CHAPTER XVI.

(1776 to 1826.)

A Plebiscite for the Stuarts――The Last of the Nonjuring Bishops――The Jacobite Muse――Jacobite Johnson――Boswell on Allegiance――A Jacobite Actress――Burns’s ‘Dream’――Burns on the Stuarts――The Count of Albany――Robert Strange―― Strange’s Adventures――Strange in London――New Hopes――Strange at St. James’s――The Jacobite Knighted――Sir Robert and Lady Strange――Death of Charles Edward――The Countess of Albany at Court――In the House of Lords――The Countess, on English Society――Hanoverian Jacobites――Jacobite Ballads――‘Henry the Ninth’――Hume’s History of the Rebellion――A Jacobite Drama――The Drama Revised――Satirical Ballad――Reversal of Attainders――Debate in the Commons――A Transpontine Play―― The Body of James the Second――Ceremony at St. Germain―― Something New 351