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who uniformly treated him with all the ten- the Rebellion are clear and strong; and on 3. Sir Francis Darred; , '

derness and regard of a parent. Educated many of them, such as the retreat from by R. C. Dallas, Eog aube d*** Memoirs OF THE REBELLION IN 1745 in episcopalian and jacobite principles, on Derby, the meeting of the vanquished HighMorland," &c. &c. 4 masina

AND 1746. By the Chevalier de John- the first intelligence of the landing of Prince landers at Ruthven, and the desertion of 4. Tales of the Prics. by Bait

stone, Aid-de-Camp to Lord George Charles Edward, he made his escape from Prince Charles, he throws a valuable light. 5. Eveleen MoenteTreu Murray, General of the Rebel Army, Edinburgh to Duncrub, the seat of Lord From the confidential situation he filled, he

Assistant Aid - de - Camp to Prince Rollo, near Perth, where he waited the arri- had good opportunities of knowing the chaCharles Edward, &c. &c. Translated val of the prince in that town, and was one racters of the leading personages in the Refrom a French MS. originally deposited to his standard. By the Misses Rollo, of penetration, candour, and impartiality.

of the first low-country gentlemen who flock- bellion ; and his portraits bear every mark ries of a Solitary Wala lan

ed in the Scots College at Paris, and his relations, he was introduced to the Duke The future historian of this period cannot, 7. Domestic Scene kleis

now in the hands of the Publishers. of Perth and Lord George Murray, the lead- with a due regard to truth, pourtray Prince 8. Dudley. A Sort,

London, 1820. 4to. pp. 348. ers of the rebel army, the latter of whom Charles Edward, Lord George Murray, or
What general remarks we may wish invitation which he accepted.

invited him to become his aid-de-camp, an the Duke of Perth, as they actually were,

He acted for without availing himself of the assistance of 9. Leolin Abbey. A Same to offer on this volume, shall be reserv

a considerable period in that capacity, and our author. His account, too, of the French oto e se ned till the conclusion of our critique, also as assistant aid-de-camp to the Prince service, in the reign of Louis XV., towards The ad. edition. In tribo is (which we purpose to finish next week) bimself. From the Prince he received a the conclusion of the work, is by no ineans

and we shall content ourselves in the captain's commission, immediately after the the least valuable part of it.”
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the four and twenty for repose, he imme- and tories, that it may be presumed even his omheten om te narrative of the progress of the Rebel- diately began to raise a company, with which, literary paternity would not bias him on this The Recluse of Norway, 9 u lion by an eye-witness actively engaged when completed, he joined the Duke of occasion. But we will let the Chevalier Don Sebescian; et, the four in it, could hardly fail to produce Perth’s regiment. He bore a part in all the speak for himself; and our first specimen is vital Home Desten. Je much interesting matter : and

accord- movernents.of

the rebel army and after the from an interesting account of the battle of wingly we find here not only a good ac- battle of Culloden, remained for some time Falkirk, which differs in some particulars ed of the most celebrated maxiscount of the principal affairs which took in concealment in different places in the from that of Home's history.

north, and then proceeded in disguise to “ General Hawley drew up his army in cente place

during the eventful period from Edinburgh, where he again remained for order of batle, in two lines, having three These were to e mis as the Prince's landing to the battle of some time concealed in the house of Lady regiments of infantry in a hollow at the foot

13. Tales of maşizio2 8 * Culloden, but also some new traits of Jane Douglas at Drumshugh. He made his of the hill. His cavalry was placed before his the store to War as the leading persons engaged in them, escape from Scotland to England, in the dis - infantry, on the left wing of the first line

. guise of a Scots pedlar, and after remaining The English began the attack, with a body of 1n3 rola . I?mo. price is, mert and some characteristic anecdotes no

previously known. The adventures of some time in London, he embarked with of about eleven hundred cavalry, who adthe author are also related in a genuine Lady Jane Douglas at Harwich, for Holland vanced very slowly against the right of our sort of style, which renders that portion It was his intention, on first reaching the army, and did not halt till they were within

continent, to proceed to Russia, where by twenty paces of our first line, to induce us to
12. Sketches of Cherarteris of the book amusing, which can hardly means of two uncles, Generals Hewit and fire. The Highlanders, who had been par-
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dignity. But as we have promised our that country, he could have established him-, was within inusket-length of them, the mo-
observations as a finale, and foresee that self to advantage ; but he allowed himself to ment the cavalry halted discharged their
some of them will be in the shape of be persuaded to go to Paris, where he was muskets, and killed about eighty men, each
censure, we shall now take

