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F~ ,I The JACOBITEI~1-'==11 The only Jacobite Paper in New Zealand " Published Quarterly I_I__~

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NOTES AND GENERALOn this the alUliyersary of the

th'sf appeaL'ance of "The Jaco­hitt,." we desil'e to eOl'dially thankall those who ha,'c so loyally sup­port ..·d om' paper. 'Ve also wishto plal"(' upon record our high ap­pl'C'ciatioll of t he. many kind andhelpful Je1tel"S which we have re­ceived ham sympathisers all on'l'the world.

* * * * * *'rhc l'N'ent death of the :l\Ial'­

qnifoi ol QtH'cllsbt,l'1'y has causedlllfl ny l'efC'l'(-'llc'C'S to bo made to hisHld('cl car('('I', The l\fal'quis ,vasOlll' l\10~t picturC'sque peer. Hewas a Donglas ,,"hosp family h.adfiglll'('(l in the fOI'<:,fl'ont of ScottIshhi~tol'Y since th(~ days of the Bol'­del.' fl~nds. Hich in 110n01'8 anddignhies, )'('t of P('I'sonal w('althfor tll(' grcatel' part of his life hepossessed but little. For yeal'shis ((seat" ,,-as a modest yiUa ina 1Imlllll<'J'smi1h by-stl'eet, and alittll' fal'lll in Sc-otlancl was all1hat 1'('mailH'd of tllP once-Ion'cl<1tn:s (If his family. 'rile late peel'"'"lS (If Jatohit(' descent, and up­hpld tll<' tl'aditions of his famil;',jwing- a8so('iat('(] ",ith the modernJaC'obitr I1IOW'lllent.

* * ~ * * *R<'f~rencc is frequently made to

till' t,,'o bl'otlH'I'S, John SobieskiStuart and Charles Edward Stuartwho C'laimed to be grandsons ofPrincC' Chal'lC's. and whose appear­al1C{' in thc Highlands of Scotlandabout the middle of last centmycl'eated qnitr a sensation. Theclaim of thc t,,,o brothel'S was, ofCOurse, quit(, unfounded, as hothPl'inc{' Chal'lic and Queen LouisaI('ft c'Mcgol'ic:al cyidencc that thei]'mal'l'iagc was ehildle8s, and therc'was no (\a/'thly objcct ill conceal­ing' the bil,th of a son 0]' daughter.lV[ol'<,ovcl', tll(' hi!~h of an hC'ir Ol'

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NOVEMBER, 1920,

heircss to Prince Charlie ","ouIdhaye been hailed with dclight bythe old Jacobite Party, The twomythical Stnal'ts were neverthe­less highly cnltmed and amiablebeing's. deeply im huecl with theJacobite spirit.

* * * * * *J),'cem bel' 31st next will be the

200th annivel'sal'y of the birth ofPI'imp Chal'leg Edward Stuart (dejme King' Charles IH. 1766-1788),whose advent in Scotland in 1745ha:s h'ft Hueh a deep and abidingplace ill. our history, ill our litera­tU1'e, and in the hearts of thepeople. PI'inec Charles left Scot­land in 1746 with the intention ofJ'l'turning. 'Vith passionatf' earl1­('stH(,88 he besought Louis XV. of1-'1'3nce to grant him the meanswith which to make another at­tPlllpt to recovcl' his kingdom.nut, alas, 'twas all in \'ain. Tllepeaee of 1748 sent him forth it

hOllw!('ss wandel'er', hunted all0\'('1' l~l1l'Opc by the obuoxiousagrnts of thc usurping Govern­ment. In the Chm'eh of St.Pl'ter's at Romc hc sleeps-thcbest-hclo\'cd of all the Stuarts,,dIOse dal'ing, 1'0mantic and chiv­alrous (>xploits in the '45 havepIac>cd his name in the imperish~

ablc list of the world's immortals.

* * *' * =lE: *S,,"C'rt al'(' tll(' uses of advertise­

ment. If'l'lw (:l'aphie" of July10th, in dil'('cting public> attentionto the IllCl'itS of a o<:'1'tain liqUOl',has an ilh.l.l)tJ'ation entitled:"Hecl'uiting in 1\Ianchestcl':Episodes of tilt' '45, Ko. 3."SC'l'gt. Dickson, accompaniedby a dnIJ11n1C]' and a woman,beats lip l'C"cruits in Man­r!lestC'l'. The following explana­tion is given: l 'l1aving got a day'smarch ahead of tll\..) Jaeobitc army,n Hig'hlallcl se1'geant C'lltered lVIall-

ps. per year) Posted

clwst{'t' to beat up fOl' recruits.He met with a hostih· receptioll,but was abJ<· 10 hold his oWli uu­til he was joined by those of tIle'inhabitants who supported theStu"rt cause, lIe then paradedthe streets. C'nlisting all who offer­ed themseh'cs, thcsc men forming"'hat was call(·d the ':Manrhcstel'R(\glIJWllt,' rl'he next day PrinCt~

Charlie {'ntcl'('d the city, walkingill thc midst of a st'keted band ofI-lig'hlalldel's. Hc took up hisquartcl's in a house ill Marketstl'c('t, 3ttt'nral'ds called 'ThePalace,' and long aftcl' llsed as aninn. 'rhat night tlw city ·was il­luminated in ha nor of the Prince'sat'l'i\-al. l'hl..' wholl' story ofPrincC' Char'lie's stay in l\Ianches­It'I' is delightfully described by}fal'l'isOll Ains\\'ol'th in 'The l\![au­('heste!' RchC'ls.' II

