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Yard; Boston St"eple in the distance. Engraved on wood,
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CCCXLV. Portvait of EDWARD GREY, (mis.spelt in the Engraving,
GrII!}) Commander R.N. Engraved by PAGE •••••••• 181
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CCCXLVlT. Portrait of JAMES RICHARD DACRES, Esq. Vice.admiral
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 PREFACE
'to 'tHE TWENTY-SIXTH VOLUME.

THE Editors of the NAVAL CHRONICLE present

their twenty-si:xth Volume to the Public, in the gra..
tifying consciousness, that, neither in the record of
important public events, nor in the varied display of
useful and interesting information, will it shrink from
a comparison with any of the preceding.
It may be said, that the star of Britain has, of late1
~hined with unusual brilliancy in the East. The cap"
ture of the Isle of France, so amply illustrated in our
twenty-fifth Volume, has been followed by the sur-
tender, respectively, of Ternate, one of the strongest
islands in the 1\folucca Seas; of Gorontello; of the
French port of Tamatave, at Madagascar; and,
though last, not least, of Batavia, and the whole of
the Island of Java, west of the Cheribon. To expa~
tiate on the value of the last-mentioned acquisition,
would be superfluous. "An Empire," observes Lord
Minto, in his official letter to the Earl of Liverpool,
" which, for two centuries, has contributed greatly
to the power, prosperity, and grandeur of one of the
principal and most respected states of Europe, has
been thus wrester } from the short usurpation of the
French government, added to the dominion of the
British Crown, and comTerted, from a seat of hostile
machinations and commercial competition, into an
augmentatiorr of British power and prosperity."
The capture of the Isle of France was also succeeded
hy a naval battle, off Tamatave, as hardly fought,
and as successful in its result, as most that have been
recorded during the present wal'. The surrender of
two French frigates, out of three, and the flight of the
third, sufliciently prove the retention of our supe·
riority.
vi PREFACE.

Nearer home, and upon a smaller scale, our naval

exertions have been displayed to equal advantage.
Buonaparte will not soon forget the capture of one
of his praams, by the Naiad frigate, off Boulogne ;
nor the surprise of a convoy in the Gironde, effected
by the superior r-.ddress and bravery of the commanders
of H. M. ships Diana and Semiramis.
These achievements are all duly recorded in our
"Letters on Service j" and, amongst other occurren-
ces, of minor importance, the details of which are also
preserved under that head, the contest between
H.M. sloop of war, Little Belt, and the United States
frigate, President, will be found deserving of particu-
lar attention. Though subdued by what may be
termed an overwhelming force, the Little Belt never
struck her colours! 1t:
The NAVAL BIOGRAPHY, comprised in the present
Volume, stands hi~h in vHlue and interest. The me-
moir of Captain Dacres occupies an unusual portion
of room; but the original historical documents, of
which it has been made the vehicle, are of such a
nature, that, we believe, few, if any, readers, can wish
the space to have been otherwise filled. They cast a
new and extraordinary light upon the Dardanelles
Expedition; and depict, in vivid colours, the narrow-
minded policy, by which the conduct of great go-
vernments is sometimes regulated. The classical, as
well as the political and naval reader, will also be gra-
tified by the farther illustration of the proceedings be-
fore the Turkish capital, afforded by the descriptions
accompanying the Charts of the Strait of the Darda-
nelles, and the Port and Canal of Constantinople.-
Such genealogical particulars as relate to Captain
Dacres, will best be seen by referring to the memoir of

