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armie; but they not coming we marched within 4 days, not overtaiking the armie till they wer in braemar which was six and fortie myls, we going from St Janston in the afternone, marching in all haist to couper of Angus, being ordred by the generall to march be aberdine, and thence to joyn the armie, it being the safest way for a smal partie; but Cornat Livistone who comanded the reir gaurd, and Capten Durie who was ane Ingyneir, finding a neirer way, presed a guyd and marched throw the water of Tyla, and marched verie hard till we cam neir glenbog, wher we went to refrech our hors; but the hillan men knowing of our being yr fiyred neir 20 shot on us; but being in the night tym did us litell harm; Cornet Livistone caling for the gyde askt him if he knew ye way, but he told if it wer day he wold know it; So being mounted [all] on hors back till it was neir day, being ready to atend the enemys motione; So in the dauning we marched up through the bog ower Kernwel mont, wher we cam in sight of our campe, and when we came into the campe we drew up before the generals tent, the generall asking Cornet Liviston, and captan durie, why they did not obey his order in marching be aberdine; but they told him that they found a neirer way, so he told that give [gif] he had lost anie of his men by coming yt way it wold a bein worse wt him; so he ordred each man to goe to his oune standard; and imediatlie they decamped and marched 18 myls in tourds the midell of braemar, wher being sad straitned for provisone, and som of us went out to Looke for Cous or yeous, wher fynding thrie or four cous and fyring at ym, on of M'Caies regment shot one of Argyls regment; the nixt day we marched untill we cam to Collinakyll on the water of Spey, wher Sir thoms Livistons was wt his regment of dragoons, Angus, and grants of ffott, and ther we camped 2 days; and then marched to badinoch till we cam to rivan of badinoch, and camped yr a night; and yn marched to Clounie M'fercens; And in marching yr our Cornets man his carabin went of and shot him in at the okstar, and out at the tope of the sholder, who died within thrie days; nixt night to the head of Lochaber, wher in marching the enemey cam doun a mont expecting till a had som of our bagage, but was beat back with our rire guard, losing yr highland plyds wt what bagage they had; so we camped in a holow on Labor water, and the highland men cam to the brink and fyred neir a hundred shot in on the campe, which med a grait alairm, the wholl camp standing at yr arms all night; the nixt day on our march 2 hundred of ym ingaged our wan gard but was bet; major M'Caies

company ingaging first wt ym, and ther was tuelv of ym kiled, and som taiken prisonars; yt night we cam to Kepochs Land; the nixt to Inderlockie, wher major fferguson wt the detachment, and tuentie one hundred men was, that had bein sent to Mull and Jura, and som of the westren Isls, to supres the hilland men in the hinder end of apryll, and captan polenger wt other four men of war had come to Inderlochy, and landing major fferguson and his men at Lochhels hous, where they intrenched themselvs till generall M'Caie and his armie cam up, and then joyned our armie, wher we camped neir a 20 days, being sore straitned for provisone by the resone we expected the ships wold [arrive], and furnised us; houever stayed there till such tym as the trinch was mad up caled ffort William, and tuell hundred men Left in it, Cornall hill, Governor: And about the midell of July the generall wt the rest of his armie returned back, marching 5 myls up the water of Lochy, pasing the water nire. the korn mils wher som of the ffot was drouned; marching the nixt which was about the 19d of July doun glen ley till such tym as that we cam to the head of the water of roy, ca[m]ping in a glen al night; nixt day marching down the water of Roy till we cam to badinoch, and camped in a waley called blarie belonging to Macintosh; and on the morow ye generall with [a] detachment of thrie hundred hors and dragons marched to rivan of Badinoch, myself being one of ym, wher ye generall placed a garison of grants men, we returning to the camp of blairie yt night; nixt day marched to Lochgarie, nixt days march to blair in atholl Cassel, nixt days march to Litel dunkell; and yt night yr was a detachment of ten out of everie on of six troups, with 30 dragons comanded doun the water of tey, to som gentell mens houses yt was in rebelion, Captan Dill who was our generall adjacitnt Comander of ye parte; but found non of ym only geting some hors and nolt, taking ym along to St Janston wher ye armie had marched, wher we camped 3 days; nixt marching to black forde; nixt days march be Stirling and Sant ringans, till we cam to dunepece parks; nixt day being ye beg[in]ing of agust marched to Bathgat, wher our troup Lay 2 days; And then we were quartred in Lenrick shyr, in munkland, and St Lourane parich till the 16 day of Agust, which day yr was detacht myself of our troupe ordred back to West Cader, wher Captan comanded that partie was

