his horse shot under him ; 1
who, calling for anotber, was immcdiately seed with one by
a groom or footman, who that motncnt was killed by a canon
bullet. In the hurry, the Prince's bomber happcning fo fall
off, he was served with a hat by onc of the life-guards.
Edward Bourk, being well acquainted with ail them bounds,
undertook tobe the Prince's guide and brought him off with
rd Elcho, Sir Thomas Sheridan, Mr. Alexandcr MacLeod,
aid-de-oEmp, and Peter MacDermit, one of the Prince's foot-
men. Afterwards they met with O'Sullivan, when they were
but in very bad circumstances. The Prince was pleed fo say
to Ned, if you be a truc friend, pray endeavour to lead us safe
off. Vhich honour Ned was hot a little fond of, and promised
fo do his best. Then the Prince rode off from the way of the
enemy to the Vater of Nairn, where, after advising, he dismist
ail the men that were with him, being about sixty of Fitz-
James's horse that had followed him. After which Edward
Bourk said, ' Sir, if you please, follow me. I "11 do my endeavour
fo make you safe.' The l'rince accordingly followed him, and
with rd Elcho, Sir Thomas Sheridan, umvan, and Mr.
Alexander MLeod, aid-de-camp, marched fo Tordaoch,
where they got no access, and from Tordarroch through Aber-
arder, where likewise they got no access ; from Aberarder fo
Faroline, and from Faroline to Gortuleg, where they met with
Lord Lovat, and drank three glasses of wine with him.
a Sec L 1161.
1746J WITH THE PRINCE AFTER CULLODEN 191
About o'clock next morning with great hardships we April
arrived at the Castle of Glengary, called Invergary, where the
guide (Ned Burk) spying a fishing-net set, pulled it fo him and
found two salmonds, which the guide ruade ready in the best
manner he could, and the meat was reckoned very savoury and
acceptable. After taking some refreshment the Priuce wanted
to be quit of the cloathing he had on, and Ned gave him his
own eoat. At 8 o'clock afternoon, the Prince, O'Sullivan,
another private gentlenmn, and the guide set out and came to
the house of one Cameron of Glenpean, and stayed tbere all
night. In this road we had got ourselves all nastied, and when
we were corne to our quarters, the guide happeuing to be .fol. 3z9 .
untying the Prinee's spatter dashes, there fell out seven guineas.
They being alone together, the Prince said to 'che guide,
' Thou m'ta trusty friend md shall continue tobe my servant.'
From Glenpean we marched to Mewboll, where we stayed
one night, and were well entertained. Next morning we went
to Glenbiasdale, stayed there four nights or thereahouts, and
from that we took boat for the Island of South Uist, about six
nights before the 1st of May, where we arrived safely but with
great difficulty. There we stayed three days or so, and then
we boated for the Island Scalpa, or Glass, and arrived at
Donald Campbell's house.
When I asked at Ned to whom Scalpay belonged, he answered,
To the Laird of MaeLeod. I asked likewise, what this Donald
Campbell was ? Ned told me that he was only a tenant, but
one of the best, honestest fellows that ever drew breath ; and
that his forefathers (from father to son)had been in Scalpa
for several generations past. Ned said he believed they were
of the Campbells of Lochniel.
In Scalpa we stayed about three days, sending from thence
our barge to Stornway to hire a vessel. By a letter from
Donald MacLeod we came fo Loch Seaforth, and coming there
by a false guide, we travelled seven hours, if hOt more, under
cloud of night, having gone six or eight toiles out of our way.
This guide was sent to Stomway to know if the vessel was
hired. Either hy him or some other enemy it was divulged that for. 33o.
the Prince was at Kildun's house (MacKenzie) in Arynish,
upon which a drum beat in Stornway, and upwards of
May
fol 33x.
19 O THE LYON IN MOURNING [I746
an hundred men eonveened to apprehend us. However the
MacKenzies provcd very favourable and easy, for they could
have taken us if they had pleased. Ve were then only
four in number besides the Prince, and we had four hired men
for rowing the barge. Upon the alarm Ned Burk advised they
should take to the nmtmtains ; bul: the Prince said, ' Itow long
is it, Ned, since you turned cowardly ? I shall be sure of the
best of thcm etc taken, wbich I hope sball never be in liïe."
That night he stood opposite to tle men tbat were gathered
togcther, when two of our boatmen tan away aud leff us. The
rogue that nmde the discovery was one MaeAulay, skipper of
the vesscl that was hircd, who next morning went off fo Duke
William with information. In the morning we had killed a
quey of little value, and about 1 ° o'clock at night our little
barge appeared to us, wbereof we were very glad. We put
some pieces of the quey in the barge and then went on board.
We rowed stoutly ; but spying four men of war af the point of
the Isle of Keaback we steered fo a little desart island where
were some fishermen who haxl littlc huts of houses like swine's
huts where if secms they stayed and ruade ready their meat
while af the fishing. Thcy were frighted at seeing our barge
sailing towards the island, and apprehending we had been
a press boat from the men-of-war they fled and left ail their
fish.
Vhen landed Edward Burk began to dress some of the fish,
but said he bad no butter. The Prince said,' We will take
the fish till the butter corne.' Ned, minding 0ere was some
butter in the barges raid up among bread, went fo the barge
and brought if ; but if did hot look so very clema, the breazl
being all broke in pieces mnongst the butter ; and therefore
Ned said he thought shame fo present if. The Prince
asked if the butter was clean when put mnongst the bread.
Ned answered if was. 'Then," said the Prince, 'it will
do very well. The bread is no poison; if tan never file
the butter."
