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different plaees. Charles having ordered his for- ces to assemble, proposed marehing to Aberdeen, to attaet the Duke of Cumberland; but in con- sequenee of a remonstranee from the elans, who declined leaving their families at the mercy of     the King's garrison in Fort William, he resolved previously to reduee the fortress. The siege was aecordingly undertaken by Brigadier Stap- leton, an engineer in the Freneh service; but the place was so bravely defended by Captain Seot, that in the beginning of April it was thought pro- per to relinquish the enterprise. In the beginning of April, 1746, the Duke of     Cumberland began his mareh from Aberdeen, and on the 12th passed the river Spey, without any opposition from the rebels, though a considerable body of them made their appearanee on the other side. His Royal Higliness then proceeded to     Nairn, where he reecived intelligenee that the enemy had advanced from Inverness to Culloden, about the distanee of nine miles from the royal army, with intention of making an attack. Char- les' design was to mareh in the night time, and to surprise the Duke's army at the break of day. For this purpose, the Englislı camp had been reconnoitred, and on the night of the 15th, the Highland army began to mareh in two columns. They intended to surround the enemy, and