Preston Fight; or, The Insurrection of 1715
My Lord Denventwater he did swear,
If that Proud Preston he came near,
Ere the Right should starve, and the Wrong shall stand,
He would drive them into some foreign land.
Old Lancashire Ballad.
The details of Preston Fight, given in the tale, which I have the gratification of inscribing to your name, may be new to you; inasmuch as you may not have seen DOCTOR Hibbert Ware's very curious historical collections relative to the great Jacobite movement of 1715, published several years ago by the Chetham Society, from which my materials have been derived.
But I am sure you will share my feelings of sympathy with the many gallant Roman Catholic gentlemen, who, from mistaken feelings of loyalty, threw away life and fortune at Preston; and you cannot fail to be struck with admiration at the masterly defence of the town made by Brigadier Mackintosh—the real hero of Preston Fight.
I hope I may have succeeded in giving you some idea of that valorous Highland commander.
Nothing can be better than the description of him given in the old Lancashire ballad:
“Mackintosh is a soldier brave,
And of his friends he took his leave;
Unto Northumberland he drew,
William Harrison Ainsworth
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Author of “The Tower of London”
WILLIAM FRANCIS AINSWORTH, ESQ, Ph.D., F.S.A., F.R.G.S., Etc., Etc.
PRESTON FIGHT.
I.—DILSTON CASTLE.
II.—THE CHEVALIER DE SAINT GEORGE.
III.—NICHOLAS RIBBLETON.
IV.—THE LITTLE CHAPEL.
V.—ANNA WEBB AND DOROTHY FORSTER.
VI.—LADY WEBB.
VII.—THE PROPOSAL.
VIII.—COLONEL OXBURGH AND HIS COMPANIONS.
IX.—CONFESSION.
X.—A BANQUET.
XI.—A MYSTERIOUS OCCURRENCE IN THE CHAPEL.
XII.—A LETTER FROM THE EARL OF MAR.
XIII.—THE BETROTHAL.
XIV.—THE SPY.
XV.—A GENERAL DEPARTURE.
I.—THE HIGH SHERIFF.
II.—PURSUIT.
III.—LORD WIDDRINGTON.
IV.—DUNSTANBOROUGH CASTLE.
V.—HOW THE PRINCE WAS LODGED IN THE OLD FORTRESS.
VI.—ANNA'S ADVENTURE IN THE CAVERN.
VII.—AN ALARM.
VIII.—HOW THE SHERIFF AND HIS TROOP WERE CARED FOR.
IX.—THE PRINCE'S PARTING INJUNCTIONS TO LORD DERWENTWATER AND ANNA.
X.—THE ESCAPE.
END OF BOOK THE SECOND.
I.—THE HUNTING IN BRAEMAR.
II.—BRIGADIER MACKINTOSH OF BORLUM.
END OF BOOK THE THIRD.
I.—DILSTON REVISITED.
II. A WARRANT ISSUED FOR THE EARL'S ARREST.
III.—THE WOODCUTTER'S HUT
IV.—THE MAIDEN'S WALK.
V.—HOW CHARLES RADCLYFFE PROVOKED SIR WILLIAM LORRAINE.
VI.—HOW CHARLES RADCLYFFE JOINED THE EARL AT THE HUT.
VIII.—HOW THE EARL TOOK LEAVE OF THE COUNTESS.
IX.—MAD-JACK HALL OF OTTERBURN.
X.—THE RACE ON SIMONSIDE.
XI.—WANNY CRAGS.
XII.—WARKWORTH CASTLE.
XIII.—ORGANISATION OF THE FORCE.
XIV.—THE EARL'S BRIEF VISIT TO DILSTON.
XV—HOW THE EARL WAS RESCUED BY NATHAN THE WOODCUTTER.
END OF BOOK THE FOURTH,
I.—THE JUNCTION WITH THE SOUTH COUNTRY SCOTS.
II.—MACKINTOSH'S ACHIEVEMENTS.