Ned having forgot here fo mention tbe cake which the
Prince contrived with the cow's brains I asked him about if ;
and he acknowledged the truth of it. I likewise asked him
if he knew the naine of the desart island; but he frankly
AMONG THE WESTERN ISLES 193
owned that be did not know if, assuring me in the mean rime
that Donald MacLeod knew if well. 1
Upon the desart island we stayed four nights, and on tbe
5th set fo sea and arrived at the Island Glass, wbere we were
fo enquire about the hire of 1)onald Cmnpbell's boat. Ilcre
four men appcared coming towards them, upon which Ned
Burk went out of the boat fo view them, and giving a whistle,
cried back fo his neighbours, being af some distance, fo take
good care of the boat. Ncd hot liking these mon at ail,
thought fit to return with speed to the boat, and 1)utting his
hand to the gmmel jumped aboard and stayed hOt to converse
with the four men.
From Glass, baving no wind, we rowed off with vigour.
About break of day, the wind rising, we hoisted sail; and ail
of us being faint for lakc of food, and having some meal, we
begau fo make dramnmch (in Erse, tappack) with sait water,
whereof the Prince took a share, calling it no bad food, and
ail the rest followed his example. Thc Prince called for a
bottle of spirits, and gave every one of us a drain. Then we
passed by Finsbay, in the Isle of Harris, where we spied a
man-of-war, commmaded by one Captain Ferguson, under full
sail, and our little sali was full too. He pursued us tbr three
leagues; but we escaped by plying our oars heartily, they
being better fo us than arms could have been af that rime.
The water failing the man-of-war, he was hOt in a coudition
fo pursue farther. Ve steercd (Ton a point callcd Rondill,
wben the Prince expressed himself as formerly that he should
never be taken in life. After this the said Captain Ferguson,
being anxious fo know what we were, endeavoured to make up
with us a second rime, but fo no purpose, the water being at
ebb, and we continuing still fo row in amongst tbe creeks.
Seeing this he turned to the main sea, when we sailed to Loch-
maddy fo the south of the Isle of Uist, thence fo Loch-
uiskibay, thence fo an island in said loch, where we cmne fo
a poor grasskeeper's bothy or hut, which had so laigh a door
that we digged below the door and put heather below the
Prince's knees he being tall, to let him go the easier into the
April.
fol 33 .
fol 333.
x See L e9x.
194 THE LYON IN MOURNING [I746
May.
.fol. 334-
335.
poor hut. We staycd there about three nighs, and provided
om'selves vcry well iu victuals by fowling and fihing, and
&'est thcm in the best shapes we could, and thought them very
savomçy meat. Thencc wc wcut fo the motmtain of Coradale,
in South Uist, and stayed there al»out three weeks, whcre the
l'rince one day, seeing a deer, run straight towards him, and
firing offhand killed him. Edward Burk brought home the
dcer, and makiug rcady some collops, there cornes a poor boy,
who, without aking questions, put his haud among the meat,
which the cook (Edward Burk) seeing, gave him a whip with
the hack of his hand. The l'rince oboerving this, said, '0
mau, you don't remcmhcr the Scripture which commands to
fccd tle huugry aud clced the mtked, etc. You ought rathcr
to givc him mcat thau a strip." The Prince then ordcrcd some
mgs of cloaths for the boy, and said he would l»ay fi)r them,
which was doue accordingly. The l'rince added more, saying,
' I cammt see a ('hristian pcrish for want of food and raiment
had I the power to support them.' Then he pryed that God
might support the poor and needy, etc.
Therc was one Donald MacLeod of Gualtergill, a trusty
fi'iend, who went fo Moidart and brought us ucws and brandy,
fi»r which the Prince thanked him heartily, calling him a
trusty servant.
Thc foresaid boy affer [bcing] fed and cloathcd, hearing of
the eucmy's ap1)roaching in search of thc Prince, (like Judas)
thought fit to go privately fo them, being fifteen htmdred of
Camp1)clls, MacLeods, and Macl)onalds, to iuform them where
the Prince was, which somc of the euemy hearing, ridiculed
thc boy, and aid he descrved to be thrown into the sea, for
what he advanced was cntirelv false and all lies.
Now, the enemy coming ff-oto the Isle of Barra, who were
wcll known in thcse places, and we being utter strangers,
the disadvantage too of some men-of-war lying before, we had
no way to escape. But committing ourselves to l'rovidence,
the Prince, ()'Sullivan, ()'Ncil (who had corne on an errand
from France), Donald MacLeod, Edward Burk, and the boat-
men went on board the barge, to be sure melancholy enough,
having none fo trust in but the Providence of God only, we
escaped narrowly by Ouia Island fo Benbicula, in Clanronald's
I746 ] AMONG THE WESTERN ISLES 195
country. We stayed tbere for about two nights; but tbe May.
enemy came fo that country likewise in searcb of the t'rince,
where one Ha:mr 51,Leod landed ncar our quarters ; whicb
the Prince being ilffornacd of, asked af Edward Burk, ' Is this
a friend or a foe ?" "1_'o wlfich Ned answcrcd, ' Ho ncver was a
friend fo your family.' But by good providence Hamar
bappened fo go off without naaking any search, and we did
hot tbink proper fo go the saine way with him, hot knowing
what tbe event may have been.
hnmediately after this the Prince with O'Ncil only went fo
thc wildcrness, desiring we might stay bcbind with this design
that if any enquiry was nmde al)out him, our answer sbould bc
that we knew nothing about hiln af ail furtber than tiret by
that finie we believed he had ruade his escai)e. We all rcsolved
fo suflr than that the l'rince should be cxposed. Mean-folo 336.
finie Providence ordered if otherwise, for without trouble we
escaped also, and afterwards met with the Prince, a/ad that
night boated in our little barge and sailed by Ouia, above thc
island of Benbicula, whcrc from the point of a rock a young
seal (a wbclp) swilnmcd directly fo the barge as if if had been
frighted ; and Edward Burk leaning over the side of the boat,
pullcd the seal into the boat ; but if died soon after. The
saine night we rowed and sailed with vigour, when we spied
two men-of-war witb one Captain Scott, hot knowing tbe
names of any of the rest. We then steered with ail speed to
a shorc af Aikersideailach, in South Uist, where Coluing fo a
creek of a rock above the watcr, and finding some ashes and
the place very private, we kindled up a tire; and tbe l'rince
lay that night in a clift of the rock, drawing his bonnet over
lais eyes for preserving them. Ned Burk, as he was turning
himself, the place being excecdingly lmrrow, and be hot advert-
ing to tbat, fell backwards over tbe rock about six yards higb,
and lmrrowly escaped being bruised, by falling among sand.
