was often drawn aside by them to detail his adventures, to which they sometimes listened for hours, showing by floods of tears the exquisite sensibility of their hearts. This, however, was all of a private nature, and it was judged necessary that he should, in the character which his father had conferred upon him, that of prince regent of Great Britain, pay his compliments at court in due form. Accordingly, a few days after, he set out for this purpose from the castle of St. Antoine most splendidly attended, in the following order :—

In the first coach went the lords Ogilvy and Elcho, the venerable Glenbucket, and Mr. Kelly, secretary to the young chevalier. In the second the young chevalier himself, lord Lewis Gordon, and Lochiel senior, as master of the horse. Two pages richly dressed lolled on the boot, and ten footmen, in the livery of the character assumed by the young chevalier, walked on each side. The third was occupied by four gentlemen of the bedchamber. The young Lochiel with several gentlemen followed on horseback, making altogether a most splendid appearance, though the chevalier himself took off the attention, says the narrator, from every thing else. "I shall say nothing of his person, and only tell you that he did not entirely trust to the graces it had received from nature for attracting admiration, for his dress had in it, I thought, somewhat of uncommon elegance. His coat was rose coloured velvet, embroidered with silver, and lined with silver tissue. His waistcoat was a rich gold brocade, with a spangled fringe set on in scolops. The cockade in his hat, and the buckles of his shoes were diamonds. The George which he wore at his bosom, and the order of St. Andrew, which he wore also, tied by a piece of green ribbon to one of the buttons of his waistcoat, were prodigiously illustrated with large brilliants-in short, he glittered all over like the star which they tell you appeared at his nativity!! He supped with the king, queen, and royal family; and all who attended him were magnificently entertained at the several tables appointed for them, according to the rank they held under him."*

To flatter his vanity still more, several new regiments were

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* Culloden Papers, vol. ii. pp. 567, 568.

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raised purposely, it was said, for his service, and of course they were mostly made up of enthusiastic Scotsmen, who, in the simplicity of their hearts, had expatriated themselves to follow bis fortunes. The command of one of these regiments was given for the present to lord Ogilvy, and another to Lochiel. To heighten the expectations of Charles-more truly to alarm the English ministry, and prevent for a time the sending of more troops from Britain to Flanders-these regiments were quartered at Dieppe, Boulogne, and Calais, but they were in a short time, according to their original destination, marched to the Netherlands, where they had next year an opportunity of signalizing themselves at the battle of La Val,

Charles in the meantime amused himself paying visits, attending plays, operas, &c. &c. and after some time made a tour incog, as far as Madrid, in which city he spent some days, and in the course of a few months returned to Paris. Here he remained apparently not greatly noticed, sending to and receiving couriers from the various courts of Europe, and sadly annoyed by the conduct of his brother, Henry Benedict Maria Clement, the only legitimate heir of his house, entering into orders, and receiving a cardinal's hat from his holiness at Rome. "He however," it is sagely remarked by the historian of this part of his life, "never allowed his discontent to break out in any disrespectful terms against his father, whose health he continued to drink every day at dinner [why should he have done otherwise?] with the same warmth, as ever, but he omitted that of his brother, forbidding all who were about him ever to mention his name in his presence."

He was now, however, beginning really to feel how little influence he was to have on the affairs of Europe. It was evident that peace would be necessary for France, for the sake of which. it was not to be thought but they would abandon his interest after all the professions they had made, and if he was to make another attempt upon England, it behoved to be made from some other quarter. It is probable, too, that he had now discovered his error in thinking to seize upon England by possessing himself of Scotland. The money he had left there, however, might be of use to him in any quarter. Accordingly, in the month of February, 1748, a little before the treaty of peace

between France and England was concluded, he sent a Mr. Thomas Kennedy with the following note to Clunie:-"I desire you will give entire credit to what the bearer says to you from me, Charles, P. R." In return to this, we have the following receipt to Clunie, dated the eleventh of July, 1748:"I, Thomas Kennedy, acknowledge to have received from Clunie Macpherson the sum of three thousand pounds sterling, and that by virtue of a letter or mandat of credit directed to you, bearing date the twenty-ninth of February last, which sum above written shall hold compt to you at the hands of him who signed the above letter or mandat of credit. In witness whereof, I have subscribed the same, this eleventh day of July, 1748, Thomas Kennedy." That there was a plot of some kind carrying on in the Highlands at the same time, is evident from the following note to Clunie, written apparently at or nearly the same date with the above:-" Dear Sir, I refer you entirely to the bearer, B-ie, as to what I've to communicate to yourself, as I find 'tis impossible, but he must be at a great deal of trouble and expense about this affair. I desire you would give him three hundred pounds sterling to indemnify him, till I've time to request it in a proper manner, when I hope his reward will be more considerable, for I really think he deserves it. I told him a great deal, too tedious to mention here, which I desire you will confide in. You shall hear from me in proper time, and am sincerely, &c. &c. Thomas Kennedy.”