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another expedition to Scotland. He obtained mander of this body of cavalry, who had ad

a share in the fund set apart by the govern- vanced some paces before his men, was of tract.

ment for Scotz exiles, but, tired of an inac- the number. The cavalry closing their Among some rather questionable discus- tive life, he entered the French service, and ranks, which were opened by our discharge, sions in a political and historical Introduc- was sent to the French possessions in North put spurs to their horses and rushed upon the tion, the Editor tells us that

America, from which he returned to France Highlanders at a bard trot, breaking their The Chevalier de Johnstone, the au- on the conquest of these possessions by the ranks, throwing down every thing before thor, was the only son of James Johnstone, English.”

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some of the first houses in Scotland. His financial measure of the Abbé Terray, to lowed. The Highlanders, stretched on the
sister Cecilia was married to a son of Lord have been written shortly after the return of ground, thrust their dirks into the bellies of
Rollo, who succeeded to the estate and title the author to France From the interval
in 1765. The Chevalier Johnstone appears which had elapsed between the Rebellion and # The Editor mentions a remarkable fact
in his youth to have moved in the best socis their composition, and his absence from his connected with this history, viz. that Home

ety which the Scottish capital then contained, native country, the author has occasionally regularly sent the proof sheels of his work to be
and to have been on the most intimate foot fallen into unavoidable inaccuracy with re- corrected by a member of the Royal Family in
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las, mother of the present Lord Douglas, with respect to all the great transactions of who uniformly treated him with all the ten- the Rebellion are clear and strong; and on derness and regard of a parent. Educated many of them, such as the retreat from in episcopalian and jacobite principles, on Derby, the meeting of the vanquished Highthe first intelligence of the landing of Prince landers at Ruthven, and the desertion of Charles Edward, he made his escape from Prince Charles, he throws a valuable light. Edinburgh to Duncrub, the seat of Lord From the confidential situation he filled, he Rollo, near Perth, where he waited the arri- had good opportunities of knowing the chaval of the prince in that town, and was one racters of the leading personages in the Reof the first low-country gentlemen who flock-bellion; and his portraits bear every mark of penetration, candour, and impartiality. The future historian of this period cannot, with a due regard to truth, pourtray Prince Charles Edward, Lord George Murray, or the Duke of Perth, as they actually were, without availing himself of the assistance of our author. His account, too, of the French service, in the reign of Louis XV., towards the conclusion of the work, is by no means the least valuable part of it."

