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nity, or of the still greater crime of beiog -supposing
willing to receive, indirectly, praise to which I had no
just title. I thus found myself suddenly and unexpect-
edly placed in the confessional, and had only time to
recollect that I had been guided thither by a most
friendly hand, and could not, perhaps, :find aibetter
public opportunity to lay down a disguise, which began
to resemble that of a detected masquerader. I had
therefore the task of avowing myself to the numerous
and respectable company assembled, as the solesand un-
aided author of these novels of Waverley, the paternity
of which was likely at one time to have forested a con•
troversy of-some celebrity. I now think it-further ne-
cessary to s y, that•while I take on myself all the.me.
sits and chmerits attending these • compositions, I am
bound to acknowledge, with gratitude, hints of subjects
and legends which I have received fr( m various quar-
ters, and have occasionally used as a foundation of my
fictitious compositions, or woven up with them in the
shape of episodes. I am bound, in particular, to ac-
knowledge the unremitting kindness of Mr. Joseph
Train, supervisor of excise at Dumfries, to whose un-
wearied industry [have been indebted for many curious
traditions, and points of antiquarian interest. It was Mr..
Train who recalled to my recollection the history of
Old Mortality, although I myself had a personal in-.
terview with that celebrated wanderer, so far back as
about 1792, when I found him on his Usual task. He
was then engaged in repairing the gravestones of the
Covenanters who had died while imprisoned in the
castle of Dunnottar, to which many of thous were coin-
milted prisoners at the period of Argyle's-4'in ; their
place of confinement is still called the Whig's ,Vault,
Mr. Train, however, proctued -fur me, far more extensive
information concerning this singular person, whose

trite .by..nsp. fair anss
t6toisidei Mc_ poaa.-
alai personage interesting.hp.osero
rectitude of principles, ass4l4ll by *lvrea..
sense and temper, without any Of the *Moly, g,-.
talent, accomplishment,' and wit, to riled' a heroine,
of romance is supposed to have alneesriptive tight.
If the portrait was received with interest by Abe.
public. I am eoustioos how. mach it was. o.wiall
to the truth and fbree of the original sketch, which•
I regret that I ant unable to present to the pub-
lie, as it wait written with much feeling mid spit it.—
Old and odd books, and a considerable collection of
family legends, formed another quarry, so ample, that
it was much more likely that the strength of the la•
bianer should be exhausted, than that materials should
fail. 1 may mention, for example's sake, that the ter.
riblecatastrophe of (Iselin& of Lammermoor actually
occurred in a Scintish family of rank. The female re-
lative, by avhora the melancholy tale was communi-
cated to me many years since, was a near connexion of
the family in which the event happened, and always
told it with an appearance of melancholy mystery,
whidls enhanced the interest. She • had known, in
her youtb, the brother who rode before the un-
happy victim to the fatal altar, who, though
then a mere soy, and occupied almost entirely
with the gallantry of his own appearance in the
bridal procession, could not but remark that the hand
of his sister was moist, and cold as that of a statue., It
is unnecessary further to withdraw the veil from this
scene of farriily distress, nor, although it occurred more
thsn a hundred pears since, might it be altogether
agreeable
,to the representatives of the families con-
cerned in the narrative. It may be proper to say, that
e events are imitated; but I had neither the means nor
intention of copying the manner, or tracing the charac-
aerie, of the persons concerned in the real story. Indeed,l
.If may here state generally, that although 1 have deemed.l
historical personages free subject of delineations, I have
Dever on
.;ivy occasion violated the respect due so pri-1
rate life. It was indsiod, impossible that traits proper
to persons, both living...and dead, with whom I hare
had intercourse in society, should not have risen to my.
pen in such works as Waverley, and those which fol.
