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~ THE JACOBIT~, 8

~The only Jacobite paper in ~3r~ ~

New Zealand. ... Published once every Quarter.

=================Volume I.-No. 11.

NOTES AND GENERAL.

We have to thank lVIr W. Bnch­anan Wilson, of Strathardle,Perthshil'c, for a number of inter­esting Scottish papers.

rrhe Clan l\IcRae Society have re­cently erected a memorial cairn onthe field of Sheriffmnir, in mem­ory of their ~Tacobite ancestorswho fought and fell there on the13th Nov., 1715. It is the onlyclan memorial on the battlefield.

Sir Waiter Scott, in "Waver­Icy, J' describing" Tully Veolan, "drew Tl'aquair House, Peebleshire,with literal exactness, even downto the rampant bears which stillguard the l.Dcked entrance gatesagainst all corners until the RoyalStuarts shall return to claim theirown,

Urging the use of the kincma inteaching history. lVIr Belloc sa.dthe average educated man orwoman was blind, deaf, and dumbon history. He left school at 18,knowing nothing of history exceptthat there had been a Roman Em­pire, and that a man called Wil­liam the Conqueror had fought theBattle of Hastings. But one hadno idea of what the past was like.

We have received from lVIr AlexA. McRae, of Lumsden, the fol­lowing donahons towards the costof increasing the size of our

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paper :-NIr George lVIcDonald, In­vel'cargill, 10/-; 'WIr John McPher­SOIl, Lumsdcn, 10/-; JVIr Alex A.:McRae, Lumsden, 10/-. Promisesof support have been receiyedfrom a few others, and we hopethat our next issue will be a00uble number.

Although published in a distantland of which many of 0UI' fore­fathers had never heard, our pa­per, "The Jacobite' 'is neverthelessa lineal successor of those otherJacobite papers of the 18th, 19thand 20th centuries-of NathanialMist's" 'Veekly Journal," of AbelRoper's "p.ost Boy" (of the earlypart of the 18th century), ofThomas Ruddiman's "CaledonianMercury" (Prince Charlie's pa­per), and of the other Jacobitepapel's of the 19th and 20th cen­turies-" The Royalist," "TheJacobite," "St. Germain's Maga­zine," "St. Germain's Courier,"and- on the dynastic side of lVIr'fheodorc Napier 's paper, "TheFiery Cr,~ss."

John Wesley, the founder ofMethodism, was the son of astaunch Jacobite mother, and thebrother of an active Jacobiteagent. John Wesley was evident­ly in touch with Scottish Jaeobit­ism, as we learn from his j''Jurnalthat when in Scotland in 1772 heworshipped at the non-juringChurch in Carrubber's Close,Edinburgh, and pronounced theservice excellent.

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The proposal to repair, and pos­sibly remove to another site, thehistoric statue of King Charles n.in Parliament Square, Edinburgh,is ·af interest to our readers. Itis made entirely of lead, and waserected in 1685, afterwards form­ing a gathering centre for Royal­ists down to the beginning of the19th century, and where the Jaco­bites drank toasts to the "KingOver the Water," and united insinging, "The King Shall EnjoyHis Own Again." This statuewas wreathed in Jacobite times,arud by lVIr Theodore Napier in1903, on Restorahon Day.

The approachiug 29th day ofMay will be the 263rd anniversaryof the Glorious Restoration of theancient free monarchy of Englandand Scotland. After some twelveyears of Republican rule, thepeople enthusiastically welcomedthe return of King Charles n.Under the Commonwealth, sportof all kinds was rigorously sup­pressed, art and literature werederided, the Church was persecut­ed, arud many of those· who openlyopposed the Commonwealth weresold as slaves to the planters ofBermuda and elsewhere. "Brit­ain," says Mr Chesterton, H wasnever so little of a democracy asduring the short time when shewas a republic," yet there aresome simple-minded people to-daywho believe that republicanismand liberty are one and the sam<)thil,g.

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EDITOR'S NOTICE.

All subscriptions, enquires, orliterary contributions should be sentto the Editor :-

C. C. BAGNALL, Rongo!.a, Palm.rs!on N.

Cb~ Jacobit~.I s! May, 19ZZ.

