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vVe beg to acknowledge thesum of 2U/- from Mr. E: McK.Lyon, of Invercargill, being hisown subscription of 101-, and101- for ten new subscribers.

Writing us from Winton,Southland, that ardent and en­thusiastic Jacobite, Mr. Alex.A. MeHae, encloses a list of newsubscribers and the followingspecial donations for our paper:Mr. John Simpsoll Browns,Southland, 101-; Mr. M. Mc­Kay, Winton, 101-; Mr. WilliamMcKenzie, Lady Barkley, South­land, 6/-. vVe have also receiveda further donation of 5/- fromMr. Foster Davidson, Queens-'land.

The "Concert World" (47,Dean Street, London,. W.l.,now under the editorship of Mr.Rathmell Wilson) had in theApril issue a splendid articleentitled "Songs of the Jacob­ites ," by ].farion CIa,re.

On Au~ust 12th last a pilgri­mage wa~ made to Gray's l\IillFarm, Slateford, the house oc­cupied by Prince Charlie beforehe entered Edinburgh. Dr. VV.B. Blaikie gave an interestingaccount of the Prince's progressfrom the Highlands. The roomsill the farmhouse are still muchthe same as in the stirring daysof the '45.

To-day is the third anniver­sary of the first appearance ot'IT-he Jacobite, n and we arepleased to say that lately anunusually large number of peo­ple have written expressing in­terest and sympathy with .ourefforts. Witn the exception of"The Royal Standard," publish­ed at Boston, U.S.A., in 1901,

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our journal is the only Jacobitepaper ever published outside theBritish Isles. Mr. Alfred Rod­way, who wrote us recently,was, by the way, a co-editor of"The Royal Standard."

A very steady demand havingset in lately for complete sets of"The Jacobite," we would re­mind readers that, though oddnumbers are fairly plentiful,complete sets are getting scarce.r:,ehe few remaining sets of ourpaper are obtainable at 3/-, pos­tage paid.

Mr P. J. Anderson, librarianof the Aberdeen University Li­brary, informs us that Mr. W.M, MacBean's extraordinary ac­cumulation of Jacobite materialhas now reached them, and formsprobably the finest Jacobite col­lection in existence outside theLibrary of the British Museum.'Ve have to thank M1". Andersonfor a copy of a, new edition ofhis father's book-"Culloden11.oor aud Story of the Battle,"first published in 1867. Thisbook should appeal to. all J ac­obites, as it is a mine of infor­mation on the subjec.t. Publish­ed at 5/- by Mr. Eneas Mackay,43, Murray Place, Stirling,Scotland. We will give someparticulars of this work in ournext issue.

Apropos of the opening of theGlenbervie railway station, else­where referred to, the "Essen­don Gazette" of 14th September,gave a particularly good por­trait of Mr. Theo. Napier, cladin the garb of Old Gaul, alsomuch interesting information re­lating to the Napier family.

Mr. G, Stewart, "Binnawee,"Mudgee, New South Wales, a

1s per year, posted.

descendant of the Stewarts ofAppin, a member of the StewartSociety, and an earnest studentof everything relating to hisname and race, takes us to taskfor using the word Stuart in­st.ead of Stewa.rt when writing.of the Royal race. Mr. Stewartis doubtless historically correct,but nearly all modern writers,now spell it "Stuart." The·spelling of surnames generally­has changed' constantly duringthe last few hundred years.

From :Mr. E. M, Tenison, ofYokes Court, Sittingbourne,Kent, we have received a copy­of his latest novel, "Alastair­Gordon, R.N., which has beenmost favourably reviewed bymany papers in Great Britain."Alastair Gordon," though

. t.reating of modern times, iswritten in a spirit of loyalty tothe J acobites of old times. 'V"regret that owing to the size of"our paper we can only reviewworks strictly relating to theStuaTts and their supporters,This remark applies to a num­ber of books we have receivedlately.

The reference elsewhere to­the 11.arquis of Normanby re­calls a name well known in this.part of the world, as a son ofthis distinguished statesmenwas successively Governor of'Queensland, New Zealand, andVictoria. Lord N ormanby (1797-1863) had some right of bloodto act as champion of the StuartHeir, King Francis, being not.only a descendant of the Stuarts.but also a descendant of Sir­Constaritine Phipps, QueenAnne's Jacobite Chancellor ofIreland, Advocate of Sacheve­rell, and later of the J acobit"prisoners.