lowed it. But I have alwa.ys steadied to generalise the
portraits, so that they should still seem, on the whole,
the productions of fancy, though possessing some re-
semblance to real individuals. Yet I must own my
attempts have not in this last particular been uniformly
successful. There are men whose characters ate so pe-
culiarly marked, that the delineation of some leading
and principal feature inevitably places the whole pet-
son before you in his individuality. Thus, the cha-
racter of Jonathan Oldbuck, in the Antiquary, was
partly founded on that of an old friend of my youth,
to whom I am indebted for introducing me to Sbak-
speare, and .other invaluable favours; but I thought I
had so completely disguised the likeness, that it mould
not be recognised by any one now alive. I was mis.
taken, however, and indeed had endangered what I
desired should be considered as a secret ; for I after-
wards learned that a highly respectable Gentlemen,
one of the few surviving friends of my father, and an.
acute critic, had said, upon the appearance of the
work, That he was now convinced who was the Author
of it, as he recognised, in the Antiquary, traces of the
character of a very intimate ft iend of my father's family.
I may here also notice, that the sort of exchange of
gallantry, which is represented as taking place betwixt
the Baron of Bradwardine and Colonel Talbot, is a li-
teral fact. The real circumstances of the anecdote,
alike hoehurable to Whig and Tory, are these:—Alex.
ander Stewart, of Invernahyle--a name which I cannot
write, without the warmest recollections of gratitude to
the friend of my childhood, who first introduced me to
the Highlands, their traditions, and their manners—lead
been engaged actively in the troubles of 1745. As he
charged at the battle of Preston with his clan the
.Stewarts of Appine, he sew an officer of the opposite
army standing alone by a battery of four cannon, of
which he discharged three on the advancing High-
landers, and then drew his sword. Invernahyle rushed
on him, and required him to surrender. 4 Never to
rebels!' was the undaunted reply, accompanied with a
longer which the Highlander received on his target;
but instead of using his sword in cutting down his now
defenceless antagonist, he employed it in parrying the
blow of a Lochaber axe, aimed at the officer by the
Miller, one of his own followers, a grim-looking old
Highlander, whom I remember to have seen. Thus
overpowered, Lieutenatit-Colonel A len Whiteford, a
Gentleman of rank and consequence, as well as a brave
officer,.gave up his sword, and with it his purse and
.watch, which lovernahyle accepted, to save, thenrfrom
his followers. After the affair was over, Mr. Stewart
sought out his prisoner, and they were introduced to
each other by the celebrated John Roy Stewart, who
acquainted Colonel Whiteford with the quality of his
captor, and made him aware of she necessity of receiv-
ing back his property, which he was inclined to leave
in the hands into which it had fallen. So great beta
the confidence established betwixt them, that Inverse.
kyle obtained from tbe.Clevalier his freedom upon pa.
role; .and aoon afterwards. having been sent back to
the Highlands to raise men, he visited Colonel White-
ford at his own house, and spent two happy clays with
him and his Whig friends, without thioltinF, on either
side,, of. the civil ,war which was then raging. When
She bauleof Culloden Opt an end to the hope. of Charles
laternahyle, wounded and Doable' to move,
'was bornelrom the field by the faithful -seal-of his re
—6- Dates be bad been a. distigiguisbed•Jafobite,

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dentnity. I Such. is the interesting story sehlil I have rather
injured than improved, by the manner in which it It told in tra-
inee* Ibis incident, with several other circumstances illustrating
the tales in question, was communicated by me to my late It
minted friend, William Erskine (a Scottish judge, by the title.