MEMOIRS OF THE REBELLION IN 1745
AND 1746. By the Chevalier de John-
stone, Aid-de-Camp to Lord George
Murray, General of the Rebel Army,
Assistant Aid - de- Camp to Prince
Charles Edward, &c. &c. Translated
from a French MS. originally deposited to his standard. By the Misses Rollo,
ed in the Scots College at Paris, and his relations, he was introduced to the Duke
now in the hands of the Publishers. of Perth and Lord George Murray, the lead-
London, 1820. 4to. pp. 348. ers of the rebel army, the latter of whom
invited him to become his aid-de-camp, an
What general remarks we may wish invitation which he accepted. He acted for
to offer on this volume, shall be reserv- a considerable period in that capacity, and
ed till the conclusion of our critique, also as assistant aid-de-camp to the Prince
(which we purpose to finish next week) himself. From the Prince he received a
and we shall content ourselves in the captain's commission, immediately after the
first instance with simply introducing battle of Preston-pans, and worn out with
the incessant hardships of his situation of
it to the acquaintance of our readers, aid-de-camp, that hardly left him one hour in
while yet steaming from the press. A the four and twenty for repose, he imme-
narrative of the progress of the Rebel-diately began to raise a company, with which,
lion by an eye-witness actively engaged when completed, he joined the Duke of
in it, could hardly fail to produce Perth's regiment. He bore a part in all the
much interesting matter: and accord- movements of the rebel army, and after the
ingly we find here not only a good ac- battle of Culloden, remained for some time
count of the principal affairs which took in concealment in different places in the
north, and then proceeded in disguise to
place during the eventful period from Edinburgh, where he again remained for
the Prince's landing to the battle of some time concealed in the house of Lady
Culloden, but also some new traits of Jane Douglas at Drumshugh. He made his
the leading persons engaged in them, escape from Scotland to England, in the dis-
and some characteristic anecdotes not guise of a Scots pedlar, and after remaining
previously known. The adventures of some time in London, he embarked with
the author are also related in a genuine It was his intention, on first reaching the
Lady Jane Douglas at Harwich, for Holland
sort of style, which renders that portion continent, to proceed to Russia, where by
of the book amusing, which can hardly means of two uncles, Generals Hewit and
otherwise be thought worthy of Quarto Douglas, who possessed great influence in
dignity. But as we have promised our that country, he could have established him-
observations as a finale, and foresee that self to advantage; but he allowed himself to
some of them will be in the shape of be persuaded to go to Paris, where he was
censure, we shall now take up the more buoyed up for some years with hopes of
another expedition to Scotland. He obtained
agreeable task of description and ex-
a share in the fund set apart by the govern-
ment for Scots exiles, but, tired of an inac-
tive life, he entered the French service, and
was sent to the French possessions in North
America, from which he returned to France
on the conquest of these possessions by the
English."

tract.

Among some rather questionable discussions in a political and historical Introduction, the Editor tells us that

The Chevalier de Johnstone, the author, was the only son of James Johnstone, merchant in Edinburgh. This family, by descent and alliance, were connected with some of the first houses in Scotland. His sister Cecilia was married to a son of Lord Rollo, who succeeded to the estate and title in 1765. The Chevalier Johnstone appears in his youth to have moved in the best society which the Scottish capital then contained, and to have been on the most intimate foot ing with the well-known Lady Jane Doug. VOL. IV.

The memoirs appear, from circumstances alluded to in them, such as a recent financial measure of the Abbé Terray, to have been written shortly after the return of the author to France. From the interval which had elapsed between the Rebellion and their composition, and his absence from his native country, the author has occasionally fallen into unavoidable inaccuracy with respeet to minor matters. But his impressions,

Such is the character drawn of the author and of his work by his Editor, who seems to have so rooted a dislike to jacobites, cavaliers, and tories, that it may be presumed even his literary paternity would not bias him on this occasion. But we will let the Chevalier speak for himself; and our first specimen is from an interesting account of the battle of Falkirk, which differs in some particulars from that of Home's history.

"General Hawley drew up his army in order of battle, in two lines, having three regiments of infantry in a hollow at the foot of the hill. His cavalry was placed before his infantry, on the left wing of the first line. The English began the attack, with a body of about eleven hundred cavalry, who adarmy, and did not halt till they were within vanced very slowly against the right of our twenty paces of our first line, to induce us to fire. The Highlanders, who had been particularly enjoined not to fire till the army was within musket-length of them, the moment the cavalry halted discharged their muskets, and killed about eighty men, each of

them having aimed at a rider. The commander of this body of cavalry, who had advanced some paces before his men, was of the number. The cavalry closing their ranks, which were opened by our discharge, put spurs to their horses and rushed upon the Highlanders at a hard trot, breaking their ranks, throwing down every thing before them, and trampling the Highlanders under the feet of their horses. The most singular and extraordinary combat immediately followed. The Highlanders, stretched on the ground, thrust their dirks into the bellies of

The Editor mentions a remarkable fact connected with this history, viz. that Home regularly sent the proof sheets of his work to be corrected by a member of the Royal Family in London.