,* Co~mod~)re Rorl~el's's account of the action, as well as Captain

BlrJ~ham s, with a report of rhe proceedill!l;s of an American COUl't of
InqUiry, on the Commodore, and a variety of other particulars relatina to
the ~,nbject, will be found hy ~eferrillg to the Index. The report of the pro-
eeedll1gs of the Court of InqUIry? holden at Ha,lifax. on Captain Bin&ham, i~
po.tponed, from want Ofl'OOlll, till the succeedlllg Volume.
 PREFACE. vii

his brother, the late Vice-admiral Dacres, in the pre-

sent Volume.
The additional record of Admiral Sir J. B. Warren's
professional services, while attached to the Western
Squadron under Earl St. Vincent, contains extracts
from many original letters, with much other historical
information; and the memoir of Rear-admiral T. Ber-
tie is entitled to notice, for its chronological accuracy,
and the exactness of its details. Captain Grey's me-
moir is of some value, for the unpublished Letters on
Service which it introduces.
Connected, in some measure, with the biographical
department of the NAVAL CHRONICLE, are thefac-
similia of the hand-writing of different officers. The
present volume alone presents the following:-Horatio
Nelson, Nelson and Bronte, Earl St. Vincent, Sir
Thomas Troubridge, Rear-admiral T. Bertie, Admiral
Hunter, Sir fV. S. Smith, Si1' J. T. Duckworth, Sir
Samuel Hood, Sir Ale.vander Ball, Captain Flinders,
Col. J. Oliver, and the Committee qf the Lords and
Commons, for the Admiralty and Cinque P01'tS, in
the year 1647. The copy of Captain Pilgrim's com-
mission, to which the last mentioned fac-similia are
affixed, in that year, is an archmological curiosity.
The Correspondence of the NAVAL CHRONICLE
continues to support its character for variety, inde-
pendence, and professional utility. The more promi-
nent articles under this head are, Admiral lIunter's
plans for the construction of Life-boats, and for check-
ing the recoil of naval artillery, * communicated by
TIM. WEATHERSIDE; the cases of Captains Bray
and Uvedale, by HEART OF OAK; the vindication
of Admiral Patton's "Natural Difence qf an Insu-
lar Empire," by AN OLD NAVAL OFFICER OF NO
PARTY; and the elucidations of the Shipwreck of
St. Paul, by D. L. AMATEUR, and J. C.-JOHN,

* It may be worth while to compare this with Admiral Bertie's pIau,

JlOticed at page 9.
 viii PREFACE.
PHILONAUT, A CONSTANT READER, DUILLIUS,
VERITAS, TOM STARBOARD, A FRIEND TO NAVAL
MERIT, and other contributors, are also entitled to
thanks.
The great and serious importance of the Hydrogra-
phical department becomes monthly more and more
conspicuous. It cornprehendsnot only the geogra·
phi cal sites of places, but many local observations
which are interesting to navigation in general. Un-
der this head are also collected all notices to marinem,
appertaining to pilotage, &c.-For his very valuable
contributions to this department, we beg leave to re-
turn our most grateful thanks to I. S. S. To Captain
Flinders, and to Colonel Oliver, commanding-in-chief
at the Molucca Isles, we are also much indebted.-
The numerous hydrographical articles in this Volume,
will readily be found, on referring to the word Hy-
DROGRAPHY, in the Index.
Amongst our STATE PAPERS, that which relates
to the loss sustained by the East India Company, by
the capture and wreck of shipping, in theyears 1807-8,
and ] 808-9, will be found highly important.
Of the more miscellaneous and desultory parts of
the Volume. it seems unnecessary to speak. 'With
this rapid sketch of its leading contents, it is there-
fore consigned to that professional and public patron-
age, to which. it is pl'esumed, the claim will not be
found insufficient.

*.. Authors or publishers of Naval Works are invited to

transmit them to our Office, for the purpose of being reviewed;
and we request a continuance of contributions from our kind
Correspondents, which will alwayli meet "ith earlyattention.-
For the accommodation of Correspondents, &c. at the west end of
the town, a letter_box is open at Mr. Andrews's, pri,nt..&ellel',
Charing Cross.
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a ship built for the Bait COI,mtry 'J'rade, at Boston. Lincoh1ihire; taken from a l5awpit in
tb. Builder" Yard. ;Boston fit •• ple in tbe distanc.. From a Drawing by W. Brand, Esq.
of Boston.