Afterwards we took boat and rowed fo tbe south part of
South Uist for Loch Boisdale, wben we perceived fifteen sail,
and a number of tbe enemy being upon the land, we knew not
what fo do. Ail that day we were obliged fo keep in a narrow /t. 337.
See f. 46.
Jue,
fol 338 .
196 THE LYON IN MOURNING [746
creek till night that we got into Loch Boisdale. Afterwards
coming ashore very much fatigued, we came fo an old tower in
the mouth of the island, where we kindled tire, put on our pot
in order fo make ready some provisions; and Ned Burk wenl;
out fo pull some heal;h for the Prince's bed. Meantime
Donahl MacLeod of Guall;ergill said there were two Yrench
ships of war al»pearing ; but l;o our great surprize th% proved
fo be Eglishmen. Ïhe l'rince with three othel:s took fo the
motmtains, and Che rowers went l;o the barge lying in l;he creek
and sl;eered up the loch.
The men-of-war sl;eered l;o the main. Af night we all met
again af out barge, wherein we had still some small provisions.
lVe stayed in l;he open fields two nights, having only the sails
of the boat ri»" covers. ()n l;he third night we went farther
into l;he loch, and resl;ed thereabouts for other two nights.
1Vhen l;he enemv (riz., redcoats and Campbells) appeared,
then we passed fo the uorth side of the loch.
The l'rince, finding himself so invironed by the enemy, l;ook
l;wo shirts under his arm and went oiT, allowing none l;o follow
him but O'Neil. After parl;ing from l;he resl; the Prince on
[he otdmr side of l;he monntain met wilh one Neil MacDolmld,
who conveved him that night near l;o one Lauchlan Mac-
Donald, a fidsified fl'iend, W|lO designed fo have betraved both
l;he Prince and his country. Bul; Neil MacDonald, finding out:
his desigu, conveyed the Prince l;o Benhicula, a place then
called Rushness, where he met with one Florence MacDonald,
sl;epdaughl;er l;o Macl)onald of Armadale, who prel;ended fo
cross the sea l;o visit her mother in Sky, when the Prince went
along wil;h her, having disguised himself in women's cloal;hs,
and changing his naine l;o Betl;ie Burk, l;he sirname of his tir,st
guide.
Now, gentlemen and ladies, who read l;his, believe il: fo be a
true md genuine sholoE account of hardships that happened
and what the author saw. Bul; for brevitv's sake I have nol;
ruade mentàon of many wanl;s l;he Prince suiTered, l;he many
ill-drest diel;s he gol:, the mauy bad beds he lay in, the many
cold and wet beds in the open fields, etc., with all which he
chearfully and patiently put up; and this any well-thinking
person may easily consider from what is above set; down.
I747] LATER ADVENTURES OF NED BURKE 197
September 9th, 1747. A_fier going thro' the Journal fo. 339.
vith Ned I writ from his ow mouth the follov- 9 sept.
ing Account, etc. 747
Edward Burk, affer parting wil:h the Prince, Welfl; over
Norl:h Si:rand l:o North Uisl:, where he skulked in a hill called
Eval for aboul: seven weeks, l:wenl:y days of which he had lml:
any other meal: l:han dilse and lammocks, a kind of shell fish,
for lnuch aboul: l:his l:ime a paper had been read in ail l:he
kirks stricl:ly forbidding ail persons l:o give so much as a
mouthful of meal: l:o a rebel, ol:herwise they should be de-
sl:royed. Upon l:his Oliver Burk, a married man, and brol:her
l:o Ned, would hot give poor Ned a bil: of bread, or any
counl:enance whal:somever, being frighl:ed oui: of his wil:s. Bul:
Ned resolved l:o l:ake amends of him for lais cruel cowardice,
mad wenl: l:o a place where Oliver had a flock of sheep feeding.
Ned l:ook l:he head off' one of l:hem, and l:hrowing l:he body
over his shoulder, carried il: l:o a place where he could order il:
al: lais conveniency. Bul: Jacob Burk, an umnarried nmn, and
brol:her l:o Ned, did as nmch as could lie in his power, and
gave Ned everyl:hing he could purchase, and did nol: fear at ail.
God bless poor Jacob. One nighl:, Ned being in great nfisery,
wenl: l:o steal a boal: in order l:o l:ake l:he sea. Bul: somc fishers
being near by, and hearing a noise, came oui: with a force,
l:hinking l:his l:o be an enemy. Ned was obliged l:o leave l:he
boal: and l:ake l:o lais heels, for he had far ral:her have been
killed or drowned l:han l:o be l:aken prisoner, because by l:hal:
l:ime il: was well known l:hal: he had been tlae Prince's servanl:,
and l:herefore he was afraid, if l:aken, l:hey would pul: him
l:he l:orture l:o anake him l:ell ail l:hal: he knew, and he could
nol: bear the l:houghl:s of doing lmrt l:o anybody.
A near relal:ion of lais own (Pel:er MacDonald)pul: him
much l:rouble, having gone l:o Capl:ain John MacDonald, son
of Tuf:or MacDonald in Norl:h Uisl:, in order l:o pul: Ned oui:,
and gel: a parl:y l:o cal:ch him. Bul: Capl:ain John broke a si:ail"
over l:he fellow's head and l:old him he had of:ber uses for lais
men l:han l:o send l:hem upon false errands. Al: l:hat l:ime Ned
foL 340.