the horses. Some seized the riders by their in complete disorder, dispersed, and the | to Edinburgh, beyond the town of F. clothes, dragged them down, and stabbed different clans mingled pell-mell together: kirk, passing by bye paths and across fiel them with their dirks; several again used whilst the obscurity of the night added he saw the English army panic-struck a their pistols; but few of them had sufficient greatly to the confusion. Many of them had flying in the greatest disorder, as fast as 1. space to handle their swords. Macdonald even retired from the field of battle, either legs could carry them. Lord Kilmarn of Clanranald, chief of one of the clans of thinking it lost, or with the intention of immediately returned to the Prince, with, the Macdonalds, assured me, that whilst he seeking a shelter from the dreadful weather. account of this fortunate discovery, who was lying upon the ground, under a dead It is often more dangerous to stop the fire remained on the field of battle, notwithst horse, which had fallen upon him, without and impetuosity of soldiers, of whom the ing the dreadful wind and rain; but he the power of extricating himself, he saw a best are but machines, and still more of un- descended from the hill, about half past se dismounted horseman struggling with a disciplined men, who do not listen to any o'clock in the evening, immediately ente Highlander: fortunately for him, the High-orders, than to let them run every risk in the town of Falkirk, and detached as ma fander, being the strongest, threw his anta- order to carry every thing before them. troops as he could suddenly assemble : gonist, and having killed him with his dirk, "I met, by accident, Colonel Brown, an harass the English in their flight, who were he came to his assistance, and drew him with Irishman, to whom I proposed that we should yet at a short distance from us. difficulty from under his horse. keep together and share the same fate. He "The enemy were unable to avail them consented, but observed at the same time, selves of their artillery during the action, that, the Prince having made him the bearer to carry it with them in their flight; and of an order, he wished to find him, with the found, next day, ten field pieces, half way view of communicating an answer. After the hill, which they had not time to dras having sought the Prince for a long time to to the top. They lost a great many me no purpose, and without finding any one who the hollow at the foot of the hill; where could give us the least information respect-corn-fields were thickly strewed with ing him, we fell in with his life-guards, in bodies. In their flight they took one prise order of battle, near a cottage on the edge in a very singular manner. Mr. Macd of the hill, with their commander Lord a major of one of the Macdonald regis Elcho, who knew as little of what had become having dismounted an English officer. of Charles as we did ourselves. As the night possession of his horse, which was ver was very dark, and the rain incessant, we re-tiful, and immediately mounted it. solved to withdraw to the mansion of Mr. the English cavalry fled, the horse Primrose of Dunipace, about a quarter of a with the unfortunate Mr. Macdonal league from Falkirk, having a crowd of withstanding all his efforts to restrain Highlanders as guides who took the same nor did it stop till it was at the head road. regiment, of which, apparently, its was the commander. The melancholy at the same time ludicrous figure, which; Macdonald would cut, when he thus: himself the victim of his ambition to pos a fine horse, which ultimately cost him. life upon the scaffold, may be easily e ceived."

There is another odd anecdote conte with this battle.

