[1140] Home, p. 197.
[1141] Johnstone’s Memoirs, p. 145.
[1142] Stewart’s Statement in Jacobite Memoirs. The statement given by Mr. Hume,—that Lady Mackintosh concealed Lord Loudon’s design from the prince, and that he knew nothing of his lordship’s march till next morning, is certainly erroneous. He says that “without saying a word to Charles or any of his company, she (Lady Mackintosh) ordered five or six of her people, well armed, under the conduct of a country smith, to watch the road from Inverness, and give notice if they should perceive any number of men coming towards Moy;” and that “Charles, for whose safety the lady had provided so effectually, knew nothing of Lord Loudon’s march till next morning; for he was up and dressed when the smith and his party came to Moy, and gave an account of their victory.” It is clear, however, that the blacksmith and his party were sent out by Lady Mackintosh before the arrival of the boy, as Gib, the prince’s master of the household, who was sleeping in his clothes in the Castle of Moy when the boy arrived, says expressly that the blacksmith’s adventure “happened much about the time when the boy (Lauchlan Mackintosh) arrived at Moy to give the alarm. It is probable, however, that the blacksmith and his party were sent out by Lady Mackintosh without the prince’s knowledge.”
[1143] Home, p. 198.
[1144] Johnstone’s Memoirs, p. 149.
[1145] Jacobite Memoirs, p. 104.
[1146] Kirkconnel MS.
[1147] Home, p. 199. Kirkconnel MS.
[1148] Jacobite Memoirs, p. 105.
[1149] Kirkconnel MS.