Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-09-20
0be e1tee aItce.
ENGLISH PANICS.
BURLINGTOs:
FRIDAY MORNING, SEPT IS. lsol.

ONES t0t-and large communities have he
- M dcmOralized by panic, contlins tn
fllUwing:
Tic English pres, with scarce an txctp
ti0n, FMS in the recent pane at Bull Rur
ult merely theme Tor the bitterest taunts
0ut tie completion f the proof that a. ;he
bubble oi democracy las burst, az IL a
drawn aattle, or if yea please an ignominious
/ At, Suffered by al army ol raw volunteers
.t the commencement OF a war. proved any
ching one way or another, IN reference 10
he cmpardtiya stability ot different form.
81. e4v-rnmcut. What bubblo burst when
Ca4rles Edward, on the 25th Of July, l745.
larded from " little bark II eighteen
guns FURNISHED by private gentleman IN
'rrauc'j n tic western coast Of Scotland,
FOR the conquest Of Great Britain, and the
overthrow OF the House OF Brunswick? At
Sle head Of handful Of clansmcn, Of whom
bali were armed with scythes and 5ludgeons,
the youthful adyenturer marched upon the
anci-n capital Of Sc0tlaud-an object. one
would have thought, 70 England, IN the
middle of the last century, not 50 much Of
tear as Of pity. \ monarchy consolidated
by ages, whose virago queen two centuries
before had brought the royal beauty Of Scot
Nlaltf
Marlborough, in the preceding generation,
had humbled the pride Of Louis XIV. in the
]ust-quailed before an unbreeched rabble
II two thousand men from the highlanis.-
Panic fear marched IN their van the Ioval
army blundered up to the North, while the
pretender Was hurrying Southwark: the
gates OF Edinburgh flew open. and on the
18th of September, just three weeks after his
ia hon. 8
on tie throne Of his ancestors in HolvroJd
House. That two thousand men, wrote
the Marquis Of TWeedale from Whitehall 10
Lord Milton, who had escaped from E1In-
burCh, " aud these tie scum Of two or three
highland gentlemen. the CamcrJns, aud d
few tribes Of the Aacdonalds, should be able
81 50 short a time to make themselves mas
ters Of Edinburgh. is an event which, had
~ MT happened, | should never have be-
lieyCd possible '' The ldnic,' saws an
other letter, " wrought 80 powerfully on
some, and ,r0-sc arguments on others, that
the town Is now in the hands Of the rebels. 4"
" hat bubble burst, when the forces of the
PIetcndcr, few day> later, met tho royal
army at Preston the number about equal,
hut the iIighlsnders without artillery or cav
aigy, while tie K0valists were provided with
totn-tTooTs that had triumphed under
George IL. at DettinGen two years before,
and had suffered defeat scarcely less Clo-
Tious than a triumph in the Spring of this
veal, At the memorable battle Of tontcnoY
At four in tie morning the young Pretender
ro0sei himself from his pillow OF pease straw
beneath the open canopy OF heaven and the
light began. and I'm less than five minutes,
SAYS the Chcyalier De Johnstonc, who was
in the battle, I'VE obtained complete VIC
tory, with a terrible carnage on the part OF
the enemy. twas gained with such rapids
ity, that IN the second line, where | still
was by the side ot the Prince, we saw Bo
other enemy en- the field Of battle than those
Hho were lyin. On the ground, killed and
wounded, though We were not more than
fifty PAGES behind our first line, running al
-Savs as fast as we could TO oYertake tncm,
Ind near enough never 10 lose sight OF them.
Not Z layonct was wet, nor IS II in one bat
lie out Of "a hundred. ArtilIerymen and
drsE fed at the approach Of the High
l2IcLrs, who threw away their guns-those
.rhC bad guns-and with terrific screams
T15aed on with the claymOre. "All rene
d.es, - says Rolt, royalist, in every shape
were ,xeTted by General Cope and has broth
u Ulcers, amOrg whom Was the Earl of Lou
don, afterwards cUmmanGer-in-chief in this
CoUnN) Il regulate TIE disorder, but IN
yam. NeitLc. the example nor the entrelty
Of .ac Oihce9s could animate the dd-taTdly
dragons to return to the charge; the other
S9Jy II Dragons Joined IN toe flight, they
opprobriOusiy fed without WELDING their
swords, through tie town O. Preston \
portion ut the Ialantry made a m0mcntary
resistance under the brave Col. Gardiner,
who, after the flight of the dragoous, dis.
mounted and placed himself at the head of
the foot, "whore he glo!iouslY rerished. -
Like the noble Lyon, the other day, in Mis-
souri, seeing a detachment of infantry fight
ing without a leader, be exclaimed, "These
trave fellows will be cut to pieces Tor want
If commander placed himself ia their
front, cheered them On, and wac soon cut in
TWO with a Highland scythe. Not above
40 OF the Royal infantry escaped, all the
rest being killed or taken prisOners-twen-
~ captains, twenty-four lieutenants, twenty
nine ensigus, with all the train Of artillery,
baggage, tents, colors, and military chest,
containing 5000, valuable acquisition
for the Pretcuder, who as he had only two
captains and thirty men killed, and eghty-
three wounded, made a triumphal entry in,
- Edinburgh, carrying all the wounded
prisoners, with the colors and baggage, in
procession through the city, guarded by the
Highlanders, and attended by all the bag
pipes Of the rebel army, playing their favor
itc air, " m King shall cajog his o,cn
aga
As for Sir John Cope, the commAndcr>In-
chief, who had fought at DettinGen and Fon-
tenoy, he ccntrived, with the aid Of white
rose on his breast, which was the Pretend
er'5 badge, TO Slip through the Highland
clans with few dragons, ard escaping 70
Edinburgh, dashed through the streets OF
the city at foll galop. They were refused
admission as pack Of towards, into the cas-
tie, by the stoct governor, who held II for
KING George, and "sezed with fresh panic
went OF again, says Lord Stanhopc, " at
full speed towards Collstream. Even there
they did not feel secure. but after Il nights
rest sought shelter behind the ramparts Of
Berwick. There they arrived IN the most
disgracciui disorder, and Sir John Cope was
received by his brother officer, Lord Mark
Kerr, with the sarcastic compliment, that
he believed be WAS the first general On record
who had carried the tidings Of has own de-
feat"
The three generals who commanded the
Royal forces, while England lay under the par
alyzing influence Of a six months panic, were
Sir John Cope, Field Marshal Wade, and
General IIaw.ey. Their respective shares,
10 the military operations, were commemor-
ated by the wits Of the day, (Gfter The danger
tcos pcsN in the following couplet
"Cope could not cope, nor Wade wade through
the snow,
Nor Hawley haul his cannon to the foe
What bubble bnrst'' ghen Charles Ed
Vi rd, flushed with success, his little force
now swelled TO seven thousand, invaded Eng
land, oesieged aud reduced Carlisle. baflled
tie.d Marshal y adc and reached Derby on
Is way 20 London at certainly appears
70 ne, Gays Lori Stanhope in hls interest
ing monograph on tho Forty FIVE "that
the Prince and his soldiers were right in
their reluotIuce to Ietres,. aud that, had
they pursued thcir Progress. they
would in all probability have sue
ceeded in their object. \ loyal
writer" (Fie;ding the great nOvelist) l." VINO
was in London at the time. declares, that
when the Highlanaers by most incredible