* '*' * '*' * '*'Bonnir PrillCe' Charlie WOll a

passionate dryotioll fl'om his fol­lowers. Sil' 'Yaltel' Scott l1lC'n­tions old mell who had heen outin thr FOI'ty-fin'. who could notspeak of t ht' Pl'illc'c wit hout t"arsin th('il' "yC'S; and he tells of one-I-Iugh C'hishollll-who, being inl'('('('ipt of a l>l>nsion to whichSe-ott hilllsrll was a cont6butOl',,,·onld lIev('l', when receiving his1ll01WY. tak(' it 88\-(' "'ith his leftJland. (,harl" Ed\\'anl hadshaken hands with him ill 1746,8nd l'\'('l' aft (\nnlnls Chisholm,,·onlcl ll('YI'l' allow his right handto tOl1(,!J anything whi('h mightcontallllll8tt' it.

* * * * .* *8('n~l'a] leading jOlll'nals in the

Homeland Jlacl something' to sayl'('cen1"ly l'rgarding "1'lw Ja('o~

bite." This will R('lTC' .to informOUJ' kinSllLl'1l O\'E'l'SeaS that evenill this distant Olltpost of I~mpire,

Jaeobite pl'inciples aJ'e firmly held,

IS THE JACOBITE ~O\-j.:)IllER, 1920

NOVEMBER, t9Z0

EDITORS' NOTICE

C. C. BAGNALL, Rongotea, Palmerston NorthC. A. ROWELL, Elm St., Maniilapapa. Gisborne

All sltb~criptionS, enfJuiries, orliterary contributions :::honld besent to th~ Editors-

A Culloden Wreath(lit the 16th ApJ"il Itexl. the

17:>th annin'I'sCll'y of tlH' Battle of('ullodel1 ,rill tak{' ph1Cl'. I'~,'el'y

y<'<.L1' ,,,,'{'aths are plal'l'cl 011 the~\lt'fJlol'ial C'ail'll in llH'1tI01'y of th'2

fallC'1l t-Jighlandl'I's, These areS('llt hom all Pl:l.J'ts of the \\"ol'ldby loyal ::4cots and others "'hohold in tlllHlel' I'cmembl'ance the1]('1'0('8 'rho fought in defence oft!l('il' exiled l'ightful king-J'am,.'s\·HI. aJJd Ill.-aJJd \l"ho died for"~eotJand and Pl'inC'L' ('hal'lie."Loyalists in :\-ew Zealand have,'H'nt \\'l'(laths to this l:l.llnuat UltIli· •\,('I'sal'Y from time to time, ai~rl

"-l' tl'tlst that 11l'xt yt'al' we slwllht' able to do 80 again. thus jOi11­illg: ,dtll oth<.'I'8 in yariolls P:ll'tsof the wOl'ld ill st'llding a tOI\:('l1 ofIon' to tlw I1H'mol'y of the bl',l ~"e

d('pal'ted. '''L'I1<.'i1' fanlc and tlwil'glol'y will stand for t'\'(~"." .\ tlyslllall suhsc·J'iptioll fl'om loyaljs~s

and syIJlpathiRt'l's fOl' the PW'P(I::;P

of l"l'lldillg' 1:1 \\"leatll 10 ('lI11odellwill br appl'('(:iatNl by thl' i,;dltul'.

~,rl S. S, Hi.l11ISdl'll. a sisteJ' or:.'IllS!" l:'. jl. :\lu('KiIlIlOH_ of 1Iol'slcvP I'io l'y. (: I0 \Il'~ Ht l'l'sh i 1"(" I'~ 11 glaJl~l(llH'lltiOlwd ill a fOllllC'l' isl"uC' oftll<' "Jac-ohik") in a pl'h-ate let·t('1' to the I~ditol·s. "Tites ill worclsof "'al'nit'st praist' and pntlmsias­tit loyalty o[ th(' Hoyal J louse of~t n31'1. Rl'f('lTillg to Prince('hul'Jie. sill' \\Tit<.'s: "1 fis h; il.

llallte to (,Oll,jlll'l' \dtll. FOI' himIllY mFC'('stol'S Shl'd theil' hlood,and ('H'11 IIOW, thf'st' long Y('aJ'S

nft('l'u'al'<ls wht'll I hl'3l' 1he old.hH'ohitc song,:, tll(' teal'S !StcHt tolily {'Y('S. 1 han' oft('n tl'ied tothink ,,,hy slH·h 1:1 halo of IJHthosc111d 1'01 1l;1IH't' hilll~ry.; <lJ'oUlH1 the~lll;!I·t~;, atl£! I:ltJl'(' l slW('ia lIy a hOllt

j l,e nalllf' of I~Ollllil' PrilH"(' Chat·­lip'! ~l!I'\'ly It '''as thell' IH'unty,I hdr "'olld\'I'ful ('harlll of mUtlllCl',and tIlt' gl'('<ll raseinatioll tlwy hadt hl' pml'{,l' of l'Xt'I'('ising' 0"\'('1' those"'it h wholll t Iwy C:l:l.llle in ('olltacL,\11<1 apart ft'OI;l all this wonder­ful ].Jl'lsonal (·harm of thC' ~tl1al'ts

