nt, to which Macpherson adds, that the
Chevalier attended Mass daily, the testimony of one of the daily papers
(the Caledonian Mercury) may be given, as inserted by Mr. Chambers in
his very interesting History of the Rebellion of 1745. The Prince
visited an Episcopal chapel; the name of the clergyman, Armstrong, and
the text, Isaiah xiv. 12, are specified. It was the first Protestant
place of worship that the Prince had ever attended. Hist. of the
Rebellion, p. 21.
[229] History of the Present Rebellion, p. 19.--It is remarkable that
two Histories of the two rebellions were composed by men who had changed
sides. That of 1715 by Patten, who was rewarded for his disclosures, as
King's evidence, by a pension. What reward was bestowed on Mr. James
Macpherson does not yet appear.
[230] History of the Present Rebellion, p. 26.
[231] Notes and Observations taken from MSS. in the possession of A.
Macdonald, Esq., Register Office, Edinburgh.
[232] Lord Elcho's MS.
[233] In Exeter House, Derby, there is a portrait of Prince Charles,
painted by Wright of Derby, in which the eyes are hazel. That in the
Earl of Newburgh's possession, at Hassop, has blue eyes.
[234] Henderson, p. 51. Home, p. 100.
[235] Home, 101. Alexander Henderson.
[236] Lord Elcho's Narrative, MS.
[237] Henderson, p. 84.
[238] Henderson, p. 88.
[239] Henderson differs in this account from Home. "Charles," says the
latter, "remained on the field of battle till mid-day, giving orders for
the relief of the wounded of both armies, for the disposal of his
prisoners, and preserving, both from temper and from judgment, every
appearance of moderation and humanity," p. 122.
[240] Lord Elcho's MS.
[241] Maxwell of Kirkconnel's Narrative, p. 55.
[242] Maxwell of Kirkconnel's Narrative, p. 57.
[243] Maxwell's Narrative, p. 59.
[244] Maxwell's Narrative, p. 46.
[245] Maxwell of Kirkconnel's Narrative, p. 48.
[246] Maxwell, p. 65.
[247] History of the Rebellion of 1745 and 1746. Extracted from the
Scots' Magazine, p. 99.
[248] Maxwell's Narrative, p. 74.
[249] Maxwell, p. 76.
[250] Jacobite Memoirs.
[251] Lord Mahon is decidedly of this opinion. See Vol. iv. Hist. of
England, respecting the Jacobites.
[252] Lord Elcho's MS.
[253] Maxwell, p. 80.
[254] Maxwell, p. 112.
[255] P. 129.
[256] Maxwell, p. 140.
[257] P. 147.
[258] Chambers.
[259] Lord Elcho's Narrative.
[260] The estate of Comrie is now in
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