198 THE LYON IN MOURNING [1747
9 Sept.
fL 34 .
fol 342 .
went fo Lochmaddy in Nortla Uist, where one of the Indepen-
dent Company (commanded by the said John MacDonald)
came fo him and desired him fo follow him. Ned asked fo
what place was he fo follow him ? ' Farther into the country,"
said the fellow. ' Friend," said Ned, ' have you got any mol
help than yourself?' 'No," replied tl»e fellow. 'And, Sir,
you are one of the l'rince's servants ?' Ned answered, ' Many a
prcttier fellow had been his servant." The fellow added that
he kncw Ned's çace. Upon wbich Ncd owncd bis naine, and
said he would hot deny if, and in»nediatcly drew his pistoi,
which frigbted the feliow so that he tan off with himsclf.
But soon after he brought a party to the saine spot fo seize
Ned, but ho Im(I g'ot hinlself hid in a l)rivate place.
This ruade Ned more carcfid a»d timorous, espccially as
Domth! MacDouald (a son of ('lanra»ahl, and one of Ned's
good friends) was uudcr a necessity fo deliver himselï up,
which put him in no danger, as he was a French olTicer. After
this Ned was obliged fo betake himself fo a cave in North
Uist, being so hard beset. A shoenlaker's wife, when neither
ont frieml nor anoUmr durst be seen with him, came under
cloud of night and brought him a little food.
A little belote this Ned had gone one day fo buy a pair of
sboes af Clatachcaranish, when General Campbell, Captain
Ferguson and their whole force came fo the place. Ned was
theu in a sad perplexity, and did hot well know what fo do.
Spying an old black coat and a pair of old breeches in the
house, he put them on, hiding lais own cloaths under a chest,
and went out af the door unconcerned. He stood a while
among the men and conversed easily with them, then slipping
by degrees out amongst them, he got fo the hills fo his old
cave. Jacob Burk and the shoemaker's wife got his cloaths
(a highland dress) and brought them to him.
Af last Ned resolved, right or wrong, fo get out of tllese
hardships, and, making his way fo Lochmaddy, round there a
vessel ready to feru¢ some cattle over fo Sky. Ncd gave a
false token fo the skipper in place of a pass, and got on board.
When he arrived in Sky he came fo a gentlemma's house of the
naine of MacLeod, near which place MacDonald of Knock
coming with a command of 36 men, Ned ruade off, hot chusing
I747] ESCAPE OF NED BURKE 199
fo bave his quarters near any place where Knock was. That 9"Sept.
night Ned went fo an old kiln-cogie and took his rest, and the
gentlenmn, MacLeod (in whose house he had been)sent him
meat privately. Next morning, l)efore daylight, he ruade off
and went fo Talisker Ma«Leod, whom he had served several
years before that, and gtve himself up fo him. Talisker ruade
him welcome, and took tare of him. Ned, being desirous fo be for. 343.
upon the mainlmd, took the Ol)portunity of a boat sailing for
Seaforth's country where he met with his master, Mr. Alexan-
der MacLeod, aid-de-camp, and stayed with him till the
indemnity came out, when he lcft his toaster and rettlnmd fo
Edinburgh, whcre he follows his old btlsiness.
Ncd told me that Donaid MacLeod, ail the rime he was
with the Prince, sat af thc helm and steered the COtlrse, and that
they had neither compass, laml), uor l)Uml) in the great storm
from the nminland fo Benbicula, hot knowing, throogh the
darkness and tempest, whcre they were, or what land they
might make; and thcrefore they l)ehoved fo let the boat drive
and trust ail fo Providence, for they Cotlld do nothing for
themselves. By pecp of day, he said, they ol)served Benl)icula
and ruade fo if with great difficulty, the storm continuing no
less than twelve hours after they landed. Ned aSStlred me
that O'Neil's saying that the boat staved fo pieces was a
downright falshood; and moreover, he did hot doubt but
the eight-oar'd boat was still entire upon the island Scalpa
or Glass.
When I spoke fo Ned about the priest's leaving them af
Scalpa, Ned said, ' Faith, I bave ïeason fo think that the Prince
is hot a great Papist, for he never gree'd well wi" the priest af foz. 344.
ail, and was ve'y easy about his company.'
Ned owned the truth of what Donald MacLeod had said
about his using such freedoms with the Prince, and added that
he used fo play antiqtles and monkey tricks fo divert the
Prince and his small retinue.
One of the soles of Ned's shoes happening fo corne off, Ned
cursed the day upon which he should be forced fo go without
shoes. The Prince hearing him, called fo him and said, 'Ned,
look af me;" ' when,' said Ned, ' I saw him holding up one
of his ïeet fo tue where there was deel a sole upon the shoe ;
°00 THE LYON IN MOURNING [I747
9Sept, and then I said, ' O my dear, I have nothing more fo say.
You have stopt my mouth indeed.'
rhen Ned was talking of seeing the Prince again he spoke
these words: 'If the Prince do hot corne and see me soon,
good faith, I will go and see my daughter (Bettie Burk) and
crave ber. For she has not yet paid her christening money,
and as little has she paid the coat I gae her in her greatest
need.' ROnEnT FOrmES, A.M.
tol. 345-
N.B.--Donald Macl,eod is much more to be depended upon
than Ned Burk in the a«count of things, because Ned
tan neithcr write nor re, and was near thirty years
of age befi)re ho couhl speak one word of English.