1!Jpy poss\ ss('d a king-Iy l'ight of,,'hi('!l nol hing' «(,HId disposs('l"St hl'lll. \Yhat('n I- th{·il' faults,tlwy \'"('l'(' hng-Iy, cligllifif'd. gTa·

('iow;. a:Jd 11l(~' illspil'<d in lILi,'t'OIlO"TI'S SHC' h lo\'c and d(','otioll,:s maclr t1]('1Il I'cady and willlllgto 1'0]]0\',' t ht'lll tlll'ough lJl'ivatiolla Ild hi.1l'(:sIJi!) ('\'(:11 Ii to tJl(' deat h,"

hack plate by a spirit of matcl'ial­iRIl1, l3allads ('un do 11IlH.;h to post­POIlt'. pel'haps prevent. its ul1i­matl' n~legaljoll to the past, and(hat is 311 illlportant set'\'it.:(,."

Distinguished Jacobite's GiftNew Park for Melbourne

:\Ir. TheodoJ'(' Xapicl'. tIll' 81'ch~nt

adYot'ate of tll<.' Stnal't C'amw, last,\ Ugllst PITsPlltrd to the c'itizrns Ot1'~ssC'l1don (a suburb of }[el­botll'll(» trll al'I'('S of: land for apublic pal'k. _-\t the pl'('~wntatioll

(:C'l'emony. tIll' :Mayor said thatl\Jr, N"apiC'l' had gin'n this mag'­Ilifit.:<"llt lJ1.'Opl'l'ty to tlw eitizl'Jl:'i101' all time, and hf' d('sil'(~d tothank tlH' gClWl'OUS donol' ill thenUlla' of the :MayOl', ('ollnC'illol's.and I'rsidt'lltS. £-\s a boy he hadl'o1'N1 o,-e1' 1his fine pl'opC'l'ty. and"going llP to :\api('I"s" 'n18syllonymous with a Yisit to a pJat'ewhich lleVl'l' failed to g;\'(' pleas.Ul'e on acc-oullt of the beauty ofits slllTollndillgs. ~I'h<.' matp:'ialvaluc of t Ill' gift TC'PI't'Sl'lltut alarge 1511111, fo!' the ten aCl'('R ofland donateu ~o g(lllc!'ously hy .J\iJ',Napief' r01.11d have been subc1i1'id­<'d and sold at £4 ]l('" foot. )lJ-.Kapie1' had modestly suggeste(lthat tl1(' spot should in future bt~

li:uo,Yn as "XOl·thel'n Pal'i.:;:," huta gl'atf·fnl pnblic 'rould insist onc-alling it ";:\apiel"s Pad,," andalRo plaC'~ on peJ'manent 1'(,(-on1,hy tablct 01' in some othel'. f01'1Ilall appreciatioll of the gel1<.'l'osityof' the clono1'.

The Napirl' family hu\'e beel}associated with ?lIelboul'llc pI'acti­rally since t he inception of thedty. 1111'. 'l'llOmas Xapiel' (.\[1',TIH'odoJ'l' :\a1'i<.'1"s fathel') all'in'din ~1elbolll'n(> in 183'7, wlwl1 tileplae£' containcd some :300 inhabi­tants, and aftcl' a stay of 18months went into the eOllutl':'(,

took up land. and prospered t~X·

e('edingly, 3fJ', Thomas Napic1'n"as pl'esC'llt at the first land sale011 J\me 1, 1837, and bought th~

lUlld UpOIl whi(,h the ('omnH'l'clalnallk now stands in Collins street,.'h'l UOUl'Il(" aIld ~nbsequ<"lltly pm'­{'hasccl otl1('1' land in Collins strect,110W the ~jtC' of thl''' Al'gus" offic('.on ,dueh ht, t'l,C'('tcd a house, :1l1dIW1'(' in 18-l:=; (just one Imndl't'd:n'a:s after the immortal '45) ,,-ashorn Theodol'{' ~apicl', who inaftel' years was to lwcome 011(' ofthe most C'nthllsiasti<.' Jaeobitpswhich the lIin<'lcenth Cl'lltury pro­duced.

Jacobite\the

Jacobite Songs and Ballads\Yit h t hl' )'Phll'll of normal eondi­tiOIlS in t ht· jJl"inting world, wetl'llst that SOIlW l'llte1'pt'ising litc]'::!­1l'lll' ,dll publish a YO!l.Imc of Jaco·hite ballads. fortifil'd with amplellott'~ and sympatlwtically "Tl1­tl~ll. ~o fal' as 'n' Ul'{' a"'31'(', O.

K ilftQuoid 's "Ja('obite ~Ol1gs ~1ldHallads." ]lllblisll<'d ill 1887. ;sthe only hook 011 the subject in('xish'Il(·('. alld admirahle thoughit is In many '''ays. 1hv "Tite1' 'ssl.'lltiments al'e t'l'l"tainlv not Jatu­bit(:') and \\'hell Wl~ a 1'~' asked tol'l'ad Irha<:ke1'ay's I':!:il"llond "fOl' 11lifc-li1<(' Hludy of th(' old P!-c!('"­del'," we 111'(' simply <lmazl'tl ,]tthe w]'itt'I"s ignorancr, CUl'ilJ!1sl.y('nongh Ildt he]" rl'hac·krl'<ly 01'

Die· kl'lls possessed allY first -11:1. ndJ\llOwledg(~ of the Htual'ts, illldStott alolle of OUl' thl'cc great nm':clists, understood and appredatt'dthat picturesque race, \'\1Iat a.\'ast debt we O'YC to the mightygenius of Scott, whose Wl'itillg", !:ogrcatly <.'ontl'ibuted to I"C-KO"\i- t 1H'

sC'edR of Jacobitisl1l, and sll;]1\(> thcJoundatiolls of \VhiggiRUl.