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As Oharles Ill. had neverbeen recognised by the PapalOourt. he could not be buriedwith his fatheT aTIlI mother in St.

EDITOR'S NOTICE.All Subscriptions, Enquiries, or

Literary Contributions should be sentto the Editor;-

C. C. BAGNALL, Ro,ngotea, Pal­merston North,

tlENRY STUART, CARDINALOF YORK.

(By Alice Shield.)(Oontinued.)

There has always been a doubt(says Miss Shield) as to the realday of .Prince Oharlie's deatb. Itwas said that he had died, notat half-past nine·on the morningot January 31st, but at half-pastnine ot the evening of January30th, and that the date being soominous (the anniversary of th~

lllurder of King Charles 1.) J itwas given out that he had lin­gered until the following morn­ing, that his adherents shouldnot be discouraged. Not that hisadherents could have saved anyspar of hope from the wreck ofthe cause, but they kept theirfaith. The ship had gone down,but they would fain see its lightsshining under the cold waters,hear its fairy bells. And in spiteof omens, it is the light that haslived, the echo of the hells thatTing on down the grooves of acentury and a half of change;ihe light and music aT fame andvalour and deathless love. Theirking. Ior all their devotion andsufferino", had died in exile, buthe had ~ei(l'ned and reigns on infaithful he~rts. He drew to him­self all the love and loyalty that<lenturies had gathered round. theStuart name, and his memory isenshrined in the immortality ofbiB people's songs; faults andfailings all lorgiven lor the sakeof that brave bri"ht hour of high<courage and patience, of gener­of-.ity, of clemency in success,g'r~cious kindliness, joyous en­durance 01 hardsniu and danger-all that g'oes to the making of'f1, very perfect knight, a hero­King of the Hieland hearts.nonuie Prince Charlie."

Immediately upon his bro­ther's death, the Duke of Yorkhad announced the event to for­eign courts, repeating his pro­test of his undivided right to thethrone of Great Britain, main­taining that t.he sanctity of hi:;;er;iscopal character could be noimpediment in the sight of Godand man; that he therefore thusasserted his right; and when hedied, would transmit it to theprince's next akin. This wouldhe the heir of his great-aunt,H'enrietta, Duchess of Orleans.A '. the same time he had struckthe famous medal bearing thepa.thetic legend: "Henry IX.,Kmg of Great Bribin, by theGrace of God, but not bv thewill of meu." ~

descent, and sound British ofheart. If he was a Papist-wellhe had a right to his own reli­gion, and a· Papist may be noworse than the infidel George.God save King J ames !

r.i1he Cardinal King was a stu­dlOUS and well-informed prince.His purse was always open tosuffering humanity, and Britishtl~vellers particularly, whetherrUIned by misfortune or impru­dence, found in him on all occa­sions a <.;ompassionate benefac­tor. His charity to the poor washoundless; there was not a poorperson left in Frascati or formiles round, and his inexhaust­ible efforts to improve their con­dition was not mere almsO'ivinO'and pauperisation. It ha; bee~said that King Henry was con­cerned in tl,e Irish rebellion of'98. 'rhe story is probablyfounded on eertain interestingcoincidences, and it is very pos­sible that be may have beenapproached on the matter. MissShield states that Napoleon oncethought or placing the Stllartexile on the British throne!When King' Henry died in 1807RP bequeathed to bis cousin, theKing- of Sardinia, his rosition asheir of the elder line of the royalhouse. It is interesting tolearn that both Oharles Ill. a"L!Henry IX. were on intimateterms· with their two Stuart suc­cessors, Charles and Victor ofSa:r;clinia.

Lt cannot but be intel~r;:.ting,

soys Miss Shield, to look for awhile into the lives of those

Peter's with Roval honours. Butin his own cathedral of l!"'ras­cati; the Oardinal-bishop, KingHenry IX. de jure, had a freehand, and he faithfully carriedout his brother's last wishes.Perhaps hereditary kingshipseemed to him a more pTeciousreality no,,,, it had become hiso,vn possession, a less renounce­able right. Perhaps some new,unlooked-for sense of all that itmeant came to him when thelast of the Leal left their mas­ter's deathbed to bend theirfaithful knees to him' and hailhim king. He received theirhomage and he never Ior a mo­ment henceforth held himself forless than a king. There werestill many in the British Isles;many serving in foreign armies,many scattered over westernplantations, who remained faith­ful at heart to the ancient dyn­esty, and the pl'inciple of divineright.