Nec1 had a great diculty fo put things together lu any
tolerablc way, as ho is ont of thcse honest, low men
llat are illteut fi)r file l)resent upon (loing their duty
wih fidelity **ithou minding anything else. Sueh
honest, plain l)ersons as hese allow he world o rub
on it plees, and never once trouble fleir heads
abou nmking observations and remarks upon the
occurrences of life as fley pass along. If flçv jog on
from day fo day fley k no more, and are very mueh
strangers o tle exereises of tle menory. Besides,
honest, plain, rough Ned had never entertained a notion
ha any journal or aceount would ever be asked of him,
or else perhaps he would have stored his memory witl
a more plenfififl stock, he h abundanee of materials
o work upon. Hones Ned is no (by his own confes-
sion) nueh above fory years of e, and is bofl stout
and sturdy for ail he has goue througlO
ROBEltT I'OaES, A.M.
1Sce p. I7o6.
I745] DUNCAN CAMERON'S ACCOUNT 01
JOURNAL of the Prince's imbarkation and arrival, f0t. 346.
etc., the greatest part of which was taken ff-oto
DUNCAN Ca.aIEION at several differellt conver-
sations I had with hiln. a
After file battle of Fontenoy and taking of Toul'nay, among June.
other regiments the one COlnnlanded by Lord John Drum-
lnond was garrisoned in Tournay, in which corps Duncan
Cameron (solne rime servant fo old Lochiel af Boulogne in
France) served. When 1)uucan was in q_'ournay he received a
letter from Mr. Eneas MacDonald, banker in Paris, desiring
him forthwith fo repair fo Amiens, and if possible fo post it
without slecpiug, where he shouhl receive orders al»out wlmt
he was fo do. Accordiugly Duncan set out, and in a vcry
short rime posted fo Amiens, from whence ,Eneas, etc., had set
out, but had left a letter for Duncan ordcring him fo follow
them fo Nantes, fo which place he set out without taking any
rest, where he found the Prince and lais small retiuue, con-
sisting of seven only, besides servants.
The seven were file Dtke of Athol, Sir Thomas Sheridan,
Sir Jolm MacDonald, Colonel Strickland, Captain O'Sulli-
van, Mr. George Kelly (a nonjurant clergyman), and ,Elle,as
MacDolmld, bauker af Paris, brother fo Kinlochmoidart.
As Duucan Cameron had been brought up in the island
of Barra, and knew the coast of the Long lsle well, in some foZ. 347-
part of which the Prince intended fo land first, so Duncan's
business was fo descry fo filera the Long Isle.
Af Nantes the Prince and lais few attendants waited about
fifteen days before the Elizabcth ship of war came, which was
fo be their convoy in the expedition. "1"o cover the design the
better, Sir Thomas Sheridan e passed for the father, ,and the
Prince for the son, for none knew the Prince fo be in company
Of this journal there is printed in thejracobite llemoirs (pp. -27), from
ff. 348-360, in combination with that of .,Eneas lIacDonald» which occurs at
f. 49o el seq.
See f. 496-
Jly.
9 J uly.
id. 48.
0 THE LYON IN MOURNING [I745
but the seven, some few others, and Mr. 1Velch (an Irislmlan, a
very rich merchant in Nantes), who vas fo command the frigate
of sixtecn guus, 1 on bom'd of which tire Prince and flae few
faiflfifl fi'iends wifl tire servants werc o iml)ark.
Affcr the Prince was on board he dispachcd le[ers to his
fahcr, and thc King of France, and tire King of Spain, advis-
ing flcm of his design, and uo doub dcsiring assistance.
The l'rince when iu Scotland, used fo say that the 10th of
Juuc w tire day on which he skolc off] and thak he did hot
mind if to be his father's birth-day till night wm far spent.
From whcuee some ]lave armed that fo bave l)oeu the day of
thc cmbarkation, and others fo bave been the day whcn he left
Paris and bcgan to bc iucog.
They had hot bcen above rive or six days af sea, till one
evcning thc L]on ship of war appeared, and came pretty near
them, and thcn disappearcd. Next morning she came again
in view and disappeared. She continued fo do so three or
four rimes, and thc last timc of her ap1)caring she came withiu
a milc or so of them; whcn the captain of the Elizab«th (
Frcnchmau) came on board thc fi'igate, and told Mr. Velch if
he would assist him by keeping one side of the Lyon in play
af a distance, hc would immediately put all things in order for
the attack. Mr. Welch, well knowing the trust he had on
board, answered him civi]ly, and to]d him if vas what be could
hot think of doing, and withal remarked fo bim if was his
humble o])inion that he should hot think of fighting unless he
should happcn fo be attacked, because his business was fo be
convoy fo the frigate in the voyage. However, he said, as
he pretended hot fo any command over him, he might do as
he thought propcr.
The Freneh eaptain fo all this rel)lied , that ri-oto the Lion's
appeafing and disappearing so oen, i seemed as if she were
looking ouk for anokher ship o ais ber, and if she shou]d
happen o be joined by any ofler, flmy no doub would
insanfly fall upon fle Elizabcth and fle frigae, and devour
them boh; and therefore he behoved to flfink i fle wises
course o figh ]e Lion when single, because tire Elizab«th in
t Called the Doulelle.
I745] SEA-FIGHT ¥ITH THE LION 0
that case was fit enough for the engagement, and would bid 9July.
fair enough fo give a good account of the Lion. Upon thisf or- 349.
the French captain drew his sword, took leave of Mr. Velch
and his compauy, went on board the Elizab«th with his sword
still drawn in his hand, and gave the necessary ordcrs fir the
attack.
Immcdiatcly the Elzabcth bore dovn upon thc Lon (each
of them consisting of about sixty guns, and therefore equally
inatched), and began the attack with great briskness. The
fight continued for tire or six hours, when the Lion was obliged
to sheer off like a tub upon the water.
About the rime whcn the captain came on board the frigate,
the Prince was anaking ready to go on board the Elizabcth for
more air aud greatcr conveniency every vay, thc frigate being
crowded with the gentlemen, thc servants, and the crev. His
friends reckoned it vcry lucky that he had hot gone on board.