BEACON HILL.North of London at Monken

Hadley, situated on an elevatedsite kno,wn as Beacon Hill, standsthe Chmch of Hadley, whose anci­ent and lofty church tower stillbears on its topmost turret the re­stored Cl'esset or fire-pot, placedthere originally in very remotetimes to guidc the traveller. Thefire-pot was lighted in 1745 towarn the Loncloll Whigs of theapproach of the Highland Army.Imagine the state of mind of theWhigs at that junctme! Georgeof Hanover contemplated flight,and it appeared that at last, afternearly 60 years, the usurping Gov­ernment was about to collapse.The Whigs took go.od care to cir­culate all sorts of lies about al­leged Highland atrocities, whereasa more chivalrous army nevermarched through England. Alittle more unity and courage onthe part of the English and WelshJacobites would have crownedPrince Chal'lie '8 enterprise withsuccess. From the fact that theHighlanders played such a largeand honourable part in the '15 and'45, has naturally created the be­lief that there were more Jacobitesin Scotland than in England,whereas in fact the case was verylUuch the reverse. The EnglishJacobites were both numerous andpowerful, but allowed themselvesto be overawcd by thousands offoreign tr.oops which the uSUJ'pingGovernment were continuallypouring into England. The Jaco­bites of England, by no means dis­heartened by the failure of the'45, continued for many years firmhi their hereditary faith, and aslate as 1784 there are unmistak­able evidences of their political

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activity. After 1784, the ever­growing wealth or Jacobite songand sentiment kcpt green thememory of the last great outburstof chivalry, and in many a distantHighland home loyalty to the tra­ditions of the '45 were the firstlessons which the young clansmanlearnt at his mother's knee.

MORTIlUER'S CROSS.On a lonely spot, in the midst

of the Herefordshire Plain, farremote from any town, and dis­tant even from the nearest village,a square pedestal of stone marksthe scene of one of the most de­cisive battles in English history.For more than three centuries thebattlefield was unmarked by anymenw,rial, and only the traditionsof the villagers preserved it inmemory. The pedestal erected in1799 sets forth how, on the 2ndday of Pebruary, 1461, an obstin­ate battle was fought between theforces of Edward Mortimer, Earlof March (afterwards EdwardIV.), on the side of York, a!ldthose .o·f Henry VI. on the side ofLancaster. The result of thebattle was that Edward was pub­licly proclaimed King early in thefollowing months, aI!id the usurpa­tion ,of the House of Lancaster(who since 1399 had occupied thethrone) was terminated. On anautumn day in the early '90 's oflast century, we drove out to theold battlefield of Mortimer'sCross; how peaceful it all looked,aud beneath the turf, the bones ofthe slain Yorkists and Lancas­triaus had long since moulderedinto dust. We did not know itthen, but we see quite clearly now,that, as at J\.fortimer's Cross in1461, so at Culloden in 1746, theissue was the same-the heredlt­-ary heir, versus thc so-called par­liam,entary heir.

Though Bosworth field in 1485resulted in a Yorkist defeat, theLancastrian heir, Henry VII., iJ;n­mediately acknowledged the emp­tiness of his claim by marriagewith the heiress of York, and thecr.own of England passed oncemore to its rightful occupants.

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THE LATE MARQUISOF RUVIGNY.

The London "Times" recordsthe. death of Melvillc Amadeus,9th Marquis .of Ruviguy and Rain­eval, at the age of 53. The lateMarquis held a large numher offoreign titles and decorations (in­cluding a French Barony datingfrom the 11th century), and wasthe representative of one of themost ancient and illustrious of thefeudal families of France. Thefirst ~1arquis of Ruvigny wasFrench Ambassador at the Gourtof Charles n., and settled in Eng­land on the Revocation of theEdict of Nantes, 1685. The secoruelMarquis was created Earl of Gal­way, but dying unmarried hisBritish titles became extinct. The'9th Marquis was undoubtedly themost profound genealogical scho­lar in Europe, being the author ofseveral standard works or refer­ence, including" The Blood Royalof Britain," the "Titled Nobilityof Europe," "rrhe Jacobite Peer­age," and several editions of" TheLegitimist Kalerudar," etc. AFrench paper described the lYIar­quis as one of the lights of Legit­imism in Eur,ope, and in the '90 'sof last century he did splendidwork for the Jacobite Cause, hold­ing the office of President of theLegitimist Jacobite League 1893­94 and 1897-99. A number of valu­able articles on Jacobitism ap­peared from his pen in the Nine­teenth Century Magazine. Amongthe many loyal families who were.out in the '15 's, were the Moodie'sof Melsetter Orkney, and the Mar­auis of Ruvigny was, through hismother, a Moodie, and a great­nephew of Agnes Strickland, thehistorian. When we joined theLegitimist Jacobite League as aboy in 1900, we received many en­couraging letters from the Mar­quis, and we deeply regret to haveto record the passing ,of one towhom the Jacobite Cause owes sollluch.

