Pickle the spy; . oncerned observer. I hear from thosewho know them both thoroughly that the eldest hasfar higher worth, and is much more beloved by hisfriends; that he has a kind heart and a high courage ;that he feels warmly for his familys misfortunes, andthat if some day he does not retrieve them, it will notbe for want of Charless gallantry when under fire as a mereboy, at the siege of Gaeta (1734), was, indeed, greatlyadmired and generally His courage hasbeen much more foolishly denied by his enemies thantoo eagerly applauded by friends who had seen himtried by e
Pickle the spy; . oncerned observer. I hear from thosewho know them both thoroughly that the eldest hasfar higher worth, and is much more beloved by hisfriends; that he has a kind heart and a high courage ;that he feels warmly for his familys misfortunes, andthat if some day he does not retrieve them, it will notbe for want of Charless gallantry when under fire as a mereboy, at the siege of Gaeta (1734), was, indeed, greatlyadmired and generally His courage hasbeen much more foolishly denied by his enemies thantoo eagerly applauded by friends who had seen himtried by every species of danger. Aspersions have been thrown on Charless per-sonal bravery; it may be worth while to comment onthem. The story of Lord Elchos reproaching thePrince for not heading a charge of the second lineat Culloden, has unluckily been circulated by Sir 1 Voyages de Montesquieu. Bordeaux, 1894. P. 250. 2 Letters of De Brosses, as translated by Lord Stanhope, iii. 72. 3 See authorities in Ewald, i. //. :%: i^,,,,,-,./^/„/;?., 1735. CHARLESS COURAGE 19 Walter Scott. On February 9, 1S2G, Scott met SirJames Stuart Denham, father was out in theForty-live, and whose uncle was the Lord Elclio ofthat date. Lord Elclio wrote memoirs, still unpub-lished, but used by Mr. Ewald in his Life of thePrince. Elclio is a hostile witness : for twenty yearshe vainly dunned Charles for a debt of to Sir James Stuart Denham, Elclio askedCharles to lead a final charge at Culloden, retrievethe battle, or die sword in hand. The Prince rodeoff the field, Elclio calling him a damned, cowardlyItalian . No such passage occurs in Elchos diary. He saysthat, after the flight, he found Charles, in the beliefthat he had been betrayed, anxious only for his Irishofficers, and determined to go to France, not to jointhe clans at Euthven. Elclio most justly censuredhim, and resolved never to have anything more todo with him, a broken vow ! l As a matter of fa
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