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Glassford, which stood at the western extremity of the Trongate, and was afterwards taken down for the extension of that noble street. At his arrival, he is said to have caused his men to enter this house by the front gate, go out by the back door, and then, making a circuit through some bylanes, reappear in front of the mansion, as if they had been newly arrived. But this ruse, practised in order to magnify the appearance of his army, was detected by the citizens of Glasgow, whose acute eyes recognised the botanical badges of the various clans, as they successively reappeared. The real numbers of the army, when it reached Glasgow, were only about 3600 foot and 500 horse. Of the latter, which were all much jaded, sixty were employed in carrying the sick; whilst about six hundred of the infantry neither had arms, nor seemed to be able to use them, 12

During his residence in Mr Glassford's house, Charles ate twice a day, in public, though without ceremony, accompanied by a few of his officers, and waited upon by a small number of devoted Jacobite ladies. "But nothing could a charm impart," to make the Whigs of Glasgow regard him with either respect or affection. Previously hostile to his cause, they were now incensed in the highest degree against him, by his severe exactions upon the public purse, and by the private depredations of his men. To such a height did this feeling arise, that an insane zealot snapped a pistol at him as he was riding along the Saltmarket." He is said to have admired the regularity and beauty of the streets of Glasgow, but to have remarked with bitterness, that nowhere had he found so few friends. 14 During the whole week he spent

in the city, he procured no more than sixty re cruits a poor compensation for the numerous de sertions which now began to take place, in conse. quence of the near approach of his men to their own country.

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After having nearly succeeded in refitting his army, he held a grand review upon the Green. "We marched out, says one of his adherents, (John Daniel, a native of Lancashire, who has left a manuscript journal of the campaign), 15 “ with drams beating, colours flying, bagpipes playing, and all the marks of a triumphant army, to the appointed ground, attended by multitudes of people, who had come from all parts to see us, and especially the ladies, who, though formerly much against us, were now charmed by the sight of the Prince into the most enthusiastic loyalty. I am somewhat at a loss," continues this devout cavalier, "to give a description of the Prince, as he appeared at the review. No object could be more charming, no personage more captivating, no deportment more agreeable, than his at that time was; for, being well mounted and princely attired, having all the best endowments of both body and mind, he appeared to bear a sway, above any comparison, with the heroes of the last age; and the majesty and grandeur he displayed were truly noble and divine." It may be worth while to contrast, with this flattering portraiture, the description which has been given of Charles by a sober citizen of Glasgow. "I managed," says this person, quoting his memory after an interval of seventy years, "to get so near him, as he passed homewards to his lodgings, that I could have touched him with my hand; and the impression which he

made upon my mind shall never fade as long as I live. He had a princely aspect, and its interest was much heightened by the dejection which appeared in his pale fair countenance and downcast eye. He evidently wanted confidence in his cause, and seemed to have a melancholy foreboding of that disaster which soon after ruined the hopes of his family for ever.

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VOL. I.

CHAPTER XXI.

PRELIMINARIES OF THE BATTLE OF FALKIRK.

The Hielandmen cam owre the hill,
And owre the knowe, wi richt gude will,
Now Geordie's men may brag their fill,

For wow but they were braw, man!

They had three generals o' the best,
Wi' lairds and lords, and a' the rest,
Chiels that were bred to stand the test,
And could na rin awa, man!

Jacobite Song.

HAVING recruited the spirits of his men, and improved their appointments by ten days residence in Glasgow, the Prince departed on the 3d of January, and sent forward his troops in two detachments, one to Kilsyth, and the other to Cumbernauld. The inhabitants of Edinburgh, who, on the return of the Highland army from England, had apprehended a second visit, and who had resolved, in such a case, to defend the city, now set seriously about preparations for a siege. After Charles had left Edinburgh in the beginning of November, the Whiggish part of the community had gradually reassumed the courage which, for six weeks, they were compelled to wear in their pockets; and on the 13th of the month, when the

insurgents were at the safe distance of Carlisle, the State Officers had returned in a triumphant procession to their courts and chambers, saluted by a complete round of cannon from the castle, and a most valiant performance of " Up and Waur them a' Willie," upon the music-bells of St Giles. Next day, Hamilton's and Gardiner's dragoons, with Price's and Ligonier's regiment of foot, boldly took possession of the city, probably assured of the safety of the measure, by their avant-couriers the Judges. These men, with the Glasgow regiment, after having guarded the passes of the Forth for more than a month, to prevent the southward march of the host stationed at Perth, retreated to Edinburgh on the 26th of December; when it was determined, with the assistance of a number of rustic volunteers, and the wreck of the Edinburgh regiment, to hold out the city at all hazards against the approaching insurgents. Their courage fortunately did not require to be put to so severe a proof; for, ere the Highlanders had left Glasgow, the English army, beginning to arrive, strengthened the city beyond all danger.

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The command of the army, in the absence of the Duke of Cumberland, who was engaged at court, had been bestowed upon Lieutenant-general Henry Hawley, an officer of some standing, but ordinary abilities; who, having charged in the right wing of the King's army at Sheriffmuir, where the insurgents were repulsed with ease by the cavalry, entertained a confident notion that he would beat the whole of Prince Charles's army with a trifling force, and did not scruple to stigmatize the conduct of those who had hitherto been beat by the Highlanders as rank pusillanimity. It happened,

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