The ninth Marquis is succeededby his son, Charles Rupert, whowas baptised at the CatholicChurch, Chertsey, 17th December,1903, one of 'his godparents beingDon Carlos, head of the House .ofBourbon, and rightful King of

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FrallC~ and Spaill. It is interest­ing to reeall that the ehief of theHouse of Bourbon followed a pre­cedent in consenting kl be spon·SOl', for the first Bourbou King ofFranee (Henry of Kavarre) wasgodfather to the first Marquis ofRuvigny.

KING CHARLES' STATUE,CHARING CROSS.

The statue of King Charles I.in rrrafalgal' Square, London, was,as usual, beautifully deeorated outhe 30th January. The principalfloral tributes were from :-TheSoeiety of King Charles the Mar­tyr j The Forget-me-not RoyalistClub; The Royal Martyr ChurchUni,ou; The Order of the WhiteRose (London Braneh, per LadyMmiel Watkins); Oxford Assoei­ates of the Order of the WhiteRose.-( I In memory of Charles I.and of Charles Ill., who died inItaly, 31st January, 1788."

An interesting inscription wason a holly wreath sent down fromScotland-" This wreath, faded byresting on the grave of JohnKnox, outside St. Giles' Cathedral,

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Bdinburgh, 1921, is now placed onthe statue of King Charles."

Copies of "The J acobit~" weredistributed to interested passers­by by Mr Rathmell Wilson.

ROSE INCENSEBy Rathmell WilGon.

Bring roses, roses, roses for theKing

Who lived a hero, and a martyrdied,

Roses white as his sad, gentle soul.

Bring roses. Let their perfumesrise to Heaven

As ineense for the mighty Stuartdead,

On this our ,day of' hope andmemory.

For ,~~~~~f~v~~~nie Prince, the

For Kings and Queens and coun­tries who have fought

And glady suffered for our nobleCause.

For all who died-our comradesgone before- .

For all wh·o loyally will strive to­day,

The incense of the roses shall as­cend.

Bring roses, roses, roses for ourKing,

His subjects swear allegiance by arose,

While Roses live our Cause shallnever die.

THE HOUSE OF STEWART.Next to the exiled Stewarts in

rel'resentation of the Royal Houseas heir-of-line, camc the descend­ants of Henrietta, Charles I.youngest daughter, who ill 1661was married to the Duke of Or­leans. From this marriage sprangAllne-Mary (1669-1728), who mar­ried Victor Amadeus, Duke ofSavoy and King of Sardinia; theirson, Charles Emmanuel Ill. (1701­1773), King of Sardinia; his SOil,

Victor Amadeus Ill. (1726-1796),King of Sardinia; his son, VicwrEmmanuel I. (1759-1824), King ofSavdinia; his daughter, Mary(1792-1840), who married Francis,

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Duke of nlodella; their SOll, Fer­dinand (1821-1849), who marriedElizabeth of Austria; and theirdaughter, Mary Teresa, born 1849,who iu 1868 married Prince Louisof Bavaria, and whom as ":l\faryIV. and Ill.," the LegitimistJacobites of 1891 put forward asthe representative of the RoyalHouse of these realms. Rupert,her son, boru at Munich, 18th~Iay, 1869, is ninth in descentfrom Charles I.-Extract fromChambers' Biographical Diction­ary, page 883.

Prince Rupert., the present heirof the Stewart dynasty, is nameda.ftCl' his renownoo, romantic an­cestor, Prince Rupert (1619-1682),the great Cavalier leader-CharlesI. nephew, who died in LondonAccording to the genealogicaltable compiled by the Marquis ofRuvigny, the present day Rupcrthas, through various lines of des­cent, no less than nineteen differ­ent descents from Mary Queen ofScots, and is more Stewart thanany living Royal personage.

