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of capitulation with the Duke of Richmond. The prisoners, amounting to about four hundred, were confined in different gaols in England, and the Duke returned to London. Charles proceeded by the way of Dumfries to Glasgow, from which last city he exacted severe contributions, on account of its attachment to government. Having continued several days at Glasgow, he advanced towards Stirling, and was joined by some forces which had been as- sembled in his absence by Lords Lewis Gordon and John Drummond, brothers to the Dukes of Gordon and Perth. This last nobleman had ar- rived from France in November, with a small reinforcement of French and Irish, and a com- mission as General of these auxiliaries. He fix- ed his head quarters at Perth, where he was re- inforced by the Earl of Cromartie, and other clans, to the number of two thousand, and he was supplied with a small train of artillery. Hav- ing found means to surprise a sloop of war at Montrose, they fortified that harbour with the guns, and they had received a considerable sum of money from Spain. They likewise took pos- session of Dundee, Dumblaine, Down castle, and laid Fife under contribution. The Earl of Lou- don, who remained at Inverness, with about two thousand Highlanders, in the service of his