The frigate all the rime of the engagement lay at such a small
distance, that (as the Prince observed fo several friends in Scot-
land} thc Lion might lmve suuk ber with the greatest ease.
But he said it was their good fortune that the Lion had despised
them, and thought uot the frigate worth the while. Besides,£o. 35o.
the Lion found enough of employnent for all her hands in
playing her part against the Elizab«th.
During the rime of the fight the Prince several ri mes observed
fo Mr. Vclch what a smali assistance would serve to give the
Elizab«th the possession of the Lion, and importuned him fo
engage in the quarrel. But Mr. Velch positively refused, and
af last behoved to desire the Prince hot to insist any more,
otherwise he vould order him down to the cabin.
After the fight was all over, Mr. Velch sailed round the
Elizab«th, and enquired particularly how matters stood with
the captain and the crew. A lieutenant came upon dock from
the cal»tain , who was wounded in lais cabin, and told Mr.
Velch that between thirty and forty ofllcers and gentlemen
(besicles common men} were killed and wounded, and tlmt if
Mr. Velch could supply him with a mainmast and some rig-
ging, he would still make out the voyage with him.
Mr. Velch replied that he could hot furnish him with either
mainmast or rigging, and that although he should have hap-
è04 THE LYON IN MOURNING [t745
9 July.
fol. 35 I.
fol 35 .
2x July.
pened fo be capable fo serve him in tllese things, yel; he would
not have ruade if his choice fo lose so much rime as if would
require fo put the Elizabeth in some better order. He desired
fo tell thc captain if was his opinion that he should without
loss of rime return fo Frmlce, and that he hinlselï would do
his best fo make out the intended voyage. The Elizabcth
accordingly returllcd fo France, and the frigate continued her
course to the toast of Scotland. She had hOt been long parted
from the Elizabcth till the crew descried two ships of war af
some distance, which they could llOt have well got off ïroln ; but
that a mist luckily intcrvecned, and brought thcm out of sight.
Two or three honrs bcïol'e landing, an eagle came hovering
over the frigate, and continued so fo do till they were all saïe
on shore. Beïore diuner the Duke of Athol had spied the
eagle ; but (as he told several ïriends iii Scotland)he did hot
chuse then fo take any notice of if, lest they should have called
if a Highland freit in him. Vhen he came Ul)On deck after
dinucr, he saw the eagle still hovering about in the saine
nlanllel', and followiug the frigate in lier course, and then he
could not help remarking if fo the Prince and his small retinue,
which they looked upon with pleasure. His grace, turning fo
the Prince said, ' Sir, I hope this is an excellent omen, and
promises good things fo us. The king of birds is corne fo
welcolne your royal highness upon your arrival in Scotland."
lVllell they were near the shore of the Long Isle, Duncan
Calnenm was set out in the long boat fo ïetch them a proper
pilot. XVhen he landed he accidentally met with Barra's
piper, who was his old acquaintance, and brought him on
board. The piper piloted them safely illtO Erisca (about July
Olst), a small island lying between Barra and South Uist. ' Af
this rime," said Duncan Calneron, ' there was a devll oJ a
ministcr that happened fo be in the island of Barra, who did
us a" the mischieï that lay in his power. For when he had got
any inkling about us, he dispatched away expresses with infor-
mations against us. But as the good luck was, he was not
well believed, or else we would have been a' tane by the neck."
When Duncan spoke these words, ' a devil of a min.ister," he
bowed low, and said fo me, 'Sir, I ask you ten thousand
pardons for saying so in your presence. But, good ïaith, I can
I745] THE PRINCE ARRIVES IN SCOTLAND 05
assure you, sir (asking your pardon), he was nothing else but 23 july.
the devil of a ministcr."
Vrhen they landed in Eriska, they could not find a grain of fol. 353-
meal or one inch of brcad. But they catched some flounders,
which they roasted upon thc bare coals in a mean low but they
had gone into near the shore, and l)uucan Cameron stood cook.
The Prince sat af the check of the little ingle, upon a fail sunk,
and laughed heartily af Duncan's cookery, for he himself owned
he played his part awkwardly enough, t
Next day the Prince sent for young Clanranald's unclezzjuy.
(Alexander MacDonald of Boisdale), who lived in South Uist,
and discovercd himself fo him. This gentleman spoke in a
very discouraging nmnner fo the Priuce, and advised him fo
return home. q'o which if is said the Prince replied,' I ara
corne home, sir, and I will entertain no notion af all of return-
ing fo that place from whence I came ; for that I ara persuaded
my faithful Highlanders will stand by me.' Mr. MacDonald
told him he was afraid he would find the contrary, q'he Prince
condescended upon Sir Alcxander MacDonald and the Laird
of 5IacLeo(t as persons he might confide in. Mr. MacDonald
beggcd leave to tell him that he had pit«hed upon the wrong
persons ; for from his own certain knowledge he could assure dot 354-
him these gentlemen would hOt adhere fo his interest ; on the
contrary, they might chance fo act an opposite part. And
seeing the Prince had been pleased to mention Sir Alexander
MacDonald's naine, Boisdale desired he might run off an
express fo him, and let his return be the test of what he had
advanced. He added withal, that if Sir Alexander MacDonald
and the Laird of MacLeod declared for him, if vas his opinion
he might then land on the continent, for that he doubted hOt
but he would succeed in the attempt. But if they should
happen to refise their assistance (which he still insisted would
be the case), then their example would prove of bad conse-
quence, and would tend only fo make others backward and to
keep af home. And in that event he still thought if advisable
to suggest his returning back to where he came from.
According to this advice the Prince did send a message to
Sec ff. 256, 3o2, 5o7.