One may pause by that Romangrave to muse 011 what wouldhuve followed upon the success­fu'. landing of J ames at Leith in1708, or the triumphant marchof Charles from Derby in 1745,0'· the victory of the Stuart armsar Oulloden. Suppose this tohave been a decisive victory onthe prince's side. as it actually

. was on Cumberland's; no smallvictory like Prestonpans, but atrial of full streng'th. Decima­ted as they were, starving asthey were, the valour of theHighlanders was so great, theirprince's influence was so domi­nating, that had they had thestrength of union, had he beenallowed to lead them as hewould, they might well havebeen able to shock the trainedtroops brought against them,and to recover the steps lost byretreat. Edinburgh, after a newra use of fear, would have risentU th usiastically to welcomehome the victorious heir of herancient kings. London wouldstart dismayed and arm herselfwith a scornful smile, to findthat the people, changefully­minded but. sound-hearted, werecheering the brave young princewho, by might 01 his own swordand his dauntless spirit, had'Yon his fatner's crown ag-ainstterrific odds. They would re­member only that he was braveand victorious; British by near

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!,rinces who but for the Acfof~ettJement would have reignedover us. How were these mon­archs de jure living ~ Whatmanner of men and women werethey with regard to their quali­ties as potential British sover­eigns ~ What was befallingt.hem in their southern princip­alities, while the governingpower \-vas dropping into thehands of those who know notthe lessons of history, and havenot yet learnt to govern them­selves; wlJile loyalty and withit faith, chivalry, and self-de­Yotion, were near to perishingout of the land; while the nationwas being taught from day today that each man's duty is tohimself alone, and that in fur­therance of his all-importantprivate interests, faith, andhonour, and loyalty are worth­h:ss hindrances? \Ve can onlyquote haphazard from MissShield's interesting book, but,ve must not omit to mentionthat everyone of these Stuartheirs were men and women whofoitbfuUy endeavoured to' dotheir duty to their subjects, ande(l ch and all of them were ac­tuated hy the highest motives.Charles ]<;mmanuel of Sardinia,who succeeded King Henry IX.i" 1807, and might have styledhimself Charles IV. of Greatlhitain, died in 1819, being suc­ceeded bv hi!' brother Victor,who diecl in 1824, having beenfor fh'e ycars the head of theelder royal line of Great Britain.lloth these kings were on veryfriendly terms with BonniePrince Charlie and his brother.A,; Kin!? Victor's death hisStnart chims passed to hisdaughter Mary, who marriedFrancis of Modena (of the samefamily as King James H., Con­sort of Marv of Modena). Mary111., as she would have beenbut for the Act of Settlementpassed in 1701 (by the enormousmajori ty of one), died in 1840,leftviuO' two sons, tlie eldestFrancG ·V. of lIodena, King ofGreat Britain de jure in right ofhi{, mother, and her descentfrom Henrietta, Charles 1.'sdauO'hter, was a handsomeyouth, tall and graceful, andwith a fine colour. All rebel­lions against lawful ::luthoritvmust needs be more or less bol­stf'red up with lies, but neverwas ~n honest, just, and con-

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scientious man more foully andinexcusably slandered thanFrancis ".; not only Italiansympathisers, but a wise andhonest English statesman likeLord Normanby, testify to thebaselessness of the fabrication>that were built up to justify hisdethronement by the King ofSardinia. '11h81'e is something:very prepossessing in the sim­ple, earnest manner of the duke:Lord N ormanby writes to LordClarendon, August 23rd, 185G:"I hardly ever met in any rankof life \"ith a.nyone who IDOl'C

surely conveyed the impressionOI a thoroughly honest man whomeant to do his duty." FrancisY. governed as the father of 'Jfamily, and was accessible to allhis people, as his predecessorshad been accustomed to gi \~€'

audience twice a week for thrpe01' four hours, a.t which thel,oorest of his subjects couldpresent themselves, to whof;egrievances or demands he wns"' er ready to listen with thatsimple natural courtesy whi('lJcharacterised princes of hishouse, 'rravellers were amazedat the number of educationaland charitable institutions withwhich Modena was filled. Fran­"is. V. had so much at heart tue.,!ucaiion of h is people that heuRed to seud a hroad at his ownexpense youths of promise who

. had passed through the Moden­efe schools, to afford them eve,','ofportunity of wider study.

