ligion that there was no head among the missionaries to direct their conduct, but every one did as he pleased, and went where he pleased, he, by his exertions both at home and abroad, got the Secular Clergy collected together in a body, governed by a Prefect, and he himself was made the first in that office. They continued under several prefects till about the end of that century, when finding the inconveniency of not having a head over the whole missionaries, whether secular or religious, application was made both from this country, and from the Court at St. Germains to Rome, requesting a Bishop, as Vicar Apostolic, to be over the whole nation, both Highlands and Lowlands; which accordingly was granted: and the first who was raised to that dignity, was the Right Reverend Thomas Nicholson.

(1.) Bishop Nicholson was consecrated at Paris, on the 27th February, 1695, with the title of Peritachiensis, and Vicar Apostolic over all Scotland. He died on the 12th October, 1718, in the 74th of his age. year

(2.) He was succeeded by the Right Rev. Dr. James Gordon, who had been chosen coadjutor to his predecessor, and was consecrated Bishop of Nicopolis, on the 11th of April, 1706. On the death of Bishop Nicholson, he, finding the burden very heavy, applied for a coadjutor, and got the Right Rev. John Wallace consecrated such, on the 21st of September, 1720, with the title of Cyrenensis. But having a very poor state of health, he lingered on for several years, and died at Edinburgh on the 30th of June, 1733.

(3.) On the death of Bishop Wallace, Bishop Gordon made choice of the Right Rev. Alex

ander Smith, who was then one of the superiors of the Scotch College, at Paris, for his coadjutor: but he could not leave the college till the year 1735, and in that year he was consecrated on the 2d November. After that, Bishop Gordon lived till the year 1745, and was succeeded by his coadjutor, Bishop Smith, as Vicar Apostolic, whose title was Misinopolitanus.

(4.) In the year 1755, Bishop Smith, being much advanced in years, applied for a coadjutor, and Mr. James Grant was chosen for that Office, he was consecrated that same year, but I have not got any certain account of the day of his consecration.

(5.) Bishop Smith died on the 22d day of August, 1767. And as Bishop Grant had been for several years before in a very poor state of health, he applied for a coadjutor, and was pleased to recommend me to the Propaganda. His request was granted, and I was consecrated on Trinity Sunday in 1769, with the title of Dauliensis.

(6.) Bishop Grant, whose title was Sinitensis, died on the 2d December, 1778, and I continued alone until the year 1781, when Bishop Geddes arrived from Spain, who was conseerated in Madrid, with the title of Marrochiensis, for my coadjutor, on St. Andrew's day, 1780. But he died 11th of February, 1799.

(7.) The Right Rev. Bishop Cameron, my present coadjutor, was consecrated in Madrid the 28th of October, in the year 1798.

The above is the series of our V.V. A.A. in this District. I shall now give an account of those in the Highland District

(1.) The two first Vicars, viz. Bishop Nicholson and Bishop Gordon had had the burthen of

all the Catholics in Scotland: and Bishop Gordon had made several visitations, and even staid for several months, and once a whole winter in the Highlands, in order to get a full knowledge of that part of his charge. When considering the great difference between the manners and language of the people of both countries, he saw that it was impossible for one Bishop to manage the whole. He therefore represented to the Propaganda the necessity of having a V. A. for each country, making of the whole country two distinct districts. This met with several difficulties and delays, but about the beginning of the year 1731, it was completed, and the Right Rev. Hugh Mac-Donald was appointed V. A. for the Highland district. He was consecrated on the 18th of Oc tober of that year, with the title of Dianensis, and died the 12th of March, 1773.

(2.) In the year 1761, being advanced in age, he got for coadjutor a nephew of his own, Mr. John Mac-Donald, who was consecrated on the 27th of September that year, with the title of Tiberiopolis, a young man of an amiable disposition, but he lived only six years after his uncle, and died in the year 1779, in April, without leaving any coadjutor behind him.

(3.) He was succeeded as V. A. by Mr. Alexander MacDonald, who was consecrated in 1780, on Passion Sunday, and died in 1791, about the beginning of winter, after having applied to the Propaganda for a coadjutor; which request was immediately granted, and the person he had proposed, the R. R. Dr. John Chisolm, was consecrated in February, 1792, with the title of Oriensis, who is the

present V. A. in the Highlands.

Bishop Alexander Mac-Donald's title was Polemoniensis.

