There is not a battle fought between the troops of the Prince and of the government, during the years 1745-46, of which he is not able to give an account.

It is true, I have taken particular pains to fix the events of this important period upon his memory by frequent repetition.
"No, my dear," said Maxwell, in answer to young Frank Itatcliff,--"No, my dear, I cannot tell you the exact particulars of the engagement, but its consequences appear from the following letter, despatched by Garbonete Von Enlen, daughter of our journalist, to a relation in England, from whom she implored assistance.

After some general account of the purpose of the voyage, and of the engagement, her narrative proceeds thus:-- "The noise of the cannon had hardly ceased, before the sounds of a language to me but half known, and the confusion on board our vessel, informed me that the captors had boarded us and taken possession of our vessel.

I went on deck, where the first spectacle that met my eyes was a young man, mate of our vessel, who, though disfigured and covered with blood, was loaded with irons, and whom they were forcing over the side of the vessel into a boat.

The two principal persons among our enemies appeared to be a man of a tall, thin figure, with a high-crowned hat and long neck band, and short-cropped head of hair, accompanied by a bluff, open-looking elderly man in a naval uniform.