Lord Normanby reminds hi"readers of the peculiar interest.due to the position of Franci.~

Y in the royal succession ofGreat Britain', adding, fl Theonly claim made by the Duke ofModena. the eldest of the lawfulhlood of our OW'11 exiled dynasty,it; that we should not join hii-lc:l1umniat.ofs, nor lightly creditevery wild story invented by hi"enemies. "

The seven cbargoes broug]jfagainst him by Mr. GladstOlleiJI the House of Commons In11'61, confessedly on secon,l­hond "uthority, have all beenalmihilated hv Lord Norman­hy. A more barefaced chainOf g-uesses, £:11sehoods, and reck­less conclusions was surel,vnever prod.ucea even to serve :1party.

Destiuy after all was too mucl,

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Jor Francis V., the evil fortunethat was his only ~tuart inheri­bllce, and the destructive spiritot the age. '.llhe Italian princesw(-re doomed, they must be sac­rificed to the ideal of UnitedIt.aiy, Victor .l!:mmanuel 11. andI.OUlS Napoleon marched uponModena, and jI'mncis .bad to fly.Italy Lelieved that with insur­n~ctlOn and in vasion an era ofu·nit.y, liherty, prosperity, and J

allove uH. of independence, hadbf:gUJl. l~ut we have seen theH6W kingdom EO starved by tax­"tlOll that thousands of the freepeople have been reduced tobE"ggary and driven to exile J

"eighed by a huge navy thatsprves 110 national need, Mod­ell:1., like her neighbours, hast-xchallg~d tL.e open-handed,kingly absolutism of the Estepriuces for ever-meddling' mu­l'.lcip'll tyranny, K or is the re­"oluntiol1al'y spirit satisfied.Socialism is loud and strong,anarchislll flings Italian bombsand ol'alHlishes Italian daggersbefore the mildest, most liberalC I princes, Oonspiracy bas al­ways been as glow'iug and en­during n. force in Italy as thefires of her yoleanoes.

In 1870, w.hen King Francisyisited England, he was wel­comed by a. deputation fl'Olll theJacobites of Oxford University.OL Novemher 20th, 1875, this(( sCE'ndant of the old Stuart linedied ill Austria. His youngerbrothel' Ferdinand had pre-de­c:eased him, leflving- by his mnr­r.i<Jg'e oue child, :l\Iary rrheresaJleul'ietb, born 2nd July, 1849,die,l 4t.h February. 1919; mar­lied February 20th, 1868, to1'rince Louis of Bav<l.l'i:'l, ThisiE t.he hdy knowll to Jacobitisma" Man IV. of Great. Britain,l,eire,s .of the Ilo:yal Houses oflllauiag-enet and Stunrt.

Of the twelve children ofQueen l[arv the eldest, PrinceI:upel't, ,,-;s horll lRth May,18GO.· He married his secondcousin, }fa.ry Gabrielle, claug-h­ter of the oculist prince Charles11heodore l ])uke in Bavaria., by ac.:mg'hter of the Portuguese King}Jig-uPI. ~rheir elder son Cbnrles,horn 8th Mav. 1901. died 1914.rrheir yonnger son Albert, bornon :Mnv 31'd. 190;;, In these theel,ler line of the House of Stuartb continued to the present day.

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THE LATE EMPERORCHARLES.

~'he writer was in Rome afterthe death at Madiera of Charles,Elllpel'Or of Austria-Hungary.He was present at two HequiemMasses for him. The first onApril oth, 19~~, that of his Hun­garian N atioll) was in the mod­eru ChUl'ch of St. CamilJo, andhot very impressive, as there wasno chOIr. '1.'he second, on April8th for his Austrian .r atiou, atthe Austrian Church of St. Mariadel A.nima, an old foundation,was very different. The GermanCollege attended with the Aus­trian in their red gowns, andsang mag·nificently. The cata­falq ue with lighted candles wasthere, but no crown on it, al­tnough above the altar there wasthe crowned double eagle of theHouse 0.£ Austria. It was a scene"fry like what must have occur­red durin\\: some of the burialsof the exiled Stuarts-the poore.J..iled Emperor's kinsmen - inRome, and this thought made itdoubly impressive.-A. FrancisStuart, University Club, Edin­burgh.

CLENBERVIE.