BIOGRAPHlCAL MEMOIR

OP

THOMAS (HOAR) BERTIE, ESQ.

REAR-ADMIRAL 01' THE WHr.TE SQUADltON.

" Men's characters are b.sl illustrated by their actions."

C HRONOLOGICAL accuracy may fairly be regarded as one

of the essentials of history, and ~f biography, The sound
of flowing periods may be more grateful to the ear; but the
absence of that charm is amply atoned for, by the information
which the nNnd derives from a prellise arrangement of dates, and
a lucid detail of facts. The latter advantage we promise to the
reader, ill his perusal of the following record of Admiral Bertie'~
professional services.
This gentleman, the sixth child, and fourth SOil, of George
Hoar, .Esq. (of Mi<lIlleton Era, in the C()UII'Y of' Durham, but

fi.b. I!):~fon. aloI. X X V (.

 NAVAL BIOG1lAPHY.

latterly of T..ondon) and of Frances, his wife, daughter of William

Sleigh, Esq. of Stockton~upon- Tees, was born in that town, on
the 3d of July, 1758. He first went to a Latin school, at Eagle-
cliffe, Durham, under an able teacher (the Rev. Mr. Walker, M.A.)
in June, 1766.
Mr. Hoar's friends intending him for the navy, availed themselves
of a pra(;tice which was at that time allowed in the service; and,
in March, 17n, he was put upon the books of the William and
Mary yacht, then commanded by Captain Norton,. brother of the
late Lord Grantley. In January, 1772, he went to a preparatory
navigation school, at Stockton; and, in the month of July follow-
ing, he was placed at Mr. Eaton's academy, in London, with the
"jew of completing his nautical studies. In January, 1773, however,
at the earnest recommendation of the late worthy Lord Mulgrave, t
he entered on the private foundation of Christ's Hospital, London,
where he acquired a full knowledge of the theoretical part of hili
profession.
At this seminary, which may with justice be mentioned as one
of the best in the kingllom, for the study of na"igation, Mr.
Hoar first became acquainted with his friend, Vice-admiral Stir-
ling; and "ith the late Lieutenant Georg-e Long, who was killed
in storming a fort, upon the island of Ceylon, during the Ameri.
can war.t

* William Norton.-Be was made a lieutenant. in the navy, on the 7th

of April, 1742; and, on the 15th of November, 1756, he was promoted to
the rank of post captain, in the Amazon frigate, in which he proceeded to
the West IncHes. While on that station, he captured twenty-six pri,·ateers.
He returned to England about the )ear 1760; and, after the conclusion of
the war, he commanded the Africa, guard-ship, of 64 guns. He was ap-
poillted to the William and Mary, at least as early as 1768, and continued
in her till his death, which took place on the 19th 01 April, 1779.
t A portrait and memoir of this officer are given in the VIIlth Yolume
of the NAVAL CHRONICLE, page 89.
t TIllS was on the 11th of January, 1781; at which time Mr. Long was
second lieutenant of the Superb, the flag-ship of Sir Edward Hughes.• of
whom a memoir and portrait will be found, ill the IXth Volume of the
NAVAL CURONICI.E, page 85. Sir Edward, in his official account of the
cllptur~ of Ceylon, mentio?s Li~ut8nant Long, as " a most werlhy and
deservllIg officer, who was killed III advancing bravely to the assault, at the
bead of his company."
 REAR-ADMIRAL THOMAS (HOAR) BERTIE.

