The Lyon in Mourning Vol II
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PUBLICATIONS OF THE SCOTTISH HISTORY SOCIETY VOLUME XXI THE LYON IN MOURNING VOL. II OCTOBER 1895 THE LYON IN MOURNING OR A COLLECTION 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 Preface by HENRY PATON, M.A. IN THREE VOLUMES II EDINBURGH Printed at the University Press by T. and A. CONSTABLE for the Scottish History Society 1895 CONTENTS Copy of a Letter from NORMAN MACLEOD, Esquire, to Mr. MACDONALD of KINGSBURGH. ........................... 9 Copy of a Letter by post to me, Robert Forbes, which reached me upon Thursday, January 28th. ........ 9 Here follows an exact copy of the Narrative, the original of which, in Belfinlay’s handwriting, is to be found among my papers. ...................................................................................................................... 10 DE PEDE D––– DI M–––D IN PROELIO CULODDINO PLUMBEA GLANDE VULNERATO:-ODE. ................. 29 D–––DI M–––D POST PRCELIUM CULODDINUM LATENTIS, LAMENTATIO. ........................................... 30 Copy of a LETTER to Mr. HUGH MACDONALD of Balishair in North Uist. .................................................... 32 Copy of a LETTER to Mr. MALCOLM MACLEOD of Brea in Rasay. ................................................................ 32 Copy of a LETTER to Mr. ALEXANDER MACDONALD 1748 of Kingsburgh in the Isle of Sky. .......................... 33 Copy of a LETTER to Mr. JOHN MACPHERSON of Stramashie in Badenoch. ................................................ 34 A true NARRATIVE of CAPTAIN ANDREW WOOD’s conversion to the true Church, in a letter to a friend. .... 36 The Blockade of the Castle of Edinburgh is taken off. ........................................................................... 38 The Sequel, etc. ................................................................................................................................. 39 The Gazette of January 23rd, 1745/6. Versified. ................................................................................ 40 A genuin Dialogue between a gentlewoman at Derby and her maid Jenny, in the beginning of December 1745. Taken from the Chester Journal............................................................................. 41 Copy of a Letter from Dr. John Burton of York to me, Robert Forbes. .................................................. 43 Perth, September 10, 1745. .............................................................................................................. 43 COPY of a RETURN to the preceding LETTER. ......................................................................................... 47 Copy of a LETTER to the Reverend Mr. JOHN MACL.AUCHLAN in Argyleshire. ............................................ 48 COPY OF A LETTER TO WILLIAM. ........................................................................................................... 48 COPY of a LETTER from Mr. MACDONALD of Kingsburgh to me, ROBERT FORBES. ........................................ 51 COPY of a LETTER by post from Mr. MACPHERSON of Strathmashie to me, ROBERT FORBES. ....................... 51 A genuine Extract of the Prince’s Letter to Young Rasay and his Brother, upon his departure from Strath to the Mainland. ......................................................................................................................... 56 A Song in praise of Miss Flora Macdonald, to the tune of “My Dearie an thou die” ............................. 58 Memorandum for Bishop Keith. ........................................................................................................... 59 Copy of a Letter from Captain John Macpherson of Strathmashie, in Badenoch, to me, Robert Forbes. .............................................................................................................................................................. 71 Copy of a Letter to Captain John Macpherson of Strathmashie in Badenoch. ...................................... 72 Copy of a Letter to Dr. John Burton at his house in York. ..................................................................... 72 COPY (exact and faithful) of the Accompts of JAMES GIB, who served the Prince in station of Master-Houshold and provisor for the Prince’s own Table................................................................... 78 Here follows an account how I came by Mr. Gib’s pocket-book containing his accompts, as also an account of several conversations I had with Mr. Gib at different times. ............................................ 118 COPY of a LETTER to the REVEREND Mr. JAMES TAYLOR, Thurso. ............................................................... 131 COPY of a paragraph of a LETTER to the REVEREND MR. JAMES FALCONAR, London. .................................. 131 COPY of two Paragraphs of a LETTER from the REVEREND MR. JAMES TAYLOR, to me, ROBERT FORBES. .. 132 COPY of a LETTER from JOHN MCPHERSON of Strathmashie, to me, ROBERT FORBES. ................................. 132 COPY of a LETTER from Mr. MCDONALD of Kingsborow, to me, ROBERT FORBES. ....................................... 133 COPY of a Paragraph of a LETTER from the REVEREND MR. JAMES FALCONAR to me, ROBERT FORBES. ..... 133 COPY of a MEMORANDUM for CAPTAIN MACCULLOCH. ............................................................................... 134 COPY of a Paragraph of a LETTER to the REVEREND MR, JOHN SKINNER at Longside. ................................. 134 COPY of a LETTER from DR. JOHN BURTON of York to me, ROBERT FORBES. ................................................ 134 COPY of a LETTER to DR. JOHN BURTON of York. ................................................................................... 136 COPY of a paragraph of a LETTER from a gentleman in Aberdeen to his correspondent in Edinburgh, bearing date the 20th of August, concerning the visionary battle near that place upon the 5th of the said month of August 1748. ................................................................................................................ 136 Memoriœ Matris Carissimœ Sanctissimœ Ecclesiœ Scoticanœ. ......................................................... 137 Attempted in English. ...................................................................................................................... 139 COPY of a postscript of a LETTER to the REVEREND MR. JAMES HAY in Inverness. ..................................... 141 Copy of said Letter, the handwriting of which my Lady knew nothing about. .................................... 141 To Lady Stewart of Burry, in Quality Street, Leith, Edinburgh. ............................................................ 142 COPY of which is as follows:— ......................................................................................................... 142 COPY of a SHORT NOTE to me, ROBERT FORBES. ....................................................................................... 144 Here follows a copy (exact and faithful) of the foresaid journal taken from the handwriting of the said John Goodwillie (Writer in Edinburgh) who, from the battle of Gladesmuir to April 16th, 1746, had served in Secretary Murray’s office as one of the clerks..................................................................... 144 Substance of LORD TINWALD’s Speech to the GRAND JURY, met at Edinburgh the 10th of October, 1748. ............................................................................................................................................................ 149 COPY of a Paragraph of a LETTER (dated October 25th, 1748) from the Rev. Mr. JAMES HAY in Inverness, to me, ROBERT FORBES. .......................................................................................................................... 152 Copy of which is as follows. ............................................................................................................ 152 Copy of a Letter from the Reverend Mr. John Maclaclan in Argyleshire to me, Robert Forbes. ......... 155 COPY of a LETTER from Baillie JOHN STEWART to me, ROBERT FORBES. ...................................................... 156 Copy of a paragraph of a LETTER (dated January 4th, 1748/9), from the Reverend Mr. GEORGE INNES in Forress to me, ROBERT FORBES. ............................................................................................................. 164 Copy of a paragraph of a Letter (dated January 16th, 1749), in return to the preceeding paragraph. ........................................................................................................................................................ 164 COPY of a paragraph of a LETTER from Mrs. MAGDALEN CLERK (London, January 23rd, 174f), to Mrs. RACHEL HOUSTON at the Citadel of Leith. .......................................................................................................... 166 Upon the above from the London Evening Post, January 24. THe Haymarket Conjurer. .................... 166 By a gentleman after the battle of Val. A Whig hymn for Witt Plunder, to the tune of Nero. ............ 166 By a gentleman when the Dutch were bestowing high and fulsome encomiums upon the Duke of Cumberland before the election of the Stadtholdtr. .......................................................................... 167 COPY of a LETTER directed to DONALD Jacobite in the North-West parts of Scotland. ..........................