Lord Kitiecider}, who afterwards reviewed, with far _too numb
partiality, the Tales of 'Hy Landlord, for the Quarterly Rieder of
'lottery 1811. In the -sante article are contained •Other illustra-
tions oldie novels„with which I supplied hay mcompidueof friend,
who took ,the trouble to write the review.—Tbe rear, who is
desirous of suchrinformation, will And the origloafof . eg .11erilers,
anell believe of one or two other personages of the some cast of
character, in the article referred to. I they abo'nsentiort, that the
tragic'and savage circumstances which are repeemmid as preceding
the birth of Allan Mac Aulay, IN the-Legend of Montrose, really
happened in the family of Stewart of Ardvoirloch. The wager
about the candlesticks, whose .plate was supplied by Highland
torch-bearers, was laid and watt by one of ' the Mae bones of
Keppoch. There can be bat little amusement to Winnowing oat
the few grains of truth which are coo-sniped in •this masiof employ
fiction. I inay, however. before dismissing the subject. allude to
the various localities which have been axed to some of tre signet',
introduced into these novels, by which, for example. Wolfs-Howe
is identified with Fast Castle; in Berkshire;- "Fillie;adlem with
Draphane, in Clydesdale; and the valley in the ,Monastery, called
Glendearg, with the dale of the Allan, above Lord Somerville's
villa, near Melrose. I Can. only say that, in. these„ and otti..e
stances, I had no rurpose of describing any articular -local spot;
atid the resemblance must therefore be of that ginerai kind phias
necessarily exists betwixt scenes of the same charzeter. The
irombouna,coastAlf Scotland affords upon its headlint:s and pro.
montories fifty such castles as Wolfs-Hope; every country has a
valley. more or less resembling Glendearg; and if castles like Tail.
lietadlem, or mansions like the Baron of Brailwardine's, are now
less frequently to be met witb,lt is owing to the rage of indiscrimi-
nate destruction, which has removed or ruined so Many mono-
Malt/ of antiquity, when they were not protected by.rheit inacces-
sible situation. the scraps of poetry which havEtecn hi most casts
tacked to the begintdog of cfilipten ire these novels, are sometimes
quoted either from rentlinuse friew memory. but, in tine 'general
ease are pure ibatisattoss. 'IA:Mud it too troubtmcrhe to. turn to the
collection of the Ileitish portals discover apposite motto!, and, to
the situation of the theatrical mechaniet. wh?, when the white pa.
per which represented his-shower of snow Was exhausted, conti-
nued the storm by snowing brown, I drew ott my memory as bog
as I. could, and when than failed, eked it out. with koveivioa. I
believe that, in some cases where actual names are i•lfixed to the
supposed quotations, It would lie to little parpo4e to seek thorns
in the works -of the authors referred to. And' now this feeder
may expect me, while in the confes•innal, to expiate thecnosives
why I have so long•persisted •in, disclaiming the work" of which
I Ban now writing. To this it would be difikult to give any
other reply save that of Corporal Syrit-A* It was the humour
or caprice of the time." I hope it will not be construed into in.
gratitude to the Public, to *dame iodulgeoce I hare _oweti much
more then io any merit of my own, if I conies. that I .am, and
'have been, more indifferent to success, or to failure, as an'autbor,
thus may be the case with others, who feel aloft strongly the pas-
sion for literary fame, probably ecause they are justly'eonwienk
of a better title to it. It was not until I had attained the age of
thirty years that I made any serious attempt,
.at distinguisisiog
myself as an author; and, at that period, men'shwes.dygires, and
wishes, have usually acquired something of a decisive chihcter, and
are not eagerly and easily diverted into a new When,
made the discovery (for to me it was one} that, lip.aiinuskig myself
with composition. which I Mt a delightful occupa4ion, I could also
give pleasure to others, and became aware that ,fiterary pursuits
were likely to engage io future a considerable portion of 'My time,
I felt some alarm that I might acquire Mime habits of pliklusy and
fretfulness Which have lessened, and even degraded,. thembaracier
of the children of .imagination, and rtatdgred them*. hy petty
squibbles and mutual irritability, the laughing stoA ,of the people
of the world. - I resolved, therefore, in this respect, to turd my
breast (perhaps an unfriendly critic may add, my brow)Niith triple
brass, and as much as possible to avoid resting My' thoughts and
wishes upon literary success, lest I should endanger my own ream
of mind and tranquillity, by literary failure. It would.grgue either
stupid apathy or ridiculous affectation to say thatj hay.e been in-
sensible to the public applause, when I have been honouked with its
testimonies; and still more highly do I prise the invaliable ft lend-
ships which some temporary popularity has enabled ate to forth
among those most distinguished bytalents and geoius,and which! ven-
tuse to hope now rest upon a basis more firm than the circumstances
which gave-rise to them. Ye t, feeling all these advantages, as a rum
ought to do, and must do, I Tarsal, with truth and confidence, that
I have tasted of the intoxicating cup with moderation, and that I
have otter, Whet In conversation or correspondence, encouraged
discussions respecting my own literary pursuits. On the contrary, I
have usually foetid such topics, even when introduced front motives
most flattering ty Myself, rather embarrassing and disagreeable. I
have now frankly cold my moults for concealment, so far as I
am
cooselons W havloganyouni thepu hilt will forgive the egotism of the
detail. as what is neceitearily connected with it. The author, so long
andloodly called for, has appeared-on the stage Land made his °beds.