"The resistance of the Highlanders was so incredibly obstinate, that the English, after having been for some time engaged pell-mell with them in their ranks, were at length repulsed, and forced to retire. The Highlanders did not neglect the advantage they had obtained, but pursued them keenly with their swords, running as fast as their horses, and not allowing them a moment's time to recover from their fright. So that the English cavalry falling back on their own infantry, drawn up in order of battle behind them, threw them immediately into disorder, and carried the right wing of their army with them in their flight The clan of Camerons, which was on the left of our army, having attacked at the same time the right of the English army, where there were only infantry, put it also to flight; but the High- "On our arrival at the castle, we found landers, when descending the hill in pursuit of Lord Lewis Gordon, brother to the Duke the enemy, received, on their left flank, a dis- of Gordon, Mr. Frazer, son of Lord Lovat, charge from the three regiments placed in the and six or seven other chiefs of clans; hollow at the foot of the hill, which they did but none of them knew what had benot perceive till the moment they received come of their regiments. Other officers artheir fire, which greatly incommoded them. rived every instant, all equally ignorant of Mr. John Roy Stuart, an officer in the ser- the fate of the battle, and equally in doubt vice of France, afraid lest this might be an whether we had gained or lost it. About ambuscade laid for us by the English, called eight o'clock in the evening, Mr. Macdonald "General Cope is said to have enj out to the Highlanders to stop their pursuit; of Lochgary joined us, and revived our with evident satisfaction the news of the and the cry of stop flew immediately from spirits, by announcing for certain, that we feat of General Hawley. He had, ace rank to rank, and threw the whole army into had gained a most complete victory; and that ing to the English custoin, offered bets to disorder. However, the enemy continued the English, instead of remaining in their amount of ten, thousand guineas, in the their retreat, and the three regiments at the camp, had fled in disorder to Edinburgh. He ferent coffee-houses in London, that ther foot of the hill followed the rest; but with added, in confirmation of this news, that he general sent to command an army aga this difference, that they retreated always in had left the Prince in Falkirk, in the quarters us in Scotland, would be beaten, as he order, and acting as a rear-guard of the Eng- which had been occupied by General Haw-been at Gladsmuir: and by the defeat of lish army, and they continued a fire of pla- ley; and that the Prince had sent him to neral Hawley, he gained a considerable s toons on us till their entrance into the town Dunipace, for the express purpose of order- of money, and recovered his honour t of Falkirk. ing all of us to repair to Falkirk next morn- certain degree." "As night began to appear, the Englishing by break of day. (To be concluded in our next.) army entered the town, and fires were imme- "It is impossible, without having been in diately seen in every part of their camp, from our situation, to form an idea of the extreme which we all supposed that they had re-joy, which we derived from this agreeable treated to it, and that we had not obtained a surprize. As the enemy, in their retreat, complete and substantial victory. The had abandoned all their tents and baggage, honour of remaining masters of the field was their camp was soon pillaged by the Highof little avail to us. We had no reason for landers, and the booty carried away, notbelieving that we had lost the battle, as the withstanding the obscurity of the night, and English army had retreated; but as we sup- the badness of the weather. The enemy lost posed them still in their camp, we consi- six hundred in killed, and we took seven dered it, at most, as undecided, and ex-hundred prisoners. It was Lord Kilmarpected a renewal of the combat next morning. "Fortunately the enemy did not perceive the disorder which had crept into our army, and of which Colonel John Roy Stuart was the innocent cause, by his excessive precaution and foresight. The Highlanders were

nock who first discovered the flight of the
English. Being well acquainted with the
nature of the ground, as a part of his
estates lay in the neighbourhood, he was
sent by the Prince to reconnoitre the Eng.
lish; and having approached the great road

LUCCOCK'S NOTES ON BRAZIL. We continue our selections of cur matter from this volume.

In the Minas Geraes, (the author say "Near to the Register we noticed unusual number of parrots, which filled air with their noisy screams, and remari that although the country was so well c tivated, there we in it no Anús, a b which had hitherto been considered as t companion of tillage; instead of them To cans had become common. The people: they came along caught a large Armadillo, which they dined, although the anima!: peared very old. His armour had bec

too small for him, or to speak more correctly, had not grown in proportion to his body, and was rendered soft by his fat. He was caught while asleep, and with great difficulty could be kept awake."