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Lord newbotels 10 of polwarts, and marched be pentlan hills, Linton toun and pibels, and ouer minch more, and then doun the water of

yearou till we cam to new work upon yearou; and in the dauning cam to Selcrik, wher we took on thomas berie yt was one of ye cabalars; and yt day marched to Jedart, the morow we cam to Capt benats hous, and I was on of a partie of six hors comanded into the fot of Chiviches hills to one Sandie burns hous on ye water of bomont wher we stayed 2 days; and then we cam doun ye water till we cam to yelim toun, wher we met wt Captan benat; and yn cam doun the water of Kyll, till we com to Cliftons land ouer against morbitel, and within 2 days we marched to Kelso, and returned back to our quarters yt night; and the morow being the 23d of augist we marched to Jedbruch wt thoms berrie prisonar, and to morow returned to our quarters at Clifton and stayed till the last of Agust; and yt day the captan of ye wholl party marched all night be N[ew]ark, and yn touards Carlyll, wher we took the Laird of Dinkbyers and his son and Arthur foster and several others, whyll we wer in that contrey: the 2 day Septr we marched back be inverla mont and cam to Jedert with ye prisonars; And on the 3d returned to our old quarters neir captan benats hous wher we stayed till ye fift day; and then marched to Kelso, and ye 6 day to dalkith, and the 7 day we cam in to eder to guard the Comisonars, staying yr till ye parliment was ajurned; and yn the partie went over the water, marching to St Janston wher ye troup was, I staying at eder untill my hors recovred that fell unwel; and yn marched to Lith the 21 day October, and went ouer the water landing at Kingorn, and yt night went to an english mans hous neir markins; the nixt day went to perth wher the troup was, staying yr till the forth of nover. being the Kings birth day; and that night tuo of our men caled James Kirshin, and Walter Montgomerie, and I, faling in a clamper with som Dutchmen, the Captan of the gard coming comanding to silens, And we resisting him, not knowing him to be captan of the guard, and throwing him in the dirt, and disarming a serjan, then the wholl guard coming and disarming us, and puting us in prison under the hands of the provo; and then we being examined, and I being found the man gulty in abusing the captan, then the provo being ordred to put the ffetters on me, and so to continue untill a Counsel of war wold be holden on me; but our troup geting orders to march to Kilmarnock to ther winter quarters, Lifftenan dromond with severall other oficars, Interceding with Captan Mora who was Comidant, that I shold be set at fridom to march with the troupe and not a counsell of war helde, which throw ther moioun being granted, and the morow being the 6 day

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nover 1690 the troupe marched to Ochtriarder, the nixt night to Stirling, the nixt night to glasgow wher we stayed tuo nights, and then cam to Kilmarnock being the 10 day of nover 1690, and stayed ther till the troup of hors and then

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(Transcript, while being read, compared with the original MS. by LAURENCE HILL, Esq.)

NO. V.

REMINISCENCES OF THE GLASGOW CUSTOM-HOUSE, TRADE OF CLYDE, STEAMERS, &c.:

BY

ANDREW SCOTT, Esq.,

LATE OF H.M. CUSTOMS, GLASGOW.

[Read at a Meeting of the Society held at Glasgow on 7th February, 1859.]

THE earliest notice which I can trace regarding the Glasgow Customhouse, is the report of Mr. Thomas Tucker, who was commissioned by Cromwell, in 1656, to introduce order into the Customs in Scotland; from which we learn that duties were in these days imposed equally on exported and imported goods, and that the revenue from Customs duties in Glasgow then amounted to £554.

We also find, from the same report, that no larger vessel could come up to the Broomielaw than those carrying from three to six

tons.

This amount of revenue, taken in connection with the very limited capacity of the vessels which could then come to Glasgow, seems unaccountable, when we consider that the Customs duties are, or were, for a long time past, confined to goods imported and exported. Still, at the carly period alluded to, when the excise department was in its infancy (being first established by the Long Parliament in 1643), I conclude that the Customs had charge of the collection of revenue on goods brought into the town by land carriage; besides, the revenue referred to could not possibly be applicable to either Port-Glasgow or Greenock, as the ground for laying out the former town and harbour was not feued till 1662, nor the quay at Greenock begun till 1707.

The fact of the establishment of a Custom-house at Glasgow prior to 1724 is undoubted (although the date of commencement is unknown), there being still an order extant, dated 5th September of that year, appointing a Mr. Blair collector there in room of a Mr.

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