After making out a scroll of what is on the other leaf, I caused it to be transcribed by another, and collated it with my scroll, which I hope you will receive by post, and I will be glad to know by a few lines from you, if it reaches you. I am very much of late years, failed both in body and mind; my memory particularly is greatly decayed; so far, that three years ago I was obliged to give up speaking in public to the people, and soon after I found it necessary to say Mass in private, with only one of our farthest advanced students to attend me and assist; for even there my memory often betrays me; but as this is a natural consequence of advanced age, and a memorandum and warning of what is to be soon expected, I beg leave to ask from you the favour of remembering me now and then in your good prayers, that I may be prepared for that important moment, whenever it may please God to call me. Wishing you all health and happiness here and hereafter, I remain,

Dear Sir,

Your most humble Servant, GEORGE HAY. Aquhorties by Aberdeen, March 21, 1803.

Captain Daniel's Account of the

Scotch Rebellion.

[Continued from No. XI. Vol. 1. pp. 791.]

A fine young Boy who was somewhat out of order, being found in the house, after all was almost over, at last was spied by some of Ours, who bringing him out, asked who

you

should take care of him, I seeing him, told them to give him to Me, which they immediately did. He being now in my possession, says to me, I hope your Honour, will not kill Me, upon which being a little surprised, at what he said, I asked him, if he had not well merited it; If I may be permitted to speak to your Honour, says He, I own, I am taken, in an unhappy affair, which neither Malice, nor Inclination drew Me into; But the Head of our Country, notwithstanding, I was the only child of my aged Parents, insisted under great great penalty of my coming into join him, so I beg, you will pity Me, in my condition; but if I must die this night pray tell Me what Death think it will be; upon which not knowing what to think or say, I was somewhat at a loss; He telling Me of his aged Parents, and seeing his ingenuous simplicity, touched me very much; And how far I may be censured for my after conduct I know not, but those, who think I did amiss, I hope will pardon Me, as being then but a young warriour; True such a thing, I knew ought not to be publickly done, yet when an occasion privately presents of doing an Act of Mercy, without harm to the Cause, I am convinced, that this my behaviour with all generous Minds, will escape reproof; The young Boy persevering his Lamentations, I told him to be of good Courage, that Death was not so Imminent, as he expected, at which He seem'd to respire new Vigour and Life; and after some questions ask'd and promises made, of his ever being grateful and upon his telling Me, that his home, was not above fourteen miles from thence, I ask'd him, if he could private

ly slip away thither; He reply'd the request would be too great for him to presume to ask; so telling him to do it, if he could I discharged him; ordering him to be a support to his poor Parents.

And now after we had conducted our prisoners to Falkirk, and delivered them up there, We went truly wet and cold, to repose ourselfs, a little while on straw, and some of Us, in the open air, all places being by this time entirely filled, so that it was impossible then, to find any recourse or ease, for our excessive hunger, wet and cold, so resting a few hours in that condition, day soon after appear'd and when light, We went to see the field of the slain, and number being made of them, We found betwixt 6 and 700 of the Enemy killed, and about 40 or 50 of Ours; which were immediately interr'd, but this cheap bought Victory, you will say, merited a better exit.

Cheifly among the slain was Colonel Whitney and Sir Robert Monro, who was heard to blaspheme, during the time of the engagement, and as a punishment, for it, his tongue was cut asunder by a sword that struck directly across the mouth, His Brother a Physician was likewise slain by his side. There were found likewise killed, some Presbyterian Parsons, who seem'd as if fired with an holy zeal, so had quitted their Bibles, and took to the sword; and here a story or two somewhat merry is related to have happened during the time of the Engagement.

One of these foresaid Parsons seeing the jeopardy he was in, of losing his Life as a Soldier, had recourse to his dignity, as supposing that would be a cloak

to save him, spare my life, says he to a Highlander, who was upon the point of taking it, for I am a Minister of my Master Jesus Christ; upon which he reply'd, if you be a good One, your Master will well reward you, and the sooner you go to him the better, if not, it is fitting that you go to take your punishment elsewhere, which dilemma the Minister was in, being to be solved by the sword of the Highlander, immediately had its solution: Another of these Ministers seeing the case his brother was in, and being in a fair way to have the same, and seeing that Jesus Christ's interest availed nothing, had recourse to that of our Prince's, demanding his life of another for Prince Charles' sake; by which means he obtained that which, he otherwise inevitably would have lost. We now took possession of their Camp and Baggage, and also eight pieces of Cannon, which they had not time to carry off, besides some few Prisoners, that were made; The cheif among whom was Major Lockhart, who after giving his parole of honour, chused afterwards to follow the example of some eternal miscreants, who will never again have a claim to right title of honour; But an English service to support and protect them in their perjury: chused I say, after having his life given him, "and liberty upon honour, and spurned against gratitude itself, by not only being heinously perjured, but more than ordinary thirsty after those persons blood, who just before had saved his.