"Here also, as in many other woody. "A snake, called the Jararáça, and held parts of Brazil, the people believe in the to be highly venomous, was killed this evenexistence of a pigmy race of men, which are ing near our inn. It was about eight feet said to be often seen, toward evening, gam-long, and, from the dinginess of its blue and bolling or basking themselves, in open yellow skin, was, I suspect, old or diseased. Our next is an extract which we must spaces and near the edges of the woods. The blow, by which it was destroyed, had leave to the sense of our readers; for though They are described as about three feet high, exposed the fangs of the lower jaw, in which "travellers see strange sights," Mr. L. does well formed, of the colour of Europeans, and state it was carelessly left; when a hen of not represent himself as an eye witness. without hair on their bodies; as generally the common domestic kind, with her chickens, "It had been reported early in the morn- going on all fours, though frequently stand- approaching the spot, instantly gave the note ing, that a creature called a Man-of-the ing erect. Upon this subject I have spoken of alarm, collected the terrified brood behind Woods, was seen the evening before, in a to a great many people, and find that their her, spread her wings, bristled her feathers, distant plantation belonging to the estate, accounts generally agree; yet none ever pre- and seemed prepared either to fight or fly. breaking off the heads of Milho; and carry-tended that he had secured one of them, Seeing the reptile motionless, she took ing them away on his shoulder, in considera- none would guide me to their haunts; all ex-courage, gradually drew nearer to it, at ble quantities at once. He was represented cused themselves by saying, that it was an length made a hasty attack with her bill on as having a black face, being about five feet extremely difficult task to take them, on ac- the open jaw, and immediately retreated. high, covered with hair, without a tail, and count of their activity and shyness; and that She continued such attacks until she had walking erect; and as belonging to a class of we might possibly wait four or five days, and taken something from each side of the jaw, beings which are numerous in the neighbour- even then be disappointed in our hope of and swallowed it. She then appeared to ing forests. I am not aware that any species seeing one. As there is little reason to think no farther precaution necessary, but of baboon exists in Brazil, and therefore ex- doubt that there must be some ground for led her chickens to feed close by the carcase. pressed my persuasion that it was either some such reports, so confidently and generally I had frequently observed domestic fowls dewretched vagabond of the European stock, propagated and believed, I am inclined to vouring ants and scorpions, and had watched driven to stealing, or a native Indian, or else think, these creatures are the children of In- with interest their battles with centipedes ; what is called a Caambolo, one of the lowest dians, who in their playfulness expose them- but never before saw one attack so large a class of Africans who, escaping as soon as selves at the skirts of the woods, while their reptile, or seek its food from such a creapossible from slavery, resume their native parents lie concealed because they know that ture. Little did I imagine that the vesicles habits, run into the woods, and seek there a they are in the neighbourhood of "bearded of poison in the jaw of a snake could be delihard, and probably a precarious subsistence. men." cious, or even wholesome food for any living My explications however, with all their thing." variety, availed nothing; all agreed that it was a mere brute beast, and as that day would be employed in taking him, upon his return to the growing corn, they invited me to be of the party, and convince myself that he was merely a macaco, or monkey: or if I chose to wait where I was, until evening, they hoped to show him to me in captivity or dead.

There are, truly, many objects of natural history in these regions, which present the richest stores of that kind yet unexplored, perhaps, in the universe. We are sorry, that Mr. L. was able to give us only general descriptions, and not scientific definítions, of what he met with. For example, he states:

Among the uncommon objects of natural history, observed by us, was the white Anou, a bird whose feathers are bearded, like those in the tail of the Bird of Paradise. The more compact part of them is of a dark brown colour, while the beard is of a light brown, approaching to white, giving this general cast to the bird. The back is blue, the parts about the joints of the wings a pure white, and the wing feathers a shaded brown. The tail, which is very long, contains four feathers on each side, three of them white with a broad bar of black across them; the fourth, which is the inner one, and covers the others when the bird is at rest, is brown. The bill is straight and strong, the head tufted, the legs slender, with three toes forward and one behind. In size and shape it resembles the Magpie.

The following information respecting precious stones, may cause some of our fair readers to look doubtfully at their rings and necklaces.

"At Chapon, we visited the gold and topaz mines, the possessors of which are reported to be wealthy; but if they are so, it is in the midst of such a want of comforts as would make a Briton, not over delicate, completely miserable. They produced a large quantity of real topazes, and endeavoured to convince me that a cubical mass of yellow transparent spar, though differing so widely from the usual form, was a stone of that description: when closely pressed, however, they wished to insinuate, that it was composed of parts truly prismatic. We ought to distinguish between precious stones and such spars as these, which abound in the country, are of various colours, and though of almost as little intrinsic value as pebbles, are made to imitate the topaz, the emerald, the ainethyst, and even the diamond, and as such are frequently passed off to inexperienced purchasers. The appearance of the imitative topaz is often more imposing than that of the real one of South America, for I never yet saw the latter in a perfect state, but almost invariably fractured at one end, frequently at both. Of the stones sent to Europe, under dazzling names, particularly as topazes, agoa-marinas, and amethysts, many are nothing more than pieces of spar found in the beds of rivers, and affected by the common attrition of streams."