The year 1773 may properly be considered as the period of

Mr. Hoar's actual comm{'ncement of his naval life. About the
month of October, he entered on board H. M. S. Seahorse-com.
manded by the late gallant Captain Farmer, who was afterwards
killed in the Quebec*-and sailed for the East Indies. It should
'be mentioned, however, that the Seahorse was more immediately
under the orders of the late Sir Edward Hughes, ICB. who had
his broad pendant in the Salisbury, Captain George Robinson
Waters.--On her outward bound passage, she stopped at the
island of Madeira, and the Cape of Good Hope, and made the
island of St. Paul, in the southern hemisphere.
It was in this ship that Mr. Hoar first met, and became the
messmate of, his dear and valued friends, Nelson+ and Troubridge;
with whom he had the enviable fortune of enjoying the strictest inti.
macy, and an unbroken correspondence, till the respective periods
when death deprived the country of their inestimable services-
" When Britain mourned her noblest heroes lost! "
During the three years and a half that Mr. Hoar remained in the
East Indies, he was occasionally at almost all our different sea-port
settlements, on the coasts of CoromandeJ, Bengal, and Malabar;
at Bombay, Surat, Muscat, the gulphs of Ormus, Arabia, and
Persia; as high up the Jast, as the town of Bushire, within a short
~~istance of the river Euphrates; and also at Malacca, China,
Manilla, Luconia, Borneo, and all the range of islands along
that coast.
On the 27th of June, 1777, by the desire of Lord Mulgrave,
intimated to Sir Edward Hughes, Mr. Hoar was removed from the
Seahorse to the Salisbury (still commanded by Captain G. R.
Waters) in Madras Roads. In that ship, he became the messmate

.. The remarkable circum5tances conn('ctcd with the neath of Captail:

Farmer, are related at length, in a note to our memoir of Sil' Thoma,
Troubridge, Bart. NAVAL CHRONIOLE, Vol. XX'III. page 2.
t Lord Nelson's memoirs, from memoranda fllwished by himself, will be
found in the HId Volume of tile NAVAL CHRONICLE, page 157, et Sfq.; ill
the XIVth Volume, pages 386 and 497; and, in the XVth Volume, pages
37,138, and ~'l'l. The preface to our XIVth Volume also contains re-
ferences to a multitude of anecdotes, &c. relating to his Lordship.-A me-
moir of Sir Thomas Troubridge,. a~ mentioned in tbe precl-ding note, is
&ifen, with a portrait, in Vol. XXIII. pa~e 1.
4 NAT AL DIOGIlAPHY,

of Vice.admiral George Campbell, and of the late Captain WiUram,

Clarke, of II. M. S. Victorious.
Mr. Hoar left Madras Roads, to return to England, io the
Salisbury, on the 15th of October following; arrived at the Cape
of Good Hope on the 4th of January, 1778; sailed thence on the
8th of February; reached the island of St. Helena on the 20th;
left St. Helena on the 9th of March; made the island of Ascension
on the 18th; sailed thence on the following day; and arrived at
Spithead on the 14th of May. His reception was highly gratifying;
as his kind friend, Lord Mulgrave, who thCR commanded the
COllrageux, immediately sent for, and despatched him to town,
with leiters to Lord Sandwich 1 recommending him for promotion.
He consequently passed for, and was made a lieutenant, on the
21st of the same month. On the following day, he joined the
Monarch, of 74 guns, Captain (afterwards Sir Joshua) Rowley,*
as fifth lieutenant, at Spithead.
Whilst belonging to the Monarch, I.lieutcnant Hoar introduced
the life. buoy into the service. An experiment, much to the satis-
faction of Captain RowJey, his officers, and people, was tirst made
of its utility, at the anchorage at Spithead; and it 5000 afterwards
became general in Admiral Keppel's fleet.
On the 27th of July, in this year (as already stated in onr me.
moir of Sir Joshua Rowley) the Monarch led the van division, in
the unsatisfactory encounter with the French squadron, under the
Comte d'Orvilliers, off Ushant, and had two men killed, and nine
wounded.t
In the month of December following, Commodore Rowley
hoisted his broad pendant on board H. M. S. Suffolk (commanded
by Captain Sir H. C. Christian :j:) taking J~ieuteDant Hoar, and
some other officers, with him, from the Monarch. On the 25th he

• A memoir of the ~ervic€s of this officer is gIven at page 89 of our XXIVtI.