::\[ol'('on'1'. sillc-e the pvhlil':ttimlof O. ~. )[cQuoid's book ill1887. lllillly impol'tant addi­tions h<lH' h,-'ell maclt' to OUJ' stOt:kof J'lc-ohit<., song and \'C'l'S". Intll<.' l~ilgn·) of ::\1.1'. 'l'IH'odol'l' :\'i.l­}Jil'I·',c.; "1:'1<.'I·y ('l'OSS" (1901-19l2)a1'(" nlallY ('Olltl'ihntiolll:i wC'll n"Ol'l:l

illc,lnditlg- ill allY lH'W book of.Jacobill' SOIl.gS and )wllads. nndthey ha\'e' this in common Tiththe J;l('obite pOt'tl'y of rUl'lk,'1illH's. that they hn~athe the tl'lWspirit of Joy"lty to the ('xilrd J'ac('.without tHYil 01' quibble',

\Yhat o~hrl' ('anse hut Ot:r:; (';iIl

(·Iaim such a ,n'alth of ha!bHlpoetry l

('1 am in<:lilll'o to think," says7\11', ('l'Hnstoull :Mete'alrc, "thatloyalty, aB an (lY01',Vclay vil'tue, isbeing fnl'g'oth'n, thJ'llSt into a

2'iOH)!B£H, 1920 THE JACOBITE 19

The Scattered Clans\\"ht'l'll lHC thcy gOllc \\,ho Ii\'cll alll1'

fought IFill' away, (HI" ::Iw:lYi

Who hn'tl hy ,he s\\'orll, who sworeh,\' I hi' sword,

Who ill \\ ar W<'!'l' gny!"'hl'!'P Hn.' lht, lads of the fla~hillg

:,wol'd\\"hfl stoo,l at ha,\'

}'oJ' tIll' PriU('{' tIH'\' loyed from on-:r,11(' ~('a! '

Fa!" H\\:I,\', far awn)'!

F:H awn,\', fal' <1\\:1:,\', 'tis :l scatt('l't't11':1('1'

111 t1wi r j",lt>s {)f tlH' west iDl'in'll Ollt frum th£' dal£' :\lH1 the

h('atl!('l' l1i1l •I.ikl' a ('1Ir!"\\",,, 11(':,<1,

'1'01'11 :lllcl ;;(',\Ttl'I'('d :lnd \'oil1 h,\' a\\"illl£'I"S :<tOI'lIl,

1,'nl' :i\\ll,\", f:ll' away:'To "lime'S that 0111' fllthl'}':< II£,\'(')'

k\'llltl'll,'I'h(',\' :\)"l' easl to,<ln,\',

o !LI':1I'1s :-;0 h'nl :If; I :-:land ro-d:1Y1n \'0111" 'l1ll·i('111 laud

,\lId llIi:-::-;',h(, \\ild :-;(Jn~ in your GaelictllHgUl',

AlId "OUl' 1101I\'st hm\\'ll haml,.-\lld th' I"I~irl (1f Ill(' (,1<111 frol1l on.'I'

11l<' hill,F,,]' a'.nlY. far Il\\'a,\';

\\('<'11 11lol'g:h tll(, 1"1111 )-;hill(')-; hl'igllt(JII ~1\(' kw h,

:\ tI d 1hi' lw:11 rH\]' ')-; !-",:<I,\',

{1nll(', gOII(" lOll;":' ,I't':\!'''' ,I~' HII autu1lIl!I'l'm't,

Hilt 11"110 ",hall not su,,',-With thr Ca\l*' "t' 10\'\'_1. with thc Haec

~'e 11C 1"\,('(1 , '

Ye f;h:l11 1"ctUl'11 onc ,lay,FrOll1 OV('l" Ihe SI'a, \\"here\'('I' 'ye hc"

Far ll\\'ny, far flwny,l:::I('h ",rnttcl'cd elfin nll,l £'Heh cxilcl1

lllaulGOtl h:n;tCll thnt (lay!

-WHiter Cliffon1 ~rcll('l'.

H<,'fe1Ti!l~ to a l<.'ttl'l' whi<:h ap­!)(i:u'ed in om' last issll<.' f,'om :.'Ill'.<l. Bail'cl I-'I·a~l'!'. of Iloly,,'('ll, St.l\"<.s, EnglaJld, :\[1·, 'l'IH'odol'(' Xa­pipr \\"l'i!(o!'i: .I'1'hl' 1<"Ut'!' from :.'Ill',l,'n1s('I' put Hll' in happy ]'t'llll'lll­

hnllH'(' or a ,'isit I paid {'itht~I' in18Hli 01' ] 97 to :--;t. In's, ,,-ht'l'l'T had tlw p!l'aS111't' of IlH,eting the:Jlal'quis or RurigllY (PJ't'sidl'ntt IWI\ of t Ill' Ll'gitillli~t Jal'ohit\,l....l'ilgW·) and till' hrotlH'lS Fl'asl'1',of liolY\\"l'll. I,tht'll \\'itnt'ssed ase('Ill:' of Hoyalist and J'acohite ('11­