III.—SUNDAY AT KELSO.
IV.—A COUNCIL OF WAR.
V—FURTHER DISSENSIONS.
VI.—THE HIGHLANDERS REFUSE TO CROSS THE BORDER.
VII.—LORD WIDDRINGTON RETURNS FROM LANCASHIRE.
END OF BOOK THE FIFTH.
I.—THE ROUT ON PENRITH FELL.
II.—MADAM BELLINGHAM.
III.—HORNBY CASTLE.
IV.—SIR HENRY HOGHTON AND THE QUAKER.
V.—HOW THE PRISONERS IN LANCASTER CASTLE WERE RELEASED.
VI.—LANCASHIRE WITCHES.
END OF BOOK THE SIXTH.
I.—PROUD PRESTON.
II.—HOW KING JAMES WAS PROCLAIMED FOR THE LAST TIME.
III.—THE COUNTESS AND DOROTHY ARRIVE AT PRESTON.
IV.—MRS. SCARISBRICK.
V.—IMPORTANT RECRUITS.
VI.—THE BALL AT THE TOWN-HALL.
VII.—RALPH FAIRBROTHER.
VIII.—APATHY OF GENERAL FORSTER.
IX.—PARSON WOODS OF CHOWBENT.
X.—GENERAL WILLS ARRIVES AT PRESTON.
END OF BOOK THE SEVENTH.
I.—THE BARRICADES.
III.—THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE ASSAULT.
IV.—ALTERCATION BETWEEN FORSTER AND MACKINTOSH.
VI.—HOUSES BURNT BY THE ASSAILANTS.
VII.—THE WINDMILL BARRICADE.
VIII.—HOW THE TWO LARGE HOUSES WERE ILLUMINATED.
IX.—THE FORD.
X.—BY WHOM THE COUNTESS AND DOROTHY WERE LIBERATED.
XI.—AN UNLUCKY SHOT.
END OF BOOK EIGHT
I.—HOW A PARTY OF DRAGOONS WAS ROUTED BY CAPTAIN GORDON.
II. MEETING OF CARPENTER AND WILLS.
III.—GENERAL FORSTER WISHES TO CAPITULATE.
IV.—COLONEL OXBURGH PROPOSES TERMS OF SURRENDER TO WILLS.
V.—CAPTAIN DALZIEL HAS A CONFERENCE WITH WILLS.
VI.—HOW FORSTER LEARNT THAT HE HAD BEEN BETRAYED.
VII.—COLONEL COTTON.
VIII.—HOSTAGES REQUIRED.
IX—IN WHAT MANNER THE HOSTAGES WERE RECEIVED BY GENERAL WILLS.
XI.—THE TERMS OF THE TREATY ARE ACCEPTED.
XII.—THE INSURGENT OFFICERS DELIVER UP THEIR SWORDS.
XIII.—HOW BRIGADIER MACKINTOSH PARTED WITH HIS CLAYMORE.
XIV.—THE TWO GENERALS ENTER THE TOWN.
XV.—THE TOWN IS PLUNDERED BY THE SOLDIERY.
XVI.—CAPTAIN SHAFTOE IS SHOT.
END OF BOOK THE NINTH.
I—THE CHIEF INSURGENT PRISONERS ARE TAKEN TO LONDON.
II.—THE EARL OF DERWENTWATER IS IMPRISONED IN THE DEVEREUX TOWER.
III.—THE EARL OF NITHSDALE'S ESCAPE.
IV.—THE EARL OF WINTOUN'S ESCAPE.
V.—GENERAL FORSTER'S ESCAPE FROM NEWGATE.
VI. BRIGADIER MACKINTOSH'S ESCAPE
END OF COOK THE TENTH.
III.—HOW THE EARL OF DERWENTWATER WAS BEHEADED.
IV.—WHAT HAPPENED IN THE CHAPEL AT DAGENHAM PARK.
V.—THE JOURNEY TO DILSTON.
VI.—THE INTERMENT.
THE END.