to the audience. Thus far his condtict is a mark.of respect. To
Mager In their presence would be intrusion. I have only to repeat,
that I avow mytelf irrpriut, as formers; in *phis, the. sole and
.assisted author of all the Novels published's, the composition Cr
the " Author of Wavetley." . I do chi' akhout shame, for I
am unconscious that.there Many thlttg.in Melt composition which
deserves reproach, either math/ score of religion or morality ; and
without any feeling`of einiffitlon, because, whatever may have
been their temporary McCain, Lens 1411 aware hew much then re-
putation depends upon the caprice of fashion ; sod I have already
Mentioned the precarious tentilieby which it is held, as a reasels
lerslisplayhi no great avidity in gyaspinght the possession. ougtft
M mention, before concluding, that twenty persons at least well,
either front intimacy or from the retteideoce which circumstances
/wader necessary,"perticipant of i9fs eseret ; and as there seas no
letteect, to my knowledge, (deny rem of tile number bredu, g the
confidence required front them,. I em. the more obligsd to them,
because the slight and -trivial character of the mystery wa. not qua-
iled to inspire much respect to those mistrusted with it. As for
the work whichlollbsiri, it was meditated, and in part printed,
keg before the avowal orthe novels took place, and engatally cons-
ced with a declaration that it was neither to havtintroduction
Mar preface of any kind. •This long proem, prefixed to a. wort in.
Minded nut to have any;may, however, seise to theve'liow human
purposes, in the most trifling as Well as the roost 110 in-unit affairs,
eh liable to be controlled by the course of events. 'rhos, we begets
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to cross a strong river.' -
the point of the opposite
gradually giving way to
braitch or bush, to extricate

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le shore, ou which we purpose co Jai d ; but,
ro the tomtit, Art glad, by the aiintethara of
tricate owraehtes at segue again 'and•petikops
cc, much farther doirisidse shwas gum abst
d oar totemioos. Hoping that ih courteous
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CORFU. Ocs, s.
of 22 days has been concluded betoken
as 4 the Greek Goverment, aro Araranteed
brae-Commanders of the French and English squa-
votwassialng off Navarin. Two Russian brigs ate the
,bnli'vessela of that nation now before this port. It is
said that they have on board the. Russian Councillor
Alascary, by birth a:Greek. who rwars in quality of
dipldatatic agent of the Simian fleet. An English
totter has brought to the Lord High Commissioner
• dispatches from Admiral • Codtington, on receipt of
• which a corder was immediately dispatched for Loa-
They are probably relative to the armistice.—
•Garette of Augsburg.

VIENNA, OCT. is.
-• The news from Constantinople, in the Aestriato 01-
server, add, to what we have already reported, that the
Yiaja Bey (Minister of the Interior) has received the
Patriarch with all the marks of considetation due to
sopetior authority. Here follows the answer pet into
the mouth of the Minister t— " That a party among the
people has rendered itself highly culpable towards the
Porte; that the blo3d of women, children, and old
people slaughtered, cries for vengeance against the re-
volted—but that at all times the przsliciple,of the Sub-
'lime Porte has been to pardon rebel subjects when they
repent and submit—that even on this occasion the Porte,
faithful to its principles, sees with pleasure trie return
of the wayward Greeks, and would throw,over the past
the veil of indulgence and oblivion. In order to dis-
play this indulgence in its fullest light, and in the hope
of encouraging the rest of the rebels to a step which an
ill-foonded fear or the seductions of the ill-intentioned
might alone hinder them from taking, orders shall be
immediately given to set at liboity all the Bishops de-
tained as hostages."