thusiaslJl J iHly(' 1ll'\'('I' sil1<:<:" llH'tanywIJt'I'l' in (ll'('at Bl'itain 01'ah~'oad, It was a Hrsto!'atioll Da,\'(29th ~1ay), and it \\"onld ha,'c J'e­joi('<,,'d yOlll' !H'al't to h;~\'e heen])1'( S~·Ilt. . \\Then you 'I'ITitr)11', 1,l t'3S(\I' pll'aRl' g;iy(' him 111:V'IY31'11l('sl (:ollg'I'atnlatiolls fo1' stillj:;]('ing the fo~'. ,\Vc' t3nllot e::qwdfull ~lI(:l.:('ss just HO\\', but we tan.,at I('ast, be tnw to OUI' Jacobitp

·.all,cl :RO)'alis1 p.t'illeipll's."

Proposed Jacobite MemorialMJ'..-\ lex..\. MeRa(>, of Lumsden,Southland, a (~aclic-s}Je3king Jaco­hilt', \\'rites us suggesting the l']'ec­tioll of a grunitt' IlH.'Ulol'ial tablet0\'('1' the gTan' of Roclerick l\Iae­]\(~Ilzil', who so nobly gan' his lifefo!' Pl'ill<:l' ('hadie as desCl'ibl'd by:.'Ih', lUaedonald, of (:eelong, int Iw last issue of out' paper. Wcl1lu:-:;t heartily ('ongl'atulate ~h.

)fc]{~l(,' upon his suggestion, and'I\'ill do all in OUl' PO"\\"l'l' to fUl'tlwl'the proposal. ~Ir. ::UcRat> offel'sto ~uhscl'ilw 3 f('\\, guinras. and'I\'t' :-:;hall ht, ple3st:'c1 to l'rceiye thenalllC's ot: any Othl'I'S willing tohelp. )'h'lllorials to the gallantdead an' IlOW tJ1(' OI'del' of till'day, ~hall '\'t' Iw bat"}nnl.rd inl'l'lldf>J'illg honol' to onc ,yho fellill our sacl'ed caUst'?

:\1"1', :MacRal' sa"s: "Tt is 42yl',H'S ,..,ill(°C' 1 Id; Scotland, buttlH' ll'aditioll and histOl'y of 1hehi:1J'clships Hnd snffering' of rt'lnc\'Cha I'lir and his follo"\\"l\l's, "\\"Iilth 1heal'et l'l'IH'ated so oftrn fl'(';ll theold people, an: as fl'l'sh ill !l!~r

lll('llJf))'V as t !H'V \\"(' t'<.' t Ill' tIn v Ileft,;' ~ ,\11'. Ma~Ha(' :11so m(~nti~)tls[I;a: till' ~:'llbil'ski Stnal'LS n'~_':'(' ;1lj il(' Ilfll>ll ('d: plucil'g tribl:ks ilL;.Rodl~l'ick l\lackcnzie's graYt::',This is situated in a flat bend he­tween the I'oad that runs through(:-Iel\ Stl'athfa1'al' and the Rin.'1'Fal'al', at a place called Haig la

("eulllliciJ. :\ot far from this spotis 3 ('a\'(' w1)cl'(' the Royal PriJ1('t'took Shl'1tl'I', now t"alled Pdnct'l'IJm'lic's <:3YC', In the August lS~

SUl' of our papl'I' )£J', ,Macdonald,of (:l'l']ong, \~i<-tol'ia, gayC' the £01­lo\\'ing <H:count of Rodel'i('k .1\13('­kl'nzil"S hl'I'oism: HHe bore nn'1')" stl'iking I't'sl'mblance toPl'inl'{' ('hal'lit" and "\\"as ;lc'("ostedby solclit'I's "\\"ho '\"('1'(' in pursuit oftll(' I'oyal fllgHi"l', They \H'l'e soilllpl'U)S('cl \\,ith t1w helirf that it'1\',1:; t:'11I,\' lw "\\"hom tht·} s:mght,and ~dd('d to this t1w assuranec oflll'ing pady ill pO~St'SSiOll of theilllllwnsc I'('wa I'd o11<"1'ed for hi:,;~lPlJrl'h('lL'iioll. that they l'ushed. <it1[n('b'llzi(', who yaliantly defend­ed himself, but was soon oyrl"­hol'1H' by tht, 101'('(' of llmnbe]"s,Rl'(,(,i\·ing' a 1ll0l'tal n-Olllld, he Yf:>tIll<mnU:Nl to nal'l' tlH' n-ords, 'Youha\,(' \;:111('cl yonl' Princc,' TIll'Rising' was tht'll <l lost cause, and,hUIlH1;lly sp(<lldng, fJ slackness offihJ'(' Ildght" han' lWl'1l looked fOJ'among t11(' follon-el's or Char],'s-l~d"\\"al'd, but such instancrs iJ~ llle

lH'('('{'(ling', should fOI'en'I' dispelthe t 1I0ught. "

