78 OLD AND NEW EDINBURGH. [ Holyrood.
The Edinburgh HeraZd of April, 1797, mentions
the departure froni Holyrood of the Duc
d?Angoul&me for Hamburg, to join the army of the
Prince of Condd, and remarks, (( We wish His Highness
aprosperous voyage, and we may add (the
valediction of his ancestor, Louis XIV., to the
unfortunate James VII.), may we never see his
face again on the same errand ! ?
The Comte d?Artois visited Sweden in 1804,
but was in Britain again in 1806. His levees and
balls ?tended in some degree to excite in the minds
of the inhabitants a faint idea of the days of other
years, when the presence of its monarchs communicated
splendour and animation to this ancient
metropolis, inspiring it with a proud consciousness
of the remote antiquity and hereditary independence
of the Scottish throne.?
His farewell address to the magistrates and
people, dated from the palace 5th August, 1799, is
preserved among the records of the city.
Among those who pressed forward to meet him
was a Newhaven fishwife, who seized his hand as
he was about to enter his carriage, and shook it
heartily, exclaiming, ?( My name?s Kirsty Ramsay,
sir. I am happy to see you again among decent
folk ! ?
- When the events of the Three Days compelled
Charles X to abdicate the throne of France, he
waived his rights in favour of his nephew, the
young puc de Bordeaux, and quitting his throne,
contemplated at once returning to Holyrood,
where he had experienced some years of comparative
happiness, and still remembered with
gratitude the kindness of the citizens. This he
evinced by his peculiar favour to all Scotsmen,
and his munificence to the sufferers by the great
fire in the Parliament Square. He and his suiteconsisting
of IOO exiles, including the ~ U C de
Bordeaux, Duc de Polignac, Duchesse de Berri,
Baron de Damas, Marquis de Brabancois, and the
Abbe? de Moligny-landed at Newhaven on the
20th October, 1830, amid an enthusiastic crowd,
which pressed forward on all sides with outstretched
hands, welcoming him back to Scotland, and
escorted him to Holyrood. Next morning many
gentlemen dined in Johnston?s tavern at the abbey
in honour of the event, sang ?Auld lang syne?
under his windows, and gave three ringing cheers
?( for the King of France? ?
The Duc and Duchesse d?Angoul&me, after
residing during \se winter at 2 I, Regent Terrace,
joined the king% Holyrood when their apartments
were ready. To the poor of the Canongate
and the city generally, the exiled family were
royally liberal, and also to the poor Irish, and their
whole bearing was unobtrusive, religious, and
exemplary. Charles was always thoughtful and
melancholy. (? He walked frequently in Queen.
Mary?s garden, being probably pleased by its
seclusion and proximity to the palace. Here,
book in hand, he used to pass whole hours in retirement,
sometimes engaged in the perusal of the
volume, and anon stopping short, apparently
absorbed in deep reflection. Charles sometimes
indulged in a walk through the city, but the crowds
that usually followed him, anxious to gratify their
curiosity, in some measure detracted from the
pleasure of these perambulations. . . . . . Arthur?s
Seat and the King?s Park afforded many a solitary
walk to the exiled party, and they seemed much
delighted with their residence. It was evident
from the first that Charles, when he sought the
shores of Scotland, intended to make Holyrood his.
home; and it may be imagined how keenly he felt,
when, after a residence of nearly two years, he was
under the necessity of removing to another country.
Full of the recollection of former days, which time
had not effaced from his memory, he said he had
anticipated spending the remainder of his life in the
Scottish capital, and laying his bones among the
dust of our ancient kings in the chapel of Holyrood.?
(Kay, vol. ii.)
In consequence of a remonstrance from Louis
Philippe, a polite but imperative order compelled
the royal family to prepare to quit Holyrood,
and the most repulsive reception given to the Duc
de Blacas in London, was deemed the forerunner
Df harsher measures if Charles hesitated to comply ;
but when it became known that he was to depart,
a profound sensation of regret was manifested in ?
Edinburgh. The 18th September, 1832, was
named as the day of embarkation. Early on that
morning a deputation, consisting of the Lord
Provost Learmonth of Dean, Colonel G. Macdonell,
Menzies of Pitfoddels (the last of an
ancient line), Sir Charles Gordon of Drimnin,
James Browne, LL.D., Advocate, the historian of
the Highlands, and other gentlemen, bearers of arm
address drawn up by, and to be read by the lastnamed,
appeared before the king at Holyrood. One
part of this address contained an allusion to the
little Duc de Bordeaux so touching that the poor
king was overwhelmed With emotion, and clasped
the document to his heart. ?( I am unable to express
myself,? he exclaimed, ?( but this I will conserve
among the most precious possessions of my
family.?
After service in the private chapel, many gentlemen
and ladies appeared before Charles, the Duc
d?AngoulCme, and Duc de Bordeaux, when they