I"ol. 355.
u S July.
fol. 356o
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Sir Alexander MacDonald, intimating his arrival, and delnand-
ing assistance. Befol'e the messenger conht return, .,neas
MacDolmld (anxious to bave the honour of seeing the l'rince
in the bouse of his brother, the Laird of Kinlochmoidart)
prevailed upon the Prince fo set out for the continent, and
they arrived af Boradalc in Moi&u't, or rather Arisaig, upon
July °5th, St. James's day, lï5.1 Vhcn the messenger
returned to thc Prince he brought no answer with hinl, for
Sir Alcxander refised to give any.
If is wor0l rcnmrkiug hcre that though MacDonald of Bois-
dale had played the gaine of the government by doing all he
conld fo dissuade thc l'rince ff'oto nmking the attempt ; and
aftcr the standard was set up, by keeping back ail ('lanranald's
men (fo the umber of four or rive hundred good stont fellows)
tiret livcd in South Uist and thc other islcs, yct his conduct
couht llOt screen him from rough and severe treatment. For
aiîer thc battle of Cullodcn he suflL'red in his etTects as well as
others, and had the misfortune fo be nmde a prisoner and fo
be carried to London bv sea, in which expcdition he had the
additional affliction of having his brother, the Laird of Clan-
numld, senior (who had never stirred ri'oto his own fireside), and
his lady to bear him COml»'tn.v , and ilone of them were released
till the 4th of July lï4ï. However, to do Boisdale justice, he
was of very grcat nse to the Prince (as Dolmht MacLeod and
Malcolm have both declared) when wandcring up md down
through South Uis, Benbicula, and othcr parts of the Long
Isle, and cxerted his utmost power to kecp him out of the hands
of his enemies. 2
After the Prince's arrival upon the continent, some friends
met fo consult what was to be donc, and I have hcard it
afflrmcd by good authority that Ke|)poch honestly and bravcly
gave it as his opinion that since the l'rince had risqued his
person and gencrously thrown himsclf into the hands of his
friends, thercfore it was their duty to raise their lnelt instantly
merely for the protection of his person, let the consequence be
what it would. Certain it is that if Kcppoch, Lochiel, young
Clanranald, etc., had hot joined him, he would either have
See f. 640. See ff. 257 » 302, 462.
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fallen into the lmnds of his enemies or been forced immediately
to cross the seas again.
The royal standard was set np at Glenfinnan (Augnst 19th), x9 Aug.
thc property of Clanranald, at the head of Lochshiel, which
marches with Lochiel's gronnd, and lies about feu toiles west
ri'oto Fort 'Villiam. The Prince had been a full weck betbre this,
riz., from Sunday the llth, at Kinlochmoydart's honse, and
Lochiel had been raising his men who came up with thcm just
as thc standard was setting Ul).
The Prince staved where the standard was set np two days,
and I have heard Major MacDonell frequently say in the Castle/ot. 357.
of Edinburgh, that he had never seen the l'rince more chearfld
at any rime, and in higher spirits than when he had got
together four or rive hundred meu about the standard. Mlor
MacDonell presented the l'rince with the first good horse he
mounted in Scotland, which thc Major had taken from Captain
Scott, son of Scotstarvet.
On Friday, Augnst 0-3(1, the l'rince lodged in Fassafern, 3Aug.
three toiles down the Loch Eil, and about rive mlles from Fort
William. On sight of a warshi 1) which lay opposite to the
garrison, the Prince crossed a hill and wcnt to Moy or Moidh,
a village on the river Lochy belonging to Lochicl. There he
stayed till Monday, Angust 0-6th, waiting intelligence abont
General Cope; and that day he crossed the river Lochy, and
lodged in a village called Leterfinla, on the side of Loch Lochy.
At 10- o'clock at night, being very stormy and boisterous, he
learned that General Cope was at Garvaimor, whereupon the
men stood to arms ail night. Bnt the General had altered his
route, and by forced marches was nmking the best of lais way
for Inverness, which (as was given out) happened by an express
from President Forbes advising the General hot to attempt
going np the conntry to attack the Highlanders af the Pass of toi. as8.
Cormra, (very strong ground) where they had posted them-
selves, bnt to make ail the baste he conld to Inverness, where
he might expect the Monroes, etc., to join him, whereby he
wonld be considerably reinforced.
Upon notice that the General was marching towards Inver-
See £ 643.
23 Aug.
fol. 359.
27 Aug.
3 ° Aug.
31 Aug,
Sept.
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ness, about six huudred of the Highlanders urged the being
allowed fo follow him uuder cloud of night and promised fo
corne up with hin aud fo give a good accouut of him and his
commm)d. But the Prince woulduot hear of such au attempt,
and desircd them fo wait for a more favourable opportunity.
If was with much dihïculty that they couid be prevailed upon fo
lay )side the thoughts of auy such cntcri)rize. This I had
from thc brave Mor Mati)outil.
Vheu the l'rince was coming dowu the IIighlauds fo meet
Gent.rai Col)c (as was sui)poscd) hc waiked sixteen mlles in
boots, and oue of the hecls happcuiug fo corne oiT, the High-
iaudcrs said they were unco glad fo hear if, fi»r they hoped thc
want of the heel would make him march af more leisurc. So
speedily hc marched that he was iike fo fatigue them ail.
August °7th. Thc l'riuce slei)t af Glengary's bouse, aud ucxt
uight lay af Aberchallader, a village beiongiug fo Glengary. 1
August 30th. The Priuce and his armv wcre al: Dahtacar-
doch, a pul)lick house in Vade's road, as appears from a letter
writ by the Duke of Athol fo a lady desiring her to repair fo
Blair Castle fo put if in some order, and fo do the honours of
that house wheu the l'riuce should happen fo corne there,
which he did the day followiug, August 31st. I saw the letter
and took the date of it.