1Iack t 'nzit"s d<.'ath ))I'o\"l'd ih:t

only l'ffectnal fOJ' the safl'ly of('hades Gdwal'd, hut was Pl'OdlH>tin' of c'oll~idt'r<lbl<., l't'lief to theHighlandl'J's gt'IH'I'ally, l'enrltT.ill~

the hoops of tlw nsul'l)('1' If'sS

'I'igihlllt in thl'iJ' pm'suit of SlJ.S­Iwc,tNl 1't'1'Son8,

Mary of Modena'1'hr lif(' stol'y of :.'Ifal'y of ::\Iodena,QUl'l'll ('0I1S01't of King Janws n"pn'Sl'llts all thost' l'1e'ments of ti'i)­

gedy and l"Olllan<:l' which han'"ht'('11 so often assol'iated with theIo!'tunes of th" Hoyal Hons',' of:-::>tual'l-now adOl'ed by tJ1L' nl"it­ish pt'opJr, and Jat<'1' a fugiti,'cfrom t lH'il' ha t 1'<.'<1 , a (:hastl~ wifl',yt't tlw \'l(,tiltl of \'ile ('hal'g('s;foul' yt'al's a (~lH..'('n, and thirtyyeaI'); all (\xil<.': t'xp('I'ienC'ing' bothtlt(, ('xt l'('nll'S of po\\'1:'1' and illd(~­

}J('ll(\('ll(,(', of w('alth and pOY('j'ty.Jkl' youth, Ill'l' iJlllO('('l1t'(', and hel'lH'auly \\'011 th<.' ))('<1l'ts of tlw nl'it­i!"oih !H'opl(', I kt, w('II-onl(,i'('d11.Ousvllold, h<'l' 10\"(' of lllusi(' andIJuitlting, h('l' sIJ)'ightly ('Otl\'('l'S}l­tion (,1ld('at'C'el h<.'1' to those who at­tended tl1<' COUl't, Ilnt Queenl\[al'y was Slll'J'ound('d by difficul­ties and dang-el's, ht'l' s(,cl'ctal'ywas ont' of t hr fil'St yictims of'ritus Outl'S, and slH' and h<."l' hus­band (then Duke of 1'01'1<) "-el'Ohdct' fon'cd into ft'llIpol'ary rxile."111ll' Iifl' of Ql1l't'lI ~\lal'y,," snys.~t. :--;i 11\0 11 , "8il\(,(' sIll' canlt' to"','ane(' at th(· ('nd of 1688, hasb('t'll hut il St'ril's of lIIisfortllllPS\\-hi('h sltt' hOI't' nohly to tht' t'lld,ill dl','otioll towal'<!s (:od, (h,tac·h­lIll'nt, ]J('IHlIl(,(', pnlj"t'l', ill t:ontill­Hal good works, <ltHI ill all thcYil'tm's whit-h Illab· a saint."(~U'~(;,11 :.\l'Hy diNt at ~t. (:(,l'IlUlins,Ith }[ay. ),18,

\Yith till' <halh of Prill('(-' ('!Jal'­lie Bnd his bl'(Jt!J(,l' (gl'alldsons or<JUl'l'll .\Lary) tll(, l'OIlIlt'ction hl.'­t'ln'('1l t 11(' ] JOUSt' of Stnart and1Iod('lHl l'nel<.'d, hut was dcstineclto 1)<.' rlg-aill l'('IH'Wt'd in 1812. "\"\'11('11the I,,'in'ss of t I", l~oyal ~tual't

lil\(' lIlalTled thc hell' of thep,'ineely Ho,,,e of Uod"na, . \ ndso to-day the l'xi]('(l Stual't 11<'i1''''in 8wILi;cl'lunc1 al'l' not only theneal'est living l'rpJ'C's('lltatin's ofPl'ill('(' Chm·lit, Oil th(' Stual't sid(',but the h(\il's of the House of:.'IIod('llu 8.R W(']!.

20 THE JACOBITE NOYJDlBER, 192()

•

Crossing the Border in 1745On the 8th l\oYC'lllbc!' wc ccle·

bl'atr the 175tll alllliyel'sary of theCrossing of tht, Border by PrinceChal'les J~dwal'cl in 1745. It seemsappl'opl'iatc therefore that weshould insert tllC' followlllg' Y('l'sesby ,Y. C'lifford Meller, which werefirst 'puhlished some years ago inthe I~llgli~h "Jacobitl,":-Dill \I"C' cro~f' the BonlC'r, think yC',

For the sake of English gold;To tlw ll<'l.rr~Ting· of thC'ir cflttk)

_\~ 0111' fath('n; (lill of 01l1?Their g:ol(l l'('lllailH'll mJilflll"clloll,

Thpil' cattle in the hy1'o:'Twm: fol' lJohlC'l' gail! wC' gnth0rcd,

AlId ·W('J'C call(>(l b~- cro~s of firC'.

Had ,,"('1not fair homC's wc ('awe from?L(willg' hearts harl wc not Hero?

\\'11(']'(' OllI' littIf- haims Mood \yaitiJlg,\VhC'l'(, the on,ts [Ire gnnH'ro(l hare;

Think \.(' 1::Hls thflt follo,YC(l after,Allil 'Cro>:sell tlw Border line,

KPllll('ll lIot how n Iflssi(">: lovdigllt:rll HighlaJl([ t'yCf; cml shine]

Bro\n1 stags in lonely forestsN"CYC1' henr our steps to-flay,

Dal'k the heather is untrofldcn,Allfl the snow 1JnRWCpt a.wnYi

But w(' (lifl not leap the SolwayThe Southern Stag to shty,

01' to see on ·w.intry furrowHo\\' English SllO~'- might hty!