The opening of a new railwaystation at Glass Street, Essen­don, Melbourne, on September11th last, was an importanthappening', says the "EssendonGazette," indicating as it doesthe rapid expansion of NorthEssendou. A t the opening cere­nlOny Councillor A. F. Showers,in proposing the health of Mr.Theodore Napier, said that thestation had been christened"Glenbervie" as a mark of ap­Fleciation of his excellent ser­vices to the city. The reasonf01. naming the station after hisaJ1cestral home was that Mr. Na­pier had. among oiher goodgift., presented the municipalitywith ten acres of beautiful landworth between £6000 and £7000.The question of parks was onethat merited the consideration ofany council. Whilst to-day there~ as ample space for sport, it wasnecessary to look ahead to thetime when little would be aVSlI­ar.le owin~ to building- opera­tions. It was the desire of allpresent that the name of thegenerous donor who had shower-

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ed many other munificent giftsCl) the district should go downto posterity. "Glenbervie,"said All'. apiel', or rather ''In­\'erbel'vie," which is its propernr~me, is situated in the countyof Kincal'uineshire, of whichStonehaven is the principaltown. About 12 miles from In­verbervie stauds a little villagenamed Marykirk-the birthplaceof my father, grandfather, andgreat-grandfather, the old Pic­tish name of Aberbuthnot beingchanged to Marykirk 200 yearsago. Glenbervie, which has aninteresting history owing to itsloyalty to the old Stuafts, wasfirst mentioned 000 years ago,in the time of the invasion ofScotland during the reign of Ed­ward 1. It suffered considerablyduring the Cromwellian period,when the "Roundheads" huntedfor the regalia of Scotland. Thiswas smuggled out of DunottarCustle, and preserved under thepulpit in a little kirk near In­verbervie. Sir Geofg-e Keith, ofwhom there are relatives in Vic­toria, was instrumental in sav­ing the ;egalia; The name ~fthis station, saId :Mr Napler, ISmore of a compliment to me thanif tbe council had used my own.1 .chose it myself, and am verypleased that it was adopted. The:fact that a glen exists here ren~

del's the name rather appropri­ate.

FLORA M,ACDONALD.

The year 1922, being the bi­centenary of the birth of FloraMacdonald, many Scottish pa­pers have given intel'esting par­ticulars of her life. The "WeeklyScotsman" of April contained aparticularly good article by MissM, E. M. Donaldson, from whichwe quote the following: "In Au­gust, 1775. financial difficultiescompelled the Macdonalds ofKingsburgl], to emigrate toNorth Carolina. Many fatuouscomments have been made byvarious writers upon the facttbat when civil war broke outin America, the Macdonalds tookan active part on the side ofHanover. 1.'bis is triumphantlyaddu('ed as evidencing- a funda­mental change of political con­viction. Such reasoning,. how­ever, shows a failure to realise

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that a principle and not a perSOll­was at stake, although surelyeven such commentators wouldhardly have expected to findJacobites arrayed against themonarchical principle £01' whichGeorge 111. stood alone. As amatter of hct, the attitude ofthe Macdonalds in America wasentirely in a line with their an­tecedents in their island home,£01' where Repu blicanism wasnow the broad issue into whichno question of a disputed succes­sion entered, it was surely theobvious thing- for Jacobites, asuJtra-Royalis·ts, to uphold whatwas in America the one and onlyRoyalist cause. Indeed, if thiswere not sufficiently self-evid- 'ent, there is the further witnessof Flora's old age. So deep­rooted were her Jacobite predi­lections that to the last any al-­lusion to either Charles or hisfather as the 'Pretender' wassufficient to break Flora's usu­ally equable temper, so rousinO"her anger, indeed, that she wa~actually ready to strike the dar­ing offender."

NOTES AND GENERAL.

Amongst the many evils whichScotland lias suffered as the re­sult of the Revolution of 1688,and the exile of the "AuldStuarts, lJ none have affected hermore than the Act of Union,which deprived her of her Na­tional Parliament. Scotland mayhave conquered the world, butshe has herself been conquered.'Ve have received a copy of "l'heCourant," the organ of the In­ternational Scots Self-Govern­ment League, the President ofwhich is now the Marquis ofGraham. Among'st the list of68 Hon. Presidents of thisLeague, we are pleased to noticethe name of that staunch HomeRuler, Mr. Theodore Napier.Mr. F. J. Robertson, 8, AlbertTerrace, Edinburgh, is the hon.secretary, to whom enquiriesmay be addressed.

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