THE CHARM OF THESTEWARTS.

~fary Queen of Scots is perhapsthe most striking example ofcharm, coming down through theyears, that is to be found in his­tory. At Coughton I have heldin my hands the night-shirt inwhich the Scottish Queen wasexecuted. Mary was a very tallwoman, I have been told by myfriends, the Throckmortons; butshe p.ossessed the srn allest ofwrists. This was accounted inher day a great beauty, and wasprobably inherited from herFrench mother. Mary played wellupon sevel'al instruments, em-.broidered with exqnisite taste, andwas accounted by all of greatbeauty, and of still greater charm.She was executed at FotheringhayCastle on February 8th, 1587,after knecling down meekly, andbegging God to forgive "all thosewh" had thirsted for her blood."It has been said of Mary Stuartthat she was l' as accomplished asshe was beautiful, and as beauti­ful as she was unfortunate.' ,­Lady Milnes-Gaskell.

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HALLIWELL SUTCLIFFE AND

THE STUARTS.

1Iy peopie had a constant quarrelwith the Tudors, it seems; forwhen Elizabeth came to the throne-a riddle of character as hard toguess as bel' father's is-we weretrue, not only to the priests, butto Scottish Mary. When Mary wa'imprisoned here in Yorkshire­not very far from theborders of Arcady-we dinedand supped and hid the gal­lant gentlemen who framed wildplans for her release. And I countit still an honour to Arcady thatone brave youngster from amongns went out and rescued Mary theQueen-if only for an hour-anddied for it.

Then, in Stnart days, Cromwellheaded the rebellion, and 10Yl\listscame to us after disastrous battles,and we sheltered them. There wassomething of poetie justice in thefact that this old hiding-chamber,which had given hospitality tolllany strangers, should save thelife of its owner, fleeing with hiswounds npon him from MarstonMoor.

We saw the Stnarts onsted, andafterwards we healrl the trumpet­call of Charlie in thehigh lands - of Charlie, de­bOIlail' and bonnie, as he

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came to seek the throne for hisfather, James the Third. He pas­sed near to Arcady as he marchedsouthJ and a younger son of ourhonse went with him; they tnrnedabont at Derby-the most tragicand most pitiable day, save that ofCulloden fight, in all onr history­and again we entertained the re­fngees, the younger son among thenumber, until we could smugglethem abroad.

Is there any wonder that theylaugh at me to-day, saying that tocry 'Stuart!" to me isto make me lift my headlike a sleeping pointer whodreams that he's amongthe game 1 Once in a year, if Imust confess the truth, I celcbratea Stuart birthday-Prince Char­lie's-and I pass my wine acrossthe waterjng, and drink to thebctter lnck .of one well deserv~d

to win his fight.

It is in the blood. 'When wcsnffered nnder Cromwell, andCharles the Second forgot after­wards to give us recompense, wecould not blame him. He was aStuart, that was all; and we strug­gled on, making the best of ourdiminished patrimony, giving theKing our l.oyalty. To me--re­member that I am speaking withthe voices of men gone before me,not only with my own-to me it is

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clear that loyalty to one's sov­erign is a thing apart, like faith,from the rntty roads of life. Ify.our King forgets, it is not for youto question. He is yonr King. Theloyalty survives his casual deedsor misdeeds, which are attachingto the manhood of him, not thekingship. The feeling is out ofdate, illogical, our wise men tellus; it may be, but it is the onlyfeeling worth the name of loyalty.

Good wheat was never rearedfrom tare-seeds. How comes it,theu, that this passionate loyaltyof old produced such fruits ofchivalry, of knightliness, of deedsthat makes one's heart heat fast 1There have heen gallant dames,and gallant gentlemen, beforeand since the Stua1't times, bnt Ican remember no period of Bri­tain's story which is full of suchhigh spirit, courage and self·abne­gation, as that which came toflower in the days of Scottish:Mary and of the Charleses.

Printed and published by E. H. FISHER,MaeArthur Street, Feilding, N.Z., for theproprietor, C. C. BagnaU, Rongotea, Palm­erston North, N.Z., 1st May, 1922.