We had now about an hundred prisoners, one of which, seeing his situation and ours, says with a grave countenance to his companion;-By my shole Dick, if

Prince Charles goes on in this way, Prince Frederick will never be King George; But of 6000 or 7000 Men that went with the Prince to the Field of Battle, scarce 3000 returned back with him; For many having loaden themselfs with immense booty, retired to the hills with their spoil; So with a much less Army We returned to Stirling, than what went with us to Battle. It was now a great loss to Us, that we had no Fort or other place to keep our prisoners in, so that if it was not mere mercy, it was to no purpose to take prisoners being out of a Capacity to keep them.

And now being come back to Stirling, the enemy being fled to Edinburgh, and finding that the Siege of the Castle went on but slowly; the spirit of the Army began much to change; Factions, Grudges and private Interest were now judged proper to be exercised, so that you will say, the Prince was in a mortifying situation, seeing himself deserted by half his Army, and the others so mightily altered; But as it is not for Me, to say more, than what relates to Me; I shall only mention the Grudge, I have often dearly paid for, that happened betwixt my Colonel (now Lord Balmerino, by his Brother lately dying) and Lord Geo. Murray. But it is fitting, I should give a piece of a character of this brave man, Lord Balmerino, which though sufficiently known, his praise cannot enough be sung; He was

a

man of a noble personage, approved Loyalty, and had the courage of a Lyon. He had a mind and genius well ornamented, with both natural and acquired parts, being versed in most common languages, and could recite whole pages of

Horace, Ovid, and Virgil, at his age of 59 as perfectly as a School-boy of 16, so that his memory for his years was wonderfull, and more so it not being in the least sullied, by his somewhat over much drinking, his sole and predominent passion, and which if it had been a little more restrained, would have made him shine in the Army, with a lustre, not inferior to that, he displayed afterwards on the Scaffold; However, while with the Prince, he was never failing of doing his duty, and proud he was, of having something, wherein he could shew his loyalty and obey his Master.

But what the reason of this quarrel was, I know not, neither directly did my Lord Balmerino himself, why he was treated after that manner, only say this, that my Lord has frequently said to his choir, when he saw himself so apparently ill used; come let us do as we are ordered, it is in vain to dispute, a time will come when I shall see all these things righted, and that too at Lord Georges cost or mine; frequently has he accosted us all in that manner, adding, that at present he is my superior and we must obey, as we tender the good of our dear Prince; and certainly he suffered a great deal from him, for to my knowledge we have sometimes been ordered by him 20 or 30 miles, harrassed and fatigued, and a Courier sent after us, ordering us to return saying it was Lord Geo. Murray's order.

And now a harder time than ever before came upon us, that I can safely say and prove: from the time of Falkirk affair, to the Battle of Colloden, notwithstanding the fatigue of the day,

I had scarce three nights out of seven in bed, but I will say no more, submitting myself with my Lord to the goodness of these Authors.

And now having lain some time before Stirling Castle, news comes from Edinburgh, that Cumberland was come thither, with an intention to rally upon Hawly's Army, and attack us again; And now it was, we saw our misfortunes, and the just before gained Victory, little to our advantage; but on the contrary, having by that lost a great part of our Army, gone home as I said before, loaden, with plunder.

This news employed all our witts, what was best to be done, and at last it was thought proper to fill the ground, and retire higher up into the Country, being sure of being joined by some more Forces; So accordingly we had orders to proceed on our march, and on the morning that we began it, the Prince going to St. Ringing about half a miles distance from Stirling, in order to give the necessary orders for quitting the Town and Siege; And finished, retired back, and being now some little distance we were surprized with a hideous noise, just behind us, and upon the Prince sending back to see what it was, found it to be a Church blown up, a few moments after, just upon the place, where he & we were a little before standing; This Church had been made the repository of our Gunpowder, which by accident some how or another, was blown up and killed several of the Towns people as well as Ours.

However, continuing our march, we arrived that night at Criffe, a little town in the Highlands; and the Prince lodged that night at Drummond Castle,