Volume; and a memoir and portrait of his father, Sil' Will. Rowley, K. B.
will be found in our XX lId Vtllume, page 441.
+ Vide NAVAL CHRONICLE, Vul. XXIV. page 94. For the particulars of
the action, see also ti,e memoir of AdlIural Lord Keppel, Vol. VII. page
~96, et seq.
t A memoir and portrait of Sir H. C. Christian are given in the XXIst
Volume ofth8 NAVAl. CHRONICLE, page 171.
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The AUTHOR’S Address to all in general.
Now gentle readers, I have let you ken,
My very thoughts, from heart and pen,
’Tis needless now for to conten,
Or yet controule,
For there’s not a word o’t I can men’,
So ye must thole.
For on both sides, some were not good,
I saw them murd’ring in cold blood,
Not th’ gentlemen, but wild and rude,
The baser sort,
Who to the wounded had no mood,
But murd’ring sport.
Ev’n both at Preston and Falkirk,
That fatal night ere it grew mirk,
Piercing the wounded with their durk,
Caus’d many cry,
Such pity’s shown from Savage and Turk,
As peace to die.
A woe be to such a hot zeal,
To smite the wounded on the fiel’,
It’s just they get such groats in kail,
Who do the same,
It only teaches cruelty’s real,
To them again.
I’ve seen the men call’d Highland Rogues,
With Lowland men, make shange a brogs,
Sup kail and brose, and fling the cogs
Out at the door,
Take cocks, hens, sheep and hogs,
And pay nought for.
I see’d a Highlander, ’twas right drole,
With a string of puddings, hung on a pole,
Whip’d o’er his shoulder, skipp’d like a fole,
Caus’d Maggy bann,
Lap o’er the midden and midden hole
Lap o er the midden and midden-hole,
And aff he ran.
When check’d for this, they’d often tell ye,
Indeed her nainsel’s a tume belly.
You’ll no gi’et wanting bought, nor sell me,
Hersel will haet,
Go tell King Shorge, and Shordy’s Willie,
I’ll hae a meat.
I see’d the soldiers at Linton-brig,
Because the man was not a Whig,
Of meat and drink, leave not a skig
Within his door,
They burnt his very hat and wig,
And thumpt him sore.
And thro’ the Highlands they were so rude,
As leave them neither clothes nor food,
Then burnt their houses to conclude,
’Twas tit for tat,
How can her nainsel’ ere be good,
To think on that.
And after all, O shame and grief,
To use some worse than murd’ring thief,
Their very gentlemen and chief,
Unhumanly,
Like Popish tortures, I belief,
Such cruelty.
Ev’n what was act on open stage,
At Carlisle in the hottest rage,
When mercy was clapt in a cage,
And pity dead,
Such cru’lty approv’d by every age,
I shook my head.
So many to curse, so few to pray,
And some aloud huzza did cry,
They curs’d the Rebel Scots that day,
 As they’d been nout
Brought up for slaughter, as that way
Too many rowt.
Therefore, Alas! dear countrymen,
O never do the like again,
To thirst for vengeance, never ben
Your guns nor pa’
But with th’ English, e’en borrow and len,
Let anger fa’.
Their boasts and bullyings, not worth a louse,
As our king’s the best about the house,
’Tis ay good to be sober and douce,
To live in peace,
For many I see, for being o’er crouse,
Gets broken face.
 JOHN HIGHLANDMAN’S

