The History of Scotland (Volume 8); From Agricola's Invasion to the Extinction of the Last Jacobite Insurrection

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1873. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER LXXXIX. MAR'S INSURRECTION. THE HANOVER DYNASTY--GEORGE I.--EXTERNAL QUIETNESS OF SCOTLAND--ELEMENTS OP DANGER--THE EARL OF MAR--HIS PROFFERS TO KING GEORGE--THEIR RECEPTION--HIS JOURNEY TO SCOTLAND -- THE GATHERING OF THE JACOBITES -- GEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS OF THEIR STRENGTH--GOVERNMENT PREPARATIONS FOR DEFENCE --PRESBYTERIAN ZEAL FOR THE GOVERNMENT--OFFERS OF ARMED FORCE--ARGYLE--EARLY INCIDENTS OF THE WAR--THE MACGREGORS AND THE LOCH LOMOND EXPEDITION--BRIGADIER MACKINTOSH--PASSAGE OF THE FORTH--ATTEMPT ON EDINBURGH CASTLE --LEITH FORT -- MARCH SOUTHWARD -- RISING OF WINTON, KENMURE, AND NITHSDALE IN THE SOUTH--MARCH INTO ENGLANDLANCASHIRE--FOSTER AND DERWENTWATER--BATTLE OF PRESTON --WAR IN THE NORTH--SHERIFFMUIR--ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF THE CHEVALIER--BREAKING UP. An order of the Lords of the Regency to proclaim King George arrived at Edinburgh on the 4th of August, at midnight, addressed to the Earl of Hay, Lord JusticeGeneral. Next day the proclamation was made at the market-cross with great solemnity and magnificence. The day was fine; there were processions, rich in brilliant uniforms and gay liveries; troops were paraded; bonfires blazed; the bells rang; the people shouted; and over all the lesser joyful sounds boomed now and then the great guns of the castle.1 The great Whig nobility, who seem to have been clustering round Edinburgh, gave dignity and 1 Rne, 63--who says the author was present at this great solem lustre to the occasion; and the list of those who appeared at a moment's warning to join the procession, shows how large a proportion of the Scots peerage still lingered near the ancient capital. Some small precautionary arrangements were made-- the trifling bodies of troops dispersed in the provinces were concentrated in Ed...