But fol' this we erossNl the Borrlcr­As go'oll servflntR who would hring

I To their fellow-~ervallti': "-fliting'l'hC'ir mastcr :1,lHl thcir King,

To jail! the links long' broken,'1'0 suffer fUHl to flare,

'1'0 chast' the' Hanoyel'iflnBack to his German lair,

Lct the pcdhr keep hi>: siller,Let the lllcrehallt >:flfd:v li(',

Not for these 'H' ('l'o>:I'cfl with Chal'lic,Xot fol' these lI'e >:\\'OI"C to dic,

But a:, gClltlelllcll \\·c met them,'J'he~- the hiclHl>: wc fOtlllfl om' foc i

Let rhe hrokcJl ela~'lllol'C' answcrArHl OlU flc~tll Oll En$rliRh snow!

-W, Cliffonl Mellcl".

Jacobite LoyaltyThe imHledi<tt(, sequel to theForty·five shows, as nothing elsecall, how admirahle was the spiritof: ~Tacobitc loyalty. Followingupon the scattering of the clansat Culloden for fi \'C monthsCharles Edwal'd \\;as a f11gitiY(~)

wandering about the Highlands)with a pricl' of £30,000 set uponhis head, Yd no onC' could be.found to betray him. The peopleW('l'(' miserahly pOOl', and but atithe of t]1(' aIJov(' SUl1l would haycllH'an1 to anYOlle of those1 in theseCl'('t of the Prince' 's ,,'hrreabontsnntnJc1 wf'alth. OppOl'tunityaftrroppol'tnnitv o('('url'f'd for themn nifC'statioll of a Judas amongstthose who hal'dly l\1wW w]Jat it

.vas to hay(' a single wish grati­fied. yet the l'e,,,an1 went un·claimed. l\Iax,,-ell. of Kirkcon­nrll, wl'ih's: "Necessity frequent­]y dJ'oY(' him to employ people hek11rw nothing ahout, but all gavchim rOl1yincillg proof of the mostzealous attachlll('llt and the most)llvioJablr fidelity."

,01'1Iis sheltering and guardingof th(' 1']'i11(,(' was no mCl'C mat­ter of humanity," says a rccentwrit('I'. "but it ,\'as begotten ofloyalty to tlH' e"iled dynasty."For long aftel' C'n]]oden a Gaelicsong, sung' by high al1d low alike,('xpl'es~H'~ tlH' natnre of thr affec­tion ,\'011 hy thr royal fugitivr. AH'l'S(' runs like this:-'l'hey ran1w,a flllll hUl'llcd IIl,V eOlllltrYi'I'he," 1ll\ll'rlrJ'('fl Ill~> faHH'r, nllll carried

off lll~' hrothprs iThc.,> Tllill('ll 111~' kilHll'l'll, all\l hl"okc' tho

h(,~Ht of m~- mother;But nll, all COlll11 I h(':ll',If I saw my king restored to his own.

~orrespondenee::.\11'. J. N. :Mut'Leocl, of Invcrness,Scotland, a well~kllownlecturer onthe '45, sen(ls the follo,ving ap·]Jl'cciative lettcl':- .

Sil',-:Many thanks for ~'o\lr kill(hl(.'ssill sCllrlil1g 111(' a p,p('cimell cop~' of "Thc,Jacohit('.') I hay(\. I'cufl it over withgreat interpst. The iiti ning' tinlC's ofthe famoup, '-1-3 form fI, mOl't ehnnningpag<' in thr' allilab of OUI' nntiol1al his­tOl'.'-, for that l)('riod has lcft hchinclit treaSlll'CS of SOIlg, >:tor~» and scnti­ment uncqualle,l ill the histOI'," of allYcountrv, nnll YOIl h:JYC (1011(' ,n'll inIwlpi11g. to fop,'tel' ill('I'CaSN1,i1Itpl'f'st inthis suhjed. I \\'ish "'1'h(' ,Jacobite"(',-cr~- succe5ls.

------,A gent lClllrll in A \ llulla ])a(l (India)f;:('uds tlw follmving> ldt('l'. "vhirh"Y(' al'(' Yl'ry pJeasl'd to pnhlish:-

8il'.-1 hnye .lust l'cC'ciycd [rOllr nfl'i{'Jl(l ill Cakutta n ('oP," of thC' ".Tnen­hite.'· allll it is "Cl'," illtC'l'('stillg ill­dced, to me morc so) for ono of mvanccstors fcll on the fatfll fleW ofDrlllllmossir~ loyally upholding ill hisllllSlwkcll ideas thc f01'tunf's of BonniePrill('C Charlic-"Phriollnsa 'l'earlacll,Righ nau Gael)' I ,,,hom the Highland,er,'; will praise ill song and stor~" fore'-erlllOl'e.

B~' thf' ~ille of fl lo])c :-.llCiling fire IhR'-C' hCRnl Ill.'" "GrHun,v" hummillg,Jacohite fliri': al1(l nr~' gTandfather tell­ing the Cjuflint ohl stOl'icR that k('('}1 tll('most romfllltie pl'riocl of 0111' histOl'~'

e'-f'l" new-!'tol'i('s Hat nlfl~' Ilc'·er ap­pear in print. hut will 1)(' hflllllcd (lOI\-nfrom gPl1en\tioll to genNfltioll pUI'C nnd1ll](kfl1('11-~tol'i('!' thnt engrnin them­i':rh-es on Olll' hC'nrt:-:. ana inspil'e us onto the most sacred of all lwmnn tl'caf':­11l'C's--'-the trC'aSlll'CS of 10y(' and 1ih(rt~r!