R E M A R K S O N G L A S G O W.
 [The following is what may be termed a ‘Chap-book Version’ of John Highlandman’s
Remarks on Glasgow. It is taken from a chap-book published anonymously in Glasgow in
1823. In no material respect does it differ from the other copies still to be found. M‘Vean
was the first to attribute the verses to Graham. The assumption has generally been that in
point of time this is one Graham’s earliest productions, after his History of the Rebellion,
and it is certainly the most popular of his metrical pieces. It furnishes an interesting
description of Glasgow about the middle of last century.]
JOHN HIGHLANDMAN’S REMARKS ON GLASGOW.
Her nainsel into Glasgow went,
An errand there to see’t,
And she never saw a bonnier town
Standing on her feet.
For a’ the houses that be tere
Was theekit wi’ blue stane,
And a stane ladder to gang up,
No fa’ to break her banes.
I gang upon a stany road,
A street they do him ca’,
And when me seek the chapman’s house,
His name be on the wa’.
I gang to buy a snish tamback,
And standing at the corse,
And tere I see a dead man,
Was riding on his horse.
And O! he be a poor man,
And no hae muny claes,
Te brogues be worn aff his feet,
And me see a’ his taes.[43]
Te horse had up his muckle fit
For to gie me a shap,
And gaping wi’ his great mouth
To grip me by the tap.
He had a staff into his hand,
To fight me an’ he coud,
But hersel be rin awa frae him,
His horse be unco proud.
But I be rin around about,
And stand about the guard,[44]
Where I see the deil chap the hours,
Tan me grew unco feared.[45]
Ohon! Ohon! her nainsel said,
 And whare will me go rin?
For yonder be the black man
That bums the fouk for sin.
I’ll no pe stay nae langer tere,
But fast me rin awa,
And see the man thrawin te rapes
Aside te Broomielaw.[46]
An’ O she pe a lang tedder,
I spier’t what they’ll do wi’t,
He said to hang the Highlandmen
For stealing o’ their meat.
Hout, hersel’s an honest shentleman,
I never yet did steal,
But when I meet a muckle purse,
I like it unco weel.
Tan fare ye weel ye saucy fellow,
I fain your skin wad pay;
I cam to your toun the morn but,
An’ I’ll gang out yesterday.
Fan I gang to my quarter-house,
The door was unco braw,
For here they had a cow’s husband,
Was pricked on the wa’.[47]
O tere me got a shapin ale,
An’ ten me got a supper,
A filthy choud o’ chappit meat
Boiled amang a butter.
It was a filthy dirt o’ beef,
His banes was like te horn,
She was a calf wanting the skin,
Before that she was born.
I gang awa into the kirk
To hear a Lawland preach,
And mony a bonny sang they sing,
And mony a bonny sang they sing,
Tere books they did them teach.
And tere I saw a bonny mattam,
Wi’ feathers on her waim,
I wonder an’ she be gaun to flee,
Or what be in her myn.[48]
Another mattams follow her,
Wha’s arse was round like cogs!
And clitter clatter cries her feet—
She had on iron brogues.[49]
And tere I saw another mattam
Into a tarry seck,
And twa mans pe carry her,
Wi’ rapes about hims neck.
She pe sae fou o’ vanity,
As no gang on the grun,
But twa poor mans pe carry her
In a barrow covert aboon.[50]
Some had a fish-tail to their mouth,[51]
And some pe had a ponnet,
But my Janet and Donald’s wife
Wad rather hae a bannock.
THE TURNIMSPIKE.
 [The Turnimspike has had more attention paid to it by literary antiquaries than any of
Graham’s other metrical productions, excepting, of course, his History of the Rebellion. It
has always been regarded as being from Graham’s pen, and Sir Walter Scott said it alone
was sufficient to entitle him to immortality. Burns admired it on account of its local humour.
The verses appeared in Herd’s Collection of 1769; and they have been here taken from the
edition of 1776.]
THE TURNIMSPIKE.
Her sel pe Highland shentleman,
Pe auld as Pothwell prig, man;
And mony alterations seen
Amang the Lawland whig, man.
Fal lal, &c.
First when her to the Lowlands came,