Vhen the Priuce was af Blair he went iuto the garden, and
taking a walk upon the bowliug-green, he said he had never
seen a bowling-greeu before. Upon which the above lady
callcd for some bowls that he might see them ; but he told hcr
that he had got a present of some bowls sent ifim as a
curiosity fo Rome from Englaud.
Scptember °d. He left Blair and went to the house of Lude,
where he w vcry chcarful aud took his share in several dru)ces,
sueh as miuuets, Highlaud reels (the first reel the Prince called
for was, ' This is hot urine aih house,' etc.), m)d a Strathspey
nfinuet.
September 3d. He was af Duukeld, and uext day he diued
af Nairn House, where some of the company happeuing fo
observe what a thoughtful st)te his father would now be in
x See f. 643. Mrs. Robertson of Lude, a daughter of Nairn.
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from the considerafion of [lose dmagers and difliculties he had s Sept.
fo encounter wit:h, and t:hat upon t:his accotmt: he was much
fo be pitied, because his nfind behoved fo be much upon the
rack--the Prince replied that he did hot hall so much pity his
father as his brother. ' For,' said he, ' the king has been inured
fo disappointments and distresses, and has leamt fo bear up
easily under the nfisfounes of lire. But poor Harv ! his yotmg
and tender yea make him much fo be pitied, for few brothers
love as we do."
September 4th. In the evening he ruade his entrance into 4 Sept.
Perth upon the horse that ME]or MacDonell had presented
him with.
September 11th. Eady i» the morning he went on foot n sept.
attended by few and took a view of the bouse of Scoon ; and
leaving Perth that day, he took a second breakfast ai Gask,
dined ai Tullibardine, and that night went towards Dumblain
and next day fo Down.
September 14th. In the morning the Prince, after refreshing 4 Sept.
himself and his army ai the Laird of Leckie's house, lnarched
by Stirling Castle and through St. Ninians. From Stirling
Castle a six-pounder was discharged four rimes ai him, which
determined rd Nairn, who was briuging up the second division ft. 36.
of the army, fo go farther up the country in order fo be out
of [le reach of [he canon of the Castle. When [he Prince was
in St. Ninians with the fit division, Mr. Christie, provost of
Stirling, sent out to them from Stirling a quanfity of bread,
cheese, and ale in abundance, an order having corne before by
little Andrew Symmer desiring such a refreshment. Colond
Gardiner and his dragoons had galloped o" towas Edinburgh
from their camp near Stirling Castle the night belote, or rather
the saine morning, when if was dark, September 14th, without
beat of drum.
September 16th. The Prince and his army were ai Gray's 6 sept.
Iill upon the SVater of Leith, when he lent a smnmons the
Provost and Town Council of Edinburgh fo receive him quietly
and peaceably into the city. Two several deputations were
sent from Edinburgh fo the Prince begng a delay till they
should deliberate upon what was fittest fo be done. Meantime
eight or nine hundred Highlanders under the comnmnd of
o
I6 Sept.
fo 362.
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Keppoch, young Lochicl, and O'Sullivan, marched in between
the Long Dykes without a hush of noise, under the favour of a
dark night, and lurked at the head of the Canongate about the
Nethcr Bow Port till they should find a favourable opportunity
fi)r their design, which soon lmppcncd. The hackney coh
that brought i)ack the second dcputation, entred af the XVest
Port, and affer setting down the deptlties at their proper place
upon the street, drove down the street towards the Canongate,
raid whel» the Nether Bow l'off was ronde open fo let out the
coach, the hu'king llighlanders rushed in (it being theu peep
of d«ty)and nlade thenlseh'es masters of the city without any
opposition, or the smallcst noise.
RORr Fos, A.M.
fol. 363 ,
N.B.--Vhen the l'rince was marching his anny towards
England, Dtmcan Cmnero» was ordered to attend the Pnce's
baggage, and had got a young horse to ride upon that had hot
been accustomed to noise, and therefore threw Duncan upon
hearing the pipes and the drums. Duncan was so bruised with
the fall that he behoved fo be le behind, and accordingly was
carried to the house in which Lady Orbiston was then living
in the neighbourhood of Dalkeith. Soon an information was
given that the Highlande had left one behind them af such
a place, and he was said to be Colonel Strickland in his wounds,
upon which a party of dragoons was dispatched to take the
Colonel prisoner. But they round only plain Duncan, whom
they brought into Edinburgh. He was committed to the city
jayl, where he was so lucky as to be overlooked, either through
sickness or want of evidence, when othe were sent off to
England to stand trial. At lt he was released, nothing
appearing against him, some rime before the indemnitv came
out, and got a protection for going to his own conntry in the
Highlands. However Duncan had no mind to make uoe of
that protection, being resolved to return to France. He
luckily fell in with Mrs. Fothringham, who was going over to
France to lier husband, late governor of Dundee. This lady
w allowed a pass and protection for herself, a child, a man-
servant, and a maid-servant, fo sail for Holland. She wanted
much to have Duncan Cameron along with ber, because, having
I747] DUNCAN CAMERON'S ESCAPE °11
the French language wcll, he would prove an excellent guide
for her to France. Dtmcan on the other hma(! was fond of
having it in his power to oblige such a lady, and glad to go
into any schcme whereby he could safely make his way to
Holland, and thcrefore he agreed to pass for Mrs. Fothringham's
servant, and accordingly he was insert in the pass under the
naine of 1)uncan Caml)bell , an Argyleshire man. They sailed
from Leith Road on board of one Sibbahl, upon Friday, June
19th, and arrived in Ilollmd the £3(1, 1747.
It was most lucky for Dtmcan Camcron that it was never
known to any in the government that he was one of those who
came over in the saine frigate with the l'rince. The most
distant suspicion was never entertaiued about this, otherwise
his fate would have turncd out in quite another shape.
ROUENT FOtnÈS, A.M.
JI.LtlCo
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