You might inform me ,,-hat sllh,;('.rip­tion is rcquirerl for 1C'n ~'('ars. I think

tll« t will be the best ,\yny of securinga rcgular clelin.'ry of so interesting apapcr) alHl I will forward a M.O, byreturll mail.

I eliclose t\\-O ('.utting's from ScottishpapC'rs whieh mfl~r intercst you. vVish­ing the ",Tacobitc'J nIl tlle luck whichis Hp, clue in upholding and CllCOIUf\.U,'in,!! llational sClltimC'llt.-I am) :vour~.('fe., "r.B.'V.

l;lth S('pt., 1020.

Bonnie Dundee.8ir,-I read with much pleasurc and

iut{,l'c~t YOlli' tl,tlmirable flrhclc on"BOIIIl ic DUll(lee" (John Gralul1IlC', ofClfl\"('rhou;.:(') in ·thc last issue of the'I ,J'lcohitC'." .\ wl'iter whose book istoo little knmnl, the giftc(1 autJlOrcssof "The Lnst of the Cavaliers," hRs,I think) given one of the hest defences\\'hieh I have Yet fwon of C1fl\"l'rhOllse.81l(' say~: It '~'oll]ll he hal'(1 to explainhOIl", SUlTOUlH1ed h,v mCll who~C' puhlicactioll equallerl his ill rigOUl") and whosopl'iYate lif(' fllld politir'al cOIHluct couleTnot lwnr a compfll'isOIl to his, Cla.vor­hOll~C' shoulfl eVf'r hflve nttflillcd slIch<l prp-('llliIH'll('e of. ocliulll n~ that ,,,hirhattache~ to his name. '1'hc writor attri­buteR the cjrcumsbmce partly to the­fact that the chrl1'actcr of Dundee has'hCCJl left fol' thc most pll rt to the mercyof poli.tical opponents and fanatical en­thmia~t1'-. His sllperiOl'ity of mind nnd'hig'h eoclc of mOl'ality was slll'cl," an­othcr l"CflSOIl. A mRll hns only to behettf'l" an(l purer than his co~tempol'­fIl'ics in onlC'l' to heeomc a tfll"gf't forth(' nnows of .lealous~- and env,v.

Dl'. ]\fum'o, Principal of St. Allflro,y'sColh'g-f', sailt win rcgard to Clnvcr­hou~f', "I hafl nIl extmorrlinRrv YR1\ICfor him, anrl Ih081' of his enem'ie~ Iyhoretnin an:v g('ucro>:it~· will acknO\ylcdgch(' fl(,I'f'1'v('(l it. H('- was stenfhlv roli,gions in an age whidl osci1lnt(';l he,hl-(,f'n fanaticism anfl profallil'~ri sohera1\11 :,plf·n'strain('(l in n time of rock­Ie>::, li(~C'1l8('i faithful to hi~ ]1l'illCipleswllell all around eoull}romis('ll thf'TIl;arrlcnt as flamc, p,tclHlfnM ns ifOll.')

Pf'''' 1llC'1I conlll 11l01'f' keenly R])prcci­11ft' thf' ltCl\'fllltages ,\"hich temptcd him,f('lI- lllen pnltcl'cll lC'i':s with telllptfltioi"(11', h~- >:\lpJ'C'llle ('ffort, nb!'olutC'l,\' tl'i­ll111phe,l OH'1' it. Hi' h<111 that mn.if'sticllloml >:trcrrgth ,yhieh attrads TlH'n toa 1('-111101". awl th(' alnrlll ,,-hich thc IIOWS

of 11is yictol'v at Killi(,(,f<lllkiC' ('l'('fltpdin E(linhurgh', heforc hi.s Ilenth ,yns 1'0­

ported) CRllllOt be o\-or-estimated.'''rhe other side of Tav is lost and

Fife is in very ill tunc. The Lord helpllS," wailed the lIIastcJ' of Stnir. "Wcfear' flll Perthshirc al1fl Allgus will bein anus for him prcsently," lamentec1Dukc Hamiltol1; "if he carrics Stii'linghp has all SeotJanfl." Therc ii': 110

douht that hacl DrmdC'c livNl to follon'up his victol'~', all those forebodingswoultl havp heen rcalised.

"T'h('Tl' haR bN'n no othf'r lnRbwce."~n~'s 1'rofesi':or A,'tollll, "wheJ'f' thefate of n ,\-hole kingdom fleppnrlNl ontlw liff' of a. singl(' mHll." While 1leli'-('fl. Fkotlanfl at l{'ast was not lost tothc F:tnarts.-1 am. yours, f'te., .

FlCO'l'LAND YET.

Pl'inten IInn pllhli",hf'n I,,' 'THE PO"ERTY'RAY HERALD Co.. T;rn.• fHnn.stnnr: RO'Hl. GiR·hOJ'ne. foJ' th~ PI"OnJ'iAtrl"~ ;_l'. C. Brlll"n;tll.ROlljlote;l. Pa1mcrston \'0I't1l, flnrl C:. A, 110well.Rlnr ~t.l\rllllg;~pl1pa.Gh'hnrnc.XOY. 8.19'111.