Romance is kindled anew at the name of the yellow-haired
laird of Dumnaglas, who so bravely led the Mackintoshes and
fell with his face to the foe, and for whom the beautiful Miss
Campbell died through grief. Then there was Malcolm Ross of
Pitcalnie, whose ambition it was to acquire the Earldom to
which his family aspired, and whose conduct well-nigh broke
the heart of Lord President Forbes ; while the adventures of
the portmanteau of Hay of Restalrig is quite a story in itself,
and will for ever bear testimony to the honesty of the guid folks
of Aberdeenshire. These then were among the men s^ainst
whom depositions were made in absence, and whose persona,
fortunately for themselves, escaped the meshes of the law.
There were others, however, who were not so fortunate.
When the highland army retreated to Scotland the Manchester
Regiment was left to defend Carlisle. On the capture of this
place by the Duke of Cumberland on 30th December, in terms
of the capitulation, the governor and officers surrendered them-
selves at the gates, while the rest of the garrison retired to the
cathedral. The depositions at the trial of these Jacobites are
abbreviated from the papers of Sir John Strange among the
Egerton MSS. in the British Museum.
A special commission was appointed, which sat at St.