FROM THE CINSTITOTIONMe ea. 27.
BUBHAKIZST, Oer. a. • .
There has arrived here a Russian istafette, who was
detained.a few hours at the Consul's office, and then
coitinued his ,route for Constantinople. According to
our intelligence from Jarsy. where there are frequent
communications With the Russian frontiers, the army
of the south is concentrated upon,* superficies of 50
square miles, and divided into three corps: This army,
commanded in chief by General• Wittgenstein ii com-
posed of 74,000 infantry, 12 regiments of cavalry (4 of,
dragoons, 4 of hussars, 2 of ehasseurs, and 2 of hulans),l
and 6 pulks of Cossacks, forming .a total of 84,000
men. General Sabaniew, who commands the right,
wing, has his head quarters at Betsy; General Kreny,
who commands the left, at Labussna ; and the General
in Chief at Kischenew. The corps of General Sabaniew
is in communication a ith the left wing of the army of
Count Sacker. by a chain of posts, which may be called
hive idegraphs. This wing is under the orders of Ge
•neral Rub, and the army of Count Sicken amounts to
25,000 Men, posted ex rcAriloss as far as Muliiluvr,
where General Sicken has his head quarters.
BARCELONA, OCT. 17.
Or the ISth instant Ballester was beaten at Santa
Colon* de Fames by _Colonel Bass, who had marched
•ut from Gerona on the 10th at the head of his regi-
ment, as soon as the rebels rai•eil the siege of the place.
Ballester had SO men killed and several wounded ; he
'alsu lost some prisoners, a few horses, several mules,
two charge. ilf munitions, and a little field-piece; his
hat and uniform have also fallen into the hands of the

"conquerors.
The tampers Duke de Be's*, Bosoms, the first Who
raised-the standard of rebellion in Upper Catalonia.
finding himself shut in, in the defiles of Rippol and
• •Camperdon, decided to send back a part of his poi*.
The Officers compromised entered France by Pats de
Molio: the peasants entered with them: himself with
SOO soldiers, determined to do everything and under-
take everything, has effected his retreat or' flight by the
valley of Ribes and the hill of Tosco; he had to traverse
the Spanish Cerdagne and La S •gra, and to repair to
La Conque de Tremp, his natal country, where he hopes
Isehave the means of maintaining himself. Continual
lilies, and the overflow of the rivers, will have, without
.doubt, detained the Count d'Epagrie in his march and
operations; but for this, we count upon hearing of the
entire dispersion of the rebels, upon their submission.
EROM THE GAZIITTR DR TRANCE, DATED OCT. 28.
PARIS, Om -27.
Letters from Toulouse, dated the 22d of October, say,
that since the entrance of the Count d'Espagne into
(krona, which took place on the 4th of this month, the
communications with Barcelona and the Seu d'Urgel
,a r perfectly free.
The rebel chief Casten, who has made his submission,
bar received orders from the Governor of Figueiras to
attack the Insurgents himself. Oa the 17th he com-
menced hostilities against them, and took some prisoners
The Pltere says, 44 Our merchants will learn with
pleasure that the Government seems resolved to put a
stop to the depredations of the pit ates,.and to finish with
Algiers. We hear that the squadrons ate to be rein-
forced, in order more effectually to protect the mer-
chantmen that navigate those seas. I. is also stated,
that the Marshal Doke of it—. is 'appointed Com-
.mander-,itt-Chief of the troops thprwill be landed at
Algiers, the number of which is said to be 10,000 men.
Our merchants will recognize in theor measures the
paternal solicitu4c of the Seveteignt