Nain sell was driving cows, man:
There was nae laws about hims narse,
About the breeks or trouse, man.
Fal lal, &c.
Nain sell did wear the philapeg,
The plaid prik’t on her shouder;
The gude claymore hung pe her pelt,
The pistol sharg’d wi’ pouder.
Fal lal, &c.
But for whereas these cursed preeks,
Wherewith mans narse be lockit,
O hon, that ere she saw the day!
For a’ her houghs pe prokit.
Fal lal, &c.
Every thing in the Highlands now,
Pe turn’t to alteration;
The sodger dwal at our door cheek,
And that’s te great vexation.
Fal lal, &c.
Scotland be turn’t a Ningland now,
And laws pring on the cadger:
Nain sell wad durk him for hur deeds,
But oh she fears the sodger.
Fal lal, &c.
Another law came after that,
Me never saw the like, man;
They mak a lang road on the crund,
And ca’ him turnimspike, man.
F ll l &
 Fal lal, &c.
And wow she pe a ponny road,
Like Louden corn rigs, man;
Whare twa carts may gang on her,
And no break others legs, man.
Fal lal, &c.
They sharge a penny for ilka hors,
In troth they’l be nae sheaper,
For nought but gaen upo’ the crund,
And they gie me a paper.
Fal lal, &c.
They tak the hors then pe the head,
And there they mak them stand, man.
I tell’d them that I seen the day
They had na sic command, man,
Fal lal, &c.
Nae doubts nain-sell maun draw his purs,
And pay them what him’s like, man:
I’ll see a shudgement on his store,
That filthy turnimspike, man.
Fal lal, &c.
But I’ll awa to the Highland hills,
Where nere a ane sall turn her;
And no come near your turnimspike,
Unless it pe to purn her.
Fal lal, &c.
T U G A L M ‘ TA G G E R .
 [This piece sometimes appears in old chap-books under the heading of Dugald M‘Taggart,
no doubt the proper name of the hero, but it is one that scarcely fits the rhyme. The
reading here used is sustained by usage, and has the further advantage of being—shall we
say?—more euphonious. M‘Vean attributes the song to Graham. It was probably composed
about the year 1772, on the occasion of the passing of the first Sequestration Act, 12 Geo.
III., c. 72. The following is reprinted from an old broadside version long popular in Glasgow.
The air is given as—‘The Hills of Glendoo.’]
TUGAL M‘TAGGER.
Would you’ll know me, my name it is Tugal M‘Tagger,
She’ll brought hersel’ down frae the braes o’ Lochaber,
To learn her nainsel’ to be praw haberdabber,
Or fine linen-draber, the tane or the twa.
She’ll being a stranger, she’ll look very shy-like:
She’s no weel acquaint wi’ your laigh kintra dialect;
But hoogh! never heed, she’s got plenty o’ Gaelic—
She comes frae ta house at the fit o’ Glendoo.
[But her kilt she’ll exchange for ta praw tandy trowser,
An’ she’ll learn to ta lady to scrap an’ to pow, sir,
An’ say to ta shentlemans—How did you’ll do, sir?
An’ ten she’ll forget her poor friens at Glendoo.
An’ when she’ll pe spoket the laigh kintra jabber,
She’ll gi’e hersel’ out for ta Laird o’ Lochaber,
Shust come for amusements to turn haberdabber,
For tat will pe prawer tan herding ta cow.][52]
She’ll got a big shop, an’ she’ll turn’d a big dealer;
She was caution hersel’, for they’ll no sought no bailer,
But Tugal M‘Tagger hersel’ mak’s a failure—
They’ll call her a bankrumpt, a trade she’ll not know.
They’ll called a great meeting, she’ll look very quate now,
She’ll fain win awa’, but they’ll tell her to wait now;
They’ll spoket a lang time, ’pout a great estate now:
She’ll thocht that they’ll thocht her the laird o’ Glendoo.
They’ll wrote a long while about a trust deeder,
She’ll no write a word, for hersel’ couldna read her,
They’ll sought compongzition, hoogh, hoogh, never heed her—
There’s no sic a word ’mang the hills o’ Glendoo.
But had she her durk, hersel’ would devour them,
They’ll put her in jail when she’ll stood there before them;
But faith she’ll got out on a hashimanorum,[53]
And now she’s as free as the win’s on Glendoo.
HAD AWA FRAE ME, DONALD.
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