What was the nature of the business that required so much trouble, and deserved so well to be rewarded, we have been unable to ascertain; but the following letter from Charles would lead us to suppose that he had given up all thoughts of again making an attempt through Scotland:-" Paris, October 14th, 1748, I received the three saks [the three thousand pounds] you sent by the bearer, to whom I desire you will give the remainder with all the expedition that's possible. A delay would be of bad consequence, so make all the despatch you can. Charles, P. R. For Cluny Macpherson." To this we have annexed the following receipt:-"Received from Cluny Macpherson three thousand pounds sterling, for the use of his royal highness, Charles, prince of Wales, pursuant to an order that I had

from him to that purpose, as witness my hand, this twenty-first of November, 1748, Thomas Kennedy."

We have thus six thousand pounds sterling of the money Charles left behind him disposed of, besides the hundreds that were to be given to "Logary, Lokel, the Magrigers," &c. The following shows us the fate of an equal sum:-" Sir, My situation is such with regard to haste and danger, which obliges me to go off the country without waiting to see you; please therefore know that I have raised six thousand pounds sterling from the place the prince regent's money lay, and I hereby promise to account to the king and prince for my so doing, as the situation of my nephew's estate and family requires immediate relief at present, otherways be irrecoverably lost, and sunk hereafter in oblivion, for which purpose this money is to be applied. I being in such a hurry, you cannot be surprised at this action of mine, especially as you know I had as much of the trust and charge of that money as you had, or rather more from the person who gave us it in trust. I am, Sir, your most humble servant, Archibald Cameron, Gararie of Drumochtir, 22d of April, 1749.-To Evan Macpherson of Cluny, Esq." Five years after this, we have the following in Charles' own handwriting:-" Ye 21st Sept. 1754. For Clunie Macpherson. Whereas I have given you directions to bring over with you from Scotland all my effects, it is now my intention, that at your arrival in Paris you deliver all to John Waters, on his recept, spesifying every individual thing you deliver him; and his said recept shall be as sufficient as iff I gave one myself. Whatever banc notes you may have, you are to keep by you, for to deliver them to me. As to any bils of exchange, or any quantiti of ready money, you had better place any such in ye said John Water's hands. As soon as ever I am informed of yr arrival, shall take measures to lose no time to have the pleasure of seeing you. In ye meantime be

Dr. Archibald Cameron was brother to Lochiel. He was excepted by the act of indemnity, and returning to Scotland from Prussia, with an offer of arms to the disaffected Highlanders in 1753, was apprehended, carried up to London, and hanged, upon his attainder, in the month of June that year. Memoirs of the Reign of George II., by the earl of Orford, vol. i. p. 307.

assured of ye particular regard and friendship I shall always have for you. Charles P."

That Clunie was not altogether satisfied with some of these orders, and that he had made application to the chevalier de St. George, or king James as they called him, respecting the disposal of the money in question, we learn by the following letter, sealed with the arms of Great Britain, and signed with his own hand:-" Albano, Sept. 29th, 1755. I received last week yours of the 8th, which I take well of you. I am well acquainted with your zeal and sufferings, of which you will always find me very sensible. I have perused the paper you send me about the French money sent into Scotland, but as it was sent to and designed as a supply for the prince, I never would enter into what related to that matter, but I shall be always glad to show you the particular regard and consideration I have for you. James R."*

This correspondence, though it does not fully elucidate the subject, throws considerable light upon the attachment of the Highland chieftains to the pretender, and, though it takes somewhat from the romance of their conduct, adds considerably to its rationality. It shows most distinctly that they had room enough for indulging a reasonable hope of being in some measure remunerated for the very large sacrifices they had made, and were still making on the pretender's behalf. They could not certainly contemplate, that while a single individual in the Highlands, who had ruined himself in the cause, was in want, their sweet prince, as they called him, would ever withdraw one farthing of that money from the country, far less that he should peremptorily send for the whole, leaving all his friends alike miserable, more especially at the time when, as we shall see by and by, for gratifying vanity, and indulging spleen, he was sporting an hundred thousand crowns for a superfluous service of plate.

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But to return to our narrative. No sooner did it appear Charles that the treaty of peace was likely to be concluded, and

The above letters, receipts, &c. were left by an officer in the rebel army, a Macpherson, who went out to India, and never returned. They are now in the possession of Mr. John Frazer, merchant, Glasgow, by whom their contents were kindly communicated to the author.